Hosemann asks churches and residents to show gratitude for health-care workers

Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann is advocating for churches to ring their bells nightly at 6 p.m. to show gratitude for Mississippians risking their lives in the effort to care for COVID-19 patients.

Monday, Hosemann sent the following email to supporters:

On Friday, we sent a letter to church leaders throughout Mississippi asking them to ring their church bells every day at 6 p.m. for one minute beginning on Monday, April 6, and ending on April 20, the day the current shelter-in-place order ends. We asked them to do this in gratitude for our healthcare workers on the front lines and in prayer for those who are sick. We also asked citizens to join in by ringing their bells, honking their horns, or otherwise making a joyful noise in their front yards.

The response has been nothing short of amazing, with our post on Facebook shared almost 9,000 times, reaching more than 378,000 Mississippians.

If you are able, please join us in sound and spirit at 6 p.m. tonight, Monday, April 6, by ringing your bell. We can get through this together, even if it requires us to be apart for now.

Let’s stay healthy. Let’s stay home. And let’s look forward to an even brighter future in Mississippi.

In his email, Hosemann also premiered a new website for COVID-19 information. The site provides dozens of links to information about the virus and to useful resources.