Ivy Tech students helping homeless and disabled to quarantine during pandemic

A number of local organizations formed an emergency COVID-19 quarantine shelter for those who can't safely do so.

Among those working at the facility are nursing students from Ivy Tech.

In mercer county.

We told you last night here on fox 55 about the northeast indiana regional covid-19 recovery site for the homeless and disabled receiving money to help them battle the virus.

That site has been receiving help from local students as well caleb saylor is live in fort wayne to explain just how thee been helping.

Caleb?as part of governor holc executive order, he eased the requirements for both past and future healthcare worker to help out on the front line.

Students in the ivy tech nursing program are doing just that rawlin kegley graduated from ivy tech on friday.

He and a few of his nursing classmates have been thrusted to the front lines, working at the northeast indiana emergency quarantine shelter for the homeo ss and disabled.

Far, been the best job i kind of ever had... it one of those things that i actually get to use the education that i just got, already, in just a really neat way.

Put to good use, assisting rn with patient intake, giving out medication if needed, and providing food and cleaning services for the struggling quarantiners.

But it not been easy, like last week when they had a mass inta e oheretients some day where i just don sit e just d you movi g constantly, and it just lik know i don how you can keep going.

Getting to help those in the community who may have no one else helps raise spirits etting to see the patients when we interact with them.

For a lot of these patients, we e the only people that they see.

Helping the community is why paula hughes-schuh reached out for help.

Hughes-schuh is ceo of the ywca -- one of the agencies supporting the shelter, she said in part e the most community- focused higher education organization...ivy tech fort wayne mobilized very quickly and without hesitation to help make this project a reality.

And kegley believes this is exac supposed to be really been the best on-hands training that i could imagine... ?a not just the students from ivy tech helping out, alumna and faculty have been helping at the facility as well.reporting live in fort wayne, caleb saylor, fox 55 news and if you know and if you know someone with covid-19 who needs support to help properly quarantine, you can get connected by