Health/COVID Information
The BWC Health and Safety Committee, along with the staff, are looking forward to bringing our community back together in a manner that is safe, meaningful, accessible, and inclusive.
As we believe our liberation is bound to all others, so must our health be bound to all others. For this reason, we will be considering the effects of how our actions affect not just ourselves but the global community. Using the lessons learned from the pandemic, we are working to make programming accessible at home and in person. BWC has installed air filters to improve air quality, as well as new audio/visual equipment to allow for hybrid in-person and remote meetings and events in the Webster St. building.
We are using recommendations from the CDC, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Brookline School Departments, and consulting with local congregations to guide our planning.
Here are the current guidelines for our building:
- -Masks are encouraged (for anyone over 2 years old) for any event of 10 people or more. Masks are available at the door.
- Hand sanitizer is available to stop the spread of Covid, and everyone is encouraged to sanitize when they arrive in the building.
- Hand washing: Everyone should wash their hands before eating or serving food. Hand sanitizer is NOT sufficient to prevent the spread of norovirus.
- Food: For groups of 10 or more, we recommend that serving should be done by masked & gloved volunteers and/or choose single-serving foods (ie granola bars, pre-wrapped sandwiches).
- Air filters should be turned on in whatever room is being used, and set to run for 2 hours after the event
- Event publicity and Registration forms should include: ‘Please do not attend if you are ill. If you have had direct exposure to any illnesses, please test if you are coming to a large event.
- Shule is following the Brookline Public School guidelines.
To contact the Health and Safety Committee, please email the co-chairs.
