Linda Bauer, owner of My Next Puppy, displays 100 cloth masks to be delivered to Everyone Home DC. Everyone Home DC volunteer gives thumbs-up with PPE donations.When early March brought the first major outbreak of COVID-19 in the U.S, Linda Bauer and her team at My Next Puppy braced for impact, portending the closure of “non-essential” small businesses. A local, family-owned and operated puppy store in Chantilly, VA, My Next Puppy was especially vulnerable, as shutting down its puppy care facility wasn’t an option. “We’re just one, brick and mortar, mom and pop kind of place, and when this all…
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