Feb 23, 2021
Tweet sparks generosity that becomes Helping Hands
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- It started with a tweet in 2017. Kaitlyn Parhm asked for canned goods to help feed the hungry. The response was immediate. With an overload of responses, she was inspired to create Helping Hands, a nonprofit to help those in need in the city of Inglewood.
"My focus during the pandemic has been keeping people off the streets, it's been providing them with the help they need," said Parhm.
Food, basic toiletries, clothing and helping the homeless is part of Helping Hands' mission. They also host community events.
"Every community needs someone that's willing to help when we can't help ourselves," said Leslie Frison, a Los Angeles resident.
Because her nonprofit relies heavily on donations, Parhm said the pandemic has been tough because people aren't able to donate as much. However, she recently started selling sweatshirts where she said 100 percent of the proceeds goes back to her nonprofit.
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Pitt Chemistry Professor Helping With NASA Perseverance Rover’s Search For Life On Mars
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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A University of Pittsburgh professor is playing an integral role in NASA and the Perseverance Rover’s search for life on Mars.
READ MORE: Stimulus Check Update: Are Relief Payments Bad For The Economy?Professor Sanford Asher, of Pitt’s chemistry department, is involved in research “that uses ultraviolet laser technology to examine objects at a molecular level,” says the university.
That technology is attached to Perseverance in the form of what’s called “SHERLOC.”
SHERLOC stands for “Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals.”
Asher says it is an instrument that can “determine the chemical composition of rocks.” In this case, the rocks on the surface of Mars.
“It’s looking for particular molecules that are suggestive of the existence of life,” Asher says.
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Pitt says SHERLOC, armed with its laser technology, will shine “a tiny dot of ultraviolet laser light” at a target. That laser light technology, says Pitt, causes “glow” from molecules containing carbon atoms and the ability to identify certain minerals.
Perseverance then sends back those scans for study by Professor Asher and his research team.
In a news release from Pitt, Asher says he’s sure the results will be surprising.
“I’m sure [what we find] will be surprising and we will try to uncover a deeper understanding of what Mars is actually like,” Asher said. “Researchers understand a lot of how life works and how molecules are used on Earth. But it’s pretty clear that life would have evolved differently on Mars. We’ll see. That’s why we went there and that’s why we’re asking these questions.”
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