APRIL 16 • 2020 | 35
W
ith schools closed
for the remainder
of the year due to
the coronavirus, many students
are coping with the stressors of
being home every day, not inter-
acting with fellow classmates or
teachers and dealing with the
feelings of isolation.
Two siblings, Jack and
Sammy Pollack, were inspired
by their mom, Nicole, a social
worker at Beaumont, to recre-
ate the benefits of social work
through an online forum. Their
website, Quaranteen Help
(quaranteenhelp.com), provides
students of any age with an out-
let and the opportunity to talk
about their feelings with some-
one their own age.
Jack, a sophomore at
Bloomfield Hills High School,
and his sister Sammy, 13, a
student at West Hills Middle
School, launched the website on
Wednesday, April 1, and have
been sharing the link with some
of their mom’
s coworkers and in
different Facebook groups.
“Teens can put [in] their
name and email, which goes
right to our inbox and allows
for us to engage directly with
the student, whether that is
a phone conversation or just
through messaging one anoth-
er,
” Sammy said.
The Pollacks’
website is open
to any student, regardless if
they are in elementary, middle
or high school. Their goal is
to allow students to engage in
conversations with someone
who is facing the same obstacles
as them.
“We think sometimes it’
s
easier for a teen to talk to a teen
instead of a teen talking to an
adult, because teens share the
same perspective that some-
times an adult just does not
get,
” Jack said. “Sometimes it’
s
also just easier to write out our
feelings.
”
The siblings have had a
handful of emails from students
so far but are hoping for more
teens to use the tool and are
looking forward to helping their
fellow students get through this
tough time.
“We want to make a positive
difference and help as many
kids as we can stay more con-
nected and have someone to
reach out to who they know
will always be there,
” Sammy
said.
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