caremonger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caremongers
Etymology: From care + monger, by analogy with scaremonger.
Senses: examples: text: It’s a Tuesday night in the hushed streets of Durham Region, and he’s heading to the second floor to meet a fellow volunteer—another “caremonger” in the grassroots effort to bring food and necessities to the isolated and quarantined.[…]Dorothy McFarlane, 54, reached out to the Oshawa caremongers on behalf of a neighbour who—confined to her house due to underlying health issues—couldn’t go outside to get groceries.
ref: 2020 March 21, David Venn, “The 'caremongers' getting food and essentials to the country's most vulnerable”, in Maclean’s:
text: So, what is caremongers’ motto? “No matter how big or small, please out to us and ask us for help.”
ref: 2020 March 22, STP Team, “Mahita Nagaraj founder of Caremongers India is an inspiration in times of COVID 19”, in SheThePeople:
text: Anonymous 'caremongers' say they want supply truck drivers to know how appreciated they are
ref: 2020 March 28, Mackenzie Scott, “'Thanks for the food': Inuvik, N.W.T., residents thank truckers with signs on highway”, in CBC.ca:
text: Thank you caremongers. On Easter Sunday, I received an amazing gift. A large box, containing a big pork roast, roasting vegetables, pop, juice boxes, a large and yummy apple crumble and some of Ludwig’s delicious chocolate, was left on my doorstep. What a beautiful gift! Thank you.
ref: 2020 April 16, Karen Burke, “No Planes, Trains, or Automobiles.”, in Frontenac News, volume 20, number 15, page 11:
text: From cooked meals to transport for doctors' visits to grocery runs, this group of caremongers is ready to go the extra mile for senior citizens stuck at home, expecting mothers, the physically challenged, people with medical conditions and even those who are financially precarious.
ref: 2020 March 30, Shradha Shahani, “If your parents are home alone, these people will help”, in Condé Nast Traveller:
text: Consider joining a “Caremonger” Facebook group in your area and help a vulnerable member of your community with some of their chores.
ref: 2020 April/May, Boulevard, page 56:
text: Crush caremongers[…]While everyone practiced safe social distancing at home, the Crush team contracted a new viral trend: CAREMONGERING! We used our social media platforms to share positive stories, lighthearted memes, self care tips, and activities to keep the kids entertained.
ref: 2020 spring/summer, Crush Magazine, page 19:
text: When one member found the refugees in the mountains, too far from any town and begging for water and help, he brought Jeeps full of supplies, donated by other caremongers.
ref: 2021, Lauren McKeon, “Communities Come Together”, in Women of the Pandemic: Stories from the Frontlines of COVID-19, McClelland & Stewart, →ISBN, page 79:
text: Meanwhile, nightly news broadcasts and mainstream media publications saw ratings and readerships rise as they tried to parse virus fact from fiction. Informed by a mutual aid and solidarity movement long known and practised in Black, Indigenous and disabled communities, the “caremonger” movement found citizens stepping up to support those needing help.
ref: 2021 March 13, David Moscrop, “Trust issues: What we risk losing if the pandemic destroys our faith in institutions”, in The Globe and Mail:
text: Networks of local folks formed on social media to practice mutual aid, a movement that in Canada took on the name “caremonger groups” (in contrast to fearmongering or scaremongering).
ref: 2022, Andy Stanton-Henry, “The Practice of Generosity”, in Recovering Abundance: Twelve Practices for Small-Town Leaders, Fortress Press, →ISBN, page 209:
glosses: One involved in caremongering.