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A front-porch sign thanking essential workers is displayed in front of Max Nelson’s house.
Photo: Marco Cartolano | Journal-CourierA front-porch sign thanking essential workers is displayed in front of Max Nelson’s house.
A front-porch sign thanking essential workers is displayed in front of Max Nelson’s house.
A front-porch sign thanking essential workers is displayed in front of Max Nelson’s house.
One of Jacksonville’s smallest sign-making operations is creating front-porch signs to thank essential workers.
Production started as an exercise in writing letters for 5-year-old Max Nelson, whose mother — Audra Nelson — wanted to make sure they practiced writing while the family stayed home.
The team behind the signs is small but dedicated. Along with Max and his mother, Max’s 2-year-old brother, Eliot, helps with drawing.
They began working on signs the first week after schools closed for both Max and Audra Nelson, a first-grade teacher at South Jacksonville Elementary School.
The signs have a simple “thank you” message directed at essential workers who may drive by their house, including delivery drivers and the front-line healthcare workers at Passavant Area Hospital, — which is close to Max’s house on West Walnut Street.
Along with Max’s handwritten words, the signs also have hand-drawn hearts. While Max is a big fan of many colors, the hearts are all pink. Eliot sometimes helps Max with coloring the heart, which Max said is the hardest part of making the signs.
Family friends and members of their church — Wesley Chapel United Methodist — took an interest in the signs and have requested that Max make some for them. So far, the team has made four signs and they were busy at work Wednesday on their fifth sign.
Max said he likes working on arts and crafts, especially painting. He said making the signs makes him feel good about showing appreciation for essential workers.
“We wanted to say ‘thank you’ to people who are helping us,” Max said.
Audra Nelson said she believes the signs teach Max about the importance of essential workers.
“I think it’s very important for both adults and for kids as well to learn to show gratitude,” she said, adding that the signs also help the kids learn there are people who still are working so their family can stay home and keep themselves healthy.
While the signs have been a success so far, the team has not quite worked out the logistics of the next step in Max’s plan — putting them on the roof so helicopters that fly by the house also see them.
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