Wyckoff To Honor Front-Line Workers With Saturday 'Clap Out'

WYCKOFF, NJ — Wyckoff Township will become the latest community around the country to honor local front-line workers with a clap out.

In a Thursday letter to residents, the township asked that the community step outside their front doors on Saturday nights at 7 p.m. to make some noise for the healthcare workers, mail carriers, first responders and other essential workers.

Clap outs have been used across the country to both honor front-line workers and celebrate those who have been hospitalized and recovered from coronavirus.

In Newark, a nurse at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center received a clap out after she was discharged from the hospital following a positive COVID-19 test and a week as an inpatient.

In North Fork, New York, Rick Horton received a clap out after becoming the second coronavirus patient at Peconic Bay Medical Center to be put on a ventilator and eventually released from the hospital.