Here is your weekly news roundup of articles, reports, resources and webinars you might find interesting.
*Note: One of the webinars listed below is tonight, April 9th at 7:30 PM.
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Many teachers, youth workers, counselors, and other leaders have been thrust into an all-online world for our jobs (and the rest of our lives) by the coronavirus pandemic. We know it’s important to keep our relationships strong during this time. But how? It’s time to turn to the experts. For some young people social media and the phone are the primary way they stay in touch with many of their friends. What can they teach the rest of us?
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Staying Sober During a Lockdown
Alcoholics Anonymous meetings have moved from musty church basements to laptop screens in quarantine. Do they still work?
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Volunteers of All Backgrounds Needed to Help With CT COVID-19 Response!
- Volunteers must be 18 or older, and should not volunteer if at risk or compromised.
- Volunteers do not need to be health care workers. In addition to calling on physicians, nurses, and other medical professionals who may be retired, the state needs community members to help out at food banks, food deliveries to the elderly, and at shelters in a number of ways.
- For those who do have a background in health care, the state’s medical community has specific needs at this time. Hospitals have advised the state that they have a high need for critical care nurses and repository therapists.
- Every effort is being made to keep volunteers safe. Volunteers will be sent where they are most needed and feel most comfortable.
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Please Like and Follow Us Today
We need you to help us grow our Facebook and Twitter communities!
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Save the Date for These Online Trainings!
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Thursday, April 9, 2020 | 7:30 PM
Pathways to Empower presents a webinar for parents every Thursday at 7:30.
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Scarlett Lewis Webinar
Thursday, April 16, 2020 | 7:00 PM
Scarlett Lewis, founder of the Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement will present a webinar about the rise in isolation and loneliness among our kids and the need to strive for perfection. What can we do? The discussion is for 6th graders and up with parents.
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National Pet Day
Saturday, April 11, 2020
So hug your hedgehog, bond with your bunny, and cut your kitty some catnip! That critter makes you happy
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FREE Stay-at-Home Resources
Fun Things to Do
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Arts & Culture Streaming to You
from Ridgefield, CT
The website allows visitors to see all of Ridgefield’s arts and cultural organizations in one place so you are able to easily see what everyone is up to!
Visit the website
to check out "entertainment" from all of the organizations.
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Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is offering free
audiobooks
and ebooks to the first novel in her series throughout April. She has also launched a new digital hub called “
Harry Potter at Home
”. Each week on “Wizarding Wednesdays”, it will offer a range of activities, quizzes, and other things to do.
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FREE Printable Puzzles
Occupy your mind with a puzzle!
This website
offers a variety of free printable puzzles for all ages.
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Comfort Tools You Can Use
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Try Gentle Yoga from the Kirpalu Center
Join for a 15-minute, guided gentle Kripalu yoga class to nourish yourself with Kripalu Legacy Faculty, Evelyn Gonzalez.
Go to the video on Instagram.
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Headspace teamed up with New York State to offer mindfulness tools to help people deal with the emotional and physical distress they may be experiencing right now. Although it was built for New Yorkers, anyone can access it, so
check it out!
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Reports
Medical marijuana users who say they have high levels of pain are more likely than those with low pain to say they use cannabis three or more times a day, a new study finds. However, daily marijuana users with severe pain also reported their health had become worse in the past year.
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Support Your Local Businesses!
Looking for local take-out and delivery options? Go to
CTVisit.com
for a list of
restaurants, breweries and vineyards
now offering take-out and delivery services.
And for virtual cultural activities you will find access to many of Connecticut's most popular
landmarks, museums, and attractions
to keep your family engaged while practicing safe, stay at home measures.
Explore now.
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CATCH My Breath Distance-Learning Resource: “Vaping, Lung Health, & Infectious Diseases”
Health officials have recently warned of the dangerous links between vaping and infectious diseases, like COVID-19, as vaping compromises lung health and immunity and as the common youth behavior of sharing vapes contributes to the spread of disease.
How to access the free CATCH My Breath addendum:
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Surgeon General Shows How to Make Your Own Face Covering
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Your Daily Dose of Humor ...
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