RCWT Weekly Activities  – July 20, 2020

RCWT Weekly Activities – July 20, 2020

  1. Books that deal with grief and loss:
    • The Goldfish Went on Vacation:  A Memoir of Loss (and Learning to Tell the Truth about It) by Patty Dann
    • A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis
    • Grief Works:  Stories of Life, Death, and Surviving by Julia Samuel
    • Healing the Adult Sibling’s Grieving Heart:  100 Practical Ideas After Your Brother or Sister Dies by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D.
    • Healing Your Grieving Heart:  100 Practical Ideas by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D.
    • Healing Your Grieving Soul:  100 Spiritual Practices for Mourners by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D.
  2.  Although some of our cities and towns are reopening, we are all faced with managing stress and anxiety surrounding the 2nd wave of Covid. Please read some tips and guidance from OMH which still reign true today:
  3. BPL’s Community Cooking Series Launches July 28!Do you love to cook, or are you just learning your way around recipes? Tune in to our new Community Cooking series, where we’ll be cooking live and sharing family recipes from our friends and neighbors.A week before each session, the recipe, a list of ingredients and tools needed will be available on our homepage so you can cook along with us.

    Interested in sharing a family recipe? Please email us at cooking@bklynlibrary.org.
    The Everyone is Welcome Here Community Cooking series is provided through the generous support of Apple Bank, celebrating over 25 years in Brooklyn and over 155 years of neighborhood banking in greater New York.

    Tuesdays, July 28-August 11 / 3 pm
    Virtual Programming

  4. Looking for some financial education:
    • Social Security Myths & Misconceptions – National Disability Institute,  Financial Counseling Information – NY Legal Assistance Group,  Schedule an appointment with Empowered NYC Financial Counseling – www.nyc.gov/empowerednyc
RCWT Weekly Activities – June 30, 2020

RCWT Weekly Activities – June 30, 2020

  1. Your Guide to safe outdoor activities during Covid
    • https://lakesidemilam.com/blog/safe-outdoor-activities-during-covid-19 
  2. For some of the people we support who are not yet comfortable with going out, exercise with Spirit Club a fitness company that offers online exercise programs designed to support people with and without disabilities
  3. What if someone you supports wants to go on vacation even though we still have Covid-19 Issues?
  4. 7 Activities for Children with Disabilities to do this Summer
    • https://themighty.com/2020/05/remote-summer-camp-classes-kids-disability-covid-19/   

RCWT Weekly Activities – April 15, 2020

Fun things to do while practicing Social Distancing

  1. Test your knowledge with some Kahoot quizzes. Copy and Paste the link below into your search engines:
  2. Zoom house party- here is a short video explaining how to use zoom
  3. Design your own mask
  4. Learn a new skill like sewing, sign language, writing poetry
    • Classcentral.com offers hundred of classes make available by several Ivy League Universities.

Gift Card Giveaway

If you have any pictures of what you make or any activities you can share (within HIPAA guidelines please) forward them to asheleykblaise@gmail.com or dallasgirl_90@yahoo.com.

We will pick randomly from the submissions for the gift cards.