PD Active May 2020 Newsletter and Calendar

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May 2020 Newsletter and Calendar

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Message from the Board

PD Active’s response to COVID-19 sheltering in place has been to create an Online PD Active Community, including 9 virtual support group sessions and 60 live-stream classes each month. We continue to need your financial support and seek your contributions so that we can further develop online classes and programs while we simultaneously protect our instructors, studios, staff and each other. Be well and let us all care for one another. Please give.

Events

PD Active Monthly Calendar

The calendar includes classes initiated with financial support from PD Active.

www.pdactive.org/calendar/

Save the Dates

Please consult our website for updates on scheduled events.

Town Hall on 6/13/2020 at 10:30 a.m.

Forum with Dr. Diviya Kaul on 7/11/2020 at 10:30 a.m.

Forum with Neurobiologist David Presti on 9/12/2020 at 10:30 a.m.

Annual Picnic on 10/11/2020 at 12:30 p.m.

Programs and Classes

New Virtual Groups and Classes

Young Onset and Young at Heart PD Group

Heart Circle

PD Salon

The Tremolos

Mindful Movement: You, Yoga, and Parkinson's

Virtual Groups and Classes on Zoom

Support Groups

Support Group (Formerly Albany/Berkeley/Oakland Support Group)

Every Thursday 4:00 pm-5:00 pm Fac. Roslyn Kleinsinger link

Mild/Moderate Care Partners Support Group Fac. Roslyn Kleinsinger

May 6th 3:30 pm-5:00 pm Link Posted on Google Group

Young Onset & Young at Heart PD Group

May Meeting will be emailed when more information comes available.

Email yopd@pdactive.org

Heart Circle May 2nd 10:00 am-12pm Fac. Scott Holloway

Email ScottHollowayArt@gmail.com

PD Salon May 10th 3:00 pm-5 pm co-hosts: Phil Miller, Gary Turchin and Herb Heinz. Email herb@herbheinz.com

Boxing

Albany RSB (Rock Steady Boxing)

M, W & F 10:00 am-11:30 am Daniel Burkhardt

Coachdaniel@rocksteadyboxinggba.com

Dance

Dance for PD® TH 10:30 am-11:45 am Claudine Naganuma

info@danspace.com

Dance for PD®– Mark Morris Dance https://danceforparkinsons.org/resources/dance-at-home

PWR!Moves®

PWR!Moves® TU 11 am-2 pm Petra Fibrichova link

PWR!Moves® II– ABC F 2:00 pm-3:00 pm Petra Fibrichova link

Tai Chi

Tai Chi for Parkinson’s- ABC F 12:00 pm-12:45 pm

Otto Dittmer link

Voice

Be Heard! Discussion Group TU 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm KT Warren

ktwarren@gmail.com

Be Heard! Voice for PD– ABC F 1:00 pm-1:45 pm KT Warren link

The Tremolos 2nd, 3rd and 4th W 10:30 am-12:00 pm

Lauren Carley Email Cathy Quides cwquides@pacbell.net

Yoga

Be Well: Yoga Therapy for People with PD TH 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm

Suzanne Drolet link Meeting ID: 492 658 732 Password: 522154

Mindful Movement: You, Yoga and PD F 11:00 am -12:15 pm

Pamela Perry: pamela@gatewaytograce.net or (510) 658-3699

Aileen Kim: aileenkkim@gmail.com or (510) 406-1320

PD Chair Class (Yoga and PWR!Moves® ) TU 12:30 pm-1:30 pm

Petra Fibrichova link

Yoga for PD W 1:00 pm-2:15 pm Vickie Russell Bell

yogavickie@gmail.com

Community Updates

PANC "Shelter in Place" Information Series

The Parkinson Association of Northern California (PANC) has been holding an online radio style talk show featuring discussions with local, regional and national Parkinson's experts on different issues of concern to all of us.

The next talk series will be on May 7th at 5:00 p.m. with Elizabeth (Eli) Pollard, the Executive Director of the World Parkinson Coalition, about Situational Anxiety. Then on May 14th at 5:00 p.m. , Christine Shade, Neuro-Physical Therapist and Vice President of PANC, will discuss Exercise when Sheltered. Call in early if you want to listen to the discussions: 415-906-4781. Conference ID: 794 801 086#. The discussions can be listened to in real time by calling or eventually as a recording at PANCtoday.org.

The previous talk about COVID-19 and PD from April 16, 2020 with guest expert Dr. Michael Okun, an internationally recognized Movement Disorders Specialist and Chair of Neurology and Executive Director of the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases at the University of Florida College of Medicine, can be listened to here.

Don't Forget to Carry Emergency Contact Info

Here is a handy guide for preparing emergency medical information: Parkinson's Foundation Emergency Card. We urge all community members to prepare this information and keep it accessible and on your person at all times. Above all keep the name and number of the person to contact with your health care card.

If you have an iPhone you

should fill out the Health app that comes with the phone. This app can be used in emergency even if the phone is locked.

If you have an Android phone, here are instructions for adding emergency info to your lock screen.

Online Resources

Zoom Reminders

Join the meeting 10 minutes early, just in case something doesn’t work.
Some meetings might require registration, passwords or meeting IDs which can be confusing, so if it doesn’t work be patient and try again.
If the screen freezes for more than a minute, you can try exiting and re-entering the meeting.
On a laptop to put the facilitator or instructor on Speaker View, the button is on the top right of the Zoom window. And if you want to see everyone, put it on Gallery View.
Pin Video allows you to disable active speaker view and only view a specific speaker.

On a laptop, hover on the thumbnail (small view) of the facilitator or instructor. Click the 3 blue dots on the thumbnail and pin the person you choose by selecting Pin Video.
On mobile phone and tablet, swipe right so you see all the participants. Double tap on the facilitator or instructor's thumbnail, and that will pin them.

6. Click on each of these buttons so you know what they do:

Mute / Unmute
Start / Stop Video
Chat

Helpful Zoom Videos

How to Join a Zoom Meeting: https://youtu.be/hIkCmbvAHQQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIYudDeULlw

Configuring Audio and Video: https://youtu.be/-s76QHshQnY

Zoom for iPad or iPhone:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmZVN98TmkA

If you’re interested in learning more about Zoom and would like us to offer more tutorials, email us at programdirector@pdactive.org or programs@pdactive.org.

Thank you, Donors

Patricia and Burch Fitzpatrick

Michael and Grace Grafton

Mary Haan and George Kaplan

Kathleen Meagher

Susan Stein-Black and John Black

Ruth Tavlin

Linda and Robert Walker

How to Donate

Donate Online - Click Here

PD Active is a 501(c)(3) so contributions are tax-deductible. Tax ID: 26-3302461

Up Your Impact, Give Monthly: Contact us to set-up up a monthly, recurring donation to PD Active. It's easy to do, and secure. We would be happy to tell you more and walk you through the process. You can set-up a recurring gift for any amount and every contribution is meaningful. Email us at info@pdactive.org or call at (510) 479-6119.

We rely on you, our generous PD Active members, and your friends and family members, for our core financial support. It's easier than ever to help:

To donate by credit card
To donate by postal mail: PD Active, P.O. Box 9246, Berkeley, CA 94709
To donate by PayPal

Use Your IRA : You no longer need to wait until the end of the year to distribute your required minimum distribution (RMD) from your IRA. A quick reminder that if you are over 70 ^1/ 2 you are eligible to use your RMD to make tax-free donations to qualified charitable organizations. No gift is too small, so please keep us in mind when evaluating your IRA.

Contact Judith Lubman at development@pdactive.org or call (510) 479-6119 for other types of donations such as:

Recurring credit card donations
Stock or Donor Advised Funds
Planned Giving - Property or other assets through your will or estate plan
Automobile

PD Active Activities & Descriptions

PD Active Calendar: www.pdactive.org/calendar/

PD Active Online Programs: https://pdactive.wordpress.com/online-exercise-resources-and-virtual-classes/

www.pdactive.org - (510) 479-6119 - info@pdactive.org

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