Volume 8 | July 1, 2020

The Heyman Interages ® Center is a program of JCA® - Jewish Council for the Aging of Greater Washington.

THE INTERAGES CONNECTOR STAYING CONNECTED WHILE STAYING HOME

Staying in Touch Hello JCA Interages Volunteers, We hope this newsletter brings you joy and information. This period of time feels different. But, just because we can't be together doesn't mean we can't be a community. And what a community it is! How lucky we are to have technology to link with you. This newsletter offers the perfect venue to unite you with other Interages volunteers. We would love to connect you by including an interview of you with your picture. Alternatively, we could showcase a video of you, highlighting your volunteer experience and how you are spending your days. [Contact Indira Dingledine at idingledine@accessjca.org to be interviewed or about your video. Videos for the newsletter will need to be uploaded to Youtube. We are a community of people who value intergenerational connections. Aside from boosting the immune system, a 2013 Japanese study found that intergenerational connection measurably increases smiling. More reasons to smile to come. Interages staff members are diligently planning virtual and other volunteer opportunities. Watch this newsletter for announcements.

Happy 4th of July! Want to celebrate the holiday safely from your home? The Reagan Library will hold a virtual program including our "National Anthem" and "God Bless America." Listen to some of our presidents from the past.

Are you planning summer travel? Here are some health and safety tips for choosing a hotel room in this time of Covid-19. Click here for more Information. If your travel is a road trip, here is more safety information . ************************ Six new Covid-19 testing sites have opened in Montgomery County. The drive - up sites are located at CVS stores. Now the County has 10 testing sites. For more information Click Here . ************************ Here is an AARP article warning about certain hand sanitizers. Click Here

Let's Stay Healthy and Safe Montgomery County Government provides a chart of what is open, as well as restrictions during Phase 2. Click Here Click on the chart to enlarge. Are you ever unsure where to find official public Corona - related announcements? The Montgomery County Public Library webpage has a link found at the top. This link takes you to the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services update. ************************ As Phase 2 in Montgomery County continues, more people may venture out. (Please consult with your physician about your plans to leave your home.) Many restaurants offer outdoor socially distanced seating. Here is a guide to restaurants offering outdoor seating in Montgomery County. Click Here Also, Silver Spring has opened street space to accommodate diners. Silver Spring Streetdine will take up portions of Georgia Avenue. As a matter of fact, elsewhere in Montgomery County, streets are opened for biking, walking and dining. Open Streets

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Update The MCPS School Board and other officials are considering two back-to-school options, one a hybrid and the other fully distance learning. For more information, Click Here .

Lets Go To The Library

This week, the Montgomery County Public Library opened outside book drops so that you can return items you may have checked out back in March. Fines continue to be suspended for now. Next week (starting 7/6) you will be able to pick up holds "contactless" - for more information   Click Here

Just 4 Fun

Let's Laugh How did Moses make tea? He brew-ed it. 

 Let’s Be Creative "Pivoting" is a word we at Interages use as we adapt our programming to this time of change. For "pivoting" ideas you can use at home, here is an article about Virtual Grandparenting . ************************ Enjoy the creativity! Despite having to stay home, this travel photographer made adventure photos out of household objects. See her work here. ************************ Here's to INGENUITY! How do you eat with a face mask? Someone figured this out. Watch the video here .

Let’s Travel Without Leaving Home Airbnb, insightfully, is offering VIRTUAL TOURS ! Travel the world from your own home. Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. Ralph Waldo Emerson ************************ GOOGLE EARTH offers tours of the wonders of the world. Here is your chance to check Stonehenge off your list, among many other sites. 

Let's Watch Something For watching just four minutes of advertising per hour, TUBI.com offers FREE movie viewing. This service is full of terrific titles, recent and classics.

*************************************** "Great things are done by a series of small things brought together." Vincent Van Gogh ***************************************

For your convenience, past issues of the JCA Interages Connector are available on the JCA Interages website .

JCA Interages Staff Indira Dingledine – Volunteer Manager, idingledine@accessjca.org Kathleen Dennis – Senior Program Director, kdennis@accessjca.org Rachel Lanman – Program Coordinator, rlanman@accessjca.org Veronica Penaranda - Program Coordinator, veronica.penaranda@accessjca.org Phyllis Solomon - Program Coordinator, psolomon@accessjca.org

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