HUMOR: this webpage has LOTS of material…
CONSIDER WATCHING/READING: this webpage contains links to LOADS of good material, mostly shared by friends/family/newsletters, not always COVID-related (sometimes quite humorous, like Carpool Karaoke)
VOX Shelter @ Home thoughts – games, supplies and more!
Micro-droplets in the air – keep on the masks, open windows, circulate air!
COVID-19 “Watch (and wash!) Your Hands from NYC doc
ZOOM HELP:
- First-timer to Zoom? Here’s how…
- Step-by-step process for connecting “phone-only” people to a Zoom session
- Hosting a Zoom Session? Here are some helpful hints
- Better music in Zoom
LOADS OF GOOD MATERIAL FOLKS ARE SHARING, INCLUDING THESE:
- Wonderful prose: And the People Stayed Home
- Prayer for a Pandemic
- Prayer: For People Facing Great Uncertainty (bottom of first page shown HERE)
- Checklist for helping the isolated – OH Dept. of Health
MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES – webpage with links to NAMI and other resources
Food distribution for at-risk children in Ohio can be found on the Cincinnati Public School website: https://www.cps-k12.org/news/coronavirus
There are online AA and NA resources when groups can’t meet in person. Most people actively in recovery have specific mentors they can reach out to as well.
- www.na-recovery.org
- https://www.narcotics.com/narcotics-anonymous/narcotics-anonymous-online-meetings
- Alcoholic Anonymous: https://www.aa-intergroup.org
From Council on Aging: Resources for seniors during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Food pantry list
- Instructions for online grocery ordering and links to grocers
- List of stores with dedicated shopping hours for seniors and others at risk
- Ideas for staying busy and engaged while at home
- Mental health resources
- Helping Quarantined Seniors and Others (from Ohio Department of Health)
- Avoiding Coronavirus Scams(from Federal Trade Commission)
Opportunities to volunteer
- Leave poetry feedback on the Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated youths and adults: https://freemindsbookclub.org/get-invo…/give-poetry-feedback
- Volunteer to help people who are blind or visually impaired: https://www.bemyeyes.com/
- Help record audio books for books and materials created prior to 1923: https://librivox.org/pages/volunteer-for-librivox/
- Become a volunteer listener: https://www.7cups.com/lis…/become-a-volunteer-listener.php
- Volunteer with the Zooniverse doing scientific research online: https://www.zooniverse.org/get-involved
- Translate documents for the Smithsonian: https://transcription.si.edu/
- Help the National Park Service test their web applications: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/digital/getinvolved.htm
Do your part to help “Flatten the Curve” & make a difference in slowing the spread of COVID-19.
COVID-19 Contact Numbers
- Mercy Health 24/7 hotline dedicated to questions about COVID-19 at 888-700-9011.
- Ohio Department of Health COVID-19 Hotline at 833-427-5634.
- Southwest Ohio Public Health Infectious Disease Call Center at 877-774-4636 (for health professionals, links through poison control to applicate local health department on call).
Visit coronavirus.ohio.gov for additional information and click HERE for the latest COVID-19 numbers in Hamilton County (updated 2 PM daily).
Full OH Stay At Home Order is HERE
Shorter link for future use is bit.ly/SteveLongCovid
COVID-19 graphics from The Spinoff
https://thespinoff.co.nz/media/19-05-2020/the-great-toby-morris-siouxsie-wiles-covid-19-omnibus/