Sunday, February 14, 2021

Franklin Senior Center: Email Blast - Feb 12, 2021

Hello Everyone!

   


Staying Connected

Link to the Senior Center - https://www.franklinma.gov/fsc

Link to the Senior Center Calendar https://www.franklinma.gov/node/39/events/day 

Link to Franklin Matters - https://www.franklinmatters.org/ or www.franklin.news 

Link to the Town's webpage - https://www.franklinma.gov/

Link to Mass.Gov COVID - https://www.mass.gov/info-details/covid-19-updates-and-information 


Some people are concerned about the side effects of getting the COVID-19 vaccine.  This article explains why the side effects show the vaccine is doing what it is supposed to do.  

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/02/second-vaccine-side-effects/617892/


Tips

7 Balance Exercises to help prevent falls

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNC4bi3Ucac 


Gentle stretching for Seniors

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


Music

This is incredible.  The link below will bring you to a map of the Earth filled with green dots.  Each dot represents a radio station somewhere in the world.  You can click and listen live to any station!!!  

http://radio.garden/visit/ 


Absence - Alexandr Misko - Fingerstyle guitar

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


The history of stringed instruments

https://study.com/academy/lesson/the-string-family-instruments-history-facts.html 


The Lyre of Megiddo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27opcKxcg1c 


Just for Fun

Kinetic sculptures

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDHDeoMM82g 

 

Yardi Gras - Due to the pandemic Mardi Gras has changed.  See how New Orleans residents are changing it up this year https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFUZ-p9lR74 


8 cool vehicles you will see for the first time.  Would you ride any of these?

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


Converting a concrete pipe into a cabin!  I want to do this now!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX7sAzB0HEE 


Amazingly creative water fountains.  WOW!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PkM2GOOlFI 


Humor

Understanding your love language - Jeff Allen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXpr7SCq4A4 


The best of TV News bloopers

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


Kindness Matters

Inspire Kindness a blog for practicing kindness during COVID-19. 

https://inspirekindness.com/blog/practicing-kindness-during-the-coronavirus 


Inspire Kindness


Upcoming Events email adoggett@franklinma.gov to attend unless noted otherwise.

*Monday - CLOSED

*Tuesday at 5pm - Quarantini Time a virtual, social, cocktail hour.

*Tuesday at 1pm - Low Vision Group- email mgunderson@franklinma.gov 

*Tuesday at 2pm - Route 128 - Route 128, sometimes despised as 'the longest parking lot in New England' was also the symbol of the new high-tech industries that flocked to our region after World War II. Learn about the amazing story of how venture capital, modern computing and the internet all got their start here in Massachusetts from the 1940s to the 1990s . Alan Earls, author of Route 128 and the Birth of the Age of High Tech will present a slideshow and discussion

*Wed. At 4pm - Caregiver support group - email elaine.owens@verizon.net 

*Thursday  at 1pm - Tele Bingo call the Senior Center to play 508-520-4945

*Friday at 11am - Sunshine Zoom - for members with memory loss - 1 hour of socialization,

 games and activities.



Attached you will find Donna's Fun Filled Valentine's Day themed fun pages.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JG5ZRfybN8ToZGPCrTx-nLMH_DOv8g-I/view?usp=sharing

Love, virtual hugs and good health to you all!  We are still here for you!  Please feel free to email Donna and I with questions, concerns or just to check in!

Ariel & Donna


Please feel free to share this email with anyone you think might enjoy it.  If you want me to add someone to the email blast list just send me a message with their email in it. 


REMEMBER:

When searching for information about the Coronavirus, COVID-19 please use caution!  Unfortunately there are many false sites that contain viruses and malware that can threaten your computer.  Many look like real sites.  Your best bet is to go directly to the CDC, WHO or your local government page (links below).   

https://www.cdc.gov/ 

https://www.who.int/

https://www.franklinma.gov/home/urgent-alerts/coronavirus-information-portal-updates-here


MEMORY CAFE!

For those of you who attend our Memory Cafe events I invite you to learn more about attending a VIRTUAL Memory Cafe through Zoom!  There are many options to choose from.

https://www.memorycafedirectory.com/cafe-connect/



--
Ariel Doggett

Virtual Program Coordinator
Respite Coordinator

"We rise by lifting others" - Robert Ingersoll
There is no act of kindness too small


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