Not Everything is Cancelled! (SimpleStencils.com)

... sunshine is not cancelled; spring is not cancelled; love is not cancelled; relationships are not cancelled; reading is not cancelled; naps are not cancelled; devotion is not cancelled; music is not cancelled; dancing is not cancelled; music is not cancelled; imagination is not cancelled; kindness is not cancelled; conversations are not cancelled; hope is not cancelled...

And Volunteer Connection Zoom Meetings are ALIVE and well!

Volunteer Connection Zoom Meeting Schedule

 5/13: Special Evening Event (5:30-7:00pm) Grief Processing - Richard Mercer, TRU Grief Counselor. This volunteer-specific meeting is designed to allow for a personal check-in in a group environment via Zoom. Volunteers are invited to take this opportunity to reveal unrecognized grief in this time of loss and anxiety.

TRU GRIEF DEPARTMENT: Reminder! TRU Grief continues to offer Grief Groups via Zoom. Please share with our community! Contact Reta Morrisette, Grief Services Volunteer Coordinator for additional information. retamorrisette@trucare.org or 303.604.5213.

5/15: "COVID-19. Notes from the Buddha."  - Robert Pauley, TRU Volunteer. Gather insight from Buddha’s teachings and join the discussion on how they might be applicable to our current life and times.

5/22: JEAN a film – Jean Dempsey, a Boulder native and fellow TRU volunteer, was one of America’s top female climbers during the ‘70s. Tune in to learn more about her craft and the rock fall accident in Yosemite that changed her life forever 38 years ago.

5/29: Arts & Crafts: Swedish Weaving Demonstration – Barb Beck, TRU volunteer will be sharing the art of Swedish Weaving. (Learn something new and perhaps take up a new hobby!!)

6/5: CircleTalk - Deborah Skovron, Marketing and Creative Director. https://www.circletalk.org/about/. A local nonprofit, CircleTalk was created to address the need to disrupt loneliness and isolation in the lives of older adults through thoughtful social engagement programming in any setting.

6/12: The Magic of Boulder Bookstore - Stephanie Schindhelm

Marketing & Promotions Manager. Get to know more about this Boulder treasure and the opportunities available to learn, engage, and be inspired!

6/19: TBD

6/26: TBD

§  HELPFUL LINKS AND INFORMATION

Thank you to Kera Magarill, Older Adult Behavioral Health Specialist -

Washington County Department of Health and Human Services, for her Zoom presentation on musical support of patients with dementia. Please contact Wendy for printable music activities. Until then, enjoy these YouTube sing-alongs for older adults that can be used over the phone: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLXd_oaGk_U_pfwkvvxH2kA https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpUa79kzDsKPM1I62PBUw8Hbutw72PLew

§  LEARN SOMETHING NEW FOR FUN!

Ø  Learn to draw a cartoon character

§  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HUXysRXVi8

Ø  Learn a musical fact:  According to review aggregator Acclaimed Music, "Like a Rolling Stone" is the statistically most acclaimed song of all time.^[3] Rolling Stone magazine listed the song at No. 1 in their "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list.^[4] The song has been covered by numerous artists, from the Jimi Hendrix Experience and the Rolling Stones to the Wailers and Green Day. At an auction in 2014, Dylan's handwritten lyrics to the song fetched $2 million, a world record for a popular music manuscript.^[5]

§  Lyrics and recording here: https://www.pandora.com/artist/lyrics/bob-dylan/highway-61-revisited/like-a-rolling-stone/TRxd7mxKzqvVd7m

Ø  Read the 10 Best Books Ever!

§  http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1578073,00.html