Healthier Minds
Healthier Minds began many years ago as a collaboration of Michael’s Run, Seven Hills Foundation, UMass Memorial HealthAlliance Clinton Hospital, and NCMCC.
We began as an opportunity to gather with peers to share personal experiences, tools and support toward our goal of a healthier community.
Due to COVID, we have been unable to hold our bi-monthly socials. We do plan on implementing a new program in 2022 aimed toward mental wellness for all! Check back soon for more!
COVID 19 Resources
For North Central Massachusetts
Leominster
- leomisnterschools.org
- school dept. COVID 19 hotline 978 534 7700 ext 1341
- COVID 19 email LPS_Hotline@leominsterschools.org
- Volunteers will help deliver school lunches for Leominster 978-534-7500 ext 0
- https://www.leominsterschools.org/school-health-ce475283
- Ginny’s Food Pantry is open Tues-Fri 10-5 and Sat. 9-4 If you need food please call 978-537-1387 or knock on our door at 52 Mechanic Street. Contact info- ginnyshelpinghands@gmail.com or call Sue Chalifoux Zephir at 978-265-2586 or Brandon Robbins 978-870-9457
Fitchburg
- on site meals distribution
- Fitchburg High, Memorial, Longsjo, Crocker and McKay, Reinngold and South Street 11:30- 1pm
- Nutrition Services – General Manager David AT SEMENZAD@FITCHBURG.K12.MA.US
- Fitchburg residency is not required. Anyone 18 or under regardless of the city or town they live in they are eligible to receive meals during the closure
- Remote work bags will be available at schools during on-site meal distribution time by Wed March 18th 11:30-1:00pm.
- Online learning opportunities for students will be posted on FPS website at https://www.fitchburg.k.we.ma.us Any questions can be directed to FPSquestions@fitchburg.k12.ma.us
Gardner
- CAC (Community Action Committee) To access the food pantry use the glass lobby entrance and take the elevator to the 2nd Pantry is open 9:00am-1:00pm Mon-Fri. Questions? Call 978-632-8700
- Thursday March 19th the Fellowship Table will provide a hot meal to go at the First Congregational Church. This will be a “drive thru” Signs will be on site at 28 Green Street with instructions. Meals will be servced 4:30-5:00pm
- Friday March 20th 10:00am-12:00pm CAC will have a Senior Food Pantry. This will be “drive thru” Signs will be posted with insturctions at 294 Pleasant Street
Winchendon
- CAC- Will be offering one extra pantry this month. If ill DO NOT go inside, call for appt to have it brought to your car. Leave kids at home. Office 978-297-1667
- Christo’s Place – Offerng FREE delivery and curb side pick up to children who are on free or reduced lunch Mon-Fri 12pm-3pm 978-297-1142
Townsend, Pepperell, Ashby Area
- C&S Pizza – Pepperell Ma
- Providing lunch for all children that get reduced or free lunch
- Mac n cheese
- Pasta with sauce
- Pasta with butter
- Grilled Cheese
All will be served with bread and a piece of fruit
- McDonalds in Townsend is offering happy melas for $1.99 Monday thru Friday
- 11am-2pm and 5pm-7pm
Important Phone Numbers :
Parental Stress Hotline: 1-800-632-8188
Youth Mobile Crisis: 1-800-977-5555
Infectious Disease: 617-983-6800
State COVID Hotline: 211
If you think you have been exposed to COVID‑19 and develop a fever and symptoms, such as cough or difficulty breathing, call your healthcare provider for medical advice.
General Resources
- State COVID Hotline 211
- Massachusetts Department of Public Health – Information on the Outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019
- Talking to Children About COVID-19 (Coronavirus): A Parent Resource
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) – What you need to know
- Helping children cope with stress
during the 2019-nCoV outbreak - Talking to Children About COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
A Parent Resource - What every American and community can do now to decrease the spread of the coronavirus
Utility Resources
- Spectrum is offering free internet service to those students without internet 1-844-488-8398
- National Grid and Eversource will refrain from initiating the termination process on any residential customer until this request is rescinded or the state of emergency in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is lifted, whichever comes first.
Eversource Joseph M. Truschelli 617-939-6113 www.mass.gov/dpu
Financial Resources
Virtual Tours - Theme Parks
- Walt Disney World: Set aside some time, because there’s plenty to see here. Virtual tours you can take include Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, and Epcot, just to name a few. There are also unofficial YouTube videos that feel just like you’re on famous rides like the Frozen Ever After ride, It’s a Small World, Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue!, and Pirates of the Caribbean.
- LEGOLAND Florida Resort: The Great Lego Race and Miniland USA are just two of the attractions you can check out in a virtual tour of the park.
- SeaWorld Orlando: The virtual tour of Seaworld includes a tour of Discovery Cove and the option to”ride” the steel roller coaster Mako.
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/travel/a31784720/best-virtual-tours/
Mental Health Resources
- Emergency / Crisis Services
- The Emergency Services Programs (ESP) Resource Guide – Emergency and crisis supports. The (ESP) Resource Guide lists all ESPs statewide, their location, corresponding cities and town and toll-free crisis number. Download English – Spanish
- Maintaining Emotional Health & Well-Being During the COVID-19 Outbreak
- Department of Mental Health Resource Guide
- Massachusetts Department of Mental Health
- NAMI Resources
Educational Resources
- Fluency & Fitness – Helping students exercise their brains and bodies!
- Scholastic Book Club
- Adventures in Familyhood
- A Better Way to Homeschool
- Teachers Pay Teachers
- Raz_Kids – Free access to Raz-Kids for the rest of the school year
- Headsprout – an online K-5 reading program that adapts to the needs of the individual student and is self-paced
- ►►► MORE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES HERE
Virtual Tours - Museums
- The Louvre: You don’t have to book a ticket to Paris to check out some of the famous pieces in the world’s largest art museum. The Louvre has free online tours of three famous exhibits, including Egyptian Antiquities.
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum: The works of Pablo Picasso, Piet Mondrian, Jeff Koons, and Franz Marc are just some of the 625 artists whose work are a part of the Guggenheim’s Collection Online.
- Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History: Move at your own pace through the 360-degree room-by-room tour of every exhibit in the museum.
- Van Gogh Museum: You can get up close and personal with the impressionist painter’s most famous work thanks to Google Arts & Culture.
- Getty Museum: Los Angeles’s premiere gallery has two virtual tours, including “Eat, Drink, and Be Merry,” which is a closer look at food in the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
- The Vatican Museum: The Sistine Chapel, St. Peter’s Basilica, and Raphael’s Room, are just some of the sites you can see on the Vatican’s virtual tour.
- Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum: Madrid’s must-see art museum has the works of some of the continent’s most celebrated artists like Rembrandt and Dali available online.
- Georgia O’Keeffe Museum: Six virtual exhibits are available online from this museum named for the “Mother of American modernism.”
- National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City: Dive into the pre-Hispanic history of Mexico with 23 exhibit rooms full of Mayan artifacts.
- British Museum, London: The Rosetta Stone and Egyptian mummies are just a couple of things that you’re able to see on a virtual tour of the museum.
- NASA: Both Virginia’s Langley Research Center and Ohio’s Glenn Research Center offer online tours for free. Also, you can try some “augmented reality experiences” via The Space Center Houston’s app.
- National Women’s History Museum: Have a late International Women’s Day celebration with online exhibits and oral histories from the Virginia museum.
- Metropolitan Museum of Art: Though the Met Gala was cancelled this year, you can still have a peak at the The Costume Institute Conversation Lab, which is one of the institution’s 26 online exhibits.
- High Museum of Art, Atlanta: This museum’s popular online exhibits include “Civil Rights Photography” — photos that capture moments of social protest like the Freedom Rides and Rosa Park’s arrest.
- Detroit Institute of Arts: Mexican art icon Frida Kahlo is the focal point of two of the four available online exhibits.
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: The Golden Age of Dutch art is highlighted in this museum which includes the work of Vermeer and Rembrandt.
- National Museum of the United States Air Force: You can’t take a ride in Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidential airplane, but you can check it out, in addition to other military weapons and aircraft, online in the Air Force’s official museum.
- MoMA (The Museum of Modern Art): New York’s extensive collection is available for view online.
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The 16 virtual exhibits include a special section on 21st Century Designer Fashion.
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/travel/a31784720/best-virtual-tours/
Virtual Tours - Zoos and Aquariums
- The Cincinnati Zoo: Check in around 3 p.m., because that’s the time the Zoo holds a daily Home Safari on its Facebook Live Feed.
- Atlanta Zoo: The Georgia zoo keeps a “Panda Cam” livestream on its website.
- Georgia Aquarium: Sea-dwellers like African penguins and Beluga Whales are the stars of this aquarium’s live cam.
- Houston Zoo: There are plenty of different animals you can check in on with this zoo’s live cam, but we highly recommend watching the playful elephants.
- The Shedd Aquarium: This Chicago aquarium shares some pretty adorable behind-the-scenes footage of their residents on Facebook.
- San Diego Zoo: With what may be the most live cam options, this zoo lets you switch between koalas, polar bears, and tigers in one sitting.
- Monterey Bay Aquarium: It can be Shark Week every week thanks to live online footage of Monterey Bay’s Habitat exhibit.
- National Aquarium: Walk through tropical waters to the icy tundra in this floor-by-floor tour of the famous, Baltimore-based aquarium.
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/travel/a31784720/best-virtual-tours/
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