Here’s the thing–we are hitting our stride now. It has been almost a month. We are getting used to our new routines–and changing our lives accordingly.

After assessing your extra time you may find one of the volunteer opportunities listed below to be a good fit and it might expand your life in unexpected ways.

The list of ten museum tours might catch you in its grip and you might not be seen for hours! There is also a list of amazing first-run movies/documentaries that will probably go on your must-see list. The FiveThirtyEight podcast is gripping in other ways–giving us a realistic read on mail-in voting. Listen while you go on a virtual museum tour!

And although our governor has been getting good marks for closing the schools for the rest of the term and issuing shelter-in-place orders . . .he still hasn’t changed his mind on self-allocating the federal money the state has received . . . quite trumpian! Use the Twitter tool to send him a message!

And finally, the UVDems is jumping into the Zoom world on April 27th. Please join us while we listen to Maynard Goldman speak to the elections ina post COVID-19 world. Voting will surely be different!

Stay safe, stay engaged, stay home!

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• Food for First Responders;
• D-H needs more cloth masks;
• How To Hold An Election During A Crisis: PODCAST;
• Art from home, virtual museums in Europe;
• April 14 – 30, #StayHomeWatchTogether;
• NHDP Twitter Tool;
• April 22, Readiness to Reclaim Public Spaces, webinar;
• April 22, Earth Day 2020, webinar;
• April 27, UVD April program on Zoom; Link coming in separate email.

We detect an “age” theme this week . . . it seems like yesterday that Al Gore declared April 22 to be Earth Day and yet, here we are, 50 years (minutes?) later . . . celebrating, not in a group but alone in our homes.

Look outside, you may see a daffodil!

Speaking of the earth . . . the NH Young Dems (are elders invited?) are having a fascinating-sounding workshop on how we’ve rearranged the earth . . . which we’re hoping to do more of in the weeks coming up . . . in our gardens.

Then (we’re still on our age theme) we are discussing safety in our nursing homes and child care for our wonderful first responders’ kids.

Voter suppression has received another few blows this week with the failure of SB 3 and with Gov Sununu coming around to mail-in votes. This is huge and we are hoping that all efforts can go into registering past non-voters and others who were unable . . . to drive to the polls. Yay!

Back to our present dilemma . . . if you haven’t tried that restaurant you’ve heard so much about, now is the time. Check out the list of restaurants making an effort to keep afloat. We need to do our part, in addition to staying at home, wearing a mask NOW we need to straighten our backbones and call for take=out! It’s the LEAST we can do–for the greater good–EAT!

And finally, the UVDems are working on a Zoom meeting on April 27 at 6.30 p.m. It won’t be a potluck but watch this space for a sign-in registration for our first foray into virtual meetings. Maynard Goldman will be leading a discussion on  “Could Covid-19 Infect the November 2020 Elections?”.

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• April 13, Lessons from the Soil;
• April 14/15, NH Young Dems virtual events;
• April 22, Earth Day 2020, webinar;
• April 27, UVD April program on Zoom;
• Sununu Sad Facts;
• Senate Bill 3 struck down;
• Show your support for all first responders;
• The COVID Alliance Senior Support Team (SST) New Hampshire Campaign; sign-up form;
• ONE-STOP Food Access MAP for food, to volunteer and to donate;
• UVBA Restaurant takeout and pickup.

Ongoing

• If you missed the Census;
• The NH Responds System;
• COVID Symptom Tracker, 482 more people needed to report;
• Upper Valley Response Team (UVRT);
• Essential Medical Personnel Childcare volunteers.