OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT
SHARES SOME ONLINE ACTIVITIES
We're all still looking for new ways to stay active and entertained these days. Melissa Spina, Director of Community Services, found some fun, interactive and educational things to do from the comfort of home. Take a look and see if something catches your eye and share it with your friends.
Experience culture - Take a virtual museum tour using Google Arts & Culture. Artsandculture.google.com has partnered with cultural institutions and artists around the world to bring art and culture online so it’s available to anyone, anywhere. Google Arts & Culture features content from over 2000 of the top museums and archives.
Live entertainment - Livenation.com is keeping the music going by offering daily live streams of artists performing music from around the globe. Filmedonstage.com offers various free filmed Broadway and West End theater productions that can be streamed directly to your computer.
Learn something new - Openculture.com offers hundreds of free online courses from art history to journalism and everything in between. Free movies, music, books and much more are also available on Openculture.com.
Volunteer - It may seem impossible to volunteer right now, but many organizations have set up ways to volunteer from home. Catchafire.org offers online volunteer projects helping not-for-profit tasks like writing thank you letters or editing photographs.
AARP online - Refresh your driving skills and possibly reduce insurance costs with AARP driver safety classes. Classes are available online at AARPdriversafety.org/. AARP and Adobe have partnered to create an online collection of games, puzzles and memory-boosters at games.aarp.org.
The Mountain Shadows Library may be closed but books and magazines are still available for check out. Stop by Mountain Shadows and pick up books, magazines and puzzles to help pass the time.
Experience culture - Take a virtual museum tour using Google Arts & Culture. Artsandculture.google.com has partnered with cultural institutions and artists around the world to bring art and culture online so it’s available to anyone, anywhere. Google Arts & Culture features content from over 2000 of the top museums and archives.
Live entertainment - Livenation.com is keeping the music going by offering daily live streams of artists performing music from around the globe. Filmedonstage.com offers various free filmed Broadway and West End theater productions that can be streamed directly to your computer.
Learn something new - Openculture.com offers hundreds of free online courses from art history to journalism and everything in between. Free movies, music, books and much more are also available on Openculture.com.
Volunteer - It may seem impossible to volunteer right now, but many organizations have set up ways to volunteer from home. Catchafire.org offers online volunteer projects helping not-for-profit tasks like writing thank you letters or editing photographs.
AARP online - Refresh your driving skills and possibly reduce insurance costs with AARP driver safety classes. Classes are available online at AARPdriversafety.org/. AARP and Adobe have partnered to create an online collection of games, puzzles and memory-boosters at games.aarp.org.
The Mountain Shadows Library may be closed but books and magazines are still available for check out. Stop by Mountain Shadows and pick up books, magazines and puzzles to help pass the time.
AND, WE HAVE A WINNER!
The January Link magazine announced on page 49, that the first resident to email the correct answer to our Trivia question would win a $10 Starbucks card. Bev Pini jumped on that opportunity and is enjoying coffee from Starbucks right about now. Congratulations Bev! Thanks for playing along with us.
Below are the answers to the January Link magazine Trivia questions:
Question A: What is this? (photo)
Answer: The Chimes located at Mountain Shadows Community Center
Question B: How many U.S. states have land farther south than the most northern part of Mexico?
Answer: The states are Louisiana, New Mexico, So. Carolina, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, California, Alabama, Texas, Mississippi, and Hawaii.
Question C: In the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, who had only 1 defeat in approximately 300 matches?
Answer: Look in February Blue pages.
Question D: What percentage of Canada is covered by water?
Answer: Nine percent of Canada is covered by water.
Check out the Trivia section of February Link for another chance to win!
Below are the answers to the January Link magazine Trivia questions:
Question A: What is this? (photo)
Answer: The Chimes located at Mountain Shadows Community Center
Question B: How many U.S. states have land farther south than the most northern part of Mexico?
Answer: The states are Louisiana, New Mexico, So. Carolina, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, California, Alabama, Texas, Mississippi, and Hawaii.
Question C: In the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, who had only 1 defeat in approximately 300 matches?
Answer: Look in February Blue pages.
Question D: What percentage of Canada is covered by water?
Answer: Nine percent of Canada is covered by water.
Check out the Trivia section of February Link for another chance to win!
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