CCL Weekly Update – 10/1/2020
Our Waiting Game
As I sit in the early hours at the waiting room at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, for a friend to be rid of concerns, I remember the early start to this day … how it was flooded with bright light from the waning moon, how the birds were waiting to start their day with the rise of the sun … how all creatures great and small spend much time waiting.
Waiting games aren’t always fun and often require more patience than we have. Or than we think we have. Since March, we’ve been tasked with waiting for countless things we’ve not had to deal with before. Rearranged lives, waiting out the siege. Learning the art of mask wearing for hours, the restrictions placed on our life for everyone’s safety. The year has been provoking and full of waiting for something. Testing, vaccines, election results, school plans, church services, news that brings anything other than the angst and annoyances.
Patience enhances civility. Impatience can bring misunderstandings and unintended consequences. If we can remember to take a few breaths … to regroup and remember it’s not just us affected by all these things, the reserves we have to be patient, forgiving and kind through this whole business will make things easier for all.
Sending good wishes for patience and peace this first day of October.
Don’t forget:
You are the reason we’re here.
If you’d like information, help, a listening ear or, maybe, ways to make someone else feel really good, contact us at 603-795-0603 or help@CCLyme.org. Groceries or meals. Deliveries or errands. Help around home. A little help problem-solving. You name it.
If you are a school family with concerns for your own or fellow families, we’d like to help. This quick form allows you to share your situation, needs you may have, and ways you may help others. Complete it if you like, or just reach out by email or phone. If you get caught on the wrong side of covid symptoms some morning and could use help figuring out how to get through the day or weeks, call 603-795-0603. Together, we’ll work through the pieces and come up with a way to make it work for you.
Please get your flu shot.
It is very important that everyone receive a flu shot this season. In green in the “Don’t miss” section below are several flu vaccination clinics – at schools, community locations, and at Dartmouth-Hitchcock. Most are free. Some require proof of insurance. Check details for appointment requirements. See our post for more Flu Clinic information and options through October.
Coming up in this next week:
As you are out and about, please be thoughtful about how to keep yourself and others safe and healthy. Wear a mask when you are in public. Continue to keep a safe distance. Stay home if you are sick at all. And please be kind, as you encourage others to practice safe behaviors. ❤️?.
Check out the growing listing of events on the Lyme Events Calendar online. Enjoy October Festivities at Cedar Circle Farm, including cider donuts on Fridays! There is harvest fun at farms and pumpkin patches across the Upper Valley. Please let us know about other things you think we should share. Following are just a few highlights.
Don’t miss:
- Friday (10/2):
The Connecticut: New England’s Great River – Zoom Talk by Adair Mulligan, 5pm.
- Saturday (10/3):
Household Hazardous Waste Collection*, 9am-noon at Lebanon High School. LAST of 2020.
Lyme Historians Barn Open*, n00n-2pm (weather permitting).
Community Flu Clinic in Orford*, 10am-1pm at Rivendell High School.
DHMC Drive-by Flu Clinic*, 1-4pm. Appointment required.
- Sunday (10/4):
Student Flu Clinic at Lebanon High School, 10am-3pm.
Lyme Crop Walk, 11am
350 Vermont Training: “How are Racial Justice and Climate Justice Connected?”, 3-6pm, online.
- Monday (10/5):
Grab & Go Curbside Take Out Meals*, 12-12:30pm at the Upper Valley Senior Center. All Welcome. No age limit. $3 suggested cost per meal.
Flu Clinic at the Upper Valley Senior Center in Lebanon, 1:15-3:15pm.
- Tuesday (10/6):
Willing Hands Produce and Food Pantry Package Pick-up*, 1pm at the Lyme Food Pantry Lyme School drive up. We will also deliver. If you can, pre-order at 795-0603 or help@cclyme.org.
DHMC Drive-by Flu Clinic*, 3-6pm. Appointment required.
FREE Weatherize Button-Up Workshop ONLINE, 7-8:30pm. The Lyme and Orford Energy Committees and CommunityCare of Lyme are partnering with NHSaves. Some funding support will be available for those who could use help getting their homes prepped for winter.
WRIF Panel Discussion: Protecting the Vote: Race & Voter Suppression, 7:30 pm. Online. Part of the WRIF film series, Race and US Elections. Be sure to watch the two films on the WIRF website before the panel discussion to get the most out of it!
- Wednesday (10/7):
Grab & Go Curbside Take Out Meals*, 12-12:30pm at the Upper Valley Senior Center. All Welcome. No age limit. $3 suggested cost per meal.
Building Your Lifeplan Educational Series with Tim Caldwell. What kinds of planning are important to “take care of you and take care of tomorrow”? Two gatherings on October 7th (noon and 7pm) will be an overview of the decisions and plans that matter most, depending on what’s happening in your life. There will be lots of time for questions. Other weeks’ topics will be based on what matters most to participants.
- Thursday (10/8):
Virtual Morning Sing that will wake up your voice and your mind. No singing experience is required. Do pre-register to receive a Zoom link an hour before the event.
The Truth about Estate Planning – Online Workshop, 4-6pm. Click the link to register.
- Friday (10/9):
Fairlee’s Free Food Friday Produce Shelf,* 10-11am (or as long as it lasts) on the Fairlee Town Common.
- Saturday (10/10):
Household Hazardous Waste Collection*, 9am-noon at Lebanon High School. LAST of 2020.
Community Flu Clinic in Plainfield*, 10am-1pm
Walk to End Alzheimer’s*, 10:30 am. You choose the location and walk in small, safe groups to raise money for this very important cause.
Lyme Historians Barn Open*, noon-2pm (weather permitting).
DHMC Drive-by Flu Clinic*, 1-4pm. Appointment required.
*NOTE: For any event that’s not online, please be prepared with a mask and clean hands or clean gloves.
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