CCL Weekly Update – 6/2/22

Life is full of joy, chaos, anxiety, sadness and excitement …

As we approach Graduation season, life is full of the full gamut of varied emotions, and they are all completely valid! However busy you might be with graduation parties, family vacations, packing for college, etc. please do not forget to take a breath. Don’t get so caught up in the busyness of it all so you lose the joy and positive step forward that each moment can bring. These moments, and these emotions can too easily be missed when focusing on the “to do” list rather than experiencing each moment as it comes.

Graduation season is a time of transition. Whether it’s moving from kindergarten to first grade or high school to college or college to life, it’s a stepping stone to learning more about the world around us, and ourselves. Every step offers new opportunities to explore ourselves and our identities. Embrace this challenge, embrace new experiences and opportunities, and embrace others as they authentically are. Wherever you find yourself next in this journey, spend time with those who love you and accept you and celebrate your successes.

Speaking of celebrations and love, June is also LGBTQ Pride Month, a time to uplift that Love is Love. Whatever transitions may come your way this month and always, we are here for you!

… Love is Love. All are welcome and accepted at CommunityCare of Lyme

News and Notes:

Current help requests

A few neighbors would love a hand with spring projects. This week’s Project List:  Stacking Firewood. A small garden / weeding project. If you can help in the next several days, at your convenience , please let us know at help@cclyme.org or call 603-795-0603.

We will be training new Lyme Food Pantry volunteers in the next week. Reply to this email or contact the Food Pantry Coordinator, Kathy (phone: 603-795-0603 /email )  if you’d like to join the team.

Covid update

There are many active Covid cases in Lyme and neighboring communities. 

Please Stay safe: Let’s all do our best to stay safe and keep others safe. Though mandates are lifted, please keep a mask along to wear it inside when requested or when safe distancing isn’t possible.

Vaccination. For a first or second dose or a booster, at Vaccines.gov it’s quick and easy to search for vaccine locations and make an appointment.

Testing. Every home in the U.S. is eligible to order 8 FREE at-⁠home COVID-⁠19 tests (This is a 3rd offer!) Go to www.covidtests.gov/. They’ll ship as supplies are available. See a previous Wellness Wednesday post for more testing resources and other covid safety links and programs. 

Quarantine. The CDC website quarantine/isolation calculator allows you to enter details about your situation and helps you make a quick call about how long you should stay away from others, based on the CDC’s published guidelines. This will be most helpful if your symptoms are past. The Lyme Parish Nurses are able to help if you have quarantine or other questions about staying safe and healthy. Call 603-795-2850 x 3, or email lymeparishnurse@gmail.com. They respond to messages within 24 hours.

For up-to-date information on testing, vaccines, and more in New Hampshire, visit www.covid19.nh.gov. Note that Upper Valley locations in Vermont can also serve NH residents.

Contact CCL if you would like help navigating the system or have questions, and we’ll do our best to get you the most up-to-date answers and help you may need. Email help@cclyme.org or call 603-795-0603.

NH Gives – Support CCL June 7-8!

NH Gives is a This 24-hour online fundraiser started by the NH Center for Nonprofits is an initiative to show support for the Granite State’s nonprofit sector. There are incentives from generous donors across the state that increase the impact of gifts on this one special day. Here’s how you help: From 5pm on Tuesday, June 7 through 5 PM on Wednesday, June 8, visit CCL’s NH Gives page to support our work together in the community. We’ll share more as it gets closer!

June is …

LGBTQ+ Pride Month. Love is Love. Learn more about Pride Month by viewing this ABC interview with Sam Ames, director of advocacy and government affairs at The Trevor Project. (June 1, 2022)

Montpelier Pride Fest events throughout the days this Friday, Saturday and Sunday! Art walks, Bike ride, Shakesqueer, Statehouse Lawn gathering featuring tablets, gaymes and more!

Locally, the Lyme School S.A.G.E. (Sexuality and Gender Equality) group, open to all students, met weekly with staff advisors and found opportunities for social connections, while also exploring difficult topics. This group of students advocated for inclusive restroom signage, so all feel welcome and safe using the facilities. Read more here.

Each week this Pride Month CCL will share resources. Please let us know about events or information you would like us to include.

National Great Outdoors Month. We will focus on different ways to enjoy the great outdoors each week as part of our Wellness Wednesday initiative. We’d love to hear from you as we add to our “summer bucket list” of outdoor activities to enjoy in and around the Upper Valley.

How about trying something new? Enjoy the outdoors this month with the Utility Club’s Free Qi Gong Class Series! Meeting Tuesdays at 5pm at Post Pond. Learn more here.

Aging in Community

Dartmouth Aging Resource Center (“ARC”, throughout the Lyme Events Calendar) has an amazing array of programs, activities, and supports. Here’s a link to this week’s ARC newsletter. You can subscribe.

The Orford Senior Center (serving Orford and Lyme) programming is expanding! On-site bingo, followed by a meal! Weekly Grab ‘n Go and daily home delivered meals. Use the following links for more information: June newsletter, menu, book club, and ongoing Grafton County Senior Citizens Council activities. For more information or to sign up for meals or activities, contact Eileen Nickles, OSC coordinator: 603-353-9107 or enickles@gcscc.org.

Weekly health and well-being tips, resources, and recipes

Monday’s Menu. While you gather with friends, family and neighbors for BBQs this summer, try this unique (quick and easy) take on cornbread salad from the Food Network Kitchen. See this week’s post.

If you have an original recipe OR a recipe you have adapted that you would love to share please email me at  shelby@cclyme.org  Click here to see all the Monday’s Menu recipes.

Wellness Wednesday. Stephanie Graudons, Program Assistant at CCL, shares resources and tips to explore trails throughout the region. Enjoy this week’s post here.

If you have a wellness topic you would like to share about OR would love to learn more about, please contact shelby@cclyme.org. See all Wellness Wednesday posts here. 

Happy Feet. A Message from Susan – Happy Feet clients who do not already have an appointment scheduled for July 14th, and would like an appointment, can call Sue at 1-802-222-4196. I will return the call as soon as possible.

Happy Feet Clinic staff will notify those on the waitlist in the month of June for August appointments.

Kindly, please remember there is NO CLINIC in June or for the first week of July. Thank you for your understanding.  Susan Hanna Rose

Extending a warm Upper Valley welcome

Financial support is needed! Donations to the CCL Welcome Fund support Afghan evacuees and others displaced by challenging circumstances. Go to cclyme.org/donate or mail a check to CCL at PO Box 127 Lyme, NH 03768. Please note that your donation is for the Welcome Fund. 

Get involved! Our new neighbors appreciate help with rides, opportunities to practice English, occasional meals, and simple, warm connection with neighbors. Thanks to so many who have been a part of the welcome so far. If you would like to join in, please contact Martha Tecca (martha.tecca@gmail.com, 603-795-0603). She helps coordinate the Lyme/Upper Valley Neighborhood Support Team, partnering with Ascentria Care Services, a state resettlement office.

Those Guys Tent Rentals!
Those Guys are renting their tents for this outdoor season. As always, funds raised through this effort are distributed to community organizations. This post includes all the details. We are extremely grateful for Those Guys’ support. What a crew!

We are here. Every Day. 603-795-0603 or help@cclyme.org.

Reach out when you or someone you care about needs a hand. If you could use information, help, a listening ear or ways to bring someone else joy, contact us at 603-795-0603 or help@CCLyme.org.  Our phone is answered every day, usually in person. Our welcoming living room in the Lyme Center Academy is a terrific place to relax, read, visit with friends, or meet with a CCL team member. It is now open Monday through Thursday from 9am – 11am, and by appointment. Be in touch, any time. You’ll reach a friendly voice, a little (or a lot of) help, and creative, safe ways to be involved.

Coming up: 

Check out the Lyme Events Calendar, the Valley News Calendar, Lyme organizations (see several links at the end of this message) or the Aging Resource Center for more ideas. 

We are pleased to pass on news shared by Lyme organizations.

This Week

Please check the Listserv or call the event organizer. Due to the community spread of Covid, things are changing regularly. 

Specials

• Friday, June 3rd through Sunday, June 5th. Sing & Play Festival . The Upper Valley Music Center announces the annual Sing & Play Festival June 3-5, and invites community musicians to participate through busking, jams, sing-alongs, and other participatory events. All events are free and open to all ages, and take place in downtown Lebanon locations.
• Saturday, June 4th. National Trails Day
• Saturday, June 4th. Electronics Collection Event  9Am – Noon at the Lyme Transfer Station. Estimated costs for electronics:    Computer Monitors $10-$20, Televisions $10-$20, CPU’s $5, Fax Machines $5, Printers $5, Copiers $10-$20, Scanners $5-$10, Stereo Equipment $5-$15, Radios $5, VCR’s $5, DVD Players $5
• Monday, June 6th. National Gardening Exercise Day.
• Wednesday, June 8th. World Oceans Day & Best Friends Day.
• Saturday, June 11th. Global wellness day.

Ongoing

• Saturdays 10am-1pm, Wednesdays 11am-2pm. Lyme Historians Exhibit – Trains: Transportation, Trade, & Toys. At the Historians Museum.
• Tuesdays at 1pm.  Lyme Food Pantry at 1pm CCL hosts the distribution every Tuesday at Lyme Congregational Church. Call ahead to order, or just stop by. DELIVERY AVAILABLE.
• Tuesday afternoons. Pardon my Garden Lyme Gardeners visit local gardens. This week at Jenny Cooke’s in Lyme 5-7pm. Click the event link for address and details about the program. Questions about Lyme Gardeners? Please contact Anne Baird.
• Tuesdays at 5pm throughout June. Free Qi Gong at Post Pond, made possible by the Utility Club.
• Wednesday afternoons. FREE Reiki with Stephanie Carney in the CCL Living Room at the Lyme Center Academy Building. For an appointment. Contact carney.steph@gmail.com or 603-795-2419.
• Thursdays. Bingo 9-10:30am, Grab-N-Stay (or Grab-N-Go) Meal 11am at the Orford Senior Center. Please call to make your reservation: 603-353-9107 or email enickles@gcscc.org. All participants must sign in and sign out; masks optional. Contact CCL if you could use a ride. Meal delivery is available.

Save the date! 

• Monday, July 18th. Lawn Party Luncheon 11am – 1pm at the Teccas’ home in Orford. Join CommunityCare of Lyme and the Orford Senior Center for our annual community gathering overlooking the beautiful Connecticut River. Would you like to help with food or logistics? We have fun! Contact shelby@cclyme.org or call 603- 795-0603. 
• Saturday, August 6th. Thai Dinner fundraiser. Paphanh and generous volunteers prepare an amazing meal, with proceeds to CommunityCare of Lyme and the Lyme Congregational Church.
• Saturday, September 24th. 2022 Lyme Health and Wellness Fair. A big day!! Lots more to come.

All of these events require many helping hands. If you would love to volunteer, or be a part of an event planning committee
please contact shelby@cclyme.org / 802-468-7776.
Thank you for your consideration!

*NOTE: For any event that’s not online, please be prepared with a mask and clean hands. Safety guidance, and hosts’ comfort continues to evolve.

Check out the Lyme Events Calendar for a full listing of upcoming events selected for Lyme and neighboring communities.

Calendar information is gathered from multiple sources, including:

Lyme and other local listservs
Lyme Library Calendar
Lyme Community and Church Newsletter
Lyme School Events Listing
Town of Lyme Website
Daybreak Upper Valley daily newsletter Click to subscribe
Valley News online calendar
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Aging Resource Center

Please share any additions or edits to calendar items, so that we can include them in the online calendar.

We are here for you.
When you seek information, help, or ways to help others, contact us.

The Lyme Community Help Line:
call 795-0603 or email Help@CCLyme.org

Connection to resources you need now to stay active, involved, and well.
Lyme Food Pantry or prepared meals. Deliveries or errands. Help around home.
Just a chat. You name it.