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NEXT Village’s Monthly Writing Group – TWICE Monthly!

Featuring JACKIE HEWITT

Mondays at 1:00 – 2:45pm: July 6 and July 20

Online and Open to everyone!
We are an informal, facilitated writing group.

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Death Café – Circle of Sharing — TWICE Monthly!

Tuesday, July 7 & 21st, 1:00 PM

Many of the Death Café attendees asked for a little more connection during this crazy time. Kudos to our fearless leader, Meg, for agreeing to facilitate two times per month. A unique opportunity to share what’s on your mind regarding this often-unspoken subject. It’s not morbid, we promise! If ever we needed a place to talk about death, this is it!

Death Café’s (http://deathcafe.com/what/) have been steadily gaining fans. At Death Cafe people, often strangers, gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death. A Death Cafe is a group directed discussion of death with no agenda, objectives or themes. Even though you will all be in your homes, please enjoy some tea and cake during the call!

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Stress Busters – 5 Steps to Deal with Stress (D2U)

Weekly on Tuesdays, 3-4 pm – July 7, 14, 21 and 28th

Stress comes in many ways. It’s that uneasy feeling we get when we’re upset — whether it’s because we’re angry, worried, depressed or disturbed for other reasons. For many of us, it’s hard not to be stressed and anxious in the midst of challenging times.

In Tuesday Stress Buster workshops, we’ll learn how stress starts and a simple effective method to handle your reaction to situations. You’ll learn a five step process to reduce stress and help you better respond to any situation in a helpful way, instead of getting upset. Stress Busters (also known as Ding Sum) has been serving seniors in San Francisco for over 30 years.

This weekly series will be fun and practical. Leave each session with new practical insights on how to better handle whatever life throws at you.

Speaker – Eileen Chan is a native San Franciscan, trained as an optometrist and married with three grown children. She has volunteered with Stress Busters since the organization was founded over 30 years ago. 

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Wednesday, July 22, 10 – 11:15 AM

Whether you have a green or a brown thumb right now is the time for gardening and nurseries are open for business!  In this workshop you will learn how to create stunning garden containers using flowers and herbs.

Presenter: Arete Nicholas, a certified Master Gardener in San Francisco and San Mateo County, will share tips on how to use the thriller, spiller, filler method of container planting. This workshop is geared for all levels of garden experience – from the beginner to the experienced gardener.

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Reading Circle with Ms. Kim

Read what you like and tell us about it!

4th Wednesday of the month 4-5 pm   

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Buon Giorno! Italian Conversation Group (D2U)

Weekly on Thursdays, 11am – Noon

Join other Italians, Italian-Americans, and non-native Italian speakers who want to practice Italian in an informal and welcoming environment. This is a fun, casual Zoom gathering where people can use and practice their Italian. No judgement, no pressure!

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Tech Teach In – Get more from your smart phone (Android and I phone)

Learn how to get more out of your cell phone, learn how to take a selfie (maybe even with your Thank you, Volunteers poster), or spring flowers, skyline, whatever you fancy, and email it, or upload to Facebook. Also, learn how to use Zoom from your phone, and how to watch a wide variety of interesting content from sites such as YouTube.

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