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Social Media and Social Connections
Adults, All Ages
Are you feeling lonely and depressed lately? It could be caused by spending too much time on social media. Here’s some good news though! An easy antidote is just a phone call away.
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It’s Party Time – Throwing a neighborhood…
Adults, All Ages, Families
Hosting a neighborhood block party is easier than you think. Here are some simple steps and ideas for planning a neighborhood gathering.
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Conversation starters for neighbors
All Ages, Families
Conversation starters are a fun and easy way to build new or existing relationships with your neighbors.
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Make a neighbor map
All Ages
Once you’ve chatted up a neighbor, use our Neighbor Map to keep notes of key insights to remember.
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Easy ways to meet your neighbors and…
Adults
Whether you’re a longtime resident or new to the area, meeting your neighbors can feel intimidating. But don’t stress, there are a variety of ways to introduce yourself – virtually, in person, at an event – take your pick.
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Social connections bingo
All Ages
Take the Social Connections Bingo Challenge! It’s a fun and family friendly way to try new things and share experiences.
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Ready, set, connect through sports!
All Ages
Playing a sport not only provides a fun activity, but is an easy way to connect with people – and it helps you stay fit!
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Neighborhood Scavenger Hunt
Families
Explore your neighborhood while searching for items—and ask your neighbors to join in too, it’s a great community group activity!
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Lifelong Engagement Groups and Activities
Older Adults
Staying engaged as an older adult means maintaining and building new connections with people and groups in your community. Try out these social wellbeing activities to build lasting connections!
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Connecting through sharing photos and stories
All Ages, Older Adults
Younger generations are used to sharing photos quickly and easily through social media and smartphones. Here are some ideas for sharing photos and stories to build meaningful connections with older adults in your life.
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Low-Tech Ways to Stay in Touch with…
Older Adults
Check out these creative tips for staying connected with older adults through calls, letters and cards.
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Making Volunteer Connections
All Ages
Volunteering benefits more than the community. Research shows the volunteer benefits as well. There are so many ways to volunteer and it’s also a great activity for strengthening social connections.
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Putting your Life Back Together After Grief…
Adults, Families
This group activity is focused on ways to connect with people who are dealing with grief and loss, and processing these feelings together.
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Making a Connection Capsule
Adults, Older Adults
Create a “connection capsule” for a friend or family, and fill it with your shared favorite things and memories as a way to connect. If you can’t be together, do it online for a fun social activity.
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Staying Grounded and Connected to Self, Family…
All Ages
There are simple ways to be socially healthy you can do every day to connect to others and stay present in the moment. Making these practices part of your regular routine can help you stay in touch with what matters to you most.
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Common Interests Create Common Bonds
All Ages
Creating connections is easier when you have shared interests, and it deepens bonds by doing something together! Below are ways to connect with people who like the same things you do.
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Connecting Through Exercise
All Ages
Play is nature’s remedy for stress! Connecting through exercise is one way to increase your activity while also a way to be socially healthy.
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Take a “Noticing Walk” with Kids
All Ages, Families
When we walk in nature and notice it's “magic,” we get a deeper connection to the earth and ourselves. Taking a “noticing walk” with kids adds even more magic to the experience and encourages kids to appreciate nature’s wonder.
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Gratitude Texting Groups
All Ages, Families
Share positive thoughts and gratitude with your friends and family, for a great social well being activity.
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Send a Smile to an Older Adult
All Ages, Families, Older Adults
A simple card, note or greeting can help prevent isolation and loneliness for an older adult in our community. This activity allows you to express yourself creatively while connecting.
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Virtual Book Club
All Ages, Families
We love gathering in someone’s home or in a coffee shop, talking with our friends about books, eating good food, and sharing laughter and conversation. But sometimes it’s not possible to meet in person. An online book club is a fun virtual group activity!
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Supporting Older Adults through Volunteering
Adults, Older Adults
Support older adults through these simple, easy volunteer connections.
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Make a Musical Connection
Older Adults
Music has the power to evoke memories and create new ones. Share music with the older adults in your life to spark connection and appreciation for melodies, new and old.
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Recipe Exchange
Adults
Food brings people together like nothing else. Exchange your favorite recipes with others while building your relationships.
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From Pen Pal to Forever Friend
All Ages
In our digital world, the art of putting pen to paper is fading. Writing a letter to a pen pal can brighten their day (and yours) and be an important social wellbeing activity for both of you.
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Family Build a Story Time
Adults, Families
Strengthen your connections with family members through storytelling & humor!
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Lunch Hour Conversations
Adults
Do you miss lunchtime conversations with your coworkers? Recreate them with your neighbors through this fun activity for social connections!