Call for Artists

 ArtsWestchester Exhibition Opportunity: An Open Call to the Westchester Community 

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Submit creative works made during the coronavirus pandemic to ArtsWestchester’s curated exhibition, opening spring 2021.

 “ArtsWestchester plans to reopen its gallery after an extended COVID-19 closure with an exhibition of the artistic and creative projects that you’ve been working on since March, 2020. We invite you to share your creativity with us—your homemade puppet theater, your “covid cookbook”, your family zoom concert—and tell your pandemic story. We are open to ALL of your creative ideas.”

 Submission deadline: March 3, 2021

 Before submitting, please review the complete guidelines by clicking here.

Telephone Scam Alert

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At least one resident here at KoH has received two telephone calls where the caller said they were from Amazon Prime and wanted to alert them that $200 had just been charged to their Amazon account. If that charge was in error, the recipient of the call should push 1 (or some number) on the phone. The resident did not push anything but hung up and a bit later checked their Amazon account from their computer. Needless to say, in neither case was such a charge listed in their account. Those examples convinced the resident that the caller was “phishing” for information from them and that the call was bogus. Hence this posting to alert others who might receive such calls.

COVID Humor. Really?

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Jokes from

The HUMOR Project's

Laughing Matters E-mail Newsletter

Thanks to Joel Goodman, Founder & Director, The HUMOR Project, Inc.

Unfortunately, COVID-19 (and its mutations) are still with us. We need our sense of humor to stick with us. Here are 19 invitations to laugh in the face of COVID-19. Thanks to Jenny Mirling, Taffy Colker, Nancy Fairbanks, and Linda Nyquist for getting us started.

Why do they call it the novel coronavirus? It's a long story...

2019: Stay away from negative people. 2020: Stay away from positive people.

Due to the quarantine, I'll only be telling inside jokes.

The World Health Organization has announced that dogs cannot contract Covid-19. Dogs previously held in quarantine can now be released. To be clear, WHO let the dogs out.

I don't think anyone expected that when we last changed the clocks that we'd go from Standard Time to the Twilight Zone.

I'm not buying a 2021 calendar until I see a trailer.

Do you ever go out and while you're out, you think, "This is exactly why I don't go out!"

I can't believe I forgot to go to the gym today. That's seven years in a row now.

OK, if we're going to have one-way grocery aisles, then I'm going to need a passing lane.

Question: If 2020 was a drink, what would it be? Answer: colonoscopy prep.

During the coronavirus daze, I'd like to thank whomever told my mother that WTF means, "Wow, That's Fantastic!" Her texts are so much more fun now.

Being stuck at home, as I watch the dog chasing his tail, I thought dogs are easily amused. Then I realized I was watching the dog chase his tail.

The world has turned upside down. Old folks are sneaking out of the house and their kids are yelling at them to stay indoors.

Every few days, try your jeans on just to make sure they fit. Pajamas will have you believe all is well in the kingdom.

I need to practice social distancing from the refrigerator.

Never in a million years could I have imagined I would go up to a bank teller wearing a mask and ask for money.

On average a panda feeds for approximately 12 hours per day. This is the same as an adult at home under quarantine, which is why we call it a "Pandemic."

The amount of jokes about coronavirus has reached worrying numbers. Scientists claim we are in the middle of a pundemic.

Snow White is down to 6 Dwarfs. Sneezy has been placed in quarantine.

Thanks to Maria Harris for sending these.

Ideas from the Health and Wellness Committee

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INFORMED DELIVERY

Sneak a Peek at Your Mailbox

Avoid unnecessary trips to Main Street by clicking here for a new app from the Post Office.

Informed Delivery® gives eligible residential consumers the ability to digitally preview their mail and manage packages scheduled to arrive soon. Users can see images of the exterior address side of incoming letter-size mail and package tracking information on Priority Mail®, Priority Mail Express®, and other trackable parcels via email notification, online dashboard, or mobile app. Images are only provided for letter-sized mailpieces that are processed through USPS' automated equipment.

While Informed Delivery is available for Kendal, it is not available for all. Some consumers may not be eligible to receive images of their mail pieces and may only be able to track packages with Informed Delivery. Your ability to sign up for Informed Delivery is dependent on living at an eligible residential address and the ability to verify your identity.

A December 31 Letter from Ellen Woods at Phelps Hospital about COVID Vaccine Availability

Some of you have been asking about your eligibility to receive the coronavirus vaccine. I just received clarification on the distribution in NYS.

Each state can make their own determination as to whom and when the vaccines are distributed, hence why Florida is currently vaccinating seniors while NYS is not.

The state has designated locations for distribution of the vaccine. Phelps has been assigned to handle vaccines for its employees and EMS workers. The state has not indicated whether we will be involved in mass distribution.

The distribution of the vaccines are solely being handled by the state. They will notify the public about their eligibility and designated locations. If selected, Phelps’ role will be to give injections only and not be involved in the logistics of the process.

At this time, there is a reasonable expectation that seniors will be eligible in late January/early February.

I will continue to update you as information is released. As of today, the state has not advised Phelps of any additional information.

Have a Happy new Year.

Ellen Woods, Program Director Vitality and Caregiver Program Phelps Hospital
701 North Broadway
Residence Building
Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591
914-366-3937
ewoods3@northwell.edu

EDITOR’S NOTE: Her letter deals with vaccine availability for seniors in NY State in general. We do not know at this time whether residents of Kendal will be considered differently because they reside in a senior living facility.