Neighbors Helping Neighbors Community Resources Page
Hey friends! This is a tough time for all of us, so we wanted to create a place where we can share as many things as possible with you. Whether you’re looking for educational resources, fun activities for the kids, or even if you need access to support groups in a virtual setting, we’re here for you. Below you will find links that we’ve been curating (and will continue to develop) that might be of use to you or your family! Use, share, be blessed.
If you know of a resource or suggestion to share with our community, Please click on the “Submit Resource” button below.
Area Meal Assistance and School Education information
Chesterfield County Public Schools
(https://mychesterfieldschools.com/chesterfield-food-bank-information/)
school meal assistance for all Chesterfield County students
Fauquier County Public Schools
Fauqier FISH Weekend Power Pack
(http://fauquierfish.org/newsite/weekend-power-pack)
The Weekend Power Pack program sends backpacks of food, known as Power Packs, home with students on Fridays to meet the nutritional needs of Fauquier County children who have been identified as at risk of hunger on weekends. Each bag contains enough food to feed a family of four for the weekend, providing hunger relief beyond just the individual child.
Fredericksburg City Public Schools
Food service and instructional learning for City of Fredericksburg Residents
Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank
The Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank brings fresh produce and pantry items to remote and under-served areas of our community where many food-insecure families have limited access to healthy food. The Mobile Pantry rotates distribution between sites within our service area to help us attain our goal of a Hunger Free Community
Goochland County Public Schools
(http://ghs.goochlandschools.org/2020/03/16/meal-access-during-closure/)
school meal assistance for all Goochland County students
school meal assistance for Henrico County Students 18yrs old and younger
(https://www.kgcs.k12.va.us/?fbclid=IwAR2setfmSg_5w5MwdIaiz6donvAptSQ4EsPFzDNAoNTbD18lgXAjDD7iI6c)
Food service and instructional learning For King George Residents
(https://www.rvaschools.net/Page/7351)
school meal assistance for Richmond residents 18yrs old or younger
Food service and instructional learning For Spotsylvania County Residents
Food service and instructional learning for Stafford County Residents
Activity/Coloring Sheets
(https://fluencyandfitness.com/register/school-closures/)
Teachers and friends dealing with school closures: Fluency & Fitness® is giving parents FREE unlimited access to their website to use with their child at home during these next few weeks. Now they can keep their child learning and help burn off that extra energy, so parents can keep their sanity. 😉 There are over 900 videos to review 60+ literacy and math topics for K-2nd.
(https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/netflix-party/oocalimimngaihdkbihfgmpkcpnmlaoa?hl=en)+
This is a Google Chrome extension. This extension allows friends to watch movies together online, in real time.
Requirements/Restrictions: Requires a Netflix subscription
McHarpor Manor online art tutorials
This studio will be going live daily Monday through Friday at 1pm Eastern Time, with free art & craft tutorials to create at home with your kids! They’ll have shopping lists (with links to the supplies you can order from Amazon) so you can have supplies on-hand to complete the projects!
Requirements/Restrictions: The tutorials are free, but the supplies would need to be purchased through Amazon.
Enrichment activities for kids while parents work from home (Community Generated)
If you are working from home and need ideas for the kids to be gainfully occupied while you are busy, this spreadsheet has a wealth of ideas!
Screen-Free Activity ideas for kids
A list of several ideas that kids can do during school closures that do not involve a screen!
(https://www.storylineonline.net/)
With school closures around the country due to #coronavirus, please use our FREE children’s literacy resource featuring the world’s best storytellers reading books aloud. Each video includes an activity guide with lessons for K-5 students to do at home
Online Educational Resources
(https://www.khanacademy.org/)
Khan Academy is a nonprofit with the mission to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere.
Online Education Classes for every age and grade
This is a curated list of educational resources for multiple ages/grades
List of education companies offering free subscriptions due to school closures.
(https://www.education.com/?fbclid=IwAR0GULSFULGyO2bnSCKDwMGXdMhvFQltwOK1KdBMe9FJCO-juKLhmjvul7Q)
This is an educational platform for teachers & parents, offering free resources to help with home education during school closures
(https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html)
Even when schools are closed, you can keep the learning going with these special cross-curricular journeys. Every day includes four separate learning experiences, each built around a thrilling, meaningful story or video. Kids can do them on their own, with their families, or with their teachers. Just find your grade level and let the learning begin!
Learning A-Z is offering free subscriptions until the end of this school year. They have wonderful readers in Spanish for different levels
Virtual Tours
American Battlefield Trust/Virtual Tours
(https://www.battlefields.org/visit/virtual-tours)
Virtual Tours of over 20 Civil War and Revolutionary War battlefields. Site also includes battlefield maps and summaries of the battles.
Website appropriate for all ages. Wonderful tool to teach school children about U.S. History (especially now that school is cancelled for the remainder of the academic year). For adults, the virtual tours allow you to “get out of the house” and visit an important event in American history.
Virtual tours of National Parks
Kansas City Zoo – live penguin stream
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IisHeJRXU3M&feature=youtu.be)
Live stream of the penguin habitat at Kansas City Zoo
This article has curated 20 different virtual tours you can take of museums, zoos, etc. It also includes links to lesson plan resources at the bottom.
(https://www.popsugar.com/family/photo-gallery/47314693/embed/47314719/embed)
This article has a collection of YouTube links where you can virtually “ride” attractions at Walt Disney World
Ideas for Remote Working
Enrichment activities for kids while parents work from home (Community Generated)
If you are working from home and need ideas for the kids to be gainfully occupied while you are busy, this spreadsheet has a wealth of ideas!
Community Support Groups
This is a curated list of online resources for those in AA who need access to virtual meetings or speaker tapes.
https://www.sunshinebehavioralhealth.com/dir/
Free resource guide:
Alcoholics Anonymous
Celebrate Recovery (Christian Based)
Refuge Recovery (Meditative Based)
SMART Recovery (Self-Management and Recovery Training)
Veteran Affairs
Women for Sobriety
And much more…
Live Streaming Church Services
(https://liferva.freeonlinechurch.com/live)
We will have our Sunday service available to you this Sunday at 11 am ONLINE.
(https://www.facebook.com/fairmountcc/)
or (http://www.fairmountchristian.org/)
All services online. You will be able to join services at 9:00 AM (Traditional Service) and 11:00 AM (Contemporary Service) by accessing our public Facebook page. (You do not have to be a member of Facebook to access the public page or one of our worship services)
A link to the services will also be available on the Fairmount Christian Church website.
(https://elevationchurch.org/online/)
All services online. Please check the website link for times of services.
(https://lifepointbroadcast.churchonline.org/)
All services online. Please check the website link for times of live streaming of services.
(https://www.culpeperumc.org/)
Live streaming all church services. Please check the website link for times of live streaming of services.
All services will be streamed live. Please check the website link for times of live streaming of services.
Online Streaming of all services. Please check the website link for times of live streaming of services.
Essential Needs Assistance
Office of Stafford County Sheriff – Assisting Elderly Stafford County residents, those with significant risks.
Stafford County would like the community to be aware of their service to pick up and deliver medicine and essentials to the elderly and at-risk. If you are an elderly resident, or know someone who could use this service, call our non-emergency line at (540) 658-4400. We ask that pick-ups are curbside or drive-through and are done between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
(https://warrentonpregnancycenter.org/)
The Warrenton Pregnancy Center offers free baby formula, wipes, diapers and other supplies for those in need in Fauquier County.