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    Senior Center Services- Transportation

    Posted on January 3, 2021 by Norwich

    MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS – Transportation to needed medical appointments is available.

    WHEELCHAIR VAN – Wheelchair accessible transportation is available to medical appointments.

    MED RIDE II – Transportation is available for Seniors or Disabled Residents of Norwich  and Montville to

    out-of-town medical appointments.

    GROCERY SHOPPIING – Currently offering grocery shopping assistance.  Please call for information.

    Please call (860) 889-5960 for information.

     

    COVID-19 Vaccine Info Sheet

    Posted on January 3, 2021 by Norwich

    To see this information sheet easier just double click on it and it will be full size.

    City of Norwich Alerts & Notifications

    Posted on January 3, 2021 by Norwich

    You can sign up on the City of Norwich website to receive emails or texts of City related alerts and notifications.  This includes being notified of emergency alerts or closure of City Hall along with being able to sign up for tax payment reminders, budget and agenda information, City Calendar updates and more.  You choose what alerts or notifications you would like to be sent.

    If you are interested in signing up to receive alerts or notifications,

    please follow the sign up information below.  

    1. On the City of Norwich homepage (www.norwichct.org) click on “Notify Me” (found on the right side

    middle of the page).

    1. If this is your first time signing up for alerts or notifications, enter your email (and cell phone for text alerts). To complete the user set-up, you will receive a confirmation email and/or text that you will need to respond to.  If you have previously signed up for alerts or notifications, sign-in with your email to make changes or updates.
    2. Choose which alerts and notifications you would like to receive.
    3. For each alert or notification you select, you will receive a confirmation email or text that you will

    also need to respond to confirm your selections.

    You are able to change, update or cancel your alerts and notifications at anytime by going to the “Notify Me” on the City’s website and entering your email to make changes.

     

    Change – Content by Judy

    Posted on December 3, 2020 by Norwich

    Change is defined as – the act of making or becoming different. This whole COVID situation certainly has made our entire lives different in a multitude of ways. From how we stay safe, interact, work and even make purchases evolves constantly.

    2020 has been the all-time master of change whether we wanted it or not! Who would have ever dreamed we would be wearing masks? In 2019 we didn’t even know what social distancing was. Also, in 2019 just what could of possibly have been meant by “mandatory stay at home”?? Or that children would no longer go to school?

    Even if someone had told you that they were going to make all of this into a movie, most of us would have said it’s all too crazy and no one will ever go see that!

    For us New England Patriots fans the biggest 2020 news should have been Tom Brady leaving!! Instead local and high school sports almost doesn’t exist. Fans can’t go to games.  We don’t know from week to week which school is opened, and which are closed.

    COVID has changed our world forever. Whether we wanted it or not! Life will never go back to what it was.

    Now is the time we should be thinking about how we want our individual lives to be as we move past 2020.

    What do you want your 2022 to look like? What have you been dreaming about? What did you miss the most? What did you get robbed of in 2020? My husband and I were not able to celebrate our 50th Anniversary the way we had been planning for the last three years. We were going to have a huge party with all of the bells and whistles followed by a three-week vacation to Vancouver, a cruise to San Francisco and then onto Las Vegas.

    So now is the time to start planning to live the life you want. Use the present to get healthier. Find new paths to travel. Start saving, even if it’s only $5.00 a week.

    Don’t be afraid to reach out. Talk to your doctor, your friends, your family. Find a therapist.  Tell them how hard 2020 has been for you.

    Embrace change! No matter what it will look like.

    Figure out new ways to socialize. I’m doing a Zoom Paint Night where the instructor will be online, and attendees can be in person in small groups or on Zoom. A network I’m part of is planning a Zoom night where we will learn how to make a couple of drinks.

    Start work on your “2020 Bucket List”. Start making the actual plan on how you will achieve those goals. Hit the ground running. Be ready  to live.

    Now start planning your 2022 so you will know what it’s going to look like!!