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VIRTUAL SOCIALIZING | SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY | TAKE CARE

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The Association of Graduates and your local chapter continues to monitor the Coronavirus. Our main priority is making sure everyone stays safe and healthy.

This situation is different than anything we have experienced. While you may be limited on what you can do for your community, you can still keep everyone connected, support your local graduates and their families, and be a force for service. Below are some resources and ways you can help and stay connected during this time.

If you are planning on sending any care packages to the Cadet Area, please hold off as the US Air Force Academy Team is diligently working together to streamline this process to ensure safety of the cadets.

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Write a letter of encouragement, share a dorm recipe, and explore other way to support our cadets.

VIRTUAL SOCIALIZING

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SKYPE

Zoom

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Socializing is an important way to keep people from getting depressed or feeling isolated. Make it fun by making it creative. Below are a few ideas to help you get started on planning some ways to stay connected with friends and family during this time.

Virtual Happy Hour | Schedule a time to get together with friends and family to raise a beverage of choice

Virtual Progressive Dinner | Schedule a time to host a progressive dinner where each participant demonstrates how to make a dish. Send recipes before so everyone can get the ingredients and follow along. Bonus points: use pantry stuff in new and unusual ways in order to keep people from having to go to the store.

Virtual Game Time | Schedule a time to play group games, like MadLibs. The host can "share" a white board on Zoom or point their camera at the drawing board

Virtual Netflix Movie Night | Enjoy a movie night without having to share your popcorn! Netflix Party offers family and friends to stream movies and shows simultaneously with chat features.

SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY

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Service before self challenge

In the last couple of weeks, our daily routines and lives have been greatly impacted by the COVID-19. Now more than ever we need to be a force for service and support our Air Force Family and local communities. Most importantly, you need to take care of your own health so that you can help others. However, if you are able to help here are some ways you can help:

If you are a graduate or alumni of USAFA, join ZoomieLink. On this platform, cadets are being encouraged to reach out to grads in their community to make sure they have someone to talk to, get advice from, stay connected, etc. while they’re away from USAFA.
Reach out to neighbors, classmates and loved ones. Many individuals are quarantined. It certainly gets lonely staying home. Many folk would appreciate a callfrom some checking in on them and asking how they are doing.
Take a few moments to write letters to health care workers who are working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. A few words of encouragement would mean a lot to these national heroes. Visit to https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe3tCCFkeMBIg9QeC4mE206_e4jxilIyw3RYYSsETV3gOsALg/viewform participate.
While we urge you not to visit each other, offering to drop off groceries, supplies, or medications on the front step for some of your more vulnerable neighbors or loved ones is okay as long as you take precautions and you are not sick.
Collect canned foods or supplies for the local food banks (keep your distance when dropping off).
Many schools are closing, but the parents are still working. Homeschooling and working is not going to be easy! You can help virtually assist families by setting up video tutoring for the kids. In addition, you can reach out to local schools to see if they need online tutors or support as they transition to online school.
Support small and local businesses by ordering take-out or pickup.

TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF

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