Resources for Socially Distanced
Check out the full list of online resources and databases offered by the Grafton Public Library. Items marked with a * may require a Grafton Public Library card to access.
- Local Resources
- Work/Working From Home
- Keeping Busy While Social Distancing
- Parenting
- Reading
- Nothing is Certain but Death and Taxes
Local Resources
COVID-19
Town of Grafton COVID-19 Resources & Info
Grafton Public Schools COVID-19 Info
State of MA COVID-19 Resources & Info
FOOD
Restaurants open for takeout/delivery
(compiled by Jenn Lord Paluzzi, GraftonCommon)
Grafton Food Bank
Open newly designated hours
Meals on Wheels
Making deliveries to local seniors
Quarantine Food Calculator
Enter the number of men, women and children in your family and it will calculate how much food you need for 2 weeks. Includes shopping tips and a meal plan.
FINANCIAL
211 COVID-19 OR call 211 for information on how to get help in your area
COVID-19 Relief Fund for Military Veterans
Coronavirus Tax Relief – Federal
Disaster Loan Assistance (SBA)
Federal Student Aid: Loans and Forbearance during Coronavirus
Find Childcare and Childcare Assistance
MA Financial Resources for COVID-19
Where to Find Financial Relief During Coronavirus COVID-19
What do I do if I lose my job-based health insurance?
How can I apply for food stamps?
How do I apply for Medicaid and CHIP?
HEALTH
Greater Grafton Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) and Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
Social Distancing Calculator
Designed to help you to understand how your actions affect the spread of the virus within your community. Includes a Toilet Paper Calculator!
Work/Working From Home: the “new normal”
Ask the Career Advisor series with Ken Mattsson
Tuesdays at 6:30pm
Harvard Business Review: A Guide for Working from Home (Parents)
Harvard Business Review: How Dual-Career Couples Can Work through the Coronavirus Crisis
Harvard Business Review: A Guide to Managing Your (Newly) Remote Workers
The Verge Guide to Working at Home
ZDNet Remote Working 101: Professional’s Guide to Tools of the Trade
Self-Care
Calm: Take a Deep Breath
(meditations and more, including Sleep Stories for kids)
Care for your Coronavirus Anxiety
Resources for anxiety and your mental health in a global climate of uncertainty (for parents and caregivers)
Coloring Sheets from 113 Museums
Free Meditation and Relaxation Resources
Free/Reduced Cost Online Therapy
With licensed, insured therapists.
In the Room: Online Meetings for Those in Recovery
(for parents and caregivers)
Marathon AA meeting via ZOOM, 24/7
ZOOM 144108372
PASSWORD 750583
YMCA360
Online exercise, fitness, wellbeing, and youth sports classes.
Keeping Busy During Social Distancing
*Ancestry.com
Genealogical and historical records and sources, look up your family history. On site use only.
By The People!
Library of Congress’s crowdsourcing project: transcribe primary source documents.
Dance Like a Rockette
Weekly lessons, Thursdays @ 12noon EST, via Instagram
Julia Child’s French Chef
Learn to cook!
Nikon Photography course
10 lessons via streaming video: photography fundamentals, photographing children and pets, storyteling via video and more.
MA Audubon April Almanac
Things to look for on solo walks outdoors
The Arts
MOVIES
Open Culture Free Movies online
Includes classics, indies, film noir, documentaries and other films.
OPERA
Paris Opera
March 30 – April 5: Swan Lake (2019)
April 6 – 12: The Barber of Seville (2014)
April 13 – 19: Tribute to Jerome Robbins (2018)
April 20 – 26: The Tales of Hoffmann (2016)
April 27 – May 3: Carmen (2017)
MUSIC
Paris Opera
March 17 – May 3: Cycle of Tchaikovsky’s six symphonies played by the Orchestra of the Paris National Opera, conducted by Philippe Jordan
THEATRE
Actor’s Fund: Broadway stars sing, daily at 2pm EST
Broadway Shows & Musicals to watch from home
Filmed on Stage: PBS presents Broadway
Globe-TV
Shakespeare’s plays from the Globe Theatre, London
The Show Must Go On
Andrew Llyod Webber Musicals
Lifelong Learning
*Pronunciator
Personalized language learning via website or app – over 100 languages available
Class Central & Ivy League MOOCs
The Great Courses
Audio lectures from experts in their field – 30 day free trial.
Parenting
At-Home Challenge Bingo Sheet for kids
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
Resources for parents, children and lawyers around COVID-19 and divorce/custody.
Child Mind Institute
Resources for parenting during crisis.
Mass.gov
Open letter regarding co-parenting during COVID-19 from Chief Justice John D. Casey.
National Association of School Psychologists
Helping kids cope with changes resulting from COVID-19.
NPR: What Kids Want to Know About COVID-19
Talking points and free comic.
Reading
*Overdrive
Digital eBook, eAudio, eMagazines
450 Free manga releases to read online
BookBub
free and discounted ebooks
Virtual / Online Tours
BOSTON
Aerial View of the vacant city
MUSEUMS
The Cowboy Museum (via Twitter)
Orchard House: Louisa May Alcott’s home, Concord MA
National Gallery of Victoria (Australia): Collecting Comme
Japanese designer fashion exhibit
National Gallery of Victoria (Australia:) Marking Time
Indigenous art exhibit
National Gallery of Victoria: Petrina Hicks
Photography exhibit
Virtual Tours of Famous Castles
Interactive Frida Kahlo Exhibition from Google
BOTANICAL GARDENS
Hawaiian Tropical Botanical Gardens virtual tour
Waddeson, A Rothschild House and Garden
Nothing is Certain but Death and Taxes
MA Income Tax
Filing deadline extended to July 15, 2020
Federal Income Tax
Filing deadline extended to July 15, 2020
MA MOLST & CC/DNR Forms
The MOLST and CC/DNR forms are statewide standardized forms issued by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Patients and their health care providers can use these to document the results of discussions they have had about appropriate life-sustaining treatment.
TIME Magazine: Why You Need to Create a When I Die File before It’s Too Late
It may sound morbid, but creating a findable file, binder, cloud-based drive, or even shoebox where you store estate documents and meaningful personal effects will save your loved ones incalculable time, money, and sufferin
Last Will and Testament
Free sample at LegalZoom.
Last Will and Testament
Free sample and instructions at eforms.