We know this is a hectic and uncertain time for many people––not just Job One employees. Our Employee Resource Advocate, Chelsi Flores, compiled these free resources to help you stay sane, active and supported during the corona pandemic. If there’s a resource you like that you don’t see on this list, just comment on the blog and we can add it!
Wishing you and your loved ones health and safety from all of us at Job One.
Free Online Exercise Resources
- Les Mills (e.g., Body Pump, Body Flow, Body Combat, Barre, etc.) on-demand exercise classes [currently available free]: https://watch.
lesmillsondemand.com/at-home- workouts/season:1 - Peloton online [currently available free] : https://www.theverge.com/
2020/3/16/21182267/peloton- workout-app-trial-at-home- subscription - “50 Best Free Online Workout Resources”: https://
makeyourbodywork.com/how-to- exercise-at-home/ - Whole Life Challenge [currently offering a free pop-up challenge for individuals or teams): https://www.
wholelifechallenge.com/popup/ - Down Dog App (Yoga, HIIT, Barre, 7-min exercise) [currently free with .edu email address]: https://www.
downdogapp.com/
Getting Food (not available in all locations]
Grocery Delivery Services:
- Instacart: https://www.
instacart.com - Shipt: https://www.shipt.com
Grocery Curbside Pick-up (Online Ordering) Services:
- Publix: https://delivery.
publix.com/ - Target: https://www.target.
com/c/grocery/-/N-5xt1a - Walmart: https://grocery.
walmart.com/?pp=1
Meal Delivery Services (most have introductory discount offers):
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- Blue Apron: https://www.blueapron.
com/ - Green Chef: https://greenchef.com/
- HelloFresh: https://www.
hellofresh.com/ - Home Chef [discount code DINNERTIME30]: https://www.
homechef.com/the-best - Splendid Spoon: https://splendidspoon.
com/get-started/ - Sun Basket: https://sunbasket.com/
- Wild Alaskan Seafood: https://
wildalaskancompany.com/start
- Blue Apron: https://www.blueapron.
Restaurant Delivery Services:
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- Bite Squad: https://www.bitesquad.
com - Door Dash (delivery fee currently waived): https://www.doordash.
com - Grubhub: https://www.grubhub.
com/delivery - Uber Eats (delivery fee currently waived): https://www.ubereats.
com
- Bite Squad: https://www.bitesquad.
Free Meditation Resources
- Headspace [currently free for healthcare professionals with NPI#]: https://www.headspace.
com/health-covid-19 - Ten Percent Happier App [currently free for healthcare professionals]: https://
redeem.tenpercent.com/ - To claim your complimentary subscription you’ll redeem the gift code (HEALTHCARE) on our website. Then log into the mobile app on your Apple or Android device using the same Ten Percent Happier account and all the subscription contents of the app will be unlocked.
- Or just go to their Coronavirus Sanity Guide to access relevant free content/resources without creating an account: https://www.
tenpercent.com/ coronavirussanityguide
- Calm..com [currently offering free resources]: https://www.calm.
com/blog/take-a-deep-breath? utm_source=lifecycle&utm_ medium=email&utm_campaign= difficult_times_nonsubs_031720 - Insight Timer Meditation App [free]: https://insighttimer.
com/ - Stop Breathe & Think App: http://app.
stopbreathethink.org - Healthy Minds App [currently available free]: https://
tryhealthyminds.org/
Some Local/National Religious Services Offered Online (incomplete listing)
- Abiding Savior Lutheran Church: http://abidingsavior.
info/ - Abundant Grace Church: https://
liveabundantgrace.com/ - Anthem Church: https://www.
anthemchurch.com/ - Catholic Mass Online: https://
catholiccurrent.org/covid19/? mc_cid=653133a134&mc_eid= c3fb0c97cc - Congregation B’Nai Israel: http://www.
jewishritual.com/live/ - Family Church: https://www.
thefamilychurch.net/live- stream - First Presbyterian Church: www.1stpc.org
- Gainesville Church of God: https://www.gainesville.
church/ - Gainesville Karma Thegsum Choling (Buddhist meditation center): https://www.
ktcgainesville.org/ - Grace at Fort Clarke: https://gracegnv.org/
- Greenhouse Church: https://greenhouse.
churchonline.org/ - Jumah Prayer Service: http://
thenationsmosque.org/jumah- stream/ - Shabbat Services Online: https://reformjudaism.
org/attend-shabbat-services- online - Sim Shalom Online: https://simshalom.com/
- Westside Baptist Church: https://
westsidebaptist.org/
For Individuals in Recovery
Online meetings:
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- AA: https://meetings.
intherooms.com/ - NA: https://www.na.org/
meetingsearch/text-results. php?country=Web&state&city& zip&street&within=5&day=0& lang&orderby=distance - Al-Anon: https://al-anon.org/
al-anon-meetings/electronic- meetings/ - Smart Recovery: https://www.
smartrecovery.org/community/ - Buddhism-based mutual support group: https://recoverydharma.
online/ - Sober Grid: https://www.sobergrid.
com/ – allows you to interact, support, and engage with other people in recovery using a platform similar to Facebook. - SoberTool: https://apps.apple.
com/us/app/sobertool- addiction-recovery/id863872931 – is an easy way to track your clean and sober days.. The app includes daily motivational messages and reminders to keep you on target. - WEconnect: https://www..
weconnectrecovery.com/patients -provides you with daily reminders to stay on track with your recovery plan. You can create reminders to call your sponsor, go to a group meeting, meditate, etc. - AA Big Book: https://mybigbookapp.
com/ -This app gives you access to the full text of the Big Book, along with a meeting finder, podcasts, prayers, and personal stories. - 12 Step Meditation Daily Reflections for AA, NA, Al-Anon: https://apps.apple.
com/us/app/12-step-meditation- daily-reflections-aa-na-al- anon/id1027253662 – This app features hundreds of easy-to-follow guided meditations, as well as soothing music, prayers, and 12-step recovery audio.
- AA: https://meetings.
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Tips to stop touching your face: https://brooklynminds.
Mental Health Resources
- Crisis/Emergency counseling by phone: 24 hours a day, 7 days/week
- National Suicide Prevention Hotline: Call 1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255); Or online chat: https://
suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ chat/ - National Suicide Hotline: Call 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433); Or online chat: https://www.imalive.org/
- Nacional de Prevencion del Suicidio (en espanol): 1-888-628-9454 (toll free)
- National Suicide Prevention Hotline: Call 1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255); Or online chat: https://
- Tips and Resources from Mental Health America: https://mhanational.
org/covid19 - 7 Crucial Research Findings to Help Deal With COVID-19: https://www.apa.org/
news/apa/2020/03/covid-19- research-findings
Ways to Socialize While Maintaining Social Distancing Precautions
- Video chat with friends and family (Facetime, Android video chat, Google Hangouts, Zoom, Skype)
- Host a “Netflix Party”: https://www.usatoday.
com/story/entertainment/tv/ 2020/03/17/coronavirus- netflix-party-lets-friends-do- movie-nights-quarantine/ 5072347002/ - Have an Online Karaoke party: http://www.singsnap..
com/ - Play an online multiplayer game together
- Play charades via Google Hangouts, Zoom, Skype
- Host an online scavenger hunt (meet via Google Hangouts, Zoom, Skype then give everyone a fun list of items to find in their house and “show off” what they find when time is up!)
- Host a photo/video scavenger hunt—give them a list of silly things to do and take a photo/video of themselves to share with the group (e.g., headstand, attempt to juggle, eat a hot pepper)
- Play Pictionary via Zoom using the screenshare feature
- Play digital board games together
- “Meet” for online party games [not free]: https://jackboxgames.
com/games/ - Practice your photography skills and share with friends
- Make/share TikTok videos
- Play “Car Pool Karaoke” via Zoom—take turns picking a song and challenge other(s) to sing along. Everyone starts muted, then selectively unmute friends to share their performance with the group.
- Host an online journal club or book club
- Watch a movie or show “together” via Zoom, Facetime Group, Google Hangouts, Skype, Facebook Live or host a movie Tweet-along via Twitter (start your own #hashtag)
- Do a craft “together” via Zoom, Facetime Group, or Google Hangouts
- Write a story together—one person in the group writes a couple sentences, then emails it to the next group member who adds another couple sentences and passes it along. Keep going as many rounds as it remains fun!
- Play a social online game together (e.g., Words With Friends, Draw Something, Golf Clash)
- Engage in Virtual Team Building Activities: https://www.
thecouchmanager.com/3-fun-and- easy-virtual-team-building- activities/ - Send emails, notes, texts to your friends and family expressing gratitude and/or admiration
Entertain Yourself While in Quarantine
Consider keeping a COVID-19 Journal to remember this historical event (some prompts below):
- How has this impacted your daily life?
- How has it affected your view of the important work you do?
- How has spending time at home with family influenced your interactions and feelings toward your family? OR How has spending time home alone influenced your interactions and feelings toward your family?
- What has happened during this crisis that has surprised you in a positive way? What has happened during this crisis that has surprised you in a negative way?
- What can you be grateful for in this moment?
- How might this experience impact your life long-term?
Free Online Cultural Experiences
- Metropolitan Opera online broadcasts: https://www.
metopera.org/ - Seattle Symphony online broadcasts: https://
seattlesymphony.org/watch- listen/beyondthestage/live- broadcasts?fbclid= IwAR3TweYh3rjjW8rrgrBRFQtiQq64 Sycxjw2uT5HRXSD6_ yj1yzJKooBjE5g
- Live Virtual Concerts (all genres): https://www.npr.org/
2020/03/17/816504058/a-list- of-live-virtual-concerts-to- watch-during-the-coronavirus- shutdown - Support Local Live Music with Facebook Live Concerts: https://facebook.
com/events/s/support-local- music-online-by-/ 611183506130234/?ti=cl - Museum Virtual Tours: https://hellogiggles.
com/news/museums-with-virtual- tours/?fbclid=IwAR07rx_ DJ3jcyphyHbRjqZ-3JeQBsi- 51zwx4hkYbWAQy5ZInEOu_ik_ar4
- Museum Collections online: https://
artsandculture.google.com/ partner?hl=en&fbclid= IwAR3ycUR2OekI5Ghiq95yX8N49- OIIA3BHfL8ZdxEDFIJZMJBethXPvBb 0WU - Broadway Direct Guide to Online-Streaming Broadway Shows (most free with Amazon Prime): https://
broadwaydirect.com/where-to- watch-musicals-online-the- musical-lovers-guide-to- streaming/
Free Online Classes
- Online Medical Education for Residents/Students (Nutrition, Physician Well-Being, Non-pharmacologic pain management, etc..): https://www.appd.org/
file-uploads/17400/Online% 20Elective%20for%20Residents% 20&%20Med%20Students.pdf - Khan Academy: https://www.
khanacademy.org/ - Coursera: www.coursera.org
- Lynda.com: www.Lynda.com
- Free classes from Ivy League Schools: https://
totallythebomb.com/heres-the- entire-list-of-ivy-league- courses-you-can-take-online- for-free-due-to-school- closings
Resources for Parents
How to Talk to Your Kids About Coronavirus: https://www.pbs.
Childcare Services:
- Care.com: www.care.com
- Sitter City: www.sittercity.com
- Bambino Sitters [booking fee currently waived]: https://www.
bambinositters.com/
Tips for working at home with kids: https://
How to Navigate Google Classroom (if your child’s school is using this to transition online):https://docs.google.
Online lessons/activities to keep the kids busy:
- Go Noodle (games and exercise): https://www.
gonoodle.com/good-energy-at- home-kids-games-and-videos/? fbclid= IwAR2euxZVpj5JMBNcG3hfUbx9Pvvq G3HSHoIMBCyDNoVucq9KoeZKvwaHMj s - Cosmic Kids Yoga: https://www.youtube.com/
user/CosmicKidsYoga?fbclid= IwAR01RYYDiuwDoB4nM9iV3hN6gRQF TfRRTIJkUUER1qX7_ 7ADrWrBD2dYoZI&app=desktop - Lunch Doodles (drawing lessons): https://www.kennedy-
center.org/mowillems?fbclid= IwAR1W7xHaLnvd5S3GyfZ1LVghnSND dbyo9M- 5cOFB765R415HquRGUynfIKg - Virtual Field Trips: https://
theeducatorsspinonit.com/ virtual-field-trips-for-kids/? fbclid=IwAR1pCsmGDoBlz- j6uxNHNB9b5MWarDFr6lpcauvxaQqm uDZPon1BsCAK0CU
- Virtual School Activities: https://
virtualschoolactivities.com/ - Cincinnati Zoo Online Safari: http://cincinnatizoo.
org/home-safari-resources/? fbclid=IwAR2Rl5Jed- JnZkmdAR1aZi7WkssMNcUNe6oyiRmQ d2u1UGVSY5MA8hoQfqg - Toledo Zoo Virtual Tour: https://my.matterport.
com/show/?m=RjahmM52WcA& fbclid=IwAR0h6mX_VR_ tQLVRfYoJGB90qFY14TIlXMkBzRO4l Y0g6GVWjUtmT_b5hlE - Dairy Farm Virtual Tours: Dairy Farms: http://origin.
americandairy.com/news-and- events/dairy-diary/virtual- farm-tours-while-your-stuck- at-home.stml?fbclid= IwAR3YlfsfaXIR64Yi- J4nOmEboztABe9qOqlZxJnpMrRW3kL uMfSP3bb_AAs
- Educational TV shows on Netflix: https://
homeschoolhideout.com/ educational-shows-on-netflix/? fbclid=IwAR0GB81B8_ vZM73Q6XfYWWr2WQJuH988CSxlRfgv Sko2hjrixY6MLm4Smq0 - Educational resource companies offering free subscriptions during COVID-19 outbreak: https://
kidsactivitiesblog.com/135609/ list-of-education-companies- offering-free-subscriptions/? fbclid= IwAR3oerSFtoD34uT07ViSLA8Yl9t1 dl_ Bmq8koCPSvhD5QQ6uhiRwnSm69XU - Civics/Government Lessons and Games for Kids: www.icivics.org
- Online Storytime:
- Storyline Online: https://www.
storylineonline.net/?fbclid= IwAR3sBm3npcQeAvMIj2GBQbNMhhHM DTkZgI4zMRVAkYYQEon07K1qoaScN9 Y - Brightly Storytime (Read Aloud Picture Books): https://www.youtube.
com/channel/ UCvQagFNHMrGgQpYunk4rHXg/ featured?fbclid= IwAR22gj0gVsUeHDTdlavudxzCQovR 2fwPkkCzY789Tc7uqqRtaF_ bgqEwEZ8 - Read-Alouds and Sing-Alongs: https://
growingbookbybook.com/online- literacy-resources/?fbclid= IwAR3K4WOIYgT1YJIz3A1qaMYnRuic sP_ 6yWNWZ6C7ZQYVuGUu8oxACzjzBnM - Operation Storytime: https://
coolprogeny.com/2020/03/ operation-storytime/
- Storyline Online: https://www.