The current climate is ever evolving. As new information comes out nearly by the hour, it may seem impossible to disconnect from the onslaught of articles and updates. At the New Jersey Metro & Rockland County Chapter, we are doing our best to stay positive and focused. Here are some of our favorite resources to look through and to share with our families when we need a pick me up!

• Virtual tours: https://adventuresinfamilyhood.com/20-virtual-field-trips-to-take-with-your-kids.html
• Lunch Doodles: https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=MjaYnyCJDdU 
• Educational Minecraft: https://education.minecraft.net/
• Free cooking kit from Raddish Kids: https://www.njfamily.com/raddish-kids-is-giving-away-free-kits-to-parents-during-school-closures/
• Learning science: https://mysteryscience.com/school-closure-planning
• Live Yoga: https://www.facebook.com/InnerBlissYogaStudio/
• Prescription costs: https://www.jdrf.org/t1d-resources/living-with-t1d/insurance/help-with-prescription-costs/
• Ivy league courses: https://www.classcentral.com/collection/ivy-league-moocs
• Scholastic learn at home: https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html
• Hang with the penguins… virtually! Pittsburgh Zoo: https://www.pittsburghzoo.org/penguin-webcam/ and Philadelphia Zoo: https://philadelphiazoo.org/penguin-point-cam/
• Story time from Space: https://storytimefromspace.com/
• Insulin Access – Patient Assistance Programs – many listed here including Lilly Cares, Abbott Diabetes Care, and Novo Nordisk “NovoCare”
• Take an online class and learn a creative new skill! – www.skillshare.com
• Take an online class and learn a creative new skill! – www.domestika.org/en
• For families who want to keep their children’s education growing over the summer, here are some completely free online summer camps: https://summercamphub.com/free-online-summer-camps/ 
• The American Diabetes Association is hosting Imagine Camp for free and promise to bring “all the magic and excitement of camp right to you”: https://www.diabetes.org/community/camp

Come back every day to see new resources and share your favorite links with us at newjerseymetro@jdrf.org. We just might add your link to the list!