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Virtual Family Recreation and Resource Center
Welcome to the City of Martinez’s Virtual Family Recreation and Resource Center! This page was created to help keep you and your loved ones healthy, entertained and informed. Please note that we do not endorse or receive funds to advertise any of the third-party sites or services listed or referenced on this page.
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Indoor Fitness Activities
Here are a few ideas for staying active indoors. Take a Virtual Fitness Class - There are plenty of FREE options online. Here are just a few:
Adults
Martinez Athletic Club - Online fitness classes
Lucid Vitality - Online mind-body wellness classes
Do Yoga with Me - Free yoga videos
Fitness Blender - Variety of free videos
Nike Training Club - App filled with free fitness videos
Jazzercise on Demand – Enter code 60DAYSFREE
Peloton Fitness App – Free for 90 days
Active Older Adults 65+ Fitness and Wellness
Free Yoga with BIrd - New videos weekly
Virtual Race Series through the Un-Cancelled Project
Children
Fitness Blender for Kids - Free fitness videos
Cosmic Kids Yoga - Kid friendly videos
12 YouTube Channels that encourage kids to get moving indoors
Music and Movement - GoNoodleGames
Activity Ideas for Children
- Hold a virtual play date through Facetime.
- Teach a young person how to write and send a letter.
- Take a Virtual Vacation - Explore the work using Google Earth! Use Street View to see places like you’re actually there.
- Visit one of many museums, including the Smithsonian, around the world through their virtual tours.
- Virtual School Activities
- Play Well Lego Activities - Facebook live stream on Tuesdays and Thursdays
- Camp Galileo Anywhere is a virtual resource for camp activities you can do at home.
- Use Storyline Online for storytelling and stream videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations.
- Check out an astronaut reading to you through Story Time From Space
- WHAT’S (IN)side? shows you what things look like that are cut in half! Starting out as a 2nd grade project, this YouTube channel has evolved to finding out what is inside all kinds of objects.
- Educational podcasts for kids.
- The Monterey Bay Aquarium Live Cam and their livestreams on their Facebook page provide entertainment and education for all ages.
- Why Can't I Go to School? "Why I can't go to school" digital social story about the Corona Virus by Conscious Discipline.
- Free Time for Kids Free Time for Kids - digital library with kid-friendly journalism, activities and quizzes for educators and families.
- Paris Musees Paris Musees - collection of 14 museums in Paris
- The Winchester Mystery House - free virtual tours
- A list of several family friendly online resources ranging from reading out loud, reading along, weekly science experiments, draw with me sessions and more.
Recreation Resources Available in Spanish
Alejandro Maldonado - Meditation
Aquí hay un enlace para varios videos sobre meditación guiada. Están destinados a enseñarle varios ejercicios de respiración.
17 Fun Educational Crafts to do with kids Ages 5-8
¡Aquí hay 17 manualidades educativas que puede hacer con sus hijos utilizando materiales que se encuentran en casa!
Tai Chi for Beginners
Para aquellos que necesitan un descanso del mundo real, aquí hay un video sobre los fundamentos del tai chi
Workout Routine for Abs and Legs
¿No tienes acceso al gimnasio? No te preocupes ¡Prueba esta rutina hecha para hacer en casa!
Stay Connected
Although we’re all social distancing physically, as humans we need to stay connected emotionally. Try one or two of these out every day:
- Call a friend or relative you haven’t spoken to in a while to check in.
- Write a letter.
- Facetime or Duo.
- Support a local restaurant - Many restaurants are still open for takeout or delivery orders. Support your favorite joints and order food for pick up or try out Doordash, Postmates or Ubereats and have it brought to you.
- Connect with others. Talk with people you trust about your concerns and how you are feeling.
- Netflix Party – watch Netflix with your friends online.
- Check out a list of games you can play online with your friends and family.
- Try playing a board game online with your friends too.
Stay Relaxed and Practice Self Care
During this time it is also important to stay grounded. Take some time to take care of yourself. Some suggestions are listed below:
- Take breaks from watching, reading, or listening to news stories, including social media. Hearing about the pandemic repeatedly can be upsetting.
- Take care of your body. Take deep breaths, stretch, or meditate. Try to eat healthy, well-balanced meals, exercise regularly, get plenty of sleep. Click HERE for guided meditations in English and Spanish
- For relaxing music check out Yellow Brick Cinema to improve mental wellness.
- Watch livestreamed concerts from your favorite artists. Some of those shows are listed on Billboard.com and Glamour.
- YouTube has put together a playlist for folks to stay home #withme.
Nourishment
Visit these sites for information on food resources.
Martinez Restaurants
Open for delivery and pick-up
Food Bank of Contra Costa
Distributes food to low-income people at community sites and makes food available for other non-profit organizations serving ill, ready, and infants.
4010 Nelson Avenue, Concord, CA 94520
(925) 676-7543
Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa
Provides community-based food programs and partner services that focus on basic needs.
835 Ferry Street, Martinez, CA 94553
(925) 293-4792
Monument Crisis Center
Provides food, education, and referrals to individuals, families, children, and seniors in need, regardless of legal status.
1990 Market Street, Concord, CA 94520
(925) 825-7751
Household Needs
Stores offering home delivery of groceries and/or household and miscellaneous items.
Nob Hill
*Senior Essential Bags available curbside or in store.
- Home delivery
- Curbside pick-up (at rear of store)
(925) 370-9400
Lucky
- Home delivery
- Temporarily offering special shopping hours (seniors and immune compromised customers) Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6am - 9am; Pharmacy 7am - 9am
Safeway (north of Highway 4)
- Home delivery
- Temporarily offering senior shopping hours (seniors, caregivers, expectant mothers, and immune compromised customers) Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6am - 9am
(925) 229-0212
Safeway (Virginia Hills)
- Home delivery
- Temporarily offering senior shopping hours (seniors, caregivers, expectant mothers, and immune compromised customers) Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6am - 9am
(925) 933-0540
Wal-Mart
- Home delivery
- In-store pick-up
- Temporarily offering senior shopping hours; Tuesdays, 6am - 7am
(925) 313-5716
Bill's Ace Hardware
- Home delivery
- Curbside pick-up
service@billsacehardware.com
(925) 228-6135
Home Depot
- Home delivery
- In-store pick-up
(925) 335-0223
Giving/Donating
If you are interested in donating to local non-profit organizations providing services to Martinez seniors and families in need, please consider the following:
Meals on Wheels of Contra Costa
PO Box 3195, Martinez, CA 94553
(866) 669-6697
mowcc@cchealth.org
From their website: “We bridge the widening gap between an ever increasing number of frail homebound elders in need of Meals on Wheels in our County, and insufficient government funding for these critical services….The average Meals on Wheels participant in Contra Costa County is 80 years old, lives alone or with a co-dependent spouse, and has one or more chronic health conditions that prevents them from preparing or shopping for nutritious daily meals.”
Food Bank of Contra Costa
4010 Nelson Avenue, Concord, CA 94520
(925) 676-7543
From their website: “Mission: Leading the fight to end hunger, in partnership with our community and in service of our neighbors in need.”
Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa
835 Ferry Street, Martinez, CA 94553
(925) 293-4792
From their website: “We provide community based food programs and partner services that focus on basic needs. We nourish lives!”
Monument Crisis Center
1990 Market Street, Concord, CA 94520
(925) 825-7751
From their website: "We are a family resource center that provides food, education, and referrals to individuals, families, children, and seniors in need, no matter your legal status. We are here to help you! Together we succeed!"
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