Dear Business Community,

Thank you for your interest in supporting Beverly and Addison Gilbert hospitals as we work to contain the COVID-19 pandemic and keep our communities safe. Every day, our providers are putting their health on the line to care for patients. With the nationwide shortage of key medical supplies, we appreciate your desire to help.

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We have a specific need for the following supplies:

– Hand sanitizer (containing at least 60% ethyl alcohol)
– N95 masks
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– Goggles
– Hepa filters
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If you have any of these materials and are able to make a donation, please email MasksForBHandAGH@lahey.org and include in the subject line: COVID-19 Donation. We will respond as quickly as we can and are grateful for your support.

Donations can be dropped off in two locations: at the Beverly Hospital loading dock or at the Addison Gilbert Hospital loading dock. Click here for donation drop off information, and click here for Gift-in-kind acceptance form to include with your donation. Please fill out and bring the gift form to leave with your donation, or email it to MasksForBHandAGH@lahey.org  If you prefer to talk by phone, please call 978-236-1600 and leave a message with your name, intended donation and question, and we will return your call as quickly as we can.

Thank you for all that you do to keep our community safe.

With gratitude,

Rebecca Imperiali
Vice President, Philanthropy
85 Herrick Street
Beverly, MA 01915
http://www.beverlyhospital.org

Current routine will be our homage to Broadway.  You can be a Broadway diva in your living room.  No critics, whew!

Last Thursday’s test went pretty  well.  I did get a new cord so I’m hoping the music will be of better quality.  It did in a test session yesterday, but you never know!

So here is how it works.  It will be easier for you if you download the Zoom client for meetings for a desktop or laptop, or the app for phones and tablets.

Click here for the link to download the client or the app

Then click on this link which takes you to my web site and a list of the week’s classes

Click on the right class link.  Otherwise you will be all alone!

If you have downloaded the client/app, the meeting will open automatically in that interface.

If you have not downloaded the app/client, it should open in a web browser.

You can join early and sit in the waiting room. Just like a doctor’s waiting room but better.  Once there, turn on the “start video” button at the bottom of the screen.  That will allow you to see others and for them to see you.  If you want to be incognito, don’t start the video.

I’ll leave the audio open till the class starts.  If I leave the audio on, it interferes with my audio and we can’t have that!  I’ll open it up at the end but if you need to get my attention, you can raise your hand.  It is an icon in the middle of the bottom of the screen. I will see it and I can stop and turn you mic on. Such fun!

If you need any techie help, call me  617-851-2738  or email me at contact@niawithlinda.com

Feel free to share this with anyone who needs to move and have fun!

So find some space in your isolation chamber, I mean your home.  Clear it out so you don’t kill yourself banging into a lamp or dresser.

We will survive this but things like streaming classes this will keep us together.  Sorry two song titles in one sentence, my bad.

Love to all and stay healthy,

Linda Wilkes

Well, I’m sure it will be entertaining so you won’t want to miss seeing me dancing in my office.  Hopefully the technology gremlins will be in quarantine and not bothering us.

OK so here is how it works.  It will be easier for you if you download the Zoom client for meetings for a desktop or laptop, or the app for phones and tablets.

Click here for the link to download the client or the app

Then click on this link to bring you to the list of my Zoom meetings 

You will want to click on the Thurs. 10 am class.  Otherwise you will be all alone!

If you have downloaded the client/app, the meeting will open automatically in that interface.

If you have not downloaded the app/client, it should open in a web browser.

You can join early and sit in the waiting room.  I’m not sure what happens there, we’ll have to see.  I think you should be able to see everyone as they join.

I’ll leave the audio open till the class starts.  If I leave the audio on, it interferes with my audio and we can’t have that!  I’ll open it up at the end.  I believe if you need to get my attention, you can raise your hand.  It is an icon in the middle of the bottom of the screen. Again not sure exactly how that works in practice but we’ll see.  Such fun!

If you need any techie help, call me  617-851-2738  or email me at contact@niawithlinda.com

One silver lining, you can wear your outside shoes on your floor and there are no stairs.

So find some space in your isolation chamber, I mean your home.  Clear it out so you don’t kill yourself banging into a lamp or dresser.

We will survive this but things like steaming classes this will keep us together.  Sorry two song titles in one sentence, my bad.

Love to all and stay healthy,

Linda Wilkes

Well this is a crazy mess isn’t it?  In light of our older, sorry, participants and in light of my immunosuppressed husband coming home tomorrow, I need to postpone classes at both MAC and MAGMA.  But we need to dance and move so…

Luckily I am a techie so I’m working on a way to stream classes via ZOOM.

I’m awaiting a new mic from Amazon to arrive on Wednesday and I’m test driving the Zoom platform. My church just did a service on the same platform and it worked pretty well so we may be in luck.

I’m planning on streaming classes at the same days and times unless you want me to change that.  Let me know.

If you want a reason to continue dancing, check out this site with an article entitled “COVID-19 may be causing fear worldwide, but people are lifting their spirits up through dance”  Some funny and informative dance videos from other countries including a bollywood esque hand washing dance scene at a train station.

If you want to participate in the Restorative Yoga classes, scour you house for cushions and pillows and blankets and we will see what we can do.

So stay tuned and go and download the Zoom app, it’s free, so you are ready to dance or restore when I get it together.

For desktop PCs, mac or pc,  the link to the app (Zoom Client for Meetings) is here

For PC mobile devices  click here

For apple mobile devices click here

I’m hoping for a test session on Thursday.  Fingers crossed.

Any questions on anything, please call or email me but don’t visit 🙂

617-851-2738  or tutu28@me.com or contact@niawithlinda.com

Stay healthy and safe,

Linda Wilkes