Page 14 - Communities Respond to COVID-19

work but no communal meals are provided. If one person goes to shop they usually send an email asking
if anyone wants anything picked up. We check in on those who aren’t out and about.

Ellen Kemper
ASB Valley, Tamilnadu, India

Not affected by Coronavirus due to remote location with little interaction from outside world.
Sankar V

Asociacion Badulina, Granada, Spain

We check if people want to come are conscious and responsible with COVID19.

Melchior Hof

Unnamed community, Washington State, USA

Staying home, except for those of us expected to work. Socially distancing. Talking with each other
regularly, sharing our experience with each other.

Blueberry Hill Cohousing, Virginia, USA

We relentlessly remind each other to wear masks, wipe down surfaces with disinfectant, and practice
social distancing. But every night at 6pm (without missing a night since March 9), we gather in a large
circle on our greenway for ""Happy Hour"" (tho' it is too difficult to drink while wearing a mask so most
do not). About 70% of the neighborhood attends.

We have also tried having Common Meals where one house cooks, then neighbors bring dishes to be
filled, which they take home to eat. The cooks find this unfulfilling because most of the fun of Common
Meals is the camaraderie of cooking and eating together. We are going to try a Zoom Common Meal
where everyone makes the ""same"" meal and shares time with each other via Zoom.

We still have Outdoor Workdays where people sign up to mulch, weed, plant, and cleanup.

Kenyon Erickson

Blueberry Hill CoHousing, Virginia, USA

We have 'socially distant' happy hours on the greenway every day. We have been doing little projects to
stay connected with the kids (Easter parade, stuffed animals in the windows, chalk messages, etc.),
some people have offered 'take out' meals, there was a socially distant birthday party and tea party. All
meetings are on Zoom.

Rhonda Eldridge