Your Guide to Free and Low-Cost Resources during Coronavirus



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In order to provide mental wellness to our clients during this time, we are building a list of free and low-cost services (workouts, meditation, pantries, reading, etc) in NYC. Please share and check back often as we continue updating this list. Let’s continue to support our community.

BONUS: FOR LAUGHS, SEE A VIDEO OF MY DOG AND I. HE’S MY WEIGHT! 😀 (BOTTOM).

PAWFECT DAY-GIFT CERTIFICATE SALE 20% OFF until the end of the the year! A great gift for family and friends!

Pawfect Day Post Cards-SALE 20% OFF until the end of the the year!

20 Post Cards for $20 plus $2.99 shipping! Stay in touch with friends and family while practicing social distancing!

Workout Remotely!

Zumba, Core & Cardio with Sarah Grimaud

*Friday 3/27: 545pm Strength / Bodyweight toning / Core with Sarah, – — – 645pm Stretch with Sarah~

*Saturday 3/28: 1130am Zumba with Sarah

All classes run ~ 50 minutes, with 5 minutes setup/intro starting at the class time (The Zoom room will be open 10 minutes prior to class time to allow you to get setup)

~ Stretch is 30 minutes.

Easy Access to the dates and times HERE

Zumba with Jessica Lee

REGISTER HERE

Zumba, PiYo and IntenSati with Jinnan Hussain R-FREE

REGISTER HERE

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Bollywood Bax-FREE

Follow @BAXNYC on INSTAGRAM and DM to register

Yoga with Lynda

Easy Access to the Schedule Here

Flow and Grow Kids Yoga: 

For a offer a free 30 minute demo lesson email evan@premierchess.com

Yoga for Kids-FREE

Yoga Agora

3 hrs ·

Free YouTube page here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4oq6GOnjI0UWTqMAUTeQVA

Meditation-FREE

https://insighttimer.com/meditation-app

Food Assistance-FREE

Astoria Mutual Aid Network

Need help with groceries, prescription or a ride to an appointment?

Call or text 646-397-8383 or email astoriamutualaid@gmail.com

Chateau le Woof (Astoria, NY)-FREE

Chateau le Woof is lending a helping hand to elderly family, friends or neighbors in need of meals or water. Contact Natassa or Chef Jae at 718-626-WOOF

Long Island City Residents Organizing Emergency Food Pantry, Calling For Donations & Volunteers

Starting today, the Hunters Point Parks Conservancy is teaming up with New City Church NYC and Bishop Mitchell Taylor’s Urban Upbound to open a LIC Emergency Food Pantry at 10-54 47th Ave.

The space belongs to New York City Church and organizers say the food pantry will be open daily from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. for those in need of food and other items.

Stop & Shop Adjusts Hours, Provides Seniors With 90 Minutes of Exclusive Shopping Each Day

The grocery chain will provide senior citizens with a designated 1 ½ hour period each day– starting Thursday– exclusively for their shopping. Between the hours of 6 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. the stores will only be open for customers over the age of 60.

Mamajuana Cafe: The Bronx-FREE

Starting on Monday 3/16, Mamajuana Cafe, The Bronx located at 3233 East Tremont Avenue will be providing a lunch bag for the children of our community between the hours of 11am and 1pm and again between 4pm and 8pm. As a community, we want to help relieve one stress during these difficult times. Please bring or send your child to our Mamajuana The Bronx during these times listed. We do not want any child in our community to miss a meal. 

https://www.mamajuanacafebronx.com/

Take Classes, Read, Learn Chess and Watch Broadway!


12 Famous Museums Offer Virtual Tours You Can Take on Your Couch

See Here

Download over 300,000 books from the NYP for free

The New York Public Library released an app today that allows anyone with a library card (and an iOS or Android phone) to “borrow” any of the 300,000 e-books in the collection.

It’s called SimplyE and will allow you to read books on your phone, but beware, there might be a wait list for some popular titles, including the Game of Thrones series. The online collection will continue to grow, and there are Kindle and web browser versions in development. But, for now, take a break from Pokemon Go and read to your digital heart’s content.I

Online Classes for K-8

LINK HERE

NASA MAKES THEIR ENTIRE MEDIA LIBRARY PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AND COPYRIGHT FREE

CLICK HERE

BroadwayHD is offering a free seven day trial.

Yale University is offering a free course online, The Science of Well-Being, that teaches you how to be happier.

Audible just made hundreds of titles completely free to help during coronavirus crisis

Click Here

Short-term Emergency Foster

Fosters needed to decrease on site population to help us prepare for the worst:ACC needs 200 “on call” emergency fosters, who can take home a pet if ACC reaches critical capacity. ACC will need fosters for all types of pets but housing for medium and large dogs and pets with medical issues will be most needed. ACC provides vet care, crates, supplies and food. Sign up at bit.ly/ACCEmergencyFoster

PUPPY TRAINING-FREE

Discounted boarding and trains discounted by almost 50% for people affected by COV-19.

FREE INSTINCT DOG BEHAVIOR CLASS

Sunday, March 22, 2020 

REGISTER HERE

School For The Dogs

Understanding Canine Stress & Arousal

Thursday, 19 Mar 2020, 3:00 PM

REGISTER HERE

Need a Break from Bad News?

View Only Good News Here

WORKOUT TIP OF THE DAY!

Want to work on toning at home but don’t have any weights? Grab your nearest cat, dog or rabbit. BOOM! Now you have weights!

No dogs were harmed in the making of this video.