Windsong News

Philanthropic Tips for Active Adults

With the holidays just around the corner, October is the perfect time to do a self-check regarding the non-profit organizations to which you lend your financial support, evaluate which best match your personal values, and cleaning house to ensure your dollars are used for the best purpose.

Boomers Benefit from Basic Computer Knowledge

October is Computer Learning Month, which is the perfect time to brush up on skills that are essential to everyday life.

If you use a smart phone, tablet, E-reader, the GPS system built into your car, credit or debit cards at a retail store, or most any electronic device these days, you are likely using some iteration of personal computer. It is to your benefit to become better acquainted with these machines that now proliferate every nook and cranny of our lives

Active Adults Make Excellent Neighbors

A Boomer Poem, inspired by Good Neighbor Day, September 28, 2019

It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood

These words precede a smile

Spoken with a gentle voice

Who invited us to stay for a while.

Perhaps that’s the idyllic goal

For the lives we aspire to live

A community becomes a neighborhood

When a smile is something we give.

Boomers Celebrate Abundance with Hobbies & Interests in “Self-tember”

Contrary to popular belief, “abundance” has less to do with how much money is in your bank account than with the amount of joy present in each day. Many people discover feelings of abundance in simple, everyday pleasures that are often taken for granted.

Ways Boomers Can Celebrate Positive Thinking Day

Friday the 13th is a GOOD DAY, especially when it falls in September. Since 2003, the 13th of September has been designated “Positive Thinking Day,” to help people overcome kevidekatriaphobia (fear of the number 13), and paraskevidekatriaphobia (the irrational fear of Friday the 13th).

Active Adults have many reasons to CELEBRATE the day (and every day, regardless of what the calendar says). Celebrating Positive Thinking can be summed up in a handful of positive quotes:

Mentoring Students Improves Health, Happiness in Boomers

With students in their second month of the new school year, teachers have likely identified those who  need some extra help with reading, homework, or completing a special project. And these are perfect opportunities for active adults to serve as mentors to the next generation.

Water Quality Month Ideas for Active Adults

It’s been nearly fifty years since Congress passed the Clean Water Act (1972), bringing awareness to pollution and its impact on not only the water we drink, but on bodies of water and the water below the ground that affect the environment overall.

While cleaning up visible pollution from beaches, lakes, rivers, and streams is helpful, much of the pollution in today’s water supply comes from sources we don’t see – and may not even be aware of.

Healthy Heat Habits for Active Adults

August is typically the hottest month here in Georgia, and the forecast this month calls for temperatures in the upper 80s and mid- to upper 90s for the next several weeks, requiring adjustments to our routines.

Active Adults and the Dog Days of Summer

Ahh, August: we’re officially in the middle of the “dog days of summer,” which has little to do with actual dogs, and more to do with the Dog Star – Sirius, under whose influence August begins.

“Book Lovers Day” is celebrated on August 9, just before the “dog days” end on August 11. And this year, we also have a favorite dog-themed book-turned-movie being released on Book Lovers Day: The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein (Harper Collins, 2008).

Active Adults Love Living the Summertime Life

A Boomer Poem, inspired by “In the Summertime,” by Mungo Jerry

In the summertime when the weather is hot

You can wake up whenever you feel inspired

When the weather’s fine

Life is simpler when you do what you desire

Spend time with friends

Who live in the neighborhood where you reside.