Activities

100+ Ways To Orga­nize Your Life

If your new year’s res­o­lu­tion is to finally get orga­nized, here’s a nice col­lec­tion of sites to help you do that.

Eons

A social net­work­ing site for the 50+ set that allows peo­ple to cre­ate pro­files and blogs, find like-​​minded peo­ple, join groups on top­ics of inter­est, and play both social and brain-​​building games.

Grand­par­ent­ing from a Distance

This web­site is based on a book of the same name. The site includes “20 activ­i­ties for grand­par­ents to do with their grand­chil­dren, prod­ucts for long dis­tance rela­tion­ships, and a link to buy the book on Amazon.com.

How To Do Stuff

If you’ve got a yen to learn to do some­thing, the sites here are full of videos and expert advice on a wide vari­ety of topics.

Iread

The Iowa State Library invites you to: “Wan­der around our wiki to find great books on all kinds of top­ics. Be sure to add titles to our lists, if you’d like!” The site would ben­e­fit from reviews and plot descrip­tions of the rec­om­mended books, but it’s a

Lumos­ity


Retired Senior Vol­un­teer Pro­gram (RSVP)

Senior Corps con­nects today’s over 55s with the peo­ple and orga­ni­za­tions that need them most. We help them become men­tors, coaches or com­pan­ions to peo­ple in need, or con­tribute their job skills and exper­tise to com­mu­nity projects and orga­ni­za­tions. Among