Far from being a static listing, Bellingham At Home programs change and grow along with members’ interests.
As a member, you can basically launch a new group, activity, or one-time event whenever you can generate enough interest to make it happen—and we’ll help you all along the way, from finding a venue to recruiting to scheduling to promotion.
BAH program offerings include the following regularly scheduled activities.
Book Group
Members decide together what they want to read and talk about at their monthly meetings—fiction and non, old and new, serious and hilarious. Books they've read in the past include The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery, State of Terror by Hilary Clinton and Louise Penny, and His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie.
Slo-Mo Pub Crawl
Taking advantage of Bellingham’s many breweries, members get together for happy hour once a month at a different brewery. Everyone is invited and you don’t need to drink to enjoy these convivial gatherings—there’s always soft drinks available and often food.
Contingency Planning
The BAH Contingency Planning group explores options so we can be prepared for what life sends our way, particularly when we can no longer live totally independently. Under the leadership of Elaine Cress, they meet monthly, both in person and via Zoom. Everyone does research and shares findings. They also take field trips and invite representatives of service providers to come and speak. Their minutes here include links to resources and a few opinions but not recommendations.
To see the Contingency Planning Group's minutes, click here: Contingency Planning Minutes.