Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Eating together during COVID

[Bonnie Fergusson (fergyb2]

At Swans Market Cohousing in Oakland we suspended our Common meals in 2020 and 
then restarted them in June of 2021 when covid case numbers were way down here 
in the bay area.  Unfortunately we had to suspend them again in January 2022 
when the omicron surge began.  We hope to be able to restart them again 
sometime in March, covid willing.  We are all vaccinated and boosted here 
except for the youngest ineligible kids, but we have a number of residents at 
high risk so we are being very cautious.Bonnie FergussonSwans Market 
CohousingOakland, CA


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On Monday, January 31, 2022, 9:18 AM, Donna Emerson <funterbay [at] gmail.com> 
wrote:

Hi Patricia. Here at Cascadia Commons in Portland, OR we started eating
bring your own plate dinners together twice a week last summer. We ate
outside until the weather pushed us indoors. The group size varies, but the
talk is always lively and fun. No one has contracted covid from these
gatherings. There has been some pushback, but we have persisted as it is
self-selected. No one cooks for others and we take our own dirty dishes
home, so no clean up either. It has been a wonderful bright spot for me,
being newly single.
We do have a common meal after our monthly work parties as well. That is
sometimes partly cooked/assembled in the common house kitchen, or
preparation is done in a private residence. Again, no covid has been passed.
We are also expanding our use of the common house. Some committee meetings
are being held in person. There have been play dates for children in the
playroom and dining room areas. We have a mask mandate when one is not
eating. We briefly had an art class until omicron scared folks into
cancelling. Some folks meet to play games or cards.
I hope you can find a way to bring your community back together again. It's
been quite a challenge here with some who not only choose to close
themselves off from others, but also ask the rest of us to do so.
Donna

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On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 8:52 AM Patricia Lautner <lautnerp [at] gmail.com> 
wrote:

> Are there any communities out there who are eating together in the common
> house regularly again? Here at JPCohousing (Boston) our meals program has
> been suspended since March 2020. I’m just wondering what other groups are
> doing.
>
> If you are sharing meals again, are there any new protocols in place? If
> you are not there yet, what are some of the reasons?
>
> Thanks,
>  Patti
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