Hi @amberpep , I was depressed and frightened too, I moved back into the community that I grew up in, everyone I knew is gone, my family is now passed away, and I felt frightened and alone.

So, what I did was joined the local Elks club, I'm lucky to have it near my home. Elks are nationwide and I found the Virginia Elks website
https://www.virginiaelks.org/

The Elks are predominantly a group of retired people who party and socialize. I'm an officer now actually, and I attend lodge meetings 2 times a month. But you certainly don't need to become a member right away. I hope there is an Elks near you. We play euchre on Wednesday, we have a 4 table euchre tournament. We have dinners on Friday nights with a band, last night we had hot dogs and burgers. I feel somewhat out of place as I'm younger, but I found it vital to making new friends in my new area. I volunteer alot there, we had a nice car show that made the local news for example and I sold raffle tickets. The Elks sponsors service projects for veterans and youth. The facility is rented each weekend for wedding receptions.

If the Elks isn't near you, perhaps your community has a euchre club? we have a serious group of retirees who meet daily and play tournament euchre. They are always looking for players for euchre around here, it's alot of fun, I win occassionally, winner gets about $20.

my community also has a Center for Active Seniors , or CASI, it's called. There's a euchre game at CASI, and resources for lonely folks like us, I went there one time to ask about Medicare open enrollment, they have activities, lunch, classes. Maybe your community has one, many locals hang out at CASI here:
https://www.casiseniors.org/activities-and-events.php

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