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Shared Interest Group Announcements
Helping Hands 2.0, continued
Friday, Oct 6 is the Club’s Annual SIG OPEN HOUSE. We will not be
having Bevs and Bites that day, with this awesome event happening. We version on the current yearly card which is ordered from the National
will be participating with a food booth. We hope you will attend as all
the money we make will be going to local charities plus you can have a
yummy meal! And Helping Hands members, we hope you will answer
our call to volunteer to help make this event very successful. Full
information later.
Sat., Oct. 26 from 10-2 will be the Club’s Craft Fair. As usual, we will
have our annual Bake Sale at the same time and hope that many of you
start baking now so we can have a spectacular event and continue to
support our local charities. All residents are kindly asked to bake
something if they can. More information coming up.
This fall we will be sending out a survey to see what you would like
Helping Hands to do for our community.
Helping Hands was happy to contribute another $100 to Adopt-A-School The topic for our September meeting will be “How to Order Orchids
for their annual back to school drive.
Please take the time to look at the benches at the entrance to the
Retreat. We have put memory plaques on them to honor Bev Mumm and orchids to grow. Nancy Donner will do a short presentation on the
Paula Kelleher, both long time and valued members of Helping Hands.
If you know of any residents who are ill, been hospitalized or suffered
the loss of a loved one, please notify Marilyn Lane at
mlane1005@gmail.com. She will see that one of our volunteers will
send them a card. Such a small thing, yet so big!
We are looking forward to a great fall and all the activities that are
planned.
Line Dancing
Join us in the Wellness Room on Fridays at 12:00 noon for an hour of
fun, laughter, music and a lot of dancing.
Contact Tricia.mccandless5@gmail.com for information on our group.
"There are shortcuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them"
Mah Jongg
MAH JONGG IS PLAYED ON TUESDAY AFTERNOONS FROM 1-3
P.M. AT THE CLUB.
Mah Jongg is a game of skill and luck played with tiles and a card with
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Mah Jongg, continued
set hands with three to four people per table. We play the American
Mah Jongg League.
Come and join us! It's a fun afternoon of playing with and meeting and
making new friends. Experienced and beginning players are
welcome. We can help you learn. Please contact Diana Bixby at
dbixby5275@gmail.com or call 510 390-2543.
Orchid Group
The Orchid Group will be meeting on Friday, September 13th at 1:00
pm at The Retreat.
We were scheduled to have Dave Veach present “Orchids That Grow
Outdoors” however, he will be traveling so we are pushing that topic to
our November meeting.
Online” plus a video tour of Carmela Orchids in Hawaii. By watching the
video tour of Carmela Orchids, you will see pictures of other types of
advantages and disadvantages of ordering online, what to look for if you
do decide to place an order and how to unpack your orchids when you
receive them. All attendees will be receiving a sheet of local resources
for buying orchids (for example Gold Country Orchids in Lincoln, CA)
plus other orchid websites in the US where you can order good quality
orchids. We will be having our usual Show and Tell table so bring your
blooming orchids. We will also be raffling off some orchids so you may
go home with a new one.
Pinochle
COME PLAY PINOCHLE EVERY SATURDAY @ 10AM TO NOON
AT THE CLUB
Every Saturday 10 to 15 players are at the Club to play lively games of
PINOCHLE. We play Three handed and Partner single deck Pinochle
10am to noon. If you are rusty and have not played in a while the group
will help you come back up to speed.
Win or lose we are here to have a good time. If you are interested in
playing Pinochle drop in or call Alan Uman. Any questions e-mail Alan
at adu65@aol.com or call (916)872-8984.
Ping Pong (Table Tennis) Group
The Ping Pong Group is a great way to get in a little exercise and have
fun while doing it. We have two tables and play singles and doubles. All
levels of players are welcome.
Days and Times: Friday 1:30-3:30pm, Saturday 2-4pm, Sunday 2-4pm,
Tuesday 1:30-3:30pm (if Wellness room is available).
Just drop in, or email Francis Chang at fortuna.biz48@gmail.com to be
added to our email list."
Poker Club
Wednesdays 6-9. Library. Low stakes; Low Talent. No weapons.
NO CHEATERS. Occasional snacks. No wild cards.
The official playing time is 6pm to 9pm every Wednesday. Men and the
better players (the women) arrive around 5:30 for a night of fellowship
and very low stakes poker. We usually play in the Retreat library with the
Club-provided beverages just outside on the bar. (Occasionally someone
will bring some snacks.) This is fun Nickel, Dime, Quarter poker. It is
Dealer Ante and Game Choice… We DO play interesting games. We DO
NOT play WILD-card games. Most games are Stud, Draw or the newer
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