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Shared Interest Group Announcements

Cornhole Digital World Club

We play two “seasons” per calendar year: January through June and July devices, likes/dislikes about features, apps, and issues. Feel free to bring
through December. your device for some hands-on support and sharing.
There is a $5.00 per person fee per “season”. Upon each “season’s” end The Digital World Club meets on the second Wednesday of the month at
the funds are primarily used to purchase gift cards for the top three male 10 AM, typically in The Retreat library room. We take a break in August
and top three female point getters. Those less fortunate scorers will have and December.
a chance to take home one of six raffle drawings. Contact Rick Koehler for help at 916-749-3022 or
Two person teams are randomly drawn at the beginning of each game rpkoehler@comcast.net.
day. We collect $2 per person each game day. A portion of this is used Get on the DWC email list to receive information about our monthly
as prize money for the top three winning teams that game day. The meetings and general information about the digital world we live in by
remainder is kept in reserve for equipment maintenance. checking the Digital World Club box in your profile.
Weather dictates if we play inside in the Wellness Room or outside under Hand and Foot
the covered patio.
Play for January will be on the first Wednesday of the month and then Hand and Foot is a card game played Fridays at The Retreat, from 2 pm
Monday and Wednesday of the third week in January. until around 4 pm. Cards are drawn prior to playing to determine who
Those dates will be January 3rd, 15th and the 17th. Monday play is at plays together. (Players should arrive by 1:50 p.m. in order to draw cards
1:00 pm and Wednesday play is at 5:30 pm. so that play can begin by 2 p.m.)
A sign-up email is sent out approximately one week before scheduled Come join us and have some fun. If you would like to learn to play or
play. We have had great turnout so in order to give everyone a chance to have questions contact: Gloria Cordle-Borley 209-402-1933 or
play, we ask that initially you only sign up for your first choice. Then Gacordle@gmail.com.
place your name on the wait list for the other day. If there is room for Helping Hands 2.0
additional players, we will notify the players from the waitlist.
All new players are welcome! Happy New Year!
Helping Hands had an exceptionally profitable 2023, thanks to all the
Cribbage residents and friends who participated in our charitable events. As you
MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS @ 10AM CRIBBAGE IS PLAYED know, all proceeds from these events go to local charities. This year we
AT THE CLUB UNTIL NOON gave almost $4000 to the following charities. These charities were
Come play CRIBBAGE with us every Monday and/or Wednesday from chosen by our 12-member Steering Committee. They are: $1000 to The
10am to noon. We play two and three handed and partners with four. Alliance, which helps local youth in need; $750 to the Placer Food Bank;
Cards are drawn to see who plays with whom. If you have not played in $750 to Wellness Within which helps cancer patients in many ways at no
a long time, no problem, we will go slow and reacquaint you to the cost to the patient; $500 to Acres of Hope which provides a safe family
game. We have 12 to 20 members and play to have fun and enjoy each environment and healthy living program for women and children; and
others company. If you would like to play Cribbage drop in or call Alan $500 to Taylor House which helps former foster youth who are at risk or
Uman. Any Questions e-mail Alan at adu65@aol.com or call (916)872- homeless.
8984. In addition, we gave Adopt-a-School an additional $100 (received $100
Democratic Forum in spring) and donated 2 bikes and helmets ($225) to Toys for Tots.
We are so thrilled and thankful that we were able do this (the most we
We had a terrific turn-out at our Annual Holiday Bash at Original Al’s. It have ever given) and all thanks to our donors who participated in making
was a fantastic launch into the new year. 2023 a banner year for giving!
IT’S GO TIME! Exciting times are ahead as 2024 is an election year and Our VOLUNTEER(S) OF THE MONTH are PATTY AND DON
campaigns are heating up. Make sure your voice is heard at the next ANDERSON. Patty has been a long-standing member of our Steering
Democratic Forum meeting on Wed. January 3 at 1:00PM in The Committee but is taking a hiatus to help with her new grandson. Patty
Retreat’s Wellness Room. And bring your lunch as this meeting will be and Don always volunteer to help on all our projects and are invaluable
our very popular Brown Bag Lunch and Open Forum meeting format. to us. Thank you both for all you do.
WE NEED YOU! Our next steering committee meeting is Wed. January Please watch for our announcement in this month’s Courier about our
10 at 2:30 in the Wellness Room at The Retreat. You can come as an new iteration of Coffee and Chat. It is called “Bevs and Bites, Helping
observer or volunteer to serve on the committee and help shape the Hands Happy Hour”! We will send out email invitations to all residents
Forum’s direction for 2024. This meeting is open to all! of The Club. These will take place on the first Friday of each month,
tcwpdemocraticforum@gmail.com . starting February 2nd from 4:00-5:30 at the Retreat. We hope you will

Digital World Club join us.
Please don’t forget to let us know if you know of anyone who is ill, had
The Digital World Club’s (DWC’s) next meeting will be held on surgery or a death in the family. We will send an appropriate card.
Wednesday, January 10, 2024, at 10 AM in The Retreat library room. Please email Marilyn Lane at mlane1005@gmail.com. She will see that a
Welcome back after the DWC December break! This meeting will be a card is promptly sent by one of our volunteers.
traditional membership workshop, perfect to share info about any new Introducing our 4 new Steering Committee Members: Bonnie Pavri,
devices you received or bought during he holiday season. With so many Julie Good, Betty Morin and Phyliss Mussleman. We are looking
new technologies to keep track of, it can seem overwhelming to adapt. forward to a very productive year with these new members bringing us
Members will be able to exchange impressions about their favorite their great ideas and enthusiasm.
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