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Shared Interest Group Announcements

CRI (Conservatives, Republicans, and Independents) Hand and Foot
Twenty out of the 29 Vote Centers were manned by Community Service Hand and Foot is a card game played Fridays at The Retreat, from 2 pm
Clubs. This is a great service to the County because it keeps it from until around 4 pm. Cards are drawn prior to playing to determine who
having to hire employees to handle the task. It also gives non-profit plays together. (Players should arrive by 1:50 p.m. in order to draw cards
organizations funds to accomplish their various missions. Ryan would so that play can begin by 2 p.m.) Come join us and have some fun. If
like to see all the Vote Centers staffed in this manner in the future. Over you would like to learn to play or have questions contact: Gloria Cordle-
$150,000 was distributed to Community Service Clubs. Borley 209-402-1933 or Gacordle@gmail.com.
For those who have doubts about the accuracy or security of using
machines to count votes, Ryan informed us that up to 25% of the votes Helping Hands 2.0
are counted by hand and compared to the tallies provided by the
machines. In every case, the hand counts and the machine counts We hope everyone had a great holiday season.
matched perfectly. We hosted the first Bevs and Bites event of 2025 on Jan 10
Our next meeting will be February 6th at 6:30 p.m. with 36 in attendance and an abundance of delicious
For more information about our group contact food. We would like to have at least 50 at these events and
Randy: r2d2nelson@gmail.com hope that our next Bevs and Bites (Fri, Feb 10th) from 4:00
To become a member, contact Alice: klanga@comcast.net to 5:30pm in the Café will be a full house! Come see old friends and
meet new residents as well. We will be sending out an invitation the
Cribbage
week prior so that you can RSVP and let us know whether you will be
MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS @ 10AM CRIBBAGE IS PLAYED bringing an appetizer or dessert to share. BYOB, and we will supply
AT THE CLUB UNTIL NOON coffee, water and tea.
Come play CRIBBAGE with us every Monday and/or Wednesday from On Thursday, Feb 20th, 6:30-8:30 we will again be hosting our “ALL
10am to noon. We play two and three handed and partners with four. RESIDENT MEETING WITH GUEST SPEAKER”. This year we will
Cards are drawn to see who plays with whom. If you have not played in have 3 speakers, all from charities that we have donated to in 2024. You
a long time, no problem, we will go slow and reacquaint you to the will hear about what they do to help our community. This is a FREE
game. We have 12 to 20 members and play to have fun and enjoy each event. We will be serving wine and a selection of finger foods. We have
other's company. If you would like to play Cribbage drop contract Pete always had a huge turnout for this annual event so watch for the
Frates at pfr8es65@gmail.com or 707-481-7620. invitation in your email so that you can RSVP. We are looking forward
to seeing you there!
Democratic Forum
We are happy to announce that we were able to donate over $7400 to
Our meeting in January was an excellent start to the year with 35 local charities from the events that our community attended and donated
members in attendance plus two guests from the Sun City Democratic to. Thank you to all! See poster in The Retreat next week with the
Club. To start, Norm Vig gave a provocative analysis of the Presidential particulars.
Election results, with no holds barred! Followed by a lively discussion on As a group, because we don’t always get enough volunteers from our
the focus of the Democratic Forum for 2025. With local events and Helping Hands Group, we will be sending requests to All Residents to
politics in mind we hope to have Karen Alvord attend our February 5th volunteer for some of our events. We hope that you will be able to help
meeting to describe what she does and how she does it. Our Steering us out. Each request is for one time only, so you will not have to make a
Committee meets on the January 29th in the Wellness room at 2 pm larger commitment. Watch for these notices in your email from The
where our plans, projects and speakers will be layed out for the year. All Club as the need arises.
members are encouraged to bring their ideas to this planning session. And because we keep getting asked, the Fashion Show with Chico’s
Fashions will be held on Wed., April 23rd at the Timbers. More
Digital World Club information to follow and we will let you know when ticket sales will
take place.
The Digital World Club’s (DWC’s) next meeting will be held on If you know of someone who is ill, has been in the hospital, lost a loved
Wednesday, February 12, 2025, at 10 AM, in The Retreat library room. one, or needs a pick me up, we would like to send them a card. Please
We will have a guest speaker from the Mahany Fitness Center. Have email mlane1005@gmail.com and we will see that a card is sent.
questions about your phone, computer, or tablet? Join us for a FREE HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR TO ALL!
personalized tech support session and get the help you need!
The DWC meets on the second Wednesday of the month at 10 AM, Line Dancing
typically in The Retreat library room. We take a break in August and
December. Line Dancing is a social activity where people get
Get on the DWC email list to receive information about together to dance as a group.
our monthly meetings and general information about It is a fun physical exercise for mind and body.
the digital world we live in by checking the Digital Line Dancing meets on Fridays at 12:00 noon in the
World Club box in your profile. Wellness Room.
Visit our webpage for more information: https:// Contact Tricia.mccandless5@gmail.com for information.
www.theclubatwestparkca.com/digital-world/

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