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Shared Interest Group Announcements

Democratic Forum Helping Hands 2.0, continued

April 5, 1:00PM It’s BYOBB – Bring Your Own Brown Bag. Our forum about 50 to do this! We will also be sending out emails asking for
(while we munch on lunch) will focus on the hottest political topics of donations from our residents. You have all been very generous in the
the day such as gun control, a woman’s right to choose or the dangers of past and look forward to that generosity again. As you know, all
the MAGA mentality. Whether you’re a Moderate, Democrat, proceeds go to local charities.
Independent or Centrists, join us for discussions, debates, special guest Ticket sales will be held on Tuesday, April 4 at 9am at the Retreat.
presentations, and fun social events. Tickets will be $40 and will include lunch, 5 free raffle tickets and a
Our regular meetings are the first Wednesday of the month, 1:00PM at ticket for the Grand Prize. Instructions for purchasing tickets will be sent
The Retreat in the Wellness Room. out soon. 240 tickets will be available so be sure to save the date!
For those of you interested in participating in the Democratic Forum’s Coffee and Chat Update: Thanks to all who came to our meeting in
direction, you’re encouraged to attend our monthly Steering Committee January. We heard you loud and clear. Coffee & Chat has outlived its
meetings at 2:30PM on the second Wednesday of the month in the usefulness. We had many helpful suggestions to reinvent this
Wellness Room at The Retreat. Steering Committee meetings are open to community get together other than an early morning breakfast. We on
all. the Steering committee are taking all your suggestions very seriously and
SAVE THE DATES: promise to come up with something that would benefit the majority of
03/08/23 2:30 PM Steering Committee Meeting our community. Whatever we decide we hope we can count on your
04/05/23 1:00 PM Open Forum support. We will send out announcements through emails, Courier and
04/12/23 2:30PM Steering Committee Meeting Shannon’s email blast. We thank you for you continued support.
As many of you know, when notified, Helping Hands sends cards to
Digital World Club those residents of The Club who are ill, had surgery, been hospitalized,
Our meeting on March 8, 10:00am to 12:00pm will be a Zoom or experienced a death in the family. These cards are lovingly hand
presentation. Jody Oberdank is back with another presentation on Scam made by several of our residents. PLEASE EMAIL
Awareness. rbevmumm@gmail.com so we can send a card which will be so
Awareness is the best defense against scams. Scammers are getting appreciated by the recipient.
increasingly sophisticated in their attempts to get your money or personal Looking forward to seeing you at all our events.
details. Be alert and protect yourself from being scammed.
Jody will review common scam threats, prevention “do’s and don’ts”, Line Dancing
and the cyber security checklist for old and new devices. March
launches tax season too! Jody will review being aware of tax fraud Fact? or Fiction?
schemes and scams. Line dancing was started by a group of women standing in line to use the
restroom.
Hand and Foot Answer: Line dancing has its roots in cultural folk dances and developed
its modern form in the USA in the 1970's. It was primarily danced to
Hand and Foot is a card game played Fridays at The Retreat, from 2 pm country music but now is danced to many rhythms with a range of
until around 4 pm. Cards are drawn prior to playing to determine who difficulty levels from beginner to advanced.
plays together. (Players should arrive by 1:50 p.m. in order to draw cards Though line dancing stems from folk dancing, it is not considered folk
so that play can begin by 2 p.m.) Come join us and have some fun. If dancing.
you would like to learn to play or have questions contact: Gloria Cordle- If you are looking for a fun activity, join us in the Wellness Room on
Borley 209-402-1933 or Gacordle@gmail.com. Fridays at 12:00.
Contact Tricia.mccandless5@gmail.com for information
Helping Hands 2.0

Mah Jongg
Spring is in the air!! Getting ready to have a wonderful
spring season with events you won’t want to miss. MAH JONGG IS PLAYED ON TUESDAY AFTERNOONS FROM 1-4
Our email invitation has just gone out for our All-Club P.M. AT THE CLUB.
Resident Wine Social with a Guest Speaker to be held on Mah Jongg is a game of skill and luck played with tiles and a card with
Wednesday, March 1, from 7:00-8:30pm at the Retreat. set hands with three to four people per table. We play the American
Our Guest Speaker is Iselin Annonio, MPH, who will be speaking to us version on the current 2022 card which is ordered from the National Mah
on “DEALING WITH ILLNESS”. If you haven’t already, please go to Jongg League.
the email and RSVP by Feb 18th. (Need to make sure we have enough Come and join us! It's a fun afternoon of playing with and meeting and
wine and refreshments!) making new friends. Experienced and beginning players are welcome.
After 3 long years, our Fashion Show and Luncheon is scheduled for We can help you learn.
Thurs, May 4, 11-3 at the Timbers. The theme is Queen for a Day in Please contact Diana Bixby at dbixby5275@gmail.com or call 510 390-
May, with Macy’s providing our fashions. We are in the process of 2543.
getting everything together and will be asking for volunteers shortly to
help us do all the things we need to do to make it successful. It takes

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