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Shared Interest Group Announcements

Club at WestPark Democrats Digital World Club

Our May “Wine, Cheese, Bread and Thou” get together was a splendid increasingly sophisticated in their attempts to get your money or personal
time for all! And to top it off, State Senate candidate Paula Villescaz met details. Be alert and protect yourself from being scammed.
with us and delivered an inspiring introduction of herself, answering Join the DWC for Jody Oberdank’s latest lesson on Scam Awareness.
questions and discussing her position on critical topics. She is a true Learn the signs, how to protect yourself, and how to build defenses.
public servant and an advocate with extensive experience in education, Jody’s June Scam Awareness presentation will discuss Malware. What
health care and emergency response. She served as President of the San is it, How it works, How to Prevent it, and What to do if you get bitten
Juan Unified School District (SJUSD) and as Assistant Secretary of the by it!
California Health and Human Services Agency during the pandemic, If you need help with your devices, contact Rick Koehler,
worked across party lines to keep schools open and our economy rpkoehler@comcast.net
moving. Improving our communities and being of service to others are Meeting notes are posted on the DWC group page on The Club’s
commitments Paula takes seriously, with proven successes to draw upon. website.
As a club, we committed to addressing over 750 postcards for her Hand and Foot
campaign! And if you would like to help call Mark @ 707-373-3625 and
he’ll get you cards to address. We’ll be mailing these out for both the Hand and Foot is a card game played Fridays at The Retreat, from 2 pm
Primary and General elections, showing our support for the entire until around 4 pm. Cards are drawn prior to playing to determine who
Democratic slate. plays together. (Players should arrive by 1:50 p.m. in order to draw cards
Dr. Kermit Jones had his Grand Opening event last Saturday at so that play can begin by 2 p.m.) If you want to learn to play, contact
Campaign HQ, at 5050 Rocklin Rd., with our candidate meeting Donna Sager by email, phone or text, and I will get back to you. Come
supporters and answering questions for over two hours and then was off join us and have some fun. Thanks sagerdonna@gmail.com or 916-834-
to campaign in other part of our new expanded district. Remember, it 4249
goes from Plumas County in the North to Inyo in the South! This was
also an opportunity to get together with other activists, talk directly to Helping Hands 2.0
Dr. Jones and volunteer for the myriad of campaign activities and events
in an election campaign. The mail-in ballot will drop very soon so Helping Hands is planning some new events and it will be so wonderful
making our candidate’s presence felt is going to be important in every to be able to participate in all the activities and meet with our friends
way. With that in mind new campaign signs for Dr. Kermit Jones are again.
now available! Just text (575) 932 9678 to arrange pick-up and make a The June Coffee and Chat will be on Friday, June 24 at 9am at The
campaign contribution. Retreat. It is a great opportunity to meet new neighbors and catch up with
And our next Club get together will be on June 15th. This will be a mid- old friends! We share breakfast treats donated by residents and enjoy a
day “Bring Your Own Bag Lunch” on the patio at the Retreat to discuss breakfast drink while being informed of all the events that will be taking
the wins and setbacks of the Primary. More info to follow. See you then! place at The Club in addition to meeting the Management Staff. Look
for the email invitation and please RSVP. We hope to see you there.
Cribbage Many of you always attend our Spring Fashion Show and Luncheon held
each April. We had to postpone it this year, as we did not know what the
MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS @ 10AM CRIBBAGE IS PLAYED Covid status would be. We are planning it for September 28, 2022. So,
AT THE CLUB UNTIL NOON mark your calendars and we will keep you updated. It’s sure to be an
Come play CRIBBAGE with us every Monday and/or Wednesday from even more fabulous event than ever.
10am to noon. We play two and three handed and partners with four. As many of you know, when notified, Helping Hands sends cards to
Cards are drawn to see who plays with whom. If you have not played in those residents of The Club who are ill, had surgery, been hospitalized,
a long time, no problem, we will go slow and reacquaint you to the or experienced a death in the family. These cards are lovingly hand
game. We have 12 to 20 members and play to have fun and enjoy each made by several of our residents.
others company. If you would like to play Cribbage drop in or call Alan In addition, both Sam McGuff and Maria Winkler “upcycle” used cards
Uman. Any Questions e-mail Alan at adu65@aol.com or call (916)872- that you receive, or all those cards that you get from various charities and
8984. use various parts of them to create beautiful new Get Well and Sympathy

Digital World Club cards. They use all parts of the cards, but if you have a sentiment you
want to save, you can just remove that section. They will also be making
The next DWC (Digital World Club) meeting is Wednesday, June 8th at make holiday, birthday, thank you or ornamental note cards to sell at the
10 am in the library (or 9:30 if you have a question concerning your Craft Fair next year and donate the profits to Helping Hands, which will
device(s)). It will be both an in person and zoom meeting. We will send all be donated to charity.
out the zoom link later in a separate email to the members. All residents So, gather your cards. You can bring them to the Coffee and Chat, drop
are invited to join us (if you want to sign up for DWC emails, them off at Sam’s home – 317 Lixton Ct or Maria’s home at 2040
contact The Retreat or sign up on the website in YOUR PROFILE). We Appersett Loop. If you would like your cards to be picked up, Sam will
encourage you to meet in person and be a community where we can learn be glad to do that. You can call her at 1-925-285-1049 or email her at
and share together. samcguff@comcast.net
You don’t want to miss this topic on scams by Jody Oberdank.
Awareness is the best defense against scams. Scammers are getting
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