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Shared Interest Group Announcements

Bike Club Crafters

The Bike Club meets Monday through Friday at 9AM at The such as yarn, fabric, books, patterns, or
Retreat. We are always looking for people to ride with us, 10 - unfinished projects, crafters are happy to
20 - 30 miles, whatever you feel you can handle. We do bike take them. For more information about
trails and the street. Please join us and any experience level is fine. Any our group, projects, or to donate items,
questions call the club president, Tony Santoro at 780-1401. contact Denise Caputo at 916-782-1663
or email dgcaputo@surewest.net.
Bridge In December we donated 12 blankets to
The Bridge group meets every Thursday from 1pm to approximately SBSK.
4pm. We are players of all levels and we're real easy to get along with!
Any questions contact: Teddie Allison at teddie.allison@gmail.com or Club Quilters ~ Quilters inspiring Quilters
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916-872-8705. Starting in January we will meet the 2 and 4 Friday of each month at
10:00 a.m. Our focus is to learn, create and have fun. Many of our
Bunco
members create quilts to be given to family members, friends and
In January we will play on Tuesday, January 7th and charitable organizations. We have all levels of skill in our group and
Wednesday, January 22nd at 6:30 p.m. Purchase welcome anyone who wants to learn about quilting. We have "mentors"
Punch Cards before playing. All monies go to the available who can get you started on your first project and guide you to
prizes. You'll have a great time and laughs and also completion.
socialize with your neighbors. Please call Janice Ingersoll at 1-916-212- For more information, please contact Carol Jurcak (361) 290-3222 or
0127 with questions. caroljurcak@yahoo.com

Chair Volleyball Club Veterans
Chair Volleyball is played on Wednesdays at 7pm except the 1st FROM ME (George Palicki) TO YOU
Wednesday of the month. It's a great way to get together to have some I would like to thank everyone at West
fun, physical activity, and a little competition. No experience necessary. Park the Club for the wonderful support
Drop in or contact Dow Sager at 916-997-6543 for more information or that I was given for the past five years
to be placed on the roster for updates. while I served as Commander for the
Club Veterans. They are; those members
Club Crafters and their wives who have provided me
with so much help and generosity that
Join our group every Tuesday at 10AM in the Library. allowed us to bring about these terrific
Whether you knit, crochet, color, draw, do needlework, card projects for the benefit of others in our George Palicki
or jewelry making, or you just want to visit; we encourage community and Veterans.
you to come. Whatever your craft or if you are interested in My family who was always there whenever I asked for their help,
embarking on a new skill, there are many talented especially my wife, Patti. I could not have accomplished what I did
individuals who will teach and share their ideas. This is a good way to without her.
complete that unfinished project. The Staff at The Retreat was always helpful in everything we did to
Our ongoing project is making blankets for Sacramento Blankets for make things so successful.
Sacramento Kids. SBSK provides handmade blankets to children in the I am grateful to the Club Quilters and particularly Lexie Ogden for
Sacramento and Placer Counties, in addition to State and National making our Club Banner which has been admired so much.
emergencies. The blankets are distributed to children in homeless The members of the Club Veteran’s Board who were outstanding in
shelters, hospitals, schools, etc. We accept knitted, crocheted, sewn, supporting everything we did for the past five years and deserve being
quilted, and no-sew fleece blankets from the community. recognized, they are; Roy Vanoni, Greg Cerlenko, Stan Kasperik,
We continue to donate to Sacramento Shriners Hospital; anyone in the Richard Small, Sam Kemp, Stephen Sharp, Myron Jenkins and Mike
community is welcome to contribute. Please contact us for their ‘wish Wilson. Thank you all so much for everything you have done.
list.’ Lastly, thank you to all the Members, potential members and the ladies
We recently added another charity, California Chapter of Afghans for & gentlemen living here at The Club at West Park who participated in
Angles. This organization distributes baby blankets to hospitals for our projects & activities that were conducted during the past five years.
parents who have suffered the loss of their infant. Finally, we are still Thank you and “God Bless America”. George Paul Palicki
making crocheted prosthetics for breast cancer survivors. The next meeting will be on January 9th at 10:00 AM. Open to all
All of these are great projects to give back to the community while doing members of our community and one does not have to be to ex-military to
something fun with your neighbors. If you have craft items to donate, join. We are open to all.

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