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Shared Interest Group Announcements

Club at WestPark Democrats Helping Hands 2.0
On December 5th, The Club at WestPark Democrats enjoyed their annual HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE!
Holiday Potluck with lots of delicious appetizers, entrees, and desserts. Helping Hands had a very successful 2019, helping many
A special shout out to all those who helped with the set up. in our community as well as being able to donate $3000
On December 11th, a small group of The Club at WestPark Democrats to various local charities due to the generosity of our
attended the Central Committee’s 2019 Holiday Soiree. It was a pleasure residents and your participation in our fundraisers. We
to hear our Lt. Governor, Eleni Kounalakis and our CDP Chair, Mr. thank you so very much.
Rusty Hicks speak. A very nice evening and an opportunity to meet Our next event will be our annual Helping Hands Members Meeting on
many of our local Democrats who are active and making a difference. Thursday, January 23, from 2:00-3:30 at The Retreat. This will give you
Our kickoff to the New Year meeting will be held on THURSDAY, a chance to learn about our 2019 accomplishments and our plans for
JANUARY 2, 2020 at 7:00 pm in the Café Area of the Club. We are 2020. So, save the date and we hope to see you there.
planning on discussing the December Democratic Debate with a straw On February 28, 2020, 6:30-8:30 at the Retreat, we will be again hosting
poll, our goals and initiatives for 2020, and of course Hot Topics. We our Annual All Club Resident Social with our special guest speaker Dr
invite you to come early at 6:30 pm for meet and greet and some James Abshire who is an MD and has written a book Live, Love and Let
goodies. Go that discusses how to live with and move on when faced with
Our membership continues to grow and we are so pleased to have many sickness and loss. He is very charismatic, and this is a must attend event.
new members. 2020 is HERE and we hoping to see many positive Refreshments will be served. There will be an invitation attached to your
changes coming! We look forward to seeing you at one of our meetings new 2020 Resident Directory that Helping Hands will be delivering in
and events. mid-January.
If you are interested in additional information, please contact Helen Please check out the Helping Hands group page on the new website. It
Warren at hwarren07@gmail.com or at 916-768-0122. has all the information necessary should you need to contact us. And, if
you haven’t already, be sure to sign up to the new website so that you
Cribbage
will get all The Club emails as well as from all the groups you belong to.
MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS @ 10AM CRIBBAGE IS PLAYED We are looking forward to seeing you at our various events in this new
AT THE CLUB UNTIL NOON year. And should you need our help, we are always here for you.
Come play CRIBBAGE with us every Monday and/or Wednesday from Helping Hands is available to assist you and your neighbors. If you or
10am to noon. We play two and three handed and partners with four. someone you know may need assistance please reach out to us.
Cards are drawn to see who plays with whom. If you have not played in a Please call 916-742-1932 or click here to request an appropriate card to
long time, no problem, we will go slow and reacquaint you to the game. be sent.
We play to have fun and enjoy each other's company. If you would like Please call 916-742-1932 or click here to request errand support.
to learn Cribbage drop in or call Alan Uman. Any Questions e-mail Alan Please call 916-872-8309 or click here to request meal support.
at adu65@aol.com or call (916)872-8984. Seniors First offers local resources for seniors and their families.
Click here or call 1-530-889-9500 if you or someone you know needs
Digital World Club
long term meal assistance or guidance for other services.
Following the holiday excitement, the Digital World Club will have a Club Trekkers Hiking Group (Forming)
help session on January 6. Maybe you have something new and want
some advice on setting it up. Or, maybe something old doesn't work The Club Trekkers first two sets hikes to Bobelaine
quite the way you want it to. Feel free to drop by the library to get some Audubon Sanctuary and Empire Mines State Historical
help or to show off your new gadgets and share the latest digital services Park turned out very well. The Steering Committee has
you have found. decided to make a few changes for hikes starting in
We meet in the Library from 1 - 3 pm. If you have any questions or want January. We’ll continue to have two sets of hikes each
to schedule a one-on-one session for your computer problem, contact month with the first on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the
Rick Koehler at rpkoehler@comcast.net. month with each of those hikes repeated on the following
Saturdays. The hike on the 2nd Tuesday will be about 3
Hand and Foot
to 4 miles and about 1/2 an hours drive from the Retreat, and the hike on
Hand and Foot is a card game played Fridays at The Retreat, and has the 4th Tuesday will be about 5+ miles and could be a longer drive to the
become a great success. We have about thirty players every Friday, trail head. For January the first hike will be Rattlesnake Bar to Avery
playing from 2 pm until around 4 pm. Cards are drawn prior to playing Pond and the second hike will be Hidden Falls. More detailed
to determine who plays together. (Players should arrive by 1:50 pm in information will be available as we get closer to the hikes. Also, for
order to draw cards so that play can begin by 2 pm.) If you want to learn January we hope to make The Club Trekkers an official Shared Interest
to play, contact Pete Frates by email pa_frates@comcast.net or phone Group! Questions? Contact Mark Moore (408) 375-0383.
(916) 749-3054. Come join us to have fun, and meet new friends.

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