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October 2021
Don Harper

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This month we’d like to shine the light on Don Harper is one of our longtime Transportation Assistance Program (TAP) drivers. Don has been a member for about 7 ½ years, and has been driving for 5 ½ years. During that time he has become one of our go-to drivers driving multiple times a week, and sometimes several trips in one day. He first heard about the center from his mother-in-law, who is a Wii Bowler. She got him a membership and he came and joined the Wii Bowling league. He then remembered then Outreach Director, Holly Andrade, talking about TAP and how they needed drivers. He gave it a test drive, enjoyed it and has been doing it ever since. He loves driving, and loves the people. He thinks of this as his job, but a job he enjoys. The clients love him too and has clients who ask for him. Originally from Fort Worth, TX, his mom brought him out here when he was two. He inched his way over from Blythe, to Beaumont, to Highland. We are thankful that his travels brought him closer to us. Thanks Don for driving that extra mile for us!

Featured Class

Navigating the Next Chapter - Making the Most of Life
Date: September 15, 2021
Time: 10:00 - 11:30 am
Length: 8 Weeks
Cost: $8 members
      $8 non-members
Instructor: Janet Egan
Location: Game Room
Description: This month we’d shine the light on our newest class, Navigating the Next Chapter: Making the Most of Life. The class focuses on how to adjust to retirement. Specifically, how to live your best life at this time. This is not just a Covid thing, but for anytime. For this session, the class is divided into: Getting to Know Each Other, Finding Fun/Leisure, Life Balance, Working Life, Changes, Giving and Receiving, Resource Day, ad Summary and Action Plan. Each session may change depending on the needs of the students. The class is taught by Janet Egan, a retired San Bernardino County Social Worker. This class is second nature to her as she had a career of doing trainings. Classes are held on Wednesdays from 10:00 – 11:30 am. The session is just about over, but will start up again in the new year.

Featured Activity

Dances
Time: Tuesdays 2:00 p.m.
Cost: $4 members
      $4 non-members
Location: Dining Room
Description: Since June of 2020 there have been dances here every Tuesday and Thursday from 2 – 4 p.m., and on Saturdays from 11a.m. – 1 p.m. Yvonne Dandurand is your hostess and Art Cooper & Company provide the live entertainment. What kind of dancing can you expect? A bit of everything. From Line Dancing, to Swing, to Waltzes, to Tangos. Just not Ballet or Hula! Couples and singles are all welcome and the cost is only $4, which gets you entry as well as refreshments. So if you’re ready to get back on your feet again and get moving, come on down and join us.
Rennovation Still Ongoing
By: Mike Sylva
For those naysayers who thought our ongoing renovation was surely as a standstill, we’d like to point out that slowly but surely, we are still fixing up the place. It might not pop at you as much as a new coat of paint or carpet, was we are sprucing up the place regardless.

We recently purchased some much needed equipment to be used for our various activities. We have now added a mobile TV stand with a lockable cabinet, to keep our equipment from growing feet and walking off. We now also have a ceiling pulldown screen in the game room / computer lab, as well as a huge tripod widescreen screen we can take from room to room, as well to outside events.

This is not the end of the work either. It is still a work in progress and yes, we are still planning on the addition on the sun room which will give us lots more room for more activities. So keep your eyes open and you’ll be amazed and the ongoing changes we have in store for you.