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The FlashApril 14, 2020

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Como members& our nudist friends:Food may be ordered from the BareBuns Cafe for pick-up and take-awayback to your home. Please see page 4for details.

We are now mid-way through the extended “isolation” periodrunning until April 30th, as recommended by the CDC. Pleasesee page 2 for information.

Naturally, we are eager to welcome back our members andguests, as soon as it is deemed safe to do so. (We areprovisionally taking cabin, motel and RV reservations forafter May 12th.) We expect that within the next week or sonew guidance will be forthcoming from the CDC and thefederal and state governments, which will allow us to makeplans to reopen to members and guests, we hope shortly.

In alliance with Tampa Bay Free Beaches, Lake Como isholding a Food & Fund Raiser for first responders. Pleasesee page 3 for information.

Some day soon…?

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The President of the United States and CDC have extended the social distancingguidelines until April 30, 2020. Therefore, all restrictions currently in place here at LCCIwill remain in place until further notice.Please remain vigilant and strong during these difficult times.Karyn McMullen, President, LCCI #togetherwecan

Covid-19 Policy Summary effective to April 30, 2020:

▪ Entrance to Lake Como is restricted to Lake Como residents. Residents may call inguests, care providers and contractors – but to their units only – those called in do nothave authorization to use any public areas of the resort whether or not escorted bythe resident including riding around in golf carts.

▪ Como non-resident members will not be admitted. Resort tours are suspended.

▪ We are not taking hotel, cabin or RV reservations for dates before May 12, 2020.Reservations made for after that date are provisional based on CDC guidelines ineffect at that time.

▪ We are enforcing the maximum 10 persons at all venues and the 6 foot personaldistancing rule everywhere.

▪ Per Florida Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, until further notice, theconsumption of FOOD and ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES is prohibited on the restaurantscreened porch, anywhere on the pool deck, or in the hot tub enclosure. (This includespurchases from the cafe AND anything you might bring from home.)

▪ Policies will be re-evaluated near the end of April and may be extended (or relaxed)depending on circumstances and any CDC guidelines.

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COVID 19 FOOD AND FUND RAISER

Lake Como Family Nudist Resort and Tampa Bay Free Beaches have joined forces for aFOOD and FUND Raiser to assist First Responders, Medical Staff Workers and Those InNeed as a result of the COVID 19 Pandemic.

Food donations (nonperishables) can be safely and with no contact dropped off on ourporch at 1705 Dorothy Blvd. If you are outside the resort and would like to donate we canmeet you in the North Grove any day except Tuesday.

Monetary donations can be made at www.tampabayfreebeaches.com Go to the member-ship page and donate under general donations. When checking out type Food and FundRaiser in the additional information box. You can also mail a check to TBFB, 1705 DorothyBlvd., Lutz, FL 33558 and put Food and Fund Raiser in the memo section.

In respect of full financial disclosure monetary donations will go to the fund The DunedinChamber of Commerce has set up for appreciation and assistance for First Responders andMedical Staff workers. Food donations will go to Dunedin Cares Food Pantry to help replen-ish their supplies. If anyone at Como is in need of food we will do our best dependent onfood donations.

Any questions our contact info is jackc0708@yahoo.com

The fund raiser is active now and will proceed until April 30th. If economic and societalissues warrant an extension we will evaluate at that time. Thank you for your generosity.This will help many in these tough times and also show good will to the businesses inDunedin of whom their support will be crucial in TBFB’s endeavor to reestablish aclothing optional beach on Honeymoon Island.

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BARE BUNS CAFE IS OPEN FOR PICK-UP ONLYThe dining room, screened patio and poolside lanai are closed for dining, but therestaurant is open for pick-up only from 11 am to 8 pm daily. (We have discontinuedbreakfast until further notice due to few people now ordering breakfast.)

While we are not allowing non-resident members or day visitorsinto the resort at this time, we are now offering pick-up ordersfrom the Bare Buns Cafe.

1. Call the Cafe at 813-949-1810 ext. 3 to place your order.You will need to pay in advance when you order, eitherby credit card or Como house account (if you have oneset up.) No cash transactions.

2. Drive up to the office window and you will be directed toour pick-up parking area. Do not leave your vehicle; yourorder will be delivered to you in your car.

3. Drive back home to enjoy your meal.

Our regular menu may be viewed at:LakeComoNaturally.com/forms/cafemenu.pdf

When you call to order, please ask about daily specials.

Try the Cafe for your next PIZZA order!

As many know in September 2018 the members group was tasked with collectingdonations to feed and care for the community cats here in Lake Como. This is toreport the status of the Community Cat Program.

Since the beginning, some $1842.38 has been collected and some $1685.35 spent.A portion of the funds collected came from the donated cat quilts that were raffled offeach fall. Since the beginning of this year the donations have dropped off with thelast donation coming was a total of $5.40.

The purpose of this report it to thank all for their donations and participation in the raffles. It is alsonecessary that donations continue to come in. We still have the cats to feed. I am grateful to the threevolunteers who are responsibly feeding the cats. These volunteers give a lot of time and their personalresources to the program.

At this time we have funds for another months food. We desperately need more funds to be given.

Barbara Jelus-Tyror

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Residents:Please observesocialdistancing andheed all postedrestrictions.One customerat a time in theoffice.One customerat a time at thecafe take-awayorder window.

For non-emergency feedback you may use theform at LakeComoNaturally.com /contact.html

Immediate action itemsphone 813-949-1810 ext. 0

Lake Como seems a ghost town lately,but there are some volunteer-organizedoutside activities still taking place:

Pam invites residents to Aqua Aerobicsevery Monday and Thursday at 9 am withsix feet of separation.

We ask that all other activity organizersobserve the CDC distancing guidelines.

The Bare Buns Cafe served almost 40to-go Easter ham dinners on Sunday.

Thanks to our residents who arepatronizing the cafe for take-awayorders, which allows us to keep therestaurant open during this difficult time.

Please remember, the Cafe does offerpizza! Give it a try!

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Hello Como Family,

I would like to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you for taking this pandemicseriously and for complying with the many restrictions placed upon us.I am fully aware that it is difficult to temporarily give up the activities we enjoy and the socialgatherings we look forward to. This is a time for us to focus on the things we can do (like keepingeach other safe and catching up on all those books we said we'd read and movies we said we'dwatch) and not on what we can't do. You have all risen to the occasion beautifully.

I also want to thank many of you who have reached out to offer kind words of praise andencouragement to me and the BOD during this challenging time.

Please remember, that this is not forever, and as soon as the "all clear" is given by our national,state and local leaders, I look forward to celebrating with each and every oneof you. Until then, you have my word that I will remain transparent and willcontinue to share information with you as soon as I receive it.

Jayson and I believe that if we have to be restricted, there is no place else onearth that we would rather be and I hope you feel the same.

Be safe and Be Well,

Karyn McMullen, President, LCCI

“And the weaver said, Speak to us of Clothes. And he answered:

Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful. And though you seek in garments

the freedom of privacy you may find in them a harness and a chain.

Would that you could meet the sun and the wind with more of your skin and less of your raiment, For the breath

of life is in the sunlight and the hand of life is in the wind.

Some of you say, ‘It is the north wind who has woven the clothes we wear.’ And I say, Ay, it was the

north wind, But shame was his loom, and the softening of the

sinews was his thread. And when his work was done he laughed

in the forest. Forget not that modesty is for a shield against the

eye of the unclean.

And when the unclean shall be no more, what were

modesty but a fetter and a fouling of the mind? And forget not

that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long

to play with your hair.”

– (Kalil Gibran, The Prophet pg 35-36)