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1 Courier January 27 th ‐February 2 nd ,2020 The Weekly Courier January 27 th -February 3 rd ,2020 THIS WEEKEND 9:00 am Saturday Weed Warriors: We plan to meet on the hill above the wildflower meadow (in the woods across from the employee parking lot). Please bring clippers, loppers, saws, etc. We hope the weather will be better this Saturday. We will cancel if it rains. WW please check email. Sunday Afternoon Concert: Do I ever have egg on my face!!!!! John Lees said it in jest, but when I got home Sunday, I went to my folder of contracts and lo and behold, he was right!! I had the wrong date for the concert. I owe you all a big apology and Hai Jin, too! I'm beginning to think it's time for someone else to do this job. Oh well, please come back this Sunday and be prepared to enjoy a lovely piano concert by Hai Jin. No doubt she will be here at the appropriate time and all will be well. Classical piano in the auditorium at 3:00 on Sunday, the 26th of January. MANAGER-ON-DUTY (MOD): January 25 th & 26 th Sandy Short To contact the Manager-on-Duty, call Security on x2020 and they will radio OR contact the MOD via cell phone to respond. All Courier submissions, meeting schedules and meeting room reservations should be sent through EMAIL OR IN WRITING ONLY to: Tiffan’e Markham ([email protected]). Tiffan’e can be reached on x4778 Submission deadline for The Courier is Wednesday at 12 noon. *See descriptive article + Volunteer pushers needed to transport Creighton Center AUD=Auditorium CR=Classroom CAR= Creative Arts Room

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The Weekly Courier January 27th -February 3rd ,2020

THIS WEEKEND

9:00 am Saturday Weed Warriors: We plan to meet on the hill above the wildflower meadow (in the woods across from the employee parking lot). Please bring clippers, loppers, saws, etc. We hope the weather will be better this Saturday. We will cancel if it rains. WW please check email.

Sunday Afternoon Concert: Do I ever have egg on my face!!!!! John Lees said it in jest, but when I got home Sunday, I went to my folder of contracts and lo and behold, he was right!! I had the wrong date for the concert. I owe you all a big apology and Hai Jin, too! I'm beginning to think it's time for someone else to do this job. Oh well, please come back this Sunday and be prepared to enjoy a lovely piano concert by Hai Jin. No doubt she will be here at the appropriate time and all will be well. Classical piano in the auditorium at 3:00 on Sunday, the 26th of January.

MANAGER-ON-DUTY (MOD): January 25th & 26th Sandy Short

To contact the Manager-on-Duty, call Security on x2020 and they will radio OR contact the MOD via cell phone to respond. 

All Courier submissions, meeting schedules and meeting room reservations should be sent through EMAIL OR IN WRITING ONLY to:

Tiffan’e Markham ([email protected]).

Tiffan’e can be reached on x4778 Submission deadline for The Courier is Wednesday at 12 noon. *See descriptive article + Volunteer pushers needed to transport Creighton Center 

AUD=Auditorium  CR=Classroom    CAR= Creative Arts Room 

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KEY CONTACT NUMBERS:

In-house TV Channel – 972

Pool x2229

Fitness Center x2254

Frame Shop x7758

Country Store x2167

Salon x2226

Clinic x7791

Security x2020

Room Set-up x4774

Main Dining x2135

The Landing x2134

Catering x4771

Guest Room Reservations x9610 or “0”

Work Orders x2151

https://collington.theworxhub.com

RA Office x2214 RA Website: collingtonresidents.org

Main Number: (301) 560-3601 Security: (301) 925-7707

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MONDAY, January 27th

TRIPS AND TRANSPORTATION8:30/10/1:00 Shuttle to Greenbelt Doctors, call x2247 10:30 Trip to Wegmans Leaves Security, x2020

SAGE CLASSESCurrently on Break

MEETINGS/EVENTS 9:15 -10:00 - Aqua Fit – Pool 10:15-11:00

10:00- Wood Shop closed for cleaning/organizing 10:00- Sustainability Group- Board Room 10:30- Chair Yoga – Classroom A1-2:30- Easy Tai Chi-Qigong for Seniors – CR D 1:30- Mah Jong – 3rd Floor Meeting Room *2:00- Fiscal Review Committee-Game Room 2:30- 4:30- OO Shop OPEN *4:00- Collington Singers Rehearsal-AUD *7:00- Monday Night Movie Operation Finale

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TUESDAY, January 28th

COMPASSION AND CHOICES END OF LIFE OPTIONS DAY: Departs Security at 9:15am Leaves Annapolis at 2pm to return to Collington.

TRIPS AND TRANSPORTATION 8:30/10/1:00 Shuttle to Bowie Doctors, call x2247 10:00 Trip to Largo Shoppers Food Warehouse Leaves Security, x2020 Trip: African American History Museum 10:00am

SAGE CLASSES Currently on Break

MEETINGS/EVENTS10:00- Woodshop Closed for Cleaning/Organizing 10:00- Episcopal Service, Rev. David Wacaster, Rector of Good Shepherd Church, Silver Spring. -Chapel *10:30 -11:30- Frame Shop 11:30- 45-minute Senior Aerobics with Ebony – CR D CANCELLED 12:0-2:30- Pinochle – Ivy Lounge1:00 2:00- Billiards 1:00- Balance & Beyond (Fitness) – CR D *4:00- Flower Committee-Game Room 4:30- Lulu and Ricky Play the Lounge-Ivy Lounge 7:00- Caregivers Support Group- Game Room

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WEDNESDAY, January 29th

TRIPS AND TRANSPORTATION

8:30/10/1:00 Shuttle to Greenbelt Doc, x2247 10:30 Trip to Wegmans Leaves Sec, x2020

SAGE CLASSES

Currently on break

MEETINGS/EVENTS 9:15 -10:00 Aqua Fit – Pool 10:15-11:00- 10:00- Pickleball at Lake Arbor Community Center 10-12, all levels of play (free), carpool from the tennis courts at 10am. 10:00- Knitting & Crocheting Group – Brandywine Living Room10:00- Woodshop Closed for Cleaning/Organizing *10:00- Dining Committee-Board Room 11:00-12:00- Billiards 11:30-12:00- Easy Water Walking & More – Pool 12:00- 2:00- Billiards 1:00- 3:00- Collington Computer Clinic- 1st floor Meeting Room 1:30- Birthday Party- Auditorium 2:00- Chess Players – Landing, Lakeview Room 2:30-4:30- OO Shop OPEN2:30- Wii Bowling – CR B 3:00- Collington Coloring Group – 1st Floor Meeting Room 4:00- Faith Forum- CR C 4:00- 3000’s District Meeting-CR A4:00- Barbershop- Chapel 4:30- Barbara Fairchild in the Ivy Lounge

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THURSDAY, January 30th

SAGE CLASSESCurrently on Break

TRIPS AND TRANSPORTATION

8:30/10/1:00 Shuttle to Bowie Doctors, call x2247 10:30 Trip to Giant Grocery

MEETINGS/EVENTS10:00- Woodshop Closed for Cleaning /Organizing *10:30 -11:30- Frame Shop 10:30 - Student Led Yoga- AUD 11:30- 45-minute Senior Aerobics with Ebony 12:00-2:30- Pinochle – Ivy Lounge12:15-12:45- Line Dancing with Ebony Classroom D 1:00- Beaders – CAR 1:00- Billiards 1:00- Balance & Beyond (Fitness) – Classroom D 3:00- Small Group rehearsal 4:30-6 Margaret Bagley on Piano, Don Lewis on Drums, Grant Bagley on Bass & Don Zelman on Clarinet - Ivy Lounge6:30- Duplicate Bridge – Game Room

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FRIDAY, January 31st

MEETINGS/EVENTS9:15 -10:00 Aqua Fit – Pool 10:15-11:00- 10:00- Woodshop Closed for Cleaning/Organizing11:15- Wii Dance DANCE Class-CR C 2:00 - Collington Textile Arts Group – Creative Arts Room *2:30-4:30- OO Shop OPEN+3:30 - Sing -A-Long – Arbor Great Room; Volunteers needed! 4:00 - Meditation Group – Chapel4:30- Barbara Fairchild in the Ivy Lounge

SAGE CLASSESCurrently on Break

TRIPS AND TRANSPORTATION8:30/10 Shuttle to Bowie Doctors, call x2247 10:00 Trip to Safeway (Bowie Town Center) Leaves Security, x2020 1:00 Shuttle to Greenbelt Doctors, call x2247 Trip: NSO COFFEE CONCERTS Departs 9:45am

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SATURDAY, February 1st

Metro shuttle schedule: 9AM, 10AM, 11AM, 1PM, 5PM, & 8:30PM

 *10:00 League of Women Voters – Game Room 10:30 Trip to Giant Grocery Store departs from Security, x2020 4:15 Bus to Mass at St. Joseph’s departs from Clock Tower, x9610 Ping Pong and Bocce will resume in the Spring. SUNDAY, February 2nd Metro shuttle schedule: 9AM, 11AM, 1PM, & 5PM only 9:30 Bus to St. Barnabas’ Episcopal Church, Village Baptist Church, & Hope Presbyterian Church leaves Clocktower. *6:00- Superbowl Viewing in the Landing on Big Screen TV- The Landing

HAPPENING THIS WEEK…

MONDAY, January 27th

Fiscal Review Committee 2 PM Game Room. A 40 min presentation on the large TV from AV Powell for the National Continuing Care Residents Association (NaCCRA), “What Do Resident Stakeholders Need to Know About Actuarial Reports.” We will provide key handouts.

MONDAY NIGHT MOVIE 7:00PM AUD: Operation Finale was one of the better ones to grace the silver screen in recent years. While nothing like the legendary historical dramas that came before it, this film struck a balance I appreciated between historical presentation and dramatizing moments. There are Subtitles.

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TUESDAY, January 28th

Compassion And Choices End Of Life Options Day: There's still room on the bus for YOU. Join us in Annapolis to support passage of the End of Life Options Act to allow a terminally ill, mentally competent adult who wishes to do so to obtain a prescription from their doctor for medication to end their suffering and bring a peaceful death. Compassion and Choices is supplying the bus, breakfast, lunch, and yellow T-shirts. We supporters will attend the press conference and, if able, make the rounds of the House and Senate office buildings to show our support and lobby our delegation. Bus departs Security at 9:15, and leaves Annapolis at 2:00 to return home. For more information -- about Compassion and Choices, the End of Life Options bill, lobby day activities, the bus, whatever -- contact Lorrie Rogers (x7371).

FROM THE FLOWER COMMITTEE: The Flower Committee will hold its regular meeting this coming Tuesday, January 28th at 4:00pm in the Game Room. Along with regular business we will be discussing the work of the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. There will be a short presentation. Hope to see you there!

WEDNESDAY, January 29th

Because of a scheduling conflict, the Dining Committee will meet on Wednesday, January 29th (one week ahead of schedule) in the Board Room. There will be no meeting in February.

THURSDAY, January 30th

See Meetings/Events for Scheduled Activities

FRIDAY, January 31st

See Meetings/Events for Scheduled Activities

SATURDAY, February 1st

League of Women Voters Prince George’s County, will meet Saturday, Feb 1, 10-12, in the Game room, for a planning meeting. All are welcome.

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SUNDAY, February 2nd

SUPERBOWL 2020 ! We will gather in The Landing on Sunday, February 2, 2020 to watch the Superbowl on the big screen! The game starts at 6:30 PM, but we’ll open the doors at 6:00 PM and have a few refreshments to enjoy.

UPCOMING ACTIVITIES

The Women’s History Month Committee will meet on Monday, February 3, at noon in classroom B. Join us to plan the 100th Anniversary of women’s right to vote. NEXT TRIPS COMMITTEE MEETING, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4 AT 4pm We will be selecting two trips among several we’ve talked about to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of women’s right to vote. Come to the Board Room to express your preference, just like American women did 100 years ago. MaCCRA DAY, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, ANNAPOLIS, MD:

Annapolis, here we come -- CCRC residents building relationships with our state legislators. We'll meet with residents from other CCRCs, hear from MaCRRA's lobbyist, Barbara Brocato, about bills of concern to CCRC residents, and welcome Senators and Delegates who stop by the meeting room. Then we'll stop by the offices of our own District 24 Senator (Joanne Benson) and Delegates (Erek Barron, Andrea Harrison, and Jazz Lewis). We'll be carpooling, leaving Collington at 9:30 and leaving Annapolis at 1:00. All are welcome. If you are interested in joining us, contact Lorrie Rogers (x7371) or Charlotte Melichar (x7224).

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Hospitality fun coming in February, Plan on joining us! On Friday, February 14th, join your friends for a nice quiet drink in the auditorium from 5-6pm. Margaret and Grant Bagley will create a lovely ambience for our first party of 2020. Cash Bar. Free Mocktails and Snacks.

Mardi Gras merriment will take place on Tuesday, February 25th from 7-8pm in the auditorium. Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler with the Katz. Cash Bar. Free Mocktails. And Dessert.

Black History Concert Saturday, February 29, 2020 3:30pm in the Auditorium: Dr. Jeanine Waden-Jarrett Pianist, and Solois

ITEMS OF INTEREST

FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS

JoAnn Harvard 02/01 Reginald Smith 02/18 Virginia Mintz 02/01 Michael Burke 02/20 Ellen Laponsky 02/02 Patricia Burke 02/20 Victor Laties 02/02 Sibyl Pierotti 02/20 Maya Peretz 02/04 Marilyn Chase 02/21 Frank Hesse 02/05 Frank Caputo 02/22 William Lively 02/05 Vincent Russell 02/23 Edith Cordery 02/09 Elizabeth Cook 02/24 Kathleen Light 02/11 Deborah Wolfe 02/25 Lois Brown 02/12 Richard Garrison 02/27 Mary McManamen 02/13 Elaine Darby 02/28 Dale Ray 02/13 Donald Martin 02/28 Sheena MacPherson 02/14 Robert Mezey 02/28 Darlene Diggs 02/15 Dennis Evans 02/16 Robert Reid 02/17

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MATH TUTORING @ PG Middle School -The Outreach Committee has partnered with Benjamin Tasker MS in Bowie to help their students with math after school. It is Thursdays from 3:30 - 4:30pm, we carpool and attendance once or twice a month is sufficient. More information available upon request.Ann Marie Rahn x5098 or [email protected] DONATIONS NEEDED The inventory in the glass cases is quite low due to the Christmas rush. Please look through your things and see what you might donate. We need pottery, collectibles, small pictures, sets of dishes, seasonal decorations, figurines, needle work, small animals and jewelry.  Your generosity helps to finance the committees of the Collington Resident’s Association. Please mark donations with “Glass Cases” and leave them with Vern at the reception desk. Thanks.

 

Lois Brown, Annette Festerman, JoAnn Harvard, Helen Hindinger, Joanne Hoff (chair), Marianne Mann, Sandra McCain, Elaine Murrell. Pete Stark and Nancy Wilson.

The weekly movie listing for Open Captioning at the Old Greenbelt Theater (OGT) can be accessed at https://greenbelttheatre.org/calendar/

Note the the "OC" in the Pop Up theater is on Saturdays at 2 PM. The "OC" in the auditorium (AUD) ls on Sundays at 2:30 PM.

The OGT is operating on two screens through the end of February, at which time they will be renovating the Pop-up into a permanent, state-of-the-art Screening Room!

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TRIPS: Wanted! A resident volunteer to chair the trips committee! Tiffan'e will support the committee as the staff liaison, but it really would be nice to have a resident lead this committee. Regarding trips, as you may know, we have cut the trips down from four a month to two trips per month. In the very near future, a trip survey will be circulated to get your input on your interest in various types of trips. If you have no interest in going on any trips, we need to know that too! For at least 25 years, the required minimum number of residents to send a trip was 10. More and more, we pull the trip sheet with only 10, confirm it, and on the day of the trip, someone (or two!) will need to drop off, and it's too late to cancel. Therefore, we are increasing the minimum required to 15. Please note: this will not effect the subscription series' that are already in process

SAGE Mail-in Registration forms Sage class registration began on January 10th. You can register for a class up until one day before that class begins unless the class is full. If you register by mail you will not get any confirmation. You will not know if you are enrolled until you go to class and ask the teacher to check the class roster. If you register online through OWL LINK you can pay with a credit card and get a receipt with confirmation. Instructions for online registration are on page 2 of the SAGE Spring Catalogue.

ATTENTION ROUNDHOUSE SUBSCRIPTION HOLDERS

If you are subscribed to Roundhouse Subscription Series, You need to check your tickets to make sure the show dates match the dates listed: Feb 9. Spring Awakening, Apr 19. Cost of Living, June 14. Hate F*ck, June 21. Big Love If your tickets does not match these dates please contact Tiffan’e Markham at X4778 as soon as possible.

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ART ANNOUNCEMENT -NO. 6 

YES -NUMBER 6 

THERE WILL NOT BE MUCH TO SEE 

WHY? 

BECAUSE YOUR WORK WILL BE MISSING 

FROM 

The New Collington Arts Magazine 

UNLESS YOU SEND YOUR WORK IN BY FEB. 1ST 

TO 

THE NEW COLLINGTON ARTS MAGAZINE 

DO IT NOW!!pretty please 

 

WRITTEN WORK- poems. short stories, essays, 

memoirs-limit to 500 words please. 

VISIAL ARTS- photos, drawings, paintings, pottery, 

fiber arts, any hand work 

YOUR ORIGINAL CREATIONS- PLEASE- SUBMIT TO 

DOROTHY YUAN—[email protected]

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CHECK OUT OUR EXCITING FEBRUARY TRIPS!

-Unless Noted Otherwise, All Trip Venues Are Wheelchair & Walker Accessible. You MUST print/sign your name in the Green Trip Book to have a seat on the bus. All Trips Depart from Security and the transportation fee is $10. If you need to cancel for any reason you MUST do so 48 hours in advance or you will be charged a $15 cancellation fee. If you need to cancel w/in the 48- hour time frame, please call Tiffan’e, x4778

UPCOMING TRIPS SAVE THE DATES

Museum of African American History & Culture

Tuesday, Jan 28TH - Departing Security at 1 PM for a 2 PM arrival

BE ADVISED OF THE CHANGED DATE FROM JAN 14TH TO JAN 28TH. THE REVISED SIGN-UP SHEET IS AVAILABLE. IF YOU

WERE SIGNED UP BUT UNABLE TO MAKE THE NEW SCHEDULED DATE, PLEASE MARK AN ‘X’ IN THE WC COLUMN.

Current Exhibition features four sections Posters from African American Films

Film Pioneers A Star is Born The Problem of the Color Line Black Power Vs Blaxploitation

UPCOMING CONCERTS & SUBSCRIPTION SERIES

Arena Stage A Thousand Splendid Suns- Wednesday, Feb 12th Mother Road- Wednesday, Mar 4th Celia and Fidel- Wednesday, Mar 25th Seven Guitars – Wednesday, April 22 Toni Stone – Wednesday, May 13

Shakespeare

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Timon of Athens-Tuesday, March 10 Romantic Anonymous – Tuesday, April 7 Much Ado About Nothing – Tuesday, May 5

PG Philharmonic Saturday, February 15th Saturday, March 28th Saturday, May 16th

Roundhouse

Sunday, February 9th Cost of Living - Sunday, April 19th Hate F*ck - Sunday, June 14th Big Love - Sunday, June 21st

BSO

Friday, February 14th Friday, April 24th

NSO Coffee Concerts

Friday, January 31 Friday, February 28 Friday, April 3 Friday, May 29

DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

From Ann Gillespie

CEO Connections: As I mentioned during the January Community Meeting, I want to establish a monthly schedule of meeting times with residents. We’ll experiment with this approach and then tweak as we go!

Here’s the schedule for the next few weeks:

Friday, February 7th from 10:30 – 11:30 AM, Coffee in the Ivy Bar

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Tuesday, February 18th at 2 PM – RA Council Meeting Friday, February 21st at 1:30 PM – Community Meeting Thursday, March 5th from 10:30 – 11:30 AM, Coffee in the Ivy Bar Wednesday, March 11th live broadcast at 3PM on 972 – Fireside

Chat

Looking forward to connecting!

 

FROM FINANCE: Justin Reaves

2019 Tax Packages will be provided no later than Friday February 14, 2020.

FROM FACILITIES/IT: Rob Reigle

Deer Hunting- Deer management is scheduled for Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Residents may see the bow-hunters on campus on the way in and out of the woods. Residents are asked to stay within 50 yards of the trails.

From Marketing - A great big thank you to the residents and team members who helped make our Quaker Values event a success. We were fortunate to have Kendal Corporation’s, David Jones present the values of Quakerism. Speaking of events, the Marketing team would like to share the tentative event schedule for the first half of the upcoming year. If you have any additional ideas, please feel free to reach out to Sandy.

Jan 23

11am-1pm

Quaker Values Event

Feb 13

6pm-8pm

Mixer with the Villages of Collington

Feb 14

10:30am-12:30pm

What I Love About Collington

Mar 4 HAM Radio/Woodshop Tour

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10am-12pm

March

TBD

Clergy Appreciation Event

April 15

5:00pm-7pm

Bowie Chamber Mixer

Apr 21

10:30am-1pm

Move Expo/Shredding Event

May 21

11 am -1 pm

Parade of Homes-Walking tour

Jun 17

10:30am-12pm

CFO Event-Financial benefits

Jul 18

10am-12pm

Collington 101-Brunch: Saturday event to appeal to working children/family

From Social Services- Social Work News: Office Relocation

Phoebe Graham, IL Social Worker’s office will be relocated by 1/31/20, from the Creighton Center to Office Apt. 262, on the 2nd floor, next to the Financial office in IL. Her telephone number remains the same and she can be reached at 301-883-4786.

Kim Rivers, Vitalize-360 Coach has relocated, her office is now in the Health Administration office at the Creighton Center, 3rd floor; down the hall from Brandywine. Kim’s phone number remains the same, and she can be reached at 301-925-7393.

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Marian Ampomah’s office, Director of Social Services, remains at the Creighton Center, 3rd floor; on the Arbor neighborhood. She can be reached at 301-883-4785.

FROM FITNESS- We are addressing the broken treadmill in the fitness room as we speak. Repairs may be a bit extensive, therefore we are looking into purchasing a new one for a replacement ASAP. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause but we are proactively seeking an immediate resolution.

 

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SMILE :)

Let’s talk money - Many of you know Amazon, the online shopping giant. Just look at the number of Amazon packages that arrive on Vern’s desk each day. I want to talk about Amazon Smile which was created by Amazon as a way for those who shop Amazon to give to their favorite charity. Every time someone enrolls in Amazon Smile and shops one half of a percent of the cost of the item goes to the charity of their choice. In other words, for every $10 spent by you, the charity would receive a nickel.

So I am encouraging you to sign up and name the Collington Resi-dents Association as your charity. We have already been approved

How do you sign up for Amazon Smile?

1. Go to https://smile.amazon.com/ and sign into your regular Amazon account.

2. Once you log in a page will pop up asking you to “Select a Chari-table Organization to Start Shopping”.

3. Under “pick your own charitable organization” type Collington Residents Association Inc.

How do you change your charity if you have selected anoth-er?

1. Go to Smile.amazon.com. 2. Sign into your account just as you would sign into amazon.com. 3. Find “My Account” in the top right corner of the page and click on it. 4. Scroll to the Settings portion of the screen. Under account set-tings, select “Change Your Charity.” 5. Type Collington Residents Association Inc.

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New Initiative: The Residents Association is planning a campus-wide survey of the many ways and hours residents volunteer. Everywhere I go on our campus residents talk about how much their volunteer experiences mean to them; to use their myriad skills, ex-pertise, and interests in perhaps new and different ways. Many of us volunteer week in and week out year after year.

Why bother collecting this data?

Most of us, I believe, will be astounded with the impact we make both in our community and the larger community. And this is cause to be grateful! Research suggests that gratitude may be associated with many benefits for individuals, including better physical and psychological health, increased happiness and life satisfaction, de-creased materialism, and more.

Furthermore, many studies point to the positive consequences of generosity for the giver. Giving social support, time, or effort is as-sociated with better overall health in older adults, and volunteering is associated with delayed mortality.

This is why volunteerism at Collington is worth documenting, appre-ciating, encouraging, and celebrating!

Currently, Gretta Estey and Dave Montgomery have agreed to help conduct this project and are running pilot interviews for data collec-tion. Thanks to all who have volunteered for this pilot. Everyone else will have an opportunity to participate in the near future.

Be well, be happy,

Lois Brown, RA President

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Dinner 4:30 PM- 7:30 PM 4:30 PM- 6:30 PM 4:30 PM- 7:30 PM 4:30 PM- 7:30 PM

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday27-Jan 28-Jan 29-Jan 30-Jan

Corn Kernels

Green Beans

Beer Battered Fish Fish Croquettes

SO

UP

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Salad Bar Salad Bar

Chef Special

Sautéed Swiss Chard

SA

LA

DS

EN

TR

EE

SS

TA

RC

H &

VE

GE

TA

BL

ES

Blackened Mahi

Beef Stew

Salad Bar

Buttered Peas

Wahoo with

Cucumber Salad

Buttered Rice

Chef Special Chef Special

Sauteed Spinach

Hotdogs and

hamburgers

Wedge Salad

Lasagna Grilled Pork ChopsBalsamic Glazed

Chicken

Scotch BrothButternut Squash

Bisque

Southwest Chicken

SoupSplit Pea Soup

Apple Slaw Caprese Salad

Collington Main Dining Room Weekly Menu

Cream of Spinach Lentil Soup Beef VegetableCream of Carrot Soup

Italian Cauliflower French Fries

Farro PilafSteamed Rainbow

Carrots

Wild Rice with

Cranberries

Cole Slaw

Salad Bar

Red Cabbage

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4:30 PM- 7:30 PM 4:30 PM- 7:30 PM 11:30 AM- 3:00PM

Friday Saturday Sunday31-Jan 1-Feb 2-Feb

Omelette and French

Toast Bar Sugar Free Berry

PieButtered Pasta

Broccolini

Roasted Acorn

Squash

Gorgonzola Crusted

Tomato

Roasted Sweet

Potatoes

Chef Special

Pecan Pie

Lemon Meringue

Pie

Chocolate Cake

w/ Chocolate

Strawberry Short

Cake

Sugar Free

Coffee Mousse

Asparagus

Honey Walnut

Sautéed Scallops

French Onion Soup

Carved Pork

Steamship

Roasted Cornish HenBratwurst and

SauerkrautGlazed Pit Ham

Potato and Bacon

Soup

Collington Main Dining Room Weekly Menu

Miso Soup

Seafood Newburg Flounder Oscar

Dilled Potato Salad

Salad Bar

Grits & Oatmeal

Salad Bar

Pistachio Fluff

Roasted Potatoes

Chef Special

Salad Bar

Chili

Mixed Vegetables

Stewed Tomatoes and

Okra

Lobster Bisque

Peach Ambrosia