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46 FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | FEBRUARY 2019 Kiwanis Club of Beaumont Come join the Beaumont Kiwanis Club on Feb. 2 for their annual Pancake Breakfast. Breakfast will be served from 6 to 10:30 am, at the Beaumont Civic Center, 550 East 6th Street Beaumont. This is a fundraising event for the club and all proceeds will go towards Beaumont High School scholarships. The breakfast will consist of pancakes, eggs, sausage, orange juice and coffee. All this for only $6. All money the Kiwanis Club raises from fundraising projects will be contributed to helping kids of our community. During the past year the Kiwanis Club has given out four scholarships to deserving Beaumont High School students. Club members have volunteered over 150 hours helping the Cherry Festival by working the entry gates. This was a community project, as well as a fundraiser. Club members assisted the Beaumont Cherry Valley Recreation and Park District with their annual Fishing Derby, donating fishing bait and helping the kids learn how to fish. Money was given to ChildHelp to pay for paint and to refurbish their playground equipment. Club members volunteered over 750 hours working on the Winter Wish Project. The club also adopted a family for Winter Wish. We purchased gifts for the kids and food for the family. Come join the fun and join Kiwanis! We are always looking for new members. The more members we have, the more service we can do in the community. Our focus is helping the children of the world and the community of Beaumont. The Beaumont Kiwanis Club meets in The Lodge Conference Room on the second and fourth Thursday of the month. The meeting starts at 6:30 pm. Many of the members come early, order at the Bistro and eat prior to the meeting. You do not need to be a resident of Four Seasons to be a Kiwanis member. For further information, call Buzz Dopf at (909) 208-0880. Hope to see you there! ~ Buzz Dopf Bereavement Group One of the things we talk about in our group is journaling. Often the topic is met with a lukewarm response, but we persist. One or more of the participants may recall how helpful it was to keep a diary as a way to negotiate through sometimes confusing and/ or painful adolescent issues. And someone else might share that they had written a letter - never to be mailed - to a parent, spouse, boss, or other - sharing their hurt, anger, sadness, or confusion that had been festering for years. Eventually someone might decide that writing, or journaling, might be helpful. So they do it. And bring it in. And share it with us. And we are moved by their effort and their honesty. And often, their creativity. Dick Schleicher spent almost his entire life with his late wife Sylvia. They met as young teenagers and stayed together until her death about two and a half years ago, 70 years later. He has written before and shared his work with the group. His most recent writing is the following poem. If you have experienced a loss and would like to try joining us, you can just show up or you can get in touch with me first. My phone number is (951) 922-0934 and my email is lauriemlarson425@gmail.com. We meet in the RCN Conference Room on Mondays from 1 to 3 pm. ~ Laurie Larson When a mate passes away Grief stalks one day by day I soon knew severe and persistent pain It covers me at times like a torrential rain I feel guilt for not knowing a path to keep her alive Now I don't know how I can be so alone and lonely survive If there is a life plan preordained for one and all Then a lack of Creator compassion must be the call Memory of her warm and loving person goes on and on Hope for reuniting in an afterlife is a wonderful hope If that is not to be than death's silence will allow me to cope Family and friends make life's days still worthwhile The thought of them now brings a gentle smile Keeping myself busy each and every day Shine warmth and light on the unknown events fate will pay I still yearn daily for health and joy I hope my positive attitude is real and not coy and that I am not fates favorite toy

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