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NOVEMBER PROGRAM: Our program for November will feature Carol Hamre, Master Gardener & Recycle Artist, who will be demonstrating art using plants. Carol will show us how to create wreaths using succulents and air plants with a holiday theme. You don't want to miss this one. SEES CANDIES: Those yummy candies that we all love will be on sale for the holidays. In November we will be selling on Nov. 6 and 7 in the Main Clubhouse. The hours will be 9 am to 2 pm. On Nov. 18, 19 and 20 sales will be in the Main Clubhouse library from 9 am to 2 pm. Remember that we always have gift certificates on hand that you can purchase. Please call Maureen Keeney at 797-0011 for further information. TRIPS: Don't forget to make your reservation for the Garden Club's Annual Historic Mission Inn Hotel excursion for the Festival of Lights Holiday Experience on Wed., Dec. 2. This is one trip to enjoy over and over. If you love the holidays and have not been to see the spectacular array of lights and decorations, here is your opportunity. There is a museum you can tour, mall shops and an ice skating rink. How about a horse and buggy ride around the Mission Inn? They are available for hire. Enjoy dinner at one of the restaurants in the area of your choice. The bus will depart Sun Lakes at 2 pm. There will be one bus only. Please meet in the bus room no earlier than 1 pm. The cost of this trip is $55 pp with the tour or $35 without the tour. Reservations accepted by Evelyn Hawkins at 845-7199. Checks made out to the Garden Club. You can also drop your check at 1607 Fairway Oaks in the bucket. CHARITY RESEARCH & BEAUTIFICATION: The Garden Club donates to many local charities and each donation that we make is carefully researched before a donation is made. We have helped school gardens, benches at Edward Dean Museum and benches right here in Sun Lakes. Our projects always cover gardening and beautification of a local recipient. Kids Cures were given plants for their garden project. We helped landscape a home that is being built for Habitat for Humanity. Our outreach programs are far too many to list. Come join us and learn about the charities that we have helped. SOAPS, LOTIONS, PERSONAL PRODUCTS: All those wonderful donations you so generously supply are donated to our local organizations that help those who are in need. Barbara Ely packages them up and distributes them. We do accept full size products in addition to those items that you collect when you travel. Toothbrushes, personal items of all types are welcomed. If you have questions please call Barbara Ely at 769-5659. BOX TOPS, CELL PHONES, EYE GLASSES, STUFFED ANIMALS AND SMALL SUITCASES: Are collected and given to the appropriate organizations. For information call Joan Blumenfeld at 845-6715. We welcome new members at every meeting. Our dues are $15 per year. Please call Suzi Messick at 769-7945 or LaNelle Neet at 769- 7947. The fruit pickers are available to pick your fruit if you are not going to use it all. Please call Carolyn Wright at 797-3568, Pat Shibata at 769-0316 or Janna Waller at 797-3859. Garden Club 22 | SUN LAKES LIFESTYLES | NOVEMBER 2015 | September ushered in fall, football and cold weather for Happy Cookers at Sun Lakes. The Happy Cookers were entertained by the owners of Papa Murphy's Pizza, Byron and Kate Graves. We were treated to great pizza made from all fresh ingredients. The pizza was delicious. There will be no Happy Cookers meeting in November. Our holiday party is Dec. 3 at the North Clubhouse at 5 pm for the social and 6 pm for dinner. The party will be catered by Johnny Russo's Italian Kitchen. There is limited seating, so members first and then family and friends. The cost is $15. For more information about the holiday party, contact Suzi Messick at 769-7945. Checks can be dropped off at 6130 Pebble Beach Dr. For club membership information, contact Carolyn Wright, (951) 979-3568. Happy Cookers Chorale SPECIAL TRIBUTE PLANNED FOR BOB JENSEN Bob Jensen announced his retirement as Director of the Sun Lakes Chorale during the Chorale's off-season. Consequently, we didn't get a chance to thank and honor him for his immeasurable contribution to the Chorale, the Sun Lakes community, and the city of Banning over the last 50 years. Bob directed the Chorale for about 20 years, was the organist and choir director for several churches in the area, and taught music, chorale singing, and Drivers' Ed at Banning High for 30 years. A special tribute ceremony, "Thanks For The Memories," will be held in the Main Clubhouse Ballroom on Thurs., Nov. 19, from 10 am to noon. All Sun Lakes residents are invited to attend, especially past Chorale members, personal friends and neighbors, and even some of Bob's old friends from the city of Banning. Refreshments will be served. Please contact Linda Vieira at 797-0315, or lvieira@eltree.com, if you have contact information for individuals outside the reach of this publication, or if you have any incidents to share, so they can be included in this tribute event. The Chorale of Sun Lakes is off and running, as we prepare for our 25th annual holiday concerts on Dec. 4, 5, and 6. MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW! Tickets for the concerts go on sale in the Main Clubhouse lobby outside the library, from 9 am to 3 pm, Mon. - Fri., Nov. 16- 30. The hand-picked line up of songs includes all the favorites we have sung for you over the last 25 years. We're tuning up our vocal chords, lifting our cheeks, and singing these lovely melodies with our usual enthusiasm every Monday morning from 9:30 am to 12:15 pm in the Main Clubhouse Ballroom, with sectional meetings at various times on Thursdays.