SENIORS FOR PEACE Seniors For Peace will meet on Thursday, Oct. 2, at 2 p.m. in Clubhouse 3, Room 9. The featured speaker will be Lindsey Kirkland, education manager at Climate Generation, a nationally connected nonprofit focused on climate literacy, climate change education, youth leadership, and community engagement to accelerate action on the climate crisis. Kirkland will speak to club

Heidi Maddocks, co-owner and executive director of Safety First Medical Alert, will speak to the Sunshine Club about the medical alert system on Friday, Sept. 26, in Clubhouse 3, Room 2, at 10 a.m. Maddocks founded the Safety First Medical Alert System with her business partner Ann Smith. With more than two decades of experience in the medical alert and senior safety industry, Maddocks has dedicated

The LW Community Emergency Response Team (LW CERT) will hold a safety class on Friday, Sept. 26, at 9 a.m. in Clubhouse 3, Room 9. The topic for the class this month is titled “Twelve Ways to Get Prepared” and will teach residents how to be ready to face any emergency or disaster, LW CERT President Catherine O’Brien will teach.

Carolyn Seitz of Mutual 3 cel- ebrated her 80th birthday early on Sept. 13 in a similar fashion as she has lived her life—by helping others. Seitz, born on Sept. 16, gathered friends and family from all over California and Texas in Clubhouse 3 to assemble 500 ham and cheese sandwiches and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for the people of Orange County who are experiencing food insecu rity.

Jeri and Ted Nowel from Mutual 5 have joined Joe Lazzari, Seal Beach resident, and the team leader for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for years as a faithful 'Trash Crew' that clears Pacific Coast Highway. The trio, along with several additional volunteers, spend the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month gathering and bagging trash in the area of the Naval Weapons Base property and

Salvation Army trucks will be in the Amphitheater parking lot on Saturday, Oct. 11, from 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. The Salvation Army donation event in August was a huge success as shareholders donated enough unwanted belongings to fill three trucks. The Salvation Army donation project is under the stewardship of the Golden Age Foundation (GAF). It occurs every other month. In addition to giving

The next Ralphs Community Contribution Program in-person sign up will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 15, in the Clubhouse 6 Hospitality Center from 9-11 a.m. The Golden Age Foundation (GAF) thanks the shareholders who signed up on Sept. 17. The Ralphs Community Contribution Program is an easy way for residents to raise money for the GAF. An account is needed to participate in the program. Once linked