Chess Club
The LW Chess Club meets every Friday in Clubhouse 3, Room 7, from
1-4:30 p.m. Beginners lessons are available. People are encouraged to bring a friend . For more information, call Steven Kramer at
303-601-2511.
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Redeemer Lutheran and St. Theodore
The congregation of Redeemer Lutheran and St. Theodore of Canterbury Episcopal church approved the donation of a portion of their fundraising efforts to Leisure World Cares. On Nov. 16, a check for $3,661 was presented to Nick Massetti, president of LW Cares by Rev. Murray Finck and church council president Kay Pushman.
In other news, the church’s baby Jesus figure was removed from the creche
Congregation Sholom
Congregation Sholom will hold services via Zoom with Rabbi Eric Dangott on Friday, Jan. 16. at 6:30 p.m. Rabbi Mike Mymon will lead the hybrid service on Saturday, Jan. 17, in Clubhouse 3, Room 9, and on Zoom at 10 a.m. Saturday’s Torah reading will be Shemot. Shemot (Names) is the first Torah reading in the Book of
Rabbi Mike Mymon Exodus. It describes the enslavement of the Israelites in Egypt.
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LW Cares Fund initiates first award payments
The first 10 residents who received $200/month from the Leisure World Cares Fund found renewed hope in their ability to manage rising housing costs. The funds were donated over the last several months by over 75 fellow Leisure World residents.
Recipients submitted applications and were confidentially interviewed in a brief two-week process resulting in awards that began in the new year and will
Applications for GAF multicultural event open February
Golden Age Foundation (GAF) seeks authentic Latino, Greek, Dutch, Scottish, British, Indian or German cultural performance groups to join the July 18 multicultural Amphitheater event.
The GAF will host and sponsor this cultural performance to showcase the beauty of the diversity of cultures in Leisure World.
The GAF is looking for at least six Leisure World groups for the 90 minute performance,
Historic Rancho Los Alamitos seeks volunteer docents
Rancho Los Alamitos, or the “Ranch of the Little Cottonwoods,” is a Long Beach City Landmark twice listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The site, once owned by the famed Bixby family, has nurtured a great diversity of peoples and cultures over thousands of years. The 7.5-acre site includes four acres of nationally significant historic gardens, a ranch house (1790-1933), and
