Free food is available in Leisure World to eligible residents who are 60 years or older through Community Action Partnership of Orange County (CAPOC), which has a monthly distribution site by Clubhouse 4. The next food distribution will be today, Feb. 18. Every third Thursday from 9-11 a.m., qualified people receive 40 pounds of food, including canned fruit, vegetables, meat, rice, juice, cereal

Experience restaurant-quality meals specially made for Orange County’s older adults, delivered safely to your home. Choose from favorite participating restaurants and caterers, and receive lunch and dinner for two, four or six days a week. Meals are affordably priced at $9.95 each (no additional delivery costs). Customers receive $15 off when they subscribe for two weeks. Use code 15OFF at checkout.

MEMBER COLUMN by Jim Greer LW contributor Congratulations, you’ve made it through 2020, the “peaceful” transfer of political power, and now with vaccines, you see the light at the end of the COVID tunnel. The real question is: Will we ever go back to normal? According to licensed clinical social worker and author Sara Van Tongeren, “There are things in our lives that are so indelibly

Editor: Finally I got a shot at the Feb. 4 COVID-19 vaccine clinic, after several weeks of anxious waiting. As they promised us, the GRF team emailed me the date and time to get shot. I went through the reception booth, then sat and waited for my name to be called through speaker. When I was called, I walked into Clubhouse 6 and was guided to a desk where Dr. Christopher and three other OptumCare

Editor: I’m so thankful to all the entities that made it possible for us, the residents, to get the COVID-19 vaccine. It was a very positive experience to be helped by everyone, from Security on the outside, to every person in the registration process and the very well-qualified personnel giving us the injections. Thanks, Leisure World, from the GRF to everyone who dedicated time and, with

The next American Red Cross Blood Drive is April 2 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Make an appointment by calling Lisa Love at the Red Cross at (909) 282-6685. Or go online at RedCrossBlood.org; enter the sponsor code “leisure” in the box at the top right of your screen.