(July begins the new budget year. PLEASE NOTE THAT COMMUNITY MEMBER AND INDIVIDUAL MEMBER DUES FOR THE 2009 - 2010 FISCAL YEAR WERE DUE IN JULY.)

SUMMARY OF ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1. PARCR QUARTERLY MEETING ANNOUNCEMENTS: (see below)

2. WORKSHOP FOR GRANDS AND KIDS WEEK AT GARDEN SPOT VILLAGE - Sept. 14, 2010 (see below)

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DETAIL OF ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1.  PARCR QUARTERLY MEETINGS are held on the 2nd Wednesday of  October, January and April of each year.   The Annual Meeting is held in July.  Meetings begin at 10:00 AM and planned to be complete by 2:00 PM.  The most recent meeting was held at Cross Keys Village in New Oxford on Wednesday, October 14.    See the Newsletters and Minutes pages for details of any prior meetings.

QUOTATIONS:  "It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.."  (Winston Churchill)     

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April 14, 2010 -         Brethren Village     3001 Lititz Pike, Lancaster, PA 17606-5093 
July 14, 2010 -          Menno Haven         211 Scotland  Avenue, Chambersburg, PA 17201                                                             October 13, 2010 -   Masonic Village             1 Masonic Drive, Elizabethtown, PA 17022                                                                        April 13, 2011 -         Garden Spot Village     433 S. Kinzer Avenue, New Holland, PA 17557

Resident Councils interested in hosting a quarterly meeting should contact the PARCR secretary.     The Executive Committee would like to rotate the quarterly meetings around the counties of our communities.     ========================================================================================

2.  GRANDS AND KIDS WEEK AT GARDEN SPOT VILLAGE

Dear PARCR REPRESENTATIVES:

I’m writing to let you know about a special program Garden Spot Village initiated two years ago. The project is called GRANDS AND KIDS WEEK. Our project involves inviting our grandchildren to visit for a few days or a week (your choice). The staff has many wonderful activities for both grandparents and grandchildren to share. This past summer, our 11 year old grandson came for the week. We had such special time together at a cookout with the other participants; we played bocce, pickle ball, miniature golf, swimming; we also visited the firehouse, sat on the fire engine; my husband and he visited the woodshop and crafted a birdhouse together; there was a marshmallow roast one evening; and much more, including a visit from a Science Factory representative who thrilled the children with many exciting educational and scientific experiments.

We would like to share the mechanics of this special project with other retirement communities and will be offering a workshop on Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 8:30 am -11am. At this time the Intergenerational Committee will be prepared to assist other communities implement a Grands and Kids week at their facility. The cost for this seminar is $20 pp.

If there is interest in the workshop; additional questions, please feel free to contact myself, or Colleen Musselman, Life Enrichment Director at Garden Spot Village. Colleen’s telephone number is: 717-355-6007; her e-mail is cmusselman@gardenspotvillage.org.   

Looking forward to your response, I remain

Sincerely yours,
Carol A. Wendel

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