April - 2021
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NOTE FROM THE EDITOR:

You will notice a drastic change in the newsletter this month. We have been using Constant Contact for many years and they have created a new platform that is more "Mobile friendly." This means that we can't use the column format that we have been used to seeing.

As the saying goes, "Change is the only constant in life." Let's just think of it as yet another TRANSITION, and, as a group, we are certainly adept at dealing with transitions! I would appreciate any feedback or suggestions to make it work for all of you. Email me at nanwebware@sbcglobal.net. Thank you for your flexibility.

Nancy Ware
UP-COMING TTN EVENTS
Friendship Circle Meet & Greet
Collage Group
Send-off for Dianne McCutcheon
Non-Fiction Book Club
SOLO Agin Group
TED Talks
Fall Prevention

Every Saturday
April 5th
April 6th
April 14th
April 15th
April 21st
April 28th
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  Let's stay connected. 
      Use ZOOM to hold your meetings, continue your book clubs, TED talks, conferences, and other events. 
COME LIFT A GLASS IN HONOR OF DIANNE MCCUTCHEON
Dianne and her husband Jeff are moving to the East Coast. Most of you know that Dianne has been on the SF/Bay area Steering Committee for many years. We will miss her contributions and her hard work that we have all enjoyed at TTN meetings and small group events.

Join us in giving Dianne a warm send-off and our thanks for all her work for our chapter

Zoom Cocktails to Honor Dianne McCutcheon

When: Tuesday, April 6
Time: 7:00 pm
Where: ZOOM (click to join)
THANK YOU, DIANNE
THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE
Meet and Greet

Hiking vacations, living in Paris, on-line shopping frustrations, discovering previously unknown connections, renewing TTN friendships are just some of what is happening on our Friendship Circle/Meet & Greet ZOOM calls.

The Meet & Greet is held Saturdays at 11 AM
A reminder email with a link to the ZOOM meeting will be sent out every Friday. Pour yourself a cup of coffee and check in.
NEW BENEFIT FOR MEMBERS
Join ZOOM Meetings from TTN Chapters Across the Country
During this time of COVID, many of the TTN Chapters across the country are offering their programs to all members of TTN. Some of the programs offered for APRIL include:

  • Philadelphia Chapter: Successfully Transforming Women's Lives After Incarceration 4/5
  • Santa Fe Chapter: Life is a Trip: An evening with award-winning International Travel Journalist, Judith Fein 4/6
  • Washington DC Chapter: Ted Talk Tuesday - "The Three Secrets of Resilient People" 4/6
  • Long Island Chapter: The Little Pillbox Hat Tour- about Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis 4/11
  • Boston Chapter: The History and Future of Movie Going: Nickelodeons to Movie Palaces to IMAX to Neflix 4/15


To see the list of all events available to us, click HERE.
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
SIGS
Boost Your Wellness IQ in 2021

Join Arete Nicholas, RN, M.A., Geriatric Care Consultant
and Hope Levy, a Health Educator and Gerontologist, who will guide a group of like-minded TTN participants in a discussion to enhance their awareness about a variety of wellness topics.
 
Each month a different topic will be introduced followed by structured learning activities designed to help participants apply and/or think more deeply about the topic at hand. You will also have the opportunity to share your insights and interact with other group members in a supportive learning community. The group will meet monthly during the spring on the last Wednesday of the month.
 
Mark Your Calendars! The first ZOOM meeting will be on Wednesday, April 28th from 3:00 pm until :30 pm and the topic will be Fall Prevention

For more information about this workshop and to register, please contact Hope Levy at 

To join the ZOOM meeting click HERE.
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Solo Aging Study Group

As the saying goes, getting old is not for sissies, and aging without close family to rely on is even more challenging. 

The Solo Aging Study Group is up and running and is open to new participants. The next meeting is Thursday, April 15th. If you are interested in the study group or want more information, send an email to janicewallace2016@gmail.com
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Group Meditation

We are forming a group that would meet monthly and share a meditation session.

Do you love meditation, feel the benefit in your life, and want to share it with others?

We would love to speak with you about helping us get a meditation group started. Would you be willing to help lead this group?

If you're interested in joining our group or would like to lead this group, contact Janice Wallace at:
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The Special Interest Artists Group is focusing on Collage as an art form. Monthly prompts will be shared and then the group will get together over Zoom to show our collages and give each other support. 

Artists will be asked to submit photos of their collages at least two days before the meeting so that a slide show can be prepared. 

For future meetings, members of the group will take turns providing prompts either around themes or styles, or materials.

 The Collage group meets the first Monday of the month at 3:00. )The next ZOOM meeting is Monday, April 5th. The next theme is body parts

If you are interested in joining this group, email Gail Benton Shoemaker at  gailbentshoe@igc.org for further details. 
Dorothy Tarrant's Collage
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Groups With Openings
  • Artists Group - if interested in joining this group please contact Gail Benton Shoemakerat  gailbentshoe@igc.org 
  • SF Movie Goers - if interested in joining this group please contact Mae King Go at mkgo@earthlink.ne
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  • East Bay Non Fiction Book Club - if interested in joining this group please contact Sandi Blair at sandrablairsf@cs.com
  • Travel Partners - if interested in joining this group please contact JaniceWallace at  janicewallace2016@gmail.com. Group meets in locations all over the Bay Area


Groups That are Currently Filled 
BUT THAT ARE OPEN TO ALL DURING THE QUARANTINE
  • SF TED Talks - contact Gail Benton Shoemaker at gailbentshoe@igc.org. The next TED talk meeting will be on Wednesday, March 17th at 7:00 pm.  If you would like to join us on ZOOM for this discussion contact Gail Benton Shoemaker at the email address above.
  • SF Non-Fiction Book Club - contact Nancy Ware at nanwebware@sbcglobal.net   The non-fiction book being discussed on Wednesday, April 14th is  Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love, by Dani Shapiro.  If you would like to join us on ZOOM for this meeting, contact Nancy Ware at the email address above.

The SF Non-Fiction Book Club discussing "The Buddhist on Death Row" by David Sheff. 
The TED Talk group discussing Emily Levine's talk on "How I Made Friends with Reality."
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NOTICE: Many SIGs have membership limits because they meet in private homes or have other logistical constraints. Since most SIGS are currently meeting on-line, the Steering Committee thought it would be appropriate to open up ALL SIGS to any member who would like to join. Email the contact person of any of the groups to hear more about what they are doing during the quarantine. 
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What's your passion?   

Any member can start a special interest group. If you have an interest that is not represented by a new or existing group, contact  Janice Wallace at
janicewallace2016@gmail.com to create a group description and recruit other members to join you.

For more information about other new groups as well as information about existing groups, see the Special Interest Page on our website
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All Special Interest Groups in-person meetings have been canceled due to the "Shelter-in-Place" order. We encourage you to stay connected through ZOOM to continue meeting face-to-face virtually!  For questions about how to set up a Zoom meeting, email Janice Wallace at janicewallace2016@gmail.com
THE READERS' CORNER
And Other Media
Many of you have shared interesting articles and videos that have been appreciated by our readership. To encourage this sharing, we have created a monthly column called Readers' Corner. Submit your articles to Nancy Ware at nanwebware@sbcglobal.net

As we are all hunkering down, and there is time to explore new things, we invite all our members to share how they are coping. 

Stay healthy.
100 Year Old Friends Share Their Views of Today's World

Steve Harvey interviews two 100 year old women who have known each other for 94 years. If you're in need of a laugh, you have to see this. For the video, click HERE.
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10 Reasons Why Aging is Awesome

Believe or not, there’s more to life for those 65 and older other than game night and golf courses. You feel wiser. You know yourself better. And you also become apart of a powerful demographic. To celebrate this special time in your life, we’ve shared some interesting facts about older adults that may surprise you. To read the full article, click HERE.
OLLIE SF OFFERS ON-LINE COURSES
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute is offering a series of Mini-courses on a wide variety of topics. These courses are open to non-members of OLLI. The following courses are being offered in APRIL.

 For more details on the Winter offerings click  HERE.
STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Meena Bhatia
Special Projects

Linda Brown
Event Planning 

Mae King Go 
Event Planning

Rita Herndon
Social Media

Bunnie Quint
Membership


Gail Benton Shoemaker
 Program Planning Coordinator

Joan Varrone
Finance

Janice Wallace
Chapter Lead & Special Interest Groups

ADJUNCT COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Janet Mandelstam
Arlene Reiff  
Co-Founders of SF Bay Area Chapter

Nancy Ware
Newsletter Editor  


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