Members of the 55+ Club celebrated Valentine’s day in style with wonderful food catered by Zon Beachside. Quite a spread with pork and chicken and roasted vegetables and the desserts, wow! They really out did themselves. Janet Whiskers brought us up to date with the progress of their new addition, it’s a state -of -the -art facility unlike anything
else in this area.

Jane Check and Elaine Lewis won $20 a piece when they both answered the most questions correctly in the Valentines Trivia quiz. Their high score was 6 out of 11, perhaps everyone should brush up on the Valentines facts! Thank you to Zon Beachside for a wonderful day and to their residents who sent warm greetings to our members in personalized cards. (Submitted by, Jill Blakeway)

Changes are happening at Monday Bingo and we want to thank Louise Tavani for her chairmanship over the 55+ Club’s Bingo for many years. Louise has been a part of bingo since the club began in 2002 and has continued her involvement helping make bingo a popular activity for our club members. We welcome Anna Fake who has stepped up as Bingo Chairperson, we know she will do a great job. Thank you to the entire bingo team for all your assistance and thank you to those ladies who stayed on to continue to assist Anna. Do you want to learn more about Monday Bingo? Perhaps assist or just enjoy playing? Contact Anna at 321/961-5771 or [email protected]

Members who’s dues were not paid by the end of February were removed from our membership list and will have not received this newsletter. However, once dues have been paid we will happily renew your  membership. If you know someone who has not paid their 2019 dues, please encourage them to do so right away. Payments can be made at the DRS Community Center, Bingo or given to any committee member. ALL members are being asked to fill out a new membership card. WHY? We are collecting emergency contact names and phone numbers. If possible, please provide a name and number of a person NOT living in your home. First, unfortunately, we had no one to contact when a couple of our  members recently had falls. Secondly, after 17 years the membership cards have gotten rather messy! Thirdly, this is a good way to update all
of your information.

What should you do if someone calls and asks for your information, for money, or threatens to cancel your health benefits if you don’t share your personal information? Hang up! It’s a scam. Scam artists may try to steal your personal information by calling you and asking for your current Medicare Number to get your new Medicare card.

Medicare will never call uninvited and ask you to give personal  information or money to get your new Medicare Number or card. Go to MyMedicare.gov to learn what to do if you get a suspicious call like this.

Want to play or interested in learning? Contact club member Dick Kircher at [email protected] or 321-777-0255 to discuss the current chess activity in our area.

The 55+ Club has been working on reducing the cost of postage incurred with the mailing of the club newsletter. Many members have signed up to receive their newsletter via email rather than postal mail. If you have  mail access, we are asking you to sign up NOW. At some point, maybe soon, it may occur that the cost of postage becomes prohibitive and the choice will be rather than discontinue the newsletter, those who have email will only receive it electronically. Please contact Louise S. at 321/202-7337 or [email protected] to sign up for this service.