12 THE CHARBONNEAU VILLAGER
January 2020
CCC Activities
Letter
to the
editor
By KIM HOSFORD
Sign up for one of our
new activities
Red Cross Blood Drive
By donating blood, you are actively
making a difference in your community,
allowing patients to receive cancer
treatment, surgery and the gift of life in
the case of an accident or a medical
emergency. Your blood donation pro-
vides units of blood products that are
promised to hospitals.
■ Drive date: Friday, Jan. 3
■ Blood Drive Hours: 10:30 a.m. to
3:30 p.m.
■ To schedule your appointment
or for more information, please call
1-800-RED-CROSS or visit www.red-
crossblood.org; Sponsor Code:
Charbonneau
Thank you for your support of the
American Red Cross.
Thanks, Annex Task Force
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COURTESY PHOTOS
Charbonneau residents participated in the outing, “Christmas in the Garden.”
Fourth Friday at Five social event
Another “Fourth Friday at Five”
social event is happening on Friday,
Jan. 24, at 5 p.m.
At the event, residents will enjoy a
light supper from one of our approved
caterers.
Be sure to bring your own beverage and
enjoy the company of your fellow Char-
New “Get Fit Lite” Chair Class
bonneau neighbors. If you know someone
Our popular aerobics instructor, Jill
who has recently moved to Charbonneau,
Walker, is offering a new class for men
be sure to let them know about this event
and women. This is a head to toe work-
and how they can buy tickets, which are
out in a chair and behind the chair. The
$5. It would be nice to invite newcomers to
focus will be on balance and light
sit with you, make them feel welcome and
stretching, all while listening to fun mu-
introduce them to others.
sic. This is a “work at your own pace,
To attend, you will need to purchase
no pressure workout.”
a ticket, which go on sale at 9 a.m. Jan.
This 45-minute class will be held
2. If you put it off, you risk the chance of
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:15-10 a.m.,
the event selling out. Only 150 reserva-
in the Charbonneau Clubhouse fire-
tions are available and tickets have
place room.
been known to sell out in one day.
The cost is $30 per month for two class-
As an added plus, CCC board mem-
es a week or $5 for drop-ins. Questions?
bers will be on hand to discuss the lat-
Contact Jill Walker at 503-989-1211.
est Charbonneau news and answer any
questions you may have.
Bingo at CCC
Tickets for the February “Fourth Fri-
Announcing a fun new event at Char- day at Five” event will go on sale Feb. 3.
bonneau... Bingo! Hold the date of Tues-
day, Jan. 14, on your calendar. Come to Group travel
the Clubhouse at 4 p.m., bring your bev-
Two group vacations were offered in
erage of choice and an appetizer to
2020. One of them, Celtic Highlights, is
share. Bingo will begin at 4:30 p.m.
sold out.
Canned food donations is how you will
However, there may still be room on
acquire your Bingo cards. Register in
this wonderful vacation:
The Blue Danube Discovery with 2
the CCC office to attend.
Spencer and Robin Groshong.
Nights in Budapest & 2 Nights in
Prague: 12 Day River Cruise
■ 2020 Vacation starts Sept. 1: Budapest
■ 2020 Vacation ends Sept. 12: Prague
This timeless Europe river cruise va-
cation begins with two nights in vibrant
Budapest, Hungary, then sail along the
Danube River with exciting stops in
Austria and Germany, and end with
two nights in Prague — the capital of
the Czech Republic.
If your New Year’s resolution is to
travel more, stop by the CCC office to
pick up a travel catalog and see what
destinations spark your interest.
want to thank the Char-
bonneau Country Club
Board’s Annex Task Force
for taking on a challeng-
ing task and carrying it
through despite much hysteri-
cal blowback. Initially, I resist-
ed the idea of expanding the
Country Club footprint (and
yes, an increase in my dues)
but that was before (1) attend-
ing an exercise class in which
participants were packed in
the room like sardines, making
aerobic exercise difficult and
possibly unsafe and (2) attend-
ing a drawing class in the base-
ment where lighting was inad-
equate. These experiences con-
vinced me that we need to
move forward to create suffi-
cient space not only for the ac-
tivities currently offered by
the Country Club but to com-
fortably add to them.
I intend to stay in Charbon-
neau indefinitely (hopefully as
long as my 96-year-old neighbor
has been doing with gusto).
As the years go on, I expect
the CCC will play even more of a
central role in my community
life. I am glad the Country Club
is moving in the direction of
growth and creativity, which
must be done in order for Char-
bonneau to remain vital and vi-
brant.
Again, thank you Annex Task
Force for your perseverance in
leadership, your calm and capa-
ble planning, your focus on the
future of our community.
— ELISA DALE