Leisure World News

A30 December 2021 • Community • www.lwca.com Arts and Crafts Clubs Card/Game Clubs Scrabble Club Submitted by Carolin Lowy The Scrabble Club is happy to welcome new members and returning snowbirds. The club meets every Monday evening in the Lakeside Club House in Rec. 1. Play starts at 6:30 p.m. The club has everything needed, including game boards, cheat sheets and official dictionaries. “Upwards,” an adaption of Scrabble, offers a different spelling game that is enjoyed by many. In storage is the real challenge, “The Four Hundred Square” game board! If you would like to play this, prepare for up to two hours of spelling fun with amazing high scores! For more information, please contact Carolin Lowy at 480-641-4626. Jewelry/Lapidary Club Submitted by Colleen Bodnar The Leisure World Jewelry and Lapidary Club wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! We welcome back ourmonitors andmembers alike. Stop by and see what our members have been up to. All original jewelry in our display cases are for sale and make beautiful Christmas gifts! The Jewelry and Lapidary Club classroom and shop are open for the fall-winter season. Our general hours are Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. If you are interested, come in and sign up! Classes always fill up very fast. Class instruction time may be in the morning or afternoon.Ifyouarenotamember, ouryearly membership fee must be paid before you take the class. Dues are $20. A friendly reminder to our current members: Your annual dues and locker fees should be paid by January 2022. All interested residents are invited to stop by the shop for a tour and learn more about our classes. We hope to see you soon! LW Art Association Submitted by Pat Billingsley The Art Association is hosting a holiday party on Friday, December10 at 5:30p.m. intheRec. 1CardRoom.Come celebrate with us! We will have a catered buffet with live music. The cost is $15 for members and $20 for non- members. Please see board members for tickets. The Art Association will hold its next monthly meeting on the Thursday, January 13 at 3:00 p.m. The new board will be instated at the meeting. A regular board meeting is held one hour prior to class. Every Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. is Open Studio for painting. Everyone is welcome! The Art Studio is now open daily. Sebastian will teach watercolor classes every Tuesday afternoon. See information in the Art Studio. Judy Harrington is teaching Mandale Painting classes onDec 7, 10, 14 and 21 from9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Sign up in the Art Studio. Supplies are $15 and the class is free. Please take time to sign up and join the LW Art Association for 2021 and 2022. Forms can be found in the Art Studio. Membership is $20 per year. Congratulations to all the Fall Art Show winners! We have very talented artists in Leisure World. Leisure World Quilters Submitted by Carol Stickling Our group was very productive last month. We made dog and cat placemats to sell at the Craft Fair. Our sales at the fair were successful. A big thank you to all our members for their hard work and all the residents who stopped by our booth! We meet on Thursdays from 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. in the Rec. 1 Ballroom. Our dues are $10 for a year of new patterns, quilting projects and lots of socializing. There will be new projects for December. We will only meet three times this month because of the holidays. We will start back on Thursday, January 6. Hope to see you there! For more information, please contact Merrilly Strom at 480-699-9352 or Linda Phar at 480-510-0498. Pillowcase Dress Club Submitted by Darlene Footh The pillowcase dress projects are starting again. We meet Monday mornings from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. in the Anniversary Room by the fireplace in the King Card Room. Come and see what there is and if you are interested in sewing little dresses. The materials and trim are free. We do have some kits made up or you can make up your own, take home and sew. We have a contact person who sees the dresses get to the mission fields. We also give Helen’s Hope Chest dresses for foster girls here in Arizona. For more information, please call Darlene Footh at 701-339-8491 or Joan Bishoff at 701-200-8917. Pottery Club Submitted by Bonnie Rausch Our club membership fees run November to November, so they are now due. The fees are $20 for the year. Leisure World residents who would like to work with clay are welcome on Monday and Thursday mornings from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. New students pay $5 the first two sessions. If you decide to join the club, the dues are $20 per year and $3 per session. Clay and glazes are additional charges. Twiddlers, Friday Morning Knitters and Crocheters Submitted by Carolin Lowy We meet on Monday and Friday mornings from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. in the Queen Card Room. The group enjoys creating items, many of which are donated to charities. The conversations flow back and forth, along with a few good laughs. In November, we were able to donate over 150 items including throws, hats, carves and children’s items during our annual donation period. The Warmup America project is nearing over 5,000 rectangles and uses lots of scraps and left- over yarn. Donations of yarn are much appreciated. All residents are welcome to join! If you need help or want to learn something new, a member of our group will be able to assist you. We are delighted to have two gentlemen join in the fun and would welcome more! Once a month, an outing to a neighborhood restaurant is planned. Our December luncheon will be something special. For more information, please call Carolin Lowy at 480-641-4626.