Category: Clubs & Classes

Holiday Season and Your Pets

Jim Ellison, President of Pet Companions Club It is the holiday season again and a time to be extra careful about your pets’ well-being. The holiday season is when family and friends visit and chances increase for your pets to escape your home. Please be extra vigilant and make sure your pets have proper identification…

Quilters Set New Record for Community Service

Linda Rowe The PebbleCreek Quilters Club faced many challenges in completing charity projects due to COVID-19 precautions. Like many clubs, we were unable to use the Creative Arts Center (CAC) for several months. Until we were able to access our stores of fabric for charitable uses, many members used their personal supplies to begin making…

Wine Club Fundraiser for Kare Bears

Culver Stone (left), President of the PebbleCreek Wine Club, presented Tom Meek (right), President of the Kare Bears, with a check for $6,493.65 on Nov. 4. That donation brings the PebbleCreek Wine Club’s financial support of Kare Bears, over the last three years, to $26,493.65.

Culver Stone, President, PebbleCreek Wine Club In the pre-COVID-19 days, the club did fundraising during the December Gala. Donations in those times were raised from silent auctions and raffles, which offered fine wines, tours of wineries in Napa Valley, and cruises on the Douro River in Portugal. This year, the club’s board decided to auction wines that…

Wine Club Honors Tom Bailey

Tom Bailey (left) and Culver Stone (right)

Culver Stone, President At a recent board meeting, the PebbleCreek Wine Club recognized Thomas “Tom” Bailey for his outstanding service as the former president. COVID-19 had prevented the board from presenting a gift to Tom during the April 2020 wine club dinner. The belated recognition for Tom’s service was a magnum of 2008 Coach Insignia…

Holidays and Alzheimer’s

Teri Sellers Thanksgiving and Christmas can be wonderful and magical. It is time for families and friends to get together, but this year families that have a loved one with dementia have the added burden of dealing with COVID-19. In normal times, the holidays are often filled with opportunities for togetherness, sharing, laughter, and memories. We…

PC Singles Celebrate Halloween

Jan Hansen Although the PC Singles Club could not hold the traditional Halloween party this year, some members found a way to celebrate Halloween by dressing in costumes and gathering at Sunrise Park to socialize on Saturday evening. Small groups of members attended an outing to the Desert Botanical Garden on Oct. 13 and the Wildlife World…

Pet of the Month

Meena

Jim Ellison Hi! My name is Meena, and I am five years old. I was born in Colorado and just made it through my third summer here. Wow, was it hot this year! I had to wait until after sundown to take my walks, which weren’t as long as normal. I had to wear my…