Tag: Kare Bears

Kare Bears Board of Directors at work for you

Sue White The Kare Bears Board of Directors is hard at work with continued goals to provide a variety of services to all of our PebbleCreek residents. In a community where many of us have our friends and relatives elsewhere, we may find ourselves in occasional need of some type of assistance. It is comforting…

UBS Blood Drive – June 14th

Sue White As part of Kare Bears Health and Wellness effort, we are pleased to be offering a Blood Drive open to all residents on Tuesday, June 14 from 9:00 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. in the Palm Room at Eagle’s Nest. The sign-up sheet is at the Eagle’s Nest Clubhouse across from the Pro Shop.…

Bear Huggers needed

Sue White Do you enjoy meeting and getting to know your neighbors? Do you enjoy helping people? Do you have two to four hours a month free time to become a volunteer? If so, then Kare Bears has a fun and rewarding opportunity waiting for you! Become a Unit Kare Bears Coordinator. As you may…

Kare Bear Blood Drive – June 14

Sue White As part of Kare Bears Health and Wellness effort we are pleased to be offering a Blood Drive open to all residents on Tuesday, June 14 from 9:00 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. in the Palm Room at Eagle’s Nest. The sign-up sheet is at the at the Eagle’s Nest Clubhouse across from the…

AEDs save lives

The Kare Bears organization has purchased AED units for the protection of residents and guests at PebbleCreek. Below is a list of locations of the AED units in PebbleCreek. Being able to make quick decisions in an emergency situation can mean giving a stricken person a much better chance of recovery. Eagle’s Nest locations: Clubhouse/Fitness…

Kare Bears – annual Spring Fling

From left: Kare Bears volunteers who received 10 year pins at the Spring Fling volunteer event: Rod Suttles, Carolyn Suttles, Ellen Stergulz, Patti Hodge, Grace Cooper, Jackie Belonax and Sue Chute

Sue White The Kare Bears Board of Directors held its annual Spring Fling event to honor all Kare Bears volunteers on Wednesday, April 13, 2016, at the Eagle’s Nest Ballroom. The theme of this year’s event was Take Me Out to the Ballgame. Many of the 135 attendees wore their favorite baseball team’s clothing. Each…

Kare Bears’ Korner

Dr. Nieri

Dr. Nieri speaks on healthy aging January 20 Kare Bears would like to invite you to hear Dr. Walter J. Nieri speak at the Kare Bears monthly presentation on Wednesday, January 20. The presentation will be at 11:00 a.m. at the Eagle’s Nest Ballroom. Dr. Nieri will be discussing current and future trends in life…

Kare Bears Celebrate 20 years

Left to right: Kare Bears Annual Award Winners, bottom row: Marge Ellison, Arlis Legler, Janis Korba, Corrine Adams, Joan Suriano and Tony Suriano; top row: Jim Ellison, Dave Eckert and Paul Vienna

Kare Bears History Susan White At the Kare Bears Luncheon, some of the following information was shared. We think you will find it interesting. The first meeting was a planning session on November 1, 1995. Kare Bears became a nonprofit organization incorporated under the name Kare-ing Neighbors, Inc. on July 22, 1996. The first Kare…

Kare Bears honor recipients

Left to right: Rod Grabau, John Kiekbusch, Melissa Gonzales and Eugene Levine

Earlier this year PebbleCreek Director of Food & Beverage Melissa Gonzales and PebbleCreek resident Bill Kafitz worked together to perform CPR and used an AED machine to administer life-saving care to fellow resident Eugene Levine. Melissa was honored at the Kare Bears annual luncheon November 11, 2015 in the Tuscany falls Ballroom. Bill Kafitz was…