Category: January 2015

Tai Chi for mindfulness and more

Carol Emerson Mindfulness is a state of active, open attention on the present. Instead of letting your life pass you by, mindfulness means living in the moment and awakening to experience. In a 2012 article written by Daphne Davis, PhD and Jeffery Hayes PhD for the American Psychological Association, some of the documented benefits of…

Jewish Friendship Group – January 2015

Sy Efron with toys donated to Diamond Children’s Center

The packed Vistas Dining Room was very festive for the Chanukah Party. The candles on each table mirrored the lights strung around the room and the excellent food service was accompanied by Carol Gordon playing Chanukah songs on the piano with members singing along. Chef Dave outdid himself with the scrumptious latkes. Seth Basker, outgoing…

Pickleball lessons

Joni O’Brien The SaddleBrooke Pickleball Association (SPA) will be giving introductory lessons on all aspects of the Pickleball game at the Preserve Courts (7, 8 and 9) on Monday, January 27 from 12:30 until 2:30 p.m. Members of the SPA will be there to demonstrate the basics of the game, show you the equipment used…

Men’s Bible Study offered

Would you like to interact and enjoy Christian fellowship with other men? Join our group, the Men’s Bible Study (MBS) in SaddleBrooke. Our Men’s Bible Study started October 3 and continues (most) every Friday to June 2015 from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. We have begun our reading and discussion of 1 Corinthians. Our practice is…

Free tax seminar and tax return filing in 2015

The AARP Foundation in conjunction with the IRS supports a free service to help taxpayers file their annual income tax returns. The program, called Tax-Aide, is mainly targeted at seniors and low and middle income families but does serve a wide range of taxpayers of any age. Clients do not have to be members of…