Clubhouse 5
Thursday, September 21
7 p.m.
Members free, guests $10
Ready to laugh? The Theatre Guild invites you to staged readings of six short comical plays featuring 23 actors and six directors. A GRF no-host bar and theater-style seating will be available. Tickets at the door.
For more information, contact Sandy O’Connor at 949-981-1700 or Oconn71@gmail.com, or or visit the club’s website.
Village Television
Sunday, September 3, 10, 17, 24
7 p.m.
Free
TV6 will air two Sunshine Performance Club shows that were performed live at the Florence Sylvester Senior Center April 11 and May 9, 2023, featuring hits from the 1930s, World War II, Broadway and more.
Performers included Carol Pagne, Craig Sullivan, Debbie Byrne, Maria Swancoat and David Korts in the April 11 show and Mike Chamberlin, Estelle DeNunzio, Sunshine Lutey and Grace Carpenter in the May 9 show.
For more information, contact Ana Shu at 734-674-0350 or anapshu@gmail.com, or visit the Sunshine Performance Club website.
VMS continuously looks for ways to save costs and improve efficiencies. Through careful planning and innovating, departments cut costs by enhancing protocols. Here are just two examples.
Landscaping Services implemented a master irrigation control system:
Staff also adjusted its mowing protocol by retaining seven mowers that were slated for surplus:
The Maintenance and Construction Department implemented numerous efficiencies to enhance resident service and staff workflow:
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You’re invited! The long-awaited Passive Park is ready to welcome members of the community!
Join the United Laguna Woods Mutual Board of Directors and VMS Landscaping Services staff at the grand opening event and celebrate the new Village asset with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The new park features pet-friendly drought-tolerant plantings, decomposed granite walkways, and multiple benches and picnic tables to encourage togetherness among friends.
Where? Building 695 Avenida Sevilla, Laguna Woods, CA 92637
When? Thursday, August 31, 2023, at 9 a.m.
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Third Mutual’s next town hall is scheduled for Wednesday, August 23, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in the Sequoia Ballroom at Clubhouse 2. Feel free to attend and share your comments, questions, suggestions and concerns with Third board members.
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Take advantage of a service that provides resort-style amenities at Pool 2, thanks to 19 Restaurant and the Recreation and Special Events Department teaming up to offer food and beverage services from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily. Enjoy a cool, refreshing beverage, a delicious meal or both simply by calling 19 Restaurant at 949-206-1525. Items will be delivered poolside; payment via cash or credit card is required at that time. Click the orange button below to download the menu.
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Performing Arts Center Dining Room 2
Wednesday, September 20
2 to 4 p.m.
Any donation appreciated
If you would like to hear a good story, be sure to join the Publishing Club at its ninth consecutive Storytelling in September event. Emcee Michael Pontecorvo will introduce five gifted PubClub member authors who will read their original tales of humor, crime, remembrance and hope. They include:
Long-time member Dennis Glauber will give the history of the event and share one of his original stories.
The Publishing Club meets the third Wednesday of every month at 2 p.m. Author forums are planned twice annually in the the spring and fall.
For more information, email PubClubLW@gmail.com or visit the club website.
Courses for the fall Saddleback College Emeritus Institute semester start Monday, August 21. Lifelong learners can find class schedules, apply and enroll for online and in-person classes directly on the institute’s website at https://www.saddleback.edu/emeritus.
For more information, call 949-582-4835 or email scemeritus@saddleback.edu.
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DwellingLIVE is the easiest, fastest way to welcome friends and family to the Village. The app’s user-friendly interface allows residents to send guests and vendors passes via email or text 24/7 using a smartphone, tablet or computer.
Simply visit lagunawoodsvillage.com/passes to register or log in. If you are a resident who has not received an email with login instructions or if you do not know what email address is on file with Resident Services, please contact the department at residentservices@vmsinc.org or 949-597-4600.
Click here to view a DwellingLIVE tutorial or click here to watch a Village YouTube channel tutorial. Click here to watch GRF Director Deborah Dotson demonstrate DwellingLIVE on her show, “Let’s Talk Tech.”
Download the DwellingLIVE app at the App Store or Google Play.
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The Village Social Services Division connects residents to community programs and services—such as caregiver services, transportation, meal delivery programs, mental health programs, dementia care programs, social engagement programs and much more—to help those residents maintain independence and enhance their quality of life.
For more information, call the Laguna Woods Village Social Services Division at 949-597-4267.
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