GRF leaders have worked diligently ….

GRF leaders have worked diligently to keep Leisure World COVID-clear while maintaining staffing levels to ensure residents have the services and resources they need.

As OC cases mount, GRF Executive Director Randy Ankeny and the GRF Board are consulting health experts and monitoring case counts.

The GRF Ad Hoc Committee has spent hours hammering out a list of protocols for reopening amenities here, and some facilities are currently operating under COVID-19 restrictions, including the golf course, Veterans Plaza for group exercise and the Mission Park multipurpose courts (see schedule at left).

Local health leaders have taken note of the low rate of known infection in Leisure World. That is attributed to aggressive and early shut down of amenities, stringent protocols requiring masks and distancing at GRF venues, and the slow reopening of facilities. In addition OptumCare has scheduled a second flu clinic on Nov. 16 so all residents have the opportunity to be protected against flu.

GRF employees have been required to wear masks in the community since March and remote meetings are strongly encouraged to safely conduct Mutual and GRF business.

If case numbers continue to spike, it is possible that a new round of shut downs may be ordered. As unwelcome as that may be, community safety will remain the top priority.