Learn about LW’s transportation services
SUNSHINE CLUB
GRF Fleet and Transportation Manager Grant Winford is the Sunshine Club’s guest speaker at its Zoom meeting on Friday, April 2, at 10 a.m. He will speak about transportation options available to LWers including the Minibus, Access service and local transportation. He will also cover how COVID-19 impacted transportation services.
To join the Zoom meeting, go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8498 2089743?pwd=UGR3RlZRaUJmW mlSNE9KdTdNMUh3QT09. The meeting ID is 849 8208 9743, and the passcode is 508742. All shareholders are welcome to attend.
Those who want to receive the Zoom link via email should text their name, Mutual number and email address to (562) 301-5339 no later than today, April 1, at 5 p.m. No phone messages, please.
Winford oversees the Leisure World Minibus service as well as the maintenance and repair of all GRF fleet vehicles. He has worked for GRF for 40 years.
GRF provides a convenient community shuttle service for shareholders, their guests, caregivers and employees. The GRF Minibus service operates seven days a week, with frequent scheduled pickups and stops to all major Leisure World locations as well as the Seal Beach Village Shopping Center. The Transportation Department also oversees the operation of the GRF Access Bus service.
Besides the daily shuttle-bus route services, the Transportation Department also provides shuttle support service for special GRF events such as the summer Amphitheater concert series, the holiday lights tour, the GRF 4th of July barbecue and car show, and other large events like the annual flu shot clinics and, most recently, the COVID-19 testing and vaccination clinics. Historically, the Minibuses have also been used to transport displaced residents during emergencies like the Mutual 8 fire and the 1995 flood.
The Minibus and Access Bus services had over 60,000 passenger boardings during the 2019 calendar year.
The Transportation Department oversees the maintenance and repair of all 85 GRF vehicles, which include trucks, tractors, minibuses, Cushman utility vehicles, forklifts, security patrol vehicles and department staff vehicles.
The Sunshine Club will have five speakers this month including In Chul Song from Green Acupuncture Health Clinic on April 9, orthopedic back specialist Dr. Roger Moon on April 16, Tina Schaffer and Jeff Plum from Computer Image Plus on April 23, and retired Seal Beach Police Officer Rick Papp on April 30.
For more information, contact GAF president Anna Derby at (562) 301-5339.
