Sunshine Club donates to the Golden Age Foundation
The Sunshine Club donated $2,000 to the Golden Age Foundation (GAF), to go toward its partnership with Meals on Wheels Long Beach, which serves LW residents.
The Sunshine Club raised the money by going on two day trips this year. In June, club members visited the Huntington Library, and November they went to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. These activities helped raise enough funds to donate $2,000 to the GAF, which is the club’s designated charity.
The GAF will give the club’s money to Meals On Wheels Long Beach with a specific designation to those in Leisure World only, keeping the donation in the community.
Using funds raised with rummage sales and bus trips, the Sunshine Club has donated to the GAF every year since 2013. This donation of $2,000 brought the club’s contribution to the GAF to a total of $8,970.
During the pandemic in April 2020, the Sunshine Club also donated 400 facemasks worth $1,200, when shareholders could not get the items because of high demand.
In 2021, the club donated a second bus bench, which is located in front of Building 5 Recreation Office. The first bench is in front of the Health Care Center Pharmacy. Both benches offer a place for residents who need to sit while waiting for a bus.
The Sunshine Club meetings continue to attract residents with an average attendance between 45-55 people on any given Friday; occasionally the room reaches maximum capacity. Attendance is quite a contrast from the first meeting with 12 shareholders reading the LW Weekly. Frequent questions and comments about the articles in the newspaper resulted in the club inviting members of the GRF staff to attend and share information to the gathering.
The club began on Jan. 12, 2012, and is now in its 11th year, continuing its mission of “building bridges for a brighter Leisure World” and to help all people assimilate into the Leisure World community, promote better communication, and understanding important information in the community.
The club requires no membership or registration fees. With no inclination to politics or religion, the club is dedicated to harmony and maintaining good relations with neighbors and friends.
From 2013-2017, the club raised funds with rummage sales. Then the club began to take a couple of day trips a year to provide an opportunities for members who unable to drive, so they can enjoy the fun sites Los Angeles has to offer.
For more information about the Sunshine Club, go to lwsb. com, click on the “Social” tab, and scroll to find the Sunshine Club.
The Sunshine Club would like to thank the community and shareholders for their continuous support and attendance at the club meetings, and for their generous donations which support of the club’s refreshments.
The club meets in Clubhouse 3, Room 2, every Friday morning from 10 a.m.-noon. The presentation is from 10-11, followed by the club’s general meeting, which deals with the business of the club and local Leisure World activities.
All residents are welcome to join.
For more information about the club, text Anna Derby at 562-301-5339.
