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News From CALL Mid‑June 2022
Sketch by by Andrea Dosne, a member of the Sketch Club Interest Group
June Events
Treks and Travels
Dalmation Coast: Lands of Contrasts and Contradiction
Wednesday, June 15. 7:30pm Online with Zoom
Presenters: Sheila Evans and Kathleen Oberle
Join Sheila and Kathleen on their travels through Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, countries which they describe as “countries of unrivaled beauty with fabled histories and modern trials”.
Photo: Predjama Castle, Slovenia
For more details and to register go to the Treks and Travels page.
CALL Lawn Bowling
Stanley Park Lawn Bowling began regular Wednesday morning play on June 1 at 9:15am.
Those new to the game will be offered up to three sessions of free coaching before beginning team plays. These are fun plays and teams are randomly chosen weekly with a combination of beginners and more seasoned players. For those wishing more competition, there are other opportunities throughout the week.
We play every Wednesday through to September, light rain or shine, with a wind-up on Wednesday September 21.
The weekly green fee is $10.00 or if you become a member of Stanley Park it is $110 for the season.
Bowls are provided and the only requirement is that you wear flat soled shoes.
Stanley Park Lawn Bowling is located at 350 - 42 Avenue SW
To register, go to the Lawn Bowling page.
Volunteer Recognition: Communications
By Melody Lane, Chair CALL Volunteer Committee
As our ongoing commitment to recognize CALL volunteers, we are privileged to introduce the Communications Team. CALL is extremely fortunate to have a talented group which keeps us well informed about new and ongoing programs, upcoming events, and updates to policies and procedures. They are responsible for the always anticipated Newsletter featuring informative articles and displaying art and photography as well as work written by CALL members. The Communications Team is highly responsive when urgent requests such as eblasts are required outside normal Newsletter circulation. This accomplished team consistently and effectively delivers timely information to CALL members.
As a former teacher and administrator, Gail Kingwell is the dedicated leader of this team. Her experiences as an educator and her ability to communicate have contributed to her success in this role which she so graciously fulfills. Gail has been actively contributing to CALL since its inception.
With so many emails and the bombardment of information on the internet, Brenda Pfleger employs her art and design background to plan the design of the newsletter, attracting our attention. Brenda has been involved with advertising designs for other CALL groups and her creative work is always outstanding.
Edna Einsiedel has been humble about her contribution to this team but her background as an educator and an editor is a perfect fit. Eblasts play an enormous role in attracting volunteers to get involved and Edna participates in releasing the final product, making this a successful modality to recruit candidates.
In the spirit of lifelong learning, Maureen Osis joined the team after being introduced to social media by her grand-daughter. Maureen learned how to use Facebook and Instagram to provide information, education and often inspiration. CALL events are shared on Facebook and Twitter to inform members and also to bring awareness to the broader community. If you haven’t already, check it out!
The newsletter and eblasts are critical to the success of CALL events and we gratefully acknowledge and thank each member of the Communications Team for their time and commitment. You are all brilliant!
CALL for Submissions to CALL Newsletter
The CALL Newsletter group invites members to submit photos, sketches, stories, poems, descriptions of projects etc. for use in CALL newsletters. We know that CALL members are creative. Do you have a photo taken on your daily walk or from your window; a poem written as you reflect on life; a sketch of a scene that catches your eye? Have you turned a memory into a short story or a response to something you have heard or read?
We will keep all submissions on file to use in future newsletters. Send submissions to newsletter@calgarylifelonglearners.ca, include your name and a sentence giving CALL permission to publish in the newsletter.
Your CALL Newsletter
The CALL Newsletter is our way to communicate what is going on in our community. It's a way to highlight events of interest, ‘peek behind the curtain of CALL’ and to give some general information about CALL groups and members.
You are invited to send your ideas and suggestions for future issues to newsletter@calgarylifelonglearners.ca. We reserve the right to edit submissions and to determine when submissions will be published.
CALL Newsletter dates for posting:
- June 24
- August 19
- September 9/23
- October 14/28
- November 11/25
- December 16
- January 13/27
Meanwhile, be well, stay well in every sense of the word.