NewsLetter
March / April 2008

BVIM Happenings

Monthly Luncheons

April 12
12 noon - 2 PM. Entertainment, menu: TBA. 9 Ross Valley Rd, San Rafael.

May 10
12 noon - 2 PM. Entertainment, menu: TBA. 9 Ross Valley Rd, San Rafael.

June 14
12 noon - 2 PM. Restaurant Luncheon. Call Suzan or Barbara with your restaurant suggestions! (Must have a banquet room, seat 45 and be reasonably priced). 415 459-5066. (See upcoming May flyer for further details.)

Board Meetings

April 14
1 PM 1137 Fourth Street, San Rafael.

May 12
1 PM 1137 Fourth Street, San Rafael.

Board update: Effective 3/10/2008 Howie Herrin will replace Bobbie Gray as Board Treasurer.

March Birthdays: Ida Berkowitz, Anabella Denisoff, Dick Gotcher, Karen Harshfield, Victor Hugo, Laura Kurtz, Harriet Schneider, Allen Siegel.

April Birthdays: Diane Cogswell, Billie Forbes, Eleanor Hansel, Chris Kern, Nancy Peters-Janover, Bernie Robinson, Marco Vidal.

Up & Coming Events

March 28, 4PM Senior Center 15th Anniversary Party. FREE. Novato. RSVP by 3/24 to 899-8290.

April 10 10AM-12noon Labeling Techniques Workshop. A hands-on workshop on labeling items and strategies taught by Lighthouse Rehab Teaching Specialist, Joyce Lopez. Each participant will receive a mini labeling kit to take home. Limited to 10 people. Reserve your spot by calling Felicia Kramarz 415 258-8496.

April 18 & 25, 10AM-11:30AM BVIM Art Classes (Watercolor) at Whistlestop Wheels. FREE! All supplies provided. Lunch available after class for $4. (Please let us know if you'll be staying for lunch when you register). Limited to 10 students. Call 415 459-5066 to reserve your seat.

April 26, 10AM-5PM Cancer Therapies Open House, Marin General Hospital. FREE. Prizes and refreshments.

May 31 Foundation Fighting Blindness VISION WALK. San Francisco.

Legion of Honor Museum & DeYoung Museum
Access Days:

May 8 - Annie Liebowitz:
A Photographers Life.
July 28 - Contemporary glass work
by Dale Chihuly.
Sept 8 - Women Impressionists.

If enough people are interested, we will organize group trips to these events. Let us know if you'd like to participate. Call Suzan or Barbara at 415 459-5066.

INVITATION TO ALL
Monday, March 24
10 AM - 12 NOON
SUPPORT GROUP MEETING

Anabell's group is hosting guest speaker Steven Hancock, the manager of Emergency Services for the city of San Rafael. He will tell us what is being done currently to coordinate and deliver necessary services to the many people who might need assistance in case of a disaster. We will also have the chance to inform him about our own concerns, needs and limitations. This information is very important to him and other agencies which are now planning how to work together. Be sure to bring your personal questions and concerns to the meeting, they will help us all.

Thank you
Generous Donors!

Idelle Edelstein, H. S. Edmondson, Bobbie Gray, Mary Cone, Judge David Hansen, Frederick Hansen, Harold Hansen, Katherine Hansen, Scott Holt, Chris Kern, Mary Mahar, Coral O'Hara, Steve Olian, Betty Portje, Jean Price, Howard & Patricia Schjelland, Dolores Skore, James St. Jacques, Joan Yates.

Thank you Volunteers!

Bill Barker, Gerry Bourguignon, Nancy Peters-Janover, John Conway, Pam Firestone, Alice Tobin, Dick Gotcher, Howie & Lorraine Herrin, Augie Hoth, Marge Hughes, Victor Hugo, Dennis Hurley, Barbara Nolan, Virginia Dziomba, Bobbie Gray, Linda Sampson, Phil Shepard, Jeanne Sholtz.

IN MEMORUM
We are saddened by the loss of BVIM members Harriet Klock, Jane Blackman, Elaine deSpain, and Alice Norsby.

Health Note:

Researchers at an Australia University have discovered that women age 70+ years old who drink green tea have 2.8% denser bones that those who do not drink it. They believe that the flavonoids in the tea account for that benefit.

MarinLink Art Exhibition:

The MarinLink Art Exhibit was a big success! Thanks again to Jeane Sholtz and to the artists: Christy Graham, Bobbie Gray, Juanita Slater, Joan Yates, Anabella Denisoff, Sonya Fox, Katie Dennick, Alice Tobin, Verlena Young, Ida Berkowitz, Idelle Edelstein, Susan Trela-Watson.

Thanks to all members who paid their 2008 BVIM dues!!

Call Suzan or Barbara at
415 459-5066 or 415 460-9739
if you want your news in
the BVIM newsletter!