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NEWS FROM YOUR
COUNCILS & COMMITTEES
Marketing and
Hospitality Communications Resident Advisory
Committee Committee Council
Gail Margolis | Chair Harlean Barth | Chair John Clum | RAC President
T he Hospitality Committee works T he Marketing and Communications I am honored to serve as
to provide personal mentoring of new Committee members met via Zoom to President of the Resident Advisory
residents and to develop activities aimed discuss some of the stumbling blocks Council with members Harlean
at increasing interaction of all persons presented by COVID-19 guidelines. The Barth, Suzanne Chapple, Linda
within The Clare community. During the collection boxes for pull tabs, Box Tops Chinn, Becky Davidson, Gail
past year, we sponsored the program for Education, greeting cards, etc. on Margolis, Ken Mullin, Dorothy
called “Dine with New Friends,” which different floors are now on hold. We Pirovano, and Mark Schwartz. Our
drew 60 participants on four occasions encourage residents to continue to save goal is to be a transparent, responsive
to share dinner with randomly chosen these items at home, but at the present organization, representing the
residents. This program will resume time, the volunteers at the schools needs and concerns of the entire
once there is a return to food service and Ronald McDonald House are not Clare community to the Executive
in our dining rooms. The Committee accepting donations. Director. Please feel free to get in
also facilitated informal get togethers Otherwise, we are excited by the many touch with any of us regarding your
where persons sharing similar interests new programs that Director of Sales and questions and concerns.
came together to discuss their Marketing Lynne Lukas and her team have There is an open meeting of the
involvement and experiences. Interest devised to present our wonderful living Resident Advisory Council at
groups that met included photography, experiences here at The Clare through 3pm on the first Tuesday of the
educators, writers, artists, travel, food, videos with our residents. For example, month. For now, thanks to COVID,
psychologists and social workers. Betsy Kennedy, sitting in her living room, the meetings have moved from
tells the viewer all the reasons for our
Following the advent of the pandemic, friends to move to The Clare. the Oxford Room to Zoom. At
our activities included reaching out the meetings, the chairs of the
to newcomers via Zoom, setting up a Remember, your feedback is always various RAC committees give brief
important and listened to!
telephone tree to contact our neighbors reports, followed by news from
during the lockdown and offering Executive Director Kyle Exline and
the services of qualified residents to Administrator Monica Rusboldt.
respond to those who might like to There is opportunity for questions
touch base with a receptive ear. Going Life Enrichment from residents as well as RAC
forward, we will sponsor a “Newcomers Committee members.
Zoom” to introduce neighbors who Becky Davidson | Chair Additionally, the RAC had a closed
have joined our community in recent meeting with Kyle on July 16. He
months. T gave us an update on The Clare
he Life Enrichment Committee has
Our committee currently consists of big plans for the year ahead. We have policies regarding COVID. After
9 members, all of whom welcome returned to nightly movies on Channel Kyle’s presentation, the group
input as to future activities and well 1902, and a new Great Courses program discussed possible changes in the
as suggestions for improving our on the Founding Fathers includes a lecture election process to make it more
mentoring efforts. We look particularly and discussion every Monday afternoon. transparent as well as a more
to your thoughts about activities Fitness classes led by Fitness Manager orderly process of electing officers
that we might engage in during this Emily Buxton continue on Channel 1901, and committee chairs.
challenging period. and very limited in-person activities have
restarted in the community.
Additionally, an early August Goodwill
donation drive proved beneficial for many
residents, as they used the lockdown to
clean out closets and gather items to give
away. Lori Griffin, Director of Resident
Experience, will keep arranging musical
performance, art presentations and other
lectures via Zoom.
