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Garden Club There are 52 garden plots available to residents and a storage shed in which supplies are kept, including fertilizer and limestone for use at a small fee. Roses, tomatoes, other vegetables, perennials and annual flowering plants are popular items grown in these plots. There are usually several extra unassigned plots available on a loan basis after all requests have been filled. We look forward to some new residents joining us at our first spring meeting in March and adding to our roster some longtime residents. Club volunteers tend the 125-bush rose garden by the lake in front of the Madison and the bluebird houses around the lake.
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ArmChair Travel Shows – Norm and Jane Ward (703-781-0495) present slide shows of their worldwide travels monthly in the Auditorium., Skilled Nursing and Assisted Living. Pat Patterson fills in from time to time. Join the group and contribute your travel experiences. Residents are invited to present their own shows or arrange for an outside speaker. Video tape capability is available. Belfair Artists – Marge O’Neil (703-781-5889) as well as Lynn Webb (703-360-9060) and Frankie Myers (703-781-6802). Membership is open to all residents. The three shows this year were each introduced by a champagne reception. Exhibits this year included watercolors, oils, needlework and other art media. Watercolor classes are available on Tuesday mornings, for a fee. Belvoir Bridge — Carolyn Cooper (703-799-1511) Manager, assisted by Peggy Singer (703-619-7967). Duplicate bridge officially sanctioned by the American Contract Bridge League as of January 1, 2006. The club meets on Wednesday afternoons at 1:00 p.m. in the Activities Room. Bingo — Jim Macklin (703-780-8395). Bingo is played in the Activities Room at 7:00 p.m. on the first and third Wednesdays of each month. There is no charge to play. Prizes are provided by The Fairfax and are awarded to the winners of each of the ten games. Computer Training – Tom McClellan (703-781-0703) The Resident Council authorized the expenditure in 2007 to pay on a 50-50 basis for professional computer training and technical assistance for our residents. The training is in the Computer Center as well as in the residents own home on their personal computer. This program is expected to continue as long as the residents want the training. Duplicate Bridge – Jeffa Dettinger (703-780-5162) has been the Volunteer Manager for the past eight years. She has been generously assisted by Viola Schantz and Sherwood Patrick. We hold a local charity once a year and donate the proceeds to The Fairfax Army Foundation. The club meets every Monday evening at 7:00 p.m. in the Activities Room. It’s a friendly group and we welcome anyone interested in bridge, and meeting new people. So, get yourself a partner, and come join us. Early Bird Workout - Don Carter (703-781-1815). A dozen or so residents participate regularly in the Auditorium promptly at 7:30 am, Monday through Friday. Thirty-minute videotaped programs, copied from the TV with the commercials deleted, result in 21-minute workout sessions. Three different personalities lead the exercises in three segments: stretching, aerobics and floor exercises (we have sponge mats for each athlete.) Afterwards many of them congregate in the Country Store when it opens at 8:00 am. for a friendly cup of coffee. Warm-up outfits are appropriate. No special equipment necessary. All are welcome. Fairfax Bridge - Kitty Heiberg (703-781-4949) and Louise Vitullo (703-781-3491). Strictly social duplicate style bridge with some supervision or coaching as needed. Partners provided or come with your own partners. 1:00: p.m. Tuesday, Auditorium. $1.00 for prize money. Fairfax Chorus- This new activity was created in 2006 by one of the residents Pete Boerger, director (703-781-6554). The chorus welcomes anyone who likes to sing soprano, alto, tenor or bass. It provides much enjoyment for the singers as well as listeners. Practice is usually at 10:00 a.m. on Fridays in the Chapel. This group has given several performances in the past and proved popular with the residents. Flower Ladies - Josephine Gray (703-360-8927). 12 ladies and Herm Mace in the Activities Room Mondays & Fridays at 8:00am to arrange well over one hundred arrangements for the dining room, country store, the second floor and third floor of the Health Center, plus baskets for the larger tables and elsewhere on a budget of approximately $500 per month. This is an activity, which we have all enjoyed each time we have entered the dining room. Gift Shop - Eleanor Carter, Manager and Treasurer (703-781-1815), and ten enthusiastic sales women comprise the staff of the Gift Shop. The merchandise varies from soft cuddly animals for infants to magnifying glasses for grown-ups. There is also a wide variety of cards appropriate for almost all occasions. Come in and browse, come in and buy. Each month approximately $500 is donated to the General Fund of the Residents Council. Health Care Center Volunteer Program – Louise Vitullo (703-781-3491) and Joanne Bonner (703-781-0508) are in the process of organizing the efforts of those who wish to offer help to the HCC in the following areas: wheelchair assistance, escorting to religious services and to the beauty shop, delivering mail daily, assisting with feeding, helping with social affairs and happy hours, accompanying the bus to doctor appointments and to the PX and the commissary. Knit and Stitch - Vivian Graeves (703-781-2586). A craft show fair provided money for donations to RAGEF and the TROA Scholarship Fund. Baby sweaters, caps and blankets were made for the Red Cross at Dc Witt; blanket squares for the homeless and gloves, vests, scarves, sweaters and shrugs to other needy persons. Members are currently making afghans for wounded veterans at Walter Reed. We are also making hats for poor children in Appalachia. Minor repairs, such as sewing on buttons and stitching hems, are still being done by the group for residents on Tuesdays at 1 PM. Those who enjoy needlework of any kind might consider joining. Library Committee - Mary Jane Friedberg, Librarian (703-780-8609). The library, with a blazing fireplace, provides each of us with a marvelous and cozy facility to read in for pleasure. Books are purchased from funds from Marathon Bridge, Red Tag Sale, and Sunrise. Residents also donate many books. Throughout the year, the Library sponsors events, such as video and audio lectures. Helpers are needed to volunteer in the library, no experience necessary. Low Vision Support Group - Charles Ostrom (703-781-0161). This group meets on the second Friday of each month and is organized to help those who have problems with macular degeneration, glaucoma, cataracts, diabetic related eye problems and similar visual handicaps. The members share their own experiences, solutions to problems and hear speakers of interest at their meetings. You do not need low vision to attend. Mah Jongg – Helen Boleyn (703-781-0186). The Mah Jongg Group meets each week in the Activities Room at 1:15 p.m. each Thursday. We welcome newcomers, either those who are already Mah Jongg players or those wishing to learn. Marathon Bridge - Mary Scovill (703-781-0166) Eleanor Carter (703-781-1815). This program provides Spring and Fall sessions of bridge with more than 50 residents participating in each session. It is a wonderful activity to enable residents to get to know others at the Fairfax. Funds from participants are provided to the General Fund, Library, & Computer Center. Poker Club – Ray Cramer (703-781-3017) and Bill O’Neil (703) 360-5610). Friendly games of Poker are played in the Poker Room at 1:00 p.m. Mondays, Fridays, and Saturdays, as well as on Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m. Please call Ray Cramer or Bill O’Neil if you would like to fill a seat at a table. All Poker playing ladies and gentlemen are welcome. Red Tag Sale – Mary Louise (Bits) Vanlandingham (703-799-5693) and Bess St. John (703-799-4526) along with other volunteers, collect, sort, price and prepare all donated items they receive. These items are available to Fairfax residents and Fairfax Associates at minimal cost, in M-113, on Fridays from 11:00am-1:00pm. Proceeds of the sales are contributed to RAGEF, the Library and the Residents Council. Religious Services – Henry Cabell (703-781-0018) organizes the Protestant service held each Sunday 9:15 am. Bob Young (703-780-3406) coordinates the Catholic Service held each Sunday at 11:00 a.m. with Confession at 10:30 a.m. every third Sunday of the month. The Catholic Community now benefits from the presence of our fellow resident Fr. Jerome Daly who leads their Mass worship every Thursday morning at 9:00 a.m., proceeded by a rosary at 8:35 a.m. Ray Shoemaker (703-360-9190) is responsible for an Episcopal Service at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, followed by Bible Study at 10:30 a.m. All the aforementioned services are held in the Auditorium. Ray Shoemaker also participates with Frank Barrett (703-799-3992) in arranging for Communion Service on Tuesdays at 2:30 p.m. in the Health Care Center in the 3rd floor dining room. Our thanks go to all those who provide music for the services and other occasions: Eleanor Carter and Florence St. John. Such volunteers are always needed and welcome. Any other residents who would be willing to play should call Eleanor Carter (703-781-1815) or Florence St. John (703-799-4355). Rose Garden – Betty Stone (703)-799-1602) and Jake Glick (703-799-7559) which overlooks the lake, consists of approximately 125 rose bushes of varying kinds and colors. With a team of six dedicated pruners, sprayers and a weeder, the produce a profusion of blooms from spring until the advent of cold weather and frost. Vera’s station in front of the Dining Room and the third floor Health Center patients are the regular recipients of boquets when the supply is adequate to maintain good viewing. Rotarians at The Fairfax - Alan Mayer 703/781-2451 is President at a group of current and former Rotarians. The group meets monthly for dinner and fellow-ship. It sponsors events such as the annual Putting Green Contest, Rotary Mile and Memorial Tree Project. All Rotarians are welcome! Sorority Ladies - Sally Macklin (703-780-8395). A group has been formed of the ladies at The Fairfax who are in sororities. This Pan-Hellenic group meets quarterly, usually on a Friday. All sorority ladies are welcome. If interested, call Sally and advise her of your sorority and the college attended. Voter Education Committee – Alan Mayer (703-781-7451) Voting Assistance - Allan Jose (703-781-3005) and Bill Scudder (780-781-3030). A committee has been formed to assist all Fairfax residents who are entitled to vote via absentee ballots under Virginia law. The purpose is to assist residents who may be visually or mobility handicapped to be able to vote at their residence, as opposed to traveling to assigned polling stations. This would reduce transportation requirements and the burden on limited polling place staff and equipment. The committee’s activities have been expanded to include: (a) assisting residents in registering to vote; (b) requesting applications for absentee ballots; and, (c) assisting residents in completing their ballots in the actual voting process. The committee may also be considered a liaison link with the Fairfax County Registrar’s office. Woodworking Shop – Jack Witherell (703-781-0265) The woodworking shop is well equipped for general carpentry, repair projects and art framing. It is open to all qualified residents. A key to the shop, located on the lower level of the Community Center, may be obtained from the concierge. All woodworkers and framers are encouraged to use this fine facility. |
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Computer Center – Tom McClellan (703-781-0703). Located on the lower level of the Community Center, the Computer Center has two IBM type computers and two Macs plus necessary ancillary equipment such as printers and scanners. In 2004 the Foundation purchased a new Dell computer, a fine laser HP printer, and a scanner. The Foundation networked the Computer Center with the Foundations administrative office that high speed Verizon DSL is available on the new Dell.
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Lake/Fishing- Art Berndston (703-799-1959). There are fish in the lake and individual fisherman may fish at will. |
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