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PLATINUM ADVENTURES® NEWSLETTER SPRING 2019 DAY TRIPS • EXTENDED TRIPS • SEMINARS • AND MORE! A MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR Spring is here and so are new adventures! We’re ready for the flowers to bloom and the sun to shine, and we know you’re ready to see what new experiences Platinum Adventures has in store for you. Join us this season for a variety of educational seminars, day trips, and extended travel opportunities that will inspire and delight you. Be sure to invite a friend to come along to see what Platinum Adventures has to offer. We can’t wait to make the most of the warmer weather and enjoy new experiences with you! If extended trips are of interest to you, or if you're just curious and want to learn more, save the date for October 7 at 10 a.m. at Suburban Bank & Trust in Elmhurst for a Trip Preview event showcasing most of these magical trips! I hope to travel with you very soon! Happy travels, Cathy Bulthuis FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ANY OF THE EVENTS YOU SEE IN THIS NEWSLETTER, OR TO RSVP, CONTACT ME: CATHY BULTHUIS 630-655-8477 | [email protected] FOR DETAILED ITINERARIES ON ANY OF THESE UPCOMING DAY TRIPS, CONTACT YOUR Pay close attention to the means of PLATINUM DAY TRIPS transportation for these trips. Often times, ADVENTURES You’ll have the unique opportunity to we will gather and transport the group by DIRECTOR. explore the wonders we have nearby. We bus, but there are some events that require carefully plan each of our day trips, events, you to commute on your own. As always, if and seminars to ensure they are packed you should have any questions about any with as much adventure and education as of these day trips, or would like to RSVP, possible. Plus, each event offers a great contact your bank’s Platinum Adventures chance to share with friends just what the director at the phone number or email listed Platinum Adventures® Club is all about. in this newsletter. TUESDAY, APRIL 30 THURSDAY, MAY 2 Joint Health Gardening EASY 1 2 3 4 5 ENERGETIC EASY 1 2 3 4 5 ENERGETIC Suburban Bank & Trust Ruth Lake Country Club 150 E. BUTTERFIELD RD. | ELMHURST, IL 6200 S. MADISON ST. | HINSDALE, IL We don’t have to accept achy joints as a “natural” part of Calling all gardeners and nature lovers! Join author Rochelle aging, especially when there are a number of things we Pennington* for a walk through nature along garden paths can do to feel better, move better, and live better! Join and on forest floors. The author will be sharing observations certified sports nutritionist Stefanie Rock* to discover and poetry from some of the world’s most remembered targeted movements, nutritional tips, and suggested foods nature writers, as well as revealing many mysteries that designed to increase range of motion and reduce joint surround us daily. This will be the perfect way for us to pain and inflammation. Your body will thank you! Light welcome in the warmer weather! Lunch will follow the refreshments will be served prior to the presentation. presentation and it will be your choice of chicken crepes, Hope to see you there! mesquite grilled salmon, or sliced angus sirloin. TIME: 10 AM TIME: 11 AM COST: MEMBERS FREE | NON-MEMBERS $10 COST: MEMBERS $48 | NON-MEMBERS $53 No transportation provided. No transportation provided. *Stefanie Rock is not an affiliate of Wintrust. *Rochelle Pennington is not an affiliate of Wintrust. 2 RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR ALL EVENTS. PLEASE CONTACT ME TODAY TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT: CATHY BULTHUIS 630-655-8477 [email protected] FRIDAY, MAY 10 MONDAY, MAY 20 & TUESDAY, MAY 21 Pens and The Pen Tour AARP Driver Safety Class EASY 1 2 3 4 5 ENERGETIC EASY 1 2 3 4 5 ENERGETIC Big Run Wolf Ranch & Old Joliet Prison Community Bank of Willowbrook LOCKPORT & JOLIET, IL 6262 S. ROUTE 83 | WILLOWBROOK, IL Big Run Wolf Ranch is a federally licensed nonprofit By taking this driver refresher course, you’ll learn about education facility that has been specializing in North the current rules of the road, defensive driving techniques, American wildlife for nearly 30 years. In addition to the and how to operate your vehicle more safely in today’s possibility of interacting with wolf puppies, we will also increasingly challenging driving environment. You’ll learn get to visit with a bear, cougar, Siberian tiger, porcupine, how you can manage and accommodate common age- skunk, and more. This will be a unique and unforgettable related changes in vision, hearing, and reaction time. In experience! Lunch will be served family style at Mamma addition, you’ll earn a discount on your auto liability Onesta's Italian Restaurant. Following lunch will be a 60- insurance. You must attend both sessions to complete the minute docent-led walking tour of the Old Joliet Prison. course. Please bring your Illinois driver's license to class and We will be outside for much of the day. Please dress your AARP membership card, if applicable. appropriately and wear close-toed shoes. A light breakfast will be served. TIME: 8:45 AM TO 5 PM TIME: 9 AM TO 1 PM COST: MEMBERS $90 | NON-MEMBERS $95 COST: $15 AARP MEMBERS | $20 NON-AARP MEMBERS PICK UP: 8:45 AM | OAK BROOK No transportation provided. 9:15 AM | CLARENDON HILLS THURSDAY, MAY 23 Greatest Presidential Decisions EASY 1 2 3 4 5 ENERGETIC Elmhurst Church 149 W. BRUSH HILL RD. | ELMHURST, IL FRIDAY, MAY 17 A president, who for his entire career advocated small “Keep It Safe” Money Smart Class government, is presented with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. To seize that opportunity he must turn EASY 1 2 3 4 5 ENERGETIC away from his political principles, but what will he do? Riverside Bank Another man who became president because of the 17 E. BURLINGTON ST. | RIVERSIDE, IL incumbent’s death is suddenly given military information This informative class will teach you how to protect your he had no prior knowledge of. Our country possesses the assets. We’ll discuss deposit account laws and regulations, ultimate weapon. Should he use it? Join Professor Gary FDIC insurance information, privacy notices, identity theft, Midkiff* for an investigation of these and many other elder financial abuse, and more. Space is limited for this class, momentous presidential decisions: some good, some bad, so please call right away if you are interested in attending. and all important. Coffee and light refreshments will be served. TIME: 10 AM TIME: 10 TO 11:30 AM COST: MEMBERS FREE | NON-MEMBERS $10 COST: MEMBERS & NON-MEMBERS | FREE No transportation provided. No transportation provided. *Professor Gary Midkiff is not an affiliate of Wintrust. 3 WEDNESDAY, MAY 29 "Hamilton: The Exhibition" EASY 1 2 3 4 5 ENERGETIC Northerly Island CHICAGO, IL WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12 Join us at the Chicago debut of "Hamilton: The Exhibition," Honoring Our Veterans a 360-degree immersive exhibition inspired by the EASY 1 2 3 4 5 ENERGETIC revolutionary musical and featuring an audio tour narrated Wintrust Financial Center by Lin-Manuel Miranda. The exhibit will take us deeper into 9700 W. HIGGINS RD. | ROSEMONT, IL the life and times of Alexander Hamilton, while at the same Join us to recognize Flag Day with a moving presentation time chronicling the American Revolution and the creation by Honor Flight, a nonprofit organization created solely to of the United States. Post-exhibit, we will enjoy lunch at Park honor America's veterans for all their sacrifices. Honor Flight Grill where you will have your choice of the PG burger or transports our heroes to Washington D.C. to visit and reflect crab cake. Weather permitting, we will have an optional self- at the memorials dedicated to their service and remember guided walking tour of Millennium Park following lunch. their friends. We will also enjoy a musical review dedicated TIME: 8:15 AM TO 5 PM to our patriotic songs and the Great American Songbook. COST: MEMBERS $110 | NON-MEMBERS $120 Lunch is included. PICK UP: 8:15 AM | CLARENDON HILLS 8:45 AM | OAK BROOK TIME: 11:30 AM COST: MEMBERS & NON-MEMBERS | FREE TUESDAY, JUNE 4 No transportation provided. Gary Wenstrup* presents THURSDAY, JUNE 13 “Simon & Garfunkel” “Matilda the Musical” 1 2 3 4 5 EASY ENERGETIC EASY 1 2 3 4 5 ENERGETIC Lexington Healthcare Center Drury Lane Theatre 420 W. BUTTERFIELD RD. | ELMHURST, IL 100 DRURY LN. | OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL If you took the musicality of The Beatles and matched it Wonder and amazement abound with this award-winning with the lyricism of Bob Dylan, the result might be Simon & musical. Based on the beloved novel, Roald Dahl’s "Matilda Garfunkel. Often considered the thinking person’s rock-n- the Musical" tells the tale of a precocious 5-year-old girl rollers, they were also one of the most successful musical with special talents. Facing many obstacles caused by her acts of the 1960s. Using audio and visual content, we will family and school, the book-loving Matilda befriends her trace the arc of Simon & Garfunkel’s career from their teacher and helps the woman reclaim her life. Tied for surprise teenybopper hit “Hey Schoolgirl” to the folk rock the most Olivier Awards ever, including Best New Musical, classic “Sound of Silence” to the majesty of “Bridge over "Matilda the Musical" went on to win five Tony Awards, Troubled Water.” A buffet lunch and a glass of wine will be including Best Book of a Musical. Lunch will be your choice served prior to the presentation.