Collington’s Weekly Courier April 3–April 9 Key Contact Numbers MANAGER ON DUTY: In-house TV Channel - 972 x2020 Daily Updates x2212 Karen Cheney 4/1-4/2 Pool x2229 Karen Boyce 4/8-4/9 Fitness Center x2254 Frame Shop x5163 Country Store x2167 Salon x2226 Clinic x7791 Security x2020 Room Set-up x4774 Courtyard Dining x2135 Guest Rm. Reservation x4778 Work Orders x2151 Beautiful garden at Hillwood Estate. View page 7 for details. RA Website: collingtonresidents.org this weekend All Courier submissions, meeting schedules, and 3/31 6:30PM BSO meeting room reservations should be sent to: 4/1 9AM Weed Warriors Bianca Williams ([email protected]) 4/1 10AM LWVPGC 4/1 1PM Warren Unna Submission deadline for the Courier – Thursdays at noon. Memorial Service 4/2 3PM Arts & Crafts * See descriptive article + Volunteer pushers needed to transport Creighton Center 4/2 3PM Sunday Afternoon residents to program Concert You may also submit work orders at monday night movie https://collington.theworxhub 4/3 “Sully” .com week-at-a-glance MONDAY, April 3 8:30/10/1:00 Shuttle to Greenbelt Doctors, call x2247 9:00 Exercise for Balance – (SAGE - Miles) – Auditorium 10:00 Exercise with Weights – (SAGE- Miles) – Auditorium 10:00 American Art (SAGE – Crane) – Bird Room 10:00 Woodshop Drop-in / Drop-off Hour 10:00 Woodshop Monthly Meeting - Woodshop 10:00 Beaders – Creative Arts Room 10:00 Library Committee – Board Room 10:30 Wisdom Seekers Book Club - Chapel 10:30 Trip to Walmart leaves Security, x2020 11:00 Pilates – (SAGE - Shell) – Auditorium 11:15 Open Work Time – Creative Arts Room 1:00 Parkinson’s Tai Chi - Auditorium 1:00 Billiards Room - For the ladies 1:30 Mah Jongg – 3rd Floor Meeting Room 2:30-4:30 OO Shop Open 3:00 Poetry Group – Board Room 4:00 Collington Singers Rehearsal – Auditorium *+7:00 Monday Night Movie – “Sully” - Auditorium TUESDAY, April 4 8:30/10/1:00 Shuttle to Bowie Doctors, call x2247 8:30 Circuit Training (SAGE– Armstrong) - Auditorium 10:00 Woodshop Drop-in/Drop-off Hour *10:00 Episcopal Service – Chapel 10:00 Trip to Largo Shopper’s Food Warehouse leaves Security, x2020 10:00 Therapeutic Aquatics – (SAGE- Shell) – Pool 10:30 Framing Shop Drop in / Drop off Hour – Apartment 137 1:00 Balance & Beyond (Fitness) – Game Room 1:00 Billiards Room - Open for play and instruction Courier 2 April 3-April 9, 2017 1:00 Mixed Media Part 1 – (SAGE- Ruffin) – Creative Arts Room *1:30 Tuesday Afternoon Movie “Finding Neverland”– Auditorium 2:00 – 3:00 Model Shop Open - Cottage 4114 2:00 Health Services Committee – Board Room 2:00 Exercise for Arthritis (SAGE – Layton) – Game Room 3:00 Mixed Media Part 2 – (SAGE- Ruffin) – Creative Arts Room 4:00 Trips Committee – Board Room 4:30 Quaker Worship - Chapel 4:30-6 Lloyd Henderson on Piano, Don Lewis on Drums, & Grant Bagley on Bass – Ivy Lounge 7:30 Women’s History Speaker Blanche Cook – Auditorium 8:30 Women’s History get-together – Ivy Room WEDNESDAY, April 5 8:30/10/1:00 Shuttle to Greenbelt Doctors, call x2247 9:00 Exercise for Balance – (SAGE - Thompson) – Auditorium 10:00 Exercise with Weights– (SAGE - Thompson) – Auditorium 10:00 Knitting & Crocheting Group – Creative Arts Room 10:00-10:45 Aqua Fit –Pool 10:00 Dining Services Committee – Board Room 10:30 Trip to Wegmans leaves from Security, x2020 11:00 Am. Sign Language - (SAGE - Thompson) – Creative Arts Room 11:00 Pilates– (SAGE - Shell) – Auditorium 11:00 RA Office Open until NOON 12:00 Billiards Room - Open for play and instruction 1:30 Birthday Party - Auditorium 2:30 Grief Workshop – Board Room 2:30-4:30 OO Shop Open 3:00 Wii Bowling (Fitness) – Game Room 3:00 - 4:30 Model Shop Open 3:30 Collington Coloring Club – 1st Floor Meeting Room 4:00 Bible Study – Chapel 4:00 Women’s History Community Reception – Clocktower Lobby 4:30 Easy Listening with Janyce Watt – Ivy Lounge 7:00 BINGO – Game Room Courier 3 April 3-April 9, 2017 7:30 Women’s History Month Speaker Clare Coss - Auditorium THURSDAY, April 6 8:30/10/1:00 Shuttle to Bowie Doctors, x2247 8:30 Circuit Training - (SAGE– Armstrong) – Game Room 10:00 Woodshop Drop-in / Drop-off Hour 10:00 Therapeutic Aquatics - (SAGE- Shell) – Pool 10:30 Trip to Giant Grocery Store leaves Security, x2020 10:30 Framing Shop Drop In/Drop Off Hour – Apartment 137 10:30 Yoga with Marion Robbins – Game Room 11:00 RA Marketing Committee – Board Room 1:00 Billiards Room - Open for play and instruction 1:00 Geo. Wonders of Earth - (SAGE–Crane) – Creative Arts Room 1:00 Balance & Beyond - (Fitness) – Game Room 2:00 Exercise for Arthritis - (SAGE – Layton) – Game Room 4:00 2nd Floor District Meeting – Game Room 4:30-6 Lloyd Henderson on Piano, Don Lewis on Drums, & Grant Bagley on Bass– Ivy Lounge *6:15 Depart from Security for NSO 6:30 Duplicate Bridge – Game Room 7:00 James Tent Presentation - Auditorium 7:00 Income Tax for Seniors - (SAGE - Stehman) – Board Room FRIDAY, April 7 8:30/10:00 Shuttle to Bowie Doctors, call x2247 9:00 Exercise for Balance - (SAGE - Thompson) – Auditorium 10:00 Exercise with Weights - (SAGE - Thompson) – Auditorium 10:00 Trip to Safeway Grocery Store (at Bowie Town Center), x2020 10:00 Adventures in Biography - (SAGE-Link) – Board Room 10:00-10:45 Aqua Fit –Pool 10:00 Autobiographical Writing - (SAGE-Smith) – Bird Room 10:00 Sandwich Making Project – Creative Arts Room 10:00 Recitation of the Rosary – Chapel 10:30 Roman Catholic Service - Chapel 11:00 Pilates– (SAGE - Shell) – Auditorium Courier 4 April 3-April 9, 2017 11:00 Am. Sign Language - (SAGE - Thompson) – Creative Arts Room 12:00-2 Muslim Prayer – Chapel 1:00 Shuttle to Greenbelt Doctors, call x2247 1:00 Billiards Room - For the ladies 1:30 Seamstress/Pointer Ridge Dry Cleaners – Creative Arts Room 2:00 Collington Coloring Club – Creative Arts Room 2:30-4:30 OO Shop Open 3:00 Flying Drones - Auditorium 3:00 Wii Bowling (Fitness) – Game Room 3:30 Sing-A-Long – Arbor Great Room; Volunteers needed! 4:00 Meditation Group - Respite Cottage, #4205 *4:30 – 5:30 Special Music Performance – Ivy Lounge SATURDAY, April 8 Metro shuttle schedule: 9AM, 10AM, 11AM, 1PM, 5PM, & 8:30PM 10:00 Ping Pong Playing – Auditorium 10:30 Trip to Giant Grocery Store departs from Security, x2020 11:00 Bocce – Auditorium *2:00 Afternoon Tea - Ivy Lounge 4:30 Bus to Mass at St. Joseph’s departs from Security, x2020 SUNDAY, April 9 Metro shuttle schedule: 9AM, 11AM, 1PM, & 5PM only 9:30 Bus to St. Barnabas’ Episcopal Church, Village Baptist Church, & Hope Presbyterian Church leaves Clocktower *1:30 Protestant Worship Service - Chapel 3:00 Sunday Afternoon Concert: Fred Moyer, Pianist - Auditorium this weekend BSO, FRIDAY, MARCH 31, Bethesda, MD: Will depart from Security at 6:30PM and return to Collington around 10PM. Courier 5 April 3-April 9, 2017 WEED WARRIORS, SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 9AM: The task this week is to clean up the berm behind the 4100 in preparation for wild flowers to be planted. Please bring shovels, rakes, and saws. LWVPGC, SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 10AM – GAME ROOM: Regular, open League meeting. WARREN UNNA MEMORIAL GET TOGETHER, SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 4PM – AUDITORIUM: A Reminiscing Get-Together for Friends of Warren Unna: a chance to be together and share our Warren stories in Collington’s Auditorium. Pot Luck snacks and wine, non-alcoholic punch, iced tea, and iced water will be available. ARTS & CRAFTS SESSION, SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 3PM, ARBOR GREAT ROOM: Join us for a special arts and crafts session with women from the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, INC! Crafts being made will be sachet bags, inspirational bags, book marks, greeting cards, sun catchers, and tissue flowers. Cookies and punch will also be served. Hope to see you there! SUNDAY AFTERNOON CONCERT, SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 3PM – AUDITORIUM: Kathy Trahan is a flute instructor at the U. of Md., and has her own flute instruction studio. She is a recitalist, orchestral musician, chamber artist and freelance musician in the Metropolitan area. She is principal flutist with the Annapolis Chorale and the Annapolis Chamber Orchestra as well as the Prince George’s Philharmonic. She has performed at the Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall. Let's fill the hall on Sunday at 3PM for Kathy. this week MONDAY NIGHT MOVIE: “Sully,” 2016, PG-13 (1HR 36MIN), MONDAY, APRIL 3, 7PM – AUDITORIUM: Viewers around the world Courier 6 April 3-April 9, 2017 were astonished in 2009 when airline pilot Chesley Sullenberger safely landed an Airbus 320 on the Hudson River after both engines became disabled. This fact-based drama illuminates Sullenberger's life and heroic achievement. EPISCOPAL SERVICE, TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 10AM – CHAPEL: Rev. Constance Reinhardt, Rector, St. George's Church, Glenn Dale HILLWOOD ESTATE, MUSEUM & GARDENS, TUESDAY, APRIL 4, WASHINGTON, DC: Will be departing from Security at 10:45AM and return to Collington around 3:15PM. Be back on the bus no later than 2:45PM. This is the home of Marjorie Merriweather Post, a legendary hostess, pioneering businesswoman, diplomat, philanthropist, and distinguished collector. There’s always something new to discover at Hillwood. The self-guided tour will be $12, which you will pay at the door and will allow you to explore the mansion, beautiful gardens, and a special exhibition. Have tea or lunch in the café and complete your experience with a stop in the museum shop. TUESDAY AFTERNOON MOVIE: “Finding Neverland,” 2004, PG (1HR 46MIN), TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1:30PM – AUDITORIUM: This charming account of a period in the life of author J.M.