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INTEREST GROUPS
eaters?” Monthly social hour is the third Illinois/Chicago Michigan
Thursday of each month at Putters at 4
p.m. Contact Ken Phipps at kenwphipps@ The Illinois/Chicago club is for those If you have lived in Michigan, have ties to
gmail.com for more information. with Midwest values, Illinois connec- or an interest in Michigan, please join us
tions and memories and a fondness for to share information, stories, and memo-
French Social Chicago foods, sports teams and Windy ries of the Great Lake State. For further
City neighborhoods. We meet four times a information or to be included on our email
Born, lived or worked in French-speaking year for fun, friendship and food! Contact and notification list, contact Will Wright at
countries? Want to keep up the language? Jim Bonk at [email protected] or Linda 512-240-4325 or [email protected].
Join our group on the fourth Friday of the Dwyer at [email protected] to
month at 2 p.m. We meet at individual be added to our email list. Minnesota
homes or at a restaurant. For the location,
please contact Claudia Shelton by email at Iowa Mark your calendars for Thursday, Oct. 27
[email protected]. for our fall event. If you’re from Minnesota
Some famous Iowans include Glenn Miller, or have ever lived in Minnesota we’d love
German Andy Williams, Meredith Wilson, CW Mc- to meet you, so plan on coming to this get-
Call and Bix Beiderbeck. The next meet- together! If you’d like to help or to be added
Second Thursdays, Noon ing is a potluck on October 10 from 5:30 to the email list, please contact Marcia
to 7:15 p.m. at CCG/F. Please note the Whittier at [email protected] or
This spirited social club comprises native- change in location. For more information, Betty Jean Steinke at [email protected].
born and German-Americans with a desire contact Pat Sampson at 512-863-8219 or We need volunteers! Please be one of them.
to share mutual experiences in all things [email protected] or Jan Miller at
Germanic; the language, peoples, culture, [email protected]. Mississippi
prevalent in its diverse regions. Interest is
keen regarding the migration of German Italian Social Calling all Mississippi folks – join our
settlers to Texas and their contributions Mississippi Club. Come meet other Mis-
to the Lone Star state. Luncheons are on We meet on the second Friday of the month sissippians living in Sun City. Contact
the second Thursday of each month, with at the V.F.W. (1000 College Street, George- Bunny Petty at [email protected] or
dialogue in German and English. Contact: town) for all the spaghetti and meatballs 512-864-0683 or Mary Lou Harrington at
Jerry Faulkner, 512-868-1847. you can eat. Dinner starts at 5 p.m.; cost [email protected] or 512-864-1949.
is $8 per person.
Hadassah - SC Kadima Nebraska
If you have Italian heritage, have lived
Hadassah is the largest women’s Zionest in Italy, or just love everything Italian, Nebraskans get together three to four times
and volunteer organization in America. join us for the Italian Social and Cultural a year to share and celebrate. If you have a
Hadassah is dedicated to improving Club. Occasionally we have outings, pot- Nebraska connection or just want to have
the lives of people in Israel, supporting lucks, and bocce games. Contact Eddie one, please contact Jerry and Cleo Ramsey
women’s health issues and women’s rights Verdecanna at 512-868-0704, cell 512-426- at 512 863-0662 or [email protected].
in the U.S. To find out more information 3041 or [email protected].
about the local Kadima chapter, contact New England
Mary Ann Lish, [email protected] Kansas
or 512-864-2425. Hail to all who called New England home!
If you have lived in Kansas or just wish Whether you’re native born, a former resi-
Hawaii you had, you are invited to join us as we dent, student, or just love the six-state re-
share information, stories, and memories gion, we welcome you to join our group. We
Hawaii became a state on August 21, 1959. of Kansas. The Kansas Group gets togeth- gather several times during the year for fun
Members of our club always celebrate the er at least annually. Watch the Kansas and fellowship (and usually food). If you’d
day with local foods, music and hula danc- Group page on the Sun City Texas web- like to be on the mailing list please contact:
ing. Information will be sent out by e-mail. site for upcoming events. For additional Gail Abend at [email protected].
The Hawaii club consists of members who information, contact Jim Wayland at 512-
were born or raised in Hawaii, those who 864-9319, Reg Bessmer at 512-686-0140, New York
have lived or worked in Hawaii and who or Larry/Jonene Pruitt at 512-591-7268.
possess a real love for the state and its Yo, New Yorkers! Do you love the Big
culture. Do you visit Hawaii often? Then Latin/Hispanic Apple? Did you leave your heart in the
this club is for you. Please contact Karen Empire State? Do you miss the New York
Meredith Lindholm at hulagal98@hot- Are you Latin or of Latin heritage? Have accents you grew up with? If you are in-
mail.com or 686-1906, or Martha Toler you spent a number of years living in terested in meeting others who feel the
[email protected] or 868-3639. Latin America? If you are interested in same, let’s get together! We meet four to
meeting with others to practice Spanish or six times a year at various venues, and
ONLINE: SCTEXAS.ORG exchange cultural experiences in a casual we are planning some fun events for 2016.
social setting, contact Fran at 512-930- For more information or to add yourself
8180 or [email protected]. to our email list, contact Tom Olsen at
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