News Flash

In This Issue:

  • Member Feature Story:  Nancy Bordner Weaver
  • Summer 2018 Catalog Release | Monday, April 30 (note date change!)
  • Vibrant Aging & Summer Smiles Events
  • Harrah's All-in-4-Change | We need your vote!
  • Thrivent Financial presents Financial Awareness Workshops
  • San Diego Oasis Wish List
  • Ways to Invest

"Find an Oasis!"
Nancy Bordner Weaver,
Oasis Member Extraordinaire
Nancy and son, Chris, working at the new San Diego Oasis at GrossmontTalk about an amazing Oasis member! Meet Nancy Bordner Weaver, class taker, supporter, volunteer and one of our best ambassadors. She has taken almost 250 classes at Oasis since she joined us in 2010 and has journals to prove it. Nancy loves to stay current so she takes notes on class material in order to follow up with more research on topics she finds interesting. She is currently filling journal number 4 and is patiently waiting for the next catalog to decide what new classes to take. She and her son, Chris, compare notes on classes they want to take together. (Chris is also a member, supporter and volunteer at Oasis). Her daughter, who lives in Connecticut, also attends some classes with Mom whenever she comes for a visit.

Nancy believes in the power of learning to keep the brain active and engaged. She attended Smith College undergraduate, Indiana University for a Nursing Degree and advanced work at Duke University. It was as a Teaching Nurse in Indiana that she met her husband as a student in her class. He became a nurse also. They married and went to Duke where they both could pursue their education. They relocated back to Indiana where her husband received an advanced degree in English before he became employed with a medical textbook publishing company in St. Louis. One day he asked her if she would consider becoming a “book indexer”, creating indexes in medical textbooks. She accepted, but since this was long before computers, Nancy worked with stacks of index cards to put together the indexes. The whole family became experts at alphabetizing. Once computers were introduced, she decided to create a computer program to do the work, well ahead of the industry. She worked with others to create a full featured indexing program – and it became a widely used system.

When Nancy and her husband retired, they decided to relocate to Connecticut to be near family. She searched for things to do, but didn’t find much for retired people that stimulated the brain. She had a friend who would regularly talk about feeling lonely, but couldn’t find any outlet that would help her to remain engaged and find new friends. Wanting to also spend time with her son Chris who lived and worked in San Diego, she and her husband spent winters in San Diego and summers in Connecticut until finally they decided San Diego would be their permanent home. Through a friend and member of Oasis who lived close by, Nancy was introduced to Oasis and has been coming ever since.

About aging, at 85, Nancy says she looks at her life “as such a valuable thing that you can’t take a chance at not enjoying every day of it. The world is moving so fast. Find connections however you can. Realize that limitations are coming, and that if you have been active, you have tools that can sustain you. Find an Oasis!”

Summer 2018 Catalog Release
Pick up your Summer Catalog on Monday, April 30
(note date change!)
Registration opens Wednesday, May 9
Classes start Monday, May 14


Catalog Pick-Up Locations:

Central San Diego 
Lifelong Learning Center at Grossmont Center

North County Senior Centers
Carlsbad, Escondido, Encinitas, San Marcos

Libraries
Bonita, Carlsbad Dove, Chula Vista, Encinitas, El Cajon, Escondido, Mission Valley, Oceanside Civic Center, oint Loma Hervey, Rancho Bernardo, Rancho Peñasquitos, Ramona, San Marcos, and Vista

Request that a catalog be mailed
If you would like to have a catalog mailed to you, call (619) 881-6262 or send us an email at infoSanDiegoOasis@oasisnet.org.

Can you help deliver catalogs? 
Contact Amy O’Connor at (619) 881-6262 or amy@sandiegooasis.org or David Beevers at (760) 796-6020 or david@sandiegooasis.org.

Wednesday, May 9 | 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Escondido Senior Center
210 Park Avenue | Escondido, CA 92025
(760) 796-6020 

  • Come check out new Oasis summer classes and activities coming to a North County location near you.

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Thursday, May 10 | 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Lifelong Learning Center
5500 Grossmont Center Drive, Suite 325 | La Mesa, CA
(619) 881-6262

  • Free informational health workshops and exercise demos 
  • Give-aways and opportunities to win amazing prizes 
  • No registration is required - bring your friends and family!
  • Meet Dr. Ken Druck, Author of Courageous Aging, who will be on hand to sign his book.


Every Vote Counts, Especially Yours!

We could be just one click away from securing $55,000 to enhance our programs here at Oasis, but we need your help!  We have the good fortune to participate in Harrah's "All in-4 Change," a creative competition that encourages the community to help them "spread the love" to non-profits across San Diego, Riverside and Orange Counties.

There's just one thing:

we need to get the most amount of votes in order to win!

The voting is live April 9 - April 23. 

We are currently in 4th place, but with your help, we CAN improve our standing.  We encourage you take a couple minutes to help us take advantage of this amazing opportunity!

Use link http://wshe.es/tUkQT9ut to cast your vote. Vote multiple times if you have more than one email address and more than one device. For example, vote with your hotmail on your computer; then vote with your gmail on your smart phone, then vote with your cox on your tablet.

Please share the link with your friends, neighbors, and family to encourage them to vote for San Diego Oasis, too! Don’t forget to use Facebook and other social media outlets to help get the word out. This is a fun, free, simple, way to contribute to Oasis.

Your email addresses will NOT be shared or used for commercial purposes – we successfully tested this contest last year and received $3,000!

Visit www.harrahssocal.com/all-in-4-change to learn more about Harrah's program.

Join San Diego Oasis and Thrivent Financial for these FREE and INFORMATIVE Retirement Planning
and Estate Strategies workshops.


Monday, April 23 | 3:00 PM & 6:00 PM
Spirit of Joy Lutheran Church
1735 Main Street | Ramona, CA 92065

Tuesday, April 24 | 10:30 AM & 7:00 PM
Abiding Savior Lutheran Church
23262 El Toro Road | Lake Forest, CA 92630

Wednesday, April 25 | 10:00 AM
Thrivent Financial
12760 High Bluff Drive, Suite 300 | San Diego, CA 92130

Wednesday, April 25 | 2:30 PM
San Diego Oasis | Grossmont Shopping Center
5500 Grossmont Center Drive, Suite 325 | La Mesa, CA 91942

Thursday, April 26 | 12:00 PM & 6:00 PM
Thrivent Financial
3402 Piazza De Oro Way | Oceanside, CA 92056

Chuck Etzweiler of Thrivent will share strategies on: 

    •  How to accumulate and distribute money for retirement.
    •  How to pass on money to heirs or charities in a tax-wise manner.
    •  Increasing the probability of investment success.
    •  Multigenerational IRA planning ... and more!

One of the many ways you can help support the mission of San Diego Oasis is by helping us with our "Wish List" - items that make the day-to-day activities go more smoothly and efficiently.  Take a look and see if there is something on our Wish List that you'd like to donate:

Refrigerator @ Lifelong Learning Center – $1,700
Stand up desks for staff ($350 each, need 4) – $1,400
Specialized digital projection lamp for art & jewelry classes - $600
Stage railing @ Lifelong Learning Center – $500
Desktop color printer - $500
Class feedback /evaluation boxes - $225 ($75 each, need 3)
Multiple adapters for iPhones, iPads and MacBooks - $200
Wireless Clicker for instructors - $50

Thank you for partnering with us to make San Diego Oasis all that it can be in serving our instructors, members and volunteers.  If you have any questions, please contact us at (619) 881-6262.


Donate  your  car  to  support  San Diego Oasis 
and  save  our  Earth!

This  Earth  Day  do  your  part  in  cleaning  up  the  environment  by  donating your  car, truck,  motorcycle  or  boat  to  San Diego Oasis.  Not  only  will  you  be  reducing  your  carbon footprint,  but  you’ll  also  be  helping  us  continue  to  serve our Oasis family.  It’s  easy  to  make  an  impact  on  the  cause  you  love  while  making  less  of  an  impact  on  the  planet.  Get started  today  by  calling   1-877-55-OASIS or  visit this website  to  fill  out  our  online  donation  form.

Have a wonderful week, Oasis Family!  We can't wait for you to browse the new Summer Catalog, coming out Monday, April 30.  You'll find it even more comprehensive than the Spring offerings...be sure to sign up early, as many of our highly attended classes fill up quickly.  We don't want you to miss out!

Warmly,


Simona Valanciute
President & CEO

San Diego Oasis, serving the entire region
sandiegooasis.org

Questions?  Contact Us!
Central & East Counties: (619) 881-6262
North County: (760) 796.6020
 
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