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INTEREST GROUPS
Firefighters Illinois/Chicago meeting with others to practice Spanish or
exchange cultural experiences in a casual
Are you a former firefighter, either career The Illinois/Chicago club is for those social setting, contact Fran at 512-930-
or volunteer? Interested in casual social with Midwest values, Illinois connec- 8180 or [email protected].
gatherings and outings with former “smoke tions and memories and a fondness for
eaters?” Monthly social hour is the third Chicago foods, sports teams and Windy Michigan
Thursday of each month at Putters at 4 City neighborhoods. We meet four times a
p.m. Contact Ken Phipps at kenwphipps@ year for fun, friendship and food! Contact If you have lived in Michigan, have ties to
gmail.com for more information. Jim Bonk at [email protected] or Linda or an interest in Michigan, please join us
Dwyer at [email protected] to to share information, stories, and memo-
French Social be added to our email list. ries of the Great Lake State. For further
information or to be included on our email
Born, lived or worked in French-speaking Iowa and notification list, contact Will Wright at
countries? Want to keep up the language? 512-240-4325 or [email protected].
Join our group on the second Thursday Some Iowans who became actors include
of the month at 2 p.m. For the location, Tom Arnold, Johnny Carson, Buffalo Bill Minnesota
please contact Claudia Shelton by email at Cody, Fred Grady, Ashton Kutcher, Cloris
[email protected]. Leachman, Elijah Wood, Jerry Mathers, If you are from Minnesota or have ever
Tarzan Jock Mahoney, Harriet Nelson, lived in Minnesota we’d love to meet you!
German Donna Reed, Jean Seberg, John Wayne Contact Marcia Whittier at scmngroup@
and Elijah Wood. We will hold a potluck gmail.com or Betty Jean Steinke at
Second Thursdays, Noon dinner at our next meeting on Monday, [email protected] to be added to our
October 10 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the mailing list. We try to get together three
This spirited social club comprises native- Legacy Hills Pavilion. For more informa- times a year – spring, fall and winter.
born and German-Americans with a desire tion, contact Pat Sampson at 512-863-8219 Watch your email for upcoming events.
to share mutual experiences in all things or [email protected] or Jan Miller
Germanic; the language, peoples, culture, at [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
Our club consists of members who were of Kansas. The Kansas Group gets togeth- gather several times during the year for fun
born or raised in Hawaii, those who have er at least annually. Watch the Kansas and fellowship (and usually food). If you’d
lived or worked in Hawaii and those who Group page on the Sun City Texas web- like to be on the mailing list please contact:
possess a real love for the state and its site for upcoming events. For additional Gail Abend at [email protected].
culture. information, contact Jim Wayland at 512-
Please contact Karen Meredith Lindholm 864-9319, Reg Bessmer at 512-686-0140, New York
at [email protected] or 512-686- or Larry/Jonene Pruitt at 512-591-7268.
1906, or Martha Toler, marthanntoler@ Yo, New Yorkers! Do you love the Big
gmail.com or 512-868-3639. Latin/Hispanic Apple? Did you leave your heart in the
Empire State? Do you miss the New York
ONLINE: SCTEXAS.ORG Are you Latin or of Latin heritage? Have accents you grew up with? If you are in-
you spent a number of years living in terested in meeting others who feel the
Latin America? If you are interested in same, let’s get together! We meet four to
six times a year at various venues, and
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