Community Resource & Recreation Center Main Office: 1917 FM 2673, Sattler, TX 78133

830-964-2324 fax 830-964-2804

Thrift Store: 1944 FM 2673, Sattler TX 78133

830-964-2364

Recreation Center: 125 Mabel Jones Dr., Canyon Lake, TX 78133

830-964-3003 fax 830-964-3036

Issue 2, Volume 5 May 2011

Big Senior Center Celebration

Crowd Attends Grand Opening

A United Way agency A 501 (c) (3) organization

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A new project

More than 90 people at-tended the Grand Opening for the CRRC Senior Center at the organization’s Event Center, on Thursday, May 19.

Executive Director Darin Zumwalt said the opening was the culmina-tion of weeks of work and planning. But it was also the doorway to an idea he had over a year ago.

Funded by a grant from the McKenna Foundation, Zumwalt hopes the center will become a regular social gathering place for seniors. He hopes to provide hot meals at least once a week, as well.

“I think our seniors are need-ing a place to get together,”

Wow, it’s less than a month away! So, mark your calen-dars for Satur-day, June 18th. It’s the second annual Double Dip Dance (non-stop dancing!), but the whole

day is going to be filled with raucous fun!

With volunteers from the VFW Post 8573, here in Sattler, we are putting together a Motorcycle

Rally and a BBQ din-ner. Come join us for either, for both, or, for all three! Make it a CRRC fun-

filled day! All activities will be at the Rec

Center, starting at 9:00 a.m. The dance will conclude at midnight. So, the place will be hopping, all day long!

Check out the website at www.dddrrbbq.org.

Zumwalt said. “This gives them just that. And, there are plenty of ac-

tivities for them, and we’re making plans for more.” Organizers Susan Logue and Suzi Ingram worked long and hard to put to-gether door prizes. “We

couldn’t have done it without the gen-erosity of our local businesses,” Susan said.

For now, the Senior Center is open on Thursdays, from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. For more information, stop in!

CRRC Needs

The CRRC Board has requested we put a little box in here monthly, to let you know what our needs are. So,

every month you’ll see things listed here. • Substitute drivers for Meals on Wheels

• Soup, toilet paper and bar soap for the pantry • Two book carts for the book program

FOOD

PANTRY

NUMBERS:

April, 2010: 342

April, 2011: 397

Community Resource & Recreation Center

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Terrific Tuesday is better! Every Tuesday something

new is on sale. Is it the barn merchandise? Will it be all kitchen items? It might be anything with

flowers on it! Stop in to see, OR, sign in to

our Facebook page. Yup, Terrific Tuesday is

better than ever!

Many Thanks to: Glass Doctor of New Braunfels

For replacing the glass door at the Thrift Store for no charge!

It takes a community to help a com-munity, and in Canyon Lake we have just that going on. We are blessed to live in one of the most giving commu-nities in the country.

Local folks provided more than $5,000 in cash and pledges, to help the CRRC Food Pantry gain a share of the $1 million being given by the Feinstein Foundation of Rhode Island.

CRRC Boosters have also donated $450 toward the dock project for the pantry, which will enhance the food deliveries from the San Antonio Food Bank.

Every Tuesday and Thursday, vol-unteers gather at the CRRC Main Of-fice to drive Meals on Wheels out to many homebound residents. (We are

needing some substitute drivers for the

summer. Let us know if you’re avail-

able! Call Maureen, at 964-2324.)

Community Support

Small Business Marketing Program

Sparks Ideas for Thrift Store

Did we hear the boss say, “Uh-oh!” ?? Possibly. After Maureen

Schein, resource program director, and Lisa Walzem, thrift store man-

ager, attended a small business marketing seminar at GVTC, they

came home with some creative ideas. So, keep an eye out. We’re not

letting out any of the plans. Oh, the flags. No. That was HIS idea. We

like it, but we’ve got different things planned!

Many thanks to those who put food out for our postal carriers to pick up on Saturday, May 14.

In addition to their regular duties of delivering the mail, letter carriers all across the country did the opposite of their regular chores; they picked things up. This amounted to about 1,500 pounds of canned goods, boxed food items and other non-perishable items being stocked onto the CRRC Food Pantry shelves.

About 165 pounds of food also came in from Curves mem-bers as a result of the April food drive at their facility.

These foods will help the food pantry to handle the anticipated increase for food assistance that usually comes every summer.

Postal Pickup Produces Pretty Pile of Pounds of Provisions

Watch out! The Thrift Store may have extended hours this summer.

Watch for our flags.