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Enjoy Summer At The Club At Boca Pointe!

By Mark Nelles & Helen Karpel,  Pro on staff for clinics and lessons-individual or group No upfront financial commitments. Choose your own
Board of Governors Chairman &  Open from dawn to dusk term - 3 to 5 consecutive months (4 to 5 for returning
General Manager, GREAT DINING EXPERIENCE members). Low monthly payments - $250 for social, $550
The Club at Boca Pointe,  Lunch all weekend and select days during the week for golf. Charging privileges for dining or extra activities.
561-864-8500  Brunch on Saturday and Sunday Can’t beat this offer!!!!
www.theclubatbocapointe.com  Dinners 5 days a week-Light Bites, Tapas, Sandwiches, Just picture yourself enjoying all this for unlimited golf
Daily Specials including trail and cart fees. Talk about VALUE!!! And-
Wow-It’s getting hot out! Wow-what are we going to do?  To Go remember all of this is provided with the utmost of safety
Wow-we’re bored! Got youngsters finishing the school year?  Happy Hour with complimentary hors d’oeuvre precautions in mind. We are dedicated to providing a safe,
Any of this sound familiar? We’re sure it is. Summer is  Special themed dinner healthy, and convenient atmosphere for all our members.
coming fast on the wings of a hot Spring. We have the answer  Weekend entertainment We were not able to offer our Summer membership
for the whole summer. ACTIVITIES last year due to the pandemic, but so many of you have
What’s the answer? Simple. It’s a Summer membership  Seminars weekly been calling and requesting that we again offer it, we
right in your own backyard at the Club at Boca Pointe.  Cards – indoors and outdoors daily, weekends and decided to Spring Forward and jump right into Summer.
Yup- starting May 1 and going for as many as five months evenings The program is limited so call membership now (561-
the Club offers a whole variety of activities to fill your days  Music during Happy Hour and Dinner on weekends 864-8539) to reserve your Place in the Sun and join the
and nights with things to do.  Golf clinics many of your neighbors who have already joined. Please
Think about it!  Tennis clinics note this membership is open to first time members or
SPORTS AND FITNESS CENTER  Shopping at Boca Pointe Marketplace- returning summer members.
 A state-of-the-art facility with cardio and strengthening  Food, prepared food, supplies, beverages, wine, beer The Club at Boca Pointe- a really great experience
equipment  Doesn’t all of this sound great! Well it should. Not only for members whether working, pre-retirement or in
 Personal trainers available a great way to spend the summer right in your own backyard retirement. It’s ALL here for you! Not only good times
 Spinning classes but WHAT A VALUE!! but the chance to meet your neighbors, meet new people
 In person and ZOOM exercise classes Over the past few years we have had hundreds of your and make new friends. Ask anyone you know who is a
 Aquacise classes daily neighbors take advantage of our Summer membership. current member. They will tell you that even after 15-20-
 Open 7 days a week Many have opted to continue their memberships right into 25 years at the Club, it is still a thrill to belong.
 Tennis courts daily and under the lights the fall and season taking advantage of some of the special Call our membership office at 561-864-8539 to get
 Pro on staff for clinics and lessons introductory promotions for summer members. all the information on the Summer membership program
 Oversize swimming pool with reserved swimming lanes Club members enjoyed a real “oasis” in the midst of all or any of our flexible programs and have a membership
GOLF YOUR GAME? the urgency all year. Our members were able to continue to information kit sent to you. No high pressure or
 18-hole championship course enjoy their lifestyles all year long while still being provided obligation, only the satisfaction of finding out how you
 7 days a week with the utmost in safety for themselves, their families and too can begin to enjoy the wonderful Club at Boca Pointe
 Driving range our staff. lifestyle!
 Practice putting green So, value doesn’t mean cost, it means what goes in to
 Short game practice area enriching the lives and lifestyle of our members, which we Come join us…
 Lockers and Bag storage available EXCEL at! Make Friends • Love Life • Create Memories 
Do You Want To Become A Clown????

By Harriet Rubin,
aka Florabelle the Clown

Hi there! Here comes
May and maybe life will start
to become more normal!
My headline says it all
— We need more clowns
for Boca Pointe “Clowns
on Call “and we are ready Red Nose Reader Clowns Jane and Trisha
to start training. It’s hard
to understand how in a community like ours, with new Last year she started a non-profit group called “Red Nose
owners and tenants pouring in, why can’t we interest a Readers” and I was very interested but since clowning
few of you out there to join us in our wonderful, volunteer stopped during 2020, I held off joining until now. I am very
endeavor? I don’t give up easily. Just ask anyone who proud to announce that we have 100% participation in this
knows me. Perhaps it’s because I have trained so many J.J., Cutie Pie, Twinkle Toes, Perky, Florabelle, Candy Bar, new activity and “Clowns on Call” is the first clown group
kids and adults over the past 26 years, and I personally Juggles, Pretzel – First Get Together for The Clowns in the country to join. So far there are about 90 clowns
know the joy and fulfillment clowning can bring, to all registered nationwide and only a handful in Florida.
ages. It doesn’t take a huge commitment folks! We will are so busy you may not interact with as many people as So what is this “Red Nose Readers” all about?
work with you, accommodate your timing, let you choose you would like to. Several of our clowns attended both “Red Nose Readers is a non-profit organization
what you want to do, when and where. If you have any conventions, and it was great to share information and working to promote literacy, kindness, and joy through
curiosity or interest, please give me a call at 362-6695 new ideas. Unfortunately for the working clowns, there the art of clowning”.
or email me at florabelle10@aol.com. We are happy to has been minimal activity available worldwide. 99% of Here is the mission statement:
train kids starting from 10 years old and up to???? (no the registered clowns hadn’t put on make-up in over a Red Nose Readers are clowns who want to promote a
limit) Also you do not have to live at Boca Pointe. year and everyone was complaining of what to do with love of reading in young people.
Spring was an interesting time in the clown world. We all the balloons we stock up on and are not meant to last Red Nose Readers are clowns who want to help
always have 2 major clown conventions during March this long! (nothing worse than having a balloon pop while prevent bullying.
and April and of course both were virtual this year. So you are blowing it up to make a dog for an excited child, Red Nose Readers are clowns who are working to
there I was, glued to my i-pad for a total of 9 days, 8-9 and then have it happen again!) We are hoping to resume change the image that many people have of clowns as
hours per day, listening and learning from some of the live conventions next year, but the ability to get involved scary, creepy, and frightening. Instead, we would like to
best of the best. It was a very different experience than via Zoom was very positive, and may change the way all build an image of caring, helpful, kind people who want
attending a live convention, but I must admit it had many conventions are staged. to spread joy and laughter.
positive advantages, i.e. no plane fare or long drives, no We are all excited about a new venture “Clowns on Red Nose Readers are clowns who want to make a
hotel accommodations, very inexpensive registration, no Call” is taking part in, so let me share it with you. Priscilla positive change in our schools and communities.
eating out 3x daily, no costumes, makeup etc. to drag cross Mooseburger, aka Tricia Manuel, is one of the top clowns In order to be a part of this organization, each clown
country, and a good chance to chat with a lot of clowns in the world. She is a former Ringling Clown and is also
who may be attending the same real convention, but days one of the top costume designers, and teachers in the U.S. Do You Want To Become A Clown???? on page 22