When Tammy Martin heard that Loretta DeWitt teaches craft classes elsewhere, she encouraged her to start a Craft Club in Tanglewood.
Hobbies & Volunteers
Craft Club Beginnings
by Ingrid Strope •
Hobbies & Volunteers
“Hobbies & Volunteers” features the interesting Hobbies of our Tanglewood residents and a glimpse of the lives of our Tanglewood volunteers.
Hobbies & Volunteers
Karen Nelson (Machine Embroidery)
by Ingrid Strope •
Karen Nelson Machine Embroidery Karen decorates many different types of objects with machine embroidery. Her personalized hats and T-shirts are often seen around Tanglewood.
Hobbies & Volunteers
Bob Larocque & Bartley Rodgers (Helping Monarch Butterflies)
by Ingrid Strope •
Since coming to Florida, Bob and Bartley have been helping monarch butterflies survive. The photo shows one on Bartley’s hand.
Hobbies & Volunteers
Tracy Miller (Cruising)
by Ingrid Strope •
Imagine having a hobby after retiring, doing the same things that you used to do at work!
Hobbies & Volunteers
Shirley Kabet (Volunteering in Tanglewood)
by Ingrid Strope •
Shirley Kabet describes herself as “Lazy, Egotistical, Procrastination, Grudge-holding, Snappish, Competitive” . . . Well, maybe not . . . .
Hobbies & Volunteers
Betty Doggette (Gift Shop Volunteer)
by Ingrid Strope •
When you want a gift for a special someone, why not visit Betty Doggette at the Florida Hospital gift shop. Betty works from 8 to 12 every Thursday morning along with 2 other volunteers. Following her suggestion, each takes 1-hour turns at the computer. Betty likes helping customers, and brings a book for quiet times.…
Hobbies & Volunteers
Barry Radawiec (Collecting Civil War Tokens)
by Ingrid Strope •
While adding to his coin collection, Barry came across a Civil War Token. He decided to learn more about their history and soon started collecting them. What are these mysterious “coins” that look almost like pennies? Between 1861 and 1864, when the government was short of metal for making coins, private businesses minted tokens to…
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Marilyn Schoppenhorst (Handling the Treasury)
by Ingrid Strope •
Soon after coming here in 2003, Marilyn was asked to be TMAC treasurer. “I’ll give it a try,” she said. As a retired math teacher, Marilyn was well suited to tackle the task.
Hobbies & Volunteers
Bill Turner (Making Decorative Bird Houses)
by Ingrid Strope •
When Bill retired, he had a hobby that made good use of his work-a-day skills. Bill taught high school science and industrial arts. Now he designs and builds small bird houses out of wood, glass, and leftover pieces of tile. It takes him between two and seven hours to make a house, depending on…