Beaver Island Michigan

Charlevoix County Commission on Aging Beaver Island "Dining Out Program" certificates will be available from Jean Kinsley (Commission on Aging Advisory Board Beaver Island representative) at the BI Community Center April 13 through 17, from 11am to 1pm in my absence. You can still call in ...

I actually received a message for (paraphrasing) "too many login attempts" but still had the login page open after I had registered to receive my temporary password. After I closed it and reopened, it worked just fine. Such a different format will require some tweaking on their part, and a...

Join us for the monthly Charlevoix County Commission on Aging Beaver Island Sunday Dinner from 11am to 12pm on Sunday, March 29th!

More info (and menu ala-Stoney Acre!) to follow...in the meantime...

Join everyone at the Community Center on Saturday evening, March 21st @ 6pm for the Island "Winter Wake 2015" Pig Roast, Pot Luck & End-o-Winter Bonfire!

Bring a dish to pass, "true-tales of winter 2015", and spring thoughts!

Full schedule and info:
3:30 to 5:00 Weâ??ll Begin with the Movie: Penguins of Madagascar
5:10 to 5:30 Retract theater seating and set up tables for dinner (help needed)
5:30 to 5:45 Bring in dishes to passâ??and set up for the â??Rest in Peaceâ?￾ buffet (can be brought in earlier if needed)
6:00 to 7:00 Buffet dinner
â?¢ Music
â?¢ Storiesâ??Bring Your Winter Tales (must be true). Prizes for the â??toughestâ?￾ or â??funniestâ?￾ or â??scariestâ?￾ of all
â?¢ Door Prizes
â?¢ Eulogy for the Winter of â??15
7:00 to 7:30 Head outside for Community Pictures of this Winterâ??s Hardy Survivorsâ??and Escort the Remains of Winter â??15 to its Cremation Site behind the Center
7:30 to 8:00 Bon Fire and burning of the 2015 Snowman
â?¢ With Marshmallows to Roast
â?¢ And Camaraderie Around the First Bonfire of Spring

Sign up for â??a dish to passâ?￾ for the â??Rest in Peaceâ?￾ potluckâ??appetizer, salad, vegetable, bread, or dessertâ??either at the Community Center itself or at McDonoughs. The entréeâ??the Pig weâ??ll Roastâ??is provided by the HAPPY PADDLE. And WVBI will provide Music throughout.

Questions? Stop by the Community Center or ask Friends of Beaver Island Veterans
Join Fellow Islanders on Sat., Mar. 21st to say Good-bye & Good Riddance to Winter â??15
Free will donations appreciated.

Whenever Dyanne Tracy is on the Island, there will be an iSchool session! We will post on the Forum, and will contact anyone who would like to be notified. Just call Ann at the Community Center, 448-2022!

Sunday, February 22nd at the Community Center! 11am - 12pm : Join us for the monthly Charlevoix County Commission on Aging Sunday "Dinner"! This month featuring a "Breakfast" menu of French Toast, Southwest-style Scrambled Eggs, Sausage & Melon Melange, along with Coffee, Te...

iMaster Dyanne Tracy will be back on the Island and will conduct an iPad (or any iDevice) workshop from 12 to 1pm at the Community Center Sunday, February, immediately following the scrumptious Sunday "Breakfast with the Stars"!!

Come with your iDevice--and iQuestions!

2/17: 1-4pm "Collaging" 101 Cindy Ricksgers directs us in the intricacies of collage making! Learn the techniques and "no-rules-rules" from the master...incorporating hand-made papers and textiles, painted surfaces, personal photographs and special items, and of course, your ima...

Join us for the Charlevoix County Commission on Aging Sunday "Dinner" February 22nd, 11am - 12pm at the Beaver Island Community Center! In honor of the Academy Awards, we will be hosting a "Breakfast with the Stars" , complete with VIP Prizes, trivia contests, and film-fan fun! J...

2/13: 10am-12pm Soy Candle-Making! Jacque Lafreniere guides us through the making of our own, personally selected and designed scented soy candles. You can bring your own (approx 8oz or less) "container" (small coffee mug, tea cup, parfait glass, etc.), or she will have a great variety av...

Don't forget to join in some creative fun at the Community Center Tuesday afternoon, 2/3 @ 1pm! Cindy Ricksgers [/b] will lead us through a "painting musical chairs" where we will learn different painted-surface techniques (such as marbling), and create a variety of painted papers to be u...

Adventurous people of all ages are invited to join us for these upcoming "creative fun" opportunities at the Community Center! 2/3: 1-4pm "Painting" (not your traditional sort...) Cindy Ricksgers instructs us on the use of varying textures, tools, techniques (tissue paper transfe...

Well, "word on the trail" is that any party interested in joining an outing should gather at Pam Grassmick's on Thursday at 1pm.
30710 East Side Dr, 2314.

Cindy Ricksgers connects Islanders of all ages with our "creative selves" (yes, we all have one!) in a series of art activities on three Tuesday afternoons:

1/20 - Paper making
2/3 - Painting
2/17 - Collage making

Materials (and coffee and cookies) are provided and you will be encouraged to bring some of your personal â??treasuresâ?￾ for your collage!

Activities are from 1-4pm at the Beaver Island Community Center and are fee-free, although donations will be gladly accepted.

Come exercise the left side of your brain and have some creative FUN! Oh, and bring a friend!