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On Tuesday, April 15, the Heritage Palms community proudly hosted the graduation ceremony for the 2025 Boys2Men class, a mentorship program supporting 5th grade boys from Pottorf Elementary School in Fort Myers. 20 boys started the program, and 18 completed it, with many of them stepping up to speak about the experience at the graduation party. […]

FIRST PLACE TEAM WINNERS WHO ATTENDED OUR LUNCHEON WERE (L-R): LINDA FARRIS, BILLIE PORTER, BETH CALLOWHILL, KAREN HARRIS, SHERRY SWEARNGIN, MELISSA BENNETT, AND PEG MURPHY. Linda Farris is retiring after serving as our Symphony Bridge Chairperson for over ten years. Next year, long-time members Sherry Swearngin and Erika MacDougall will be Co-chairs. Our annual luncheon […]

The major renovation of all the existing seven tennis courts began on Monday, April 28. This much-needed renovation will take place throughout the summer months, and no more than three courts will be out of use at one time. The renovation will be in three stages. Each stage will take about six weeks to complete. […]

In the last column, I mentioned that although our feelings can be powerful, it is important not to be “hijacked” by them. We must find ways to have these feelings, but at the same time use our cognitive self-awareness to interpret these feelings and not use them as weapons to hurt others, and ultimately affect […]

AN EVENING CRUISE ON THE DANUBE RIVER IN BUDAPEST, HUNGARY. THE HUNGARIAN PARLIAMENT BUILDING IS IN THE BACKGROUND. From Barbara Keller: My husband, Ed, and I took a fifteen-day trip in early April. We visited Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Hungar BIRDS WE SAW IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC. From Marlene Roehm: Our association, Veranda 1 […]

Members of the Heritage Palms Book Club recently chose books for the 2025-26 season. The calendar and selected books are: October 24 The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhorn November 21      Time of the Child by Niall Williams December 12      Small Things Like These by Claire Kegan January 16 The Woman They Could Not Silence by […]

Keith Robbins, FDOT Safety Administrator, came to HP on April 28. He presented the FDOT Target Zero program to reduce “crashes” by reinforcing a traffic safety culture. FDOT maintains that many vehicle “accidents” are not accidents, but crashes that can be averted with new behavior. Behavioral hazards like speeding, impaired driving, and not wearing a […]

APRIL LUNCHEON COMMITTEE MEMBERS (L TO R): KAREN JENSEN, ROSANNA SALVAGGIO, JAN HAHN, LINDA VACUDA, DAWN GLEDHILL, SUE SMITH, NANCY RODGERS, JUDY NEWBERG, AND SHERRY CONNOLLY. NOT PICTURED: CATHY FINNO. Our last 9-hole luncheon of the season on April 9 was greeted with joy and sadness. Joy for having met and enjoyed new friends. Sadness, […]

L-R: RICH FIREBAUGH, STAFF FROM THE HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK, AND PETE DESJARDINS As the sun sets on another very successful MGA season, the Board would like to thank first, our membership. 639 men played over the season. We added some new formats and maintained our most popular games. We would also like to thank […]