Dec 21th -Dec 27th Edition  

GOLF CART PARADE WINNERS 

First Place, Doris Henderson 

Second place,  Laurie & Frank Peters

Third Place, Ed & Rose Seals.

Christmas Raffle Winners 

Marlene Jenkins, Door bell winner.

Jill Holmes,  $50.00 gift card to the Grill Restaurant. 

Jamie Tellier,  $300.00 dollar Visa card.

Our thanks to Kathy Patterson for all the pictures!

Trina Bates

Guest Service Coordinator

Buttonwood Bay

10001 U.S. 27 S | Sebring, FL 33876

Phone: (863) 655-1122

Email: tbates3@suncommunities.com

https://www.sunoutdoors.com/florida/buttonwood-bay

Christmas Card Boxes

"Christmas card boxes are now out in the Rec Hall for those who wish to use them."

WINTER LINE DANCE SCHEDULE
Mondays- 10:00am - 12:00 pm - Experienced Beginner with Judy - No charge

Tuesdays - 10:00-12:00 pm - Improver/Intermediate with Laura - $3.00

Wednesdays and Thursdays - 10:00-11:00 am - Beginner with Laura - $3.00

Wednesdays and Thursdays - 11:00- 12:00 pm - Improver/Intermediate - $3.00

Fridays - 10:00-11:00 am - Intermediate with Judy - No charge

LINE DANCE UPDATE

Gale Soares reports, There will be no line dance Dec 23-26 for Christmas week.  

Judy will have class Dec 29 - just one day for her class next week.

Laura will have Improver class on Dec 30 and Beginner/Exp Beginner on Dec 31.  

No class January 1 or 2. 

Normal schedule resumes January 5

Thank you everyone. 

If you have friends or neighbors who would like to receive email reminders, please tell them to go to Buttonwood Bay Events and scroll down to sign up for email.

Sunday January 4th we will be showing the movie "The Friend". Based on true events, Iris finds her life upended when her best friend leaves her his Great Dane.  

Despite a small New York apartment and threats of eviction, she bonds with the regal beast and begins to cope with her past. Rated R  1Hr 59M  (Comedy/Drama)  Sunday 

January 18 come and watch the movie "My Dead Friend Zoe". 

Grief can be a funny thing in this dark comedy drama that follows the journey of Merit, a US Army Afghanistan veteran who is at odds with her family.   Rated R  1Hr 42 M  (War/Comedy)

$5 season membership cards are available at the door. Movies start at 6:30 in the Rec Hall.

Ronnie Beverly    863-414-6808

Who:  Red Hat Ladies of Buttonwood Bay

What:  Lunch at Jacaranda Hotel - Come to see the beautiful Christmas Decorations.

Where:  19  East Main Street, Avon Park, FL 33825

When:  Wednesday, January 7, 2026 at 11:30 AM

Cost:  $23.00 includes tax and gratituity.  You must pay before January 1st, 2026 to Grace Flannery, 721 Whippoorwell Drive, 585-314-7349, fttbows@aol.com

Sign-up sheet: Located in back of Rec. Hall

Questions:  Contact Grace Flannery, 585-314-7349 or Gloria Bawol, 586-419-6531

PLEASE HELP US GIVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO THE LESS FORTUNATE KIDS IN THE LOCAL AREA.

THE BUTTONWOOD BAY CHRISTMAS COMMITTEE WILL BE ACCEPTING CASH DONATIONS FOR GIFTS AT

           MONDAY COFFEE HOUR

               FRIDAY SOCIAL HOUR

         CAFE MONDAY WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY  11:30AM to  1:00PM

THANK YOU FOR YOUR KINDNESS & GENEROSITY

Here s a pic of pyjama nite at buttonwood bingo. 

 First of the year--Bingo will be papers and daubers.  Bingo will begin at 6:00 this year--NOT 6:30.  Papers will be sold from 5:15- 5:45.  

 NO Bingo on Christmas or New Years.  first Bingo of 2026 is January 5.  

2 Shay

Shania Live!!

Wednesday, January 14, 2026

The ultimate tribute and variety show with husband and wife performing a variety of genres including, top 40, classic rock, country, pop and all the hits from yesterday and today. Annette is THE LOOK, THE VOICE, THE SOUND AND THE EXCITEMENT of SHANIA TWAIN live in concert.

Winter Karaoke will be held in the Community Center the third Friday of each month at 6:30 .

Bring your voice and your friends for a great evening. Friday Night January 16th  is the Next date.

HEARTLAND FOOD BANK 

Café we will be closed for the rest of the week 

for the Christmas holiday. 

Huff N Puff exercise will be held Mondays at 9:15am to 10am following Monday coffee in the RH.  Tuesday through Friday we will start at 9am until 10am.  Dust off those tennis shoes and come join us!  Contact Tree Frazier for more information. 

Social Hour Friday, December 26th is canceled since Thursday is Christmas.  We will have Social Hour again on Friday, January 2nd. 

HIGHLANDS COUNTY WOMEN’S SHELTER 

December is our annual drive for the HIGHLANDS COUNTY WOMEN’S SHELTER - a safe place for abused women and their children to go when needed. I will be collecting needed items at my home 516 Buttonwood Dr. through the end of the year,

Following is the wish list for donations:

Sturdy hair brushes and combs

Small bottle of Tylenol, Aleve, Advil 

(generics okay)

Q tips

Cleaning supplies

Bath towels, hand towels and wash cloths

Kitchen towels

Sanitary pads – no wings or tampons

Bath soap, bath wash

Twin sheet sets

Twin blankets

A grant from Thrivent Financial will be used toward purchase of Christmas gifts for the women and children at the shelter for Christmas (usually 1 toy and one clothing item for each child, gift card for the moms.)

Monetary donations will be used toward gifts for the women and children in the shelter for Christmas or specific needs as the families move into apartments

Cash can be given to Judie or Duane Schafer.   Questions?  Call or text me 810-305-1828

Gifts almost ready to be delivered to the families in the women's shelter outreach program.  11 families 48 gifts for the kids.  We're still accepting donations for gifts and other shelter needs.  516 Buttonwood Dr. 

 TAKE NOTE:   Following Christmas week Raul's will be here on both Monday and Thursday  for the remainder of the winter season

Patty Baker, Don Bower, JoAnn Carter, Tish Duncan, 

Terry Ducar,  Gabby Gingras,  Marilyn Hartl,  

Marion Hopkins, Bruce Rice, Dick Rosenberger, 

Connie Schwartz,   Peter Taylor, Mary Wallace, 

 Renie Vanmeter,  Cris Wilson. Lia Whitford.

Talan Cisco (Grandson of Cheryl and Tom Willie)

Jesse Deno, (Joanne Rabideau's Grandson)  

 Isla Boone (Granddaughter of Dana Coke)  

Susan Hess, (Pastors daughter)  

Cindy Muncy (Betty Elich's Daughter) 

Nicole Golm, (Dennis and Patricia Koehns 

Daughter-in-Law)  

Melissa Williams, (Wilma Cassilbrys Daughter-in-Law) 

For additions or removal from the prayer list

or Memorial requests.

(Please contact)

Lou Ann Jaklin

906-235-1190

ROSARY 

The Rosary group meets Tuesday at 8:00 am 

in the Craft Room

The ice cream truck returns to Buttonwood Bay.  They will be in the  park every Thursday at 1:30 PM.  They may be next to the History garden and  Raul's stand by the  post office.

Buttonwood's Quilt Club will meet  each  Monday at 1:30 in the Community Center. If you are an experienced quilter or novice, or just thinking it may be fun, you are a prime candidate to join this friendly group of sewists who love to have a good time.  We have the room until 4 pm if you'd like to stay and work on a project.  Every Thursday at 9, we have the same room reserved until 2 in the afternoon for Sew Days. Our dues are only $5. We'd love to see some new faces

Curtis Walton will be in the park Saturdays  with his Plant City Vegetables  starting around 9am  near the Post Office. 

A group of military veterans meet on Monday mornings at 10:00 in the card room at the community center.  All military personnel whether war active or not, meet just to talk about their lives as veterans.  All military personnel are welcome to join the group and have coffee Monday morning at 10:00. Stop in next Monday and meet the group.

Canada Day 2026 – January 25th

Come and join the Canada Day Committee for a fun afternoon.

Open to all Canadian residents, from 1 to 4---at the Rec Center

No sign-up sheets, just show up, bring an appetizer to share.

Will be a few cheese and cracker platters, some background music,

and a share the wealth draw.

BYOB !!

Looking forward to seeing everyone

Hello fellow Buckeyes!! O! H! I! O!

‼️‼️ Mark your calendars for February 21, 2026 for Ohio Day.  The event will be held at the Community Center.  Arrive by 11:30 for sign in and to sign up to participate in some fun games. We will eat at 12:15. It will be a full meal & dessert.  Please bring your own drinks. Water will be available. 

If anyone has craft items or Buckeye related items you would like to donate please contact us.  The auction and admissions is what keeps this event going every year. 

We will post more info about purchasing tickets at a later date in January. Seating will be limited to how many we can accommodate in the Community Center. Hoping to keep the cost similar to previous years. 

Look forward to seeing all you Buckeyes  there! ‼️

We have set Tuesday January 6, at 10:00 AM for the first meeting for the Michigan Day Committee. Please let me know who can attend as we have to decide what we are doing this year. Jim Przybyla 

WISCONSIN DAY

Save the date. February 22, 2026.  

(Not Super bowl Sunday) 12 o'clock. 

Details and signup to follow in January.

Bocce will be Played on

    Wednesday and Friday sign in 9am and play 9:30am, Sundays sign in 12:30 and play 1pm.

Round Robin Tennis is held at the courts Mon thru Sat at 8:00 am

Tai Chi is held Mon thru Friday 8:00 AM 

on the pad at the Lake.  If the weather is bad,  on Tuesday &Thursday we have the RH reserved.

The January 2026 meeting of the Fishing club will be held in the community center at 4:00 PM January 4th followed by the fishing tournament on Wednesday January 7th. 

Pictures and Rambling

Following are the remaining picture taken of the home decorating.  

Below is the Pink House in Wellsville, N.Y.  Following Christmas it will return to it's original color, pink!

Coffee hour pictures on Monday December15th 

Well we want to tell you that we had a very exciting morning at Social Hour on Friday December 19th. That was the date that Social Hour featured our Monthly Croissant sandwich, which this time nearly didn’t happen. Why you ask, well when we arrived that morning we entered a fully lighted rec hall, the coffee pots which are on timers were hot but then the building went dark I mean no power at all. Suddenly the little generator outside came on, ran for about 15 seconds. Shut down again then came backed on.  This happened three times and it didn’t come back on again. The rec hall was the only place in the entire park which was without power. Glades were called but while we were waiting for them, everyone, at least many of the folks there in the dark all had ideas what was wrong. We finally figured out that the small generator was never designed to power the entire rec hall so we turned off all the lights and fans except the kitchen and the back storage room where the refrigeration is located and low and behold the generator came back on for the kitchen allowing the use of the grills and save the day as we all had the Croissants. I still don’t know why there wasn’t any Glades power in the building as I left after wolfing down my sandwich. Within half an hour after I left, the  power was back on and  Huff 'n Puff was steaming up the windows. All I can say is God bless the generator. 

   We have learned that the loss of power in the rec hall was caused by a outside weak circuit breaker. Maintenance will contact a electrician to replace the weak breaker.