Tudor Oaks Storyteller’s Group

Do you like to write stories? Do you like to tell stories? Join us every Thursday morning at 10:30am in the Private Dining Room to discuss various subjects.

St Storytellers Suggested Topics Orytellers

Februa February 2023 ry 2023

Week 98- February 2nd- Have you (or someone you know) ever had a premonition? If so, did it come true?

Week 99-February 9th- Do you believe in love at first sight?

Why or why not?

Week 100- February 16th- Imagine that you are a movie director with an unlimited budget. Describe the movie you would make!

Week 101 February 23rd- Discuss a time when you did something illegal, but you felt it was the right thing to do.

Questions? Please contact Lisa Runte, in the Lifestyles Department.

414-529-0100 x2853

Reminder “Tudor Notes”

We would ask that your written pieces be less than 150 words and that the Acorn staff does have the right to edit if necessary— they will reach out to the writer before editing. If possible, please send in PDF format to mhyde@abhomes.org.

Submissions are due on the 15th of each month for the following month’s edition or can be given to a Lifestyle staff member or in the Poplar Lifestyle Room on top of the filing cabinet is a box labeled Acorn.

Eric “Diamond” Performing Neil Diamond

Recycle your holiday Christmas LEDs https://www.holidayleds.com/free-light-recycling

HOW DOES THE PROGRAM WORK?

Pack and send us your old Christmas lights and we'll send you a coupon good at HolidayLEDs.com. All coupons may only be redeemed once on a single order and may not be used with any other offer, discount, or coupon. Exclusions apply.

WHY RECYCLE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS?

Because we care about the environment and Christmas lights are not biodegradable, they will not decompose into the earth’s soil. They can sit in landfills for hundreds of years and pose a potential threat to animals that can get tangled in the strands. This is an easy way to do your part to look after the earth.

THE DO’S & DON’TS OF SENDING IN YOUR CHRISTMAS LIGHTS (In short- all you need to do is box up your lights in the smallest box and send them to us in the cheapest and slowest way!)

DO NOT1. Include any packing material or anything other than the lights themselves

2. Send the lights in outer packaging such as retail boxes

3.Include any apparatus used to wind up or store the lights

4.Do not put light sets in plastic bags or any other interior packaging DO 1. Use cardboard boxes or another packaging that can easily be recycled

2.Coordinate with your friends, neighbors, co -workers, social groups, church groups, or other organizations, when possible, to collect lights and send in one bulk shipment (This reduces shipping costs for everyone and reduces the environmental impact of shipping!)

3.Compact your light sets into the smallest space possible

4.Send your lights via any shipping method you like. However, there is no rea son to send them express. We would recommend to send them by the least expensive method available.

CAN I SEND CHRISTMAS LIGHTS TO YOU ANY TIME?

Yes! The Christmas Light Recycling Program is available year-round- Winter, Spring, Summer, or Fall!

(If you are looking at your lights in the Fall and want to recycle the old ones, browse our Christmas string light options for some inspiration on using your coupon!)

OK- I’VE SENT IN MY LIGHTS. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

When we receive your lights for recycling, we will start by recycling the box first! The lights will then be processed, and any material that cannot be recycled (i.e., loose bulbs) is discarded. Once we have collected a substantial number of Christmas light sets, we take them to a 3rd party recycling facility that puts the lights through a commercial shredder, chopping the light into tiny pieces. Those pieces are then further processed, sorted into the various components that make up the lights (PVC, glass, copper), and transported to a region center for further processing.

LIGHTS SHOULD BE SHIPPED via USPS, FedEx, or UPS Ground to:

TO: HOLIDAY LEDS RECYCLING

W227N6225 SUSSEX ROAD, DOOR #12

SUSSEX, WI 53089

*Drop Offs are now accepted at the above location, Monday –Friday from 8-4 pm. Please drop next to the Holiday Lighting Door 12 Once you have packed up and shipped us your lights, please complete our Christmas light recycling form, and we will email you your coupon as soon as we confirm shipment! Questions to 1-866492-4330 (Michigan) or https://www.holidayleds.com/contact-us

Don’t Hesitate

BY MARY OLIVER

If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give in to it. There are plenty of lives and whole towns destroyed or about to be. We are not wise, and not very often kind. And much can never be redeemed. Still, life has some possibility left. Perhaps this is its way of fighting back, that sometimes something happens better than all the riches or power in the world. It could be anything, but very likely you notice it in the instant when love begins. Anyway, that’s often the case. Anyway, whatever it is, don’t be afraid of its plenty. Joy is not made to be a crumb.

Tudor Oaks

Chimers and Mixed Choir