Free or Low-Cost Food & Meals

There are several places that you can call to get free or low-cost food.

1) Every Friday volunteers deliver free food out of their van, right here in Hacienda. Vegetables, fruits and canned goods are driven around our park.

2) Free Food is delivered Tuesday & Fridays to our laundry room here at Hacienda. Foods including breads, bakery goods, and salads from Safeway.

3) Mom’s Meal: at https://www.momsmeals.com/ You might get your meals paid for through Medi-Cade & Medicare, Kaiser & other health insurance programs. Mom’s meals are about $8.99 a dinner. A youtube video about Mom’s Meals can be seen at https://youtu.be/TWyRdE20754

4) Senior Center Lunches, at 5353 Sunol Blvd. Lunch provided at 11:45 to 12:45, Monday through Friday. An annual registration is required along with an advanced reservation at the distribution site. A $3.75 contribution is requested for each meal. Reservations need to be made by phone by 1:00 p.m. the day before (or on Friday for Monday) by calling Open Heart Kitchen at (925) 500-8241. The menu and more information can be found at https://tinyurl.com/yc5pxyuk

Here is the lunch menu for April

The

Sunshine

Report by Bobbie Wendschlag #149

Hello everyone... hope you are all staying dry. March really did come in like a lion this year!! Now, we'll just move on into April. Good news!! Mel Dailey is back home after having therapy for his fall. His daughter’s visit has been a great comfort for him. Kitty Lynn said a sad good bye to her dear sister last month, and is back home. Former neighbor Martha Bothelio who lived in Space 81 has passed away following a Stroke. We send our love and prayers to her family and friends. If you have any information that you want to include in the magazine, just give me a call.... 925-989-6810. We are still keeping those dealing with health issues in our hearts and prayers. Stay strong... we love you!!

Vera Pierce handles the loaning of mobility & other health devices. People haven’t been returning these items when they are no longer needed. Also, electric-battery operated carts will no longer be available for loaning.

If I had my life to live over, I'd dare to make more mistakes. I'd relax, I would limber up. I would be sillier than I have been this trip. I would take fewer things seriously. I would take more chances. I would climb more mountains and swim more rivers. I would eat more ice cream and less beans. I would perhaps have more actual troubles, but I'd have fewer imaginary ones. You see, I'm one of those people who lived sensibly and sanely, hour after hour, day after day. Oh, I've had my moments, and if I had to do it over again, I'd have more of them. In fact, I'd try to have nothing else. Just moments, one after another, instead of living so many years ahead of each day. I've been one of those persons who never goes anywhere without a thermometer, a hot water bottle, a raincoat and a parachute. If I had to do it again, I would travel lighter than I have. If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall. I would go to more dances. I would ride more merry-go-rounds. I would pick more daisies.

By Nadine Stair

Submitted by Jodi Arsi, Space 88

A couple in their nineties are both having problems remembering things. During a check-up, the doctor tells them that they're physically okay, but they might want to start writing things down to help them remember.

Later that night, while watching TV, the old man gets up from his chair 'Want anything while I'm in the kitchen?' he asks.

'Will you get me a bowl of ice cream?'

'Sure.'

'Don't you think you should write it down so you can remember it?' she asks.

'No, I can remember it.'

'Well, I'd like some strawberries on top, too. Maybe you should write it down, so as not to forget it?'

He says, 'I can remember that. You want a bowl of ice cream with strawberries.'

'I'd also like whipped cream. I'm certain you'll forget that, write it down?' she asks.

Irritated, he says, 'I don't need to write it down, I can remember it! Ice cream with strawberries and whipped cream - I got it, for goodness’ sake!'

Then he toddles into the kitchen. After about 20 minutes, the old man returns from the kitchen and hands his wife a plate of bacon and eggs. She stares at the plate for a moment.

'Where's my toast?'

Submitted by Karl Krusi #146

This is a true story

Our granddaughter, her husband and two natural sons are all Caucasian/white family. One day they decided to adopt They adopted a little Mexican boy, who only spoke Spanish, and named him Zeke. Sometime later one of the boys went to Mom and asked, “What are we going to do when Zeke grows up. How are we going to understand him?”

Submitted by Dave Somersett #4

Magic Cookie Bars

No mixing necessary, you can make magic cookies in the baking pan.

This recipe makes 2 dozen 1 & 1/2 to 3 inches bars.

½ cup or 1 stick of butter or margarine, melted.

1 & 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs

1 cup Diamond walnuts, coarsely chopped

1 cup (6oz pkg) Nestle’s Semi-Sweet chocolate or butterscotch flavored morsels.

1 & 1/3 cups (15 oz can) Eagle Brand sweetened condensed milk.

Pour melted butter or margarine into the bottom of a 13” X 9” X 2” pan

Sprinkle crumbs evenly over melted butter or margarine.

Sprinkle chopped nuts evenly over crumbs.

Scatter chocolate morsels over nuts

Sprinkle coconut evenly over chocolate pieces

Pour sweetened condensed milk evenly over coconut

Bake in a moderate oven (350-degrees, for 25 minutes, or until lightly browned on top)

Cool in pan 15 minutes

Cut into bars.

1. World Autism Awareness Month

This month is all about promoting a society where people with autism can reach their full potential. Everyone is encouraged to share learning resources and become advocates.

2. National Poetry Month (US)

It’s time to release your inner poet (go on, you know you want to ) and celebrate the magic of all-things words, rhymes and verses.

3. Stress Awareness Month

Stress is a major contributor to all kinds of health problems, so this month is all about reducing it as much as possible!

4. Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month

Our fellow creatures deserve our love and respect, and this month is focused on promoting the wellbeing of animals everywhere.

5. Move More Month

“I like to move it, move it…” (Just to get the song in your head) This special event was created by the American Heart Association to get people walking 10,000 steps a day, or doing 20 minutes of aerobic exercise

Thoughts on Spring

You can cut all the flowers, but you cannot keep Spring from coming. Spring is nature’s way of saying, “Let’s have a party!” – By Robin

Williams

Sunshine is the best medicine.

It’s spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you’ve got it, you want oh, you don’t quite know what it is you do want, but it just somewhat makes your heartache, you want it so!

If we had no winter, the Spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.

If you’ve never been thrilled to the very edges of your soul by a flower in spring bloom, maybe your soul has never been in bloom.

The first day of Spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as significant as a month.

Hello Spring, we missed your green grass, warm sunshine, and beauty.

Submitted by Sally Meng

https://youtu.be/xF0OJh19Ubw https://tinyurl.com/mryyv598

Intermittent fasting is not a diet—it’s a pattern of eating. What is fasting and what is intermittent fasting? Fasting is eliminating food and only drinking liquids. Intermittent fasting is eliminating food for different amounts of time. If I’m a diabetic, can I do intermittent fasting? We will answer this question and more. Fasting, by definition is to abstain from something. In our case, fasting is abstaining from food for a period of time. Won’t I get really hungry? The answer is yes and no. Initially, you will feel hungry, however that hunger will subside by simply drinking water when you are hungry. Within seconds the hunger pangs will disappear.

Why does fasting work? What is the science behind fasting? The science behind fasting can be found in the following book, entitled, “The Complete Guide to Fasting,” by Doctors Jason Fung, and Jimmy Moore. You can find the book at Amazon for $19.55 new, and used for as little as $9.04. Use the following URL address on Amazon.

What does Intermittent Fasting do?

1) It will increase your white blood cells.

2) It will strength your immune system.

3) It will shrink inflammation. So, it is good for arthritis, bursitis, tendinitis, any of the itis.

4) It is a powerful stimulator of something called autophagy, which is the recycling of old damaged cells, like your skin, hair, nails, your organs. It is one of the most powerful stimulators of growth hormones. Growth hormones is all about fat burning, and it’s all about anti-aging. Exercising alone can increase the growth hormones by about 750%. Fasting can increase growth hormones by 2,000,000%. So why would anyone even hesitate from doing intermittent fasting. Intermittent fasting can help to increase your mood. So, let’s say you have depression or anxiety, fasting can elevate your mood. Intermittent fasting helps regrow brain cells, improves memory, concentration and focus. Intermittent fasting is beneficial, if not essential for people with Parkinson’s Dementia and one of the best ways to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. It can also improve metabolism, giving you faster metabolism. Faster metabolism burns more calories. (YAY)

Eating causes a blood sugar spike, if you don’t eat, you no longer have these spikes, so a Diabetic will actually have better blood sugar control by fasting. There are different kinds of intermittent fasts, for example you could skip breakfast, which would give you approximately, a 16 hour fast. Maybe eliminating dinner which would mean you would fast from lunch to breakfast. Dinner is usually a time when people eat more, and because it is dinner, people have less time to burn the calories eaten, causing weight issues. The best way to tell if your fast is working is that you will stop being hungry. When you discover you aren’t hungry, you can eliminate another meal, so that you eliminate one meal and if you aren’t hungry, you can eliminate another meal.

You could join Hacienda’s exercise group on Mondays & Fridays at 10:30 to 11:30.

Friday Night with Friends @ 5:00

If you can, please bring a goodie to share.

Helping homeowners protect their investment in their homes and their manufactured-home quality of life through legislation, education and organization!

Who We Are

We are a statewide non-profit organization supporting manufactured-home (MH) owners in the Capitol, in the Courts, in Communities, and in Chapters.

What We Do

We work with state and local legislators to create laws that protect MH owners, and to block laws that would harm us.

We educate MH owners about their rights, protections and responsibilities. We organize MH owners to work together in their parks, in their communities, and across the State.

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Your membership gives us strength in numbers and supports all the activities listed on these pages plus many more! Your connection to other members in your park, your community, and around the state will help accomplish both our goals and yours!

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