HIGHTLIGHTED ACTIVITIES
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April 12 - Saturday Brunch at the Dunes Clubhouse (sign up by April 11, click here)
April 15 - Leisure Lunch at BRGR Kitchen & Bar— RSVP by 4/14/25 by calling Erika Arnowitz at (239) 472-4775, ext. 107 or emailing her at erika@fishofsancap.org.
April 22 - Off Island Event, Mini Golf (sign up by April 20, click here)
Signup for Our Flash Event Texts!
Don’t miss out on the fun—sign up for our Flash Event texts. “Flash Events” are last minute events that require no planning, reservations, or responses and aren’t on the Santiva Islanders’ calendar. They’re just something fun to do and we want to invite the gang along. It’s like texting a friend on Friday to say something like— “Hey—we’re going for burgers and brews at the American Legion on Sunday from 1:00—2:30. Come join us. “
No response needed. Just show up, or not. So far we’ve been to the American Legion and Breezer’s Tiki Bar.
Obviously, we can’t text all of our members. Plus, some members aren’t great fans of texts. Therefore, we are starting out small. If you want to be included in the fun, please sign up here.
Note: These texts will come from “Santiva Islanders” and will not allow anyone to respond, so you won’t get a million pings from everyone on the text string responding. We don’ t need or want to know who’s coming, but you’ll know one of the Santiva Islander gang will be there to greet you when you show up—could be two folks or twenty, but for sure, it’ll be fun. You can opt out at anytime.
Please Join us for our Quarterly Book Review and Sack Lunch
Date: Wednesday, April 9
Time: 11:30am to 1:00pm
Where: Santiva Islanders Place (SIP) at 2330 Palm Ridge Rd, Suite 17
Featured Book: Memorial Days, A memoir by Geraldine Brooks.
A heartrending and beautiful memoir of sudden loss and a journey to peace, from the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Horse.
Margie Peters will moderate the discussion. Don't forget to bring a sack lunch.
No need to RSVP. Just come join us.
Join us for Leisure Lunch!
Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Time: Noon
Restaurant: BRGR Kitchen & Bar
Address: 1231 Middle Gulf Dr, Sanibel FL, 33957
This is one of our most popular monthly activities. A group of us gather monthly for lunch and friendship at one of Sanibel’s or Captiva’s fine restaurants. We have never met a stranger. These lunches are warm and welcoming, and a great place to visit and get to know each other. Everyone orders from the menu and pays for their own meal.,
RSVP by 4/14/25 by calling Erika Arnowitz at (239) 472-4775, ext. 107 or emailing her at erika@fishofsancap.org.Seating is limited so be sure to make your reservation early!
Hope to see you there!
Hope to see you there!
Mini Golf - POP STROKE in Ft Myers
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Join us at POP STROKE in Ft Myers for lunch and a round or two of mini golf.
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Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Location: POP STROKE, at 5531 Six Mile Commercial Court, Ft Myers, FL
Time: We’ll meet at 11:30 AM. Eat lunch and play golf after lunch.
COST: Tickets are $20 per person for golf, each person pay for their own lunch.
Questions: Bernard Arroyo at 239-295-5463
Page Turners Book Club via Zoom
Page Turners book club meets the second Tuesday of the month at 1:00 PM via Zoom. Contact us at santivaislanders@gmail.com, for questions, to be added to the Page Turners’ email list, and to receive the Zoom information.
Tuesday, April 8, 2025—The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
In this remote Yunnan village, the stranger finds the rare tea he has been seeking and a reticent Akha people. In her biggest seller, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, See introduced the Yao people to her readers. Here she shares the customs of another Chinese ethnic minority, the Akha, whose world will soon change. Li-yan, one of the few educated girls on her mountain, translates for the stranger and is among the first to reject the rules that have shaped her existence. When she has a baby outside of wedlock, rather than stand by tradition, she wraps her daughter in a blanket, with a tea cake hidden in her swaddling, and abandons her in the nearest city.
Tuesday, May 13, 2025, we will be discussing the following banned books. Members who chose the book will present a brief summary and lead a discussion as to why it was banned.
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Ruby Bridges Goes to School by Ruby Bridge
Tuesday, June 10, 2025—The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life’s Final Moments by Hadley Viahos
A hospice nurse writes a memoir about her experiences with 12 different patients at the end of life. Short stories, not depressing but faith strengthening.
Talking about death and dying is considered taboo in polite company, and even in the medical field. Our ideas about dying are confusing at best: Will our memories flash before our eyes? Regrets consume our thoughts? Does a bright light appear at the end of a tunnel? For most people, it will be a slower process, one eased with preparedness, good humor, and a bit of faith. At the forefront of changing attitudes around palliative care is hospice nurse Hadley Vlahos, who shows that end-of-life care can teach us just as much about how to live as it does about how we die.
Tuesday, July 8, 2025—Table for Two by Amor Towles
“Superb ... This may be Towles’ best book yet. Each tale is as satisfying as a master chef’s main course, filled with drama, wit, erudition and, most of all, heart.” —Los Angeles Times. Millions of Amor Towles fans are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories based in New York City and a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood. The New York stories, most of which take place around the year 2000, consider the fateful consequences that can spring from brief encounters and the delicate mechanics of compromise that operate at the heart of modern marriages.
Tuesday, August 12, 2025—The Book Spy by Alan Hlad
1942: With the war’s outcome hanging in the balance, President Roosevelt sends an unlikely new taskforce on a unique mission. They are librarians and microfilm specialists trained in espionage, working with a special branch of the Office of Strategic Services and deployed to neutral cities throughout Europe. By acquiring and scouring Axis newspapers, books, technical manuals, and periodicals, the librarians can gather information about troop location, weaponry, and military plans.
Loads of Other Activities!
Loads of Other Activities!
We offer a host of other fun activities. Please join us for —
Cardio & Strength with Mahnaz offered twice a day during season on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays— starting at 9:30am and 11am. Check out the calendar for the location.
Social Hour on Mondays at 4:00pm at Tutti Pazzi.
Breakfast Club breakfast on Thursdays at 9:00 AM at Jerry’s Cafe located at 1700 Periwinkle Way, inside the grocery store.
Social Bridge on Thursdays at 1:00 pm. Check out the calendar for the location.
Social Mahjong on Thursdays at 1:00 pm. Check out the calendar for the location.
Social Euchre on Tuesdays at 11:00 am . Check out the calendar for the location.
Leisure Lunches and Saturday Brunches, both are offered once a month. Locations vary, but these lunches and brunches usually start at noon. They are always warm, welcoming, and a great opportunity to visit and get to know each other. Check out the calendar for dates and locations.
Whatever else we can think of. Check out the calendar .