This is a membership Morsel from “Too Young to Retire”. Today we are continuing to talk about Community.
There are many communities one can participate in once one retires. Some are pricy while others are inexpensive to free; it all depends upon your taste and needs.
Country clubs – Many people think that the costs of these are so prohibitive that only the very rich can belong. This is not so if you are willing to look around. An “expensive” Club costs about the same as having a cottage, only it doesn’t come with all the work and maintenance. There are also a lot of Clubs that are relatively inexpensive, but your trade off is amenities like dining facilities and menu, locker facilities, availability of a pool, family activities maybe lacking and they may not have club storage. So, look around, there is always one to be found that will fit your budget and needs.
Community centers – These are usually publicly supported. They maybe part of a municipal campus, occupy part of a public building like the city hall or library, or can be a freestanding building. They may offer hot meals, gaming rooms like pool tables and card rooms, and will usually have activities like book lending library, offer painting, knitting, and genealogy groups, Thi Chi and other lessons. Cost is usually very nominal and will fit in any budget.
Clubs – There are a lot of clubs out there and all you have to be is open to what you want. An example in Western New York, around Lake Chautauqua, they have a Swedish Club (for people of Swedish Decent) and a Rod and Gun Club on the lake. There is a War Veterans, a V.F.W. and B.P.O.E. that also have their own buildings. In addition to this there are clubs like Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, S.A.R., D.A.R. that have local and state meetings and usually hold yearly conventions.
There are also hobbies and hobby associations that you can participate in. Painting is one that comes to mind. I know my mother belonged to a ceramic painting group. and we had a neighbor that belonged to an oil painting group that offered yearly shows for the members to show off their talent and a chance to sell their works.
I have a friend who belongs to a model Railroad group and they put on shows every year at the Buffalo Botanical Gardens. There is a genealogy group that gets together once a month and discuss how they are doing with their family research.
There are so many ways to choose you should never run out of options. It is knowing what your passion is and then pursuing it. You need to figure out how it fits into your lifestyle.
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