Winter 2020 Newsletter
Notes on SUGA Committees
![]() by Larry Pinson, President SUGA
Dear SUGA Members, As promised, the SUGA directors, Officers, and the Executive Director want to stay in contact with our members to furnish updates about class postponement and efforts for resuming. Even more importantly, we want to express our hope this letter finds all of you, loved ones, and friends healthy and safe as we all adjust to a situation vastly different from what any of us had planned. It is so hard to put into words the concerns, risks, frustration, and true heroism of so many. Everyone in our country is touched by this virus in some way and our hearts, support, sympathies, and concern go out to everyone. We could not have foreseen the world’s forthcoming change and uncertainty makes it impossible to forecast how long recommended social distancing will last. As always, the health and well-being of our members, volunteers, and instructors receive first priority in all of our planning efforts in dealing with the present and planning for the future. As we gather information and evaluate options for a pragmatic path for SUGA operations and classes, the Board of Directors, Officers, Curriculum Committee, IT Team, and Executive Director are in constant electronic communication exchanging ideas on approaches to resuming classes. For example, and on a hopeful note, the Executive Director and members of the IT team are working on adapting a way to hold classes via live streaming. We are working toward either telescoping class content for a short Spring Quarter or rescheduling classes into a future quarter if we cannot resume soon. Another part of this decision process includes your welcomed questions and suggestions which can be submitted via email: [email protected] or by Postal Service: SUGA, PO BOX 941338, Atlanta, Ga 31141. As safe options are identified, plans made, and schedules prepared, additional announcements will be distributed to members. A SUGA Board of Directors’ meeting is scheduled for April 1st and will be held electronically. Following that Board Meeting an announcement will be made about Spring and Summer quarter updates. Needless-to-say, this is not the SUGA 40th Anniversary celebratory ending we planned! However, we look forward to entering SUGA’s 41st year on August 1st stronger and more resilient than ever. I leave you with this quote from Desmond Tutu, “Hope is being able to see there is light in spite of all of the darkness.” Everyone, please stay in touch, take care, stay safe, and remember we will get through this together. Sincerely, Larry Pinson, President, SUGA Board of Directors |
Member Spotlight![]() Manuela Mendels Bornstein I was born in Paris in 1933. My parents were Dutch Jews and had lived in Paris for many years. My mother taught me to read and to play the piano. I went to public school with my younger sister in the suburb where we lived. When France declared war on Germany after the attack to Poland, in September 1939, our life started to change. With Hitler's actions against various European countries, we had to flee our home on three separate occasions as we did not feel safe. Then France was divided under the Armistice, and Paris was occupied by the Germans.
Our life changed dramatically. Many drastic laws against the Jews were implemented, and life became more and more dangerous. Among other restrictions, my father's business was “aryanized,” which meant that he could no longer own it. We had to wear a yellow star on our clothes, which made us targets for arrest. With the help of wonderful Catholic friends, we were able to leave Paris after the infamous roundup of Jews on the night of July 16/17, 1942 (“La Grande Rafle”). We crossed the demarcation line at night, and eventually found refuge in a tiny village in the Département of Dordogne, in the Southwest of France, which at that time was still “the free zone.” However, the South of France was soon occupied also, and there were roundups of Jews all the time. The mayor of the adjoining village was a courageous man who was active in the Résistance, and he was of great help to us. With amazing luck, and the help of several courageous French people, we survived. However, we lost all our immediate family, who were murdered in concentration camps, as well as about 200 members of our extended family. After the war ended, we were able to go home, and my sister and I resumed our studies. I was later accepted by the excellent School for Tourism, and after graduation I worked at the American Express in Paris for several years. I immigrated to the United States in 1960, and after spending a year in New York, I traveled to the Bay Area, where I met my husband Murray S. Bornstein, who was a Civil Engineer. We spent a year in Kauai, Hawaii, and then we returned to San Francisco where our two sons were born. We then moved to Princeton, NJ, where we lived four years, and then in 1976 to Atlanta GA, where I live now. |
SUGA Food Drive November 2019
Dear Bill:
Many thanks to you and all members of Senior University for your very generous contribution of food to our Food Pantry Ministry.
The amount and type of food contributed, clearly shows the generosity, love and concern of every- one involved with the project - people who make a difference in other people's lives.
Your contribution enables us to share the love of Christ thru the distribution of food to those that are hungry, hurting and homeless. May the good you are doing for others be returned to you.
Gil Glenn
Food Pantry Director
Rehoboth Baptist Church
Many thanks to you and all members of Senior University for your very generous contribution of food to our Food Pantry Ministry.
The amount and type of food contributed, clearly shows the generosity, love and concern of every- one involved with the project - people who make a difference in other people's lives.
Your contribution enables us to share the love of Christ thru the distribution of food to those that are hungry, hurting and homeless. May the good you are doing for others be returned to you.
Gil Glenn
Food Pantry Director
Rehoboth Baptist Church
Our Spring quarter SUGA Newsletter will be issued the beginning of April. Cathy White has agreed to assist Marcy Nader with the SUGA Newsletters and Cathy will be the Content Wrangler. This is your SUGA Newsletter so we want it to contain items of interest to members of SUGA. Some ideas for future content are:
SUGA Behind the Scenes--Committee/Volunteer Profiles
SUGA Member Profiles (i.e., articles (written by you) about YOUR own interesting life story, your hobby/passion, etc.)
Postings of Milestones, Anniversaries, and Condolences
Upcoming SUGA Events and highlights of past events
Information about free or low/cost resources for seniors
Articles on senior health and wellness
Articles about interesting sites and tours in Atlanta
Book Reviews
So WANTED are YOUR ideas for topics and articles AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, we need your submissions for printing. Please contact Cathy White at [email protected] with your suggestions for content and articles.
Submissions for the Spring Quarter Newsletter should be sent to Cathy by Friday March 20th.
SUGA Behind the Scenes--Committee/Volunteer Profiles
SUGA Member Profiles (i.e., articles (written by you) about YOUR own interesting life story, your hobby/passion, etc.)
Postings of Milestones, Anniversaries, and Condolences
Upcoming SUGA Events and highlights of past events
Information about free or low/cost resources for seniors
Articles on senior health and wellness
Articles about interesting sites and tours in Atlanta
Book Reviews
So WANTED are YOUR ideas for topics and articles AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, we need your submissions for printing. Please contact Cathy White at [email protected] with your suggestions for content and articles.
Submissions for the Spring Quarter Newsletter should be sent to Cathy by Friday March 20th.