LA SWIM CLUB By Sandy White The Lake Ashton Swim Club can help you stay fit and become water safe. According to Good Housekeeping, swimming and water exercise offers multiple benefits as it provides a whole-body workout, promotes a healthy heart, improves lung capacity, tones and strengthens muscles, allows for low impact exercise which is particularly beneficial to those recovering from surgery or who have joint conditions, supports weight management, reduces body fat, improves mental health, and promotes quality sleep. A study by the Red Cross found that the majority of parents and grandparents cannot swim well enough to save a child or grandchild in trouble in the water. LASC offers group water workouts 3 times a week - Mondays 6-7pm, Wednesdays 1-2pm, Saturdays 10-11am. For more info contact instructor/ coach sandyw1994@aol.com. The LASC would again like to thank the LA Garden Club for their great job beautifying the pool area and maintaining the plants. We also thank all those who contributed plants and pots. LAKE ASHTON FRIENDS OF MEALS ON WHEELS By Marcia Santino This month we shine a spotlight on Meals on Wheels volunteers, John & Susan Stewart Originally from Indiana, John and Susan have resided in the Winter Haven area for 56 years and have been Lake Ashton residents since 2007. John and Susan have been Meals on Wheels volunteers for over four years, delivering meals four days a week, about 4 hours per day, a different route each day. “We consider it a blessing to visit with and deliver meals to about 70 people each week” Susan said. Meals on Wheels Polk receives no state or federal funding. It sustains through community-based charity and volunteers. Volunteer opportunities include: kitchen preparation/packaging, clean-up, meal delivery, thrift store clerks and administrative services. If you are considering becoming a delivery volunteer for one (or The Lake Ashton Travelers had a wonderful rally not far from here at The Resort at Canopy Oaks off Highway 60. From March 26 to 29 they were busy with tons of games and competitions as well as swimming, crafting, and socializing. The rally included pickleball, shuffleboard, bocce ball and corn hole tournaments which were very popular with their mixed team format. Each evening the games included Trivia, Pictionary and Bingo with prizes including Charm City gift cards. They found out during Pictionary there were not many good artists but many great guessers. An ice cream social and roasting marshmallows were just the icing on the cake! In April they head out to Sarasota and in May they will be journeying up to Savannah, Georgia. Sound like fun? New members are joining every month. They would love to have any other Lake Ashton residents who enjoy “camping” to join with your rig and become a member of the LA Travelers. For answers to any questions contact Maureen Sim at 863-604-0309. more) days a week, John and Susan invite you on a ride along with them. Please consider joining Lake Ashton Friends of Meals on Meals (“LA FOMOW”) to help promote this very deserving non-profit organization in our community. To become a member or for more information please email lafomow@gmail.com. LA TRAVELERS By Laurie Cayton
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