The busy season is upon us and in January and February there were over 80 check-ins scheduled at our reception area. As part of the DOG OWNERS AND FRIENDS (DOF) ongoing education campaign, our
ORPS Family Motor Coach Association Bicycle ride FMCA Rally Speaker Series and New Members Welcome four new families into ORPS FMCA:
reception team has been asking at check-in if the renters have pets. If they do, they are given a “Doggie Welcome Bag” which includes a treat for Fido, a waste pick up bag and a information about the pet rules and approved relief areas. Committee member Judy Varey volunteered part of an afternoon on a busy check-in day to meet and greet new arrivals to the resort and personally give them a Doggie Welcome Bag – Thanks Judy!!! Additionally, our security team, who is responsible for rule enforcement, has been using the welcome bags as a gentle reminder to folks who may not be clear on the pet rules. They have reported this to be a softer yet successful way to start a difficult conversation. Ironically, it is often our very own ORPS owners who choose not to follow the pet rules. Dude with off leash golden retriever – you know who you are!!! The welcome bags are also available in the Lifestyles Office. I would like to thank the members of the DOF Committee for sponsoring the Welcome Bags and keeping all three locations in the resort stocked this season. The DOF Committee also recently co-sponsored, along with the Health and Fitness Committee, the 5K walk/run here at the resort. The 5K was open to anyone at the resort and pets were invited too. Prizes were awarded to the first finishers as well as the best dressed dog and human. It was a fun morning of exercise and there were cute pooch and people costumes too. The DOF Committee would like to thank our major sponsor – The Canine Spa which is here in Cathedral City. They donated some great treat baskets for the pooches as well as boarding and doggie day care gift certificates. Brenda King Chair
Gary & Donna Boehm Lot 1115 Tad and Carol Allen Lot 221
Donald Woolhouse Oscar Mena Lot 892
So, who can be a member of the FMCA? Simply any family with a Motor Coach, towable RV, parked 5th wheel and former RV owners. You will find applications near the mailroom in ES and LP. Benefits include Emergency Medical Assistance as needed, mail forwarding, travel assistance in the event of an issue, discount wireless hotspot, discount tires for your RV or car and a great magazine. The FMCA North America parent club dues is $85 first year; $75 thereafter. Local dues is $25 for ORPS FMCA. New local members also need to purchase a name tag at $10 each. Recent Past Events: Potluck dinner and Business meeting on Feb 6. Sixty-three members came out to share dinner and look at our accomplishments and upcoming events. A memorial brick at the fitness center for Curt Curtis was overwhelmingly approved by the crowd. The food was wonderful, and no one went home hungry. TOUR d’Palm Springs on Feb 8. Nine cyclists from FMCA ORPS participated in the annual bicycle ride/benefit. Riders battled the challenging and hilly 25-mile route. Other members walked a 5-mile course. Upcoming 2020 Events: March 3-5 - Onsite Rally , including Rally Welcome Party, Breakfast, Pickleball and Golf Tournaments, Cocktail Party, Dinner and Annual Business Meeting. March 5 - FMCA Speaker Series . 2-4PM in the Owner’s Lounge. This event is an open event and we encourage all to attend. ORPS resident Jim Leishman is a partner in Nordhavn, the world’s most respected “Passage Maker”, seaworthy personal motor-yachts. His family journeyed around the world in boats not as long as some RV units. Jim will tell us of his adventures including circumnavigating the world in a record 172 days in a 40-foot single engine trawler. March 26 - 29 FMCA’s 2020 International Convention & Expo at Pima County Fairgrounds, Tucson Arizona. Shopping, seminars, entertainment and Chapter events. Many ORPS FMCA members are traveling in caravan. Thursday 1-5PM. Friday - Sunday 9AM-5PM. See the posters by each mailroom or go online: www.fmca.com
Pam Rose
President - 224-217-1869 - Lot 989
Jeff Buchman VP - 202-577-6478 - Lot 835 Vicki Helmer
Treasurer - 253-312-0193 - Lot 1082 Secretary - 610-573-3747 - Lot 835
Ken Hearn Doug Hibl
ORPS FMCA Nat’l Dir. – 209-480-8971 – Lot 99
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