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SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER
Sunsport is a Wonderful Place to Relax, Swim, and Explore Nature
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COVID-19 Update
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Sunsport is open to guests.
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Good news! Most Sunsport residents and visitors have now been vaccinated to avoid Covid 19. Thus, Sunsport's Board has determined that people will no longer be required to wear masks indoors at Sunsport.
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Check out our website!
Get the latest on our commitment to Naturism, Permaculture, Health, Nutrition, Spirituality and Community.
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Our New Video is now LIVE!!
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We have beautiful Cabins and RVs to suit your desires.
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To see pictures and descriptions of all our rentals and a map of locations.....go here.
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Trick-or-Treating on Monday October 31st
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Sunsport's children will be Trick-or-Treating on Monday, October 31st, Halloween evening. Meet on the restaurant deck at 6:00 pm in costume with a collection bag. For Halloween treats, you may opt for small toys as treats rather than unhealthy candy. There will be a scary hay ride around Sunsport on Sunday evening, October 30th, leaving from the laundry room area at 8 pm.
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Special Notice:
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In order to enhance the safety of all at Sunsport, the Board has adopted the policy:
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"All members, day visitors, and guests, paying or non-paying, will receive a criminal background check."
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The Board also reaffirmed the policy that
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"Parents or guardians are responsible for their children at Sunsport."
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The July Family Youth Camp has been given a new name to better reflect its nature. It is now the Family Youth Gathering.
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There is concern that a large number of people are visiting Sunsport's website exclusively to view the photo galleries, particularly photos of children and young adults. In order to significantly reduce the numbers using the galleries for voyeuristic purposes, people will now have to complete a questionnaire and pass a criminal background check to become members of the Sunsport website.
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Only logged in members will be able to view the gallery photos.
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Photos of children have been encrypted so that they cannot be easily copied or hot linked.
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Check out the slide show on our homepage of all the best photos of the Sunsport Experience by our talented photographers.
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Community Happenings
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Events in October
The Community Drum Circle will be Friday, October 7th, from 9 pm to midnight. The permaculture group meets twice month in the restaurant at 7PM.
Daily afternoon pétanque and water aerobics Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings at 10am. Regular Karaoke will start in November on Friday evenings.
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Karaoke - Friday evenings starting in November.
Daily Events - Ongoing activities include daily afternoon Pétanque at 2, Water Aerobics Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings at 10,
Monthly Drum Circle
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The October 7th First Friday Community Drum Circle is ON!
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Note: the special drum circle ground fees will be in effect only until 10 pm when the office closes. After 10 pm entry, regular ground fees will apply.
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Please arrive before 10pm to enjoy the $5 price.
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2023 Events at Sunsport
Mid-Winter Naturist Festival - February 16-21
Family Youth Gathering - July 8-16
Young Adult Weekends - January 13-15, May 12-14, September 8-10
Community Drum Circles - The first Friday of each month.
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IMPORTANT:
Sunsport has been hit hard by the inflation this year.
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There has been a dramatic increase in the cost of maintenance supplies, utilities, insurance, almost everything. Also, Florida law requires that all employees be paid at least $15 per hour by 2026. The Sunsport Board has decided to raise employee wages by $1 per hour each year until the $15 per hour is reached. Sunsport's wonderful and capable staff certainly deserves the raises.
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In order to pay for increased expenses, rental accommodation rates, membership fees, and site rental rates will be increased by 5% commencing January 1st, 2023.
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For memberships, the annual couple fee will be raised $39 to $1,029, the annual single fee will be raised $31 to 654, the 3 month couple fee will be raised $21 to $434, the 3 month single fee will be raised $13 to $265.
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For year around site rentals, the monthly rent for full hook-up sites will be raised $30 to $629, the monthly rent for standard sites will be raised $29 to $608, the monthly rent for primitive sites will be raised $15 to $307.
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The Panther Ridge Conservation Center
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is the home of 23 large felines. The nonprofit organization is located near Sunsport at 2143 D Road. Tours for all ages are available seven days a week by reservation by calling 561-795-8914.
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Mid-Winter Naturist Festival 2023:
This is the last call for workshops and activities for the 2023 Mid-Winter Naturist Festival, February 16-21. Please contact Morley quickly with your ideas (561-254-9878, 561-791-1361, or morleynaturist@hotmail.com). Sunsport members leading at least 2 workshops or activities will have their registration fee waived. Others will have a day's ground fee waived for each workshop or activity they lead. Please make your airline reservations soon while reasonably priced airline tickets are still available.
Festival registration forms are now available on the website.
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Please respect Sunsport's speed limit for all motorized vehicles:
5 MILES PER HOUR
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Some people have been driving faster which is a danger to pedestrians, particularly children, and to pets.
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Sunsport Tee Shirts.......
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We now have a variety of Sunsport Gardens T-shirts available.
The shirts have attractive designs by Christopher Vuk.
Purchase them at the office or online on our website (coming soon)
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the Naturally Nude Cafe.......whats cookin.....
Sunsport grown Vegetables!
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The Smoothie Bar will be open afternoons to provide tasty treats when there are hungry people poolside.
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Sunsport's restaurant, the Naturally Nude Cafe, is open from 6-8 pm daily except Wednesday. The restaurant also provides catering at other times.
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Call 561-330-5684 to place your order for delicious meals or snacks of your choice.
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IMPORTANT TRASH POLICY CHANGE
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The trash area in the northeast corner of Sunsport has been eliminated. Large trash items may now be placed only in the maintenance yard with the supervision of Team Leader Roger Byrd, preferably Monday through Friday.
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The trailer holding recyclable scrap metal will be moved to the maintenance area. Plastic bags full of waste should be deposited in the dumpster in the recycling area, not in the maintenance area.
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Please use the appropriate containers for throwing out items. Place materials such as paper and cardboard in the yellow bins; cans, plastics except Styrofoam, juice boxes, and glass and plastic bottles in the blue bins. Place large items such as platforms and furniture near, but not in, the dumpster. Place only bagged garbage and small items in the dumpster. Never place plastic bags in the bins since they clog the recycling equipment. Thank you.
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To help Sunsport and the environment, *please deposit aluminum cans in a special bin with a round hole in the top in the main recycling area.
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- The yellow containers are for paper and flattened cardboard
- The blue containers are for aluminum cans*, glass, juice boxes, and plastics except styrofoam, bags, and utensils.
- Deposit other trash in the large grey or black trash bins with tops.
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Please secure all trash cans tightly since raccoons are skilled at opening containers and making large messes. Thanks.
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the Gardens of Sunsport
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Randy's awesome garden......wishing him a speedy recovery.
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Next month we'll take a closer look.
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ArtBox & Serenity Garden
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The Sun has returned to Sereniy Garden!! 🌦
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Birds Life with Theresa
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Jeff
is still looking for that friend
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Permaculture Sunsport News
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Right Plant Right Place:
One of the most important and often challenging concepts in gardening is to match a plants inherent needs to its environment.
In South Florida the most challenging is the varying height of the water table.
Where during the winter desert like conditions exist and the water table recedes greatly. with summer rains it can rise over 10' and erupt above the surface in low lying areas.
The solution is to find plants adapted to this cycle or to raise the ground several feet above the highest point the water table will rise to.
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Native Pink flowered Sunshine mimosa growing in the now flooded lawn area. While up on the ridge on either side of the Buddha Head flood sensitive Avocado trees stay nice and dry.
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Native Mahogany tree at home in the flood waters.
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The marsh flora are an obvious group that must be adapted to spending lots of time flooded.
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Please make a small donation to help us continue to develop the Meditation and Permaculture Projects.
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The Sunsport Permaculture Group has been very active. Recent projects have been enlarging the Community Garden and digging a swale to improve the water flow. The meetings have been well attended. Meetings are twice a month.
Check the website for exact day, at 7 pm in the restaurant.
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Hey What is Permaculture?
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Permaculture is a philosophy of design for creating a sustainable human culture. That is, it's a way of thinking about how we set up the support systems around us: shelter, food, water, energy, society and business. Well designed permaculture systems allow us to live as a beneficial part of the ecosystems around us.
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Join our FaceBook page for more details and meetings of the Sunsport Permaculture & Community Garden Group .
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Art & Naturism.......naturist spirited art
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Sir Edward John Poynter
Not the most exciting guy but a great academic painter.
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Though primarily remembered as an academic artist, Poynter's contribution to art history is significant. At the National Gallery, he issued the first complete illustrated catalog of the collection in 1899. As an artist he was frequently criticized by modernists as the embodiment of the stilted "Victorian Olympian," however, his work in art education and art-historical survey texts became the model for the next generation.
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A cosmopolitan artist, he did not shrink from portrayal of the nude or works that glorified its sensual qualities, even during a time when this was not popular.
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Women consulting Aesculapius
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This months Friday evening,
October 7th monthly Community Drum Circle is ON!!!
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Please Support These Important Organizations
Fighting for Our Freedoms
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Vision: Creating a clothing-optional world where your body does not define who you are.Mission: Promoting a culture of body acceptance through clothing-optional recreation, education, and community outreach.Values: Naturism, Understanding, Diversity, Education
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The Naturist Action Committee is the political adjunct to The Naturist Society Foundation. NAC exists to advance and protect the rights and interests of naturists throughout North America, and supports the responsible recreational nude use of public lands.
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The Naturist Education Foundation is the nonprofit informational and educational adjunct to The Naturist Society Foundation and is dedicated to improving the awareness of naturism and body acceptance among both naturists and non-naturists, including business leaders, legislators, and the college community. NEF seeks to achieve an understanding and acceptance of naturists and their activities throughout North America.
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NAC and NEF are 501(c) nonprofit corporations.
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Our Mission: Simply put, we exist “To advocate nudity and nude recreation in appropriate settings while educating and informing society of their value and enjoyment.”
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The American Association for Nude Recreation is the largest, most long-established organization of its kind in North America. With roots dating to 1931, we have grown from our humble beginnings to an organization that has served 213,000 individuals throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and beyond. These members enjoy their own backyards and pools with family and friends, as well as over 180 nudist resorts and affiliates.
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The Federation of Canadian Naturists (FCN) is Canada’s national nudist organization. Along with the Fédération québécoise de naturisme (FQN), the FCN represents and promotes the naturist lifestyle as wholesome, healthy, and enjoyable.
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Our Mission Statement
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The Federation of Canadian Naturists is a member-supported, not for profit organization dedicated to fostering a greater understanding, acceptance and appreciation of naturism as a way of life throughout Canada.
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B.E.A.C.H.E.S. Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, former Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces Department Programming Partner for Haulover Beach and an adjunct of South Florida Free Beaches (SFFB), founders of Haulover Beach’s naturist section in 1991.
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Rate Sheet
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Reservation and Deposit Policy 2021-2022
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