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FEBRUARY NEWSLETTER
Mid-Winter Naturist Festival, February 17-22!!
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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. However, people not vaccinated are encouraged to wear a mask inside buildings and to practice social distancing.
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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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Rentals
Stay One Night a Week or a Month
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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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February is an exciting time at Sunsport
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The Mid-Winter Naturist Festival,
February 17-22, is Sunsport's and the Naturist Society Foundation's largest event of the year
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Sunsport will be full of naturists from all over North America to choose from over 230 scheduled activities. Favorites Armand and Angelina and Faerie Elaine will return. Drum circles, live entertainment, and movies happen each evening, five or six workshops every hour daytimes, and trips to clothing-optional beaches on Tuesday. There will also be skin cancer screening available Saturday and the Bloodmobile will be here Sunday. The restaurant will be open for three buffet style meals daily. You can find the updated full Festival program including a description of each workshop on Sunsport's and the Naturist Society Foundation's websites. Here
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Registration Fee Waived
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Sunsport members who lead at least two workshops or volunteer to help for at least five hours will have their registration fee waived. Those wishing to volunteer in the restaurant, at the hospitality booth, in the office, checking showers and rest rooms, moving chairs, or parking cars should attend a volunteer meeting Wednesday, February 9th, at 8 pm in the pavilion.
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Free Vending
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Anyone registered for the Festival may set up a booth at no charge in Vendor/Practitioner Row as early as 9 am on Wednesday, February 16th. Vendors and practitioners must supply their own tables, chairs, canopies, etc. as desired. These booths help to enrich the Festival experience.
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Serenity Garden
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While at the Festival, checkout the beautiful Serenity Garden which now has a Budha statue surrounded by flowers, a pond with a waterfall, and an aviary.
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Rootz NFLuX will be organizing the Full Moon Ritual and writes :
" A full Moon Ceremony is a time to honor all that we have come through as a collective consciousness and be with the community in a way that allows for the walls to come down, and to return with one another in merriment, singing and being"
Each ritual will be different with various participants bringing the season with them, in whatever way resonates at the time, This is a rotational circle with the leaders as to what happens at each circle. Bring your heart, a smile, something to sit on, and perhaps things to share. Know you are welcome, and appreciated.
Location : The Gazebo
February 16th on a Wednesday at 8pm
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Events in February
The Annual Coed Fun Bowl Volleyball Tournament will be on Sunday, February 27th. To register for the volleyball tournament, sign up at the volleyball court any afternoon with a $5 entry fee. All skill levels are mixed with teams made up of different people each game.
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Ongoing activities include daily afternoon Petanque at 2, Water Aerobics Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings at 10, morning Pickleball, Line Dances Tuesday and Thursdays from 9:30 to 11:00 am in the pavilion , Tai Chi daily daily at 11 am on the Orchid Law, Yoga Wednesday afternoons in the pavilion at noon, afternoon volleyball, and Saturday Evening Dances.
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Reminder: Masks must be worn by all dancers in the pavilion.
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Community Happenings
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Saturday Night Dances
Check the website for the Saturday Night Dance schedule.
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Wednesday
On Wednesdays when the restaurant is closed, there will be a pot luck meal at 6:00 pm in the pavilion.
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Daily Events
Ongoing activities include daily afternoon Pétanque at 2, Tai Chi at 11am is daily in good weather on the Orchid Law often followed by Yoga in the pavilion at noon, Water Aerobics Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings at 10, Line Dancing is Tuesday and Thursday mornings, from 9:00 to 10:30, morning Pickleball.
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Monthly Drum Circle
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The February 4th First Friday Community Drum Circle is ON!
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2022 events at Sunsport
Midwinter Naturist Festival - February 17-22
Family Youth Camp - July 9-17
Young Adult Weekends - April 8-10, August 12-14, December 9-11
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Important!
Single Plus Status
In January, Sunsport's Board passed this policy: "A person on a single plus status may stay only in the member's accommodation. A plus status may not be offered in exchange for compensation of any sort." Of course, people on a single plus may still rent accommodation's from Sunsport.
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Tex Laid to Rest in Memorial at Sunsport
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Bobby and Judy laid their dad's ashes to rest on New Years Day. Everyone who could joined them for a loving ceremony on the Tennis Courts at Sunsport.
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After his ashes were placed in their ground encasement by Bobby and Judy working together – and after Bobby sweetly sprinkled a pinch of ashes on the tennis court – a permanent plaque was seated on top to cover them. Bobby spoke briefly about Tex, read a most appropriate poem to the crowd, and then led the whole gang in singing Tex's favorite song, When You're Smiling (the Whole World Smiles With You).
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Later that day during a New Years celebration, Roy Hoffman read to the crowd a beautiful poem that he'd penned himself.
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Tex may be gone in the flesh, but he lives inside all of those who had the good fortune to ever cross his path.
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Simply Tex
~ Roy Hoffman
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Still – a child at heart – now
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Crossing time – unhurried pace
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Seeking love in every place
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Wisdom streams from every pour
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Come to The Castle – enter his door
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Unfolding stories – tales galore
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Humor unfolds straight from the core
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Life's hour glass – ticks grains of time
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Running strong and doing fine
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Tex's spirit runs outward
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From the palm of his hand
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Paths are many – different roads
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At The Castle – on this New Years Day
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To wish Tex good cheer and all love abound.
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Sunsport Gardens Family Naturist Resort
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Although Sunsport's legal name is Sunsport Gardens Inc., we use the title Sunsport Gardens Family Naturist Resort. The Family part is important.
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There are now two families with three generations residing at Sunsport plus many other children. That is amazing. But that's not all. Children are welcome at all activities at Sunsport. I believe that our Mid-Winter Naturist Festival is the only large event sponsored by a national naturist organization that has a full schedule of activities designed to interest children. Sunsport's July summer camp is a family camp with parents encouraged to participate with their children. Sunsport employs several teens and young adults. I am proud that Sunsport provides a safe, healthy resort and community for families.
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Sunsport's Busiest Month
February is always Sunsport's busiest month of the year. Most camping sites with hook-ups are full as are rental units. However, we always have space for tenting and dry camping. This is a great time to enjoy Sunsport with friends you haven't seen for a while and an opportunity to make new friends.
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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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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.
The Smoothie Bar will be open afternoons to provide tasty treats when there are hungry people poolside.
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Christopher Vuk has returned to the restaurant as the primary chef!
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He is known for his creative, nutritious, and delicious meals. There will usually be three specials in addition to the regular menu. Meals will generally be served at the smoothie bar.
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People have been raving about his offerings.
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Tom Vuk is the restaurant manager.
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Lele Jones has moved to a restaurant job in Arizona.
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Please help recycle. Place clean paper and cardboard in the yellow bins and cans, plastics (except bags, styrofoam, and utensils), and bottles in the blue bins. Leave word in the office if you need yellow and blue totes or small bins which can be placed roadside near your site for pick-up. Most important, place large items such as platforms and furniture near, but not in, the dumpster. Place only bagged garbage in the dumpster.
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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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ArtBox Gallery
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Don't forget to visit Serenity Garden at the Art Box.
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Birds Life with Theresa
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Not
a
Parrot
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Permaculture Sunsport News
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MWN Festival Offerings:
We will be going a few workshops on Permaculture plus a tour of the project. And there will be an exotic Fruit Tasting session after lunch!
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StarFruit
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Tahla Trail
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JackFruit
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Please make a small donation to help us continue to develop the Meditation and Permaculture Projects.
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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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Colors of the 'Wild Beasts'
Freek van den Berg
Freek van den Berg was born in 1918 in Amsterdam. At the age of 17 he began his artistic training under Frits Giltay and Han van Dam. The encounter with the Fauvist painter Kees van Dongen in 1937 was defining for van den Berg, the colors of the so-called 'wild beasts' impressed him so much that he had to visit Paris, where he was not only inspired by Matisse but further by the painters Derain and Vlaminck.
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Freek van den Berg (Amsterdam 1918-Veessen 2000) was part of the Fauvist movement and was one of the last Dutch painters to work in this expressive and colorful way. His oeuvre covers a wide range of themes: cityscapes and landscapes, but especially the theme in which women constantly return. He was a member of the "onafhankelijken" (literally translated: the independent) and an art critic. Various books have been published about his oeuvre.
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This months Friday evening,
February 4th 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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