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NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER
Sunsport has established an Artists-In-Residence program
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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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We always look forward to November as the month when Sunsport's friends from the North begin to return. It is wonderful to be with you all again.
Lots is happening this month at Sunsport.
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Thanksgiving Community Pot Luck:
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The traditional Thanksgiving Community Pot Luck Dinner at 5:30 pm in the pavilion on Thanksgiving Day. The Thanksgiving Dinner is the first opportunity of the season for our community to get together. On the sheet in the office please describe what dish you plan to bring to the Thanksgiving Pot Luck.
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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 November
November events at Sunsport include the First Friday Community Drum Circle on November 4 at 9:00 pm, water aerobics Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 10:00 am, and pétanque in the afternoon .
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Regular Karaoke will start in November on Friday evenings.
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The permaculture group meets twice month in the restaurant at 7PM.
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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 November 4th 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:
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As a reminder, rates for memberships and site and accommodations rentals will increase by 5% beginning January 1st, 2023. This is necessary since Sunsport has been hit hard by the inflation this year. 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.
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Sunsport's wonderful and capable staff certainly deserves the raises.
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Artists-In-Residence Program!
Sunsport has established an Artists-In-Residence program.
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The first artists are Just Married, talented musicians from France. They were recommended by Stephane Deschenes of Bare Oaks Naturist Resort. They will be at Sunsport November 26 - December 1 and December 10 - 12. They plan performances on Saturdays November 26 and December 10.
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See our website for more details.
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Mid-Winter Naturist Festival 2023:
The Midwinter Naturist Festival will take place at Sunsport February 16-21, over Presidents' Day long weekend. The Festival schedule is now on the website along with the registration form. The Festival is Sunsport's largest event of the year with over 200 workshops and activities. Evenings include always popular live performances by Armand and Angelina, Faerie Elaine Silver, and others plus movies and drum circles. There will be a full schedule of activities for children, many led by Tom Blackhawk Caffrey. If you are flying in, book your flight early.
Festival registration forms are now available on the website.
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With a little cooler weather,
November is always a great month at Sunsport
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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 (closed Wednesday) 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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Unidentified Wizard foraging in his garden for dinner.
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ArtBox & Serenity Garden
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The Serenity Garden upgrades in progress for the festival. Its going to be beautiful.
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Birds Life with Theresa
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Amazing Painted Bunting Spotted
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Be on the lookout as they spend their winter here in South Florida and Mexico.
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Permaculture Sunsport News
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IO Moth
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You may wonder what the name Io means. In Greek mythology, Io was originally a beautiful young woman who had caught the eye of the god Zeus. Somewhere along the way she was transformed into a goddess and the name Io has been associated with beauty ever since. So Io Moths are the “beautiful moths”, and you only need to see one to believe it! You can find them living among the Oak trees at Sunsport.
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Io Moths fly at night but spend the daylight hours resting on the leaf litter of the forest floor. Io Moths, as adults, do not feed.
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A person touching one of these Io caterpillars is “rewarded” with a painful sting, as well. The venom, the chemical nature of which is yet unstudied, causes a “painful nettling and itching reaction followed by the formation of a localized wheal (welt) and reddening of the skin around the wheal.” The reaction can last for six to eight hours.
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A male Io Moth is a beautiful creature. Those large black spots on its hind wings resemble the eyes of an owl. The moth flashes its eyespots to startle a would-be predator.
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When an animal has evolved a resemblance to another organism or object, the biological term for this is “mimicry.” Io Moths have evolved two forms of mimicry: the eyespots on the opened hind wings, and the dead leaf coloration of the resting moth. But those are not all the protective adaptations this exceptional moth has developed. The Io Moth typically turns head down when it flashes its eyespots, making the image of an owl even more realistic.
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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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Picasso, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
Cézanne's ghost, Matisse's Bonheur de Vivre, and Picasso's ego
One of the most important canvases of the twentieth century, Picasso’s great breakthrough painting Les Demoiselles d’Avignon was constructed in response to several significant sources.
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Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, 1907
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First amongst these was his confrontation with Cézanne’s great achievement at the posthumous retrospective mounted in Paris a year after the artist’s death in 1907.
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Paul Cézanne, The Large Bathers, 1906
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The retrospective exhibition forced the young Picasso, Matisse, and many other artists to contend with the implications of Cézanne’s art. Matisse's Bonheur de Vivre of 1906 was one of the first of many attempts to do so, and the newly completed work was quickly purchased by Leo & Gertrude Stein and hung in their living room so that all of their circle of avant-garde writers and artists could see and praise it. And praise it they did. Here was the promise of Cézanne fulfilled—and one which incorporated lessons learned from Seurat and Van Gogh, no less! This was just too much for the young Spaniard.
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Henri Matisse, Bonheur de Vivre, 1906
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Pablo becomes Picasso
By all accounts, Picasso’s intensely competitive nature literally forced him to out do his great rival. Les Demoiselles D’Avignon is the result of this effort. Let’s compare canvases. Matisse’s landscape is a broad open field with a deep recessionary vista. The figures are uncrowded. They describe flowing arabesques that in turn relate to the forms of nature that surround them. Here is languid sensuality set in the mythic past of Greece’s golden age.........
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This months Friday evening,
November 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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