OLLILife Newsletter
Our member newsletter, OLLILife, is published monthly and emailed to members the first of every month. Click any title
below to read back issues.
Deadline for OLLILife is the 25th of every month. Send your people, event, or organizational news items
to the editorial team at ollinewsusf@gmail.com.
Dec24, v5n2 - Holiday Gathering Dec. 12 - Open House Jan. 8 - Fat Beet Farm Tour
- Conviviality - Bee Experience - USF Campus Tour -Travel - Zentangle - Meet Faith
Wind
Nov. 2024, v5n1 - Local Culture SIG outing - Outdoors SIG Halloween - Self-Drive Trip
to Bok Tower - Free airfare for Red Rocks to Rockies - Upcoming Circle Gatherings
- Meet Shirley Herring
Oct. 2024, v4n11 - Fall 2024 Open House, OLLI Outdoors at John Chestnut Sr. Park,
ABC Cooking club & Cooks on the Loose, OLLI-USF members travel to Cape Cod, Upcoming
2025 trips, Meet Dianne Borovies, Meet Barbara Goldstein
Sept. 2024, v4n10 - Day trips - Retirement Planning classes - Cooks on the Loose -
California Here We Come! - Circle Gatherings - Volunteering - Meet the Outdoors SIg
Leaders - Farewell to dear OLLI friends
Aug. 2024, v4n10 - Fall Open House- Cooks on the Loose - Beatlemania, 60 Years Later
- Circle One meetup - Portugal trip presentation date - Meet Bruce Gobioff
July 2024, v4n9 - St Leo Partnership - Lunch Bunching, Italian Style - Mike Hayes,
Award of Excellence - What are OLLI Circles? - Travel: Red Rocks to the Rockies -
Why We Love OLLI
June 2024, v4n8 - Daniel Ruth Keynote at Open House - Board Focuses on Innovative
Ideas - Cultural SIG at James Museum - Food SIG at Lyna Berry Farms - A Potluck Extravaganza!
May 2024, v4n7 - Embracing Our Connections - OLLI Honors Volunteers - It Was Quite
A Picnic! - Appreciating the Great Outdoors - Supporting the Arts at USF
Apr 2024, v4n6 - Beatles class trip to Dunedin Beatles Museum - Shutterbugs at Gasparilla
Arts Festival - Development Chair Kevin Chittim- Meet new member Connie Bladon
Mar 2024, v4n5 - Our Membership Grows! - Volunteer Opportunities - Supporting Feed
-a- Bull Pantry - OLLI Outdoors SIG - Celebrating the Lunar New Year
Feb 2024, v4n3 – Happy Valentine’s Day– A Visit to Meals on Wheels – Help! – Out and
About with OLLI – Opening the Doors – Mangia! Mangia!- Brrr!– What the “H” is for
Lunch
Jan 2024, v5n3 – Happy New Year– Special Thanks – Winter-Spring Open House – OLLI
Holiday Party – Community lnvolvement – Travel
Dec 2023, v5n2 – A Time to Celebrate – Mark Your Calendar – Winter-Spring Open House
– OLLI Honors Mayor Castor – OLLI Helps Feed-A-Bull – Cruising for Marine Mammals
Nov 2023, v3n13 – Gratitude – Mark Your Calendar – OLLI’s International Audience –
Pretty As A Picture – Dining At The Cottage – Something Fishy– Famous People
Oct 2023, v3n12 – Fall Open House – Giving to OLLI - Out and About with OLLI – Home
of The Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Outdoor SIG – OLLI Membership Perk – Think About It
Sep 2023, v3n11 - Meet the Mayor - Storm Safety - Out and About with OLLI – New SIGs
Coming Soon - Meet Arlene Zimney – Introducing Marie Himelman – Why We Love OLLI
Aug 2023, v3n10 - Meet Judy Hanna, Out and About with OLLI – Meet Nancy Bailey-Williamson
- Membership Corner – Why We Love OLLI
July 2023, v3n9 - Meet Joel Fyvolent, Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient - Travel
Destinations - Meet New Member Mary Dilworth - SIG Celebrations
June 2023, v3n8 - Meet Jeanne Dyer, The Teacher Who Failed At Retirement - Volunteer
Award Winners - SIG Events for June - SIG Liaison Support Opportunity
May 2023, v3n7 - Meet Mary Ettinger, 20-year member of the OLLI staff - Summer Open
House (May 11) - Board Games SIG Returns
April 2023, v3n6 - Meet Charise Dixie, Enrollment Management Specialist - The Beauty
and Opportunity of April - Newcomers Dutch Lunch (April 13) - Annual Picnic (May 5)
- Summer Open House (May 11)
March 2023, v3n5 - Meet Joseph McAuliffe, Educational Programming Manager - #OLLI2k
Membership Drive Kicks Off - Travel Opportunities: Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta Trip
Begins Oct. 6 - Out and About with OLLI
Feb. 2023, v3n4 - Meet Cath Mason: Operations Manager with a Poetic Flair - Travel
Opportunities: Epic Iceland - What Was Putin Thinking? OLLI Members Explore the Issues
at Winter Open House - OLLI Celebrates Chinese New Year
Jan. 2023, v3n3 - From the Desk of Veronica Maxwell - Winter Open House - Celebrating
Ara's Era - Heartwarming Holiday Social - The OLLI Bird is Back
Dec. 2022, v3n2 - From the Desk of Veronica Maxwell - A Big Thank You To Mary Ettinger
- OLLI Holiday Social - Winter Open House
Nov. 2022, v2n13 - A Tribute to Ara - A Message from Veronica - Out and About with
OLLI - A Great Trip to Utah
Oct. 2022, v2n12 - Meet Veronica Maxwell, New OLLI Director - Growth Spurt - Biking
Group
Sept. 2022, v2n11 - Meet Nancy Stuart - Florida Wilds Trips - Fond Farewells
Aug. 2022, v2n10 - Don Clark Turns 90 - Colorado Trains Trip - Meet Susan Northcutt
Jul. 2022 - V2, N9 - Recognizing volunteers; Live from Korea; We lose Rodney
Jun. 2022 - V2, N8 - Opportunities Abound, Iceland Travel, SIGs and New Liaison
May 2022 - V2, N7 - Booklovers is Back, Holland Travel, Meet Steve Specter
Apr. 2022 - V2, N6 - Summer Open House! Go to Utah with Us, OLLI-UNF opportunity
Mar. 2022 - V2, N5- Podcast, Out & About with OLLI, Bharat finds his inner nerd
Feb. 2022 - V2, N4 - Recognize an Outstanding Volunteer, OLLI Connects' new look
Jan. 2022 - V2, N3 - Out and About, Travel returns, Apply for the OLLI Board
Dec. 2021 - V2, N2 - Socials, OLLI Out and About, Contributions sought
Nov. 2021 - V2, N1 - Winter Preview, Wine Tastings, Flying Tigers event
Oct. 2021 - V1, N12 - Annual Report, Social opportunities
Sep. 2021 - V1, N11 - New Registration Software, We Love Instructors
Aug. 2021 - V1, N10 - OLLI Bird Discounts, Registration changes
Jul. 2021 - V1, N9 - When Will We See You Again, Closed Captions on Zoom
Jun. 2021 - V1, N8 - June is Busting Out, Volunteer Awards, Baysounds
May 2021 - V1, N7 - Sumer is icumin in, Annual Meeting, FIU Reciprocity, OLLI en Español
Apr. 2021 - V1, N6 - Vaccination Elation, Open House preview, Socials
Mar. 2021 - V1, N5 - Spring is Marching In, Zoom emojis, more
Feb. 2021 - V1, N4 - February Made Me Shiver, board and volunteer award nominations
Jan. 2021 - V1, N3 - Winter events, A Zoom with a View, more
Dec. 2020 - V1, N2 - Privacy policy, Candid Camera, more
Nov. 2020 - V1, N1- Debut edition!