Ranches Ladies Newsletter
Good Morning Ranches Ladies.
We hope you have a great week.
If you are observing Ramadan we wish you all the blessings of the holy month.
Election of Ranches Ladies Board Members
There will be a Zoom meeting for the election of board members on Tuesday 20th April.
Members are requested to join the meeting for a few minutes each between 1pm and 1.40pm to vote.
The proposed new board members are:
Monali Abhijit Navalekar – Treasurer
Michelle Coulter Robertson – Director for Media activities
Shahnaz Qassim Fikree – Director for circles activities
Details for the Zoom meeting:
Join Zoom Meeting between 1pm and 1.40pm
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/8513573889?pwd=VUM1NzQ4ckhMcDN6L1NHSm95VUhQQT09
Meeting ID: 851 357 3889
Passcode: r8NvDL–
Ramadan Handicrafts
One of our members, Fadwa, is creating beautiful pieces for your home such as tablecloths, table runners and cushion covers. You can contact her on Whatsapp +971 50 552 2417 to find out more.
You can also check out Fadwa’s crochet tutorials on YouTube: Chez Fadwa Handcraft
Keeping up to date
We don’t yet know when our regular Tuesday social mornings will be able to restart. We hope this will become possible as COVID cases drop and more people are vaccinated.
In the meantime, please pop along to LARTE restaurant in Studio One Hotel on Tuesday mornings from 10.30 – 11.30am to meet Julia or Jeanette and find out about membership and activities.
You can also email ranches.ladies@gmail.com to keep up to date with developments.
Our website is http://www.arabianranchesladies.com and you can find us on FB and Instagram as Ranches Ladies
RL Circles News
Due to the current COVID-19 restrictions, circle groups are meeting online or in socially distanced ways, where possible.
Click Circles Calendar to see latest activities on http://www.arabianranchesladies.com website
Here are some of the activities the groups are getting up to:
Quilters Circle
The Quilters Circle meet via Zoom and continue to make some beautiful pieces.
Contact Bronwyn on thequilterscircle@gmail.com for more details, or to join the group.
Walking Fitness Circle
The Walking Fitness Circle are continuing to meet, until the summer heat gets too much. They meet on Mondays at 7 am outside Arabian Ranches 1 Community Centre and walk in socially distanced pairs for around an hour. Those who can stay enjoy a coffee at Costa after the walk.
If you would like to join them please email Alex or Mandy on ranches.ladies@gmail.com
Book Circle
The Book Club meets on the third Sunday of each month at 10am.
Today they are discussing ‘Becoming’ by Michelle Obama.
The book for next month is the psychological crime thriller ‘The Silent Patient’ by Alex Michaelides
For those who want to get a head start, the upcoming books will be:
June – The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
July – Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meissner
Contact Jackie on circles.ranches.ladies@gmail.com for more details.
Literary Lunch Circle
The April book choice for the Literary Lunch Circle is The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid. It will be discussed tomorrow Monday 19th April. The next book will voted on after this meeting.
For more details please email Karen on circles.ranches.ladies@gmail.com
French Circle
The French Circle is up and running virtually so if you would be interested in improving your language skills get in touch with Dominique on ranches.ladies@gmail.com. Classes are held every Sunday at 10am
Spanish Circle
The Spanish Circle has also restarted remotely this month led by Manoly. The times of the classes are:
Mondays 5.30pm for intermediates and Wednesdays 11.30am for beginners
Yoga Circle
Pilates Circle
On Wednesday at 2pm Philippa at Optimal Fitness is holding Pilates classes and offers RL members a discount on Zumba classes on Tuesday mornings. Email her on philippa@optimalfitness.ae
Please email RL on circles.ranches.ladies@gmail.com for any more information and to sign up for any circles mentioned here or on the website http://www.arabianranchesladies.com circle pages
Discounts
Your RL membership card is your passport to great discounts from our dozens of discount partners.
There have been some recent changes to the discounts pages, so please take a look at the discounts section on the website for up to date information.
Some discounts are highlighted below.
Chill Salon
Hair Salon
20% off on first visit to Media City Salon only. 10% off on all other visits to both branches
Dubai Media City – Loft office 1, Entrance B, 407
Tel: 04 44 62991
Dubai Marina – Intercontinental Hotel 2nd Floor
Tel: 052 428 3225
http://www.chillsalondubai.com
Cocoon Nail Spa
Nail & Beauty Salon
15% discount on all services from Sun – Tues excluding public holidays, on a minimum spend of 150 AED
Motor City, Daytona House
Tel: 04 447 2795
http://www.cocoonnailspa.com
Only You
Hair & Beauty
20% discount on all services every day
Apex, Atrium 204, Motor City
Tel: 04 422 4180
http://www.onlyyousalon.com
LARTE
Restaurant
20% off total bill
Valid on a la carte items and not special promotions
Studio One Hotel, Ground Floor – Al Qudra Rd – Dubai
+971 4 581 6870
https://www.larte.ae/
Orb Relocations
Relocation Agents
15% discount on total move charges
https://www.orbrelocations.com/
Email: circles.ranches.ladies@gmail.com
Website: www.arabianranchesladies.com
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