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JANUARY 29, 2014
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Fun, laughter and friends A Brock resident has taken it upon herself to create a new Kamloops social group. Wendy Makepeace and her husband have lived in Kamloops for a couple years. In this time they have met some people, but haven’t made any long lasting friendships. So Wendy has started a group called Fun, Laughter and Friends and the concept is simple, she wants to meet people. “I am Wendy and I am wanting to meet friends and have fun,” says Wendy. She and her husband are in their fifties and have heard time and time again that it is hard to meet people especially when you are older in age. “We just want to meet people and become friends and have fun together,” adds Wendy. Anyone is welcome to join the M-Less group. M-less is a concept where the group tries to talk less about Monday morning blues about jobs, money, marriage and mater- Aboce : Nerida Hygh, Wendy Makepeace, Patty nity such as children and grandchil- Pfeiffer and Jackie Nonis enjoyed their brunch dren. “So many times when groups with their new friends. The whole group got to of people get together, especially shared delicious food and many laughs. if you don’t know them very well, the discussions are so around jobs, together and forging great friendmoney, marriage and maternity,” comments ships. “I’ve done this before in CalWendy. “We try to talk about other things. If it gary and it was very successful,” says Wendy. is dominating the conversation for the whole “We had so many activities and friends.” Here evening it is boring. I would like to see the in Kamloops Wendy hopes to have weekly conversation upbeat and with a good outlook.” or twice weekly gatherings. “I am hoping it This isn’t Wendy’s first time getting strangers would be a weekly thing but you don’t have to
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be committed.” If there are enough people in the group, no matter what they are doing, there will still be a group of people wanting to hangout. With her experience in Calgary, Wendy has a great game setup at her place. “My husband and I would host most card/game nights,” comments Wendy. But her place isn’t the only location where the group will meet, other people in the group can volunteer to host. At each event, people will wear name tags, there will be no smoking, no kids and phones will be
turned off. To RSVP for an event you always need to email Wendy at laugh2014@shaw.ca. If the event happens to involved tickets, you are responsible to purchase your own ticket in - continued on page 2
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