{"id":492,"date":"2014-12-21T11:49:33","date_gmt":"2014-12-21T11:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch20\/?page_id=492"},"modified":"2026-03-28T09:47:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T16:47:36","slug":"news-letter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch20\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">SIR is a non-profit public benefit corporation for active senior men. Our mission&nbsp;is to enhance the lives of our members through fun&nbsp;activities, luncheons and events&nbsp;while making&nbsp;Friends for Life. Our expectations of our members&nbsp;are few: be a friendly and sociable guy, participate, volunteer as your time and interest allows, spread the word about SIR by inviting guests and help encourage them to join, grow our organization and share in the fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Santa Cruz Branch 20 offers its members monthly luncheons with interesting speakers and a variety of activities. We meet the 1st Wednesday of each month at the Santa Cruz Elks Lodge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For information on how to join, email&nbsp;Jeff Ustick or call him at 831-419-4577<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-medium-font-size\" style=\"color: #bf1e2e;\"><strong>Next Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>APRIL 1, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Santa Cruz Elks Lodge \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch20\/wp-content\/uploads\/map.pdf\">&lt; MAP &gt;<\/a><br \/>150 Jewell St. Santa Cruz<\/p>\n<p>Board Meeting: 10 AM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lunch Registration: 11 AM<\/p>\n<p>Lunch Starts at 12 noon<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-medium-font-size\" style=\"color: #bf1e2e;\">\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch20\/wp-content\/uploads\/APRIL2026Newsletter.pdf\">Current 2026 Newsletter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch20\/wp-content\/uploads\/Membership-Application-For-SIR-2026.pdf\">Online Membership Application<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Contacts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Big SIR<\/td><td>Larry Bristow<\/td><td>650-771-2140<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Little SIR<\/td><td>Joseph Maggio<\/td><td>408-656-2640<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Membership<\/td><td>Jeff Ustick<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch20\/contact\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"5469\">Email Jeff Ustick<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Newsletter<\/td><td>Kent Madsen<\/td><td>&nbsp;831-438-1593<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SIR is a non-profit public benefit corporation for active senior men. Our mission&nbsp;is to enhance the lives of our members through fun&nbsp;activities, luncheons and events&nbsp;while making&nbsp;Friends for Life. Our expectations of our members&nbsp;are few: be a friendly and sociable guy, <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch20\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-492","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492"}],"version-history":[{"count":144,"href":"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6451,"href":"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/492\/revisions\/6451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}