Health officials gave conflicting opinions on whether it is necessary to wear a mask when going outside during this pandemic. However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now recommends that people wear a mask outside, especially if going shopping or to some other public place. Bottom line, it can’t hurt to add another layer of pro...

It’s not quite business as usual. But Rossmoor’s Mutuals haven’t closed up shop despite no face-to-face contact due to the coronavirus pandemic. “We’re still in business,” said Sonya Ford, president of Mutual 48, one of Rossmoor’s smaller Mutuals with nine buildings. “Board members and committee members are doing their jobs as much as they can,” sh...

It didn’t take much for Susie Foley to decide to move from her home in Alamo to Rossmoor later this month – despite the fact that it’s in the middle of a worldwide pandemic. “The timing (to buy) was right,” she says. “And what’s not to love about Rossmoor?” Still, she is in the minority these days; not about loving Rossmoor, but about moving. Accor...

Food and money collected for those in need When Mark and Marilyn Weiss read in a Facebook post on a recent Friday that Monument Crisis Center in Concord was seeing three times as many people as normal at their emergency food giveaways, they swung into action. In fact, by the following Monday, the couple unloaded a car full of food at the center, an...

Due to COVID-19 concerns, GRF has automatically renewed RFID tags expiring in April, May and June for one year. All tags due to expire in those months have been extended and will now expire in 2021. Residents do not need to do anything until they receive a letter in 2021 asking them to renew their tag(s). Residents do not need to call the Public Sa...

Workers cleaning laundry rooms Mutual Operations Department workers have begun cleaning laundry rooms in Rossmoor this week. The crews were called in to disinfect the laundry rooms daily and begin wiping down hand railings. Residents have expressed concern about the potential spread of the virus in the publicly shared laundry rooms. Residents are a...

Group will meet electronically to develop coping skills These are stressful times. The shelter-in-place and social distancing orders designed to protect us and others from the COVID-19 pandemic have an emotionally stressful impact upon many residents. In addition to any health or financial anxieties created by the virus itself, this sudden disrupti...

GRF has temporarily suspended waste pickup service for expired or unwanted medicines. Usually the medications are dropped off in containers located in the lobby at Gateway. Because of the public health shelter-in-place order, the Gateway Clubhouse remains closed. Residents are asked to store their expired and unwanted medicine until services are pe...

Many residents have asked how they can continue to drop off their coupon payment now that the MOD office is closed. For convenience and contactless safety, residents can drop their checks in the white box located in the Gateway parking lot. Envelopes dropped in the white box are collected two times a day, Monday through Friday.

With garbage bins overflowing in many entries, the Corporation Yard has opened to accept broken down cardboard. The yard is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. It is located at the entrance to Mutual Operations on Rockview Drive. All boxes must be broken down before arriving at the yard, which is accepting only cardboard during the she...