{"id":11,"date":"2019-07-30T17:54:11","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T17:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chapters.theprimetimersww.com\/SARASOFL\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2025-11-19T23:27:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T04:27:24","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chapters.theprimetimersww.com\/sarasota\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11\" class=\"elementor elementor-11\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5d1d3da elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5d1d3da\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd1d77a\" data-id=\"cd1d77a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6f063df elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6f063df\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0781f88\" data-id=\"0781f88\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3053db6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3053db6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u00a0<strong>Who We Are<\/strong><\/span><\/h2><h5 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #232323; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: justify;\">PrimeTimers<\/span>\u00ae <span style=\"color: #232323; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: justify;\">Sarasota started in 2003 and now celebrates 140+ members in Sarasota, Charlotte, and Manatee counties as well as members from the Greater Suncoast Region.\u00a0 <\/span><\/h5><h5 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #232323; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: justify;\">We are <\/span><span style=\"color: #444444; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">an active social group for gay, bisexual and transgender adults,\u00a0 offering more than 75 fun events each year.\u00a0 <\/span><\/h5><h5 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #444444; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">We are a member chapter of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.primetimersww.com\">PrimeTimers<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span>\u00ae <span style=\"color: #444444; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.primetimersww.com\">Worldwide<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/h5><h5 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">Our regularly scheduled events include two Sunday Socials every month, two group lunches every month, a monthly Potluck Supper, Membership Meetings that feature interesting speakers, and even a monthly Hamburger Night. Other activities include day trips to a\u00a0 diverse variety of beautiful Florida Sun Coast attractions, game\u00a0 &amp; movie nights, breakfast &amp; coffee gatherings, and an active Book Club. Two of our most popular events are the <em><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Annual\u00a0 Coquina Beach Picnic<\/span><\/em> and the <em><span style=\"color: #993366;\">December Holiday Dinner Dance featuring an excellent live band for dancing, delicious food, and a cash bar.<\/span><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #232323; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: justify;\"><br \/><\/span><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-38db6a2\" data-id=\"38db6a2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fbe73f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6fbe73f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Care &amp; Support<\/strong><\/span><\/h2><h4 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\">A number of members volunteer to provide care &amp; support, including transportation, to members in need. Our monthly newsletter provides valuable contact information for members who require a bit of care and support. We are here for you!<\/h4><h2><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>An Invitation<\/strong><\/span><\/h2><h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: justify;\">We welcome guests who are considering membership to attend our activities to see if Prime Timers Sarasota is the right fit.\u00a0 If you&#8217;d like to attend an upcoming event, don&#8217;t hesitate to email or call.<\/span><\/h4><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"mailto:primetimerssarasota@gmail.com\">primetimerssarasota@gmail.com<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">941-993-3561<\/h1><h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">P.O. Box 1003 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Tallevast FL 34270<\/h5><h2><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><br \/>Join our Facebook Group<\/strong><\/span><\/h2><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/733768755573398\"><span style=\"font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: justify;\"><em> Click here to join us on Facebook<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3236b99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3236b99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"205\" height=\"126\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chapters.theprimetimersww.com\/sarasota\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/USA-FL-Sarasota.jpg?fit=205%2C126&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-111\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-05ec046 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"05ec046\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9806918\" data-id=\"9806918\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6534c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b6534c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Come And Enjoy A Wonderful New Group of Friends!<br \/>Join Us At The Link Below.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/primetimers-sarasota-membership.cheddarup.com\/\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 15px;\">CLICK HERE FOR MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/h3><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Note: Annual dues is just $30 per member.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Who We Are PrimeTimers\u00ae Sarasota started in 2003 and now celebrates 140+ members in Sarasota, Charlotte, and Manatee counties as well as members from the Greater Suncoast Region.\u00a0 We are an active social group for&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapters.theprimetimersww.com\/sarasota\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapters.theprimetimersww.com\/sarasota\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapters.theprimetimersww.com\/sarasota\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapters.theprimetimersww.com\/sarasota\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapters.theprimetimersww.com\/sarasota\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/chapters.theprimetimersww.com\/sarasota\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1714,"href":"https:\/\/chapters.theprimetimersww.com\/sarasota\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/1714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapters.theprimetimersww.com\/sarasota\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}