Quick Reminder: Social members may now request up to six services per year, including assistance with shopping, companionship on walks, or short-term support while caring for a disabled spouse or loved one. Please call 510-458-7357 if you want to request a service or for more information.

GNV is considering forming a support and social group for widows and widowers. We'd love to hear from you if you're interested. We can meet to get acquainted and decide together what we'd like the group to be. GNV had a group like this in the past, and if there's enough interest, we'd be happy to start it again.

What would you like to see? Please contact Melissa Palleschi at mpall@comcast.net if you’re interested, and if you have opinions on the suggestions below.

Our Backyard Gathering at Judy Hollowell’s home was a wonderful success! Villagers and their guests enjoyed a relaxing afternoon filled with great company, delicious finger foods, refreshing beverages, and plenty of friendly competition on the bocce ball court. It was a perfect opportunity to catch up with friends, welcome new faces, and enjoy fellowship in a warm and welcoming backyard setting. Thank you to everyone who attended and helped make the afternoon so enjoyable. Be sure to mark your calendars and make plans to join us at our next gathering on August 20th (details below) —we look forward to seeing you there!

Thursday, August 20, 2026
11:00 to 1:00
Hacienda Gardens Swim Club
Please make plans to join us for a fun-filled gathering at Hacienda Gardens Swim Club! Enjoy a relaxing afternoon of swimming (changing rooms are available), a delicious BBQ and potluck, and time to connect with friends and neighbors. Feel free to bring a friend along!

We’ll provide the BBQ and drinks—just bring your favorite side dish or dessert to share. And if you forget to cook, come anyway! Come ready to enjoy great food, lively conversation, and a friendly community atmosphere. It’s a wonderful chance to relax, reconnect, and make new memories together.
We hope you'll be there. Need a ride? Just give us a call—510-458-7357 - we're happy to help. Please note that there is parking available at the end of Rock Avenue.

Volunteer Grill Masters Needed!  We're looking for one or two volunteers to help grill hamburgers at our summer BBQ. Are you rare, medium, or well done? No matter your style, we'd love your help!

If you're interested in volunteering, please call Jan Quilici at 510-791-2341 to sign up. Thank you for helping make our event a success!

Wednesday, September 30, 2026
6:00 to 8:00 PM
Join us for our Annual Meeting and a light dinner! The theme for the evening is Connected, Active, Thriving! We will celebrate the many activities that Villagers enjoyed this year, and invite you to share your own ideas for GNV’s future. Your voice matters, and we’d love to hear from you!

The board encourages you to bring a friend or neighbor. This is a great opportunity to introduce people you know to GNV.

The Annual Meeting is open to all, and Registration is required.

RSVP by September 23, 2026 at 510-458-7357 or

Register here. 

Save the Date: Fall Program
The Right Help at the Right Time
Saturday, October 10, 2026
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Niles Discovery Church
The Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP) is a volunteer supported program that helps Medicare beneficiaries of any age make informed choices and provides advocacy when their health care benefits and rights are threatened or denied.

HICAP will be presenting a detailed program on finding the right help at the right time. Please come and join us for this informative meeting and learn more about Home Health Care vs. Home Care. 

From the VtV Rainbow Network! In June we kicked off our new peer space for LGBTQ+ Villagers. We want to share that the group decided to continue and meet every other month on Zoom from 1pm to 2:30pm EST (12pm to 1:30pm CST/11:00am to 12:30pm MST/10am to 11:30am PST). The remaining meeting dates for 2026 include: August 6th, October 8th, and December 3rd, 2026.

If you are a LGBTQ+ Villager and want to connect with folks from other Villages, join us! To learn more or register for the August 6th meeting go to: https://www.vtvnetwork.org/content.aspx?page_id=4091&club_id=691012&item_id=2930870 

Location: Devout Coffee - on the Patio (no purchase required)
37323 Niles Blvd.
Fremont CA 94536
Wednesdays, August 5 & 19; September 2 & 16
9:45-11:00 am
Join GNV’s Scrabble group! We’ll meet on the first and third Wednesdays of each month. Registration is recommended so we can be sure to have enough Scrabble boards for all players.

Need more information? Contact Paula Hague @ Paula.Hague@NilesVillage.org or 510-366-9440.

August 5, 12, 19 and 26
September 2 and 9
8:30 - 9:30 am

No Meetings in August or September

Location: Group meets on Zoom
August 11 and September 8 
7:00 - 9:00 pm

August 4 and September 1

TBD, based on film chosen
Go to the movies with Villager Beth Rasler and friends.

Location: Skillet’z Cafe
Fridays: August 14 and 28
              September 11 and 25 
1:00 - 2:30 PM  

Location: Residence of Nancy Eddy
August 7, 1:00 - 2:30 pm 

At our August 7th meeting, we will be discussing London Falling, a nonfiction true-crime book by American journalist, Patrick Radden Keefe. It details the mysterious death in 2019 of 19-year-old Zac Brettler who jumped from a luxury London apartment into the River Thames. Afterward, his grieving parents discovered he lived a secret double life pretending to be a wealthy Russian oligarch's son. Keefe’s account takes place in a city transformed from an industrial port into a financial capital, tracing the closure of the docks, the Big Bang deregulation of 1986 ,and London’s reinvention as a magnet for foreign money. Luxury developments such as the one where Zac Brettler met his end sit conspicuously empty, their units registered through offshore trusts. His death exposes a web of deception, criminal violence, and institutional failure in the glittering British capital.

We will meet at the home of Nancy Eddy. Please register at the GNV website.
Address will be provided when you register at the GNV website.

Banter Books in downtown Fremont offers a 15% discount on this book if you mention your GNV affiliation at the checkout.

Hope to see you there!