The Willies annual food drive for the Helping Hands food bank exceeded all of our expectations and goals They have donated over 1,400 LBS of food and have raised well over $600.00 in cash donations and are still collecting until the first of January. This is such a caring, giving and sharing community. They also raise money for local scholarships and contribute to our local communities in many other ways. They consider that It is great to be a part of such a great community.

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When you shop at amazon.com, you can donate to the AANR Education Foundation and it won’t cost you anything. Amazon’s smile program allows you to select a charity and 0.5% of the purchase price for most Amazon items will be donated to your cause. Search for and select AANR Education Foundation and from then on, you go to smile.amazon.com to do your shopping. If you have already placed some items into your Amazon shopping cart, you can always switch to smile.amazon.com and your items will still be in your cart.

The AANR Education Foundation’s objectives are to:

Seek partnerships with individuals, groups and organizations in support of the creation of art, literature, and scholarship, relating to the nudist world, its practices, and the wholesome nature of the human body.
Endeavor to develop educated persons and leaders in broad areas of society; and aim to improve people’s lives by developing community support for nudist resorts, clubs, groups and areas.

You are always encouraged to donate to the AANR Education Foundation (http://www.aanr-ef.org/). But here is a way to get Amazon to do it for you.

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Nakations made the list of huge travel trends on the Canadian Talk Show, The Social with an interview with travel writer Heather Greenwood Davis (https://muckrack.com/greenwooddavis) see https://www.theloop.ca/microcations-will-be-a-huge-travel-trend-in-2020/. The article says “Nude tourism is huge and has been booming for many years. You just have to be around in June when more than 70 cities hold their Naked Bike Ride to understand that. But this trend isn’t just about a skinny dip or a quick flash, these are travel experiences done au natural. Nude hiking, yoga camping, cruising, etc. The reasons for the trend make a lot of sense. There’s an argument that this is a push back to all the technology and superficial nature of social media, etc and there is also an argument that says this is about seeking human connection and embracing vulnerability.”.

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A new member portal is being implemented at AANR and is coming soon. With this new portal, AANR will be able to be more efficient and better able to communicate with our members and you will be able to easily manage your membership information. You will be able to print your own membership card or view it on your smartphone. We are working to make sure that you will have easy access to nudist resources such as whitepapers, clip art and a larger library of archival Bulletins. As part of this process, your clubs’ officers will be able to more easily process your AANR memberships.
As part of the move to the new membership system, all AANR memberships will be individual memberships. Thus AANR is recognizing the value of the individual.
After ten years of no new dues increases, your AANR dues will be increased by .50 per month. This increase is in order with the cost of living increases across the years. Last February, a $150,000 deficit was predicted, and we needed to act to insure that AANR would be able to continue to stay a viable and productive organization.

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by Dave Smith

For each of you, we wish a wonderful and restful holiday season. If you have not done so, and want to continue to receive your AANR Bulletin in paper form, call 1-800-trynude. In January, copies will arrive only by email unless you have told the office you want a printed copy.
In January our membership also changes to individual memberships and there is a $6.00 increase in your annual fee. The will help us maintain and foster a healthy nudist community.

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Bare Oaks Family Naturist Park, an AANR club near Toronto, offered a 10 day art residency program earlier this year called Naked State. Its purpose was to encourage the exploration of the nude human body in the context of nature, culture and art. The expectation was that during the 10 day residency the artists live in the nude within the Bare Oaks Family Naturist Park community. You can read about one of this year’s artists in the Contemporary Lynx online magazine, “Art Residency: International artists live in the nude for ten days“

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We are sad to report that we lost Fred Van Nest, the AANR East Member Trustee, on October 16 after a long battle with cancer. Fred was a long time member of AANR and served on the AANR-East Board of Directors before being elected to the AANR Board of Trustees. He was also active in working with the American Nudist Research Library in Kissimmee, FL. He will be missed.

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The Portland World Naked Bike Ride date has been announced. It is June 27th, 2020.

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by Shirley Gauthier

AANR-NW clubs and resorts addressed discrimination in a most positive way. Below is the non-discrimination policy passed on April 15, 2018.

AANR-NW reaffirms the AANR non-discrimination policy by-laws,
Section I Article IV A, “AANR welcomes all people willing to conform to its principles and standards, regardless of age, gender, marital status, religious beliefs, ethnic origin or sexual orientation.”

To AANR-NW this includes welcoming all single, partnered and married people of all gender identities, ethnicities, sexual identities, ages, sizes, religions and physical abilities.

My first visit to an AANR affiliated resort was the Willamettans in 1972. Sometimes I have to rewind the memory tapes to get a reality check on just how far nudists have grown over the decades.

In 1972 my husband and I were warned no physical touching. What did that mean? We were told to avoid kissing, holding hands or walking off into the woods alone to hike. Fast forward to April 15, 2018 when fourteen out of fifteen AANR-NW affiliates signed and endorsed the AANR-NW non-discrimination policy.

I was fortunate to work with Karen Lahey and Cynthia K. drafting the policy. It was not an accomplishment that came easy. It was working on that committee that I realized I had been left behind when it comes to the Queer community. I no longer knew the language, pronouns or the fact that when used in the proper context Queer was no longer a negative.

The book Queer-The ultimate LGBTQ guide for teens by Kathy Belge and Mark Bieschke opened up my world of education. Don’t let the word “teen” distract you. However, it is an excellent book for teens, parents, and everyone. This sixty-nine year old grandmother found every page worthy of a read. The first seventeen pages that explains lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, pansexual, transgender, non binary, cisgender or cis, asexual, aromatic, and demisexual explained so much. If your feeling lost or confused right now this book is for you. Confusing to me were pronouns and how to properly use them. It’s all covered in this book. The book includes a massive amount of information that relates to teens.

Now that our region has a non-discrimination policy what does that mean? The Willamettans Family Nudist resort recently deleted couple memberships. Every member has the same benefits and pays the same fee. Perhaps it means art work showing same sex couples. You can go to almost any AANR affiliated resort and see numerous photos or artwork of nude women or male/female couples. Have you noticed how the nude artwork always has subjects that don’t look anything like yourself? How many resorts continue to give a discount to couples? We have passed the policy now lets see what we can do as individuals to embrace the policy. If your a member of a club or resort ask yourself what you can do to be more inclusive to members, potential members and guests.

I am proud to be a member of AANR-NW. My AANR membership will have much more value when the non-discrimination policy is critiqued and addressed.

The book Queer can be purchased on Amazon for $14.99. I appreciate that the price point is teen friendly and wallet friendly enough I can gift them to the adults in my life.

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Saturday, November 2- 6:00 to 8:30 p.m.
1.) This is a Family Friendly event – there will be non-nudist life guards, but usage of the facilities will be in the nude.
2.) Available facilities : 25 yard lap pool, 6 lanes 3’6” – 11’6” deep 82 – 84 degrees, 20×40 yard hot pool 92 – 94 degrees, two saunas, two hot tubs, two steam rooms, two non gender dressing rooms with combination lockers (the state health department restricts usage of saunas, steam rooms, or hot tubs to individuals who are ages 14 and older).
3.) There is a top limit of 75 pre-registered, pre-paid attendees, who may be required to show ID upon entrance. No weapons allowed (including pocket knives)
4.) Recommendation of two towels per attendee – one for sitting on in sauna or steam room, one for drying off.

COST: 18 or older – $20 with proof of AANR or TNS membership, $25 for general adult admission with no proof of membership, $10 under 18 with accompanying registered parent. SPECIAL – Those under 18 are free (for the first ten who take advantage of the offer)! Patrons supporting this opportunity are a couple of doctors who feel naturism is very healthy for folks of all ages, and they want to encourage families to come. They have not attended the swims due to many conflicts in clinical duties, but they want to show their support.

Contact: treasurer@hiddenspringsnudist.org to reserve for the event and for other info.

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