Meeting Recap - March 21, 2017

Posted by Jeff Benson on Mar 21, 2017
 

Mary Stewart opened the meeting with the Pledge and Invocation.

 

Our guests today were: Amy Wakem’s sons, Josh and Nathan; Garry Johnson’s wife Nancy; and Mary Jo McGuire.

 

Cindy thanked those who have provided restaurant gift cards for the Gold Plate Dinner.  We could still use items for the live auction and items for a “mini-raffle”.  Let Cindy know if you might be able to provide an item for these fundraising options.

 

Mary Ann Bawden reminded us of the Community Support Center Luncheon on April 27th.  As a Founding  Organization of  the Community Support Center (CSC) it would be great if we could have a significant presence at the event.  Mary Jo McGuire will be the featured speaker. For more information about this free luncheon, click here.

 

John Risdall auctioned off three unique sweaters (above) to raise money for the club’s charitable endeavors. 

 

Northeast Youth and Family Services (NYFS) will be holding their 2017 Leadership Conference on May 3rd at Midland Hills Country Club.  The free luncheon will feature Tony Beuttner, speaking about “Blue Zones”.  Blue Zones are places on this planet where people live significantly longer than average. To register, or for more information, contact Sandra Bahr at 651-379-3422 or sandra@nyfs.org.

 

If you haven’t gotten your GPD meal choices to Bev, please do so right away.  651-633-3863.

 

Today’s program was a service project.  Jason Slama and Mary Stewart organized a “snack pack” project to provide Ralph Reeder Food Shelf with pre-assembled snack bags that they can distribute to school kids who need them.  The goal was to assemble 75-100 snack packs, and Jason did some serious shopping to make this project happen.  Way to go, Jason!  See the photos below.