Weekly Newsletter 09/21/2008
Good afternoon!!! I hope you weren't holding your breath last weekend waiting for the weekly newsletter--I had no electricity until Tuesday evening! We got our freezer full of beef moved, we have a gas water heater, and we used a lot of our camping equipment to cook on, light the house and we actually enjoyed the quiet! The only thing I really missed was my hair dryer in the morning! And so it begins . . .
--QUARTERLY MEETING! QUARTERLY MEETING!! QUARTERLY MEETING!!!We will hold our Quarterly Meeting on Tuesday, September 23rd at 6 pm at the HHAFFA Office (620 H St--in the old Madden Bldg, 2 blocks east of "The Sign Man"--Sam Shaw!) Park in the back, come in the back door, and the office is the first door on the right! Please bring your thoughts, ideas and suggestions! We will discuss our "busy" season, and all its activities--Christmas Cards for Troops, Christmas Boxes for Troops, and the many activities needed to get us ready for those major events and much, much more!! After the meeting, we will also have "Fill a Bag with Greeting Cards" for $5 fundraiser! We'll give you a plastic shopping bag for you to fill to the top with cards of every kind--Birthday, Anniversary, Wedding, Thank You, New Baby, Encouragement, Sympathy, Thinking of You, Blank, and many, many more!! All cards were donated by Sunrise Greetings (recently purchased by Hallmark). There are hundreds of cards from which to choose, so you will definitely get your money's worth!!!!
--The Persimmon Festival is going on this week in Mitchell. The theme of this year's event is "Mitchell's Hometown Heroes"--A salute to all who have served or are serving in the military! As part of the festival, a parade will be held on Saturday, September 27th. Because of the military theme, I think it is important for HHAFFA (ALL of us!!) to turn out for the parade by the hundreds with signs, t-shirts and dressed in red/white/blue!!! This will be a fabulous opportunity to show your pride for your loved ones, our troops and our country! The parade begins at 2 pm, with the line up at Lehigh Field (east of Main Street). At 1 pm, there is a Pre-Parade Introduction on the Main Street Stage, where they will have a posting of the colors and a patriotic ceremony.
--There will be NO "Tour of Iraq" this week--we will all be at the Quarterly Meeting!!!
Also:--Becky Muncy, North Lawrence Community Schools music teacher, will be holding a Veterans Day program at Dollens and Lincoln. In preparation, she would like each of her 3rd, 4th and 5th grade classrooms to "adopt" a veteran. She wants them to get to know each other. They will then "present" the Veterans at their programs, but I NEED VOLUNTEERS!!! Are you a veteran, or do you know a veteran who would be willing to help out these kids?? If so, email me, and I will forward the information on to Becky. She would also like her 5th graders to "talk" to soldiers stationed in another country. Again, any volunteers?? (They could set up instant messaging, teleconferencing or SKYPE).
--The Dulcimer Society of Bedford will be holding a concert on Sunday, October 26 from 6:30-7:30 pm at the Mt Pleasant Church, Bedford, IN. There will be no admission, but donations for Christmas Boxes for Troops will be accepted!
Hope to see you Tuesday!!!!!!
God Bless Our Troops and their families back home!!!
Nancy
And, finally, a beautiful, short, sweet prayer--
"Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. Amen"
--QUARTERLY MEETING! QUARTERLY MEETING!! QUARTERLY MEETING!!!We will hold our Quarterly Meeting on Tuesday, September 23rd at 6 pm at the HHAFFA Office (620 H St--in the old Madden Bldg, 2 blocks east of "The Sign Man"--Sam Shaw!) Park in the back, come in the back door, and the office is the first door on the right! Please bring your thoughts, ideas and suggestions! We will discuss our "busy" season, and all its activities--Christmas Cards for Troops, Christmas Boxes for Troops, and the many activities needed to get us ready for those major events and much, much more!! After the meeting, we will also have "Fill a Bag with Greeting Cards" for $5 fundraiser! We'll give you a plastic shopping bag for you to fill to the top with cards of every kind--Birthday, Anniversary, Wedding, Thank You, New Baby, Encouragement, Sympathy, Thinking of You, Blank, and many, many more!! All cards were donated by Sunrise Greetings (recently purchased by Hallmark). There are hundreds of cards from which to choose, so you will definitely get your money's worth!!!!
--The Persimmon Festival is going on this week in Mitchell. The theme of this year's event is "Mitchell's Hometown Heroes"--A salute to all who have served or are serving in the military! As part of the festival, a parade will be held on Saturday, September 27th. Because of the military theme, I think it is important for HHAFFA (ALL of us!!) to turn out for the parade by the hundreds with signs, t-shirts and dressed in red/white/blue!!! This will be a fabulous opportunity to show your pride for your loved ones, our troops and our country! The parade begins at 2 pm, with the line up at Lehigh Field (east of Main Street). At 1 pm, there is a Pre-Parade Introduction on the Main Street Stage, where they will have a posting of the colors and a patriotic ceremony.
--There will be NO "Tour of Iraq" this week--we will all be at the Quarterly Meeting!!!
Also:--Becky Muncy, North Lawrence Community Schools music teacher, will be holding a Veterans Day program at Dollens and Lincoln. In preparation, she would like each of her 3rd, 4th and 5th grade classrooms to "adopt" a veteran. She wants them to get to know each other. They will then "present" the Veterans at their programs, but I NEED VOLUNTEERS!!! Are you a veteran, or do you know a veteran who would be willing to help out these kids?? If so, email me, and I will forward the information on to Becky. She would also like her 5th graders to "talk" to soldiers stationed in another country. Again, any volunteers?? (They could set up instant messaging, teleconferencing or SKYPE).
--The Dulcimer Society of Bedford will be holding a concert on Sunday, October 26 from 6:30-7:30 pm at the Mt Pleasant Church, Bedford, IN. There will be no admission, but donations for Christmas Boxes for Troops will be accepted!
Hope to see you Tuesday!!!!!!
God Bless Our Troops and their families back home!!!
Nancy
And, finally, a beautiful, short, sweet prayer--
"Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. Amen"
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