 Linda Twaddle from Woodland Good Samaritan Village and brand new
member of Sertoma was today’s guest speaker. She and her able
bodied or should we say able treed assistant brought a breath of
Christmas to our group. They were here to invite Sertomans as a
club and individual business to become a part of their new
fundraiser designed to kick off the holiday season. The Festival
of Trees is modeled after other successful programs in the state
including Rochester which now exhibits 200 trees a year with a
net profit of $100,000 for their charity. The Good Samaritan
Society’s mission of building “Christian Communities of Care”
will benefit from this as the proceeds will go towards the
construction of Samaritan House—a gap home for seniors. The
Legacy at Cragun’s Resort will be the site of the Festival of
Trees from Sunday November 23 to Saturday November 29.
Individuals and groups sponsoring a tree have the choice of 10
foot ($1,000), 8 foot ($700) and 3 foot ($300). This price
includes an allowance for decorating costs. Designers will be
available or groups can do their own plan. This year the
Samaritan tree will be the 12 foot one. Next year includes a
plan for a children’s tree that will be 14 feet. The trees will
be auctioned off in a silent auction and a live auction,
entertainment, Sugar Plumb story time, marshmallow roast, arts
and crafts sale and much more will be included. The Gala Opening
which will be the time where the trees will be auctioned will be
a gourmet dinner from 5 p.m to 8 p.m on Sunday. Groups
participating get 2 complimentary tickets and the rest will be
sold. For more information call Linda at 218-855-6622 or email
her at ltwaddle@good-sam.com. All week long groups from the Good
Samaritan home, day cares, schools etc. will be enjoying this
maze of holiday beauty. Plan on bringing your family to see the
trees and start a new family tradition. |
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Announcements |
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Oct 21 - (Tuesday) BOARD MEETING 7:00 a.m. at Northwinds Grille.
Call or see Tami Webb to attend, and/or get on the email list to
receive an agenda. Reminder to GEM hunters—you must attend one of
these meetings. Find a sawbuck winners this week could be Cheryal
Hills or Todd Alguire. |
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Oct 24 - See Jim Potvin if you wish to attend the Distinguished
Service Awards. The Social Hour is at 6:00 p.m. and the Dinner
is at 7:00. The Club will pay for Sertomans who wish to attend. |
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Oct 25th - Fall State Conference, Mankato 8:30-3:30 See
Kari Robinson to sign up to go. Some are going early. Club plays
registration fee. |
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FAS: (there weren’t any in last week’s bulletin and no one
called to win the $10 by telling Pam she didn’t include any) |
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Drape Schedule |
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| George Moore |
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Winner |
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Would have been Bob Ehrich |
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Attendance |
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| Guests:
Jennifer Coit Asst. Business Manager for Zorbas and Rory’s
daughter, Sam Sullivan former Serteen, Ann Silgen Assistant
Director of Development from Central Lakes College, Mark Fyten
from Image Builders who joined, Jeff Marchand of Cub Foods who
joined and Sarah Nelson Audiologist at Brainerd Medical Center
who joined. |
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Remember: Greeters
(Be sure to take care of your duties that include meeting people
at the door and getting the ticket money counted and divided
with half going to Tami to give away and half to Diane for the
social committee's budget). As greeter you have several duties.
You need to arrive about 10 minutes early. It is your job to
greet people, help them find their badges and sell them a ticket
if they wish to participate. The money collected must be divided
by the Greeters equally--half goes to the Club Treasurer (Diane
Rook Johnson) and half goes to the Club President along with the
bucket of tickets. Be there by 11:45 and call somebody if you
can't. Call Patty Hartman. |
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Joe Vreeland, Nadine Wade, Gary Walters |
| Oct 29 |
Lisa Walters, Steve Wardrip, Steve
Warren |
| Nov 4 |
Chuck Whalen, Randy Willert, Kevin
Wroolie |
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Sertoman of the Day
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Of Note: |
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Charlie Bartles visited with Gary Loge just before today’s
meeting. He is weak but he has had good reports from the doctor.
He wanted to extend his thank you’s to all who have given him so
much support. Come back soon Charlie, we love you. |
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The United Way sent a nice thank you for our participation in the
Chili Cook-off. Forty teams participated, great costumes were in
evidence, and over 700 attended. |
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 Dave and Andy Clausen are the proud parents of Jesse, a boy born a
week ago. He is pictured with a nervous non baby holder,
Jeff Olson. |
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Rumors: |
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Joyce Seymour was surrounded by "handsome Sertoma men" today.
Julia Sullivan not to be out done explained that she was
surrounded by personality plus in the dog pound. |
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Dave Pundt is continuing his acting career as (cough cough) Teen
Angel in the production of Grease which is running this weekend at
Franklin.
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Top Ten Reasons for Recalling President Potvin
10 Always rude and mean (Jeff Deihl)
9 Thought Puerto Rico was a country (Luke Jordan)
8 Long Winded (Pete Odell)
7 He isn't Charlie (Julia Sullivan
6 Closet Liberal (Rod Converse)
5 Rory doesn't want to be second fiddle (Dave Clausen)
4 Because he likes Gary Walters ( Brain Kirkpatrick)
3 Weak on the gavel (Roy Miller)
2 Shirt is always loose (John Raboin)
1 He is not as cute as the last president (Gary Phillips)
or he is cuter than the last two presidents (Bob Sherman) |
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Find a Sawbuck Corner: Call 829-7761
The FAS Program was designed to encourage people to read the
newsletter. Even those who attend the meeting can benefit from
reviewing the announcements etc. If you find the letters FAS
followed by your name, you must call the number provided and just
leave a message that you called and attend the next meeting to
collect your money. Simple--however 90% of the people never
respond.
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Photos Photos Everywhere New photos go up almost every week on our
new MSN Community homepage. This community is for the club, easy
to join and gives you the opportunity to add edit or delete any
photos that are posted as well as leave messages for fellow
Sertomans. It is a good way to thank someone for doing a good job
or give them some positive feedback for a big event in their life.
If you wish to view the current photographs or check out the new
online directory go to:
http://communities.msn.com/BrainerdNoonSertoma/_whatsnew.msnw
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