Monday Meeting Notes - November 11, 2019

THANK YOU(s):

We want to give a Huge Thank You to Jennie Draper for making the table covers for the Activities Tables. It was a complicated project and she did a great job and kept on smiling.  The covers look great and hide all the items that we keep under them. There are Velcro tabs that can be undone and redone when you take items in and out that are stored under them. Let’s give Jennie a hand!

Also, let’s give a big Thank You to everyone who worked on the Brunch last Thursday.  Jennie Draper and Sondra Plowman headed up the event but then many of you made casseroles or brought fruit and helped in other ways. Why don’t you all stand up and let’s give them all a hand.

THANKSGIVING:

The signup sheets for the Thanksgiving tables are now on the Activities Tables to the left of the Stage.

PICTURE DIRECTORIES:

The picture Directories are in and are being distributed before and after the Monday Morning meetings.   

  

CHRISTMAS TREE:

I know you have noticed our new Christmas tree by now. We think it makes a beautiful Christmas statement. I have a Thank You card to Lowe’s that I would like everyone here today to sign. They were gracious enough to sell this 9’ $500 tree to us for $200. I think that the whole reason we were able to get this tree was because we told the representative there that our ladies had raised money for it by baking pies last season and they had $179 to spend but we were in love with this $500 tree. She asked if we could do $230 but when we went to pick it up, she actually gave it to us for $200. So, if any of the ladies who made pies for the Craft Sales last season are here, please stand up. You won over their hearts!

We wanted you to see the Christmas tree, however, we’ll be taking it down after the meeting and then it can be put back up after Thanksgiving.

CHRISTMAS TREE DECORATIONS:

Now that we have the Christmas tree, we need to decorate it. We have a few options for you to help us out with this.

•     We thought it might be a nice idea if people donated an ornament that represents their state or province. Maybe something with the state or province seal on it or at least an ornament that has the name of the state or province. We don’t want to get too many of each state or province though so I’m limiting it to two ornaments from each state or province. I’ll have a list in the office and if your state or province has been taken, you can sign up to do another state or province.

•          If you have some nice ornaments that you don’t use anymore and would like to donate them, we’ll gladly take them off your hands. We may not use all of them depending on how many we get from other sources, but if we don’t use them for the tree, we will sell them at our Garage Sale in December and put the money toward our Hall Decoration Fund.

•           And, finally, the last way to help is through a cash donation jar in our office and you can donate as much as you would like toward the tree decorations. If we end up with too much money, we’ll buy a nice wreath for the Hall too. It would look nice where the bulletin boards were that we just took down at the front door end of the room.

AND NOW THAT WE HAVE A TREE WE NEED TO STORE IT:  When we purchased the Christmas tree we figured out very quickly that we needed a place to store it and we really didn’t want to put it in a shed where it would be subject to the heat of summer. We have a lot of storage under the stage and we thought it was full, however, we found that there is a lot of area that we can use behind the bean bag boards. We want to add on to the rolling cart that bean bag boards are on. We can then keep the tree and decorations in the back and it will free up some space in the other drawers where decorations are kept. We don’t know who built the drawers under the stage, but if there are one or two of you woodworkers that would be willing to take this project on, just come and see Lee. Otherwise, we may have a tree box standing up in our office all year!

ACTIVITIES:

Our next Happy Hour is with Diego from 3 to 5 PM on Wednesday, the 20^th. It is Pass the Hat.

Riverside Cruise is on Saturday, November 23^rd. Must be there by 10:45 AM. The boat leaves at 11AM and lunch follows. Please stop in the Activity Office to sign up and pay $22 each if you haven’t already. There is still room for you and you get to pick your meal. The tenderloins are fabulous!

Hidalgo Lights on Dec. 16th: There is a signup sheet out for a group trip to the lights which includes a chicken dinner, VIP seating for whoever performs that evening, and a train ride to see all the lights around the city. I know you aren’t ready for Christmas planning just yet, however, I will need to get tickets early if we are going to go. They do sell out. If you are not here yet, call the Activities Office to get signed up - 956-968-3140.

Razz Ma Tazz, the Show Choir from Nikki Rowe High School in McAllen will be doing their Christmas Show here on Friday, December 6^th at 7 PM. I know this is a Friday, however, it was the only date they had left so I took it because I know people have been asking to have them come. You can stop in the office for tickets to their performance starting today. We are charging $5 for the tickets and we need cash for their performance since all proceeds go to Razz Ma Tazz.

The Sundrops are a family group from Canada that really shined at the Entertainment Showcase last season. We booked them for December 17^th at 7 PM and you can come to the office to buy tickets starting today. We have lost quite a few of our family Christmas Shows this past season and I was very thankful that this group came on the scene. They are wonderful and I know you’ll enjoy them. The tickets are $9 each and we would appreciate it if you paid in cash.

The Park Garage Sale which is held in the Hall is scheduled for December 14^th from 7 AM to 10 AM. Setup is the night before starting at 4 PM.

The Estero Llano Tram Tour for November 29th is full and we have a few on the waiting list so if you can’t go, please let me know so I can call those on the wait list. I’ll set up another tour for next month.

Ranch House Burgers Trip: I’ve scheduled one for November 19^th at 5 PM. The signup sheet is on the tables across from the stage. We have reserved for 30. You can order off the menu and pay there.

The Veggie Wagon will be here today at 3:30 until 5 PM and should be here every week unless the weather is really bad..

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: 

We need Team Leader for the Pancake Breakfasts on Saturday morning. Please see Mary or Lee in the Activity Office. 

We need people who would like to volunteer to sign people up for trips and shows before and after the meetings. You can choose to handle money or to sign people up for non money trips.

We also would like a couple people to monitor the bulletin boards once a week. If you might be interested, just stop in the office and talk to me. I’ll tell you what is involved.

Lee is looking for someone or a couple people from the Woodshop, most likely, to put together the Christmas Tree cart. If you might be interested in helping, see Lee in the Activity Office and he can fill you in on what is needed.