On December 4, 2021, the club went forward with its Christmas
party plans. We again went to Richard’s Pub and had our same delightful
waitress/hostess Kristin take care of us. Party arrangements were managed with care and
competence by Marie Penta, our Hospitality person extraordinaire. She was assisted Marguerite Pakuris with
planning and obtaining Santa Gifts for the crowd. Although we only numbered 25 this year, we
were a jolly group – especially those sitting over there in “that” corner! The food was very good, as usual – and since
we did not come up with the magic 35 in attendance, we were accorded a lot of
left overs to take home – YUM! Sparky
Pakuris did the honors again playing Santa – and Kristin arranged a special
chair for him to sit in. He distributed the gifts, and some lucky recipients got
a cash surprise inside! Marie Penta had made Christmas wreaths as special
prizes, and every table had a centerpiece which was awarded to certain persons
at each table. We missed those folks who
could not attend but had a nice time and made new memories to cherish. As in years past – the members brought gifts
to donate to Toys for Tots and these were taken to the local Cardis for
distribution by John Mennucci – they even took a picture of him to share with
us!
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| Sandy, Marie and Tom Cash |
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| That table - what were they laughing at? |
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| Meet and greet |
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| Kristin serving all of us |
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| Bob and Moe |
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| Evie and Jan |
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| Marguerite and Sparky |
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| The Mennuccis and Marguerite |
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| Sparky now a lifetime member! |
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| George, Richard and Patricia |
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| Marie happy about all the toys |
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| Toys for Tots gifts and Santa's chair |
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| Santa in his special chair |
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| Bob gets his gift from Santa |
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| Dottie shares her wishes with Santa |
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| Jeff wins big! |
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| Marie and Jan with a wreath |
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| Patricia wins a wreath |
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| John delivers! |
