Vice-President Allen Hanson called the
meeting of the Amherst Club to order at noon on Tuesday, July 28th,
2015, and welcomed us all. Note that the high-school student who received our community service award and could not attend previously, will be present with his parents at our August 11th meeting to receive our congratulations. Note: in August, the club meets twice. This year, we will meet on August 11th and 25th. Therefore, we will NOT meet next week, on August 4th. There is no speaker today, and instead, members are recommending summer reading they are enjoying. See the list below. 2016 Fundraiser: Barbara Freed told us she has volunteered to direct the fundraiser again next year as long as there are no changes to the format and procedures from last year. Our date is set – March 19th- we have reserved the same venue and the same caterer, Seth Myers. We have also contracted with the same musician, Paul Aslanian and his group. Vivienne made a detailed schedule of the work flow last year, which is available to us and is very useful. Areas that still need volunteers to step up are Decorations and P. R. Last year’s attendees were almost all from our own circle, very few from the outside. Announcements: Celebrate Medicare’s 50th Birthday on Thursday, July 30th! Short festive gatherings will be held with music at Springfield City Hall, 36 Court Square, 9 am; Holyoke City Hall, High and Dwight Streets, 11 am; Pittsfield Federal Building, 79 Center Street, 12 noon; Northampton City Hall, 210 Main Street, 1:30 pm; Greenfield Town Common, Main and Federal Streets, 3:30 pm. For more information, contact Jackie Wolf, lwvahealthcare@yahooo.com. Amherst International Folk Dancing every Friday at 7:30 at the Unitarian Universalist Meeting House . On August 7th, Barbara Freed’s band “Panharmonium”, will play. In the fall, the group returns to the Bangs Center. Raffle: Jacquie Price won the wine. Ellen Kosmer won the $10. There was a third prize today, a decorative plant donated by Nancy Brose, and this was won by Joan Hanson. Your scribe, Linda Honan SUMMER READING 2015
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