Grange Notes by Tim Swartz, December 18, 2016
A special dance to welcome the new year–by having fun with your friends, family and loved ones!
At the usual “break” in the dance, we’ll have a dessert potluck to keep up our energy–bring your favorite treat to share–from sweet to savory.
Want to hear more from the band and caller? Check out the music on https://www.frostandfireband.
December Grange Meeting report
Our monthly Grange meeting happened on Saturday, Dec. 3rd; we got our usual set of reports on various topics, and followed with a special holiday sing-along. We heard from Marj Power about the local elections–we all know what happened on the national scene! Notably, long-term State Senator Bill Doyle, who has served 24 terms as a VT legislator has decided to not contest the close count which resulted in the election of Francis Brooks as the new Senator from Washington County, joining Ann Cummings and Anthony Pollina. Former Senator Boyle has been a strong supporter of the Grange, and will always be appreciated for his support of our grant applications. He’ll always be welcome at our potluck dinners, too!
We also got an update of our Community Service report; our Community Service organizer Merry Shernock has prepared a display to encourage participation in our projects, based on the remarks which Adlai Stevenson made after Eleanor Roosevelt’s death–see the pictures below. Here is the list of suggestions:
Donate Money . . .
- $3 ~ sponsor a family at KIDS TRADE & PLAY ( clothing & gear exchange 2nd Saturdays).
- $20 ~ sponsor a family at FAMILY FUN DAY (January 22, 2017).
- $100 ~ ‘match’ for the next Hall Improvement Grant.
Here’s how: click DONATE at www.capitalcitygrange.org
Give of yourself . . .
- KT&P fiber recycling (2ndSaturdays).
- Light Carpentry Projects
- Manage SOCIAL MEDIA for CCG#469.
- Bring HomeShare Now participant to CCG event (part of CCG#469 + Onion River Exchange + HomeShare Now! working together)
- Or join CCG#469 – learn more ways to help others
WWW.CAPITALCITYGRANGE.ORG
802.229-9425 ~ merrykaysings@gmail.com
Merry has also been learning to make QuickBooks work for the Grange, as our new Treasurer–if you’d like to be part of this transition, and eventually to take over the job once she has figured out best ways to automate parts of the job, contact her!
Our meeting was followed by a special singalong, led by our Grange Musician, Matt Nunnelly playing piano, and Alison Forrest leading singing with everyone. The songs included some of the standards, plus some less-usual ones–like the Leonard Cohen song “Hallelujah”.
More people joined us for the potluck dinner, as well–A good time was had by all!
Put the next meeting on your calendar–January 7th–just one week after the New Year’s Eve special dance described above.
Between now and then, enjoy the holidays.
