WRR Meeting - Monday, March 14, 2016

Post date: Feb 26, 2016 7:39:40 PM

March’s WRR meeting will be held on Monday, March 14, at 7 pm at Golden Hill Healthcare Center. Easter comes early this year, so our service project and primary meeting agenda will be to fill the Easter Baskets that Evelyn and a group of dedicated volunteers have created. Debby K. has arranged for the baskets to be donated to Covenant to Care, a worthy organization. Hopefully, they will brighten the day for many youngsters. Please bring individually wrapped candy, small toys, gifts, toothbrushes, etc. to stuff the baskets.

If all goes well, we will also enjoy a short presentation from one of my colleagues, Yvie Klanco, who is an authority on the art of pysanky, Ukrainian Egg Decoration. While the presentation time allotted (due to the bulk of the meeting dedicated to filling and wrapping the baskets) does not give us any hands on, I’m sure Yvie would be glad to recommend resources if we’d like to pursue the art ourselves.

In addition to items to fill the baskets, if you wish, we have our on-going donation request of food for the hungry, socks for the Bridgeport Relief sock bank, and coupons and personal care items for our Veterans.

Also, in March, we will be having:

Happy Hour on Tuesday, March 1, at Eli’s Tavern in Orange, CT. Thanks to Martha Shea for organizing these events.

Idea Forum on Tuesday, March 8, (not Wednesday this month), at McDonald’s on Boston Post Road in Devon at 10:00 am. Here are details from Toby:

“Our topic is going to be talking about women - did you know that products for women cost 7% more than similar products for men? Anything pink that you purchase probably cost you more money than if you bought the men's version. I also want to just follow up our conversation about the cost of drugs!

Please let me know if you plan to attend Tuesday, March 8 - hope to see you there!!

Please click on the link to "Calendar of Events" for more details on the month's activities.

Since Evelyn will not be at our next meeting, she requested that info on our first trip for 2016 be included in this newsletter. On Thursday, May 12, 2016, we will be going to Lizzy Borden's house in New Bedford, MA. The cost is $25 and is limited to 14 people. Payment secures your spot for the trip. Make checks payable to Evelyn Duffner.