Coaticook Area Senior Citizen’s Club
Our meeting of February 20th, 2018 was at the Elie Carrier center. Our new President, Penny Fowler, started the meeting by welcoming three new members.
Penny announced that we lost three members this month, Dorothy Woodman, Russel Nichols and John Sharpe. She read a text and we had a moment of silence.
Also three birthdays this month. Two members were present, Betty Haskell and Leanne Mayhew. We all sang Happy Birthday. The meeting went on with the reading of the Annual Financial Report. It was followed with a few jokes and stories by Penny and Ellen Bailey. Penny also said grace before our excellent meal.
Participation prizes were won by the cook, Armand Boivin and one of our new members, Ruth Charleau. The free meal door prize was won by Huguette Simard.
Shirley Desruisseaux read the text ‘’Do everything in Love’’. She had four candles representing Peace, Faith, Love and Hope. As she read the text, she was extinguishing the candles for Peace, Faith and Love. Hope remained – as long as Hope lives, we can relight the other candles when they go out. It’s an inspiring text and a member mentionned that if we have Faith we never lose Hope.
February being Valentine’s month we had asked members to wear something ‘red’ so Penny, with the help of her rabbit, Jenny, read us a story about the beginning of Valentine. She went around and found only two members not wearing red. She collected $0.25 from each of them and it was given to the treasurer.
The door prizes were won by Sue Nichols, Ruth Charleau, Janet Shepherd, Barbara Paxton, Sott Kirby, Patricia Bryant, Doris Beaudin, Betty Haskell, Gerrit Van der Mark, Kathy Cloutier, Pat Howe, Shirley Desruisseaux, Delma Fowler and Carole Mayne.
We had asked members to share hints using items we found in the house. Penny had a good list of things to do and also some members.
Be advised that next month the meeting is on March 27th, the fourth Tuesday not the third and the main meal will be chicken breast. It’s also the Sugar Bush meal. Even if St-patrick’s day was the 17th, we can still celebrate it by wearing something green.
As usual someone will be phoning to remind you of the meeting at the Elie Carrier Center and at the same time probably ask you if you want to go out to a ‘Cabane à sucre’ on top of having the ‘sugar sweet’ at the Center.
Submitted by Penny Fowler, President Suzanne Martin, Secretary