2024 November/Christmas/30th Anniversary Meeting highlights

Location: Banbury Center
Date: Sunday November 24, 2024

Organizing Committee:

• the club executives

Theme:  Nostalgia ... happy memories from the past

1. Annual Christmas pot-luck
   • one of the popular activities for our November meetings has always been the pot-luck lunch as all club members showcase their culinary skills and bring in delicious food items to share with everyone
2. 30^th Anniversary celebration
        
3. “Nostalgic displays”
   • note that some of these displays reference our club’s 30th anniversary by including items, such as special signages and pearls; the latter being the symbol for a 30th anniversary representing purity, honesty and wisdom
4. Gift exchange (aka White elephant game)
   • following the rule of the White Elephant gift exchange party game, each club member drew a number to determine the order in which he/she would be picking a wrapped gift
   • when your number is called, you could either pick 1 gift from the pile of gifts collected or steal a gift that was previously picked by someone else
   • the best part of the game is obviously the unwrapping after all had picked their gifts
5. Gift card donations
   • the club selected the organization YOUTH WITHOUT SHELTER as the recipient of our gift card donations this year; it is a charity offering shelter and support for youth facing homelessness in the Toronto area
   • click on this link to learn more about this wonderful organization
   • our club members responded generously as always and more than $130 of gift cards were collected
   • Yvette graciously delivered the gift cards on the club’s behalf