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GROSSE POINTE NEWS, DECEMBER 4, 2008<br />
CLUBS<br />
Fbx Creek Questers<br />
Fox Creek Questers No. 216<br />
meet at 11:30 a.m. Thursday,<br />
Dec. 4, at the home of Susan<br />
Hartz. Marlene Harle is the<br />
hostess and Georgie LeDuc is<br />
co-hostess.<br />
Members are asked to bring<br />
a special toy from a past<br />
Christmas. A $5 donation for<br />
the scholarship fund will be accepted.<br />
Jewelry sale<br />
The Fontbonne Auxiliary of<br />
St. John Hospital and Medical<br />
Center hosts a gently-used jewelry<br />
and accessory sale from 10<br />
a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, in<br />
the hospital adjacent to the<br />
LeFontbonne Gift Shoppe. All<br />
proceeds will benefit the<br />
Holistic Nursing Program.<br />
This is a cash sale only.<br />
Lakeshore Optimist<br />
The 18th annual Coats for<br />
the Cold Clothing Collection<br />
by the Lakeshore Optimist<br />
Club of Grosse Pointe will be<br />
Saturday, Dec. 6.<br />
All types of clean clothing<br />
for children or adults will be<br />
accepted and given to either<br />
the Grace Community<br />
Church's Outreach Ministry<br />
My Father's Business, or the<br />
Foundation for Exceptional<br />
Children.<br />
"We typically collect a couple<br />
rooms worth of clothing<br />
each year," said Krys<br />
Schroeder of Grosse Pointe<br />
Woods and Optimist president.<br />
"This serves a dual-purpose:<br />
The clothing is recycled to<br />
benefit those who can use<br />
them; and eastside residents<br />
can clear out their closets and<br />
receive a tax deduction."<br />
Christina Gaitley, director of<br />
My Father's Business, talks<br />
about how a family of fivewho<br />
lost everything in a fireasked<br />
My Father's Business for help.<br />
Due to the generosity of the<br />
<strong>community</strong> and the Optimist<br />
Club, she said, the family was<br />
provided with suitable clothing<br />
and most importantly, winter<br />
coats. •' -<br />
In another recent case, an elementary<br />
school social worker<br />
called on behalf of a student's<br />
family. Neither this student<br />
nor his four siblings had a coat<br />
and would not be able to attend<br />
school when the weather<br />
got colder.<br />
"Our monitoring system and<br />
ever-expanding coordination<br />
with area churches, organizations<br />
and individuals has gone<br />
a long way toward assuring<br />
that every coat and cold<br />
weather item we receive is<br />
made available to those who<br />
need it most," Gaitley said.<br />
To donate clothing, call the<br />
Optimist Hotline at (313) 359-<br />
6126 any time until Dec. 5,<br />
leaving a name and address.<br />
Optimist volunteers will pick<br />
up the bags placed on the front<br />
porch between noon and 3<br />
p.m. Dec. 6. A receipt will be<br />
left.<br />
Clothing may be dropped<br />
them off at 717 University<br />
Place, City of Grosse Pointe<br />
any time between Wednesday,<br />
Dec. 3 and Friday, Dec. 5.<br />
Holiday concert<br />
A holiday concert with Mel<br />
Stander His Gentlemen of<br />
Swing, featuring vocalist<br />
Denise Stevens, will be playing<br />
from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday,<br />
Dec. 7, at the Grosse Pointe<br />
War Memorial, 32 Lakeshore,<br />
Grosse Pointe Farms.<br />
Tickets to see the 18-piece<br />
orchestra are $5.<br />
The program includes music<br />
from the 1940s and 1950s and<br />
a sing-along.<br />
For more information, call<br />
(313)881-7511.<br />
Gold parry<br />
American Diamond<br />
Importers (Coughlin Jewelers)<br />
will be at the Grosse Pointe<br />
War Memorial from 4:30 to<br />
7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 8, for a<br />
charitable gold party.<br />
Attendees are asked to bring<br />
gold jewelry of any color or<br />
qualify to - the event. The<br />
American Diamond Importers<br />
staff will use fair market value<br />
to purchase the items and<br />
write checks. American<br />
Diamond Importers will make<br />
a 10 percent match donation,<br />
based on the event's total sales,<br />
to the Goodfellows.<br />
The event is free and open to<br />
the public.<br />
Wine tasting<br />
Master sommelier Claudia<br />
Tyagi will teach an All About<br />
Wine with the Holidays class<br />
from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday,<br />
Dec. 9, at the Grosse Pointe<br />
War Memorial, 32 Lakeshore<br />
Drive, Grosse Pointe Farms.<br />
Tyagi will address how to<br />
choose a wine to compliment a<br />
holiday menu and what snacks<br />
and desserts to serve with what<br />
wines. She will serve six very<br />
different wines that may help<br />
with menu planning and gift<br />
The Grosse Pointe chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society presents "Getting Them Back in<br />
the Pews," a one act Christmas musical at 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11, at the Grosse Pointe War<br />
Memorial, 32 Lakeshore, Grosse Pointe Farms. The event features the Lakeshore Chorus and<br />
quartets. Advance tickets are $10 and maybe purchased by calling (586) 791-0149.<br />
giving. The fee is $68 per person.<br />
Residents of all communities<br />
can attend. Early registration is<br />
encouraged by calling (313)<br />
881-7511.<br />
Christmas tea<br />
A Christmas tea will be will<br />
be held from 2 to 4 p.m.<br />
Wednesday, Dec. 10, at the<br />
Grosse Pointe War Memorial,<br />
32 Lakeshore, Grosse Pointe<br />
Farms.<br />
Guests will sit by a fire and<br />
with tea sandwiches, scones,<br />
sweets and drink tea accompanied<br />
by the live music by<br />
James Abud.<br />
NATIONAL<br />
The cost is $29 and includes<br />
tax and gratuity.<br />
For more information, call<br />
(313) 881-7511. Reservations<br />
are required.<br />
Spanish Language<br />
The Grosse Pointe Spanish<br />
Language Meetup Group gathers<br />
at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,<br />
Dec. 10, at Caribou Coffee in<br />
the "Village. For more information,<br />
visit meetup.com.<br />
Women's Connection<br />
The Women's Connection of<br />
Grosse Pointe meets Thursday,<br />
Dec. 11 at the Lochmoor Club.<br />
Socializing begins at 6 p.m.<br />
and dinner is at 6:30 p.m.<br />
Speaker Patty Rice's topic is<br />
"Forever Amber." She will tell<br />
stories about amber jewelry,<br />
myths and folk remedies attributed<br />
to amber. She will also<br />
tell how to distinguish between<br />
fake and real amber. Rice attended<br />
Kalamazoo College and<br />
Michigan State University,<br />
where she earned a doctorate<br />
degree in education.<br />
The cost is $27 for members<br />
and $29 for nonmembers. The<br />
program only is $5.<br />
For more information, call<br />
Marcia Pikielek at (313) 884-<br />
4201 or Nancy Neat at (313)<br />
882-1855.<br />
Why not surprise someone with Michigan's<br />
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and hot dogs to enjoy at home.<br />
Place your order today!<br />
The Rev. Peter Henry of Grosse Pointe<br />
Memorial Church gave of message of hope and<br />
comfort during the Nov. 24 meeting of the president at Marv80@comcast.net.<br />
Grosse Pointe Rotary Club.<br />
Rick Swaihe and Donna Hoban of Beaumont<br />
Grosse Pointe were the Dec. 1 speakers.<br />
Mary Huebner has been with the club for<br />
three years and Bill Huntington for 32 years.<br />
The Rotary club has 106 members and 65 that<br />
have perfect attendance.<br />
Members voted to give $5,000 to the district's<br />
foundation and $3,000 to the Rhode Island Polio<br />
Plus efforts.<br />
A dozen from the Grosse Pointe South High<br />
School's Interact Club went to the Children's<br />
Center to organize and fill family meal sacks for<br />
Thanksgiving distribution.<br />
Several students raked leaves for five seniors<br />
in the <strong>community</strong> and three attended the Rotary<br />
Youth Leadership Award.<br />
Interact meets at 3:05 p.m. Thursdays in<br />
Room 297.<br />
Meet our member<br />
Mark Brooks has served as president 2007-08<br />
and has been a Rotarian since 1996.<br />
His father, John, is a Rotarian both in Grosse<br />
Pointe and Florida and has served as president<br />
of the local club and twice as District governor.<br />
Mark and his brother, J.C, own the Brooks<br />
Allstate Insurance Agency.<br />
Mark and his wife, Molly, have two children.<br />
He has run the 50/50 raffle.<br />
The first of fivedrawings will be held during<br />
the meetings. For more information, call Mark<br />
at (586) 777-8686.<br />
To learn more about the club, contact the<br />
Scholarship<br />
Area Rotary clubs are accepting applications<br />
for their Ambassadorial Scholars program,<br />
which grants up to $25,000 for a scholar to<br />
study abroad during 2010-11.<br />
Application forms can be found at the Rotary<br />
International Web site.<br />
Rotary's international activities are financed<br />
and managed by its Rotary Foundation. Since it<br />
began the program in 1947, nearly 38,000 men<br />
and women from 100 nations have studied<br />
abroad under its auspices. Today it is the<br />
world's largest privately funded international<br />
scholarships' program. About 800 scholarships<br />
are awarded each year. Through grants totaling<br />
about $500 million, recipients from about 70<br />
countries have studied in more than 70 nations.<br />
The purpose of the program is to further international<br />
understanding and friendly relations<br />
among people of different countries and<br />
geographical areas. The program sponsors several<br />
types of scholarships for undergraduate<br />
and graduate students as well as for qualified<br />
professional pursuing vocational studies.<br />
While abroad, scholars served as goodwill<br />
ambassadors to the host country and give presentations<br />
about their homeland's Rotary clubs<br />
and other groups. Upon returning home, scholars<br />
will share their experiences.<br />
For more information, call John Cobau at<br />
(313)885-1650.<br />
Davison • Detroit,<br />
Tel. 313-365^5611<br />
Campaign chairs<br />
St. Paul Catholic School auction patron campaign chairs, from left, Patsy end Ed Gotfredson and<br />
honorary auction chairs Sharon and Mickey Burke joined the Gift Gathering Party in St. Paul's<br />
parish house on Nov. 7. This year's auction will Friday, Feb. 6, at The Roostertail in Detroit. The<br />
auction's proceeds will be used to purchase textbooks, extra instructional materials, technology,<br />
art and library supplies. For more information on the auction, "A Gem of An Evening Awaits," visit<br />
auction@stpaulonthelake.org.
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