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| Dogwood Christmas Rally - 2022 |
It started Thursday evening – great food, great friendship. Hosted by the Herberts and Kiukens, the participants brought lots of great hors d’oeuvres; we caught up on all the latest info on old friends we had not seen in quite a while and made new friends with folks who had just joined the club. The weather was perfect; Americamps decorated the rally room for us making us feel very welcome.
On Friday we conducted two FMCA-required business events – the annual fiscal audit and the annual chapter member reconciliation. The fiscal audit, covered by Berkley Alexander, Robi Robinson, Jim Buelow and Pat Allen, showed us that our books were straight and finances in good shape. The chapter member reconciliation with Ed Herbert, Dave Meyer, and Pat Allen aligned our membership records with those of FMCA, since everyone in Dogwood is an FMCA member. In the end, we updated the FMCA records with fourteen (14) new members, now bringing our total club membership to 60 families. Outstanding, I should say!
Friday night’s dinner was a hit with Brunswick stew, biscuits, Caesar salad and cake. Again, lots of delicious hors d’oeuvres to start off the dinner. Then games! We played the old favorite, Left-Right-Center and gave away over $200 in prizes - I think everybody had a good time that night.
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| Lee, Nancy, Donna, & Patty |
Saturday morning was a brunch of eggs-cooked to order, casseroles, tomato pie, bacon, sausage gravy and (more) biscuits, followed by the club business meeting. Secretary Jean will be posting the minutes shortly, but the main thing here is that we welcomed the new officers and started the planning for rallies in 2023. That will be on the blog site soon. Note that we also had guests this weekend; Andy Deal and his wife Lee (who jumped right in and helped out with everything!) are our FMCA Eastern Area VPs and stayed with us the whole weekend. Andy and Lee – thanks for being part of our rally. Lee – thanks especially to you for helping in the kitchen. But I want to point out that a lot of folks helped out in the kitchen for this rally – we (Kuikens, Herberts, and Dudziak) could not have done this without the efforts of all the club members who jumped in with fixing dishes, heating dishes, prepping food, chopping vegetables, etc. This is what makes our club work so well – everybody pitches in and the food is always, always excellent! Dinner that night of ham, green beans, (even more) biscuits, pineapple casserole, and salad, followed by pumpkin pie with whipped cream – a perfect meal. Then there was the Yankee Swap, run by our fearless Yankee-Swap leader, Mrs. Connie Tilman. We fought over the handmade quilt and afghan; I think they changed hands three times, but in the end, everyone walked out with some great gifts. Dave Meyer took lots of pictures, so look for photos on the blog site soon. We had a really good turnout this weekend; 28 member coaches – so I count this as a very successful Christmas Rally.
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| Connie managing the Yankee-Swap |
Next year it looks like we are going to be at the American Heritage Campground in Williamsburg, and I am betting it too will be a big success. As an aside. American Heritage will not be holding sites for us, so I recommend you get your reservations in to them ASAP. Their contact information is 1-888-530-2267 and when you call, tell them you are with FMCA Dogwood.
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