March Meeting

HI Pholks

Update on events and such from a great meeting at the Alibi. Another good turnout ,a family affair with children and grand children . It was awesome to see the new faces and the faces we haven't seen in awhile . Hope to see all these people at our next family friendly event . Events scheduled include , Monday March 12 9:30 until 12pm we have a work crew at the London Foodbank , they needed our help over the Break struggling to keep up with the demand for their program. Saturday April 14 from 10am- 12 pm is the clubs regular scheduled volunteer at the Foodbank. July 7th has been confirmed for preparing dinner for McDonald House. Thank you goes to Mike and Bill for gathering donated items for our meal . Our next Meeting is in St Thomas at Braxton's Thursday April 12 at 7pm.

Cheers

Cap'n

Gord Lyle

February Fun

Hi Pholks

Well we have had a busy month. Last meeting at the Alibi was great ! It was fantastic to see lots of members and some old friends . I'm just sorry that coaching took me away from the meeting , I drive the athletes up to Western to train during the Wrestling Finals, cause I would have like to stay. Some good news attached to the meeting first of all we are a go at McDonald House on July 7 as confirmed by the community liaison, second as of today we can Volunteer at the Foodbank in London on March 12 , during March Break. Some of you said you may be able to join me so I'll send more info out as I get it. Canusa turned out to be a pretty good event , although the band was not really a Parrothead band they definitely pleased the crowd. I'd would encourage people to go next year . At this time I'd also like to send out healthy thoughts to those Members who are recovering from various ailments better now than in the summer.
Our next meeting is on Thursday March 8 at 7pm , from the feedback I got I think it will be ok if we have the meeting at the Alibi again. Topics of interest include details of working at the foodbank , arranging a tour of the kitchen at McDonald House and the Alzheimer Walk in May . Looking forward to seeing another great crowd .

Cheers,

Cap'n Gord

Hi Pholks

It's that time again for our monthly meet and greet . This month we'll meet at the Alibi on Oxford Street West on Thursday February 9 at 7pm. On the agenda we'll talk about our cooking time at McDonald's house , Canusa and our next Foodbank slot. The Foodbank is also looking for people to Volunteer during the week days of March Break in the daytime . I'm not going anywhere so I'm going to volunteer one of those weekdays if you can join me please let me know at the meeting or e-mail me with the contact info on this blog. Hope to see you all next Thursday .

Cheers

Gord

Hi Pholks
A reminder of our next meeting on Thursday January 12 at 7pm in St Thomas at Braxtons Restaurant . A heads up for those of you who don't know already that Canusa is on Feb 11th this year in Burlington. It looks like a good lineup of talent and is always an interesting time . I hope to go this year , see old friends and make new ones :) I can send more info if you are interested.
See you soon.

Christmas Party

Hi Pholks

Gregg and Doreen have been kind enough to open their home for our Christmas Party. We encourage our members to bring a dish or a snack to share , it's always something tasty, BYOB for those of us who will have a beverage :) This year we would like to gather unwrapped toys for local children , Gregg has a contact for distribution , in addition any money you would like to donate will be gathered for our group charity. The end of the year is also the time when we pay our dues $20 single , $30 family and see if anyone would like to take on a position of responsibility.
Date : December 17th
Start : 6:30pm
Address : 39 Hagerman Cr in St. Thomas


Hope to see all of our members there !!

Cheers

Christmas Float

Hey Pholks

We had a Phantastik turnout for the Foodbank Christmas Float November 12th . The group did a great job and the Food bank collected over 11 thousand pounds of food during the London Christmas Parade .
Our meeting after was very productive we decided on 3 major ideas : 1) a christmas party at Gregg and Doreen's on December 17th , more to come on that , 2 ) create an event, publicize it , gather new members, I think it will be a smaller event but it's going to happen, 3) other creative ways to give back to the community ie) volunteer to prepare meals for McDonald House in their kitchen .
All the LPH's are awesome people deserving of recognition you may not get it from anywhere else but I'll tell you here in public you are a benefit to the communities you live in.

Cheers,

Cap'n Gord

Annual Foodbank Christmas Float

On November 12th we will be decorating the London Foodbank's Christmas Float . It is a fun and important part of working with the Foodbank that we have been doing for several years . Our monthly meeting will be held after our job is done . We'll meet at 12pm at the Bristol . On the agenda is events over the winter , gathering dues and our annual report to PHIP. Hope to see you there.


Cheers Pholks