You may join FF friends and other volunteers the last Wednesday of the month from 12:30-3:30. The staff is friendly and caring and will instruct you as to your “job” for that day. You’ll be able to take a break during that 3 hour shift to have some goodies and chat with friends. Sign up by October 28-see newsletter for details and watch your email.
Book Club – In Person
We have one book selected for our meeting on Monday, October 21. It is This is Happiness by Irish author Niall Williams and it appeared on the FF International book list. Margaret Renkl of The New York Times calls it “a book so beautiful and so funny and so true that it will make you love the whole human race and forgive it all its trespasses.”
Board Meeting
Monthly board meeting was rescheduled due to the Ghana outbound and Board conflicts in early September. This will be the September/October board Meeting
Second Harvest
To volunteer for September 25 please contact Judy Thorpe
(jthorpe12@charter.net or 608-772-5438) by
September 23.
Adopt a Highway
Friday, Sept 13 at 10am
Please meet at the Middleton Park and Ride off
Hwy 12, exit 249. Contact Stephanie Vanden
Bush at sljacobs2@gmail.com or (920) 676-1441
with questions and/or your RSVP.
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Summer Picnic–RSVP by September 4
Saturday, September 7, 2024
Marshall Park 5:00 Social time
2101 Allen Blvd 5:15 Picnic potluck buffet
Madison 7:21 Sunset ☀ 🌴
Grilled hamburgers and brats will be pre-
prepared by grill master John Baldwin. We will
have buns and condiments to dress them up.
Please provide a dish to share for the potluck
such as potato salad, vegetable salad or platter,
baked beans, hot dish, meat dish, hors d’oeuvres,
chips and dip, fruit tray, variety of desserts, or
your favorite picnic food.
Please bring your own beverage, alcohol is
permissible in this park; park rules prohibit glass
containers. Paper plates, utensils, napkins, and
cups will be provided.
The program following our potluck will be a big
“welcome back” to our Ghanian Ambassadors–
Coordinators Larry Neuman and Maureen Kind;
Dorothy Baldwin, David Blado, Ariel Ford,
Margaret Harrigan, Audrey Liimatainen, Magdi
Sebestyen, and Diane Mertens.
Those who are present will briefly tell about their
hosts, share a memorable experience, and
possibly show a souvenir.
Summer Picnic!
Easy directions to the Park:
From University Avenue at Imperial Garden, turn
north onto Allen Boulevard. At the bottom of the
hill, turn right into the right-side parking lot, and
walk up the incline past the playground to the
shelter. If needed, drive up the small driveway to
the shelter for drop-off and then return your car
to the parking lot.
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Reservations due by Wednesday, September 4,
so that serving supplies, tables and supplemental
food can be prepared.
Please indicate your potluck contribution
and your meat choice
when you make your reservation:
Gail Holmes
(608) 249-1846
glholmes@wisc.edu
Please wear your name tag!
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Book Club
October 21 – in person at Stephanie Sorensen, time to be determined
This is Happiness by Niall Williams (2019 – 380 pp)
32 copies in the library system; 13 available
“Change is coming to Faha, a small Irish parish that hasn’t changed in a thousand years. For one thing, the rain is stopping. N
Book Club
September 16 – in person, at Maureen Kinds. Contact Marjie Marion to be added to the list and obtain the time.
Forty Autumns: a family’s story of courage and survival on both sides of the Berlin Wall by Nina Willner (2016 – 391 pp) 15 copies in the library
Ghana Outbound
Members outbound to Ghana
Our Summer Picnic will be held
Saturday, September 7
at the Marshall Park shelter 2101 Allen Boulevard in Madison