Upcoming Events You Don’t Want to Miss: Monday, Jan. 4th Board Meeting 6 pm at Little Lilly's Deli Saturday, Jan. 9th Bag N Tag Sort 9am - 2pm at 7830 Lobean Lane Thursday, Jan. 14th NEXT GENERAL MEETING at the MOOSE Thursday, Jan 21st Wine Event Planning Meeting. Volunteers Needed! Members are encouraged to visit the website for up to date news, minutes, financials and event committee meeting minutes. |
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The Holiday Season always brings out the best in all of us; goodwill, sharing and caring. As you can see below there are many ways to get involved. |
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However, always remember that the simple joy of calling a friend or neighbor, and having a chat for a while can bring tremendous joy. Just leave a fun message if you get their voicemail ! I wish you a very Merry Christmas!! Little ‘Ole Elf DJ |
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General Meetings Our December General Meeting was a blast with complimentary pizza and wonderful desserts to celebrate our award for Best Service Organization in Pine Island 2020! Second year in a row. Thank you! |
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OUR NEXT GENERAL MEETING WILL BE ON JANUARY 14TH at the Moose Lodge at 6:30 pm Menu offerings and online connection information will follow in the next Herald |
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New Merchandise Including Wine Toppers Now Available Great stocking stuffers and gifts Items may ordered using the updated catalog order form or can be picked up at Trader’s Hitching Post in Matlacha or at the upcoming general meeting. | | |
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Bag N Tag Sorting Event Saturday, Jan. 9th 9 am - 2 pm LoBean Lane While our Pancake Breakfast Drive Thru has been postponed, we will hold a Sorting Event for the March 20th Bag N Tag. Everyone is welcome. Any time you can provide that day is greatly appreciated. |
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FEBRUARY 28, 2021 SAINT JAMES CITY CIVIC CENTRE Proceeds benefit the Beacon of Hope Senior Programs. VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED !! Next Planning Meeting is Jan. 21st Hooker Hugs and thanks go out to Diana Willits for all her hard work for our merchandise committee and for donating several items, including our new display rack ! Tickets are available NOW at the following locations: C.W. Fudge, Centennial Bank, The Beacon of HOPE store and on Eventbrite. | | |
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Rescheduled February 20 and 21 VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED Saturday 9:30am - 8pm Sunday 9:30am - 5pm For more information please email Jill @ matlachahookersdirectorii@gmail.com |
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Family In Need...Outreach Committee Update As mentioned at the December General Meeting, the Outreach Committee is in the process of working with other Island charities and groups to help a family of six who lost everything in a fire just before Thanksgiving. While the instinct is to rush out and buy Christmas gifts for the four children and their parents, we considered the following and developed a plan: - The family is living temporarily in a very tiny one-bedroom trailer.
- Other agency assistance includes the following:
- FISH has placed the family in their Christmas Basket Brigade for toys
- CLAM contributed Walmart gift cards
- Beacon of Hope has children's clothing and other merchandise
- PICC is offering to donate anything that they can use
- PI Kiwanis will give $800 toward rent in a more permanent home next month
- PI Food Pantry is providing a Christmas meal and everyday groceries.
- Our first focus: The husband is a carpenter who lost most of his tools. We will contribute Home Depot cards and a member has offered her late husband's tools.
- Our second focus will be the wife's wish for the basics: toilet paper, paper towels, baby wipes, size 5 diapers, children's Tylenol (for ages 2-11) and bottled water. We will deliver two installments - one before Christmas and one between Christmas and New Year's. The drop off location is Traders Hitching Post in Matlacha. Please deliver donations of these items as soon as possible.
There will be more information in the next Herald. Grateful Genie for the Outreach Committee 239-283-0349 |
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The 2021 Scholarship Committee is now being formed. Interested ? Email our wonderful returning Chairperson Chris Buntin Chris.Buntin@aol.com |
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Still Looking for an opportunity to help others this week? |
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The United Way of Lee County would like to offer food for the holidays to members of the hospitality industry for free pick-up on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020 between 1-4pm. This food will include frozen meat, fresh produce, and other staples. Volunteer opportunities to help distribute the food are still available. Click on the link to reserve your timeslot. Location: United Way Office, 7273 Concourse Drive, Fort Myers, FL 33908 FOOD FOR THE HOLIDAYS REGISTRATION LINK
You will recieve a confirmation email from the United Way upon completion of the form. Questions? Please contact United Way staff member Kim Fay at 239.433.7208
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Attention Holiday Shoppers Don’t forget that .05% of all of your purchases will be automatically donated to the Matlacha Hookers if you 1. Select Matlacha Hookers as your charity and then 2. Enter Amazon through the Amazon Smile each time you shop. |
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Our quarterly donation from Amazon Smile was $67.11...thanks to all those who contributed by adding the Matlacha Hookers as their Amazon Charity and shopping through Amazon Smile!! It does make a difference! |
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"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, and it is better to be ridiculous than boring." - Unknown |
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When are the next Heralds going to be published and how do I submit content? For December 30th edition - deadline for content submissions is Monday, Dec. 28th. For January 10th edition - deadline for content submissions is Thursday, Jan. 8th. Send all Herald and website content submissions to the Secretary at MatlachaHookers@MatlachaHookers.org for pre approval. Questions or concerns: contact Karen Durand at MHwebmistress@gmail.com. |
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