What a party we enjoyed! Lynda Evjen’s first meeting as president of Newcomers enjoyed a very full agenda! Haley Forrest of Northfield Church told us about “A Night to Shine,” this month’s charity. The award winning Hendersonville High-school’s Select Chamber Choir performed several beautiful Christmas songs under the direction of Elizabeth Evans. She Olari shared …
Our November speaker, Paige Brown, gave us a very interesting “State of the City.” Her presentation was particularly interesting as so many of our members live in Gallatin. Appropriate to both to the upcoming Veteran’s Day and Mayor Brown’s commitment to it, this month’s charity is Wreaths Across America. Mayor Brown will take our donation …
Elvis Presley’s little cousin was the toast of our October luncheon. Edie Hand delivered an inspirational talk about life’s ups and downs and how to stay the course. Her foundation, The Edie Hand Foundation, which supports St. Judes was the beneficiary of this month’s money tree.
Thanks to TofH committee chair, Joan Blanich, Newcomers enjoyed a successful first venture at the Taste of Hendersonville on the Streets of Indian Lake. Joan and her volunteers passed out fans to interested people and gathered a whole page of potential new members! It was a lovely evening and Newcomers was well represented in our …
Taste of Hendersonville will begin at 5pm on September 28th at the Streets of Indian Lake. There will be live music and special performances by the Cedarstone School of Music. The “Battle of the Brews” competition will highlight new, local breweries. Seventy (70) vendors will be there with a wide variety of goods and food …
We celebrated both August and September birthdays due to our summer break. The smaller group are August birthday and the medium size group are the September birthdays including this month’s charity representative, Hannah Grubbs. The large group is everyone… why not? Speaking of Hannah, she got a standing ovation after informing us of her charity, …
Lynda Evjen, our vice president, does the lion’s share of the work with securing our speakers for the luncheons and has arranged an interesting and timely speaker for September. Coming on the heels of our exciting opportunity to view a total solar eclipse, Dr. William Teets will be thought provoking and entertaining. Please plan to …
Coffee Connection turned into a truly “Out of this World” experience at Joan Blanich’s home! Joan’s home was turned into Eclipse Headquarters. If you have more eclipse photos you would like to share, email them to Newcomers.Art@gmail.com and we’ll post! Photos of Joan’s Eclipse decorations and all the wonderful food and guests would be appreciated. …
Christmas is a very busy time of the year and Newcomers loves celebrating. Sometimes, though, not everyone can make it to the luncheon and others of us just love Christmas so much that celebrating it in July as well as in December is just the thing to do!
The Sumner County Schools recently announced that their schools will be closed on Monday, August 21, because of this “once-in-a-lifetime” experience. Joan Blanich who is hosting our Eclipse watching party, says that all family and friends are welcome. If you find yourself unexpectedly babysitting your grandchildren, please bring them with you to the Brunch and …
