January/February 2019
SINGERS' MEMBERSHIP Singers dues, $20 regular members and $10 retired seniors, are now payable. You may pay by mail with a check (please write SINGERS on envelope) or by self-service lock box (cash or check) at the club. Singers please contact Lori Smukala, membership chair, with any questions. Pay by March 31 to stay current. SICK BENEFIT MEMBERS Invoices will be sent out to Sick Benefit members shortly. Dues are payable by March 31st. All members not having paid by March 31st, are considered as suspended. There will be a lockbox at the bar and envelopes. Checks are encouraged. SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS are now available at cfgnb.org/receiving/scholarships/ CULT MOVIE & BISTRO NIGHTS Sat Jan 26 will be a ZOMBIE DOUBLE FEATURE to com- CLUB IMPROVEMENTS A new heating and AC unit will be installed shortly and the house committee is also working on upgrades to our audiovisual entertainment systems. A new stereo receiver was recently installed (thanks Kevin Stewart, Kenny Roman, Steve Stickel) and a high def projector should be in place before Super Bowl in dining room area. DONAU CHARITABLE FOUNDATION The Sick Benefit Society has established a new charitable fund at the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain with a donation of Five Thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars. This Fund is dedicated to the promotion of the German Austrian language and German and Austrian history and culture and any German-American activities relating thereto. As an established Charitable Fund the Club can continue to make donations to it in order to continue to promote these cultural activities. Also any interested members can make charitable donations to this new fund. All club members are invited to participate in the promotion of our culture in Connecticut. Proceeds from many years of Heimat Albends were used to fund this donation. This charitable fund is our second at the Community Foundation. The first fund established there is our Scholarship Fund. CFGNB is an excellent host for our two charitable funds. Its mission is to inspire philanthropy, responsibility manage permanent charitable assets, and partner to address key community issues through strategic leadership. Prost, Donau. Dennis CULTURAL FUND The bylaws of the Sick Benefit Society and the Singing Society proclaim our
support for the German language and German and Austrian culture. In this letter we celebrate the
establishment of our Cultural Fund at the Community Foundation. In order to further support these
goals the Sick Benefit Society has made a donation of $900.00 to our newly established cultural
fund. In addition a donation of $300.00 was made to the German American Heritage Foundation in
Washington, D.C. in support of its German-American Heritage Museum. As a reminder anybody
can contribute to our new fund at the Community Foundation.
VOLUNTEERS are always needed for our dinners and breakfasts, especially at cleanup time. Please spare a couple hours for the good of the club. Call or text me, even at the last minute! Mona, 860 508-8236. Thank you.
In Memoriam – Robert W. Wolf Jr. |