St. Catherine of Siena Men's Club
In our 39th year of Service and Support


 

President’s Message

January 2002

 

Welcome to a New Year!  I hope that everyone had a blessed Holiday Season.

 

The Christmas Brunch was excellent.  Santa Chuck Talley, his elves and Papa Noel Tim Durand did a great job.  I would estimate that we had about 150 people at the brunch.  There was plenty of food and pastries, and everyone had a great time.  We also served hot chocolate for the Christmas Carolers on the same night as the brunch.  I think that the Cold Cola was more popular than the hot chocolate due to our humid weather but we were there to serve our parish.  Thanks go out to Donald Duzac, David Lynch, John Chrysoverges, Steve Hebert, Kreig White, Rodney Junker, and Tom Lockhart for stepping up to the plate to set up and serve the hot chocolate.  I couldn’t do my job without your terrific help.

 

We have some big plans for the New Year.  The first BIG event that we have planned in January is our DONUT MASS on January 6th at the 9am mass.  Everyone loves those beignets.  We have planned our first WORK PARTY on SATURDAY, JANUARY 19TH, 2002 from 8am until 12pm.  The goal of this work party is to repair or rebuild the Jazz Fest drink holders/boxes/bins.  Also, on this day we plan to move the articles in the “church return air room” to our storage facility on river road.  We are organizing and working behind the scenes to make sure these projects run smoothly.  Don’t forget to bring your tools, power equipment, and a truck if you have one, etc.

 

The last BIG event in January is something that is very important.  On Sunday, January 27th we will co-sponsor the Annual Parish Blood Drive.  We got involved with this event for a very specific purpose.  One of our members, Al Bertaut has a son named Cole Bertaut who is sick with Leukemia and is in need of blood.  We need every member of our club to get involved and support this event.  We will only need about 6 people to help sign people in, but we need about 194 people to come out and give blood. Get a friend to register with you.  Please call 468-3466 today to pre register to donate this precious gift of life.   Oschner Hospital will provide juice and cookies.  Again, the date is Sunday, January 27th 2002, from 9am until 12pm in the Barrett Complex.  We will need about 6-8 people to help set up for this event at 8am.  Call me if you can help at 835-3293.

 

Something to look forward to in February is our regular meeting on February 6th, at 7:30 and then that Friday night on February 8th is our Mardi Gras parade party.  Remember to buy your $10,000.00 Raffle Ticket.

 

I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of our members and their families a safe and blessed New Year.  Remember our regular meeting is on Wednesday, January 2nd at 7:30pm.

 

Paul

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