William Penn Life, 2013 (48. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

2013-12-01 / 12. szám

For Starters •#iVV<*VV*V'é#*é#"éé*V'ééiV<’*#*éé Holiday Greetings from the Chair William Penn has had another wonderful, busy and event­ful year. Special thanks to our National Officers, Home Office employees, Board of Directors and especially you, our wonderful members, for helping to make this, our 127th year, so memorable. Thank you to all who participated and supported all our events. We had many branches take part in Join Hands Day, our super bowling and golf tournaments, our early sell-out of the Hungarian Heritage Experience and our record-breaking WPA Picnic-A Great Fraternal Fest. We then had many travelers on our European trip just four days after the picnic. On the trip, we saw most of Transylvania and Hungary. Next year, we will stay in Hungary. We want to see as much of our heritage as we can in two weeks. Please join us. We are tentatively sched­uled to depart Sept. 10. We will close this year with many wonderful branch Christmas parties. Thank you to all my Branch 18 officers, who again pitched in so I could attend some of your events. I love you all. All of these events will again be offered in 2014. Please plan to attend as many as possible. They will again have early bird discounts. This will help us plan these events and make them better. The Official Family will again do our best to attend as many of your branch activities as we can during the com­ing year. We are always available to help you build your branch­es so they will last at least another 127 years. Remember your juvenile members. They are our future. Do your best to hang on to our scholarship recipients. Ask for their input. They are a wonderful group of mem­bers. We awarded 170 scholarships again this year. Thank you for all your donations. Please help your branch. Be an active member. Make suggestions for activities. Keep your branch going into the future. The future depends on you. Recruit new members. We are the only Hungarian American fraternal society. We must support each other, Americans and Hungarians alike. It's all up to you. It is with great joy and thanksgiving that I wish you a wonderful holiday season. I hope you spend it with those you love. We ask God to continue blessing our beloved William Penn Association and you, our wonderful mem­bers. May you always have enough happiness to keep you sweet, enough trials to keep you strong, enough success to keep you eager, enough faith to give you courage, and enough determination to make each day a good day. (Thank you, Father Barnabas, for the blessing.) Boldog és áldott Karácsonyt a bethlehemi Jézus áldásával és békés, sikeres új esztendőt. With much thanks and love, Barbara Ann House American Hungarian Foundation prepares for Festival of Trees Celebrate Christmas with your branch We invite you and your family to celebrate the holiday season in the true fraternal spirit with your fel­low WPA members. You can find a schedule of branch family Christ­mas parties in last month's issue of William Penn Life, which can be found on our website at www.wil­­liainpennassociation.org. We also have new information on one more branch party: Branch 24 Chicago will host its party on Saturday, Dec. 21, begin­ning at 6:00 p.m. at Holy Trinity Hungarian Church, 4759 McCook Ave„ East Chicago, IN. NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - A holiday tradition with an international flavor will return to the Museum of the American Hungarian Foundation in New Brunswick with the opening of the 25th Annual Festival of Trees on Sunday, Dec. 15. Visitors are invited to get into the holiday spirit and enjoy the cultural traditions of 11 different cultures, including America, Belarus, Den­mark, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Latin America, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden and Ukraine. During the festival, which runs through the end of January, Christ­mas trees decorated by volunteers from different ethnic groups will be on view. The trees are trimmed with handmade ornaments, cookies and treats. Along with the trees, there is a unique Menorah to celebrate the Jew­ish festival of Hanukkah. The public is invited to the open­ing reception on Dec. 15 from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Individuals representing the decorating groups will be present in folk dress, entertaining with holiday music and verse. Many will also be serving their special holiday treats for visitors to sample. Museum hours are Tuesday through Saturday 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Sunday 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.. The suggested donation is $5. The museum is located at 300 Somerset Street in New Brunswick, NJ. For more details, call 732.846.5777 or see the museum's website: www.ahfoun­­dation.org. 2 0 December 2013 0 William Penn Life

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