Hello DAD Members and Friends,
I hope you all had some wonderful time celebrating during the
holidays from the last two months. My family and I had a real nice
Christmas together. We were able to entertain ourselves with the new
Wii game which my nephews received as a present.
I want to praise Larry Campero, who chaired the Winter Holidays for
the Children Party, for completing his commitment along his committee.
He had so many volunteers which actually helped him to succeed his
second year, chairing the Winter Holidays for the Children Party. I
believe at least 100 children were able to receive two or three toys
after their visit with Santa (Jimmy Cooksey, that’s if you were
wondering who that man was behind the beard, smile). I also want to
say that I am proud of this committee for ensuring that all of the
children received at least two or three toys.
We received the toys as a donation and the remaining toys were given
to the orphan children at Buckner Children and Family Service. From
what I understand, the Buckner Children Home was not able to get any
donated toys for their children and our share of donated toys actually
inspired them.
Volunteers on this committee were Albert & Sheri Jaramillo, Kent &
Rita Reneau, Mitchel Bien, Kim Watts, Susan Lane, Sonjia Durate, David
Normand, Mark Phillips, Donna Lide, Cindi Nagy, Marianne Sasseen,
Preston Ashley, Jesse Carrizales, Maxine Satarino and Dallas Bass
Anglers of the Deaf members.
Larry Campero decided to step down as the Chair of the Winter
Holidays for the Children. Donna Lide volunteered to step into his
spot. She has been with the committee for the past two years. I know
that she will do an excellent job just like Larry did. Thank you,
Larry and Donna, and good luck.
The Christmas Ornaments and Gifts Party had to be cancelled which was
an inconvenience to many of you. There was an expo held in Austin
where many of you were planning to attend. Yet, this hasn’t stop Maria
Walker, Chair, to schedule for 2009. If any of you are interested to
help with Maria, please contact her, [email protected].
The CINGO Christmas Dinner was a great turn out. Everyone was able to
enjoy their meal before the game. Preston Ashley took some time
teaching Cindi Nagy and Mitchel Bien how to use the power point for
CINGO. We are glad that they both are picking it up pretty well and
will be able to continue this most popular long time favorite game by
many of you.
New Year Eve’s Party! Wow I was blown away that night. I admit I was
“out-of-shape” of being busy because I have been away for so long.
Congratulations goes to Cindi Nagy and Kent Reneau, co-chairs, of the
NYE party. We had approximately 300 people in and out of the clubhouse
that evening. The food was great and plenty! Activities were awesome
and fun! I started with the Trivia Game for a little bit over an hour
which I am sure some of you learned some interesting facts. Then Bob
Barlow handled the dancing contest and apparently there were just too
many good dancers that he and others couldn’t narrow down just TWO.
Cece Garrett, Bernabas Bekele, Mentwab Dingdie and George Stanford won
the dancing contest.
Later in the evening, announcements were made about the Winners for
Best Homemade Hat and Best Dress. The winners for the hats were
Christian Nicolay and Susan Lane and the winners for Best Dress were
Janal Davis and Jose Luis.
Volunteers were Ken Seabolt, Marianne Sasseen, Maxine Satarino, Laura
Moore, Orthea Nickleberry, Sheila Baxter, Bob Barlow, Susan Lane,
Christian Nicolay, Preston Ashley, Cathy Edler, David Normand, Mitchel
Bien, Will Montonone, Anthony Jones, Darrell Cox, Jesse Carrizales,
Jimmy Cooksey and Alfredo Gonzales.
From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU for volunteering your time in
helping one or all of the DAD’s previous events. What a great
teamwork!
DAD wants to apologize for having to cancel the move, “Legend of the
Mountain Man” by ASL Films. There were some changes in the agreements
between the video relay services which led us into a dark spot. I do
hope that this movie will be re-scheduled sometime later this year for
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you to come and watch.
It’s now 2009 and a new year begins. It is time for me to release my
presidency. I want you all know that I had a wonderful “chapter” of
life when Preston and I lived in Dallas area even though it was only
for four years. We are proud that we were able to complete many things
within three years during our membership at DAD. The DAD Clubhouse is
a beautiful place for Deaf/HOH people to meet, socialize, and do many
things together. We want you all to continue this after our departure.
Please come to the General Members meeting Friday, January 23rd, at
7:30PM. We’ll have elections of new officers and board as well as a
regular meeting. Do come and show your support!
And my friends, I will be at DAD for the annual Super Bowl Party on
February 1, 2009! I hope many of you will come and visit us. Please do
contact Preston Ashley, [email protected] or call DAD 214-522-0380
to count you in for meal on that day (sometime around 4:00 to 4:30pm).
It will cost $10.00, and do bring a dish to share. Doors open at noon.
DADly yours,
Cathy Edler-Ashley
DAD President
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