Post by TonyV on Nov 3, 2015 17:09:57 GMT -5
President Dunn’s Weekly Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 170, November 4, 2015
AFSP Out of the Darkness Walk – There is still time to register for the Out of the Darkness Walk scheduled for this Saturday, November 7, 2015 from 10:00am-12:00pm at Waterfront Park. Check-in/Registration is 8:30am. You can also register at www.afsp.donordrive.com. Online registration closes at noon (local time) this Friday. However, anyone who would like to participate can register in person at the walk from the time that check-in begins until the walk starts. Parking is located in front of the Great Lawn next to the Louisville Slugger Stadium.
UAW Local 862 Basketball Coaches Meeting – If you want to enter a team then you, or a team representative, must be present at one of the Basketball Coaches Meetings on November 10, 2015 at the LAP Union Hall on Fern Valley Rd. The basketball meetings will be held at 2:30pm (or immediately after the day Membership Meeting) and 5:00pm (or immediately before the night Membership Meeting). The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the upcoming basketball season. Games will be played on Sundays in the LAP Fern Valley Rd Union Hall gym. There have been several requests to have a 35 and over division and an open division. Please be prepared to let us know which division your team will be in. If you don't know the ages of your players, ask them before the meeting. We must have enough teams in that older division before we will have it. Only Local 862 members in good standing are permitted to play in the league.
VETERANS DAY PARADE – Local 862 will be major participant in the 2015 Louisville Veterans Day Parade. The parade will be held on November 11th at 11:00am in Downtown Louisville. Parking is located at 10th and River. Shuttles begin at 9:30am. Line up of parade participants and vehicles is at 10am. This year’s event will focus on Honoring Our Veterans, Past and Present. This year Local 862 will be entering motorcycles in the parade and anyone interested in riding should contact Gayle Parker (502-418-1990). The Local will also be asking that any and all interested in walking the route, please contact Gayle as well.
RECENT RAFFLE WINNERs – The recent drawing that was held for the YETI cooler was won by Curt Shaw. Also the winners of the “Real Men Wear Pink/Breast Cancer Awareness” are as follows; 65” smart TV- Cheryl Bowen LAP; T-5 Cannon Camera Bundle- Rosy Van Risseghem LAP; $250 Cash- Leon Johnson LAP. Congratulations to our Making Strides Winners. Thanks to all that attended the “Scare The Life Out Of Cancer” Halloween event as we raised thousands of dollars for the cause through this year’s fundraiser.
Dates to Remember:
11/07 – American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Walk at Waterfront Park. Register at www.afsp.donordrive.com.
11/07 – 12th Annual Fellowship Dinner presented by the UAW Local 862 Joint Chaplaincy Committee, 5pm-8pm
11/10 – Membership Meeting at the Fern Valley Union Hall, 12:00pm and 6:00pm
11/10 – UAW Local 862 Basketball Coaches Meeting, LAP Union Hall, 2:30pm and 5:00pm
11/11 – Veterans’ Day Parade
11/11 – Retiree Meeting at the Fern Valley Rd Union Hall, 11:30am
11/15 – Whet Your Palette – Special Paint Event hosted by the Recreation Committee – Fern Valley Road Union Hall, 2-5pm.
11/16 – Veterans’ Day Observed
11/26 – Thanksgiving Day
11/27 – Light Up Louisville
12/06 – Hanukkah begins
12/08 – Membership Meeting at the Chamberlain Lane Union Hall, 12:00pm and 6:00pm
12/16 – Retiree Christmas Party/Dinner at the LAP Union Hall, 11:30am
12/22 – First Day of Winter
12/24 – Christmas Eve
12/25 - Christmas Day
12/31 – New Year’s Eve
01/01 – New Year’s Day
UAW Veterans and Community Services Winter Coat Drive – From now thru December 11, 2015 collection bins will be located inside selected entrances at both plants and the union halls on Fern Valley Rd and Chamberlain Lane. We will only collect clothing items (i.e. coats, jackets, hats, and gloves). These warm items will be donated to Wayside Mission and Interlink (veteran’s charity).
EMPLOYEE DISCOUNT –
Christmas at the Galt House Hotel – A special discount offer is available to UAW Local 862 members. Members receive $5.00 off adult tickets using a special promo code. The cost will be $10 for adults; kids’ tickets are $5. Purchase your discounted tickets a www.ChristmasAtTheGaltHouse.com and enter your promo code “GHFRN-C15”. It will be a great holiday experience for the whole family.
Questions or comments? Email me at mdunn7@ford.com or call 502-241-9491