[SRCAction] Hedi Is Turning 90 and YOU Need to Be There!

[Margaret Blanchard]

I vote yes, of course!  And thanks for the invitation; I plan to be there.

On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 3:07 PM, Mark Hughes via SRCAction <
srcaction at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:

> I am excited to pass along this invitation to Hedi's 90th Birthday party.
> Let's all make this a very special time for her.
>
> See you there!
>
> Mark
>
>
> All,
>
> My  90th birthday is coming up and I have reserved and paid to rent the
> vestry for the party. The women's Alliance and my daughter Janet Ballantyne
> will be hosting the party, so I hope you will be there:
>
> Sunday, Sept. 3rd between 2:00 and 4:00.
>
> Because my passion is to support the work of Heifer International, which
> helps farmers in many countries to become self sufficient, I am asking the
> guests to the party to write a small check (perhaps $10) made out to:
> Heifer International. I will then send the donated checks all together to
> my friends at the Heifer Farm, where my husband and I were the host couple
> for 2 months for each of thirteen years. The contributions  will be
> credited to our church.
>
> Usually Harris Webster and I make a big effort between Thanksgiving and
> Christmas to have all in our congregation come to our Heifer Int. table and
> make out checks in honor of a member of their family or a friend. We
> usually raise a lot of money with that effort (more than $3,300 last year).
>
> But this year Harris will be in Cambodia doing volunteer teaching for four
> months there, and I will also be away between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
> My father was a Jewish composer and teacher who lost his position when
> Hitler took over Austria in1938. He left for the US in 1939. My father's
> music, now revived and his  life are being celebrated in Vienna in
> December, so I will be travelling there right after Thanksgiving to attend
> the concert and exhibition.
>
> I am requesting Mark to ask you each to support this event with a vote,
> which will reduce the fee I already paid for the rental of the vestry and
> let me send more from us all to Heifer International.
>
> I hope you will be able to attend the party.
>
> If you are unable to make it, and wish to support the effort for Heifer
> International, perhaps you would like to send a check ( made out to Heifer
> International)  for me to include with the others to:
>
> Hedi Ballantyne
> 20 Kent St.
> Montpelier, VT 05602
>
> Thank you,
> Hedi
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