Appreciation Dinner

United States
July 30, 2017 12:40am CST
It was a wonderful evening of really good food and association, and my daughter and I really enjoyed seeing some old friends that we hadn’t seen for a while. We had root beer pulled pork, chicken and some delicious green beans, cole slaw, mac and cheese. It was a buffet and there was plenty for everyone to have seconds. We also had some really good cupcakes and ice cream for dessert. One person that was there is over 90 years old and I have known her for at least 50 years. She was always volunteering back then. I had seen her a couple years ago, but it was nice to see her again and know that she is still getting along fairly well. All told there were probably about 100 people there and the ones who prepared the food and set up the dining area did a wonderful job. Everything looked so nice and tasted so good. After dinner we went into the auditorium and were delighted to see some photos and videos that had been taken over the last several years, showing the volunteers and all that had been accomplished. It brought back a lot of good memories and there were lots of laughs and applause from those who were there. My daughter took some photos with her cell phone. She’s supposed to send them to me and MAYBE I can post one or two of them. I will have to get my grandson to show me how to do that. It’s almost 2 AM and I’m finally headed for bed. Good night everyone.
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@jstory07 (134433)
• Roseburg, Oregon
30 Jul 17
Good night I hope you can post some pictures to show us.
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• United States
31 Jul 17
I will try to post some pictures, but I really don't know how to do that from my phone.
@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
30 Jul 17
Sounds like an awesome night!
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• United States
31 Jul 17
It really WAS an awesome evening. We thoroughly enjoyed seeing everyone and having dinner and then the videos brought back a lot of good memories.
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
31 Jul 17
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@buenavida (9985)
• Sweden
31 Jul 17
I guess some of our friends had planned this - really nice of them.. We often read about volunteer workers in Jw.org... so many use time and energy to help others.. We had a great meeting in our Kingdom Hall yesterday and many like to visit this place and.enjoy the beautiful nature, so especially during summer we meet many old friends
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@MALUSE (69413)
• Germany
30 Jul 17
I haven't understood what kind of event you celebrated.
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• United States
31 Jul 17
It was a group of persons that had all volunteered and worked together for a particular organization over the last 22 years. Some who attended were from many years past, and some were newer volunteers, but all had a part in the volunteer work in one aspect or another. Some I knew from years ago and some I didn't know.
@MALUSE (69413)
• Germany
31 Jul 17
@IreneVincent Thanks for the explanation.
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• India
30 Jul 17
Seems like you had a lovely evening
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@dollaboy (6048)
30 Jul 17
I'm so happy that you enjoyed your time today. Have a very good night now, sleep well
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
30 Jul 17
Nice that your social evening went well.
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