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LAC NL - Sept and Oct 2018
LAC NL - Sept and Oct 2018
LAC NL - Sept and Oct 2018
Club Officers First I would like to offer our condolences to the family and friends of our follow member Joe Shultz, who
passed away on August 14, especially to his wife Diane. May his rest in peace.
Mike Caravakis
President The picnic in August was a delightful event that the Ladies hosted. Special thanks to all the volunteers.
Ghassan Najm
Please send in your reservations for The Annual Persons of The Year Event by October 5th.
Vice President This will be a wonderful event as we honor Josephine Nassif and Commissioner Thomas Saadi.
I want to thank the committee for all their effort on making this important event come together every year.
Jimmy Glynn
Secretary Monday Night Football is on and Jimmy and David Glynn along with Vinny DiGilio always make this a
great event over the 10 Monday Nights!
Lou Najamy
Asst. Secretary Thanks to Joseph Raya on taking on the responsibility of sprucing up the parking lot.
William Asmar Thanks to Mark Chory who spearheaded getting a defibrillator for the club, and organizing with Jimmy.
Treasurer Glynn a CPR Training session for our Club and LAX members on Oct. 10. Thanks to all who have signed up.
Mark Chory Ghassan continues to add variety to our Friday Night Dinners including occasional Live Entertainment.
Asst. Treasurer This includes Grill Dinners, Lebanese Buffet and Specialty Dinners, Italian and American dinners. Not to
forget our Pasta Dinners once a month on Wednesdays by Lou & Lou, to help raise funds to improve the
Directors Kitchen. Please check out the Dates and Menus on Club FB Page and try to support by attending!
Ray Antous Soon, look in your email and mail box for info on kicking off the Annual Club 300 50/50 Raffle soon, our
Vinny DiGilio largest fund raiser for the year. Thanks in advance to Billy Asmar and Eddie Essa for co-chairing it. We ask
ea. member to buy one and Sell one!
Eddie Essa
David Glynn I would like to thank members who have been attending our bi-weekly membership meetings on Tuesdays as
I encourage others to do the same. Also, consider recommending new members to join.
Nidal El Khoury
If you have any questions on anything I can be reached at 203-512- 7251, or email me at
John Ashkar mcaravakis@newstimes.com.
Joe Walkovich
Former Presidents My Best Regards, Happy Labor Day! Happy Columbus Day!
Mike Caravakis Happy Halloween!
Ladies Auxiliary
Officers “Person Of the Year” Award Banquet – Wednesday October 17
Betty Najm The Person of the year committee is pleased to announce the selection of, Josephine Nassif and Commissioner
President Thomas J. Saadi, both of Danbury from a list of outstanding nominees, as the honorees for this year’s awards
event that will be held on Wednesday October 17th , a day earlier than previously planned, at the Amber Room in
Victoria Beylouni Danbury. They have been members of the Ladies Auxiliary, the Club, St. Ann’s and St. Anthony’s churches
Vice President respectively, as they have had a lifetime of contributions to the advancement of the Lebanese and Arabic Speaking
Community in Danbury and the greater Danbury Community at large.
Stacey Glynn Formal invitations to be mailed to Club and Ladies Auxiliary Members by mid-September. Those who plan on
Secretary attending the event and/or submitting an ad for the Commemorative Program Book should send the invitations
responses and program book submissions by Friday October 5th. For more info see page 5, send an email to
Randa Antous
Treasurer LebanonClub@att.net or call Ghassan Najm at 860-350-9740.
Newsletter Monday Night This year’s event begins on Monday Sept. 10th and will last until Monday November 12th.
Football: To secure a box, send an email to Jimmy Glynn at coachglynn@yahoo.com or Vinny
Editor
DiGilio at vdigiliojr@yahoo.com, or by writing your name in on the big board in the grill
Ghassan Najm
room. Please make a check to LAC for $140, and send it to LAC Address, MNF. If you
have any questions please contact any of the co-chairs Jimmy Glynn at 203-994-1817, or
Contributors
Vinny DiGilio at 203-788-7916. Guests are welcome to participate.
Louis Najamy
Mike Caravakis
Betty Najm Inside: News Staff Corner, Membership and Ladies Auxiliary News – pages 2 & 3
• 2018 Person of the Year Banquet RSVP and Program Book Submissions due October 5th – page 5
• Club and Community Events – pages 3 & 4
Lebanon American Club News – September/October 2018 Page 2
22 West Street, Danbury, CT 06810
Phone: 203-743-5828 / Email: lebanonclub@att.net
www.lebanon-americanclubofdanbury.com
News Staff Corner by Lou Najamy:
Well, the unofficial end of summer has arrived, and Mother Nature didn’t get the message!! “IT’S STILL TOO DARN HOT
AND HUMID”, even so we hope that you all had an enjoyable Labor Day. We are now into our Fall schedule of events so keep
a sharp eye out for dates, times, places, and most importantly deadlines for reservations and ads. All of the information about
upcoming events for the next month will be included later in this newsletter edition. We are still waiting for some notes or
letters containing some of your travel experiences and happenings this summer. It would be great if we could share in some of
members’ experiences and family news. We also would like to hear from our members any suggestions or comments on the
Newsletter so that we can improve and /or change the focus for the upcoming months. Send any comments or suggestions to
LAC Newsletter, 22 West Street, Danbury, CT 06810, attention Lou Najamy or Ghassan Najm. We’ve been doing this
Newsletter for several years and we really would like some new ideas or suggestions to help keep membership interest.
Thoughts to Live By:
“The flag is the embodiment not of sentiment, but of history.” President Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924)..
“We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.” Abigail Adams, American First
Lady (1744-1818)..
A Little Humor:
“Humor has a tremendous place in this sordid world. It’s more than just a matter of laughing. If you can see things out of whack,
then you can see how things can be in whack.” Theodor Seuss Geisel, AKA “Dr. Seuss,” American children’s author (1904-
1991)..
“Some people stay longer in an hour than others do in a month.” William Dean Howells, American author and editor (1837-
1920).
Members News:
Reminder to all members – Rear Door Access Codes – if you need a code or if your code no longer works please see Lou
Najamy. I can be reached at home phone 203-792-3559 or by email at lnaj47@yahoo.com . There is a $5 fee for new code.
Congratulations to Tom Saadi for receiving the Leadership Award - at the Annual Dream Award that will be held at the
Amber Room on Sept. 22nd. Due to Family event, he will be accepting the award in person, V.P. Ghassan Najm will be
Congratulations to Randy and Nancy Michael on the birth of their granddaughter Grace Elizabeth DeMoura. Her parents are
Sergio and Rachel DeMoura. She was born at Greenwich Hospital on July 14, 2017 and she weighed 5 lbs. 12 oz.
Health and Welfare:
Please keep in your prayers our ill members. Please send an email to caravakis@aol.com whenever a member falls seriously ill.
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Lebanon American Club News – September/October 2018 Page 6
22 West Street, Danbury, CT 06810
Phone: 203-743-5828 / Email: lebanonclub@att.net
www.lebanon-americanclubofdanbury.com
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Lebanon American Club News – September/October 2018 Page 7
22 West Street, Danbury, CT 06810
Phone: 203-743-5828 / Email: lebanonclub@att.net
www.lebanon-americanclubofdanbury.com
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