Social Events - Holiday Celebrations

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Palo Alto Rotary Celebrates &

Wishes You the Happiest Holiday Season Ever!

December 16, 2008 

Thank You  to Rick and Liz Kniss

For Graciously Sharing their Home & Hosting our Holiday Party

For the fourth year

Liz Kniss (left) with  Social Chair, Cash Alaee, &

Former Social Chair, Nina Moore (right)

Thanks to Holiday Volunteers

Cash Alaee,   Nina Moore,  Donald Douglas,  Steve Madsen,  Helen and Tom Gracon,  Judy Huey,   Leannah Hunt,  Patricia O'Brien,  Bob Whitehair,

Joyce Cusick,  Lindsey North,  Dick Freeman, 

Art Stauffer  &  Walt Hays

Hello and Happy Holidays from   Terry McMahon & Tom Gracon(left)   Bill & Barbara Busse (right)

PAR President  Mike Couch with Vanessa Roach (left) &

Past President, Pam Brandin, Decorate our Holidays!

Betsy and George Bechtel (left)   Marcie Cox & Jim Faull (right) Share Tidings With Great Joy

Thanks to All for Service Above Self

Take the time to Celebrate!

Holiday Party '08 Photo Album

Palo Alto Rotary - Social Events - Holiday Celebrations

Photography & Webpage Design by Joyce Cusick

Holiday Party '08 Photo Album by Mark Nadim

Palo Alto Rotary Holiday Party

December 12, 2007

A Happy Holiday Thank You  to Rick and Liz Kniss

for sharing their home, and hosting our holiday party. 

Liz Kniss with Roger Smith (center) and Carl King (left)

Thanks to Holiday Volunteers

Cash Alaee,  Kevin Curry,   Joyce Cusick

Len Ely,  Dick and Corkie Freeman,   Walt Hays

Skip and Suzie Hoyt,  Iris Korol,  David Negrin

    Adrian Mikolajczak,  Dan Quinn,

Art Stauffer, and  Bob Whitehair

Celebrants Annette Glanckopf and Tom Ashton

 With Jim Kleinberg (center)

Hello and Happy Holidays from   Sally and Tim Tomlinson (left)   Sally Bemus and Pat Burt (right)

Linda  and  Mitch  Miller

Todd Lewis  and  Dan Quinn

Ann and Geoff Ziman

Our weekly host, Vicky Ching, and Palo Alto Rotary   Social Chair, Nina Moore

President Elect-Elect Ralph Adams, with Former PAR President,

John O'Keefe and Patricia O'Keefe

Past PAR President  Chet Douglas decorates our holidays!

Happy Holidays and Thanks to  our Friendly Volunteer Bartender, Cash Alaee (left),  and Scott Glissmeyer (right)

Thanks to All for Service Above Self

Take the time to Celebrate!

Palo Alto Rotary Holiday Party

December 6th, 2006

A Happy Holiday Thank You to Richard and Liz Kniss for sharing their Home

A Festive Thank You  to President Art Stuaffer for steadfast leadership, Volunteering for nearly everything , and for his Exulted Reign this Rotary year!

President Art Stauffer and Liz Kniss  

Thank you to our Holiday Social Committee

And all our Volunteers.  To name just a few: 

Carl King, Holiday Bartender Extraordinaire

Walt Hays and Cash Alaee sharpened their turkey carving skills.

Ruth Schneider identified party goers with name tags.

Paul Garcia, Liz Kniss' Associate, rolled up his sleeves, put on an apron and a holiday smile.

Don Douglas volunteered catering duties, restored the water,  and trips

to the store for food and party supplies.

A special Thank You to

Nina Moore, Longtime Social Committee Chairperson

 With our hostess, Liz Kniss

Thank you, Dick Freeman
For honoring Nina with this poem

Ode to Nina Moore

There is a young lady from the land of the Nile
Whose parties give every Rotarian a smile

Nina Moore, we owe you a lot
Fun for all, a bad time there is not

 The parties are so elegant and mellow
Thank you, thank you from each gal and each fellow

You stand heads and shoulders above the rest
Nina,  you and your parties follow the four way test

Thank you to our Monday Night Decorating Party

Art and Peggy Stuaffer, Janet Wells, Duane Kalar, Monica Devincenzi,

Kevin and Jayne Curry, Joyce Cusick,

Nina Moore and Donald Douglas

Thank you to Paul, our pianist, who lifted our spirits, as we raised our voices.

     We sang along with Rotary

      First Lady Peggy Stauffer

And shared a cup of good cheer   

with Club Secretary,            

Ruth Schneider, and with       

                                              
Fellow Rotarians, their Families, and Friends

                        Musician Skip and

                   Singer Sue Hoyt greeted

 Dapperly-dressed smiling faces    

Trish Bubenik greeted party goers,

         Le Levy and Judy Huey

Holiday Bartender, Carl King, appears   

To be giving Holiday Grog recipes to our

Club MC and Auctioneer,  Hal Mickelson

Thanks to everyone who attended, and brought holiday food and spirits

A good time was had by All!

Take time to Celebrate and

Give Thanks for our Blessings

Happy Holidays Everyone!

Webpage Design by Joyce Cusick