On Monday evening, October 14, the Herons Glen Travel Club met for our October meeting in the ballroom to honor Jim Gormley and his 17 years of leadership to our club. Jim has worked tirelessly to plan and coordinate activities for our club for a myriad of destinations. The club has taken many local, national and international trips under Jim’s leadership. We also showed Jim’s video of club activities over the past year on our new huge screen in the ballroom. The new overhead projector and screen system worked flawlessly. Thank you, HGRD! The club honored Jim and presented him with a gift card to the Nest that he and Darlene can use. Thank you, Jim!
So, what does the future hold for the club? Rhonda and I are very excited to work with members to plan out other interesting locations On Monday evening, October 14, the Herons Glen Travel Club met for our October meeting in the ballroom to honor Jim Gormley and his 17 years of leadership to our club. Jim has worked tirelessly to plan and coordinate activities for our club for a myriad of destinations. The club has taken many local, national and international trips under Jim’s leadership. We also showed Jim’s video of club activities over the past year on our new huge screen in the ballroom. The new overhead projector and screen system worked flawlessly. Thank you, HGRD! The club honored Jim and presented him with a gift card to the Nest that he and Darlene can use. Thank you, Jim!
So, what does the future hold for the club? Rhonda and I are very excited to work with members to plan out other interesting locations for us. The club now has 298 members, with about 35 “first timers” at our September meeting and 35 paid new members. A big “thank you” to Carol Bryant, Sue McCoy, Jo Potts, Marla Pierce and Rhonda Parkinson for checking people in and collecting dues. Remember, our dues are $5 per fiscal year (September to August 2025). You can attend meetings us. The club now has 298 members, with about 35 “first timers” at our September meeting and 35 paid new members. A big “thank you” to Carol Bryant, Sue McCoy, Jo Potts, Marla Pierce and Rhonda Parkinson for checking people in and collecting dues. Remember, our dues are $5 per fiscal year (September to August 2025). You can attend meetings without being a paid member, but you must pay those $5 annual dues to attend outings, our dinners, etc. Our September meeting was cancelled because there was an AC issue for the ballroom, so we have had to revise our upcoming schedule for the next year. In short, our new schedule is:
November 13 to 14: Overnight trip to the Stetson Mansion in DeLand, Fla., and the Morse Museum of American Art the next day in Winter Park, Fla. The Stetson Mansion has “over the top” Christmas decorations in each of the interior rooms on the first two floors of the mansion. The Morse Museum holds the world’s largest collection of Tiffany art glass, from the traditional lamps we commonly visualize when we think of Tiffany glass, to huge cathedral windows that he designed and built. We have 52 people going on this overnight trip.
December 4: Our Christmas dinner in the ballroom. Signups will open in early November.
January 2025: We will take a motorcoach up to Snook Haven in Venice to see and hear the Southwest Florida Banjo Society. They play on Thursday at lunchtime, so we will enjoy lunch, have a beverage, and listen to some entertaining music.
February 13, 2025: A combo meeting of hearing from Dr. Norma Hudson’s experiences of living and working for 34 years in Saudi Arabia’s culture and seven years in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. The Saudi culture is extremely different from our Western culture and presents some particular challenges. We will also have a final details meeting at this time for our Celebrity Caribbean cruisers.
February 17 to 27, 2025: A fun- packed 11-day, 10-night cruise to St. Thomas, Antigua, Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Kitts, and Nevis. We have 87 Glenners going on the cruise.
April 28, 2025: Potluck dinner in the ballroom. March, June, July, and August: Program to be determined. We have numerous people here in the Glen with amazing travel experiences to Africa, Antarctica, the Galapagos Islands, Vietnam, Cambodia, etc. Lots of guest speaker ideas. Our members love to travel, have new experiences and learn about interesting locations.
