7th AZH Holiday Party 2010: December 11th Saturday

Tis the event of the season,
But who needs a reason
To Party, Party, Party!!

What: 7th AZH Holiday Party
When: Dec 11th 2010 Saturday 5:00 pm on .....
Where: Ambika's Place in the East Valley ( Cooper & 202)
What: Holiday camaraderie & catching up with wonderful friends, a splendid table & the usual Holiday Gift Exchange

Food n Such:
desertgirl: Something Indian ....
paintinaz: Cranberry glazed chicken wings
beckett: Veggie and fruit trays
wanderingsoul: TBD
tibber: Cookies!
Hikngrl:TBD
TomTreks: Smoked Pork tenderloins
Trishness: Amazing white chocolate/hazelnut brittle cheesecake
Shihiyea: Hot Wing Dip

Shihiyea · Joined: 20 Oct 2003 Posts: 1135

I will be there....bringing Hot Wing dip.
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desertgirl · Joined: 19 Jan 2003 Posts: 3350 Location: Chandler, AZ

Trish has a great suggestion she sent me in a PM -- I thought it would be good to toss this out to the group get inputs ....

azbackpackr · Posted: 12/2/2010, 5:36 pm Post subject:

Sounds good to me since I am not good at shopping.

paintninaz · Joined: 06 Jan 2003 Posts: 3515

wanderingsoul · Joined: 19 Jul 2004 Posts: 2285 Location: Gilbert AZ

Sounds like a good idea to me too !!
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Trishness · Posted: 12/3/2010, 7:54 pm Post subject:

I will go to Wells Fargo tomorrow and ask about opening a special escrow account or something like that. If everyone is in agreement with this then I can open an account (I will want another person to sign with me as a joint account holder). This way all funds/donations are accounted for. I'm sure we can make it so donations can be done online or via phone to the account.

Would also like to open this up for the HAZ community if no one has any objection to that.

Since CAMRA and SAR operate non profit, maybe we can give these funds to them for future operations in Joe's name. They've done so much in his search effort. If anyone has other suggestions, please PM me and then we can put them all out there for a vote.

Thanks

Trish
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Hikngrl · Posted: 12/4/2010, 4:13 pm Post subject:

Awesome idea! I would be so willing to make a deposit into said account!

As a way to replace our usual gift exchange (which always provides lots of laughter and fun times) how about considering a hiking related "white elephant" gift exchange done in the same manner?
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Suz · Joined: 27 Nov 2005 Posts: 3186

Trish, hope you got the email that I sent you this morning.

Trishness · Posted: 12/5/2010, 5:27 pm Post subject:

Suz...I did and replied to you via email.....thanks for the info.....

Trish
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"Eastward the dawn rose, ridge behind ridge into the morning, and vanished out of eyesight into guess; it was no more than a glimmer blending with the hem of the sky, but it spoke to them, out of the memory and old tales, of the high and distant mountains." ï¿½ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of The Rings.

desertgirl · Joined: 19 Jan 2003 Posts: 3350 Location: Chandler, AZ

Trishness · Posted: 12/5/2010, 7:25 pm Post subject:

OK..still looking into the best way to organize a group donation...will keep everyone posted this week.

TT
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"Eastward the dawn rose, ridge behind ridge into the morning, and vanished out of eyesight into guess; it was no more than a glimmer blending with the hem of the sky, but it spoke to them, out of the memory and old tales, of the high and distant mountains." ï¿½ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of The Rings.

Hikngrl · Posted: 12/5/2010, 7:44 pm Post subject:

UM... not sure what "owning" it would entail 'cept to clarify the rules which would be that every one who wants to participate can bring a white elephant gift wrapped to place in the pile and we can play the rip-a-gift game the way we always do with the white elephant gifts.

To clarify the definition of white elephant gift I would say that a white elephant gift would be something you already own that you don't find your self using that some one else might like to own. Please don't make it something that really should be thrown away cause then no one will ever want to steal it then the game is not as much fun.

I would be glad to run the game when the time comes however that is usually SandeJ's position so if indeed she would like to do the honors I am perfectly happy to let her continue the tradition as she always does it so well!
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Suz · Joined: 27 Nov 2005 Posts: 3186

I have also tossed out the idea of getting a register installed at the Mt. Peeley Trailhead. I'll keep you updated as I get information this week.

sbkelley · Joined: 20 Feb 2007 Posts: 284 Location: Tempe, AZ

Are folks headed out there on Saturday before the party to look for Joe?
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azbackpackr · Posted: 12/7/2010, 9:13 am Post subject:

Ambika, sorry, I am not going to make it. Glad I was able to see you and the others on the hike.