Oregon Trail News December 2017/January 2018 Chartered in May of 1987 IMPORTANT NOTICE!!

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1 Oregon Trail News December 2017/January 2018 Chartered in May of 1987 IMPORTANT NOTICE!! Our January 13th Gathering will be at THE BOMBER RESTAURANT SE McLoughlin Blvd Milwaukie OR Breakfast will be at 8:00am with the Gathering starting around 9:00am. Our website location is: We are on Facebook at:

2 Chapter Director s Chatter Happy New Year Everyone! Mike and I hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year. Now that were past the holidays we are planning on a lot of fun things to do this year. So keep an ear open to your weekly Phone Tree calls/messages. I m so happy to say Thank You to Dianna Borke for stepping up as she is going to be helping make the weekly calls. Don t forget that our NEW gathering place is now THE BOMBER RESTAURANT in Milwaukie, Oregon 8AM eat and 9:AM Gathering and Fun! Lots of parking. Great food! As we are planning things for the 2018 year, please send me an or call me or text me if you have a new and fun idea for the Chapter. We would love to hear new ideas. My goal for this month is to get correct and current addresses from everyone. So that I can start sending you your newsletter I have a favor to ask. Please at thebij47@gmail.com with the address you would like to us to use. Please do not assume we have your correct address already as when we sent out a test many come back as unsuccessful delivery. Have a great January and we hope to see you very soon either at the gathering, dinner social, or CPR/First Aid Training. Ride Safe and Enjoy life! Bijou and Mike White GWRRA-OR I Chapter Directors

3 FROM THE DESK OF THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Hello everyone, I hope you all had a wonderful New Year is now here and we are putting many activities on the calendar. Our first dinner social event will be on Wednesday, January 24th at the Bomber Restaurant at 6:30pm. Terry Mitchell was the lucky one who won the chance the choose where we will be going. We hope to see many of you there. On Friday-Saturday, February 9-10th, Chapter OR-G will be having their winter campout at River Bend Park in Foster, OR, just outside of Sweet Home. On Saturday night they will have a Mexican Theme dinner for $5.00. If anyone would like to go for the day following our meeting that day, please let either Bob or myself know. We will lead the caravan over. We will need to get a head count by January 27th so Mary Hunter can plan for enough food. Our first ride of the season will be coming up in March on Saturday the 17th! St Patrick s Day. Don t forget to collect your canned food for this event. We have a chapter challenge out to Chapter G to see if we can beat them! Mark this date on your calendar and come out and enjoy a great time on the Blarney Ride. Our fund raiser ride this year will be on August 11th Hot August Daze. Stay tuned for details for both of these rides. There are many activities coming up this year and we hope to see you at as many as you can make. Keep the shiny side up and the rubber side down. Dawna Hitch Asst Chapter Director. FROM THE DESK OF THE RIDE COORDINATOR Hello everyone. Now that 2018 is here we will be planning various rides that you can choose to come on whether by bike, trike or 4 wheels everyone is welcome at any time. Our first ride of the season is the Blarney Ride on Saturday, March 17th starting at 10am from Megan s Corner in Oregon City. See the flyer for more details. Our fund raiser ride this year will on Saturday, August 11th- It will be called Hot August Daze more details will be forth coming. Just a reminder, if you have any special rides you would like to go on this year whether it is a dinner ride or a ride following the meeting, please let me know so we can get it planned on our calendar. Keep the shiny side up and the rubber side down.

4 NEW BREAKFAST GATHERING LOCATION STARTING IN JANUARY 2018 I m very excited to let you know that we have a NEW GATHERING LOCATION starting in January!!! Please join us at THE BOMBER RESTAURANT SE McLoughlin Blvd Milwaukie OR :00 AM EAT - 9:00AM Gathering We will be in the banquet room in the back. THANKSGIVING FEAST OR-I & WA-X Washington Chapter X and Oregon Chapter I had a fantastic Thanksgiving Feast on Saturday November 18. Chapter I supplied the turkey and Chapter X Assistant Chapter Director Steve offered to cook the bird. It was a great Deep Fried Turkey. We had more food than you can imagine. Bijou brought a Saran Wrap Ball that had all kinds of things inside it. Don even won some pink curlers! Those attending from Chapter I was Bijou, Don, Terry and Cheri, Bob and Dawna and Terry Mitchell. Thanks Chapter X for inviting us to join you. CPR/FIRST AID CLASS When was the last time you had a CPR/FIRST AID CLASS? Do you need one to maintain your levels in the Rider Ed Program? Well, guess what, GWRRA is putting on a CPR/FIRST AID CLASS on January 20, 2018 at Chapter OR-G meeting location (Lakeside Village Comm. Center 3110 Turner Rd. SE. Salem. If interested, please let Bijou know ASAP. Start time is right after Chapter OR-G gathering in Salem approximately 11:00AM-4:00PM. The cost is $30.00 per person. The Chapter will pay for half so it will only cost you $15. Chapter G Christmas Party and Fundraiser What a nice time we all had at Chapter G s Party!! Tons of food. We ate and then after dinner we played some musical dance games. Debbie read us the story Twas the Night Before Christmas. She even had us singing some Old Christmas songs. After dinner there were drawings for items like baked goods, helmets, chrome, and gift boxes filled with goodies. Once all said and done they raised over $ for their charity.

5 Thank You Angels Among Us Have you heard or seen the phrase The Shock and Awe? On December 10 th it was a beautiful day in more than one way. As you know, we adopted 5 Families in the Woodburn RV Park this year for the Christmas Season. I first want to say Thank You so much to our Chapter Angels. Kathy & Rick, Terry and Cheri, Dorothy & Don, Mark & Art and Dianna & Fred for making this event a big hit!!! We had enough food for each of the families to get 2 potato size boxes filled with canned goods, as well as fresh veggies and fruit donated by Imperfect Produce. Thank You Kathy & Rick for driving around and picking up the extra goodies. So we started out by dividing all the can goods out and then after we wrapped the presents for our little 7 year old man we headed out to deliver. What was awesome is the park inherited a shopping cart. You know where this is going. =) We first headed to Bob s who is a very sweet older single man. We had a nice gift box filled with goodies for him. We knock on the door and my friend Sue, who takes care of Bob every day, told him there were some friends here and they had something for him. So we quickly sang We wish you a Merry Christmas to Bob. She hands him the gift box and I have to say, I have never seen a bigger smile. He hugged that box and then all of a sudden he had a tear from his eyes. What most of you don t know is he has a family but they don t come to see him. So for the first time he wasn t forgotten and Chapter I made his DAY, WEEK and probably even his YEAR. Next, we went to see Ms. Georgia who is 90 years young. We knock on the door and when she starts to answer we sing We wish you a Merry Christmas She was just a little overwhelmed and wasn t sure what to do or say. She usually has to go to the food bank every week. Well with her two boxes of canned foods, it will be a while before she has to go again. She was so Thankful for the nice goodie bag that had treats for her puppy and the yarn we gave her to crochet something new. So back to the Rec room where we loaded up for the next two families. We head to June and Alvin s. They too have to go to the food bank every week. June and Georgia go together as June has no transportation. As June stood on her steps as Alvin can t get out of bed she is overwhelmed by the amount of food and goodies we provided to them. On the verge of tears she said Thank You so much. So now were on our way to Little Man Mr. Gavin and his parents. Mom and Gavin were only home as dad had to run an errand. We once again have Sue to help us. She knocks on the door and Yep, we sing our favorite song We wish you a Merry Christmas. Well Gavin comes down there step and doesn t know what to think. As he holds his little fingers to his mouth and one could tell, he didn t know whether to sing with us or to cry for joy. He asked us, What s going on? We told him that we heard he was a really good boy this year so we had some Christmas gifts for him. So we start emptying the shopping cart and he hands them to his mom to put inside their home. His mom, Connie, couldn t believe what was happing as no one has ever done something like this for them. We passed her the gift bag we had put together for her and her hubby Keith. We told Gavin he had to wait until Christmas to open his gifts..he said ok. Just before we left he gave everyone a hugs and said Thank You to each and every one of us. This kid is so genuine and I m pretty convinced that he will never forget this day. I can also see him one day passing it forward and sharing some love like we did for him and his family.

6 Thank You Angels Among Us Lastly, we go to Ms. Sandy who lost her husband this past year. With her two boxes of food and goodies says, I don t know what to say Thank You so much and as a tear starts to roll down her cheek and hugs as we left. So our job is now complete and as we walk back to the Rec room, were discussing what we just experienced. I don t know if it was Kathy or Mark who said it best, I don t know which one was my favorite I think we all agree they were ALL Our Favorite. We made a BIG difference in some life s today and I don t know who got more out of it, them or us. In closing I just want to say, Thank You so very much all of you for taking time and money to put huge smiles and happiness in these people s hearts. Merry Christmas to each of you.

7 WINTER CAMPOUT Riverbend Campgrounds Santiam Hwy. Foster, Ore Mexican Dinner-$6.00 per person Costumes are encouraged by Gene Anderson February 9th-10th, 2018 WE NEED A HEAD COUNT OF WHO IS COMING TO SATURDAY DINNER PLEASE CAIL/CALL/TEXT ME OR huntermary101@yahoo.com Friday night is Soup night (need 3 volunteers to make soup) Please let me know if you are willing to make a soup and what kind it is, thanks. Everyone else please bring something to go along with soup (Bread-salad-dessert) Saturday morning-pot luck Saturday lunch on your own Saturday Night Mexican your own drinks GAMES ARE VERY WELCOMED/snacks are also welcomed/bring chairs if you want comfort Sunday morning is on your own (not in shelter) Reservations can be made by calling: Linn , and asking for GWRRA sites and they will give us a free night with 2 nights paid for. Make sure you ask for water/electric hookups, (some are not hooked up for winter). **************************************************************************************** Some FUN things to know that could win you cash or prizes! Chapter I members, wear your Chapter colors and vest to our Chapter gathering and if your name is drawn from the bag and you win $$CASH$$$. Chapter colors consist of any of the embroidered shirts that has our Chapter I logo on them. The grey, burgundy or the current green is honored for the drawing. Bring to the gathering a minimum of 5 any cans, bottles that have a deposit on them and trade them for a drawing ticket at the Chapter gathering and you could win a nice prize. We will started drawing for monthly dinner social pick. When your name is picked you get to take us to your favorite place the next month. Terry Mitchell s name was picked at our November gathering and he wants to go to the Bomber Restaurant for dinner. Dinner Social will be on Wednesday January 24th at 6:30 pm. **************************************************************************************** Donna has put together a continuous year long calendar that is on our website, gwrraoregoni.org. Go to UPCOMING EVENTS on the left side of the Home Page. This will take you to the monthly calendar and at the bottom of the page, you can click to open the yearly calendar.

8 Chapter I Store Order Form Chapter Logo Patches available for only $5.00 NEW!! Chapter I Reflective Safety Vests w/logo $42.00 Only 5 left!

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10 BIJOU WHITE CHAPTER DIRECTOR DAWNA HITCH ASST CHAPTER DIRECTOR BOB HITCH RIDER COORDINATOR DIANA BORKE TREASURER KATHY MASHEK MEMBERSHIP & SOCIAL COORDINATOR MARK BROOKS DIRECTOR OF 1ST IMPRESSIONS MIKE WHITE NEWSLETTER EDITOR/PUBLISHER GREG DAWSON WEBMASTER DOROTHY WINTERFIELD DIRECTOR OF HAPPINESS & CARING The TEAM is always open to new ideas. We can always find some way for you to help strengthen the TEAM. December Birthdays 4 Don Winterfield 21 Julia Bowcutt 26 Bijou White December Anniversaries 19 Fred & Dianna Borke 22 Dorothy & Don Winterfield 24 Mike & Bijou White January Birthdays 1 Cheri Huffman 20 Terry Huffman December Membership Anniversary 13 Years Terry & Cheri Huffman 12/20/04 January Membership Anniversary 18 years Paul Hirschmann 1/12/99

11 Oregon Dist. Chapter Gatherings Time to Ride For Friends, Fun & FOOD!! Chapter G Salem 3rd Saturday at 8:00 A.M. Lakeside Village Comm. Center 3110 Turner Rd. SE. Salem. Chapter I Oregon City 2nd Saturday at 8:00 A.M. THE BOMBER RESTAURANT SE McLoughlin Blvd Milwaukie OR Chapter H Hermiston 4th Saturday at 8:30 A.M. Pheasant Cafe 149 East Main St. Hermiston Oregon District GWRRA

12 January 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat CHAPTER I TEAM MEETING BOMBER RESTAURANT CHAPTER G BIRTHDAY PARTY CHAPTER I GATHERING BOMBER RESTAURANT 0800 AM CHAPTER G GATHERING CPR/1ST AID CLASS AFTER CHAPTER I DINNER SOCIAL BOMBER RESTAURANT CHAPTER H GATHERING WAI CASINO NIGHT

13 WHEN: SATURDAY, MARCH 17TH, 2018 MEET AT: OREGON CITY METHODIST CHURCH S SOUTH END RD OREGON CITY, OR FIRST BIKE OUT: 10:00AM LAST BIKE OUT: 11:00 LAST BIKE IN: 1:00 PM This is a canned food drive to benefit H O P E Helping Other People Eat $5.00 per person (cash) WHICH CHAPTER CAN BRING IN THE MOST FOOD????? REMINDER: ALL CANNED FOOD MUST HAVE A LABEL ON For further information contact: Dawna Hitch, OR-I Asst Chapter Director Bob Hitch, Ride Coordinator Bob:

14 LIKE GOOD NEIGHBORS, THE GOLDWINGS ARE COMING OREGON DISTRICT RALLY JUNE 7, 8, 9, 2018 Oregon Christian Convention Tabernacle 5605 Jubilee Dr. Turner, Oregon Please bring a Teddy Bear and Can of food for community drive. OPENING CEREMONY FRIDAY JUNE 8, 10:00 a.m. Pre-Registration Post May1, 2018 Post Mark after May 1, 2018 Life Member $15.00 X = Life Member $20.00 X = Member $20.00 X = Member $25.00 X = Non-Member $25.00 X = Non-Member $30.00 X = Meals-4 Meals Friday Breakfast and Dinner, Saturday Breakfast and Dinner for $20.00 X = ($20.00 per person plus bring 1 Large can of stew for Hobo Night) Grand Prize Tickets ( $100.00) $1.00 ea X = Pre-Registration 50/50 Tickets $1.00 ea X = Camping RV per night $25.00 X = Cabins Sleeping per night (first 9) $25.00 X = Grand Total $ Make check payable to GWRRA Oregon District. Mail to Angie Allen, 1004 Randal Way, Independence, OR Any questions please call Mary Hunter (Oregon District Director) Agreement: I/We the undersigned agree to comply with the rules governing this event. I/We hold harmless GWRRA, its officers, representatives, and event sponsors and any property owners for the loss or injury to personal property by any reason by participating in this Rally. I/We have read and understand this form. Rider (signature) Date Co-rider (signature) Date