January 2023

 The club annual meeting was held at the Center Square Grill. A new board was installed and four new members welcomed: Nikki Goewey, Karen Gatchell, Kate Hamer, and Kathy Gardner.

Members and friends went to see the movie A Man Called Otto.  The book on which the movie was based, A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman, had previously been a Book Club favorite.

The Hampden-Wilbraham Partners for Youth hosted a presentation Let's Talk About Underage Drinking.  Club helped promote the event and provided assistance during the evening.

Marva hosted a meeting of the Book Club to discuss The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune.  Good food and good talk.

The Book Club met at Krazy Jake's to discuss the book When Breath Becomes Air by  Paul Kalanithi. Several of the ladies in attendance had experience in medical fields which added some interesting insights to the conversation.

Club met in the Community Room at the Police Station.  A brief social time was followed by a lot of discussion and planning of the spring events.

  As part of Read Across America, and in honor of Dr. Suess's birthday, we read the The Lorax to 14 classrooms at the Mile Tree School. Each student also received a packet of seeds to grow their very own Truffala Trees... actually they were Chive seeds, but Chives look a lot like miniature Truffala Trees. .

The Hampden-Wilbraham Partners for Youth hosted a presentation on Digital Wellness and Literacy among youth and teens by Dr.  Michael Rich. Club helped promote the event and provided assistance throughout the evening.

The Book Club met at Krazy Jake's to discuss the book The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett. It was an interesting conversation about family and colorism. 

Club met in the Community Room at the Police Station. During and after the meeting everyone worked on preparing the foam cutouts needed for the craft table at the Bunny Breakfast.

Club members and their families participated in a town wide clean up effort.  Brenda and Jen also worked on the committee to plan this event.  It was a great accomplishment that will hopefully become an annual event!

Club members attended the play "Little Women" performed at the Wilbraham United Church by the Wilbraham United Players.

The Book Club met via Zoom to chat live with Margaret O'Donnell about her book Gret's Rock.  Margaret and her husband live in Florida now, but they raised their family in Wilbraham where she was a Junior Club Member.

The April club meeting was held in the Community Room at the Wilbraham Police Station.