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Submitted by KathyMenold1 on Sun, 2022-01-30 01:01
Saturday, Dec 11, 2021 - 11:30am to Saturday, Dec 11, 2021 - 02:00pm
Rogers
Arkansas
Holidays with the Ozark Section ended with a fun night enjoying friendship, great food, holiday games and raffles. Our annual Christmas party was held at Crabby’s Seafood Bar and Grill with 27 loyal Mercedes-Benz fans including our local Northwest Arkansas Mercedes-Benz Dealership Service department. Crabby’s has some of the very best seafood dishes in our area and amazing service that made the event that much more special. One area where our club tries to include in most events is supporting our local charities with donations and raffles. During this party we raised $295 from two huge raffle baskets and a framed Mercedes-Benz poster with classic front grilles donated by John and Dottie Miller. Our dealership added $350 to raise in total $650 for the Arkansas Children’s Hospital Northwest. The winners of the raffles were the Menolds, the Andersons and the Retzlaffs. We also played the Christmas ornament exchange game that is always a lot of fun passing the ornaments around the room in different directions with a Christmas rhyme and then discovering your new ornament. The Section’s generous members also brought in several hundred dollar’s worth of toys for our other 2022 charity, the Salvation Army Toys for Tots campaign that will be enjoyed by many deserving children. During the gathering we took the opportunity to recognize Ruth Shafer as the Ozark Section’s Officer of the Year for her leadership, dedication and support of our Section’s financials, governance, and guidance. She is always there to support us whenever needed. Special thanks go to our party organizers: Barbara Lowinger, Dottie & John Miller, Ruth Shafer, and Kathy Menold. We wished all our members a Merry Christmas and a great 2022 ahead!