Friends Of the River San Bernard Host 3rd Annual
Town Hall Meeting
F.O.R. San Bernard is
celebrating our community’s being together with
the third annual “State of the River”
Town Hall Meeting. In recognition of that event,
the accomplishments made during that time, the
state of the river – past and present, and to
introduce the current Board of Directors,
committees and their chairs, every friend of the
river should make plans to attend the 3rd Annual
Friends Of the River San Bernard Town Hall
Meeting, Saturday, February 23rd at 6 p.m. at
Dido's Restaurant, 2922 C.R. 519 on the San
Bernard River.
In addition to a preview of the committees' 2008
goals, F.O.R. will present the 3rd Annual
Ralph Primeau Memorial Award presented to
the person who has gone ‘above and beyond’ in
the past year for the betterment for the San
Bernard River and its communities. In addition,
F.O.R. has created a video, chronicling a bit of
the river’s history from the point of view of
those who have lived and seen the changing times
of our river to share with all our friends.
Those wishing to eat and socialize prior to the
meeting should be at Dido’s no later than 5 p.m.
To enjoy a specially priced Shrimp or Chicken
Fettuccini dinner which includes salad, tea
dessert tax and tip for $10.00 a person.
What a difference a time makes! Two years have
passed since the first town hall meeting when
the public agreed to form a San Bernard River
community organization for the betterment of our
river – Friends Of the River (F.O.R.) San
Bernard.
In that time, F.O.R. has created a website,
named the organization, adopted a mission
statement and by-laws, filed articles of
incorporation, became an IRS recognized 501(c)3
corporation and elected their first and second
Board of Directors. They created a recognizable
logo, flag and theme song. Friends Of the River
cleaned up 52,000 pounds of garbage from the
river in the springs of 2006 and 2007; and
presented six boat parades. On National Night
Out, F.O.R. Visited with their neighbors at the
local restaurants on their second annual Dock
Hop for National Night Out - it was standing
room only at all 3 restaurants. We also acquired
and fixed up our new “home on the river” – the
Community Center on C.R. 510- B. We’ve adopted 2
miles of FM 2918 and have committed to cleaning
it up 4 times a year.
F.O.R. also held the second annual “ Can You
Dig It?” to dramatize the river’s mouth being
closed and hosted numerous dignitary boat trips
to the end of the river to raise awareness of
same and solicit support for their number one
goal -- open the river mouth. The F.O.R.
Breakfasts on the Bernard have also become quite
popular the first Saturday of each month, held
at Dido’s with over 100 people consistently
attending.
Friends Of the River also held the second annual
River Raiser fund raiser, raising over $20,000
for our fledgling organization. Wow!... We’ve
come a long way together in two short years!
Please mark your calendar and plan to
attend the 3rd Annual F.O.R. Town Hall Meeting,
Saturday, February 23 at Dido’s – dinner at 5:00
p.m., program beginning at 6:00 p.m.
For more information, contact Chaney Moore at
979-236-7479 or Nancy Kanter at 979-487-5189.
This is the 3rd year of community service for
the Friends OF the River San Bernard.....
Come be a part of an
organization dedicated to making our community a
better place to live and play!
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