As we're all aware, the Christmas season is approaching quickly and we are again, sponsoring our annual US Marine Corps "Toys
For Tots" campaign. For those wishing to participate it works like this:
Bring a new, original packaged toy without gift wrapping to the December club meeting and place it on the table provided. We generally ask that you keep the cost of the gift in the $10 to $20 range, although what you spend is entirely up to you. Not to be repetitive, but it's really important that there is no gift wrapping, personal cards or greetings on the the gifts themselves. Members of the Marine Corps will be there to collect them the night of the meeting. One other thing you may consider when purchasing a gift is to think of older children who may benefit from your generosity.
For those new to the club, we will also have our traditional Yuletide Pizza and Wings Festival which is open at no cost for all club members current with their membership dues. If you so wish to participate, you can bring holiday cookies and treats to share for dessert.
Lastly, we are going to have our Secret Santa Gift Exchange again this year, with a twist! The secret gift you select MUST be built and completed by this year's BuffCon in April. What you do is bring in a NEW, UN-BUILT, UNSTARTED, COMPLETE (all parts, decals and instructions) kit and place it in a brown paper bag that is sealed with either tape or staples. Bring it to the club meeting in December and those who participate will chose their gift by lottery. Members of the E-Board will unseal the gift you choose, to document (secretly) that it meets the requirements stated above. Bring the finished kit to BuffCon where it will be placed on the club table. We will have a separate judging and award for the best overall Secret Santa model kit at the show. So, in other words, if you elect to participate, you will have to finish it, even though it may not be your usual modeling subject. We hope this will be a fun and challenging contest and may help modelers to do something out of their comfort zone.
On behalf of the entire E-Board, I'd like to wish all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving and hope to see all of you at the meeting on Monday.
John R. Zaranek
President
IPMS Niagara Frontier
IPMS USA No. 47993
Model Table Round-up from the October meeting.
Unfortunately, due to an oversight, no information forms were collected at the October meeting, so we don't have any
commentary for this months model table photos. We'll try to make sure that doesn't happen again. Enjoy the pictures.
Finally, some around-the-room shots.
Thanks to Larry Osolkowski for the photography.
