FCSLA Junior Branches 39, 106, 174, 322, 339, 382, 427 and the Chicago District co-sponsored their fourth annual Junior Member Christmas Party at noon on Saturday, November 15, 2014 at St.\u00a0Simon Slovak Parish\u2019s gymnasium. The Junior members participated in a snowman beanbag toss game, cookie decorating, ornament making, face painting, a coloring contest, and a raffle with seven super-raffle prizes.<\/p>\n
Sv\u00e4t\u00fd Mikul\u00e1\u0161 (St. Nicholas), Bishop in 4th<\/sup> Century Myra, Turkey, arrived and spoke to the children and adults about his origins. Sv\u00e4t\u00fd Mikul\u00e1\u0161 presented to each of the children three gold chocolate coins which reflect the story of the gold coins that Sv\u00e4t\u00fd Mikul\u00e1\u0161 gave to a\u00a0poor man so he could marry off his three daughters. The children and their guests feasted on a\u00a0wonderful meal of chicken, beef, corn, mashed potatoes and pasta salad, with vanilla and chocolate cakes for dessert.<\/p>\n Coloring contest winners each won a $25.00 Amazon gift card, and were Eric Ebenau-J339, Addison Gillan-J339, and Sean Harrison-J382. A raffle was held with seven super-raffle prizes: a\u00a028-inch Flat Screen TV won by Candace Pac, a \u00a0$50 Walmart card and $50 check from Kubina-Funeral Home won by Olivia Satala, a Tablet won by Elizabeth Hirschbeck-J174, a\u00a0Canon Photo Printer won by Victor Kelly-J339, a\u00a0second Canon Photo Printer won by Susan Niemi-S485 and a\u00a0Blue Tooth Speaker won by Sean Harrison. The raffle prizes were donated by Junior Branches 174, 322, 382, and 339, as well as funds from last year\u2019s raffle ticket sales.\u00a0 The Super Raffle Prizes consisting of the $50 Walmart Gift Card were donated by Satala-Pac Funeral Home, the $50 check by Kubina-Tybor Funeral Home, and the two Canon Photo Printers by Therese and the late Leo J. Tylus.\u00a0 A\u00a0huge thank you to these branches, members and entities that donated the raffle and super-raffle prizes.<\/p>\n A\u00a0special thank you to the Jr. Christmas Party Committee Co-Chairs\u2014Lorraine Gibas (J322\/S421) and Dr. Fay Hlubocky (J39\/S295)\u2014and their Committee members\u2014Jeanette Palanca (J174\/S258), Rosemary Mlinarich (J174\/S258) Cathleen Lehocky\u00a0(S485), Fay Hlubocky (J39\/S295), Helen Bendik Grygus (J427\/S274), Mary Beth Satala-Pac (S427\/S274), and Mary Therese Tylus (Chicago District President\/J382\/S485)\u2014for all their hard work and preparation in making this event another great success. A huge thank you to the Committee\u2019s elves\u2014Lydia Berry (S485), Geri Hletko (S485), Deana Hull (S485), Colleen Kopeck (J382\/S485) & Tom Kopeck (S485), Candace Pac, Tom Lynch (S421), Therese Gibas (S421) and Cameron Palanca (J174)\u2014and any others whom we may have missed in this article for all their help in setting up, manning the various activities tables, and clean-up. The children, their parents, aunts, uncles, and grandparents had a wonderful time and all are looking forward to next year\u2019s party and another visit from Sv\u00e4t\u00fd\u00a0Mikul\u00e1\u0161 (St. Nicholas)!<\/p>\n To view\u00a0photos\u00a0from this event, visit the\u00a0Photo Gallery<\/a> on the Chicago District Web site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" FCSLA Junior Branches 39, 106, 174, 322, 339, 382, 427 and the Chicago District co-sponsored their fourth annual Junior Member Christmas Party at noon on Saturday, November 15, 2014 at St.\u00a0Simon Slovak Parish\u2019s gymnasium. The Junior members participated in a … Continue reading