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The Friends of McMinnville Senior Center
"Giving back because it's just what we do!"
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NEWSLETTER March 2026
Hello everyone! Spring is almost here! Daylight Savings time begins this Sunday and our days will be longer, hopefully sunnier with only a bit of rain only between 2 and 4 am. I can dream right? We have a lot to look forward to this year so let’s get right to it! First, we have implemented our FMSC Patron Program. If you haven’t heard of this yet, let me explain. Your board has not been able to come up with and stick to an annual budget for several years and for several reaso

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3 days ago3 min read


NEWSLETTER February 2026
Hello everyone and welcome to a brand new month! Where January went is beyond me. Our first two food events of the year were mostly successful with the white chicken chili and beef stroganoff seemingly big hits and thanks for all the wonderful compliments we received! We can look forward to chicken enchiladas, our annual pancake breakfast and always a crowd favorite…pulled pork sandwiches for this month. Some of you may know that the Board is considering initiating an FMSC Pa

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Feb 32 min read


NEWSLETTER January 2026
Happy New Year everyone! My goodness…the first quarter of a century of the new millennium has already gone by and seemingly in a blink of an eye! Time marches on and in double-time I think! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season with family and friends and are looking forward to happiness and good health in the months to come. Looking back on this last year, I don’t think there are many who didn’t experience the loss of someone dear to them or didn’t experience the ch

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Jan 82 min read


NEWSLETTER December 2025
Hello everyone! Well, as we are winding down 2025, I hope all of you are looking forward to a fresh start for 2026. Sometimes it’s good to reflect on where we are in our lives and adjust what might need a bit of tweaking. There is always room for growth and change might be difficult but certainly not impossible. We are never too old to improve ourselves. As a recap of the year, the Friends put on 30 food events this year. I would rate most of them as a success and we couldn’t

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Dec 9, 20252 min read


NEWSLETTER November 2025
Hello everyone and Happy Fall! Here we are getting close to wrapping up another year and my hope for each and everyone of you is that we continue to look forward to better times. My advice is not to dwell on things that have passed but to continue to look to the future. Learn from our missteps, keep learning new things and strive to make your little corner of the world a better place for all that dwell in that space. We are looking forward to our annual Thanksgiving Day Lunch

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Nov 13, 20252 min read


NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2025
Hello everyone and happy Fall to all! I hope you are enjoying the rain as much as I am. I was glad to see it arrive and my water bill...

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Oct 1, 20253 min read


NEWSLETTER AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2025
Hello everyone and welcome to our very first website newsletter! We figured it was time we stepped boldly into the 21st century and get...

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Aug 6, 20252 min read
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