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30 OUR LIFE • July-August 2024 ДІЯЛЬНІСТЬ ВІДДІЛІВ І ЧЛЕНКИНЬ • BRANCH & MEMBER NEWS Branch 124 Holds Unique Pre-Summer Event Branch 124 consistently plans special and interesting events for its members and community. This year, branch president Irene Badiak scheduled the last branch meeting prior to summer vacation for Saturday, June 1, at the Epipha - ny of Our Lord Ukrainian Catholic Church parish hall. While the meet - ing was being conducted, guests had an opportunity to mingle, play games, and enjoy appetizers prepared by branch members. Maria Brown, branch vice-president, organized the event. She brought crayons, markers, and popular board games for all to enjoy. Carol Kamin- sky and Irena Popovich each brought a cornhole game. One of the corn- hole games was set at the regulation distance while the other was set much closer for the younger children. Toddlers made up their own rules, with some deciding that taking a bag and being chased around the hall by their older siblings was an alternate way of playing the game. Watch- ing the children interact and seeing their creativity while they played cornhole was an interesting and often comical experience. A successful event often has door prizes, and ours was no excep- tion. Throughout the afternoon, guests anxiously awaited the periodic draw of the door prize winner who then could select one of the many prizes provided by our branch members Maria Brown and Patricia Chomanczuk. Olya N. Czerkas, Press Secretary, Branch 124, St. Petersburg, FL Maria Brown had also set a jar of jellybeans on a table near the entrance to the hall. Whoever guessed the number closest to the actual 581 would win the jel- lybean jar. Olya Czerkas, knowing her jellybeans, was the winner by guessing just three jellybeans fewer than the number in the jar. Branch member Irene Thomp- son coordinated the dinner. In addition to ordering pizza, Irene asked all members to bring a dish and drinks to share. The se- lection of food was large and var - ied, and included healthy foods, fun snacks, delicious sweets, and drinks for all ages. No one left the event hungry. Many Ukrainian families have moved to the St. Petersburg area over the past two years. During the dinner, members and guests had an opportunity to meet one another, engage in conversation, and establish new friendships. It was energizing to feel the positive atmosphere that filled the room. A raffle sponsored by Chry - styna Rakoczy was won by lucky Branch members and guests volunteered to be jockeys during the races. For this race, the jockeys were (l-r): Myla Ustymenko, unnamed guest, Marianna Ivasyk, Orysia Petrina-Johnson, branch president Irene Badiak, Iryna Karavan. Branch 124 members and guests. Christine Leddy, branch member and “Branch 124 Derby” grand prize winner.
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