COMMUNITY CENTRE

Contributed By: Rebecca Climer, FICC Board President

It’s beginning to look a lot like Spring on Fripp Island! As we approach our busier season, there are a few upcoming events and activities we’d like for you to keep in mind:

Treasure Sale, June 11, Fripp Island Community Centre

We’ve already started collecting items for the return of this terrific FICC event. Due to COVID our 2020 sale had to be cancelled, so we’re back in 2022. We will accept both indoor and outdoor furnishings, bicycles, kitchen items, linens, decorative items, upscale purses, artwork and costume jewelry, bicycles, and outdoor electronics (mowers, trimmers, etc.) Please keep in mind that donated items should be clean and in relatively good condition. This year, we’re adding a bake sale and other associated events that will make this year’s Treasure Sale entertaining and fun for everyone. If you have items to donate, please contact Gloria Robinson or Rebecca Climer. More information and a detailed schedule are forthcoming.

Shredding Event

Our next shredding event has been scheduled for Saturday, May 14, 9:00 a.m. to Noon. Bring all your paper material that needs to be securely shredded and it’ll be taken care of!

New Board Members

Each February, FICC Board members are elected or reelected. This year, two of our Board members “retired.” We are most grateful to Kathlyn Gray, former Assistant Treasurer, and Sandra Rice, former Secretary. They will be missed. Newly elected Board members are Sandy White and Carole Fahey. New officers will be elected at the March Board meeting and will be announced in the FICC newsletter.

Annual Fund

The Fripp Island Community Centre runs on donated time and dollars! We are fortunate to have been supported generously with both. In 2021, we conducted a special, limited campaign to help with an anticipated shortfall and our membership came through! Now we are conducting our Annual Fund, the only fundraising that we expect in 2022. If you haven’t recently sent your donation in support of our activities, let me encourage you to do so now. In pre-COVID times, the FICC was home to nearly 100 events per month. Now, we are approaching that level of activity again. Clubs and organizations are meeting again, new classes have been added, and we need your help to support our Community Centre. Please send your donations to Fripp Island Community Centre, 205 Tarpon Boulevard. I say it often, but never enough, the Centre depends on folks who volunteer their resources – time, talent and funds – to the Centre. Thanks, in advance, for helping us fulfill our purpose of furthering the religious, cultural and spiritual life of Fripp Island.

See you at the Community Centre!