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22 The Reporter November 2022
Club & Museum News
Where food brings people together. To feed the hungry, physically and relationally, by providing community gatherings in which food, friendship, and neighborly love will be shared by all.
To provide an atmosphere in which our community members can come together to serve one another and experience the love and support of the people around them, building stronger relationships and healthier lives.
In the world today, people are hungry for real relationships. East Providence Community Table is established by the East Providence Elks with a passion to feed the community physically and relationally with a once-a-month meal and social gathering. After a decade of technology and social media becoming the conduit for human connection, society, by and large, is starving for personal interaction and a desire to experience community.
As human beings, we are designed for relationships. We need each other. But through a slow decline of social interactions and an ever-increasing busyness in our modern-day lives, people are experiencing devastating levels of depression, anxiety, broken families, and a lack of mentoring relationships, causing the general public to feel alone and disconnected. At East Providence Community Table, we believe that by coming together to interact we can begin to establish a network of support and community that will promote healthy and thriving individuals and families. It’s time to restore a deep and bonding unity within the human race, and it begins in our local community. Join us for food, friendship, and neighborly love. Our 1st East Providence Community Table Dinner will be held on Saturday, November 5th at the East Providence Elks Lodge, 60 Berkeley Street. Dinner will be served from 5 pm – 7 pm. Feel free to stay after dinner for music and socializing. Dinner will be pasta and meatballs, salad, bread, and dessert. Recommended donation for dinner is $10 to offset the cost of dinner and take-home pasta bowl. Any proceeds from the dinner will benefit local Elks charities.
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Meat Raffles on 11/5 and 11/12
Meat Raffles will continue on the following Saturdays; 11/5 and 11/12 starting at 2 pm. There are 3 tables of steaks, chicken, pork, seafood, TV and other prizes. 50/50 raffle. Kitchen opens at noon. The Post is located at 351 Fall River Ave, Seekonk, MA. Call 508-336-9822 for information or directions.
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Turkey Raffle on 11/18
Annual Turkey Raffle on Friday, November 18th. Raffle starts at 7:00 pm for 30 turkey baskets that include vegetables and all the fixings. Turkey Baskets raffled every 10 minutes. Admission is free. Raffle books are also available at the Post prior to the event. The Post is located at 351 Fall River Ave, Seekonk, MA. Call 508-336-9822 for information or directions.
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Sunday, November 6, 2022
Santa Maria Club, Six Corners, East Providence, RI 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM $20.00 per person $10.00 children under 10
Proceeds to benefit the Rumford Lions Charities
Lighthouse Speaker to Bring History to Life
The year 2022 marks the 200th anniversary of the Fresnel lens, called “the invention that saved a million ships.” The innovative lens used in lighthouses allowed vessels to safely navigate treacherous waters and find their way through dense fog. Using prisms arranged in a beehive design, the light from the lamp within was reflected and refracted into a powerful central beam that could be seen further than any created before. The inventor of this revolutionary lens Joseph Smith was French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel. Since last fall, the museum at Pomham Rocks Lighthouse has showcased the antique Fresnel lens that lit the light station from c1926 to 1974. To commemorate the development of this important lifesaving invention, the Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse will feature a performance portraying Augustin-Jean Fresnel at their annual meeting. Joseph Smith, a Performing Artist of Living History, will bring the character to life in a lighthearted presentation. An actor since 1995, Smith has combined his love of history and acting to “give voice to stories that celebrate the human spirit.” He has portrayed Augustin Fresnel for the American Lighthouse Foundation, Michigan Lighthouse Festival, Florida Lighthouse Association, Michigan Lighthouse Alliance, The Fire Island Lighthouse Preservation Society, Montauk Lighthouse, The Horton Point Lighthouse, New London Maritime Society/The Custom House Maritime Museum and The National Lighthouse Museum. If you’ve been thinking about joining the lighthouse group, now is the perfect time. To join, visit www.pomhamrockslighthouse.org. Members and their guests are invited to attend the annual meeting at Hillside Country Club in Rehoboth, MA on November 6 from noon to 4 p.m. Reservations can be made by sending a check for $35 per person to Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse, P.O. Box 15121, Riverside, RI 02915, Attn: Annual Meeting.
The East Bay Retired Teachers Association will be holding their fall luncheon on November 17, 2022 at Benjamin’s Restaurant on Taunton Ave. Seekonk inside the Ramada Inn (through the lobby) convening at 11:30 am. Following the luncheon, we will have our scholarship raffle. Our project this fall is providing $10 Shaw’s gift cards for Hope and Faith Charity which provides food and other essentials for those in need for their Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners. Our program will include having Carl Sweeney, Director and Founder of Hope and Faith with us to explain his charity and all the new facets he has established that add so much to the needs of others. The luncheon selections are: Pilgrim turkey dinner, baked scrod, shrimp scampi and chicken cutlet parmigiano. Included in the luncheon are soup or salad and dessert at a cost of $25. Send your check and selection to Anne Laderer 18 Monmouth Drive Riverside, R.I. 02915 by November 9. We are happy to announce that we will be resuming our scholarship program this year and will be awarding 2 $1000 awards to deserving students from East Providence High School and Mt Hope High School. If you are unable to attend and want to participate in our charities please send your remittance to Rae Holland-Long 45 River Run East Greenwich, R.I. 02818 and indicate the charity/charities you would like to contribute to. Remember to bring your new items for our scholarship raffle. Hope to see all of you there and celebrate our resumption of doing our good works and catching up with many former colleagues.
East Providence Lions Club News
East Providence Lions had their October meeting at Davenports. Guest speaker was Carl Sweeney of Hope & Fait, a nonprofit community organization. Carl was inspired to start this organization by his granddaughter Hailee, who wanted to help others less fortunate in the community with food, clothing, etc. Carl has visited schools to read to children and also provide groceries for them to take home. Carl, was recently inducted in to the EP Hall of Fame for his contributions and dedication of helping others in the community. The EP Lions were very generous in making food donations to support Hope & Faith. If you are interested in making a difference in our community, please contact EP Lions and join us for a meeting.
East Providence Lions members with Carl from Left to Right: Carol Wood, Carl Sweeney and Henry Caparco.
