Do you want thrilling adventure, good food, useful information and laughter? Follow the yellow brick road to Central Region FCE Annual Meeting at the UT Space Institute, Arnold Air Force base in Tullahoma, Tennessee.
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"I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore"! For many years we have held Annual Meeting at the Murfreesboro UT extension Agri-Park facility. This year is an adventure to a new location at the UT Space Institute, Arnold Air Force base in Tullahoma, TN.
We have dubbed this campus "The Emerald City" where we will receive instruction and recognition as well as usher in new officers for Treasurer, VP of Programs and President Elect. All of which takes courage to persevere in the coming months with knowledge and heart in what we are creating within the Central Region for ourselves and our communities. There's no place like home in FCE. Come dressed as your favorite character from the movie The Wizard of Oz. This, of course, isn't mandatory but it will be fun!! We might have to give a prize to the best dressed!
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Set up for the sales booths will begin at 7:30 am in the lobby of the main Academic building and must be completed by 8:30am. Register your cultural arts and fashion review items beginning at 8AM- 9:30am. Registration for the meeting begins at 8:30- 9:45. Voting delegates should be in their seats at 9:45 am. The meeting will begin at 10 AM. Everyone should bring their lanyard from previous meeting.
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The address is:
411 B. H. Goethert ParkwayInline
Tullahoma, TN 37388
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We will be having our lunch in the dining hall.. We will have two eating periods 11:30am -12:15pm AND 12:15pm to1pm. The dining hall is a short walk from the main building, however, we will have a shuttle for those of us who may need to ride. This will allow each group time to view cultural arts and fashion revue and vote for viewer's choice awards. There are three different parking areas and we will have signage directing you to unloading and registering of your cultural arts and fashion review items. We will not be decorating tables for this meeting.
BLESSING BAGS SERVICE PROJECT
Please bring a Blessing Bag to the Annual Meeting for collection to be given to homeless women . These can come from an individual or from the county. Example: Our County is going to buy bulk items and put together 20 Blessing Bags to bring to the Annual Meeting.
Included is a checklist for the Blessing Bags and an example of a card to include in the bag. You may want to put the items in various sizes of Ziplock see thru bags.
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Our business meeting, special speaker, cultural arts and fashion revue presentations will take place in the main auditorium which seats 500 people and we have very comfortable seats.
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WE NEED A THEME FOR 2025 TAFCE STATE CONFERENCE. PLEASE BRING THEME IDEAS AND POSTERS!!!!
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So make your plans and get your registration into your County Treasurer so she can get it to Patty Priest, Region Treasurer, by August 15. I am so excited to see everyone at Annual Meeting and I hope you will be there with lots of members from your county.
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Best regards and have a great summer! Feel free to contact me or any board member, if you have any questions or concerns.
Peggy Bennett Richmond
