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RECEIVED 2022 15 F'°eI „ 4,:49 Ila urn Town Celebrations Committee TOWN U.t;RI. Virtual Meeting Minutes Iµ ING'r N ISA September 22, 2021 Members Present: - Full Committee (11). Present: Geetha Padaki, Chair; Glen Basett; Linda Dixon; Cerise Jelalian; Gresh Lattimore; Sondra Lucente; Sandy Podgorski. (Absent: Steve Cole, Lorain Marquis, Julie Miller, Bill Mix.) Quorum: 6 Full Members. - Subcommittee (15): Yifang Gong, Mary Hutton, Aneesha Karody, Samita Mandelia, Sue Sterling. (Absent: Reeta Pandey, Ashley Rooney, Wayne Miller, Sam Zales.) 6 vacancies. 7:04 pm Meeting called to order by Geetha. Minutes of September 8, 2021, approved. Anessha Karody introduced herself to the Committee. Upcoming Veterans Day(November 11, 2021) 1. Veterans Car Parade (Glen): - Glen hosted a working group on September 29 to coordinate the details. - Same car route as last year: up Mass Ave from Community Center/ Marriott Rd, turn left at Minute Man statute, turn right into St Brigit's parking lot. Glen will coordinate with Lexington PD and provide pens to mark each car. Workers to arrive at Community Center at noon. Drive off at 12:45pm. Car drivers to register by October 22. - Gina Rada, Veterans Services Director, will purchase small car flags. 50 used last year; only 25 returned. - 8:30am: Football Team will post flags at the Obelisk. - LHS Band to play on Battle Green as cars drive by. 2. $10 Gift Cards to Veterans (Glen, Gina - Gina to help cull our Veterans Email List. - Glen will see that a blast email to all Veterans is sent, requesting confirmation of their local addresses (October 15th). He will also be involved in drafting the cover letter accompanying the $10 Dunkin Donuts gift card, which is in lieu of the usual Veterans Day Breakfast. These emails will also invite Veterans to join the Car Parade. - 25 gift cards remain from last year; about 128 new cards required. The Town will purchase these new cards. 3. High School Essay Contest (Sue) - Michael Egbert coordinates these Junior Yr essays. - Special goodie bags will be presented to the winner/s. 4. Multimedia High School Art Contest (Sue) - Sue is working with Art Teacher Alethea Roy and her assistants April Maloney and Deb Hankins at LHS. Minuteman Tech will also be invited to participate. - Lexington Art Walk (encouraging retailers to give window space to artists)will be invited to display these creations. The Community Center will be invited to display these creations.