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August Social

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Get Ready to Roll

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Many of us have been anxious for this month to come – it’s at Ginger’s home and want you to know Bunco players have talent – they can roll dice and talk at the same time!!

The first 16 members to RSVP are guaranteed a place at the table!

Date:  August 3, Saturday

Time:  3:30 – 6:30 pm
            3:30 – 4:00 Happy Hour and learn the rules of bunco
            4:30 – 6:30 Bunco
            6:30 – 7:00  Eat
Place:  Ginger’s Home – 505-332-3080 (h) (call for address and directions)
Please make your reservations no later than Wednesday,  July 31, 2024, by calling or texting Berta Wagstaff at 505-710-4448 or emailing her at vets4vets@aol.com.
When you RSVP indicate what you will bring:  appetizer, dessert, refreshments
 
Let the good times roll!
 
Berta

July 13, 2024 Business Meeting

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Friends!
 
We have a terrific speaker, Celeste Nuñez, the Director of International Business Resources for the New Mexico Trade Alliance (NMTA), a nonprofit economic development organization. 
 
Your RSVP is important as it will determine whether we will have a speaker.
 
She will address how she and the New Mexico Trade Alliance connect New Mexico companies with local, state, federal, and international export assistance resources to help them gain and grow international sales.
 
For over a decade, the NMTA has served as the state’s premiere trade organization providing export assistance to New Mexico companies, facilitating foreign company soft-landing, and advancing diplomatic relations.
 
The NMTA is funded by the City of Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, State of New Mexico, and the Air Force Research Lab.

 Celeste sits on the Albuquerque Sister Cities Foundation Board and is Chair of the Albuquerque-Guadalajara Sister City relationship where she facilitates STEM and Art youth exchanges through the Space Messengers program. Celeste has also supported cross border collaboration with other communities in Mexico. In 2019, Celeste served as the organizer of the Albuquerque – Chihuahua Sister City Bilateral Commission. Led by the cities’ mayors, the commission provided a platform for mutually benefiting collaboration in areas such as economic development, public safety, tourism, and others.   

Celeste is also a member of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition (USGLC) New Mexico Advisory Board. In 2020, she was selected as the New Mexico Next Gen Global Leader with the USGLC.

 In addition, Celeste is a member of the Global Shapers Albuquerque hub, and serves as the Biz Dev and Mentorship Project lead. Born under the World Economic Forum, Global Shapers are a network of over 500 hubs in the world made of young leaders focused on enacting change in their communities.

You are welcome to invite friends and/or family to this event!
Please make your reservations no later than Tuesday,  July 9, 2024, by calling or texting Berta Wagstaff at 505-710-4448 or emailing her at vets4vets@aol.com.Please reply to this email by simply clicking the Reply button.
DATE:             Saturday, July 13, 2023
TIME:                   11:30 am – 1:00 pm
PLACE:          International District Public Library
ADDRESS:     7601 Central Ave. NE
 Restaurant:  To be determined
 
Let’s have a great turnout!

June Social Activity

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Friends!
Summer is upon us and most of us will be busy, traveling, entertaining guests, enjoying family and the outdoors,…
Our May Guest Speaker had to be cancelled due to insufficient member support.  We must have a minimum of 15 participants.  Our guest Speakers donate their time and money in preparing for their talk and in turn we support them by our attendance.
Please make time for our Locomotive Tour!  It has received raving reviews and was suggested by our member, Lenore.
The 2926 locomotive was built in May 1944.  It ran a million miles in the American SW before being retired to Coronado Park in 1956.  Approximately three years ago,
July 2, 2021, the locomotive was moved under her own steam power again.
Rescued from Coronado Park in 2000, the giant steam locomotive has been restored to full operation by the all-volunteer crew of the New Mexico Steam Locomotive and Railroad Historical Society (NMSL&RHS).
The restoration effort started 22 years ago.  She was purchased for $1 from the City in 1999.  The NMSL & RHS society places her value at over 3.5 M
Join us and learn more about the new 2926 locomotive.  Lunch will follow after the presentation.
Please make your reservations no later than Tuesday, June 4, 2024, by calling or texting Berta Wagstaff at 505-710-4448 or replying to THIS email by simply hitting the Reply button and RSVPing to vets4vets@aol.com.  Let me know, you will join us for lunch when you RSVP!
PLACE:          2926 Locomotive Tour
ADDRESS:     1833 8th St. NW*
DATE:            Saturday, June 8, 2024
TIME:              10 am – 11 (depending on Questions,…)
*      Parking is a challenge and it has been suggested, to park along 8th St.    
 Restaurant:  After the tour, Sixty-Six Acres – https://www.sixtysixacres.com/welcome/#ourmenu 
Address: 2400 12th St    Phone #: 505-243-2230
We have reservations for 11:30 am
It is crucial you RSVP to determine whether there will be enough room for all of us on the Tour and to insure ample reservations have been made for lunch.
Grateful for your participation.  Guests are always welcomed!