HIAWATHALAND COUNCIL

Council meetings were held on September 29^th and November 12^th.

In Sept. a donation of $ 150.00 was given to the St. Peter Region Center for personal care

items for residents. The Faribault Lutheran School received $ 200.00 for an accelerated reading program.

18 Pioneers worked about 140 hours at the Telephone Museum during the Mower County

Fair August 9^th – 12^th.

In conjunction with the Nov. 12^th Council Meeting the Holiday Luncheon was held at Senior Place. 58 Pioneers and Partners enjoyed a turkey dinner will all the trimmings. Hats and mittens were collected for children in the Houston and Elgin-Millville Elementary Schools. Personal care items were collected for our OPERATION MINNESOTA NICE soldiers. We have been sending boxes to 2 servicemen in the 70^th Engineering Battalion each month. They will be coming home from Iraq in January. We will be assigned new soldiers who have not been receiving mail from home.

Each person making a donation to the Bake Less Food sale received ANDES MINTS.

As of November 9^th we had received $ 305.00.

A donation of $ 200.00 was made to Senior Place for office equipment.

It has been a pleasure serving as President of the Hiawathaland Council and now I would like to introduce next years President, Dewey Potter.

Respectfully submitted,

Patricia Sable, President