Gazette | Alumni: Events

Atlanta. Join us at our annual holiday party on Sunday, Dec. 3, at 5 p.m., at the Oglethorpe University Museum. RSVP to <emmanuel.tillman@ alumni.upenn.edu>.

Metro New Jersey. On Saturday, Dec. 2, join us for a special Penn Cares Community Service Day at the Community Foodbank of New Jersey in Hillside. Food donations will be greatly appreciated. For more information about this and other programs, please contact club president Renie Carniol CW’75 WG’76 at <Pennclub-metronj@yahoo.com> or see our website (www.Pennclubmetronj.com).

New York. The club is bringing back its “Champagne Toast to Dear Old Penn” event, courtesy of the Office of Champagnes. Learn the essentials of wine tasting, while sipping champagne with fellow alumni. Also, join PennNYC members for an evening of ice-skating under the stars at The Pond in Bryant Park. Look for more information about these events in the November PennNYC newsletter and in announcements via the listserv: sign up at (www.pennnyc.org). To volunteer please contact Dale Kramer Cohen W’76, president of PennNYC, at <DaleKCohen@aol.com>.

Portland, Ore. Check our website for details of the December Happy Hour, welcoming winter and the holiday season; and look for other events as well at (www.pennclubofportland.org).

Congratulations to Clubs and Classes

The 2006 Alumni Club Award of Merit recipient for overall excellence was awarded to Penn Club of Metro New Jersey. Achievement Awards were also awarded to the First Coast Penn Club, PennNYC, and the University of Pennsylvania Alumni Club of Northeastern Pennsylvania.

The Class of 1961 was awarded the David N. Tyre Award for Excellence in Class Communications. The Class of 1966 was awarded the Class Award of Merit.