WDCC October Newsletter

Join us for our Fall Meeting Saturday, October 23, 9:00AM American Legion, 194 Lexington Street We invite you to the Fall Quarterly Meeting of the Woburn Democratic City Committee.  Our meeting will take place on Saturday, October 23.  Doors will open at 9:00AM for socializing and signing in.  All Woburn registered Democrats or those interested in the work of the Party are welcome to join us!  We won’t be serving refreshments during Covid, but please feel free to bring your own coffee/water/beverage of choice.  We will hold a brief business meeting for the City Committee and look forward to welcoming members of our State House delegation and candidates running on the 2022 state-wide ballot.  Masks are required inside the building throughout our meeting.  If you are not comfortable attending in person events right now, we will have a Zoom link available and will do our very best to include those joining remotely in our presentations and discussions.  Following is a brief agenda outline: Woburn Democratic City Committee Meeting Saturday, October 23 9:00AM – Doors open, social and sign in 9:15AM – Ward 6 Meeting for electing a new chairperson and secretary 9:30AM – Woburn Democratic City Committee Meeting called to order Welcome and Updates Reading and Acceptance of February 6, 2021 meeting minutes Treasurer’s Update Report on the 2021 Massachusetts State Democratic Convention Updates from members of our State House delegation State-wide candidates on the 2022 ballot 11:00AM – Adjourn We hope you will join us to catch up with each other and to keep us moving forward toward the next election cycle!

Ward 6 – Special Meeting to Elect a New Chairperson & SecretarySaturday, October 23, 2021, 9:15AM – American Legion Hall & Virtual After several years of service to the Committee, Patty McCall and Calvin McCall have stepped down.  Thank you both so much for your time and efforts to serve Woburn Democrats in Ward 6.  A special meeting of Ward 6 Registered Democrats is being called for Saturday, October 23 at 9:15AM, American Legion Hall, 194 Lexington Street, Woburn, MA (virtual option will also be available).  Open positions include Chairperson and Secretary.  Any Ward 6 Democrats who would like to join the Committee are welcome to sign up at this meeting as well.  If you have questions about roles and responsibilities, please email woburndems@gmail.com.

Food Collection Drive for Thanksgiving As the holiday season approaches, we’d like to ask you to join Woburn Democrats in supporting the Council of Social Concern’s annual Thanksgiving Basket Food Drive.  If you are able, please consider bringing a gift card to a local supermarket or making a cash contribution for this cause – we’ll have volunteers collecting at the meeting.  We will use all funds raised toward creating as many Thanksgiving Food Baskets as we can.  If you prefer to contribute food or table  items, here are some ideas of non-perishable items they ask to be included with the baskets: – Dry stuffing mix – Cranberry sauce – Holiday paper plates/napkins – Canned green beans, corn, gravy If you’d like to make a contribution but can’t attend our 10/23 meeting, email woburndems@gmail.com for a drop off/mail location. Thank you very much for helping us gather contributions to serve our community!