United Health Group, Club #1389
Celebrates their 40th Anniversary
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The UnitedHealth Group Toastmasters of Hartford, Connecticut celebrated their 40th/10th Toastmasters anniversary celebration on Friday, February 16, 2007 in the UnitedHealthcare cafeteria. It was the 40th anniversary as Toastmasters Club 1389 (chartered on 12/01/1966) and our 10th as UnitedHealth Group Toastmasters. For 30 years prior to that we were the Travelers Evening Toastmasters.
A new member of our UnitedHealth Group Toastmasters, Harvey Schroeder, took the wonderful photos shown below. Quite a few visitors came from around the district to join in our festivities. A number of passersby stopped to listen as they enjoyed cookies, candy, and popcorn at the counter next to us. Even better, we also gained a new member after the meeting!
The United Health Group Toastmasters Club #1389 meets every 2nd & 4th Wednesday at noon at UnitedHealthcare, 450 Columbus Boulevard, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
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 Suja Jayachandran, our UnitedHealth Group president, welcomed everyone to the celebration. |
Mike Aron, our Club Coach and Area B3 Governor,
was the Toastmaster. |
John Lynch, DTM
District 53 Governor |
John Lynch, presented President Suja Jayachandran
and the UHG Club #1389 with a framed certificate
in honor of the anniversary occasion. |
Susan Gregory, of Phoenix Phonetics Toastmasters,
was our grammarian and Wordmaster
-- her word of the day was "Grok". |
Judy Meyer, UnitedHealth Group VP Education,
spoke on "Let's Get to Fifty!" |
Marsha Kiley, our Division B Governor, dramatized her Icebreaker, called "Lights, Camera, Action!" |
Ned Ruete, UnitedHealth Group new member, took up the challenge with a Table Topics toast. He was also our greeter in the lobby. Did you know that his cell phone number ends in our club charter number, 1389? This contact was meant to be! |
Steve Doody, UnitedHealth Group SAA, challenged us with
toasting-related Table Topics. |
John Parla, Area B4 Governor, presented a Table Topic
about going to Aruba as "Toastmaster of the Universe." |
John Parla also evaluated the meeting. |
Bill Hoyt, President of One State Street Toastmasters,
evaluated Judy's speech. |
Other Anniversary Meeting participants, but not photographed include:
- Harvey Schroeder, our able photographer, did a Table-Topics talk and also evaluated Marsha's speech.
- Ahren Niles, SAA of One State Street Toastmasters, was our timer.
- Dan Guinan, VP Education of Travelers Noontime Toastmasters, was our Ah Counter
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