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For information about the Estonian Society of Central Florida, please contact Secretary Triin Karr,  email: triin.karr@gmail.com. ACTIVITIES FOR 2022-2023 Estonian Society of Central Florida/Kesk Florida Eesti Selts (KFES) Will Gather for Traditional Supp and Võileib Koosviibimine (soup and sandwich luncheon) When? Sunday January 29, 2023 1:00 to 5pm Where? At Birgit and Vincent’s Condo Association Club House. The address of the clubhouse is Harbour Crest 400, 13940 Anona Heights Drive, Largo, FL 33774. Parking is limited but you can park across the street in the school parking lot. What is the cost? There is no cost to members to attend this event. Kesk Florida Eesti Selts is covering costs. Do you need to let us know you are coming? Yes, please do! This way we can plan the menu and seating to accommodate everyone. Please send an email to Heikki Joonsar (joonsar@cox.net) to let him know you are coming. Please include the names of everyone who will be accompanying you. Please let us know too what you will be bringing for our smorgasbord table. What might you contribute to the smorgasbord table? Here are the soups, salads and open-faced sandwiches some of our members are bringing: Borscht; split pea, barley and ham soup; and frikadilli supp potato salad open-faced sandwiches with heering ja muna (herring and egg); vorstijuust (sausage cheese); and salmon sai (salmon sandwich) We look forward to hearing what you plan to bring! Reminder about beverages at our events: Bring your own adult beverage and/or your other favorite beverages. Water and coffee are provided. What a great way to start the new year! Are plans underway for Estonia’s 105 Independence Day/Eesti Vabariigi 105 Aastapäeva celebration in February 2023? Yes! Save the date for our Eesti Vabariigi 105 Aastapäeva Celebration. It is scheduled for Sunday, February 26, 2023. Details will follow soon. ******************** SANTA CLAUS/JÕULUVANA WILL BE STOPPING IN DURING OUR TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS/JÕULU LUNCHEON When and What Time? Sunday, December 4, 2022 2:00 pm Our new location this year: Morton Village Clubhouse in Heinar and Astrid Normet’s residential community in Bradenton, Florida. 5400 34th St W Bradenton, FL 34210 Directions to the Clubhouse: Enter the Morton Village driveway at 5400 34th Street W. Go West. At the second drive, turn right. The Clubhouse will be straight ahead. Thank you, Astrid and Heinar, for providing the site for this event! We will be offering a traditional holiday meal with pork roast and verivorst. Some of our members have let us know they are bringing hapukapsad (sauerkraut), kartulisalat (potato salad), and ahjukartulid (roast potatoes). For dessert, piparkoogid will be placed on the children’s table; and a birthday cake will celebrate the birthday of our esteemed KFES laekur (treasurer), Heikki Joonsar. Please bring your favorite adult beverages. Non-alcoholic beverages, coffee and water will be provided. We invite your contributions of salads, desserts and your own family holiday favorites to round out our festive luncheon. The cost is the same as 2021: $35 per adult, children 12 and under are free. So we may plan to accommodate all our guests, RSVP by Monday, November 28, 2022, to Heikki Joonsar, Treasurer/Laekur of the Estonian Society of Central Florida/Kesk Florida Eesti Selts, and let him know the following: (a) Your name and the names of guests accompanying you (b) The names and ages of your children. Please bring a wrapped gift for each child so Jõuluvana may make this a happy occasion for them too. (c) What you plan to bring for our luncheon smorgasbord (d) Santa’s elves–Jõuluvana päkapikud–always welcome volunteers to help us host this spirited and beloved holiday gathering. Please let us know we may count you among our helpful elves/päkapikud. There are no jobs too big nor too small with many helpful hands! Please let Heikki Joonsar know if you are able to help with set-up, service during the afternoon and/or clean-up. To make check-in easier, please make your payment in advance through Zelle to kfes1918@yahoo.com or by mailing a check made payable to “Estonian Society of Central Florida” to Heikki Joonsar. His address is below. Heikki will also accept payment at the door. Mr. Heikki Joonsar KFES Treasurer 14032 89th Ave Seminole, FL 33776 Event details are communicated through email, Facebook (Kesk Florida Eestlased–a private account), and this website. We look forward to seeing you soon! Estonian Society of Central Florida Board/Kesk Florida Eesti Selts Juhatus ***************** The Board/Juhatus of the Estonian Society of Central Florida/Kesk Florida Eesti Selts is pleased to announce our first activity for 2022-2023. Please join us as our summer hiatus comes to an end: Sunday, November 6, 2022 2:00 pm The Hangar Restaurant & Flight Lounge https://www.thehangarstpete.com/ (at Albert Whitted Airport) 540 First Street South St. Petersburg, FL 33701 Telephone: 727.823.7767 A private room has been reserved on the second floor, and the Estonian Society of Central Florida/Kesk Florida Eesti Selts is paying the room rental fee. Members may order lunch off “fixed menus.” Members will pay KFES $35/person, $8/child, at the door. The children’s menu is offered to children ten and under. Payment may be made by cash, check or Zelle to KFES1918@yahoo.com. A cash bar will be open. PROGRAM We are delighted to welcome back old friends, Lembit Nei and his family. Professor Lembit Nei is a familiar face to many of us who attended our KFES events on October 6, 2013, and January 5, 2014. Lembit was accompanied by his wife and daughter, and he served as our guest speaker at the January event. Professor Nei is now a Senior Researcher and Professor Emeritus, Tartu College School of Engineering, Tallinn University of Technology, and he serves as Director of the NGO Environmental Protection Institute. Currently, Professor Nei is spending one month in the US as a Michigan State University – Erasmus+ academic visitor. Professor Emeritus Nei is a recent recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal of Tartu. Professor Nei will share his impressions on “what’s going on in Estonia.” Let’s give Professor Nei and his family a warm welcome. Because the private room can accommodate up to 50 (and the adjoining outdoor balcony can accommodate 20) , please email Heikki Joonsar, Treasurer, to let him know if you are planning to attend so we may confirm we have enough space. ACTIVITIES FOR 2021-2022 We are pleased to announce that our 2021-2022 year of activities kicked off on Sunday, November 7, 2021. Please stay tuned to this page as we post upcoming events. APRIL 24, 2022, GATHERING We are delighted to invite you to our next event that is taking place on Sunday, April 24th, 2022, from 1:00 to 4:00 PM EDT, in Seminole, Florida. The event will be outside in the open air at Tamarac by the Gulf Club House (9099 141st Street N, Seminole, FL 33776) where Inne and Heikki Joonsar will welcome us. Their residential community is a familiar location to us. Shuffle board and horse shoe pits are available for your entertainment. We will be able to use one grill, so KFES/Estonian Society of Central Florida will provide some snacks/items from the BBQ. Please bring appetizers, snacks or dessert to share and drinks to your liking. For children, we would like to offer an egg hunt.  If you bring your little ones with you, please also bring the eggs for the egg hunt and we will organize the hunt. Pease let us know the names and ages of children who will be participating. And we also have a special guest performing this time! The participation fee is $15 per adult.  RSVP and make your payment by April 13th. Payment methods: To transfer funds to Kesk Florida Eesti Selts via Zelle, add address kfes1918@yahoo.com. In the note box, put your names and what the funds are for (April 2022 gathering). When you are given the choice of “personal” or “business,” check “business.” In the name of the account put in “Estonian Society of Central Florida.” Of course, we can receive checks made out to KFES or Estonian Society of Central Florida and we will deposit them electronically. Mail your check to: Heikki Joonsar, 14032 89th Ave, Seminole, FL 33776. We look forward to seeing you in April! KFES Juhatus/Estonian Society of Central Florida Board JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 2022 EVENTS Due to the high transmissibility rate of the coronavirus through the Omicron variant, the KFES Board suspended the traditional January supp ja võileva (soup and sandwich) luncheon.

OUR TRADITIONAL HOLIDAY CELEBRATION!

Saturday, December 11, 2021

2:00-5:30 pm Eastern Time

In our familiar location:

Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd

10891 102nd Ave N

Seminole, FL 33778

Reservations and pre-payment will be required by Tuesday, November 30, 2021. Adults: $35 per person Youth aged 11-18: $10 per youth

Children under the age of 11: Free.

Please let us know the names and ages of the children and youth accompanying you.

By November 30, 2021, please make your check payable to The Estonian Society of Central Florida and mail it with the names of all your guests (and your children and youth and their ages) to:

Mr. Heikki Joonsar

14032 89th Ave

Seminole, FL 33776

Parents are encouraged to bring wrapped gifts for their own children so Jõuluvana is prepared.

NOVEMBER SUNDAY BRUNCH Sunday, November 7, 2021 11:00 am Lake Seminole Park – Shelter 12 To locate Shelter 12, please see the map in this link for better guidance. 10015 Park Blvd (74th Ave N) Seminole, FL 33777 The fee is $10 per adult to cover the costs of the shelter rental and supplies. We will collect the fee at the shelter. Please bring a breakfast/lunch/brunch dish to share and your favorite beverages. We will be providing hot coffee. So we may plan for the right number of guests–and if you would like ideas on what to bring–please let us know you are coming by sending an email to KFES Secretary Triin Karr at triin.karr@gmail.com. PLEASE PARTICIPATE IN OUR SURVEY: The members of the 2021-2022 KFES Juhatus/Estonian Society of Central Florida Board thank you for participating in the survey we emailed in October 2021 to collect your contact information and ideas for activities. If you have not yet done so, we invite you to visit this link to our survey so we may be sure we have your up-to-date contact information and ideas too: https://forms.gle/GjP9VJmdR6HAc5US9. We value you and your participation. 2020-21 ACTIVITIES ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING Sunday, September 26, 2021 4:00-5:00 pm This meeting is virtual. Covid-19 suspended our activities starting March 2020. The 2020-21 peakoosolek/annual meeting, which traditionally would have been held in November 2020, will be held virtually on Sunday, September 26, 2021, from 4:00 to 5:00 pm Eastern Time. A Zoom link was emailed to the voting membership on September 1, 2021, and in a meeting reminder on September 19, 2021. 2019-20 Monthly Meetings of the Estonian Society of Central Florida Kesk Florida Eesti Selts Sundays, 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. (unless otherwise posted for special events)