Japan Society of Fairfield County
Pre Thanksgiving Banquet, Nov. 13, 2005
Pre-Thankgiving Banquet for the Homeless For the 12th consecutive year
our Japan Society members celebrated this quintessential American
holiday by sharing the harvest with homeless individuals and families
from the Stamford area at St. Luke’s Lifeworks’ Woodland Place Center
on Sunday, November 13, 2005. Flowers, and adorable edible Thanksgiving
ornaments donated by Eagle Hill School decorated the tables, which were
covered
with festive blue tablecloths. Violinist Aaron Lofaro, cellist Justin
Stenger and bass player Dylan Spielvogel entertained with jazz and
classic
rock melodies, while guests ate a delicious main course Thanksgiving
repast
provided by Union Enterprises, plus an abundance of Japanese delicacies
and desserts brought by Society members. Nancy and Vernon Beck brought
pumpkin pie; Dustin and Laura Bunch, fruity pistachio fluff; Diane and
Perry Caminis, home-made baklava; Sachiyo Furukawa,soba salad; Atsuko
Giampaoli,
sushi; Simone Ingram, fruit salad, clementines, almonds, sugar and
sweet
‘n low; Marcia Howard, chocolate chip cookies and several cranberry
juice
bottles; 
Letty Militana, popcorn, almonds, bagels, rolls and
muffins; Joan Rolnick, brownies; Hiroko and Harry Sakamaki, Japanese
sweets and blueberry
pie; Henry, Winnie, Matthew and Grace Shay, baked apples, and apple,
pumpkin and pecan pies; Robert Stanton, soba; Nina Streitfeld,
clementines and
M&M cookies; Madeleine Sullivan, two pies; and Yumi McDonald, who
could
not attend, sent apple pie. Vernon Beck announced that the event this
year
was dedicated to Nina Streitfeld, immediate past president of the
Society,
who was present at the very first Society Thanksgiving banquet and kept
up this tradition of Thanksgiving sharing throughout her presidency.
The
Japan Society of Fair.eld County is the only Japan Society known to
reach out to its community in this way.
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