Bring in the new year, new students and a new semester with some homemade chili and a good ol’ fashion competition! The Chili Cook-Off will be at the Ladies’ Literary Club in Ypsilanti, Saturday, January 22nd from 6-9pm. Bring your finest chili to pass and be prepared for an expert panel of tasters to crown a chili champion!

BYOB (beer & wine only please)
Free Parking is available on the street or across Emmet Street in the Presbyterian Church lot.

Ladies’ Literary Club
218 N. Washington
Ypsilanti, MI

WELCOME BACK!
Our first P.E. general meeting of the semester will be held Thursday, January 13th at 7:15pm in Strong Hall Rm. 220. Please bring your membership card and any new exciting ideas you may have. Top items on the agenda is our Chili Cook-Off and Networking Mixer. Here is your challenge, BRING SOMEONE NEW TO A P.E. MEETING! Encourage someone that isn’t involved to come out, get involved and meet new people. Hope to see you there!!

The deadline for the Adopt-A-Family Drive has been extended until the end of the holiday party on Dec. 17th. For your convenience you can drop of your gift at the HP/PE Holiday Party!

The P.E. Adopt-A-Family Drive is in full swing! We are accepting gift donations until December 15th. We are responsible for a family of two and a family of three. To view a shopping list and additional information please check out the P.E. Blog at preservationeastern.blogspot.com or our facebook group P.E. Adopt-A-Family Drive.

Gift guidelines:
1. Please do not gift-wrap items
2. All clothing items, please attach a gift receipt

Donation Location: Strong Hall Rm. 235
Drop-Off Times:
Monday, Tuesday & Thursday: 11:30am-7pm
Thursday: 11:30am-5pm

Happy Holidays and Happy Giving!

We are beginning our fall ordering of PE Swag! Our items this year will be supporting our preservation efforts with organic cotton sweatshirts from from a local Ypsilanti business, bpa free stainless steel and reusable bottles! Support your program and your community!

The following items will be available for pre-order:

1. Preservation Eastern Hooded Sweatshirt
(Anvil Sustainable and Organic! Cotton)
heather grey with dark green text - “Preservation Eastern, Est. 1979″ in college block text on the front and a dark green logo on the back
Sizes: S, M, L, XL, XXL, and XXXL

$30 each

2. Preservation Eastern Stainless Steel Water Bottle with screw on top and carabiner
Stainless steel, bpa free, grass green color
White Preservation Eastern logo on the side.

$10 each

3. Preservation Eastern Stainless Steel Travel Mug
Stainless steel finish, bpa free, vacuum seal lid
Dark green Preservation Eastern logo on side

$ 10 each

4. Preservation Eastern t-shirts with white block college lettering “Preservation Eastern Est. 1979″ on the front and white logo on back
Army green color, American Apparel type shirt, more fitted, cotton
Sizes: S, M, L, XL, XXL, and XXXL

$12 each

OR FOR THE AMAZING PACKAGE DEAL!

ALL 4 OF THE ITEMS ABOVE FOR A TOTAL OF $50! YUP! $50! THAT IS A SAVINGS OF $12 DOLLARS IF BOUGHT INDIVIDUALLY.

Ordering will begin this week and will end on November 5th, with an estimated turn around time of 10 business days.

Cash is preferred, but checks are okay too. Made out to Eastern Michigan University.

Order forms will be available from any PE Member, in front of Dr. Ted’s office and through an attachment on this email. For alumni and those who can’t make it to the office, we will be happy to send you an order form to print out.

Many thanks!

Preservation Eastern is lucky enough to have the awesome opportunity of getting a tour of the storage facilities at The Henry Ford Museum! The field trip is on Saturday, October 23, 2010 @ 11am. There is space for 30 people to tour the Henry Ford storage facilities, with PE members getting priority. Sign-up with Sarah starting the week of Oct 11 (she will be in Strong Hall before classes start). The group rate for admission is $8 for Greenfield Village and/or $8 for the Museum. Participating in the storage tour is not mandatory, if you just want to enjoy the museum with PE Friends that’s fine! However, your admission fee is required when you sign-up with Sarah. Your money secures your spot and is needed for our reservation. Not a PE member and want to do the tour? $15 for one year or $25 for two, you can sign-up with Sarah for both! The carpool will leave at 10am from the Oakwood South parking lot near Strong Hall; we are expected to check in at the museum no later than 11am.

NOTE!: The gentleman giving the storage tour is going out of his way, on his day off, FOR FREE. If you can, PE is encouraging a few extra bucks in donation to go towards a gift to thank him for the amazing opportunity.

*Family and friends are welcome, but not for the storage tour.
*This event is worth a 1pt. punch on membership cards.

To help us start saving now, PE is setting up a table in the Student Center (ground floor) asking for donations and selling our swag. We are starting the process of saving money to go towards adopting a family in need this holiday season! We have the table reserved for both Wednesday, October 20 and Thursday, October 21 from noon-2pm both days.

If you are interested in helping to work the table RSVP on facebook and/or contact Sarah Hayes at shayes16@emich.edu

At this meeting we’ll discuss fundraising opportunities, the fall networking mixer, and the Henry Ford/Greenfield Village field trip which is coming up at the end of the month!  The meeting is open to both P.E. Members and H.P. Students (though membership is encouraged!). The meeting will be held in Strong Hall, Room 216 @ 5:15pm on Thursday, October 14, 2010.

*meetings are worth a 1pt. punch on membership cards

One of the main goals for the board of the 2010-2011 academic year is to keep all HP Students and PE Members informed and connected. One way of doing this is to maximize the great tool of facebook! Join Preservation Eastern’s Facebook Group and get the following perks:

• Invites and Reminders to events, speakers, socials, etc.
• Stay easily connected to your classmates and peers
• Find links and news to what’s going on in the field
• View and share photos from events
• Make new friends and reconnect with Alumni

Click HERE to join the group today!