WE HAVE HAD AN INTERESTING YEAR AS A GROUP AND HOPE THAT INCIDENTS INVOLVING OUR HEALTH INSURANCE SUBSIDY ALMOST BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM US AND DRASTIC CHANGES TO THE FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM, HAS MOTIVATED YOU AND EVERY STATE EMPLOYEE TO REGISTER AND VOTE YOUR CONSCIENCE IN EVERY ELECTION!!!!

WE ENJOYED TWO GREAT EVENTS THIS YEAR, THE APRIL 2011 GET2GETHER AT THE WORLD FAMOUS DIXIE CROSSROADS RESTAURANT AND OUR FALL 2011 GET2GETHER IN OCTOBER.  WE WERE PLEASED TO SAVE MANY PICTURES FROM THE BREVARD CI ARCHIVES, THANKS TO SEVERAL FRIENDS WHO PLUCKED THEM OUT OF THE TRASH BINS… AND WE PUT THEM UP FOR ADOPTION.  WE EVEN HAD A VOLUNTEER WHO TOOK CUSTODY OF THEM, SO THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO HAVE ANOTHER ORPHANED PICTURE ADOPTION EVENT IN THE FUTURE.   ALTHOUGH WE SURE MISSED THE LARGER NUMBER OF THE STILL WORKING FOLKS WHO USE TO COME OUT ON THEIR LUNCH HOUR, IT WAS GREAT SEEING THOSE WHO WERE ABLE TO SHOW UP. 

AS A GROUP WE PROVIDED SUPPORT AND REWARD ACTIVITIES FOR OUR SECOND GRADE CLASS AT THE FLORIDA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND BLIND!  WE PROVIDED BACK PACKS, SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND ACTIVITY SUPPORT TO THE STUDENTS OF THE 2^ND GRADE DEAF ELEMENTARY, MRS. KASPAR’S  CLASS! THEY ALWAYS REMEMBER TO SEND US PICTURES OF THEIR ADVENTURES AND  ARE THANKFUL FOR OUR SUPPORT.

WE HAD TO SAY FAREWELL TO SEVERAL FRIENDS AND FELLOW DC TIMEWATCHERS THIS YEAR AND DO SO IN FOND MEMORY OF OUR TIMES TOGETHER.  WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE HAD THESE SPECIAL FOLKS IMPACT OUR LIVES.  WE THANK THEIR LOVED ONES FOR SHARING THEM WITH US, EVEN IF IT WAS JUST A SHIFT AT A TIME. WE LAUGHED, WE WORKED AND WE TRUSTED ONE ANOTHER WITH OUR LIVES EVERY DAY AND THEY NEVER LET US DOWN.  THEY WILL BE MISSED!

WE HAVE SUPPORTED OUR NEW CORRECTIONAL OFFICER HIRES ATTENDING THE CORRECTIONS ACADEMY AT BREVARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE!!!  THEY ARE OUR FUTURE AND AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR ORGANIZATION.  THE DC TIMEWATCHERS HAS PROVIDED LUNCH FOR EVERY CORRECTIONAL CLASS THIS YEAR AT BCC!!!! 

OUR FUND DRIVE WHICH OCCURS IN JULY AND AUGUST WAS SUFFICIENT TO TAKE CARE OF OUR EXPENSES FOR OUR PICNIC  AND WE DEEPLY THANK EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED BY SENDING DONATIONS AND DROPPING THOSE IN THE DONATION STATION AT THE FUNCTIONS.  WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT, OUR FUNCTIONS WOULD NOT HAPPEN.  THANK YOU!

WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT 2012.  WE HOPE TO GROW EVEN MORE THIS YEAR AND WE HOPE TO SEE MORE NEW FACES AT OUR ACTIVITIES.   OUR VERY FIRST EVENT WILL BE THE FIRST SATURDAY BREAKFAST AT THE WHISTLE JUNCTION RESTAURANT IN TITUSVILLE FLORIDA ON JANUARY 7, 2012 AT 9:00AM, MARK IT ON YOUR CALENDAR AND PLAN TO BE THERE!  MORE TO COME THIS YEAR!!!!