| THE COLONY NEWS | AUGUST 2022 | 25
By Sharon Boll, 951-399 8271 or 951-600-2579
Do you plan on preparing Thanksgiving dinner at home?
Would you be willing to welcome a young Marine from Camp
Pendleton into your home to share your meal? Most of these
young Marines are in Basic Training and this is their first
Thanksgiving away from home.
We now need volunteers to be a host family. Hosting Marines
has become a tradition at The Colony, and they are most grateful
to have the day off base to share in a home-cooked meal.
The bus will pick up the Marines at 9 am at Pendleton, so they
will arrive at the Clubhouse at approximately 10:30 am, where
you will pick them up. They will really enjoy Thanksgiving
with you and your family, and then you will return them to the
Clubhouse by 4 pm for their return to Pendleton.
Each family may host up to two Marines. Many times, they
do not have enough host families, and then you may have more
than two if you wish. Our bus will hold 55. We will need host
families for the whole bus.
If you wish to make Thanksgiving Day a special day for a
Marine – or maybe two – give me a call. You'll be happy you
did, and so will your guest Marines! Give me a call by Friday,
Aug 1, if you would like to be a host family. You will also need to
formally register at the Base (information to follow). You could
make a big difference to someone away from home for the first
time!
If anyone would like to co-chair this event with me, please
call me at either number above.
anksgiving With A Marine: Hosts Needed
