Coastal Friends plan holiday luncheon for Dec. 7

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Christmas and all the trappings will come early this year as Coastal Friends (formerly known as Newcomers Alumnae) will hold its monthly Holiday Luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Dec. 7 at Marsh Landing Country Club, 25655 Marsh Landing Parkway, Ponte Vedra Beach. 

Open to the community, members and guests of Coastal Friends will enjoy live holiday music while feasting on sunburst salad with mixed greens, chicken cordon bleu with mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables, and the chef’s special dessert.

To help ring in the New Year, many prizes and gift certificates will be handed out, and there will be participation in a Secret Santa gift exchange.

Additionally, an unwrapped toy can be brought for the BEAM/St. Vincent DePaul Society Giving Tree to hand out to local children in the community.

The cost to attend this luncheon is $25. Contact the luncheon chairman at bartshar@comcast.net as soon as possible since the deadline to sign up and get your check to her is Thursday afternoon, Dec. 1. Checks payable to “Newcomers Alumnae” must be received by Dec. 1 in order to reserve a seat. 

Coastal Friends is a social group of women who live in Ponte Vedra Beach, Nocatee, Jacksonville, Jacksonville Beach, Neptune Beach, Atlantic Beach and St. Augustine. Formed in 1998, some of the activities offered are book club, bunco, canasta, happy hour, lunch out, lunch in, mah-jongg, adventures and outings, and wine socials. Luncheons are held the first Wednesday of every month, and they welcome new members throughout the year.

For more information on how to join, click on coastalfriends.wildapricot.org or contact brookemeister@msn.com.