After A chilly Spooktacular Halloween party in Juliette Gordon Lowe Park, Jim and Jamey welcomed us all to their warm and welcoming home at the corner of West Bolton and Barnard. It was a wonderful evening for a Social and over 120 guests flowed from the street, across the front porch, through their home and out to the back yard area. Jim and Jamey had decorated the house, as they always do, and the feeling of fall and Halloween was everywhere. Some lined the stairs all evening and watched all the comings and goings. Roger Moss was in attendance and sang for a very special couple’s anniversary. The whole evening was joyful and the feeling that we are truly one community was very strong. Thank you Jim and Jamey.

As this weekend was a fundraising weekend for FCN, the Social, which is always free and open to all, hosted a Silent Auction of about 20 different items ranging from original works of art to gift certificates and fabulous services. FCN had decided to split the funds raised over the weekend with My Brothaz Home (http://www.mybrothazhome.org). The Silent Auction brought in a little over $1000.

As usual the food was plentiful and very diverse and the drink was flowing, including leftover beer from the Spooktacular the night before. Again, the overwhelming support of the FCN First Saturday Social demonstrates that it is the cornerstone of FCN’s outreach to the Savannah LGBT communities, but FCN does look to venture more into providing educational and workshop offerings in the future to balance our strong social presence already. Please keep supporting the Socials, the Lesbian Potlucks and consider hosting one of these events if you have never done so. The FCN Board will help you and work closely with any new host to make the experience an easy and gracious event, regardless of the size of your home. Please contact Lynn Rachels, Board Member, or any other Board member if you are interested in hosting either one of the Socials or one of the Pot Lucks.