Upcoming activities of the Jasper DeutscherVerein and Sister Cities of Jasper
The next meeting of the Jasper DeutscherVerein will be on Wednesday, September 18, 2024, at the Jasper Moose Lodge. Doors will open at 6 p.m., and festivities will begin at 6:30 p.m. The program will be the Strassenfest Wrap-Up. A meal will be served, and members are asked to bring a salad or dessert.
Sister Cities of Jasper will have “Sontag Mittagessen” – Sunday Lunch on Sunday, September 29, 2024, at the Schnitzelbank Restaurant. This is a drive-through-only fundraiser benefitting the JHS Exchange Program from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Meals will be available while supplies last.
The menu is a fried chicken dinner (1/4 white or 1/4 dark) with German fries, green beans, and creamy slaw or two Bratwursts with green beans and sauerkraut. All meals include one cookie. Cost is $18 per meal. Contact Sandy Wehr at 812-482-2055 or any member of the JHS German Exchange Program for tickets. Tickets will also be available at the September DeutscherVerein meeting.
On Sunday, October 6, 2024, the Jasper DeutscherVerein, Sister Cities of Jasper, and the Jasper Partnership Commission will celebrate German American Day at the KlubHaus61 in Jasper at noon.
The celebration will include a buffet lunch with a mayor’s Proclamation, the presentation of the German Heritage Award, culinary exchange participants, and student exchange participants.
Doors will open at noon, and the ceremony and festivities will begin at 12:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 for the lunch buffet, which includes an appetizer, main course, dessert, tea and lemonade. The menu will consist of some German favorites with a new twist, prepared by our culinary exchange participants. There will also be a cash bar.
Tickets for the German American Day celebration may be purchased by contacting Mary Leah Siegel at 812-309-3468 or may be purchased at the DeutscherVerein meeting on September 18, 2024.
The November meeting of the Jasper DeutscherVerein will be the annual auction benefitting the JHS Exchange Program on Wednesday, November 20th. Ed Boeglin will be the auctioneer. The meeting will be held at the Jasper Moose Lodge with doors opening at 6 p.m. and festivities to begin at 6:30 p.m. A meal of pork steak, au gratin potatoes, and green beans will be served. Member are asked to bring a salad or dessert.
Members and Exchange Student families are asked to bring donated items (pies, gift baskets, homemade noodles, homemade bread, etc.) to be auctioned to raise funds for the JHS Exchange Program.
The year will end with the annual Jasper DeutscherVerein Christmas dinner meeting on Thursday, December 12, 2024, at the Jasper Moose Lodge. Doors will open at 6 p.m. with festivities to begin at 6:30 p.m. A dinner of chicken breast, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, creamy slaw, rolls and dessert will be served. Cost for the meal is $15.00. Reservations are required by December 1 and can be made by contacting Valerie Heim at 812-639-6224 or emailing to jasperdeutscherverein@gmail.com.
These events are open to the public and additional information on German heritage can be found at www.jaspergermanclub.org or www.sistercitiesofjasperin.org.
