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Central RED Society to Celebrate the Holidays

by Central College

Pella, IA (11/07/2019) — Central College's Central RED Society will host a Dutch style holiday celebration at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10, in the Dave and Ardie Sutphen Common Room in Graham Annex. Cost is $15 and includes heavy appetizers and Bisschopswijn Mulled Wine.

The celebration will share traditional Dutch foods with Lowell Olivier-Shaw, conference coordinator at Central since 2000. Olivier-Shaw also is the owner of Bisschopswijn Mulled Wine. He holds etiquette seminars for students and professionals, bartends at the Big Steer in Altoona and collects antiques.

The holiday celebration ends first-semester activities for Central RED, with 10 events planned for the spring semester.

Central RED (Ready to Engage and Discover) is a volunteer-driven, lifelong learning and social organization with an abiding partnership with Central College alumni and friends who wish to share knowledge, talents and experiences. Members pay $20 annually to join Central RED.

No affiliation with Central College is required to join Central RED. For more information, visit www.central.edu/red or contact Mary Benedict by email at benedictm@central.edu or phone at 641-628-7641.

Central College of Pella, Iowa, is a private, four-year liberal arts college. Central is known for its academic rigor, leadership and character development, global experiential learning, STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) and sustainability education, athletics and service. For more information about Central College: www.central.edu.

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