Gruezi Mitenand! 🇨🇭

The Annual SAFS Meeting held end of January was slightly less attended than the year before but nevertheless a great evening for all at our traditional location at the Calvary Church in Golden.

A quick review of 2024 highlighted the facts that SAFS is creating events that are more age specific: Kids cooking class in September (with executive chef Ruedi Elsener), Kaffee-Kraenzli for members 60+ at the Cafe Zuri (sponsored by Telluride Stone Company), family Santa/Christmas Party (free event for all) and the holiday-dinner party for the adults at the Adams Mystery Playhouse (subsidized by SAFS with $30 per member) in December.

The club has financially supported all of these events to make it attractive for our members to come and spend time with us, other families and old friends.

It is the boards' commitment to not only offer age-specific events but to provide reasons for members to enjoy traditional Swiss functions and classic activities (like playing cards, hiking, skiing, bowling, curling) throughout this coming year.

Our Annual Meeting was centered around a wonderful feast: appetizer buffet with cold cuts - donated by Eric Gutknecht from Charcu-Novo - as well as soup and salad, followed by a wonderful fondue prepared by Ruedi Elesener and his professional assistants Eugene Tomaschett and Kurt Freiburghaus.

This event does not happen without the support of all board members and the many volunteers! Thanks to all of you who helped with set-up, serving, cooking and clean-up!

Please find the board composition for 2025 below.

Karl has been the leading force behind all our email blasts, updates of website, invitations and coordination of the Stammtisch locations and keeping our club on the forefront of all the challenges that the technology is putting in front of us. I don't know how we would have navigated all this without out his total commitment to our club. It is time to bring in new support: Jessica Currat has volunteered to take over this task and will be working with Karl Freiburghaus in these coming months to take his place.

Please visit our events page to learn more about the upcoming things we have planned or are working on still.

Thank you for your continued support of SAFS.
Heidi Gallegos-Tornare
President