The Mankato Toastmasters Club meets at the Happy Chef on Highway 169 every Thursday at 5:30 until 7 PM. We currently have 24 members of various ages and occupations. Our club strives to halp everyone improve their speaking skills and at the same time have a great time. Below is a photo of the members taken in September 2011. We tend to have fewer participants in the summer than in the winter due to vacations and other obligations of our members. We hope to take a picture this winter with the full compliment of members present. You may e-mail our club at Mankatotoastmasters@mail.com.

We had our Annual Holiday Party December 15, 2011 and exchanged Whilte Elephant Gifts and each gift recipient gave a two minute speech about their "Christmas past". There were great Christmas stories and lots of fun for all.

These are pictures of our group eating an opening presents.

Trishauna Johnson was our Toastmaster.

Jill Elliason was Santa's Helper

We all had a great time and got to know some of our Toastmaster's significant others and also each other in a more informal setting.,

We had our club contest September 8, 2011 and the following members participated:

Jill Elliason, Trishauna Johnson, Bernie McGuire, Marilyn Bennett and Cyle Gruver.

The winners of the contest were:

Trishauna Johnson and Marilyn Bennett

They participated in the Area Contest and came in second;

Below are the participants in the Area Contest