Founded in 1973, Newcomers & Friends of Georgetown offers a personal invitation to you! We strive to create warm connections to anyone living in the Central Texas/Georgetown area.
As a way of promoting new friendships and sustaining existing ones, Newcomers & Friends is home to about 40 special interest groups. These range from physical fitness to games to dining out.
Newcomers & Friends now has over 200 members. Approximately half of our group’s membership lives in Sun City. Members have moved to the Georgetown area from all parts of the United States and beyond. Members do not have to have recently moved to Georgetown – many of our more recent members discovered our group after living in the Georgetown area for many years!
Newcomers & Friends meets the first Thursday of each month (September through May). Each month’s meeting features a program. Instead of receiving an honorarium, guest speakers choose a charity or non-profit to receive a monetary donation. Donations have been made to Southwestern University, Hope Alliance, the Georgetown Animal Shelter, the Susan G. Komen Foundation, Friends of the Georgetown Library, the Caring Place, Master Gardener Naturalists, the Assistance League of Georgetown, and Ride on Center for Kids.
Yearly dues are $35. Each member of the household is included in the membership dues. Most members are women, but men are welcome.
It’s all about forging new bonds to make a new location “home”!
Greetings from the Co-Presidents!
This year, Georgetown Newcomers and Friends will be guided by Co-Presidents Mary Dunn and Dorothy Noack. Mary is originally from Chicago but has moved multiple times with her husband of 51 years, Mike, while he served in the Air Force. The Dunns lived in Texas for 8 years in San Antonio, Fort Worth, and Denton. They returned to Chicago in 1983. After 33 years in the frozen North, they decided it was time to return and become Texans by choice. After moving to Georgetown in 2015, the Dunns were invited to join Newcomers by Diane Habas. They are very happy to be living here and meeting new friends.
Dorothy has been married for 51 years to her husband, Jim, also a native Texan from Austin. The Noacks moved to Georgetown in 2017 and were quickly invited to join Newcomers, which they believe has proven to be a blessing!
We, are both very excited about this year and all that is being planned. Again, we are honored to serve as your Co-Presidents and look forward to seeing you soon!
Mary & Dorothy
Co-Presidents, GTNF
2024-2025