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January 2012 |
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Upcoming Meeting: January 23, 2012 General Meeting
PLEASE NOTE that the January meeting is to be held on the 4th Monday of the month. January General Meeting time 1:00 pm, date January 23, 2012. Location PWAR Building, Realtor Association of Prince William, 4545 Daisy Reid Avenue, VA 22192. Phone 703-565-0033. We will have a speaker from Hylton Performing Arts Center. February General Meeting – February 21, 2012 TUESDAY – 1:00 pm at the PWAR Building. Nominating Committee report and Silent Auction. ANNUAL DUES for the Woodbridge Woman’s Club: In December the WWC Board approved changing our annual dues schedule to coincide with the actual calendar year, January through December. We discussed, voted and approved this change in the payment schedule of our annual dues at the December General Meeting and Holiday luncheon. Club dues for calendar year 2012 will be $24.00, payable at the January 2012 meeting. Please make checks payable to the Woodbridge Woman’s Club. In January of 2013 dues will be $35.00 for the club year. WWC SNOW POLICY Our Club follows the Prince William County Schools policy. If the schools are closed on a day scheduled for our club meeting, the meeting is automatically cancelled. |
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FROM THE PRESIDENT
Happy New Year Club members, I’m looking forward to seeing all of you at the January General meeting. This year we are going to learn more about the General Federation of Women’s Club (GFWC) organization, of which we are a part. The GFWC is an international women’s organization dedicated to community improvements by enhancing the lives of others through volunteer service. The GFWC’s latest information brochure states that “Women improving communities and themselves”, our own club Motto “service and friendship” follows this GFWC direction. Each GFWC club efforts and achievements provide a clear demonstration of how a unified voice gains a national audience and recognition when it’s linked to a larger story. One example is our club donated $100.00 to Haiti earthquake disaster fund but all the GFWC clubs together donated $60,000.00 to this fund. GFWC members were recognized on the floor of the U.S. Senate as a “gem among our midst” for domestic violence awareness and prevention efforts due to our legislative and advocacy strategies. GFWC says “There is no GFWC without our members: our clubs. We cannot be a strong and unified force without you. By being a part of GFWC, your time, effort, energy, commitment, and contributions help and serve your community, and our collective efforts improve the lives of those around the world. Please wear your GFWC pin and bring your handbook to the General meetings.
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Learn More with the WHRC in 2012
Make a New Year’s resolution to learn more about GFWC history. Start today by visiting the WHRC online catalog and viewing GFWC’s earliest Program Records from 1892-1910, which have just been fully digitized. To access these frequently-referenced materials, such as early Federation Directories and program pamphlets, visit the WHRC Online Catalog.
Click on the link to the program years you're interested in and follow the instructions under the “Related hyperlinks” section. Email the WHRC at WHRC@GFWC.org with any questions.
WHRC@GFWC.orgwith any questions.
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Education Community Service:
Home Life Program:
This program is our means of assisting our community in various ways. We do so many things in this program that we are separating the tasks for several club members to manage. Marge Fatula has agreed to become the program chairman and board member for the home life program. Marge will concentrate on the Domestic Violence, ACTS Turning Points portion of the program and Jackie Anderson will concentrate on our program collections items. Turning Points program – Our Club has agreed to continue to provide Turning Points support from January 2012 to May. May is our last meeting before summer break. This will end our two year commitment to this program. Marge will collect monthly items for the ACTS Turning Points and Jackie will collect the regular collection items that go to ACTS.
ANNUAL SILENT AUCTION in February
We will have the annual silent auction at the February General Meeting, February 21, 2012 Tuesday. Please remember to bring some small new or gently used items for the auction. Last year’s auction was lots of fun and very successful. There were many that created some excitement in the bidding process. Come join the fun. Proceeds go toward club operating expenses. |
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ACTS Turning points support items needed this month:
If you can, please bring these items to the January General Meeting. Items will be delivered to ACTS Turning Points.
If your last name starts with A to G – please bring non-perishable food items. If your last name starts with H to N – please bring toilet paper, cleaning supplies or laundry soap. If your last name starts with P to Z – please bring a gas gift card from popular gas stations in Prince William County, WAWA, Shell, 7-11, etc. If you prefer not to do any of the above, all donations are welcome. Information will be provided in the next newsletter as to what items are required by Turning Points in February.
MADE IN AMERICA Have you been watching Diane Sawyer on the news in her segment called MADE IN AMERICA. She is inviting people to tell her about products they find that are made in America. Diane Sawyer in return tells us about these items in her broadcast. Sawyer says that if each person in America spends just $60.00 a year on an American made products we could put everyone back to work. Let’s have a little fun and see if we can find a product made in America that we can tell each other about at the January meeting. Have fun, get your friends to help and we’ll talk about this at the General meeting.
CLUB COLLECTIONS INFORMATION – HOME LIFE PROGRAM Our club collects various items to donate to local organizations. The following is a list of items approved for collection. When you have these items, please bring them to the General Meetings and they will be delivered to the appropriate organization: Chairperson-Jackie Anderson ACTS – Toiletries - from travel or purchase – used by woman’s shelter Cell phones – used by women’s shelter for emergencies Plastic and paper bags – used by the ACTS food bank Woodbridge Senior Center – All types of yarn, including baby yarn – Center knits outfits for babies Magazines (must be current), books, games – for use by the Center Charlotte Stultz - Pennies and loose change – used for the Education program Kathleen Harding - New or used medicines - used for medical missionaries Sharon Nash – BOXTOPS for education – for Belmont school |
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Wodbridge Woman's Club P.O. Box 6215 Woodbridge, VA 22193
mail : woodbridgewomansclub@gmail.com
Website: www.woodbridgewomansclub.org
GFWC Headquarters: www.gfwc.org
Meeting Date - Third Monday of each month except, June, July and AugustGeneral Club Meetings held at 1:00 pm Unless otherwise noted in newsletter
Meeting Place the PWAR Building (Realtor Association of Prince William), 4545 Daisy Reid Avenue, Suite 150, Woodbridge, VA 22192.
Dining Divas Second Thursday of each Month held at noon. Contact Elaine McCarthy at elaine.mccarthy@comcast. net
Book Club Meetings Last Monday of each Month held at 12:30 pm Meeting Place Woodbridge Wegmans-upstairs
Board Member Meetings held at noon Meeting Place Prince William Senior Center 13850 Church Hill Drive Woodbridge 703-494-5136 |
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Broadcasting from Woodbridge Woman’s Club GFWC |
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Service and Friendship |
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January 7, 2012 Happy New Year from GFWC |
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Wishing you a happy New Year from all of us at GFWC Headquarters. May 2012 be happy and healthy for you and your loved ones. Yours, In Federation Service, |
