Cocoa Beach Woman's Club News and Events

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

May General Meeting & Installation Luncheon

Sunday, May 16, 2010

June 3rd Meeting

The public is invited to attend this special meeting at which our various scholarship recipients will be recognized. Each recipient will have an opportunity to share with us their plans for the future, as we celebrate their accomplishments so far. A small reception with cake and punch will follow.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

PROGRAM NEWS from Jean Carey

IT’S DEPARTMENT SIGN-UP TIME!

Each club member is required to choose one of the six departments:
Art, Conservation, Education, Home Life, Public Affairs, International Affairs.
There will be sign-up sheets at the May and June meetings.
Please be prepared to sign up for one of the departments.

PROGRAM INSTALLATION LUNCHEON

The past DD6 director and state Helping Hands Chair, Blanche Voetberg-Newman, will be our speaker. She will install the 2010-2011 Board of Directors.
This is the time to thank our out-going board and to welcome our in-coming board.

Jean Carey, 1st V.P

Message from Julia George

Spring Convention was another great weekend of learning, re-energizing, and networking. There was almost no "down time" as each day was spent going from workshops, meetings and programs. Some of the best learning was done during the meals with other district clubs! It was very rewarding to see how our club's fund-raising efforts have become part of the "bigger picture" in supporting a large variety of charitable organizations throughout Florida. I've come back with earlier ideas more solidified, and new ideas ready for development. There were 111 clubs that participated in the Arts and Crafts competition with 368 individual craft entries. Talk about amazing--they were great to look at. I am looking forward to the next convention and taking many of our club members too, so start planning now for Fall Board Sept 17 - 19, 2010

Arts Department
The Artful Bra Project at State Convention was a great success. There were 208 creative examples and it was very hard for the judges to choose the top 100. Our club ladies created a total of 13 bras, and I am proud to announce that seven of them made it to the top 100! Those were: Angel Blessings, Unicorns, and Las Vegas by Terry Ducharme, Queen of the Mardi Gras by Anna Perez, Roses of Hope by Ava Henry, Mardi Party Cat by Pat Dugan, and Lady has the Blues by Julia George. The voting during convention weekend raised $232, which will go to mammograms for women in need. Our club raised $21 at our April meeting..that's almost 10% of the total raised--great job ladies! There were indications that this project will continue into the next administration, so start finding those 36C padded bras, find those items for decorating, and start thinking about creative ways to promote breast cancer awareness. Some pictures from this year's entries can be found on our blog.

Craft Project Reminders:
Please clean and save your tuna fish cans, your wine bottle corks, old silk florals, and any small Christmas ornaments that you no longer want.
You can give them to Julia at the next 2 meetings. We are going to turn these items into some lovely crafts that we will sell at our Nov craft sale.
The Arts and Crafts Department will not be meeting until June. We hope all of you participate in the fun and socializing when we restart our efforts of creating items for our November sale.

Keep your eyes open for our department sign-up sheets.
Julia George

Thank You VSA Volunteers

Thank you to all the Volunteers who assisted with the Very Special Arts (VSA) Program April 14,15,& 16 at the Brevard Zoo.

Over 1100 "special needs" students from the Brevard County Schools attended this program over the three day period.

Your help was appreciated! Marilyn Grigsby

Annual Installation Luncheon

The May General Meeting is our
Annual Installation Luncheon
Catered by Damion Josephson.
The theme will be "SPRING"
Cost $15.00
To reserve your meal
Please contact Barb Holden ASAP at
454-6010 or 960-1906 (cell)

President's May Letter from Pam Kendrick

The past two years have gone by very quickly. I truly appreciate all the help and advice that I have received. As I have not yet been a club member four years, my need for advice has been great.
There were several volunteers working for VSA at the Zoo last week. It is a time which always makes me feel humble and blessed. Also, it is impressive to see the dedicated teachers working with such skill and patience.
Julia and I have just returned from convention and did they ever keep us busy! The Artful Bra display was a huge hit and will be continued next year. The creativity and humor shown in making over 400 bras was really something. Over half of our entries will be going on the tour.
This was the convention at which checks were given to the charities that we support statewide. It is always a time to be very proud of what we do. For a two year total, we gave $308,298 to the Heifer Project. Our total for all donations for two years was $431,598. Our total for the past 6 years combined was almost $1,000,000! Awesome!
I would again like to encourage more participation from CBWC at the state convention. It has been my pleasure and privilege to meet some very dynamic ladies there in the past few years. I have agreed to take a small job at the district level for next year. Instead of writing our annual reports I will be reading what others in our district have done.
Thanks to all the hard work done by Jean Carey. We won First Place in the state for our outstanding programs this year. Jean really knows what makes a great program!
It seems strange to be writing my final opening letter. I’m looking forward to a great installation party. Chef Damion will again be providing us with a lovely lunch. The past DD6 director and state Helping Hands Chair, Blanche Voetberg-Newman will do our installation. I hope you will all attend. “A memory lasts forever, never does it die. True friends stay together and never say Good-bye”. Pam Kendrick

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

42nd Pelican Home Tour Cocoa Beach

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Local Artist Jane Hodges, Ph.D., is Guest Speaker

Local Artist Jane Hodges, Ph.D., is Guest Speaker at the March 4th Cocoa Beach Woman's Club Meeting

Cocoa Beach Country Club

~ The public is invited to attend ~

Cocoa Beach Country ClubLocal artist, Jane Hodges, will be the guest speaker and will display her international photographs at the COCOA BEACH WOMAN’S CLUB during the Thursday March 4, 2010 meeting at the Cocoa Beach Country Club. The public is invited to attend. The “meet and greet” is at 9:30am with the business meeting at 10:00am. Dr. Hodges will begin speaking around 11:30am.

For more information, please contact Julia George at 868-7393 or E-mail: cbwcjuliageorge@yahoo.com

http://www.cocoabeachwomansclub.org/

Saturday, February 6, 2010

CBWC Feb General Meeting

Our spread of goodies before the meeting!

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Guest Speaker Susie Fricker with Vicky Murfin with Healthy Planet of Brevard (HPOB).
Susie spoke about Healthy Eating and demonstrated preparation of healthy and delicious dishes. Susie and Vicky both brought several delicious and healthy treats that were enjoyed by all. See photos of her dishes further below..