VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO HELP WITH 41ST ANNUAL PELICAN HOME TOUR

SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 2009

We are working on getting the 41st Annual Pelican home tour off and running. We will need to have all CBWC members volunteer to sit at a home for 2 1/2 hours at a time during the Home Tour.

Duties will include either handling ticket sales at the door or roaming the floors of a home or condo (1st & 2nd floors). In return, volunteers may get their Home Tour ticket for ½ price!

There will be signup sheets at our March Club Meeting. If you sign up to be the Chairman of a Home Tour site, your responsibility on the morning of the tour will be to pick up a small TV Table, folding chair plus the money box and programs of the day. These items need to be returned at the end of the day to the Art Festival office at 36 N. Orlando (Baileywick Plaza).

If we have five (5) houses, we will need three (3) volunteers on the AM shift (10 am to 12:30 pm) and 3 volunteers on the PM shift (12:30 pm to 3:00 pm) shift. This is 30 Volunteers needed - plus we need an additional volunteer (for each shift) to take care of handing out cookies and water at the home designated for snacks. If your husband or other relative or friend(s) will volunteer to help, they will be welcome!

Please look for the sign-up sheets at the March Meeting.
Any questions, call Barb Holden at 321-454-6010.

Thanks for your help to make this important scholarship fundraiser a huge success!

Arts & Crafts Update

We have some wonderful entries continuing on to the District Arts and Crafts Contest. However, I'm hoping next year we will have even more entries!

With that in mind, I'd like to ask for any members who are interested in creating and/or teaching crafts to contact me so we can develop a "Crafters Corner."

There are a HUGE number of categories that our members can enter for next year's contest, so there is something for everyone!

We also have opportunities to create a number of items for our Christmas Bazaar.

You don't have to think of yourself as "gifted" -- just interested in learning and having fun! If you have helped or been on the Crafts committee, please continue, we need you!

Let's Get Crafting! Please contact Julia George by email n1990new@yahoo.com or by phone 868-7393

Book Drive Continues - Please donate

The Education Department of the Cocoa Beach Woman's Club requests your ongoing participation.

Please look over your book collections and see if you have any old, new or gently used children's books that you would be willing to donate for our Education Committee Project.

Books have been placed. This is an ongoing monthly project so please continue to bring your books.

Thank you,
Jan Mulberry
Chairman Education Department
RayJanMulberry@Juno.com
321-783-5551

March Member of the Month Lucy Tolson

The Cocoa Beach Woman's Club "Member of the Month" is Lucy Tolson.

Lucy came to Brevard in 1964 when her husband George transferred to KSC.  They have three children. George, Bill and Pam.

Lucy was CBWC President from 1976 to 1977.  She has been both District 6 Director and Junior District Director.

She is currently serving as State Elections Committee Chair for the second time. Altogether, Lucy has been on state board for 41 years and on national GFWC board for 4 years.  She was Presidential Aide and Protocol Chair for Mary Mace when Mary was state President.

Lucy has served as Chairman for state FFWC committees including Education, Art, International Affairs, and Leadership.  She has also served as Convention/Meeting Chair for 12 years, Resolutions Committee  Chair and Long Range Planning committee member.

Lucy has retired from running her company “Out of Hand Creations”.  She made and sold ceramic items which were available at the KSC gift shop and other locations.

 

March Message from Pam Kendrick, President Cocoa Beach Woman's Club

I wish to thank everyone who helped in getting the annual reports together. Jean Carey did an enormous amount of work and I really can’t thank her enough. Claudia Davis helped me get my reports into the correct format and did an amazing job. Marilyn Grigsby provided needed data and made valuable suggestions. Barbara Holden gave me her previous annual reports to use as guides and gave me a feel for what each report should look like. Without all the help, the reports would have been nearly impossible. Thank you all.

We need an approximation on the value of your clothing from those who participated last month in the “Dress For Success” drive. At the end of the year, we must declare contribution amounts. This was a very successful drive due to all of your generous help.

Please plan to attend our next Fashion Show and Luncheon on February 28th. It promises to be a really nice day.

Ten first place awards were given to our members in February for their art/craft entries. The winners were Julia George, Pauline Contankas, Terry Ducharme, Janice Rogers, Jan Mulberry, Barbara Freeman and Rose Marie Wiley. The next step is to take the items to district judging in Palm Coast on February 26^th. If we have a blue ribbon winner there, then we will be able to enter the state contest in the spring. Also, District 6 awards will be given on the 26^th for all the categories we entered with our reports.

Plans are being made for the Pelican Home Tour at this time. There is a tremendous amount of work and coordination required to make this a success. It is planned for March 21^st and we will need a large number of volunteers to hostess at the homes.

An error in Marilyn Grigsby’s information as “Member of the Month” in the last newsletter needs to be corrected. Marilyn was our club president from 1986 to 1988. Also, she is continuing as our Treasurer by being gracious enough to accept the job, not by a lifetime appointment.

Please continue to sell your Time Share Raffle tickets. The drawing will be on March 23rd. You need not be present to win.

Wish for the month of March: “For each petal on the shamrock this brings a wish your way. Good health, good luck, and happiness for today and every day.”

Fellowship and Community,

Pam Kendrick, President

March 2009 Calendar Cocoa Beach Woman's Club

Mar 5 General Meeting - Woman’s Club Monthly Meeting - Cocoa Beach Country Club
9:30 am Meet & Greet
10 am General Meeting
Program: "What to be aware of when buying fine jewelry on board cruise ships, in other countries and in the U.S."

Speaker, Don Traver, owner of "My Personal Jeweler".

Hostesses: Marge Cmejla, Chairman, Ginny Pruitt, Ann Perez, Betty Brown, Darlene Pals
Mar. 12 Executive Board Meeting 36 North Brevard Ave. 1 pm
Mar 15 Newsletter Articles due. Send to ClaudiaCDavis@aol.com
Mar. 15 GFWC Reports Due

Mar. 20 Arts & Crafts Entry Forms Due

Mar. 21 Pelican Home Tour 10 am to 3 pm - major fundraiser

Do you have Corrections? Additions? Please contact me with any changes.
This calendar will be updated as I receive edits.

Thank you, Claudia Davis
ClaudiaCDavis@aol.com
321-960-2577

Photos of Cocoa Beach Woman's Club Feb 2009 General Meeting

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EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS:


President PAMELA KENDRICK
1st VICE PRESIDENT JEAN CAREY
2nd VICE PRESIDENT TERRY DUCHARME
3rd VICE PRESIDENT BETH GOTT
RECORDING SECRETARY JANICE ROGERS
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
MARIAL DOUGHERTY
TREASURER MARILYN GRIGSBY
ASSISTANT TREASURER LYNN LAMYMEDIA SECRETARY LUCY TOLSON
ADVISOR BARBARA HOLDEN

ADDITIONAL POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY:
CHAPLAIN Darlene Pals
NEWSLETTER EDITOR Claudia Davis
PARLIAMENTARIAN & PROTOCOL Mary Mace

Arts & Crafts Winners Cocoa Beach Woman's Club

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Arts and Crafts - BARB HOLDEN introduced JUDGE NANCY HOLTMAN who in turn read the results of the club's contest.

FIRST PLACE WINNERS: JULIA GEORGE, JAN MULBERRY, JANICE ROGERS, TERRY DUCHARME, PAULINE CONTAKOS, BARBARA FREEMAN, & ROSE MARIE WILEY. The winners will be entered in the District 6 Arts & Crafts Festival to be held February 26@Palm Coast. CBWC will pay for all winners wishing to attend.

New Member Install Feb 2009 Cocoa Beach Woman's Club

Membership Chairman - TERRY DUCHARME introduced our four new members:

 CONNIE BRINTON sponsored by the BOARD

MARGARET KUPILIK sponsored by PAM KENDRICK, CYNTHIA SIMMONS sponsored by TERRY DUCHARME, and DOREEN WOODFALL sponsored by PAM KENDRICK. As PAM KENDRICK and TERRY DUCHARME installed and welcomed them into the COCOA BEACH WOMAN’S CLUB each member participated in the candle lighting ceremony and were given their yearbooks. 

Steve Janicki February Speaker Event

Photos of our February General Meeting.
Guest Speaker was Steve Janicki, Executive Director of Operations for the King Center.

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Thank you for Dress for Success clothes donations

Thanks to everyone who donated clothes for our "Dress for Success" Project.

Jean Carey, 1st V.P.

Canaveral Lighthouse Bus Tour Update

We have been given April 8th as a date for our private tour of the Air Force Base and Lighthouse. However, Cape Security has furnished the club with a spreadsheet which requires the club to furnish each persons full formal name, address, date of birth, social security number and drivers license number. Each person must then show two photo ID's at the gate such as a drivers license and a current passport at the gate.

After careful consideration, the club has decided that we do not want to be responsible for the safekeeping of such private information, and we are therefore canceling the tour. We regret the need to do this.

There is a public bus tour on April 8th that has clearance, and there may be some room on the bus. If you are interested call 494-5949 or 494-5945.

Jean Carey 1st VP

Don Traver, Owner of "My Personal Jeweler" Speaker for March

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT

The International Affairs Department is presenting the program for March and the speaker will be Mr. Don Traver.

Mr. Traver is the owner of "My Personal Jeweler" and he was the appraiser of fine jewelry at our Antique Appraisal Fair. His topic will be “what to be aware of when buying fine jewelry on board cruise ships, in other countries and in the U.S.”

This is a great opportunity to learn more about fine jewelry - what makes one stone more expensive than one that looks just like it, and why is it worth the difference in price.

COME AND BRING FRIENDS!

Jean Carey 1st VP