Fall Events Cocoa Beach Woman's Club

Cocoa Beach Woman’s Club 2009

Upcoming Events – Mark your Calendar!

Welcome Back!
September 10th at the Country Club General Meeting & Brunch begins at 9:30 Most General monthly meetings are on the first Thursday of each month at 9:30 am General meetings are open to visitors.
RSVP Brunch: Barb 321-454-6010

October 24th—A Party Like No Other!
Door Prizes, Raffle, Food! Gold Buying Party Like No other” 12:00 – 5:00 pm Mark Your Calendars…Invite Your Friends…
The event, will be held at the Cocoa Beach Country Club This is a big fundraiser for our scholarship program. Those attending will have the opportunity to sell their gold, platinum, old coins and paper money, or silver ware, and receive typically twice as much as from other buyers. The buyer, Don Traver, owner of My Private Jeweler, Inc. of Baytree is licensed and bonded and has been serving locally for over 25 years.
There will be on premises security and all paid attendees will receive one free “grab bag” of genuine gemstones worth at least $25. A limited number of raffle tickets will be available for a chance to win a stunning diamond necklace worth $2700.
Free food, beverages, and entertainment will be included in the $5 entry fee.
Talk to Pam Kendrick or Julia George for more details

Pam : (321) 783-4762
Julia: (321) 868-7393 or email Julia at
cbwcjuliageorge@yahoo.com

Holiday Arts & Crafts Vendor Fair
November 21st (12 noon – 5:00pm)
If you would like to have a table to sell your craft items at our Holiday Arts and Crafts Vendor Fair on November 21, contact Julia before October 31. We will also need help with baked goods and “womanpower” to run our tables, greet the vendors, etc. So mark your calendar and let Julia George know if you are willing to help.

Call Julia: 868-7393 or email at
cbwcjuliageorge@yahoo.com

ART Competition - Prepare now through Year End 2009
The Art and Craft Department will be hosting its annual Competition in February but now is the time to create your beautiful works of art and craftsmanship. There are over 65 categories you can enter your crafts and an additional 10 categories for artwork. You can enter one item per category, but as many categories as you like. Entries must be completed between Jan 1 and Dec 31 of 2009. Contact Julia George for details and LETS GET CREATIVE! Not eligible: if you have made $1000 or more with your work.

Call Julia: 868-7393 or email at cbwcjuliageorge@yahoo.com

Holiday Event December 3rd
General Meeting & Brunch
Music and Special Guest Speaker!
Linda Dennis, Pres. of the GFWC FL Fed. Of Women’s Club.

Did you know that the FFWC is conducting a Poetry and Short Story contest?
As long as your earnings from writing haven’t exceeded $500 annually, you can enter.
The deadline is February 1 so contact Julia George for more information.

868-7393 or email at cbwcjuliageorge@yahoo.com

Events submitted by

Julia George, Media Secretary

September President's Letter Cocoa Beach Woman's Club

A.P.L.N.O.*

I hope that you all are enjoying your summer break and are just about ready to return to a busy year.

Each time that I see our scholarship recipients in the spring, it renews my determination to do the very best job possible to make the coming year a big success. Once again, I will be asking most of you for help, so please say yes!

There are two important meetings within the coming month. A District 6 President’s Council will be held in Viera on August 21st. Also, the FFWC Fall Board Meeting will be in Orlando at the Rosen Plaza on September 18-20th.

September is Literacy Month and our general meeting on the 10th will focus on Education. The Principal and Assistant Principal from Cape View Elementary in Canaveral will join us to receive two gifts. We will be presenting a check to start an Emergency Fund. It will be used to aid really needy children as determined by a teacher or administrator. Also, they will be receiving 30 dictionaries from us. Jan Mulberry will make the presentation on behalf of our Education Department. We also have a speaker and a Brunch planned for this meeting. Please plan to come over to our kick-off meeting of the year!

*“A Party Like No Other”

Once again, we are so grateful to Don E. Traver for helping us in our efforts to raise scholarship money. He has really gone all out to help this year. We are having a Gold buying party, but it will be unlike any other. Don donated a $2,700.00 diamond necklace for us to raffle off at our party on October 24th! There will be food, entertainment and free gifts. Each person attending will receive a free gemstone from Don. Additional gemstones will be available at a small price. Don is providing security. So please save your jewelry, coins, silverware, etc. and come to the party.

Plans are well underway for our Second Annual Art / Craft fair in November. It was so nice last year and we hope to expand this year.

We have a special treat in store for December when our state President, Linda Dennis, will join us.
An exciting year ahead? Yes! Please plan to support our events and lend a hand.

Quote (unknown) Yesterday is history,
Tomorrow is a mystery,
Today is a gift,
That’s what we call the Present.

Fellowship and Community,

Pam Kendrick

Celebrating Women Cocoa Beach Woman's Club

Cocoa Beach Woman's Club PROGRAMS
When I started planning this year’s programs I realized that last year’s speakers were all men, so I decided that this year would be the year to “Celebrate Women”, and we will do this in several ways. We will hear the stories of courage, strength and accomplishment of women in our community. Each month I will highlight the accomplishments of notable GFWC clubwomen and a few lines about some other exceptional woman in history.

While researching this I was fascinated by the lives of so many women and the difference they have made in our world. These women are dynamic, intelligent, and accomplished women. They had to overcome sexism, stereotypical expectations of women, and personal obstacles, each has become a stellar example of greatness in her respective field. We will celebrate these women!
Jean Carey, 1st V.P

Brunch September 10 Cocoa Beach Woman's Club

Brunch September 10
After the Club Meeting

Price $12.00
RSVP by Sept. 8th

Call Barb Holden
321-454-6010 home

September Birthdays Cocoa Beach Woman's Club

Cocoa Beach Woman's Club

September Birthdays

Baker, Fran 9/10
Mace, Mary 9/15
Wiley, Rose Marie 9/19
Bare, Randy 9/28

Officers 2009-2010 Cocoa Beach Woman's Club

President - PAM KENDRICK
1st Vice President - JEAN CAREY
2nd Vice President - TERRY DUCHARME
3rd Vice President - MARGE CMEJLA
Recording Secretary - JANICE ROGERS
Corresponding Secretary - CLAUDIA DAVIS
Treasurer - MARILYN GRIGSBY
Assistant Treasurer - BOBBIE STEVENS
Media Secretary - JULIA GEORGE
Advisor - BARB HOLDEN (Past President)
Parliamentarian - LUCY TOLSEN
Chaplain - MARIAL DOUGHERTY

September is "Literacy Month"

Cocoa Beach Woman's Club EDUCATION DEPARTMENT is presenting the September Program “LITERACY MONTH”. The focus will be on "Education in the Community".

Cindy Heinig from the Cocoa Beach Library will be our speaker at our September 10th General meeting at the Cocoa Beach Country Club. Ms. Heinig will talk about the importance of reading at all ages.

The Cocoa Beach Woman's Club has become a sponsor of the Dictionary Project. Sponsors provide a personal dictionary to school children so they can enjoy the benefit of a large vocabulary. Reading is the most important skill of all and educators see third grade as the dividing line between learning to read and reading to learn.

Jan Mulberry, Chairman of the Education Department, will present 30 dictionaries to representatives from Cape View Elementary School at the meeting. These will be given to third grade students. Our club will be listed on the Dictionary Project’s web-site as a sponsor working to improve literacy and the quality of life in our community.

To encourage reading at all ages we will have a “book-swap”. Please bring in a book you no longer want and exchange it for another one.

Jan Mulberry

Chairman Education Department

321-783-5551

RayJanMulberry@Juno.com

Annual Scholarship Awards Distributed

PHOTO by Claudia Davis (back) Jean Chmely, Greg Boyd, Kathryn Gay(Front) Deborah LaDuke, Priya Rashid, Kendall Torres, Brayleah Kernan

The Cocoa Beach Woman’s Club (CBWC), a non-profit service organization, held a special ceremony June 4, 2009 at the Cocoa Beach Country Club to recognize some of the recipients of almost $6,000.00 of scholarships and awards given to students from Cocoa Beach during the 2008-2009 academic year.

The CBWC holds various events throughout the year to raise money for scholarships in academic achievement and for women returning to the workforce. There was also an award for outstanding athletic achievement, as well as twelve $50.00 savings bond winners from four different Cocoa Beach elementary schools. This year, there was also a special $1,000.00 Anne K Brush Memorial Scholarship for the Performing Arts awarded. The CBWC also awarded two grants for attendees to the Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership training. Membership in the Cocoa Beach Woman’s Club is open to women from the area who are interested in service to the community. More information about the Club can be found at http://www.cocoabeachwomansclub.org/ Submitted by Julia George, Media Secretary