CFUW Welland & District August Newsletter 2010
It has been the tradition to begin the August newsletter
with a comment about the weather, so here it is: you either
loved it or hated it. Thank goodness for air conditioning.
How did we ever do without it? But for those of us (and
there are several) who love going to the Berry Patch Tea
Room on Canboro Road, the heat was no obstacle. By the way,
we’ve been working on Tracy and Mikaela Shea to join
our club. You might recall that they visited us last November
for our wine and cheese evening. So, if you happen to be
there, be sure to tell them you are a CFUW member and you
want them to join our ranks. We know that the “personal
ask” is the best way to increase membership. It has
been said of CFUW that we are the best kept secret in Canada.
Let’s break free of this and tell everyone we see
about us. We are a great organization and we do phenomenal
work both here in Canada and around the world. Share the
news and share the fun because it is fun, and this year
for our club will be especially so.
We are in for many special events this year because it is
our 70th Anniversary and our 40th Book Sale. It has been
a labour of love by our executive and many other members
who have been busy over the summer planning several celebrations.
We begin with our September Tea which will be at Marnie
Swayze’s home 18 Merritt St. E. just off Niagara St.
on the canal side in Welland on September 15th at 7:30.
Marnie graciously offered her home at Maureen Karner’s
Breaking Bread Dinner, so we took her up on the offer. We
will continue the tradition started last year of having
past presidents pour the tea and coffee. This tradition
will be especially nice to remember this year as we have
had at least 70 presidents! As usual, the executive will
bring the desserts for the evening. Just a reminder to executive
members, please bring your treats on a plate. Also, if you
didn’t get a chance to register for this year at the
June dinner, you might want to avoid the line-up by getting
your cheque for $90 to Regi Smith at164 Lawrence Lane in
Fonthill (L0S 1E4). This way, you can enjoy the evening
more completely. We hope to see everyone there. Marnie has
a lovely home and if the weather co-operates, we’ll
be able to enjoy her porch or even wonder down to the canal.
If you bring a perspective new member, and we hope you will,
a “new member” package has been developed by
Regi and Carol Harding to give them a warm welcome and an
orientation about CFUW and CFUW Welland & District.
The executive had been talking about doing this for a while,
so thank you ladies for finally getting it done for our
club.
October, as we all know, is book sale month. October 16th
is the big day with set-up and sorting from the 13th to
15th. It is a great deal of work, but we also have fun,
and it is for a great cause - scholarships for girls. We
have volunteers helping and members we often don’t
see at regular meetings. It is a great time to get acquainted
or to reconnect. The book sale committee has a few surprises
in store for this year. Also, we have a brand new CFUW blue
display board. It is a beauty to behold – a 6’
x 6’ expanse which will hold not only our scholarship
winners’ pictures, but also information about our
Charitable Trust and how to become a member. So remember
to tell everyone you see about our book sale and encourage
women to join. In addition, our speaker this month is a
member of the Niagara Regional Police who will tell us how
to avoid becoming victims of identity theft. This is a topic
everyone needs to hear, so guests are welcome. This is another
opportunity to recruit members. The last thing to mention
for the month is to explain the new way refreshments will
be handled. The club voted last April that monthly meetings
be hosted in an alphabetical sequence cluster. This means
there will be an in-charge person who will contact you to
do a task such as phoning, room set-up, room tidy-up, provide
goodies, make tea/coffee etc., so please be ready to take
your turn and help your alphabetical colleagues. We hope
this will be a nice way for all members to share some of
the fun and contribute to the club’s meeting roster.
For all you snowbirds, should you be unable to help in that
particular month, your name can be added to another alphabetical
group. With any luck, we’ll see more members.
In November we have our Ontario South Fall Gathering. The
theme is Farm to Fork: A Locavore Strategy. It is on Nov.
6th at Sparrow Lakes Golf Course. We have Lynn Ogryzlo,
celebrated author, columnist, and food host as our keynote
speaker and Mark McKerracher, owner of August restaurant
in Beamsville presenting 2 of the 4 workshops. Mark grows
some of the food he serves in his restaurant at his family’s
farm in Fenwick. Now that’s locavore. Then, at the
end of the day, there will be a locavore mini-market set
up for your convenience. It promises to be a great day,
so we hope to see many of you there. We expect to have women
not only from our Ontario South region, but also from other
parts of the province because 3 of the 6 regions are not
having Gatherings. While we’re on this topic, Maxine
Gaylor has asked that anyone who volunteered to contribute
local produce (jams, preserves, pickles etc.) get it to
her as soon as possible, so she can organize gift baskets/table
centres etc.
And once the Gathering is completed, it is really time to
celebrate. Our November meeting is dedicated specifically
for this purpose. There will be home-made ice cream cake
made right before your eyes not to mention other surprises,
perhaps a mystery guest. It will be our time to celebrate
our achievements because we deserve it. This is an evening
not to be missed. We have it on authority that the weather
will co-operate, so not to worry. The same holds true for
December for our Christmas Dinner which promises to be another
eventful evening. We’ll bring food or a child’s
gift as we always do, but for the rest of the evening we
will sit back and enjoy.
From January to May we have speakers who promise to be uplifting
and enlightening. Then again in June we’ll have our
annual dinner which is the culmination of our 70th Anniversary.
Plans are in the works to make this an extra-special evening.
Thanks go to Kathy Rose, Karen Horton and others who have
worked and are continuing to work to put our programme together.
Also, thanks go to Suzette Taylor who has redesigned our
programme brochure this year. She has done this job for
several years. In addition she has done both the brochure
and the registration form for our Fall Gathering. It should
be available on our website soon.
Now we move on to other things that have been happening
over the summer and in preparation for the new season. Many
of you saw the scholarship winners’ picture in the
local papers. Leigha Comer from Jean Vanier and Ciara Falewski
from E. L. Crossley were in the photo. Thanks to Gwenn Alves
and Carol Harding who were both there on this sunny afternoon
taking photographs and for making arrangements to have them
published in several local papers.
Something else you need to know for this season is that
we will continue to meet at Plymouth Cordage Retirement
Residence. Nancy Gallacher will remain the contact person.
If you have any questions or concerns, call Nancy at (905)
892-8338. Also, your executive decided that the Breaking
Bread Potluck Dinners for Women for Women in Afghanistan
will continue this year. We felt it wasn’t fair to
sponsor the event once then drop it since it is such a worthwhile
project. The women and girls of Afghanistan need our help
desperately. As Margaret Kleinsmith mentioned in the June
newsletter, we raised $1230 which will almost cover the
salary of 2 teachers. We were named on the website www.cw4wafghan.ca
for the months of February and May. You should check out
this site; it is quite enlightening. This is part of what
we, as CFUW members, do that is so useful in the world.
These dinners were well received and many found them a great
way to get to know one another. It is also the perfect venue
for non-members to get to know us which is another goal
for this year’s dinners. Thank you again to Maxine
Gaylor, Nancy Gallacher and Maureen Karner for hosting the
first of what we hope will be many dinners. And thank you
to the Thursday afternoon Book Club “Literally Speaking”
for coming up with the idea and initiating the project.
If you would like to host or attend a pot luck, please give
Diane McPherson a call at (905) 714-0151 for details.
Speaking of eating, some of our interest groups were doing
just that over the summer. The Galloping Gourmands, a group
of 8-12 members went to Paris Bistro in Niagara Falls in
June, Cafe Amore in July, and the Urban in August. They
like to select different local places with a reasonably
priced menu and anyone can go. Be sure to sign up in September
or let Shirley or Kaye Jones know you are interested for
September 22 at the Keefer Mansion in Thorold. The Winers
also met in July at Hernders for a potluck picnic. The food
was delicious and went well with the whites and reds that
our member, Lydia Tomek provided. As a thank you to both
Lydia, who leads this group, and Hernder Estates for their
venue and hospitality, the Winers have made a donation to
the Hernder Picasso Foundation. This charity raises money
for cancer research. This group can accommodate a limited
number so sign up early at the September tea.
Other interest groups took a break from meeting over the
summer but were still busy. The 3 book group members have
been reading for the upcoming year and the bridge groups
“bridged” the gap with a little mental R &
R so they’re ready to meet again in the fall. There
is always room for another Bridge Group and substitutes
are always needed. There is at least one new interest group
starting this year dealing with investing. Helen Forrest
and Brenda Strath are the convenors. If you have an idea
for a new group, be sure to talk to Kathy Rose or Karen
Horton.
Individual members have also had an eventful summer. Margaret
Kleinsmith became a grandmother again, but what is new is
that there is now a little granddaughter in the family.
Her name is Jordan Elizabeth. From her pictures she looks
adorable. Also, Pam Riley’s son, Rob has set up practice
with his father in their dental office in Seaway Mall. Congratulations
to Pam and her family. Another congratulations goes to Helen
Forrest whose son was married over the summer and whose
daughter is expecting twins in January. And I want to thank
the club for the privilege of attending the Ottawa AGM in
July. There is so much I would like to share that I will
be sending out another newsletter in October to update the
club on this and other things. However I will say that it
was an honour to stand for the In Memoriam opening to the
business portion of the meeting and see Helen D’Amico
and Leone Kennedy listed among the members we have lost
this year. They were committed members and we really miss
them. Also, there is a new National Constitution and By-Laws
that we have to vote on this year. If you would be willing
to be on the review committee, please let me know as soon
as possible. Finally we send our congratulations again to
Ilse Morotta for 40 years with the club and to Lori Root
for 25 years. Both these women are dynamic and contribute
greatly to the club.
All that’s left now is to wish you a happy conclusion
to your summer and we will see you in September at Marnie’s
on the 15th. Take care and stay safe.
Diane McPherson for Co-presidents Nancy Gallacher and Jill
Jackson
CFUW National Contact Information
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Telephone: (613) 234-8252 Fax: (613) 234-8221
E-mail: cfuwgen@rogers.com
CFUW Welland & District website: home.cogeco.ca/~dmcpherson1
CFUW Welland and District
June 2010 Newsletter
Club News
Congratulations to our club as we celebrate our 70th year
as CFUW Welland and District and our 40th year of the book
sale. Please mark your calendar for our 40th Book Sale scheduled
on October 16, 2010. Everyone's help will be needed. Look
forward to some special activities which will be planned
by the executive in honour of these two milestones.
Currently we have 71 club members. We also have several
new members since September, a huge and warm welcome to
these ladies- Pat Anderson, Liz Daly, Helen Forrest, Carol
Sernasie and Georgia Smith. We are so glad to have you with
us. Once again, we will be collecting membership dues in
June at the dinner this year; this early start really helps
with getting our membership list out earlier in the Fall.
Please invite guests who may be interested in joining to
the June dinner and the Sept. social. New members are always
welcome.
The June Dinner will be held on June 16th at the Roselawn
in Port Colborne. Cost is $40.00 for dinner and the show
“Mama’s Record Collection’. Dinner choices
are eggplant parmesan or chicken picatta. There will be
a few vendors selling wares from 5:30 until dinner at 6:30.
Please come early and support them. You are all welcome.
Contact our Treasurer, Brenda Strath with your dinner choice
and payment no later than June 10th if you are interested.
Remember- membership renewal ($90.00) on this evening is
encouraged.
2010 Southern Region Fall Gathering
The committee members have been hard at work planning for
the 2010 Southern Region Fall Gathering which we will be
hosting at Sparrow Lakes Golf Club on Nov. 6th. Registration
will be only $45.00. Our key note speaker will be Lynn Ogryzlo,
local food, wine and travel author. Wolfgang Sterr of the
Wildflower restaurant will be speaking on ‘locavore’
items of interest in break out sessions. CFUW members will
be featured in sessions on club activities and leadership
training. Local vendors of interest will also be featured
for a short time at the end of the day. Please consider
showing your support by registering and attending. We are
also looking for volunteers to help with various tasks throughout
the day. We are planning to have registration information
available at our September social/tea.
Program/ Interest Groups Please note that if any of you
have ideas for next year’s program or ideas for new
interest groups, please forward these to Convenors Karen
Horton or Kathy Rose.
Marryam Al-Harazi and her mother attended our meeting on
March 17th. Marryam spoke about ‘Being Muslim in Niagara’
and growing up in Port Colborne. We were very pleased to
have them and were grateful to learn more about the Muslim
community.
Breaking Bread Dinner Update
The pot luck dinners were an outstanding success. We needed
$750.00 to supply the salary for one teacher for one year.
I am pleased to report that we have exceeded this amount
by contributing a grand total of $1230.00. A huge thank
you to the hostesses, Maxine Gaylor, Nancy Gallacher and
Maureen Karner who put so much effort into making these
evenings enjoyable. The donations have been sent to the
‘Breaking Bread’ program of ‘Canadian
Women 4 Women Afghan’. Visit their website at www.cw4wafghan.ca
to learn more.
Trish Beasleigh, Karen Horton and Marilyn Ozog enjoy their
pot luck dinner at Maxine Gaylor’s home on Feb 4th.
Member News
It is with great sadness that I write of the passing of
two of our most supportive members. Helen D’Amico
passed away on May 15th after a long and hard fought battle
with cancer. Leone Kennedy also lost a battle with cancer
on May 30th. We will miss these two ladies and send our
heartfelt sympathies to their families and friends.
Regretfully, Kay Fraser and Ruth Osborne, longtime club
members, also passed away during this year. Donations in
memory of these members will have been made or will be made
to the scholarship trust fund.
Congratulations go out to-
Anita Howe on the birth of her first grandchild, Teri Howe.
Nancy Gallacher who welcomes a new grandson, Samuel Gallacher
And Jackie Marr on the birth of a granddaughter- Naomi Kim.
Daisy Abraham has recently moved to Lookout Village in Fonthill.
We wish her well in her new home.
Special congratulations are also extended to members, Lori
Root who celebrates 25 years as a member of our club and
Ilse Marotta who has been a member for 40 years.
Well wishes to Dianna Kit-Mete who is going to have surgery
the third week of June. We wish her a speedy recovery.
Kay Jones is travelling to Kamloops, B.C. this summer to
celebrate her 62nd year as a Girl Guide!! Wow! Congratulations,
Kay
CFUW News/Updates
Associate Members Defined:
We have had several people ask about the by-laws for associate
members this past few years so I am including here the newly
approved by-laws of CFUW-National that were accepted at
the AGM this past year. These are the same criteria that
our club voted to support two years ago.
An Associate member is a member who does not qualify for
regular
membership, as stated in By-Laws.
An Associate Member shall support the objectives and purposes
of
CFUW.
Associate Members are entitled to all the privileges and
responsibilities of membership in CFUW.
Associate Members shall pay full CFUW per capita dues.
Associate members shall not exceed twenty-five per cent
of the total
number of members for whom the Club has paid CFUW per capita
dues as recorded in the most recent Club Annual Report to
National
Office, that is regular CFUW members 80 per cent, Associate
members 20 per cent.
Governance:
A new structure will be implemented by CFUW- National. It
will have a Board of Directors with 11 members. Ontario
and British Columbia will have two Directors added because
these areas have shown growth. Some of the ‘director’
positions change to ‘Vice- President’ positions
and some of the duties have been redistributed. The task
force which recommended this model believes that it will
result in savings for CFUW. This new structure was accepted
by the membership in the late winter.
Please be advised that over the summer months, any news
or concerns should be directed to our President, Nancy Gallacher.
We look forward to seeing you at our dinner on June 16th
and again in Sept. In the meantime, have a safe, happy and
healthy summer.
Margaret Kleinsmith, on behalf of co-presidents Diane McPherson
and Nancy Gallacher
Welland and District Website: http://home.cogeco.ca/~dmcpherson1
CFUW Head Office
Contact Information: 251 Bank Street, Suite 600 Ottawa,
ON K2P 1X3
Telephone: 613-234-8252 Fax: 613-234-8221
E-mail: cfuwgen@rogers.com Web Site: www.cfuw.org
CFUW Welland and District
January 2010 Newsletter
First of all we wish you happiness, joy and many blessings
for the New Year.
Club News
At our Nov.17, 2009 general meeting, it was reported that
the net proceeds for our 39th Book Sale amounted to $10,441.75.
Congratulations and a big thank you to all who helped. And
please mark your calendar for our 40th - October 16, 2010.
Everyone's help will be needed.
Someone left a grey sweater at the book sale in Oct.- a
long wrap around style, striped light and dark grey, with
a hood, tie at the waist, size small. Some of you had friends
helping during sorting days- please check with them, too.
Contact Margaret Kleinsmith to claim it.
On our behalf Diane McPherson attended the Brock Grad fair
at the invitation of the St. Catharines club. She was able
to make several new contacts, some of whom have come as
guests to our early fall meetings. Thanks, Diane.
Membership- Currently we have 71 club members. We also
have several new members since September, a huge and warm
welcome to these ladies- Pat Anderson, Liz Daly, Helen Forrest,
Carol Sernasie and Georgia Smith. We are so glad to have
you with us. It is not too late to join the club this year
or for members to invite guests who may be interested in
our club. New members are welcome at any time.
Our Christmas dinner was a lot of fun with approximately
40 attending. The food was excellent and the proceeds from
the auction came to $150.25. Thanks to all those who participated.
This from our Publicity Convenors, Carol and Gwenn- they
have been providing information about our upcoming meetings
to the new website www.myPelham.com . Please check it out.
Click on ‘events’ to see our CFUW meeting listed.
The donations committee will be meeting in Feb. If you
have any worthwhile charities you would like this committee
to consider, please let one of the presidents know.
If you know of a member who does not receive our emails,
would you please ‘buddy’ up with her and keep
her informed.
Interest Group News
The Literally Speaking Book Club recently read “The
Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society” by
Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Burrows. This lively book is
written using personal letters and is about the German Occupation
of Guernsey Island in the English Channel during the early
1940’s. Even though this is a serious topic, it is
written with a charming wit and considerable humour. Someone
in the club may loan her copy to you - just ask.
2010 Southern Region Fall Gathering
We have begun planning for the 2010 Southern Region Fall
Gathering which we will be hosting at Sparrow Lakes Golf
Club on Nov. 6th. Many thanks to the committee members for
their work: Brenda Strath, Treasurer; Annalisa Bottacin,
Secretary; Diane McPherson, Registration; Beth Jeffery;
Maxine Gaylor; Dianna Kit-Mete; Nancy Gallacher, Publicity;
Margaret Kleinsmith, Committee Chair. Arleen Midriak, Regional
Director and Laura Machon from Oakville have been joining
us as well. We hope you will all consider joining us on
Nov.6th for an informative and exciting day. Our line-up
of workshops and speakers has not been finalized but we
have some great plans in the works…More later.
Breaking Bread Dinner Dates Selected
The pot luck dinners have been scheduled. We will have sign
up sheets available according to dinner date at our Jan.
20th meeting for those of you who are interested. It is
not too late even if you didn’t previously sign up
and please feel free to donate to this campaign even if
you will not attend a dinner. I believe any donation no
matter how small is welcome and appreciated although a minimum
$30.00 donation is needed for a tax receipt from the charity.
Your donations will go to the ‘Breaking Bread’
program of ‘Canadian Women 4 Women Afghan’.
Visit their website at www.cw4wafghan.ca to learn more.
Once on the site, click on the Breaking Bread area-‘Learn
More’.
Dinner Dates and Hostesses:
Maxine Gaylor: Thurs. Feb. 4
Gwenn Alves: Tues. Feb. 16
Margaret Kleinsmith: Mon. Mar. 22
Maureen Karner: May-exact date to be announced
Nancy G: April or May- exact date to be announced
Just a friendly reminder to those who previously signed
up - Rosina Popp, Sharon Vedova, Reggie Smith, Helen D'Amico,
Suzette Taylor, Georgia Smith, Carol Harding, Karen Horton,
Dianna Kit Mete, Annalisa Bottacin, Beth Jeffery, Kathy
Rose, Eileen Savage, Pat Burgess. If you did sign up and
your name is not here we aplologize and hope you will still
sign up for a dinner date. Hostesses will contact you with
further details. NB- If you are one of these people and
are unable to come to the January 20th meeting to choose
a date, someone will give you a call.
Soon we will need to think about volunteers for executive
positions for the 2010-2011 year. If you have any interest
in joining our executive group please let Margaret Kleinsmith
know where your interest lies.
Interested club members may contact Nancy Gallacher for
copies of our revised constitution. Thank you, Nancy, for
preparing these.
Future Meetings
Please consider joining us at our future meetings, if you
have not been able to come yet this year. Rides are available
if this is a concern. See Margaret for this. We have a good
program planned.
Jan. 20- Wellness Workshop, Scott Taylor (7:30 P.M.)
Feb. 17-Hospice Niagara (7:30 P.M.)
March 17- Being Muslim in Niagara, Marryam Al-Hazari (Note-7
P.M. start)
April 21- Wellspring Niagara, Ann Mantini (7:30 P.M.)
May 19- Grief, Jane Galbraith, author (Note-7 P.M. start)
Member News
It is with sadness that I write about the recent passing
of a former member - Kay Fraser. Kay had been a major fundraiser
for pancreatic cancer & a supporter of the Terry Fox
Run. She was an inspiring lady and wonderful mentor to many
women.
Our sympathies to Marnie Swayze on the recent loss of her
husband Chuck Swayze.
We want to wish a speedy recovery to Mary Lamb who is recovering
from hip surgery.
Anita Howe is also recovering from surgery. She reports
that she is doing well. Anita wishes to thank club members
for their many kindnesses, cards and support.
Best wishes for a speedy recovery also to Carol Sernasie
on her recent eye surgery.
CFUW News/Updates
Governance - CFUW National has proposed some changes to
the governing structure of CFUW and we have received the
voting package just recently. We will be discussing this
at our Jan. meeting and deciding how to vote as we must
send in our votes by Feb. 15th. We are entitled to 3 votes
based on our membership numbers.
The Returning Officer for the election for CFUW president
has tallied the votes and the results have been reported
-the President Elect for the Biennium 2010-2012 is Brenda
Wallace, CFUW Regina. She currently serves on the Board
of Directors as Vice President Prairies.
How Does CFUW use our $60.00 membership fee?
Many of us expressed interest in this and I am providing
this information in response to your questions. A graph
has also been provided below.
Lynn Franklin, Director of Finance for CFUW has begun providing
quarterly financial information which is helping to explain
how our $60.00 membership fee is used.
She sent along this information.
Of the $60.00 fee
• $27.25 – is spent on activities of the National
Office - communication with members, Clubs, the Government,
website, advertising, translation, audit & office expenses,
insurance, rent, salaries.
• $17.40 –goes to IFUW
• $5.50 – is spent on Board of Directors, Regional
Directors, Standing committees(except Fellowship )
• $4.75 –is used for CFUW Annual General Meeting
expenses
• $3.65 –covers the Administration of the Fellowship
committee
• $1.45 –goes to a Restricted Reserve, a fund
kept in reserve in the event the CFUW might cease to exist,
possible expenses include staff severances, penalties, legal
fees etc.
.
I look forward to seeing you at our upcoming meetings. Take
good care,
Margaret Kleinsmith, on behalf of co-presidents Diane McPherson
and Nancy Gallacher
Welland and District Website: http://home.cogeco.ca/~dmcpherson1
CFUW Head Office
Contact Information:251 Bank Street, Suite 600 Ottawa, ON
K2P 1X3
Telephone: 613 234-8252 Fax: 613 234:8221
E-mail: cfuwgen@rogers.com Web Site: www.cfuw.org
CFUW Welland & District August Newsletter 2009
Last year’s newsletter ended with a hope for a little
less rain and a concession that the rain had been good for
both lawns and water bills. Talk about summer re-runs! But
don’t despair. There are still a few weeks of summer
left, so there’s always hope. Besides, autumn is a
nicer season, don’t you think?
Your executive has been busy again this summer getting organized
for the 2009-2010 year. Nancy Gallacher (892-8338) will
continue to be the contact person for any club business
and our meetings will continue to be at Plymouth Cordage
Retirement Residence at 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise stated
on the programme brochure. Marnie Swayze and Kathy Rose
have put together a really exciting programme for our enjoyment.
We will hear all about the Silver Dart replica that was
in the news earlier this year, as well as learn about cheeses
and what it’s like to be Muslim in Niagara. This talk
might give us additional background information to tie in
with the pot luck dinners being held to raise money for
Women for Women Afghan and the Breaking Bread Campaign which
will begin in the fall.
The September Tea will be in Port Colborne this year on
Wednesday September 16th at 7:30 p.m. Virginia Penwarden
has graciously offered her home and, as always, the executive
will host. The address is 6 Park Lane. From Welland and
Fonthill, you will travel south on Prince Charles Drive
(Hwy #58) and turn left on Windsor Terrace. (This is the
side street before Barrick Road or the Port Colborne Mall.)
You will stay to the right on Windsor Terrace and Thorncrest
Road, and turn left onto Park Lane. If you can carpool,
it would help with the parking. This would be a perfect
opportunity to bring a potential new member as you could
pick her up and take her with you. You might also consider
filling out the registration information on the programme
brochure and mailing it to Sharon so you can avoid the line-up
and enjoy the evening more fully. As well, the executive
thought it might be a nice idea if past presidents of our
club took turns serving the tea and coffee. It would be
a nice way for newer members to meet more of our members
and to learn about the history of our club leadership. Your
time would be short, so the task would not be onerous. If
you have been a club president and would be willing to participate
in this, please contact Nancy Gallacher (892-8338) so she
can set up a schedule for the evening.
Our annual book sale will be at the Niagara Regional Exhibition
again this year. Our date is Saturday October 17th from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with set up beginning on Wednesday (Oct.
14th) and continuing on Thursday and Friday. Beth Jeffery,
Lori Hayes Root, and their team are very organized as you
can see with the call lists included in this mailing. They
also have a convenors’ meeting scheduled for Monday
September 21st at 7 p.m. at Lori’s home. As we say
every year, we have a reputation to uphold of having the
best book sale with the best books, so your calls for donations
are very important. The fact that we request books to raise
money for scholarships is often all people need to know
in order to give. Next year will be #40. What an achievement!
The Fall Gathering is in the planning stage. We were asked
by Arleen Midriak, our Regional Director, to move our date
forward to 2010 rather than 2011. The planning committee
didn’t think this would be a major problem, so it
was agreed. They have made sure that it will not interfere
with our book sale. Anyone wishing to join the committee
at this point would be welcomed. They will certainly need
everyone to support the event when the time comes.
As we did last year, a photo of our scholarship winners
was arranged. You can watch for it to appear in local newspapers
which will give our club some visibility in the community,
but you might like to see it first. Our thanks go to Carol
Harding for taking the photos and both Carol and Gwen Alves
for making arrangements for publication.
In addition, here are some photos taken at the RTO Retired
Teachers Fair April 30, 2009. We were represented along
with CFUW St. Catharines and CFUW Niagara Falls.
In the photo on the left pictured left to right is Elizabeth
Manker (NF co-president) Nancy Gallacher (Welland &
District co-president) Luba Beange (NF co-president) Beverley
Beaudreau (St. Catharines president) and Nicolle Lalonde
(St. Catharines publicity convenor). In the picture on the
right the woman on the left is a visitor from another booth.
Perhaps a new member?
Over the summer some events have occurred regarding our
membership. A former member, Ruth Osborne, passed away and
the family requested that donations in her memory be made
to our Scholarship Fund. As a result $640 was received and
our club has given an additional $50. We had not seen Ruth
at club events for a few years, but she will be missed by
those who knew her. On a brighter note, Regi Smith became
a grandmother for the first time when her son and his wife
had a beautiful baby boy.
Some of the interest groups met over the summer as well.
The Winers (whiners?) met for a potluck barbeque in July.
Different types of sausages were grilled and various salads
were served along with cute penquin appetizers and many
other treats, and, of course, several wines that complemented
these flavours. Dessert was strawberries with or without
melted chocolate straight from Switzerland. Most people
had both and why not. There were more complementary wines!
The afternoon spent on the patio at Hernders was glorious
and Lydia ended the day with an extensive tour of the winery
which included her lab where she concocts her Dionysian
delights.
The Galloping Gourmands were eating too. They went to the
Niagara-on-the-Lake Golf Course in June, @27 in Port Colborne
in July, and The Mandarin at Niagara Square in August. The
food is great at all these venues and enjoyed by all.
Book club members have been busy reading books both for
their own pleasure and for next year’s discussions.
Now that’s the way to spend a summer – a good
book and a comfy chair by the beach - or not - it matters
not!
Eva Sorbara and the Travel Club have been busy researching
new trips and have one planned for September and a major
one for next spring. The trip to the Rom to see the Dead
Sea Scrolls has been set for Saturday September 26th. You
can buy your ticket on line at www.rom.on.ca. We have a
promo code that will save us $6.00 per ticket. The promo
is CFUW which makes the cost $22 for adults and $19 for
seniors 65+ with ID. At the end of your transaction, you
must print your ticket. If you wish to go and do not have
a computer, you can bring your money to the September Tea
and someone will purchase a ticket for you. When you purchase
the ticket, you have to indicate the time you want to see
the show. We suggest booking the 1 o’clock show. We
will travel as a group on the 9:15 a.m. Go Train from St.
Catharines. You can purchase your return ticket before you
leave. The cost is $28 return for adults and $14 for seniors.
We will arrive at Union Station at 10:49 and take the subway
(TTC) to the Museum stop. The cost for the TTC is $2.25
per ride (you will need 2). Then there will be a little
time to get something to eat before seeing the 1 p.m. show.
After the show we’ll take the subway back to Union
Station to catch the 16:15 (4:15) train to St. Catharines.
This will have us home by 17:51 (5:51). If you would like
to extend your stay in Toronto, you can. There is another
Go Train at 20:05 (8:05) which will have you back in St.
Catharines at 21:41 (9:41). There will be a sign-up sheet
at the September Tea, but this is just to give Eva an idea
of how many plan to go. All ticket purchases are done independently.
This trip is open to anyone who would like to go, so feel
free to invite your spouse, friends etc. There is also a
trip to France in the works for the spring. The Winers might
want to check this out closely! Details will be available
at the September Tea.
If anyone has an idea for a new interest group, please feel
free to call Marnie Swayze (735-7101) so a sign-up sheet
can be prepared for the September Tea. Also, if anyone knows
where we can borrow a microphone or a karaoke machine for
our speakers to use, please contact Nancy Gallacher (892-8338).
All that’s left to say now is to enjoy the rest of
the summer and we’ll see you at Virginia’s on
September 16th. Take care and stay safe.
Diane McPherson for Co-presidents Nancy Gallacher and Margaret
Kleinsmith
CFUW National Contact Information
251 Bank Street Suite 305 Ottawa, ON K 2P 1X3
Telephone: (613) 234-8252 Fax: (613) 234-8221
E-mail: cfuwgen@rogers.com
RTO FAIR
Nancy Gallacher represented our club at a
retired teacher fair in Niagara Falls on April 30, 2009.
Seen here is from left to right is Elizabeth Manker (Niagara
Falls) Nancy Gallacher (Welland) Luba Beange (Niagara Falls)
Beverley Boudreau (St. Catharines) and Nicolle Lalonde (St.
Catharines)
CFUW Welland and District
January 2009 Newsletter
Happy New Year to all of you. I wish you and your family
all the best of 2009 especially good health and unlimited
happiness.
Club News
Once again our Book Sale which was held in October was a
huge success, thanks to the hard work of club members. Gross
earnings were reported as $10,915.74. Some of these funds
will be given to worthy charities. Please let one of the
presidents know if you have had a request from a charitable
organization and they will be considered by the donations
committee who will be meeting very soon.
Many thanks to club members for their individual donations
to the Brock University Mature Woman's scholarship fund.
Contributions by individual members raised the amount to
approximately $25,000.00. Wonderful!
In October, Diane, Nancy and I attended the Ontario South
gathering in Georgetown. The theme for this event was 'How
Green is Your Club?' The mayor of Halton Hills gave an address
on green initiatives that are being used in their area.
The afternoon speaker was from 'Bullfrog Power', a company
that provides 100% green electricity using wind power. There
was also ample time to share ideas with members of other
clubs. CFUW Oakville has produced a 60th anniversary cookbook.
Other clubs shared their fundraising and event activities.
We were able to get many ideas to help us when we host one
of these events.
Our 2008 Christmas dinner was held at Sparrow Lakes Golf
Course with 40 members attending. A delicious meal was served.
Lydia Tomek of Hernder Estate Wineries spoke to us and shared
some of her new wine which she has called "Pink".
An auction was held and raised $192.50 to support our general
operating account. Thanks to the auctioneer, Eileen Savage,
the donors and the bidders for making this so much fun.
Many thanks to Lori Root and Stella Buck for researching
our history and meeting with Joe Barkovich of the Tribune.
This meeting resulted in an excellent article about our
club which was published on Sept. 13th of last year.
Thanks also to Mary Wagner for providing our treasurer
with training on Quick Books. This training was very helpful
to Brenda and much appreciated.
Volunteers Needed- please see one of the presidents if
you are interested in any of these volunteer positions.
Your help in any capacity would be appreciated.
• Nominating Committee It is that time of year when
we think about a new Executive for 2008-2009. The current
executive is looking for interested volunteers to help our
past president, Suzette Taylor, on a nominating committee
which will start working as soon as possible.
• Executive We encourage anyone who is interested
in volunteering for the executive to come forward. Let one
of us know where your talents would be best put to use.
Past executive members will support newly elected volunteers.
We will have approx. 9 positions open.
• Event/Fall Gathering Committee Our club is hoping
to celebrate our 70 or 75th with other clubs in Southern
Ontario by hosting an Ontario CFUW event. No decisions have
yet been made so you may want to get involved with this
important decision-making process.
• Budget Committee This committee will examine our
finances and help with recommendations for the budget and
membership dues for 2009-2010. Brenda Strath, committee
chair is hoping to schedule their meeting for the second
week of February. If you wish to be a part of this process
please let us know immediately. If you have any feedback
for this group please put your thoughts into writing and
we will get it to the chair.
• Fan Out We also need volunteers to help with a 'phone
fan out' list should we need to use this again. See Nancy.
Membership
This year, so far, we have 71 members with five on a leave
of absence. I would like to welcome our new members to the
club- Laura Bell, Pat Burgess, Carol Harding, Jackie Marr
and Rebecca Utz. I hope you enjoy our programs. All members
should have already received a membership list by email,
or if you don't have email, it is included with this newsletter.
If you did not receive it please let us know.
Program
Thanks to the Program Conveners, Marnie Swayze and Eva Sorbara-Toderick
for getting us such informative and interesting speakers
for the Fall program. Below are program details for the
next five months. Check them out…
• Feb. 18th … Alzheimer’s, Betty Lane,
Author
• Mar. 18th … (Resolutions Night) and Women
in Politics, Shirley Cordiner, Admin. Director, Safety Village
and Regional Councillor-Fort Erie
• Apr. 15th …Canadian Tire Coupon Collector
Club, Thayer Bouck
• May 20th …AGM & Adopted Grannies, Sharon
Abbey, Women’s Study Program, Brock University
*Please note the following correction: the May meeting starts
at 7:15P.M. and not 8 P.M. as stated in your program.
Interest Groups
We expect a new interest group to start in the near future-
This group will be led by Lydia Tomek. Get more info at
our Jan. meeting.
The evening book club now has nine members. A few more could
be accommodated. If interested please see group leader,
Diane McPherson.
Member News
Sincere sympathies to Eileen White on the loss of her son.
All club members are saddened by your loss. Our thoughts
and prayers are with you.
Belated congratulations to Joyce Noren and her husband on
their 50th wedding anniversary.
"Get well' wishes have been forwarded to Jean Gray
and Olwyn Studley.
Found- a gray cup and saucer was left at the Sept. meeting.
See Margaret to claim.
Hope to see you at our next few meetings and to hearing
from you with any news for our next newsletter. In the meantime,
take good care.
Margaret Kleinsmith, Co-President
Welland and District Website: http://home.cogeco.ca/~dmcpherson1
CFUW Head Office
Contact Information
251 Bank Street, Suite 600 Ottawa, ON K2P 1X3
Telephone: 613 234-8252 Fax: 613 234:8221
E-mail: cfuwgen@rogers.com Web Site: www.cfuw.org
CFUW - Welland and District August
2008 Newsletter
Can you believe it is August already? Have we had summer
yet? It seems that the June Dinner/Fashion Show was only
a few weeks ago. What a wonderful night that was. There
were over 80 women in attendance - some members and their
guests, and a table of 8 CFUW St. Catharines members. It
was great to see everyone. Thank you again to the models
for getting into the spirit of the evening and making it
so much fun. We made $340 on the raffle and $138 on the
50/50 draw to add $478 to our scholarship fund.
The past few months have been active for the executive.
We started with a meeting to get organized for the coming
year. Again, please contact Nancy Gallacher for any club
business as she will remain the contact President, and our
meetings will continue to be at Plymouth Cordage Retirement
Residence. Eva Sorbara and Marnie Swayze have put together
an exciting programme ranging from health to politics to
wine.
Speaking of wine, our club was represented by Diane McPherson
at a wine and cheese held by the Welland Civic Square Art
Task Force which Lori Hayes Root hosted. This event was
to thank the businesses, groups, and individuals who gave
a donation. It was well attended.
Also, our club received the first official tax receipt
for the Mature Woman's Bursary from Doug Earle, the Director
of Development and Donor Relations at Brock University,
in the amount of $21,194 as of July 18, 2008. Our bursary,
when matched by the Ontario Student Opportunity Trust Fund,
will be $42,388. As a donor, our name is automatically publicized
in Brock's gift recognition materials, so you can watch
for this. We thank club individuals who have made personal
donations to increase our amount. Well done CFUW Welland
and District and our members. Any other donations should
be sent directly to Brock and they will issue a tax receipt
to you. The cheque should be made out to Brock University
with CFUW Welland & District written on the memo line to
ensure the money goes to our bursary. Postage-paid envelopes
with the exact address will be available any time from Diane
McPherson and will be available at all meetings. This is
a wonderful way to assist a person in pursuing higher education
and a great way to realize a charitable tax donation for
your personal income tax return.
In addition, we have received a congratulatory phone call
from CFUW National on increasing our membership this year.
We responded that our key to success was an inviting meeting
location, a great variety in programme presentations, attractive
interest groups, commitment to our purpose, but most of
all the "personal ask". Therefore, we encourage you to keep
up the good work and invite someone to our September meeting
or a future meeting. Remember, the more members we have,
the wider our interests become, the opportunity for friendships
extends, and the persons helping to achieve our goals is
increased.
The September Tea hosted by the executive will be held
at the Niagara Region Children's Safety Village. It is an
excellent facility to which we donated money this past spring,
and not only will do very nicely for this meeting but also
will give everyone an opportunity to see it. We will meet
on the lower level because the kitchen is down there. Don't
worry; there is an elevator, and guided tours around the
entire complex will be available. The location is on Woodlawn
Road by the YMCA. You can park around the driveway as we
will be the only group there that evening (September 17th)
and there are other lots in the area.
Our 38th Annual Book Sale will again be at the Niagara
Regional Exhibition on Niagara Street. Our date is Saturday
October 18, 2008 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with setup beginning
on Wednesday October 15th and continuing on Thursday and
Friday. Beth Jeffery, Lori Hayes Root, and their team have
been busy getting organized and your call lists are included
in this mailing. We have the reputation to uphold of having
the best book sale with the best books, so your calls for
donations are very important. The fact that we request books
in order to raise funds for scholarships is often all that
people need to know in order to give.
To further our ongoing effort to profile the club in the
media and to congratulate our scholarship winners, a group
photograph has been taken which will appear in the local
papers. You can watch for this. We thank Marilyn Ozog, our
publicity chair, for her assistance.
Also, our website is coming closer to reality. You will
be able to access it via the main CFUW website (www.cfuw.org)
under the Ontario South link when it is ready.
Your executive has planned an eventful year, so we hope
to see everyone on September 17th. If you have an idea for
an interest group, be sure to contact Eva or Marnie so they
can have a sign-up page available for this meeting. Also,
you may want to read Betty Lane's book Treasure the
Journey: Living with Alzheimer's Disease as she is
the speaker in February. Finally, we want to encourage members
to volunteer for executive committee work. There are some
major projects coming up that need your input. Enjoy what
is left of the summer, hopefully with a little less rain,
although we must admit it has been good for the lawns and
saved us on our water bills.
Diane McPherson for Co-Presidents
Nancy Gallacher
and Margaret Kleinsmith
CFUW National Contact Information
251 Bank Street, Suite 305 Ottawa, ON K2P 1X3 Telephone:
(613) 234-8252 Fax: (613) 234-8221 E-mail: cfuwgen@rogers.com
CFUW Welland and District
January 2008 Newsletter
Happy New Year
I want to take this opportunity to wish you all a very
prosperous, healthy and pleasant year. I am hoping that
2008 proves to be the best year we’ve had yet!
Club News
Congratulations and many thanks to all those who worked
so hard to make our Book Sale in October such a huge success.
A donations meeting will be held soon to decide on worthy
recipients for some of the funds which we raised at this
event. Please advise one of the Presidents if you know of
a worthy recipient or charitable organization and they will
be considered by the committee.
Diane is presently working towards the development of a
new website for our club. Thank you, Diane. We appreciate
your efforts. More later about this.
Three newly formed committees are beginning to meet to
assist our club in the decision making process regarding
some important concerns. I have listed them below with their
chairs and members where possible. If you have any feedback
for these groups please do not hesitate to contact the Committee
Chairs.
• Membership Committee- Diane Mc Pherson (chair),
Maxine Gaylor, Nancy Gallacher, Margaret Kleinsmith. This
committee is looking at ways to increase our membership.
• Alternate Fundraising- Margaret Kleinsmith (chair),
No members yet! Please contact me if you are interested.
I am looking for some volunteers for this. I need help!
This committee will look at alternative fundraising possibilities
and ways to improve our present efforts.
• Budget Review- Brenda Strath (chair), Nancy Gallacher,
Jo-Anne Fabris, Mary Wagner, Maxine Gaylor. This committee
is looking at the budget with an eye to improve our financial
situation and sustaining a balanced budget in our general
account.
In October, Diane, Nancy and I met with Myra Willis, our
Regional Director. She provided us with much information
regarding fundraising ideas from other clubs and gave us
some good insight for working towards increased membership
etc.
Many thanks to Mary Jane and Virginia who organized our
2007 Christmas dinner which was held at Shenanigans at Sparrow
Lakes Golf Course. I understand it was well attended and
well enjoyed. I am sorry I was unable to attend.
It is coming up to that time of year when we are thinking
about a new Executive for 2008-2009. On behalf of the other
two Co-Presidents, I encourage anyone who is interested
in volunteering in one of the positions to come forward.
Let one of us know where your talents would be best put
to use. We really enjoy ourselves on the executive and I
would encourage you to consider it. Enthusiastic volunteers
are needed.
This year we have had a modified executive and it was to
be for a one year trial. Please provide feedback to any
one of the Presidents as to how you feel this is working
as the membership will need to make a decision about the
format for the future.
Membership
As of this writing we have 69 members with seven more on
a leave of absence for this year. I would like to welcome
all of our new members to the club and I hope you enjoy
our programs.
Program
Many thanks to the Program Conveners, Anita and Eva for
getting us such informative and interesting speakers for
the Fall program. I have had such great feedback from many
members about how much they enjoyed the topics and the speakers.
The programs for the next five months also look to be very
informative and enjoyable. Check them out…
• Feb. 20th… Running the Shaw Festival, Jackie
Maxwell, Artistic Director
• Mar. 19th … (Resolutions) and Seven Wonders
of Welland, Joe Barkovich, Welland Tribune
• Apr. 16th …Underground Railway & Black
History (in Niagara), Donna Ford, BME Church, St. Cathairnes
• May 21st …AGM & Osteoporosis and Exercise,
Dr. Kim Gammage, Brock University
Member News
It has been suggested to me that we broaden our horizons
in an effort to get to know each other better and celebrate
our successes. From now on we are hoping to include (in
our newsletters) a paragraph that brings news and personal
accomplishments to the attention of the club members. I
am thinking perhaps births, graduations, milestones and
other important accomplishments. So for our first attempt
at this: for Cheryl Marr, a grandson, Simon born on Oct.
4th, 2007 and Margaret Kleinsmith, a grandson, Brady born
Nov. 1, 2007. Congratulations to you both. Also, congratulations
to Mary Lamb who was named Senior of the Year in Pelham
on June 2007.
If you have any member news that you would like to include
in our next newsletter, please feel free to contact me and
I will see that it is included. Call (905-788-0914) or email
me margaretk@cogeco.ca. If you don’t tell me, I won’t
know.
Interest Groups
We are also hoping that in future newsletters we can provide
some feedback from our interest groups- for example, an
outstanding book recommendation, a restaurant recommendation
etc. I am going to suggest that the interest group leaders
please contact me if they have any news and I will gather
and keep it for the next newsletter.
Other Clubs
Occasionally some of the efforts of other local clubs come
to our attention. Such is the case for CFUW St. Catharines
who is currently selling sets of special occasion cards
for $20.00 a package. The package also includes a card which
can be redeemed for a ‘house tour’ ticket. The
house tour will be held on May 4, 2008. The contact for
this if you are interested is: email- cfuw@vaxxine.com or
website- www.vaxxine.com/cfuwstcatharines or by phone 905-934-5002.
I look forward to seeing you at our next few meetings and
to hearing from you with any news for our next newsletter.
In the meantime, take good care.
Margaret Kleinsmith, Co-President
CFUW Head Office
Contact Information
251 Bank Street, Suite 600 Ottawa, ON K2P 1X3
Telephone: 613 234-8252 Fax: 613 234:8221
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