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Healdsburg Healing Arts Newsletter |
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Volume 8, Issue 9
May 2009 |
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The Mission of the American Business Women's Association:
To bring together businesswomen of diverse occupations and to provide opportunities for them to help themselves and others grow personally and professionally, through leadership, education, networking support and national recognition.
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Calendar of Events
May 19, 6:30 pm
Dinner Meeting
Fountaingrove Golf & Athletic Club
June 16, 6:30 pm
Dinner Meeting
Fountaingrove Golf & Athletic Club
Awards Night & New Officer Installation
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Board of Directors
President:
Alicia Mutch
Treasurer:
Amy Jasmer
Vice President, Membership:
Chris Parr-Feldman
Vice President, Hospitality:
Judith Light
Secretary:
Melina Sansi
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Message from the President
 Got Moxie?I don't know about you, but I'm still glowing from the resounding success of our Moxie and Marvels scholarship fundraiser last month (or maybe I'm just glowing from the memory of how HOT it was!). What a great event! Let do that again next year! It's hard to believe that it's May already, and now that the fundraiser is over, we're beginning to wind down our 9th year. But before we do, here are some important things that are coming up for our chapter: Member SurveyAt our May meeting, we will be passing out a Member Survey. This is your opportunity to give us feedback on how the year went for you, and give us any suggestions you have for improving our organization next year. Please take the time to fill out the survey. Your feedback is extremely important to us! Board of DirectorsWe are now accepting nominations for next year's board of directors. If ABWA is important to you and you would like to keep a good thing going, consider serving on our board. We especially are looking to fill the slots of Treasurer and Secretary. If we don't have a board, we don't have an ABWA Wine Country Chapter. If you're interested in finding out more, please contact Rachael Erickson . Woman of the YearWe will also be nominating our Woman of the Year at our May meeting. The winner will be acknowledged at our June meeting, which includes our awards night and new officer installation. Summer MixersWe're hoping to get a few mixers in this summer. If you are interested in sponsoring a mixer at your home or office, please contact Chris Parr-Feldman. See you soon! -Alicia Mutch
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Next Meeting on May 19
Our next dinner meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 19 at the Fountaingrove Golf and Athletic Club in the clubhouse at the top of the hill. The address of the club is 1525 Fountaingrove Parkway in Santa Rosa. We will be networking from 6:30 to 7:00, and our dinner meeting begins at 7:00. All members and guests are welcome.
Our guest speaker will be Allison Hurley, a police officer with the Healdsburg Police Department. She will be giving us a demonstration of self defense techniques. With the recent attacks on women in the Santa Rosa area, her timing couldn't be more appropriate. We will also be passing out member surveys as well as nominating the new board of directors and the Woman of the Year. It will definitely be an action-packed meeting! Please bring your marketing materials with you to display at the marketing table and network, network, network. Please bring a bottle of wine with you to share with your table. Wine and alcoholic beverages are also available for purchase from the club. The price of the dinner meeting is $37.50 for members and $42.50 for guests. Members who bring a guest with them get a $5 discount on their dinner. Please be kind and thoughtful to our Vice President of Hospitality, Judith Light, and make your reservations by noon on Friday, May 15. We need to know how many meals to reserve ahead of time. We love early RSVPs! |
Scholarship Fundraiser Update
Our Moxie and Marvels scholarship fundraiser was a resounding success! We sold 118 event tickets and 315 raffle tickets. We earned over $4000 from the live and silent auctions, and we earned over $11,000 in scholarship money after expenses! Way to go in a depressed economy! But more importantly, we all worked together to make it a success. Oh yeah, and it was fun, too! We will be awarding the scholarships to the Santa Rosa Junior College and Sonoma State recipients at our June meeting. Thank you to everyone who helped out in one way or another. Congratulations!
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Member News and Announcements
Announcement from Star Dewar:
Pet Portraits!
Star Shots Photography will be taking pet portraits in Healdsburg at Garrett Hardware/Gift Horse on Saturday, May 9th from 11:30 until 5ish.
Price: $15.00 per pet includes sitting and 5x7
Other enlargements, mugs, mouse pads, do dads also available with your beloved pet's picture.
Announcement from Mary Lynn Archibald:
Mary Lynn will be signing books at Copperfield's in Montgomery Village on Saturday, Man 9th at 1:30, at Copperfield's in Calistoga at 2:00 on Saturday, May 16th, and at Copperfield's in Sebastopol at 1:30 on Sunday, May 17th.
Everyone is invited! Come and talk, browse, or get your book signed. You can even buy one!
Announcement from Melany Schmitt-Huston:
Melany Schmitt-Huston's quartet, d'Vine, received 2nd place at the annual Region 12 Sweet Adelines competition in early April. They received 601 points out of a possible 800 and are in the running for a possible "wild card" position to compete in the SAI International Competition in Nashville, Tennessee in October. If they do receive a spot to compete, there will be several fundraisers and opportunities to see d'Vine perform as they get prepared to go to the competition. They will know more in the coming weeks and will report if they receive the honor of attending as a Wild Card participant. Cheers!
Request from Audrey Gondoli:
Looking for one person to share large home in Occidental. $800.00 per month. Will have own bedroom/living area, share kitchen and rest of home. Lovely, quiet area, lots of sun, swimming pool.
Please contact Audrey Gondoli at 585-9426 (days) or 874-2162 (eves) for more details.
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Wine Country Chapter #6504
American Business Women's Association
P.O. Box 164, Healdsburg, CA 95448
www.wineabwa.org
We appreciate your feedback! Please send comments, suggestions, submissions, and rants to Alicia Mutch. Please keep member news submissions to 50 words or less.
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