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LEADS
LEADS applications should be sent to JoAnn Calnen by January 5, 2012. Please consider nominating a member for this opportunity. The member selected will attend the LEADS seminar in Charlotte, NC and have the opportunity to attend the GFWC Convention. GFWC/CT will always need women interested in leadership roles; LEADS gives one member each year a chance to learn and enhance skills and knowledge. |
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WINDSOR WOMAN'S CLUB
The GFWC Windsor Woman's Club recently continued its tradition of decorating and donating an item (this year it was a wreath), to the annual Festival of Trees at the Wadsworth Atheneum.
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Pictured are Lisa Miller (Vice President) and Sue Ellen Hewitt |
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FARMINGTON VALLEY WOMAN'S CLUB
 CRAZY WHIST CARD PARTY
Join us for a fun evening of cards, refreshments and lots of door prizes. It starts at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, January 20, 2012 at the Community and Senior Center, 321 New Britain Avenue, Unionville, CT.
Tickets are $6.00 and will benefit domestic violence. They are available at the door or in advance by calling 860-673-4775. |
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WOMAN'S CLUB OF ENFIELD
Washington, D.C Trip
April 14 - 17, 2012
Cost of Trip - $300.00 per person - includes bus trip, 3 nights at Comfort Inn, Fairfax, VA- plus 3 mornings hot continental breakfast. Visit GFWC headquarters and various tours of Washington, D.C. sites and attractions.
Hotel has indoor pool, gift shop and restaurant. Mall nearby and restaurants: Ruby Tuesday, Bob Evans, Outback and Bennigans.
$100.00 deposit reserves spot.
$200.00 balance due by 1/31/12.
Send checks made out to The Woman's Club of Enfield to Flo Leger, 5 Brook Crossing, Ellington, CT 06029. Questions? Call Flo at 860-871-8750 or Debbie 860-745-2864. |
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QUICK LINKS
DEADLINES
Constant Contact
1/20/12
FOCUS
3/15/12
Friendship.
Pride.
Service.
Become the woman you were meant to be.
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Remembrance Tree
GFWC/CT District 7 Director,Linda Louise LaCasse, and the GFWC/CT Earth Angels of Somers have created a  Remembrance Tree honoring the 61 Connecticut Military who have died since 2002 in the Iraq/Afghanistan Conflict.
With the help of the GFWC/CT Earth Angels of Somers, Linda researched, prepared and trimmed The Remembrance Tree with photo-stars of fallenConnecticut Service Members. The Tree was dedicated at the 2011 Veterans Day Program in Enfield at Asnuntuck Community College. Community and college officials, women's club members, students, veterans and Gold Star Mothers/Families participated in the Community Public Recognition of personal loss by reading the names of their loved ones and a statement about their service.
Vets OASIS V-Pin Awards were presented to District 7 Director, GFWC/CT Earth Angels and Asnuntuck Veterans Affairs Officer for creating this way to honor our Connecticut Fallen with the Dedication of The Remembrance Tree.
The Remembrance Tree will be moved to each Vets OASIS Campus in Connecticut to remain for one month during 2011-2012 years. At each site, the Gold Star Families of the deceased. Local officials and members of the community and college are invited to honor their Military Fallen in their Dedication Ceremony. |
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A message from a GFWC partner:
Preparing the holiday to-do list?
Please, add one more thing ...
The decorations are out, the gift lists are being made, the holiday outfits are being chosen and the dinner menu is being planned.
But not everyone can look forward to this special time.
- Children of homeless families will sleep on the cold sidewalk. There is no money for coats.
- Babies will die because of preventable complications during and after labor.
- Children will go hungry when the schools close for the holiday break because their school lunch is often the only meal of the day.
Make this holiday season different for vulnerable children.
Consider a donation to INMED.
About INMED Partnerships for Children
INMED Partnerships for Children is an international humanitarian development organization. Since 1986, INMED has built alliances with public and private sector partners in more than 100 countries to rescue children from the immediate and irreversible harm of disease, hunger, abuse, neglect or violence, and to prepare them to shape a brighter future for themselves and the next generation.
Together with our partners, INMED is transforming the future for hundreds of thousands of children and their family and community members in the U.S., Latin America and the Caribbean, and southern Africa by:
- Securing children's health, development and safety
- Developing skills, knowledge and opportunities for children and youth
- Building family and community capacity to support and sustain positive change
For more information or to submit questions and comments, please contact Doris Girgis, Development and Communications Specialist at 703-729-4951 ext. 238, or dgirgis@inmed.org |
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State Project Proposals
A reminder from GFWC/CT President Elect Nancy Kalyan:
Clubs wishing to propose a state project for the 2012-2014 administration must send their proposal to President-Elect Nancy Kalyan by March 1, 2012. All proposals will be reviewed by the state project committee to confirm that they meet the guidelines as described in Redbook pages P19-P21. Qualified proposals will be presented to the membership at the May convention for vote.
I ask that you submit a project that is very worthy and dear to your club's heart to be brought to the next level with the support of our State to benefit the cause. The State Federation, all clubs, and myself as future State President, will be there to promote and to help you in your Project.
GFWC/CT has had a wonderful history of successful state projects. Please be one of the Clubs who will join us in our history of the State sponsoring notable of projects, ie: Newington's Children's Hospital CT, Hospice, Fidelco Dogs, Alzheimer's Resource Center in CT, CT Canine Search and Rescue, Adopt-a-Wing, Vet's OASIS and others. We look for your outstanding and moving Proposal in March!
Happy Holiday's!
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GFWC/CT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
ART FESTIVAL
MARCH 23-25, 2012
GOODWIN COLLEGE
133 RIVERSIDE DRIVE
EAST HARTFORD, CT 06118
It is that time again - please consider entering your local High School Seniors in our Annual Art Festival in March 2012. The link below is an introductory letter to the Art Department Teacher or Chairman. Adapt the content with your local Club contacts and information. Forward to the Club Art Chairman as soon as possible.
Call or e-mail Jeanne Waseleski at (860) 693-1541 or auction46@comcast.net with any questions.
Art Contest Registration Form and Sample Letter |
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Please forward this e-news bulletin to your members.
Betty Kopiec
GFWC/CT |
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