GHJWC January 2006 Newsletter

President's Report
Laura Burke
630-653-5664
lburke3942@aol.com

I am extremely honored and excited to serve as your President this year. Thank you to all of you that have taught me what I have learned over the past years about the club, its values and its purpose. I will use all of what I've learned and what I will learn to continue what work we have to do. So many of you have served in this role and I welcome all ideas and feedback as we gear up for a fun and enlightening year.

This year's theme is "Sharing Hearts Through Helping Hands". These words describe every member in this club. We are losing many extremely talented and giving members this year and although we are saddened by this, we realize that everything grows stronger with change.

Some of my goals this year include, increased membership, Habitat For Humanity, Food Charity programs, Heifer Project, KIND NEWS, donation packages for our troops overseas, exciting new fundraisers and shorter general meetings! Toss in a few really fun social gatherings and we're in for another wonderful and productive year.

Congratulations to the 2006 board members, Vice President- Mary Schroeder, Secretary- Judy Huyvaert and Treasurer- Liann Holcomb. Thank you to Jeanette Wells for a fabulous installation of officers in December.(Please join us on Wednesday, Jan. 11th when our new Vice President, Mary Schroeder will be installed.) Thanks also to Cheryl Channic for arranging and organizing the holiday party and to Ann Warren and Joanna Seebeck for adding the fun and games to the evening. Another congratulations to all of you that reached amazing milestones in your years of service to the club. It is very impressive to see so many of you have devoted valuable time and talents for so many years.

The general meetings will be set up with a few changes . When you arrive, please check in with me if you have a committee report to give. If you have no report, you will not be called on. ALL committee reports will be limited to two minutes. Your report should recap what your committee has firmed up when you met outside of club meetings with details listed in the newsletter. (who, what, where, when and why). All feedback regarding committee reports should be directed to the committee chairperson outside of the general meeting. Board meetings will be the place for in depth discussions regarding activities. The new format ("speed meetings") may take some getting use to but after a few of them, I think we'll see a lot fewer yawns towards the end.

I look forward to our first general meeting of the new year on January 11.
May 2006 be a healthy and happy year for everyone.
Laura

Vice President's Report
Mary Schroeder
maryned2004@yahoo.com

Recently an email went out stating "dial 677 from your cell phone if you are being pulled over by anyone you think might be suspicious (not a police officer).

I sent this 677 to our chief in town and this is what he responded:
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From: MMARRON
Subject: RE: Fw: State Police No.
I have included the web page below from SNOPES.com. This is a web site that investigates these types of claims and stories. You will see below that they have not been able to prove or disprove the veracity of this story, although there have been many variations to the story. They do point out that *677 is the non-emergency cell number to the Ontario Provincial Police.

If advising about this type of a “pull-over” scam, please tell people to dial 911 on their cell phone if they are concerned for their safety. This will ensure that they get the help they need or verification in this case. If a person were worried about the officer pulling them over they should keep their doors locked and only open the window a crack to talk to the officer. Once verification is made by calling 911, they can proceed with following the officers directions. If you have any other questions please give me a call.

See you at the general meeting!

Mary

Mark Your Calendar:

January 11- General Mtg. Glendale Lakes Golf Club- 7:00 social, 7:30 meeting. Dues will be collected.

January 18- Board Mtg. Ann Warren's- 1428 President- G.Hts 7:00 social- 7:30 mtg.

January 18- following board: Audit committee meeting.

February 1- General Mtg. Glendale Lakes Golf Club- 7:00 social, 7:30 meeting.

February 3- Valentines For Veterans deadline. (community event)

February 15- Board Mtg. Location needed.

February 25- Candlelight bowl

Junior Pledge:

I pledge my loyalty to the
Junior Club Women,

By doing better than ever before what work I have to do.

By being prompt, honest, courteous, by living each day, trying to accomplish something, not merely to exist.

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Email Newsletter Articles to: LBurke3942@aol.com

Deadline: Third Sunday of month.

Candlelight Bowl & Raffle
Judy Huyvaert, 894-8615, jhuyvaert1@hotmail.com
Jeanette Wells, 469-5038, Jeanette.Wells@Indiana-Ins.com

If you don’t already have your admission & raffle tickets, please call us so we can get them over to you! Remember we are asking that each member sell a minimum of 10 raffle tickets- this is a must because we need to sell all 400 tickets! The bowl will be held Saturday, February 25th at Wheaton Bowl. We have contracted with Glendale Catering for the food…they are well known and have great food, so we should have no food complaints this year. Tickets are $30 per person for bowling and dinner. $20 for dinner only (1 table only reserved for members first). Raffle tickets are $10 each with a grand prize of $1000 and 28 other cash prizes awarded. Only 400 tickets will be sold (ALL 400 MUST BE SOLD!)! If you or anyone you know would like to be a lane sign sponsor, cost is $25 for bowl only or $45 for bowl and Bingo sign sponsorship!

Thank you to everyone over the past years that consistently played a part in our very successful newsletters.
The GHJWC web site will continue to have all newsletters available a few days after distribution.

Congratulations to our new Executive Board- Laura, Mary S., Liann and Judy! Also, congratulations to our members who were recognized for their years of service: Cheryl Channic 21 years! Sharon Fonte 16 years! Joyce Hundhausen 6 years! Judy Huyvaert 19 years! Linda Jackson 5 years! Barb Kuminowski 12 years! Virginia Proffitt 13 years! Joanna Seebeck 12 years! Jeanette Wells 11 years! Peggy Wells 14 years! We were sort of playing “catch-up” for recognition being missed on the 5-10-15-20 schedule, we will pick up the ball again now, so stay tuned for more recognition awards next year! On a sad note, our good friend and long time member, Barb K. will be moving this summer- we will miss her dearly! We are excited for you, though, Barb and wish you and Marty the best of luck!
Reminder: Annual membership dues ($30) will be collected at the January general meeting.
Please pay directly to either Judy or Jeanette.
Judy and Jeanette

Education Report
Joanna Seebeck
successwithseebeck@comcast.net

Welcome Back Ladies! I hope that you all had an enjoyable holiday season and are ready to make this your best year yet in club!!! Be prepared to be educated, entertained, and amazed during our presentations this year. We're going to start the year off with a wonderful speaker who will help you get a jump start on a great 2006!

Ciao Bella!
Joanna

The Fall Fundraiser meeting on January 4th was very well attended. The votes are in and there will be a Fall Auction this year with some major revamping/twisting and turning. Please sign up to be on the committee if you'd like to share ideas and to help with the fall fundraiser. The sign-up sheet will be available at the January meeting. Thank you to Becki Tybor who has stepped forward as the chairwoman this year.

Home Consultant Open House
On Wednesday November 9th our club had this event where we brought together fourteen consultants and a few other talented people to sell their wares and to gain new customers. To plan this event it took a few nights of meetings ahead of time, plenty of phone calls to vendors, e-mails back and forth to each committee member, running around to get signs and flyers made, passing out flyers, and of course the evening itself.

I am Mary Wolski the chairwoman for this event and I would like to extend my thanks to the following:
Our late friend Sue Dees, struggling with breast cancer she came out to the first two meetings and shared her talents in planning the event. Sue named our event. As you know Sue passed away before this event took place. Sue was greatly missed.
Virginia Engles, Barb Kuminowski, Joanna Seebeck, you ladies made a fantastic team, thank you.

Also I would like to thank our club's President Joyce Hundhausen & Vice. President Laura Burke for their input was very important. You are two great leaders, thank you.
Ann Warren's craft table is a big plus to our event, for Ann has many cute crafts at great low prices. Laura Burke had five tables filled with home made cookies from her baton group. I thank you two lovely talented ladies for joining our event.

I of course want to thank the vendors for joining our club's event. I wish them well with their new customers.
A big thank you goes out to Jeanette Wells and her son Gregory for their strengths in helping vendors in with their wares, Sharon Fonte for helping out with Ann's craft table, and Judy Huyvaert for hosting our clubs information table.

Thank you to club members who came out to our event. Club members make the best customers. It was a good feeling to see some friends from club enjoying the evening.

It does take commitment of time to pull together an event with many people. When the event comes and the evening goes smoothly it is a good feeling of accomplishment in helping others.

Thank you,
Chairwoman
Mary Wolski

Miss DuPage County and Miss Western Suburbs---Miss America?
Laura Burke
lburke3942@aol.com

Miss Western Suburbs 2005 is just about ready to compete for the title of MISS AMERICA as Miss Illinois 2005! Lauren Allen leaves at 10:00 am on January 10th for 5 days of appearances and rehearsals in LA. Tune in to the Jay Leno show on January 12 when all 52 contestants will be highlighted. They will be bussed to the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas where final preparations will be done. Lauren competes as follows: Tuesday: Evening Gown Wednesday: Talent and on stage Question Thursday: Swimsuit and Interview. Tune in to CMT (Country Music Television) at 7:00 PM on January 21 to watch Lauren in the finals. The top ten will be announced immediately and we're all pulling for Lauren. She by far qualifies and meets all of the requirements to be the next MISS AMERICA but you never know what those judges are looking for. There will be a viewing party at a location to be announced if anyone is interested in gathering for this event.

Thank you to the Glendale Heights Jr. Woman's Club for sponsoring this event and Lauren! Her "Send Off" party was fabulous and included a special speaker, Joyce Hundhausen on behalf of this club and as the sponsoring organization. Thank you to Joyce and Mary Schroeder for attending and representing the club. It's great to grab every opportunity to show how this club supports scholarship programs. Isn't it amazing that the GHJWC is tied to Miss Illinois this year. Without this clubs support, Lauren wouldn't be where she is today.

The Miss DuPage County/Miss Western Suburbs 2006 program is tentatively set for March 4 at the Ramada in Glendale Heights. This is tentative due to their price quote. As much as I want to keep this event in our town, they are way over what our budget allows. With the price of the room rental plus the outside items that we'd have to rent (sound system, pipe/drape, piano etc.) we might have to choose another venue. This will be finalized the second week of January. A sign up will be passed around at our January meeting for anyone interested in tossing in some helping hands on the day of the show. Photo's available at: www.Missil.org.

Good-Bye
Happy New Year!
Hello, this is Mary Wolski writing to say good-bye to you. This club has been a part of my life for the past four and a half years. I have enjoyed meeting all of you and making friends. I learned from club how to take charge by being a chairwoman, treasurer, and secretary and from Mary Schroeder a good black jack player. These are skills I won't forget. I won't forget you the friends I have made. I have plenty of photos to look back on, for the great memories.

I have decided to take a leave from club to free up my time for home and family. I am sorry for the disappointing news. Who knows what the future holds I just might return in a year or two.

I thank you for understanding that sometimes life takes unexpected turns, and I need to take this turn and say good-bye.

I wish you all well with the up coming year.

God Bless you,
Mary Wolski