GHJWC February 2005 Newsletter

President's Report
Joyce Hundhausen 464-0209, joyce@svs.com

Hi Ladies!

Hope your January has been a good one.......what a 1st general meeting for me......what a night....I am very glad you all stayed home.....safe and warm..

We have several open committees Public Relations; Education; Home Life; Legislation; TLC Camp; Labor Day Parade; Nominating Committee; Candlelight Bowl 2006; Fall Auction and its sub-committees. Please consider signing up on one of these....the more who sign up.... the less you have to do....

Please remember to bring your Valentine and Christmas cards, cancelled stamps, bottle tops etc.

I want to thank everyone who came to the January Board meeting; we got a lot accomplished in such a short time. Our committees are starting to shape up and we are going to have a great year.

Hope to see all of you on Wednesday, February 2nd at Glendale Lakes Golf Club.
Joyce

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

Hi Everyone!
After having just been a part of the fun task of "reporting", I was amazed at all of the things this club does throughout a year. The most difficult part of the reporting was zeroing in on details of what took place. Now I see how important it is for every chairperson of a committee to turn in a detailed report immediately after the event ends. For those of you who are chairing a committee this year, please obtain a blank reporting form (from Judy) and place it on the top of your Club folder so you are constantly reminded of it's importance (and if you're like me with trouble remembering where you put it most of the time!) it'll be available when you most need it.

The reports are jam packed with everything we've done in 2004! We may be a "small" club in numbers, but we sure are powerful!

Congratulations on all of your efforts and an amazing year!
Big Hug~~~ Laura

Immediate Past President/Reporting
Judy Huyvaert, 894-8615, jhuyvaert1@hotmail.com

By the time you receive this newsletter, reporting should be completed. I want to thank Jeanette Wells, Laura Burke & Joyce Hundhausen for all their hard work on filing the reports with me. I have plenty of report forms for all you girls. Anything you do as club work should have a report filled out for it- not only does it help us keep track of club work, it helps the next person who may do that activity or event and makes it much easier for us to fill out Federation report forms.

Happy
Valentine's Day!

Mark Your Calendar

February 2: General Mtg at Glendale Lakes. . 7:00 social, 7:30 meeting.
Please have Dues ready at the February meeting.
February 2nd: Valentines for Vet's deadline.
February 13: GlenOaks Luncheon/Play-Drury Lane.
February 16: Board Mtg, Judy Huyvaerts: 246 Eagle Ct, Bloomingdale.
February 26: Candlelight Bowl
March 6: Miss DuPage Program, 6:00 pm @ Holiday Inn- Carol Stream.

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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E-mail Newsletter Articles to: lburke3942@aol.com

Deposits:
01/13/05 Candlelight Bowl                        $265.00
01/13/5 Innisbrook                                         80.00
Total Deposits:                                     $   345.00

Paid Out:
01/09/05 Christmas Sharing                 $    200.00
01/09/05 Local Soldiers In Iraq                    97.35
Total Paid Out:                                      $ 297.35

*   $658.60 Emergency Fund
*   $250.00 Scholarship
*   $500.00 Emergency Disbursement Fund
*   $176.90 Reskin Plaque

There was no January General meeting due to heavy snow therefore, there are no minutes for January.

I hope you are selling all those raffle tickets. Remember we voted in November to sell 10 raffles each as a member requirement. Admission ticket sales are important as well. Please sell what you can so we can have a full house.

Remember this fundraiser, next to the Fall Auction, is one of our largest. We need to sell all raffle tickets and admission to reach our goal of a great donation to C.A.S.A. and the DuPage Family Shelter Service, both great causes.

I will arrive early to collect any money you have for these tickets. I would like all money turned in by board on February 16^th. If you can’t come to board, please call me, we can make arrangements.

I will have flyers, sign sign-ups, corporate letters, and about our charity flyers available at the General Meeting, as well as team sign up sheets.

Help! I am in need of a few door prizes. If anyone has something small to donate, please bring it to the General Meeting or the February Board Meeting.

For those of you that saved the front of your holiday cards, please bring them to the February 2nd meeting. Thank you!

Once again, the club will be handing out Valentine's Day Cards to our local Veterans. We need all hands on deck for this. Please sign a box of Valentine's Day Cards "From the Glendale Heights Jr. Women's Club" and turn them in no later then February 2, 2005. Thank you!

They're here!! Our long awaited brochures have arrived and they look fabulous! We will be getting them out to various locations around town so we can get the word out about the wonderful work our club does. We are extremely grateful to Allegra Print & Imaging for the scholarship award which allowed us to have these beautiful brochures!!

A Membership meeting will be scheduled soon. Some of the ideas we have already talked about include a Membership Drive, packets of information put together to hand out to guests and prospective members at our meetings, possibly re-instituting the "big sister" and/ or "secret pal" programs, recognition for years in club and a raffle for the member who brings in the most prospective new members throughout the year. We are not sure what current members have state pins & patches & we'd like to find out so we can get you one or both if needed. We will try & have a sign-up for those members missing either of these items.

We have a great person who can embroider our new club logo on any apparel you might want. Jeanette & I have tanks, polo's and a denim which all look fantastic. We'd love to have club members wear logo apparel whenever possible to advertise the club and especially at club functions to identify ourselves as club members. If you are interested, bring me a shirt(s) and as soon as I collect enough, I'll bring them in. Please safety pin your name to your shirt. Cost for embroidery is $9 for logo or $12 for logo & your name.

What will we call it? In an effort to name "our" club newsletter, there will be a contest for anyone who submits a suggestion before our March General meeting. All submissions will be presented to the membership in March for a vote. The winning name will not only get to see their creative side in lights but there will also be a surprise "prize" for their participation and winning name. Be creative and submit your suggestion by E-mail or phone. Thanks and happy thinking!

The Club Web Site continues to be updated. The calendar section can be very helpful when you don't have your newsletter at hand for events/locations. We welcome suggestions while you're navigating the web site. Feel free to send them to your webmaster using the
"Contact Us" link on the main page.

The pillar of the month for February/March is CARING. * Be Kind * Be Compassionate and show you care * Express Gratitude * Forgive Others * Help people in Need

First, I would like to congratulate Joyce and her great board for 2005-2006 term. I can see great things happening with this as our leadership. Donna and I will be chairing social this year and would appreciate any suggestions you may have for us. So far our calendar has shaped up as follows:

The rest of the year is pretty open and we would love your input. My E-mail address is Channic@msn.com Barb and Debbie did a great job the past two years and I know we have huge shoes to fill but with your help it will go great!

Our senior for the Humanity Service Project was exceptionally taken care of this year, thanks to Joanna Seebeck. Because I was sick, Joanna took it upon herself, to shop and deliver the great gifts our senior needed. Her shopping savvy got the most for our money. Our senior got all new sheets and comforter for her bed, a nice blouse, and snack treats.

We're working on pillow cases for little pillows to sent over seas to our Veterans and to give to Veterans in the VA hospitals.
I think there are over 25 made right now. The VFW in Villa Park will ship the pillows with their care packages to the troops. We're also working wheel chair bags, too.

A very special club member who is dear to our hearts, Sue Dees, has received more bad news...
the cancer has spread to her spine, hip & knee. Please include her in your prayers.

The Glendale Hts. Foundation has approved a donation to Sue of $1,000.00.
We will present it to her at our meeting along with any member donations.

Sue, our prayers are with you and please don't hesitate to let any of us know if you need anything
...and we mean anything at all!

Miss DuPage County Scholarship Program
Laura Burke 653-5664, lburke3942@aol.com

Date: March 6, 2005 at the Holiday Inn, Carol Stream - 6:00PM

Thank you to those that have signed up to work on this program. This year there will once again be two titles awarded, Miss DuPage County and Miss Western Suburbs. Did you know that because we offer this program, "our" two title holders went on to win over $8000 in cash scholarships due to their high placements at Miss Illinois and also earned the opportunity to use over $100,000 of In Kind Scholarships from Illinois colleges. What a great feeling to be a part of that. If you are interested in joining this committee, please let me know as soon as possible. The more club members we have, the more fun the night will be! Since I won't be at the February General meeting (I'll be in Orlando followed by Atlanta and hoping the sun comes out a while!) I'll be sending out E-mails to all of the committee members with further details.

Thanks again to everyone participating.

A vote to approve will take place at the February General Meeting. Please review and bring any questions you might have.