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GFWC

Tampa Woman’s Club

NEWS AND VIEWS

Volume 67 Issue 6 February 2016 “Together we dream and achieve. Together we are One.”

President’s Message By

Tuky Vargas

February 2016

Dear Fellow Members:

February brings us another day to remember; Happy Valentine’s Day! Let me tell you ladies, you do not need to be reminded to give during Valentine’s Day because you all have big and giving hearts all year long. Let’s continue working together and showing our love for the club. I am excited about our plans for the coming year and I hope you all are as well. I thank the members of our board and the loyal support of our long-time members. Let’s all work to make it a successful year. “Together we dream and together we achieve!”

The wonderful activities that the Community Service Program chairmen (CSP’s) are doing are amazing and the things they have planned in the next months are also great!! As you’ll see by reading this month’s newsletter, 2016 promises to be another busy year for all of us GFWC Tampa Woman’s Club members who have big hearts even during the months without Valentine’s Day!

February brings us another Soiree to welcome and get to know our newest Provisional members. Be sure to read about this event in Linda Reece’s column this month. Increasing our membership is a priority for our club. We are on our way with 9 new Provisionals in January and 4 new members. I want to take this opportunity to welcome you!

I’m sure you have heard that our Fashionollia Committee is working very hard planning to make our next Fashionollia 68 a grand success, which will benefit the CSP’s charities. The success of this project depends on the contribution of every member of our club, since this is our only big fundraising event of the year. I want to encourage each and every one of our members to support this event and buying your ticket. We really need your help. April 16th is the date of the event, at the Renaissance Tampa International Plaza Hotel

Let me remind you once again that this year we elect a new administration for the 2016 – 2018 club years. Kathleen Hudson is the Nominating Committee Chairman; and she and her committee met in January. The new slate of officers will be presented in March, voted on in April and installed in May.

With warmest regards,

Tuky

Upcoming Events February

Thursday February 4th

General Meeting

10:30am ~Clubhouse

Evening Group ~ 6:30pm ~ Clubhouse

Monday February 8th

Juniorette’s Meeting ~ 6:30 ~ Clubhouse

Thursday February 11th

Soirée ~ Clubhouse ~ 7pm - 9pm

Wednesday February 17th

GFWC Tampa Juniors Meeting

6:30~Clubhouse

Thursday February 18th

Executive Board Meeting

10am~Clubhouse

Tuesday February 23rd

Education Bingo ~ 6pm ~ Clubhouse

Thursday February 25th

Card Party ~ 10am ~ Clubhouse

GFWC Tampa Woman’s Club

2901 Bayshore Blvd.

Tampa FL 33629

Telephone: 813-839-7457

www.tampwomansclub.org

tampawomansclub1@verizon.net

GFWC Florida Federation of Woman’s Clubs

Lakeland, Florida ~ www.gfwcflorda.org

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MEMBERSHIP

Linda Reece

Soiree 2016

February 11

7 pm-9 pm

Yes, it’s finally here! The FREE, FUN night

for the FABULOUS women of the GFWC

Tampa Woman’s Club. So drag out your party

clothes and come for a wonderful evening of

great food, wine, beer, soft drinks, live music

and best of all—time with good friends—

new and old. Take a few moments to really

talk to and get to know one of our members

that you may not know in a relaxed setting.

Please RSVP for yourself and friends,

significant other, husband to Janelle in the

office 813-839-7457. If you need a ride, just

let her know—we’ll take care of you. See

you soon!

News and Views

Is currently being compiled and edited by Janelle and proofread by Christine Bonaventura. We welcome your feedback.

Please email or call the office.

2015 Reporting Information Page 10

Arts Page 9

Birthdays Page 6

Conservation Page 6

Dates to Remember Page 10

Dogfest 2015 Page 5

Education Page 11

Evening Group Page 5

Fashionollia 68 Page 7

Gasparilla Page 7

Geography Answers Page 9

Geography Quiz Page 4

Home Life Page 10

International Outreach Page 4

January Meeting Page 8

Juniorettes Page 11

Membership Page 2

Public Issues Page 3

Sunshine & Rain Page 6

Support the Troops Page 4

Treasure ~ Dues Notice Page 7

TABLE OF CONTENTS

A Note From The Kitchen

Ladies, if you place anything in the refrigerator, please use a sharpie and write your name and date on it. Our refrigerator is for club use and rental functions. Thanks - Brenda

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February in History:

2/1/1838 : Underground railroad established.

2/2/1925 : Sears Roebuck opened its first store.

2/2/1949 : First 45 rpm vinyl record released.

2/4/1959 : Barbie doll invented by Ruth Handler.

2/4/2004 : Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg.

2/6/1943 : Frank Sinatra made his singing debut.

2/7/1962 : President Kennedy ordered a US embargo on Cuba.

2/7/1964 : The Beatles arrived in NYC for their first visit to the US.

2/8/1910 : Boy Scouts of America incorporated.

2/11/1979: Ayatollah Khomeini took control of Iran.

2/12/1958: First trans-Atlantic passenger jetliner service.

2/13/1635: Boston Latin School, the first tax-payer supported (public) school was established.

2/14/1778: American ship Ranger carried the Stars and Stripes to a foreign port for the first time as it arrived in France.

2/14/1849: Photographer Matthew Brady took the first photo of a sitting president - James Polk.

2/14/1962: First Lady Jackie Kennedy gave a tour of the White House shown on TV.

2/15/1842: The first adhesive postage stamps were introduced. 2/15/1898: The US battleship Maine was blown up while at anchor in Havana, killing 260 crew members. This riled public opinion in the US resulting in a declaration of war against Spain on 25 April with the battle cry of "Remember the Maine".

2/16/1959: Fidel Castro was sworn in as Prime Minister of Cuba.

2/16/1968: The nation's first 911 emergency system went into effect in Haleyville, AL.

2/20/1962: Astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit earth.

2/21/1885: The Washington Monument was dedicated.

2/22/1879: The first Woolworth store opened.

2/23/1945: US Marines landed on Iwo Jima and took control.

2/23/1954: Polio vaccines started in the US.

2/24/1942: Voice of America first went on the air.

2/25/1836: Samuel Colt patented his revolver.

2/25/2010: Two thirds of the world's population now using mobile phones.

2/26/1919: Congress established Grand Canyon National Park.

2/28/1854: Republican Party formed in Ripon, Wisconsin.

Sources: www.aboutfamouspeople.com; www.thepeoplehistory.com; www.historyplace.com

PUBLIC ISSUES ~ ELENA COATES

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Support The Troops

INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH

Cindy Bower

It is hard to believe that 2016 is already in full swing, and that our spring calendar is already getting full. In late March 2016 (date still TBD), International Outreach will conduct a shoe cutting party for Sole Hope, which pro-vides shoes for children in Uganda. I am currently waiting for our package of materials to arrive, but, in the meantime, please collect old jeans and plastic bottles and bring them to the clubhouse (ideally, at the February meeting). As you may recall, the denim forms the basis for the shoes and the plastic bottles are cut for the soles. If you are interested in participating in the shoe cutting party, let me know that as well.

In April-May 2016, we hope to host an ice cream social at the Woman’s Club for the international students studying English prior to entering University of Tampa. If you are interested in attending the party and conversing with the students, please let me know. Given the large number of students, we would like to have as many TWC partici-pants as space will allow. Alternatively, you can donate money for ice cream and toppings (or provide the ice cream and toppings themselves.)

Finally, I would like to thank everyone who has donated medicine bottles for the Medicine Bottles for Malawi Pro-ject. I will be shipping a box of bottles in late February so if you have any bottles to donate, please get them to the clubhouse as soon as possible.

In closing, Happy Presidents Day…don’t forget to check out this month’s Geography Quiz to see how many for-eign presidents you can identify.

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Geography Quiz

In honor of President’s Day, try and identify the country led by each of the Presidents listed below.

1. Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma

2. Enrique Pena Nieto

3. Xi Jinping

4. Bashar al-Assad

5. Mahmoud Abbas

6. Recep Tayyip Erdogan

7. Daniel Ortega

8. Ashraf Ghani

On Thursday , January 13th, some of our members along

with our new Provisionals went to pack boxes for our

troops overseas.

Two Marines that were there and on left: Joyce Dixon; Betty Lou Scanlon; Judy Barton; Millie Chmiel. Right: Betty

Lumia; Marilyn Alessi; Kathleen Hudson; Jan Flemons.

Diane from Lutz Land O Lakes Woman's Club giving us directions.

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Evening Group

Judi Snyder ~ Chairman

Hello Lovely Ladies,

Welcome 2016 January 7 meeting! Welcome to our new provisional Christine Bard Grant! We are happy to expand our Ladies of the night group!

Mostly a “catch up” meeting on events that are taking place and the Gasparilla Kids Day Food Truck Rental in lieu of us volunteering and selling our items. However we still need a few volunteers for door checking wrist bands etc… Email judi@jpsnyder.com if you are interested. The night group would like to offer extra support for the silent auction in way of donations since the day group is graciously taking over the responsibility. We agreed on at least 2 donations each at a minimum but by all means if you can do more, go for it!

Some ideas:

Restaurant, gym, massage studios or day spas Shopping (Amazon, Publix, Trader Joes etc…) gift cards New items we received as gifts but haven’t used Gift baskets Homemade arts and crafts items (quilts, paintings, ceramics), Framed artwork, vases, etc… Electronics

See you February 4th.

Judi

Our Hamburger Mary's Fund Raiser event was very successful! We made $1100.00 between the Bingo Ticket sales and the 50/50 drawing. Our committee prepared 10 baskets as prizes for the bingo winners (I won one for the first time!) Maybe I won because the Drag Queen Performer called me 'Lucille Ball" - I didn't know if I should be mad or flattered!

At any rate we had an amazing turnout and everyone had a great time and good food plus any drinks they wanted. It was a happy crowd and a good time was had by all. I understand that that our team for the Dog Fest Walk/Run raised about $1000.00 as well. We made over $1100 at our Spring Hamburger Mary's event that we had to split with another charity, but that means that altogether we raised $3200.00.

The best part of all three events was that we all had fun, laughed a lot and had a great time. Thank you to all the team members and committee members for providing the prizes at Hamburger Mary's and who donated the gifts for the prizes. We can all be proud of the group and of our showing for the President's Project. Providing service ani-mals to veterans with PTSD and to others who have mental health issues or live alone and need a trustworthy ser-vice dog to love and protect them.

Thanks again to all who participated. We couldn't have done it without your support.

Pat Kasum

CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE

PRESIDENTS PROJECT 2014-16

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Sunshine and Rain ~ Susie Donley

Special days for our TWC members to celebrate include the birthdays of the following members:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GREETINGS TO:

Trudi Haughey February 1

Eileen Parks February 2

Ivy Lee Cranford February 3

Helen Moxley February 5

Tomi Reneau February 7

Harrriet Henry February 16

Christine Bonaventura February 17

Catherine Gibson February 18

Georgia Simmons February 22

Tessie Raymondo February 25

Martha Scudder February 28

Have a love filled month and fill the extra day of this month with kindness and good deeds.

Happy February, friends.

Greetings and best wishes for this special month of February. We all will have an extra day this year as February will be a Leap Year month. So many special days occur in this month that it is hard to believe so many events can occur in the shortest month of the year. Did you know that February is the only month that begins and ends on the same weekday and it is the most frequently misspelled month of the year! In addition, there will be NO full moon in February until 2018!!!

American Heart month, Black History month, American History month and Chocolate Lovers’ month are also celebrated in February. The birthstone for February is the beautiful amethyst and the flower is the Violet (some say it is also the primrose.) If your birthday is this month, there are two birth signs for February: Aquarius (1/20 to 2/18) and Pisces (2/19 to 3/20.) Remember that February also cele-brates Random Acts of Kindness Week and International Friendship Week.

Other special days of the month include Ground Hog Day on February 2; our 40th President Ronald Reagan’s birthday on February 6; Super Bowl Sunday at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California on February 7; Ash Wednesday on February 10; the 16th President Abraham Lincoln’s birthday on Febru-ary 12; Valentine’s Day on the 14th of the month; President’s Day on Monday, February 15; and our first President, George Washington’s birthday is officially on February 22nd.

Conservation ~ JoAnn Leal

Hope everyone is enjoying this wintery weather! As the Conservation CSP gears up again in the new year, work slow-ly continues on updating our club entrances. They look much brighter after a recent (free!) pressure washing, and we can now see what we have to deal with regarding repairs and potential updating.

Mark your calendar! Our next Bayshore Blvd clean-up is scheduled for Saturday morning, March 5, 2016. This will be in conjunction with a Tampa wide clean-up occurring that day with our partner, Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful. More information, times, etc. at our next general meeting, and through email reminders.

Other conservation events that take place in February include:

On Saturday, February 13, Tampa Bay Watch (3000 Pinellas Bayway S.,Terra Verde) will be presenting "Bay Life", an art exhibit reflecting Tampa estuary wildlife by 8 local artists. Food trucks and additional event tables will also be available.

The 2016 Florida State Fair will have an exhibit called the "Florida Learning Garden", located just inside gate 3 at the fairgrounds. This exhibit will be open throughout the state fair duration.

Hope to see you at our next general meeting!

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Fashionollia 68 ~ Sandra Hanna Chairman

Annual Dues shall be due and payable on April 1. Membership shall be forfeited if annual dues are not paid by May 31.

Provisionals, Day and Evening Members - $75 (Includes $10 Unit Fee) ~ Please note ~ New provisionals who came in in January are required to pay dues also at this time (as their dues were prorated.)

Associates - $85

Life Members - $10 (Unit Dues)

Honorary Members are exempt from Dues – Nancy Black, Pat Keel, Connie LoDato and Betty Lumia

You can pay cash, check or credit card. Those members whose dues is not paid at the April 7th regular meeting will be receiving an invoice from us. Those members who have not paid dues by the May 5th club meeting will receive a final request invoice.

Those who have not paid dues as of May 31st will be dropped from membership at the next board meeting of the Executive board typically held the third Thursday of June. If you have any questions you may contact Janelle at the office, Cathy Geary or Gail Meyer.

Treasurer ~ Cathy Geary and Assistant Treasurer – Gail Myer

Gasparilla Children’s Parade ~ Cathy Geary and Linda Watts

By the time you receive this note, the Children’s Parade will be over and you will hear at the club meeting how the Truck Rally rental worked for 2016. For The Gasparila Day Parade, our building is rented out and if you need access to the club on Friday 1/29 it will be fenced off with minimal access. We will have NO ac-cess to the club on 1/30/16.

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The January Meeting welcomed 4 new members:

Gail Carpenter Peggy Daubar Glenda Secrest Patricia Stephens

We also welcomed 9 new Provisional Members:

Christine Antinori

Judy Barton

Angela Birdsong

Lorretta Cherasaro

Millie Chmiel

Mary Ellen Conte—Transfer from the St. Pete. Woman’s Club

Janice Felmons

Christine Grant—Night Group

Betty Lou Scanlon

January General Meeting

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Thank you to all that participated in the 2016 Arts & Crafts Competition. The first place winners will be competing in the District 8 Arts & Crafts Competition on February 12, 2016, in Brooksville, Fl. If you would like to attend this program please contact Janelle at the Tampa Woman's Club by February 1, 2016. It will be held at the Southern Hills Plantation Club, 4200 Summit View Drive, Brooksville, Fl 34601, from 10:00 A.M - 3:00 P.M. and the cost is $22.00., for the meeting and lunch.

Please congratulate those first place winners:

Peggy Dauber, Ruth Lovell, Millie Chmiel, Tuky Vargas

and Carole Adamczyk

GFWC Florida District 8 Arts & Crafts Competition

When: February 12, 2016 Friday

Time: Registration: 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Meeting: 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

What: District 8 Arts & Crafts Competition Program

Where: Southern Hills Plantation Club

4200 Summit View Drive

Brooksville, FL 34601

Host Club: GFWC Historic Brooksville Woman’s Club

Please contact Janelle in the office (813) 839-7457 to confirm and pay your reservation by Thursday 1/28

So she can add you to the call and send our club’s check in for our registration.

Arts

Carole Adamczyk

Geography Answers

1.South Africa 2.Mexico 3.China 4.Syria 5.Palestine 6.Turkey 7.Nicaragua 8.Afghanistan

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Home Life ~ Joyce Dixon

We will be collecting gowns, shoes, and purses for Belle of the Ball for the next couple of months. If you have any to donate please hang them in the powder room and we will see that they get to the facility so the girls have an opportunity to choose a gown for their homecoming or prom.

The Silent Auction items for Fashionollia are starting to come in but we still need your help. Please see if you can contribute some items for the auction. There are plastic tubs in the office you can put them in and don't forget to fill out the form with your name, item, and amount of item.

February 5th is National Wear Red Day. Heart disease is the number one killer of women, killing more women than all forms of cancer combined. Why is red the color for the cause? Because it's the color of our hearts!

Make your heart health a priority. Schedule your Well-Woman Visit, a preventive check up to measure your blood pressure, check your cholesterol and look for signs of heart disease, stroke, and other illnesses. Then encourage your friends and family to do the same. Celebrate February 5th by wearing red and encourage women's awareness and critical research to discover scientific knowledge about cardiovascular health.

Dates to Remember:

2/11/16 - Membership Soirée ~ Clubhouse

2/23/16– Education Bingo ~ Clubhouse

2/25/16 - Card Party

3/9/16 - Juniorette’s Spaghetti Dinner ~ Club-

house

3/24/16 - Card Party

4/2/16 - Thrift Sale ~ Clubhouse

4/16/16 – Fashionollia 68 – Save the Date Renaissance Hotel – International Plaza

4/28/16 - Card Party

A NOTE FROM THE OFFICE

General Meetings and Card Parties

Please remember if you are not going to make a monthly luncheon to call the office to cancel no later than noon on Tuesday before the meeting. Also, if you wish to be added or removed from the permanent lunch, list please call the office.

Provisionals and Board members remember you are on the permanent lunch list and you need let the office know you are not attending or you will be billed.

Also if you wish to reserve a table for the Card Party, or cancel one if you are on the list, please call the office.

Thanks, Janelle 813-839-7457

Reporting ~ Cathy Geary and Kathleen Hudson

We will have final reporting numbers in the next News and Views. As of the date this article is due, we do not have all of our information in. BUT for 2016 don’t forget to PARTICIPATE / SUMMARIZE IT / and SEND IT IN.

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February 17th is Random Acts of Kindness Day. And, you know what to do...perform a few random acts of kindness. Almost any kind deed will do. And, we highly recommend you perform kind acts on as many peo-ple as you can.

This is a favorite day of many people and groups. People like the idea of showing a little kindness to others. Its a fun and good thing to do. And, they like being on the receiving end of this day as well. It makes both the giver and the receiver feel good.

Don't forget to mark your calendar for February 23rd. This is our annual February "BINGO" and we look forward to having a great participation.

Time: 6-9 pm

Cost: $15 - includes pizza, salad, desert and one bingo sheet.

Additional Bingo Sheets: $2

50/50 drawing (6 tickets for $5)

and of course we will have lots of wine and prizes.

Please make your reservation with Janelle

See you there!!

Education

Dee Grosser

Juniorettes GFWC TWC Marilyn Alessi and GFWC TJWC Maria Bennett ~ Advisors

The Juniorettes attended Jammin’ for Freedom at Cotanchobee Park on Saturday January 16th. A charity event for Bridging Freedom. They did face painting during the event. They also did face painting at the Childerns Gasparilla Parade on January 23rd.

We are still collecting Baby items for the spring. Please drop off in the office.

Spaghetti Dinner is scheduled for Wed. March 9th, please put Save the Date 4-7pm.

(Take-Out will be available).

Juniorette meeting moved for March to Monday March 7th.

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