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Woman’s Club of arroyo Grande bulleTIn fun, friends and Community Service
October 2015
October Luncheon—October 9th, noon
(doors open at 11:30)
Come join co-chairs Joan Goodall and Diane
Krajsa as we celebrate “Autumn Days” with the colors
of Fall. Come have a delicious catered lunch (still
only $12) and listen to docent, Carol Stave, speak on
the elephant seals who live on the central coast and
their unique behaviors. Come early to socialize, meet
someone new and get a good seat!
Message from President Karen Lujan This has been a year of travels for many of us. I will miss you at October’s meeting and have asked former president, Mary Carson, to run the meeting. By that time, we will have walked in the Harvest Festival whose theme this year is “Something to Crow About.” We will again team up with the AG LIONS at the festival to share information about our organization and maybe get a few more brick sales! Many of us will also have participated in the Empty Bowls event on Thursday, September 24th and come home with a beautiful handmade bowl in addition to supporting the
5 Cities Homeless Coalition. We have a right to “crow” and have reason to be proud. Last year, we were transplanted to St. John’s Lutheran Church for our meetings, groups, and events while the police were remodeling their station. We learned a lot about ourselves during our 18 months away from “home.” We are flexible and inventive. We are supportive of each other as well as our community. We have increased our donations towards scholarships and the community and steadily moved forward in spite of the “challenges.” We have continued to add new members to the Woman’s Club, making us stronger and more vital. We like to have fun! And, we also realized we like the long tables for our meetings! This will be a busy year. Check out this newsletter for upcoming events and mark your calendar for those activities you can fit into your own busy lives.
Volunteer to help out. Meet a new member and make a friend! - Karen
P.S. A huge THANK YOU to Loretta Newman, Mary Carson, Moe Boyd, & Melody Alcala for hauling boxes from the basement, unpacking, washing, and putting away the tea cups, saucers, glass coffee cups, coffee pitchers, etc., etc.
The Woman’s club of
arroyo grande
Welcomes new member
Cheryl Maples
YES, I plan to attend the
October Luncheon!
Name_______________
Send your $12 by October
5th to:
Diane Krajsa
871 Shafer
Pismo Beach CA 93449
or call:
710-3569
KEEP THE EGG CARTONS COMING!
Charlie Hanna is still collecting egg cartons for
the Food Pantry. Egg cartons provide a way to
easily distribute eggs to needy families. Call Charlie to donate
your empty egg cartons: 481-3503
or bring them to the next meeting!
Debbie Audet needs volunteers to be on her calling committee to remind members of monthly
meetings. Volunteers are only responsible to contact 7 or 8 people. This easy, fun activity takes
only a little of your time each month. Interested in helping? Call Debbie @ 550-8910
Back in the Clubhouse!
Sept. 11th
What a great start for
our return to the Woman’s Club
clubhouse! We had 54 members
& 10 guests, all treated to deli-
cious goodies provided by our
Board & committee members.
The Perfect Prepper
emphasized the
importance of being
prepared and ladies from
AG Public Arts shared
their goals. JoAnna had
an inspirational message about
9/11and Sharon shared correspondence,
including letters from scholarship recipients.
Barbara encouraged us all to join one or
more of the “Out and About” trips planned.
The Opportunity Drawing was won by
Arlene Rowan who went home $91 richer
than when she arrived. Per Toni, “The Club
also has $91.00 to add to our funds thanks
to the generous members who bought
tickets at the door. You can't win if
you don't come to the meeting
and buy at least one ticket”!
Vivien McClintock won October’s
free lunch. Woo Hoo!
DATES TO REMEMBER
Dessert by Board — $5 Sept. 11
Catered Luncheons - $12 Oct. 9, Nov. 13, Jan.8
(2nd Friday) March 11, May 13
Past President’s Lunch-$0 Feb. 12
Teas—$12 Dec. 11, Apr. 8
Past President’s Lunch—$0 March 11
Joint Board/Officer Installation June (TBA)
Scholarship Awards May 13
Harvest Festival Sept 24 @ 10am
Artisan Faire (Sat) Nov 14
Spirit Night (Wed) Dec. 2 (4pm-close)
Concert (Sun) Jan. 31 @ 2pm Bingo (Sat) March 16
Fashion Show (Sat) April 23
Kitchen Update
Now that we are back at the
clubhouse, it is amazing at
what simple changes like the
new kitchen floor and shutters
on the windows have made to
it’s appearance. I can only
IMAGINE how amazing the
new kitchen will look! Well, it
won’t be too much longer. We
have almost $79,000 & a plan
which will soon go out to bid.
We are told it will be approxi-
mately 6 months until the
start of construction.
A HUGE thank you for all the
ladies’ donations of both
baked goods and money for
the AG Water Symposium.
Between the AG LIONS Club
donation of food & drink
profits and WCAG sales, we
totaled $896 more towards
the kitchen. Mary Carson &
Laura Vopatek took the
unsold baked goodies home to
freeze for the September
meeting, but a little birdie told me that both Mary’s & Laura’s
husbands couldn't resist sam-
pling the wares!
DATES TO REMEMBER
Catered Luncheons - $12 Oct. 9, Nov. 13, Jan. 8
(2nd Friday) Feb. 12, May 13
Past President’s Lunch-$12 Feb. 12
Teas—$12 Dec. 11, Apr. 8
Salad Potluck —$0 March 11
Joint Board/Officer Installation June (TBA)
Scholarship Awards May 13
Harvest Festival Sept 26 @ 10am
Artisan Faire (Sat) Nov 14
Spirit Night (Wed) Dec. 2 (4pm-close)
Concert (Sun) Jan. 31 @ 2pm Bingo (Sat) March 12
Fashion Show (Sat) April 23
It takes a village….Ever wonder
who is on all our committees?
Please step up if one of these
ladies asks for your help!
Amenities: Karen Dixon
Auditor: Diane Krajsa
Bulletin: Cindy Moreno
Inspiration: JoAnna Van Blaricom
Hostesses: Charlie Hanna & Debbie Audet
E-Mail: Suzy Anderson
Photographer: Cindy Moreno
Publicity: Robyn Dunne & Sharon Boyajian
Telephone: Debbie Audet
Website: Dana Pojas
Yearbook: Mary Carson
Harvest Festival: Bobbi Cherry
Spirit Night: Barbara Schieffer
In-House Fundraising: Toni Kelly
Name Tags: Crafts Group
City & Kitchen Remodel: Mary Carson
Scholarships: Barbara Vasquez, Robin Dunne
Mary Ann Shoebridge , Sophia
McHugh, Elisabeth Koch-Murray
Budget: Gretchen Weckstein, Karen Lujan,
Alison Stewart, Loretta Newman,
Mary Carson, Suzy Anderson
Sunshine: Toni Kelly
Bylaws/Standing Rules: Charlie Hanna
Luncheon/Tea: Loretta Newman, Moe Boyd,
Melody Alcala, Bettie Gates
Left at the September meeting: large
glass Christmas plate & yellow fiesta
ware plate. See Loretta
Newman or call 801-8149
BLUEGRASS & BRUSHES! On October 17th, the Arroyo Grande Public Art group will hold their
Annual Fundraiser at our clubhouse. This marvelous event will include two “arts bars” for your creative
endeavors, live blue grass music, auctions, and much more. This is a great opportunity to support public
art in Arroyo Grande so please save the date! Call 709-6005 for information/tickets.
Dear Judi Boudreau,
I personally want to thank you for blessing me with the
Woman’s Club scholarship. I am majoring in pharmaceu-
tical chemistry at UC Davis where I will ultimately be
pursuing dentistry & orthodontics. I plan on one day
moving back to our little town of Arroyo Grande to open
my own private practice, to give back to the community
that once gave to me. You have placed me one step
closer to reaching my dreams. Sincerely, Olivia Galindo
8th ANNUAL ARTISAN FAIRE! On Saturday, November 14th, we will host one of our major fundraisers for this year: our eighth annual Artisan Faire! It will run from 10 AM to 5 PM and will be back in our Clubhouse. All the members of the club are asked to participate in some way to make this a big success. If you can, please volunteer to be part of our Cafe Crew either in the “advance
planning and preparation” stages in the weeks ahead of the Faire, or to provide extra hands for serving and clean up on the day itself. Also needed are lots of people to walk around the Five Cities area and place our flyers in storefronts (with permission) of the businesses, campgrounds, mobile home and camper parks, etc. etc. The more "feet on the ground" the better to draw both community residents and tourists to our event. If you can't do anything too strenuous, please think about reaching out online, by phone, or personally to your family, friends and neighbors and encourage them to attend. It is very important that members attend the Faire if at all possible to patronize our Cafe —as Café sales are the most significant source of our fund-raising for this particular event. We promise a variety of delicious lunch and snack food! Naturally we will also have at least one (if not more) raffle drawings for a fabulous prize(s) ! If you can't come to the Faire, please purchase one or more raffle tickets at our October and November club meetings. You don't need to be present to win a prize. Need more info or want to volunteer? Please call Alison Stuart at 473-1866 or email at: [email protected]
HAVE YOU PAID YOUR MEMBERSHIP DUES?
As our new financial secretary is Pat Lombardini,
all payments after May 31st should be to
OUT AND ABOUT
SCARECROWS OF CAMBRIA - Thursday, October 29th
The scarecrows will be in Cambria and so will we! Meet in the
Clubhouse parking lot at 9:30 am . After walking around Cambria
and enjoying the scarecrows, we will head on back to Arroyo
Grande, stopping for lunch on the way. (restaurant to be
determined - any ideas?) If you haven't done "the scarecrows"
before, it's an experience you don't want to miss. Please let us
know if you will attend and also let us know if you can drive that
day. Don't forget to wear comfortable shoes & bring a camera!
GREAT AMERICAN MELODRAMA - Friday December 4th @ 4pm
Join us at the Holiday Extravaganza at the Great American
Melodrama . $21 with a senior discount. This show sells out quickly
every year so we need your RSVP and ticket money no later than
November 1st so we can get seats together. We need a minimum
of 12 people for this event to happen. Please RSVP to:
Barbara Schieffer [email protected] or 473-2906
or
Judi Boudreau, [email protected] or 408-316-3747
for either or both events
Dear Woman’s Club of Arroyo Grande,
This is Nicole (Nikky) Heredia, a senior at
San Diego State University. Thank you so much for the $400 scholarship. It provided me the
opportunity to cover the cost of books and some of my
tuition fees. This past summer, I was enrolled in 2
classes: Psychology and Child Development, receiving
“A’s” in both. I also have begun 2 new jobs: one with Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla and one as clinical
nurse lab assistant at SDSU. I am blessed to be provided
these opportunities and will be constantly continuing to
grow and widen my knowledge. I also recently received
my Certified Nurse Assistant certification which required a written and skills test component and which has helped
supplement and build upon my current nursing skills and
knowledge. I just wanted to express my gratitude and
say thank you again for your support. I hope you lovely
ladies continue to enjoy the beautiful central coast weather. With gratitude, Nicole Heredia
October
2015
Group News
Back in the clubhouse!!
ART: Mondays, 10 a.m. until mid-afternoon.
Bring your art supplies & a sack lunch. All levels
welcome. Contact: Mary Carson, 473-5801 .
HAND & FOOT CANASTA #1: 11 a.m. , third
Wednesday of the month. Bring sack lunch and
drink. Call Patti Roberts at 474-0444.
HAND & FOOT CANASTA #2: 11 a.m., fourth
Wednesday of the month. Bring sack lunch and
drink Contact: Gretchen Weckstein: 473-1366
HAND & FOOT CANASTA #3: 10:30 a.m.,
fourth Monday of the month. Bring sack lunch and
drink Contact: Suzy Anderson: 473-1819
CRAFTS: 9:30 a.m.—12 noon, third & fourth
Wednesdays. Contact: Karen Lujan 489-2895
OUT & ABOUT: We are looking for ideas for
future “Out and About” activities. Have an idea or want to sponsor an outing? Contact a Board
Member!
DO YOU HAVE NEWS? W ould you like to subm it an article? Please call or email news to
put in the bulletin by the 15th of the month to: Cindy Moreno, editor at 441-5803 [email protected]
SUNSHINE LADY
Toni Kelly
Get Well cards were sent to Elisa Vega,
Francie Ainsworth, Michelle Walker, and
Annette Smith.
Also under the weather recently were Gayle
Quain, Carlene Legault, Robyn Dunne, and
JoAnna Van Blaricom.
Please keep each of them in your thoughts;
better yet, give them a call or drop a
thoughtful note.
Our new Sunshine Lady, who began in
September is Toni Kelly. Contact her at
474-4850 or [email protected] if you have
Sunshine information to share.
new Additions/changes *
Beverly A. Baker 1195 San Sebastian Ct. Grover Beach [email protected] Valerie Kates 285 Sunrise Terrace Arroyo Grande 626-840-5985 [email protected] Chris Finney 151 Le Point Terrace Arroyo Grande 602-770-1939 [email protected] Pat Schiller 135 Andre Dr. Arroyo Grande 93420 805-481-4444 [email protected] Sofia McHugh [email protected] (correction)