The Mountain Top Welcome Club Newsletter
February 2008
PRESIDENT'S REPORT - Karin Caporuscio (474-1199
kacap66@yahoo.com)
Thank you to all who helped make this
holiday season a joyous one for so many people throughout our
community. Once again, our Angel Tree Drive and the donations
to White Haven Center were a huge success. A special thank you
to Irene Ziegler for opening her home to us for our holiday exchange,
as well as to Carole MacDonald and Valerie Way for another great
children's party! Finally, thank you to those who volunteered
for gift-wrapping at Barnes and Nobles!
It is now time for us to start preparing for our annual auction.
Board members will be busy over the next few months calling businesses
and members asking for donations. We ask that you please consider
a donation to help make this another successful year! All money
raised will benefit the Marian Sutherland Kirby Library, the
Wright Township Park Expansion, and the Mountain Top Youth Soccer
Program.
We are in the process of nominating people for next year's board
and special interest groups. If you are interested in being on
the board next year, please contact Corinne Rossi (474-2181)
or Beth LaMarca (474-6320). If you are interested in leading
a special interest group, please contact the person currently
in charge of that group.
The next board meeting will be at the home of Lael Swank on Thursday,
February 7th at 7:30. Please let me know if there is anything
you would like the board to discuss.
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1st VICE PRESIDENT - Lisa Charton (868-0180,
charton@epix.net)
Glad to see so many members at our last meeting. I hope
everyone got some useful information from Debbie to help with
our insurance needs and other parts of our lives that we don't
like to think about but know that we should. This month's speaker
will be Joe O'Hara, owner of O'Hara Orchard on Blue Ridge Trail.
He will be gearing us up to begin thinking of spring planting
and what grows best in our area, so bring some questions for
him concerning your soil drainage, space capacity, and other
landscaping ideas so that he can give us all suggestions as to
what will work best to make our yards look Home and Garden quality.
Lunch will be provided by the under new management, formally
the first management, MM Gyro Restaurant. We will be enjoying
authentic Greek fare.
DETAILS:
GENERAL MEETING: Thursday, February 21, 2008
TIME: 12:00 pm
WHERE: Presbyterian Church, 6 Chestnut Street, Mountain Top
LUNCHEON COST: $6.00 per person
BABYSITTING: $3.00 per child for your first one and $2.00 for
every child thereafter
RSVP: By February 14th using the reservation form at the back
of the newsletter or by email to me at charton@epix.net
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2nd VICE PRESIDENT - Membership - Kim Carpenter
(474-9020 or kimwc@yahoo.com)
Probably the best way to increase
our Welcome Club membership is by telling people personally about
our club! There are so many opportunities to tell others about
the Welcome Clubthe stay-at-home mom you meet at the park, the
fellow day-care mom you see every morning, the new friend at
the gym, the new neighbor, etc. So many people are looking for
friends for themselves and their children and are looking for
things to do, especially over these cold and damp months. Please
use these opportunities to tell people about the Welcome Club.
Invite them to our next meeting or event, and definitely tell
them about the up-coming auction. You could be providing someone
with what they really need to feel a part of the Mountain Top
community! Also, if you'd like to send me the name and address
of a new neighbor or someone you think might be interested in
the club, I'd be glad to send them a letter of introduction and
the current newsletter.
As an incentive, at the next meeting, we will have a gift for
each new guest and also a gift for the person who brings the
most guests! So get your competitive minds thinking about whom
in your life would benefit from being introduced to the Welcome
Club! We'll see you at the next meeting!
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HOSTESS COORDINATOR - Tracie Pratt &
Lisa Davidson (474-9542 or 474-0285)
We hope everyone had a wonderful
holiday. We would like to thank Christine Strage, Mary Thomas
and Suzanne Rademan for bringing the desserts to January's meeting.
If you have any suggestions for Februarys meeting please let
us know. Thanks!
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SECRETARY -Lorraine Novinger (474-1002
or lcnovinger@aol.com) Corinne
Rossi (474-2181, gabeandgigi@msn.com)
Please remember to let Lorraine
know if there is a member in need of a card for a birth, death
in the family, or get well wishes. Thank you to Edie and Brian
Zabroski for printing the directories - it saved us well over
$100! Please let Corinne know if any of your info is incorrect
or if it changes. Lorraine and Corinne
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WAYS & MEANS -Tricia Russell (403-7785,
tricia.russell@wilkes.edu --please
note new email address) and Shannon Williams (474-5570,
shannon.williams@flsmidth.com)
Happy New Year Everyone! We wanted
to thank the following individuals for providing their time and
assisting the Welcome Club Barnes & Noble Holiday Gift Wrap
Fundraiser that occurred twice in December:
Marie Duclos, Joan Revis, Corinne Rossi, Mae Schuler and Renee
Sessions. We were able to raise around $60.00. It was not
as much as in previous years, but it is still a start to helping
our three chosen charities.
AUCTION, AUCTION, AUCTION!!!! We are happy to announce
that the annual Charity Auction will again be held in the Crystal
Ballroom at the Stage Coach Inn. Please save the date!
It will be on Thursday, April 24th at 6 pm (assuming
no significant conflicts arise). All proceeds will benefit our
three charities selected by the Welcome Club members at the beginning
of the year - the Kirby Library, the Mountain Top Youth Soccer
Association, and the Wright Township Park Expansion Project.
The board is beginning to contact local businesses and members
of the Club for donations. So, expect to hear from one of us
soon! We especially want to increase our membership support
and attendance at this year's auction. The auction was
a great success last year and we have high hopes again this year.
Donations can be almost anything- homemade crafts, bought items,
baked goods, services, theme baskets, or monetary contributions.
Donations don't have to be individual-you can consider teaming
up with a friend as well. Board members can help with ideas when
you are contacted. Also, if you or someone you know, work for
or own a business that would be willing to contribute, a donation
would be greatly appreciated. All businesses who donate are recognized,
both at the Auction, and in the newsletter - so it is great advertisement!
If anyone has any questions about the auction, please contact
one of us.
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TREASURER - Terry Cahill (474-0592, tcahill@ptd.net)
If you have any expenses, please let me know and I'll
be happy to reimburse you.
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SERVICES - Beth LaMarca (474-6320, bethdoug@ptd.net) and Mary Thomas (868-7737,
vandert5@pa.metrocast.net)
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! The Services Committee starts the year off with lots
of thanks to all members that have been so generous with their
time and donations: Thank you to the nice group of carolers that
gave some time to sing at Davis Manor... it was nice to see some
new faces and I think the residents really appreciated our music.
For those of you who may not have heard, they even requested
an encore performance in the dining room! Way to Go Welcome
Club Carolers! Also, a huge thank you to all of you who bought
Christmas presents for the children in the "Angel Tree"
program. We were able to sponsor approximately 20 children, and
made the smiles a little bigger on Christmas morning. Finally
- Thanks to those who donated items for the White Haven Center
- they have 300 residents and were so excited that Welcome Club
helped out this year. Apparently, we were one of their biggest
givers, too!
Fire Department Appreciation Bakers: Once again, thanks
to the members that provided baked goods for the monthly meetings
of three main fire companies in Mountain Top. Volunteers for
December and January included: Tricia Russell, Kim Kovalchik,
Judy Grimm, Kim Carpenter, Lisa Davidson, Elisa Colo, and Rose
Termini. Thanks Ladies! For those of you who haven't signed up
yet - please contact Mary or Beth - there are a few spots left
for Spring.
Are you ready for Easter??? Yes, we know, feels like Christmas
is just over, and there is still snow in the forecast, but Easter
comes early (VERY early) this year... and you know what that
means - EASTER BASKETS! We will be collecting items at
the February meeting to put into baskets for children aged 12
and younger. We are very fortunate that the Girl Scouts have
offered to assemble the baskets again, and they will be doing
so on March 5th, therefore, we will need the items early. However,
if you forget to bring them to the meeting, or you cannot attend,
just get them to Beth or Mary (or we can pick them up) by the
end of February... Thanks!
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PUBLICITY / HISTORIAN - Lael Swank (868-5040,
rrswank@msn.com)
Requesting: Christmas photos from the Welcome Club events.
I'm searching for photos from the caroling @ Davis Manor, The
Christmas Exchange party @ Irene Ziegler's house and The Children's
Christmas party. If anyone took pictures at these events please
e-mail them to me, copy onto a CD or send prints. Thanks!!
I'm looking for photos of all events such as playgroups and field
trips, dinner clubs, special events, adopt-a-highway, picnics,
children's parties and any other events that our Welcome Club
participates in. I need your help to cover all of our special
interest groups. These photos will also be use for our president's
album at the end of her term. Please send me any photos you would
like published and I will send them to the newspapers.
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NEWSLETTER - Kim Kovalchik (403-1353, ejk2@verizon.net)
Please email newsletter articles for the March issue
to me by Friday, February 15, 2008. Also, please send
me the email addresses of any new members so I can add them to
the newsletter distribution list. If your email changes during
the year, please let me know. Thank you!
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MEALS THAT HEAL - Christine Strage (474-5026,
Christine@strage.com)
Please contact Christine is anyone needs this service,
which provides meals to members experiencing an illness, birth
or death in the family
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"MOMS & TOTS"- Ann Papciak (403-0488, kgnfakp@aol.com)
Details on upcoming activities will be announced soon.
UPDATE: After the newsletter
was sent out, the following event was scheduled:
Again thank you for your patience. We have a
Mom and Tots Event!
Chacko's Bowling
195 Wilkes-Barre Blvd, W-B
Friday, February 8, 2008 @ 10am
Cost is $2.50 per game, shoes included
Please RSVP to me by email or call 262-3857 (my cell) by Jan.28
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PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP -
Elisa Colo (403-5374, Ekcolox2@aol.com)
Details on upcoming activities will be announced soon.
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COFFEE & BABIES - Rachel Boellmann
(868-6002 or boell912@epix.net)
Hope to see you at this month's coffee and babies. This
playgroup is primarily for parents and caregivers with children
younger than two years of age, but of course siblings are welcome!
Day: Thursday, Feb. 14th
Time: 10am-noon
Place: Shannon Williams Home
507 Morning Glory Place
Bow Creek Estates
RSVP: to Shannon @474-5570 by Feb. 12th
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OTHER SPECIAL INTEREST ACTIVITIES:
DINNER CLUB - Suzie Rademan (678-7893) &
Marie Duclos (678-7332)
Brrr.....it's cold outside - but not
at the Rademan's on Saturday, January 26, 2008 at 7pm. Dinner
Club will hold our "Cold Winters Night Dinner." We'll
share soup, stews, and other comfort foods. Everyone in Dinner
Club (including substitutes), as well as anyone who wants to
find out what we are all about (eating & socializing) are
welcome. Call Suzie Rademan (678-7893) to RSVP by January 18
to let us know what you'll be bringing to share. You should also
bring your own alcoholic beverage. The Rademan's are at 33 Walden
Drive, and are looking forward to a large group! Also, please
change the phone # for Alison & Gene Freeman to 678-1103.
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ARTS & CRAFTS- Judy Grimm (403-6194,
jacg715@ptd.net)
We are looking forward to seeing many of you
at our next Arts and Crafts Meeting, to be held on February 5th
@ 7:00 PM. This is fascinating art, and many of you saw a sample
at the General Meeting. The patterns will be provided and the
cost for this craft night is $3 per person. The crafting event
will be held at Judy Grimm's home, 9 Glendale Drive. We will
have a signup sheet that should be turned in by February 1st..
Many of you will have seen a sample at the General Meeting. Nancy
Eckert will be teaching this craft to us -- many of you know
her from Needlework.
We are going to make a throw pillow for Valentine's Day. You
will need to bring with you different fabrics to share (3"
square or larger); they can be scraps of different colors and
types. If you want it for Valentines Day you may want to stick
to reds and white, pink or something complimentary, following
the theme. Feel free to make one with different colors. You can
bring odds and ends of trim, netting, lace, brocades, buttons,
or whatever you want to play with. We also ask that you bring
needles for hand sewing, thread and scissors.
If you did not sign up at the General Meeting, please call as
soon as possible. Thank you.
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NEEDLEWORK - Roye Brunnenmeyer (868-3071)
We meet every other Wednesday
morning and members bring their own needlework projects to work
on. We always welcome new members to join this fun-loving group.
Please call the hostess if you plan to attend.
Wed., February 6th at Millie Behling's, 507 Stonehedge Place,
at 10:00 a.m. (868-4427).
Wed., February 20th at Nancy Eckhart's, 8 Rebel Hill Road (Walden
Park), at 10:00 a.m. (868-8197).
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SCRAPBOOKING - Deana Pickett (474-6048,
dpickett01@aol.com)
Happy Valentine's Day to everyone!
This month we will meet on the 7th, which gives us a great opportunity
to put together a page or project in time for Valentine's Day!
If you haven't done anything like this before, I'd be thrilled
to help you get started. Consider doing a simple page for someone
you love and framing it as a wonderfully personal Valentine!
Scrapbooking Date: Thursday, February 7th
Where: Deana Pickett's home Time: 1pm-3pm
141 Timberwood Drive (Timberwood) RSVP: Deana 474-6048 or email
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BOOK CLUB - Carol McGowan (868-6876)
Hope everyone's holidays were
great and you were able to read the January book, The Almost
Moon by Alice Sebold. We will be meeting at Beth LaMarca's on
Friday the 25th at 9:30. Hope you can join us and if you can,
give Beth a call at 474-6320 to let her know you're coming.
The February book will be The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.
We will meet at Mary Thomas', 39 Waterman Dr on Thursday Feb.
28th at 9:30. Give Mary a call at 868-7737 to let her know if
you'll be coming.
Even if you don't get to read the books, please come and join
us for a cup of coffee and lively conversation. As always children
are more than welcome.
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Mountain Top Welcome Club - Reservation Form
for
February "Meet & Greet" General Meeting
Meeting Date: Thursday, February 21st @ 12:00
pm.
SPRING PLANTING
Joe O'Hara/O'Hara Orchard
Please reserve your seat by Thursday, February 14th
Lunch: MM Gyro Restaurant: Cost $6.00 per person
Name:_______________________ # Attending (@$6 per)
Number & Ages of Children for Childcare ($3 per 1st child
and $2 thereafter)
_________________________________________________
Please return this form with
your check to
Mountain Top Welcome Club
P.O. Box 243, Mountaintop, PA 18707
or RSVP by email to Lisa Charton at charton@epix.net
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