Greetings everyone and welcome back! I am excited to take on the role as president with the Welcome Club! We have so many exciting things planned for our organization this year. Some of these include recipe club, scrapbooking club, "secret sister", and "MOM squad". In addition, we are bringing back the Scavenger Hunt! We will be discussing all of these activities, and more, at our September general meeting.
We will continue to support our community through our service projects and annual auction. I encourage you all to participate in these events, as well as, any activities we have within our club. We appreciate the time and effort our group leaders put into planning the monthly events.
Attached is a Volunteer Sign-Up form for this year. Please fill it out and mail it, along with your annual membership dues of $20 to our PO Box. You are also welcome to bring it to our first general meeting. Don't forget to include your email address so we can have the monthly newsletter emailed to you. We have been able to reduce our printing costs by taking advantage of this. The form for selecting charities will be included in next month's newsletter since four possible charities will be participating at this month's general meeting.
Finally, I ask you to please spread the word about our organization and invite new friends to join! Keep in mind you can invite new or existing members of Mountain Top. Once again, I am excited about the upcoming year and look forward to serving you as president!
The next board meeting will be September 6 at 7:30PM at the home of Beth L. Please email me with any topics you would like the board to discuss.
SEPTEMBER CALENDAR
September 5 10:00 am Needlework
September 6 7:00 pm Welcome Club Board Meeting
September 13 10:00 am Coffee & Babies
1:00 pm Scrapbooking
September 15 5:00 pm Family BBQ & Bonfire
October Newsletter Articles Due
September 19 10:00 am Needlework
September 20 12:00 pm General Meeting
September 21 10:00 am Preschool Paygroup
September 25 9:30 am Adopt a Highway Clean-up
September 27 10:00 am Moms & Tots
7:00 pm Arts and Crafts
September 29 7:00 pm Dinner Club Cocktail Party
1st VICE PRESIDENT - Lisa C. (charton@epix.net)
Hope everybody had a wonderful summer and is looking forward
to the upcoming year as much as I am. This year we are starting
our meeting the same way as last, by inviting speakers to talk
on behalf of their non-profit organizations so that we can choose
to whom our money will go. This month we will be hearing from
some of the same speakers as last year as well as some new, interesting,
local non-profits. We encourage everybody to attend this meeting
and listen to what these people have to say since we will be
contributing money on behalf of our club.
Lunch will be provided by III Guys Restaurant and will consist
of some delicious, homemade Italian fare. Since this is the first
meeting of the year, please invite some friends/neighbors/family
members who might not be aware of our group to attend the meeting
free of charge. Look forward to seeing everybody!
GENERAL MEETING: Thursday, September 20, 2007
TIME: 12:00pm
WHERE: Presbyterian Church, 6 Chestnut Street, Mountain Top
LUNCHEON COST: $5.00 per person
BABYSITTING: $3.00 per child for your first one and $2.00 for
every child thereafter
RSVP: By September 17th using the reservation form at the back
of the newsletter or by email to me at charton@epix.net
Is summer really over already?! Then it's time to be thinking of potential new Welcome Club members! I am currently in the process of collecting names and addresses of new families to the area, and families who have recently had or adopted a child. A welcome letter and copy of our newsletter will be sent or delivered first-hand to them by one of our members. So if you know of any new families to our area, or families with new additions, please let me know at kimwc@yahoo.com.
Welcome Club Family Barbeque and Bonfire
Saturday, September 15th at 5:00 pm
at the home of Kacey & Allen S.
Each family is asked to contribute by bringing an item
based on the first letter of your last name:
A thru L - Side Dish or Appetizer
M thru Z - Dessert
The Welcome Club will provide the meats and beverages (BYOB).
Please bring your lawn chair to enjoy the bonfire
and a blanket for your children to sit on to watch a movie at dusk.
Please dress casually, as there will be lots of games
for both children and adults!
RSVP by September 8th to Kim Carpenter at kimwc@yahoo.com