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October 2009
Happy fall, You All!!! (That is my years of living in Virginia coming out of me. These days I would normally say "You Guys.") What a wonderful start we have had to Welcome Club this year! Our September "Meet and Greet" was lots of fun, and we had ten (yes, 10) first-timers there. How fabulous! Welcome to all of our new members, and we look forward to seeing a lot of you in the future. Our Friends and Family Barbeque was also a great success! Thanks so much to Kim Carpenter for planning, and to Khris and Matt Fox for hosting. Special interest groups are also off to a wonderful start. In fact, as I type this, I am snacking on delicious kettle corn from the Moms and Tots trip to the Bloomsburg Fair yesterday. (I probably should have gotten the small bag.) I am also enjoying the results of our new "Magazine Exchange" program, as seen by the huge stack of magazines I have next to my chair in the family room. Heather Cole is doing a fantastic job with this, so please, keep bringing the magazines that you are ready to pass on to the general meetings. We also found some new homes for outgrown Halloween costumes at the September meeting. The October meeting this year will be over two weeks before Halloween, so please feel free to bring your costume items along again this month. Thanks, everyone, for your involvement, ideas, and mostly, for your encouragement and support. Happy October, and I hope to be seeing "you all"
soon! :)
Thank you to everyone who attended our first Welcome
Club meeting of the New Year! It was great seeing so many new faces
and getting to know all members a little better. Our October meeting
is back to the normal third Thursday of the month and will be held 10/15/2009
at noon. Our theme for this month is Breast Cancer Awareness. We ask
that you wear something pink in support! Our speaker will be a representative
from Candy's Place. The cost of the meeting is again $7 and babysitting
will be provided at $3 per child. I look forward to seeing you all again
on the 15th!
I would like to thank Jo Taylor, Corinne Rodman and
Kerri Fey for providing the delicious desserts for September's meeting.
We are still looking for a permanent babysitter for the meetings. If
you know of anyone interested, please let me know. I am also looking
for two more people to make desserts and someone to do the door prizes
for the October meeting.
Deadline for membership dues will be Fri., Oct. 16,
in order to be included in the 2009-10 Membership Directory. Plans are
to have the directory ready for distribution in November. Also, please
let me know if there are any members in need of a card for a birth,
get well, condolences, or even a thinking-of-you! Have a safe and happy
Halloween!
Please contact the committee members listed above
for more information.
FIRE DEPARTMENT BAKING - Once again the club will provide a dessert or snack for the fire departments monthly meetings. We cover Mountain Top Hose Co., Rice Township and Wright Township. Thanks to Mary Kate Finney and Elaine Bernstein who volunteered for September. I still have a few openings. Contact me if you have interest. HATS & MITTENS COLLECTION - Please bring hats and mittens donations to the October General Meeting. If you can't come to the meeting but would like to donate, please contact me. The hats and mittens are collected for those at the Mountain Top Food Bank at St. Paul's Church. We will collect for adults and children. Target has a lot available for $1.00. Also, check out the local dollar stores.
Greetings! As Publicity/ Historian,
I'm looking for photos of all events such as playgroups and fieldtrips,
dinner clubs, special events, adopt-a-highway, picnics, children's parties
and any other events pertaining to our Welcome Club. I need your help
to cover all of our special interest groups. These photos will also
be used 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.
Make sure to label all participants featured in the photo. My email
address is Kgnfakp@aol.com. Any
pictures from the welcome club picnic will would be appreciated.
Please contact Mary if anyone
needs this service, which provides meals to members experiencing an
illness, birth or death in the family.
Back to Top MOMS AND TOTS - ( Lori Urosevich 868-5852 or Lurosevich@aol.com and Shannon Williams 474-5570 or richshan1@verizon.net) BRACE'S ORCHARD - DALLAS; Thursday, October 15th at 9:40AM $3.00 per person includes wagon ride to orchard, apple, donut and cider We will be back in time for the General Meeting! Please consider joining us for both! The tour takes approximately one hour. Please RSVP to Lori Urosevich by October 13th. lurosevich@aol.com or 868-5852. We will provide directions to those who will be going. We're working on some great outings for November
including gym time at Shooting Starz in Wilkes-Barre on November 12th!
Date: Thursday, October 8th Time: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM Place: Liz Shipton's home at 460 Black Walnut Drive, Bow Creek Estates, Mountaintop RSVP to Liz at 474-5481 by Wednesday, October 7th
CHILDREN'S PARTIES - Tracie Pratt (474-5942) or pppratt@yahoo.com Children's Halloween Party Come and join use for the Children's Halloween Party. Lunch will be provided, trick-or-treating, craft, games and more. This is fun for any age group! Date: Wednesday, Oct. 28th Time: 11:45a.m. Place: Mountaintop Presbyterian Church - 8 Chestnut St. Cost: $5.00 per child RSVP: Tracie by Wed. October 21st at 474-9542 Please let your little ones dress up and bring their Trick or Treat bags
DINNER CLUB - Marie Duclos (678-7332 or duclosmarie@hotmail.com )
Thanksgiving Turkey Brining; Cook's Illustrated magazine review Learn how to make a moist, flavorful with Thanksgiving turkey by brining the bird (soaking it in salt water), then tips on how to cook the turkey for a picture perfect crisp skin. We'll dine on a prepared bird with homemade stuffing and gravy that evening. Recipes provided. Bring your favorite Thanksgiving recipe to share. We'll also review Cooks Illustrated magazine with a copy for you to take home. 7:00 PM; Thursday, November 5; $7 per person Upcoming... We will have
our cookie exchange in December! If you are interested in hosting a
cooking group event this year, please let me know.
We are a small friendly group who meet every other Wednesday morning. You don't have to have a needlework project to attend, just come for the company and conversation. We love to welcome new members. Please contact the hostess or me if you are able to join us. Our October meetings are: Wednesday, October 7th,
10 am at Lois Lauffer's, 304 Cedar Manor Dr., 474-2375 or jel304@verizon.net.
Food- Joan Revis and Roberta Brandreth and Wednesday, October 21st,
10 am at Mae Schuler's, 85 Karin Dr., 678-5925 or maemal1@aol.com
The scrapbooking group will meet on October 8th from
10-3 at my house. Come and join us even if you can only stay for a few
hours in the morning or afternoon. If you plan to stay all day, please
bring a lunch or a snack to share. I live close to Burger King, so someone
could even do a BK run. My home is located at 228 Circle Drive. You
can rsvp. via email, khrisfox@hotmail.com
or call 570/906-8159.
We will be reading The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry. We will meet on October 23rd at 9:30 at my home in Highland Woods. The address is 11 Old Orchard Lane. RSVP if you plan on attending at 474-6320.
RECIPE CLUB Jen Glowacki (malinows@juno.com)
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