President’s Notes October 2009
Dear Members,
A HUGE thank you to Anna Brown for hosting our New Members’ Meeting on October 14, 2009! It was a lovely evening with many of our existing member and some new ones too!
Coming up soon will be the Halloween Fun Day to take place on Saturday morning, October 24th at the Norwell Middle School from 10:00 am until noon. If you can help set-up, bake something, work at the event, or help with the clean up please contact Sara Burns.
Many of our events this year need some extra help. It would be truly appreciated if everyone could look at the list of committees and try to help in some way. Specifically, our dance committee needs someone to organize the chaperones. The dances cannot be put on without them. This can be accomplished through the NMS PTO as well as using the Middle School directory – please help if you can.
The attached write-ups from the committees will talk about their particular events and needs. Again, if we could all volunteer for just one – it could make this year a successful one yet again. We are still looking for a President for next year 2010-2011; please give it some thought.
Also attached is a list of the dates of the events which have been scheduled so far this year. We still need a hostess for our February meeting. Thank you to Cheri Farley for hosting our holiday ornament and cookie swap, and to Pat Bigger for hosting the April meeting.
Our website is almost complete! Reiko Beach has been putting a lot of effort into the new design. You can all go on to www.norwellwomensclub.org and pay your dues on line. This is such an easy process and will make organizing our club and events so much more simple. In addition, you can go online and register for the upcoming Turkey Trot to be held on November 15th at the Norwell High School
If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me any time.
Warmest Regards,
Nancy L. Bailey Karin Gilmartin Karen Reynolds
President Vice President Vice President
781-987-1266 781-659-4876 781-924-1897
Membership Update
Another year for the NWC has begun so please send this year’s membership dues of $30 to Jessica Chase (30 Wildcat Lane). Your quick response will make her job easier to compile the current members for the printing of the 2009-2010 Yearbook.
Next Meeting – New Members Meeting
Our next meeting is on November 10th at the Norwell Middle School at 7:30 pm.
Publicity
Members are welcome to submit items for publication to Patti Nelson, marshman59@aol.com or781-659-6620 for the Norwell Mariner, a minimum of two weeks prior to the publication coming out on Thursday. Please indicate if you would like to run the announcement/item just that once or several times leading up to the event (I can usually tell by what it is). Should you want something to be included on the cable channel, please do the same. For other publications (e.g. Patriot Ledger), include the appropriate email address for submission.
Halloween Party/Parade
Our annual Halloween Fun Day is scheduled for Saturday, October 24th from 10-12noon at the Middles School. The committee is still looking for volunteers to help the day of the event as well as volunteers to bake for the event. Please contact Sara Burns (charlestown48@comcast.net) or Sarah McDonald (sarahkmac@gmail.com) if you are able to assist in any way. The day will be a fun day of food, crafts and of course a costume parade.
Youth Dances
The next youth dance will be held on November 20th from 7:30 to 10:00 pm at the Norwell Town Hall. Please contact either Diane Daly at diane.daly@comcast.net or Dianne Malloy at dimalloy@yahoo.com to chaperone this dance or to sign up for a future dance. The dances remain one of the club’s major fundraisers, and much help is needed for their success. Please also encourage your friends who have 7th and 8th graders that their help is always welcome. Thanks in advance for your help!
Turkey Trot 5K Walk/Run-November 15, 2009
The 4th annual Norwell Women’s Club Turkey Trot 5K run/walk will be November 15, 2009 at 10:00am, rain or shine, at the Norwell High School. We need volunteers to help secure sponsorship, organize volunteers on race day, help with advertising, pre-race pick-up, race day registration, food and entertainment. The entry form and online registration will soon be available on the Women’s Club website, www.norwellwomensclub.org. In addition, if you or someone you know would be interested in sponsoring the event pass their name and information along. There are different levels of sponsorship: $100 = company name listed on the back of the t-shirt given to the participants; $250 or more = your name and logo on t-shirt; $500 or more your name and logo will appear in a larger font on t-shirt. In addition to monetary contributions, we are looking for donations for food/beverages and items that can be included in the goodie bags handed out to participants. I have already contacted Extreme Pita, Bay State Physical Therapy, and the Boston Running Co. in Derby. We raised more than $8000 last year and I hope to achieve the same success this year. We encourage every member of the Women’s Club and their family and friends to join us in running or walking the Turkey Trot. If anyone would like to help with the event please contact the race coordinator Jill Donelan at jillmarie.donelan@gmail.com.
Norwell Knoll
It has been a tradition for many years for members of the Norwell Women’s Club to provide snacks on the first Monday morning of each month to the residents of the Norwell Knoll for a coffee social. Please contact Micci Fitzgibbons (miccifitz@aol.com or call her at 659-5972) if you would like to buy baked goods for the Norwell Knoll (we are no longer able to bake from our homes due to food permit issues). The address is 329 Washington St. and the food can be left on a table in the first room on the left as you enter the building.
The Closet
We are now accepting winter clothes. Please make sure that the clothing and shoes that you bring to the closet are not stained nor have holes in them. If you wouldn’t wear it they probably won’t either. Thank you for all of your donations; the people who receive them are very grateful. If you would like to help out please email Micci Fitzgibbons (miccifitz@aol.com) or Chris Gillis (seagirley@aol.com).
Wine Tasting
At this time there has been no one willing to organize the wine tasting. Thus, there will most likely not be a WT event this year. However, Karin Gilmartin is working on a potential new “night out” which we will keep you informed on as things progress (stay tuned).
Fashion Show
Mark your calendars for Thursday, April 8, 2010 for the big show at Indian Pond Country Club!
