The Women's Club of Norwell

Dear Members,Welcome back to the Norwell Women’s Club!    Hope everyone had a great summer.  Thanks to everyone who has volunteered for a chair position and to those who assist them!

Many thanks to Jennifer McVay who has offered to coordinate theTurkey Trot to be held on November 13.  Please see her information below and please email her if you can help out with one simple, small task to be completed on your own time frame.

Our “Welcome back Social” will be hosted by Pamela Duckworth on Thursday, October 27^th at 7:00 (51 Tara Drive).  Please bring a Norwell friend to this social meeting for a night of catching up over a glass of wine.

We will focus on just getting to know each other this night and will not have detailed event discussions.

Is anyone willing to help out with the wine tasting? We thought we could repeat last year’s event which is very well documented by Pat Bigger.  We would love to have a committee in place by Nov 10th.  Another option would be to have a smaller scale event.

Thanks to Eileen Corbett for chairing the middle school dances.  See below for her information.  With the 7^th grade class extremely large she is having the first 2 dances at the middle school which has a higher occupancy capacity to try to accommodate the increase in students.  She will then determine the location of the third dance.

The Halloween Fun Day will be coordinated by Kristen Jervey and will be held on
Saturday, October 29.    Kristen will be looking for food donations from our members so that we can avoid asking the local supermarkets.  Please contact her at kikliskristen@hotmail.com if you can help out.

Sincerely,
Barb Humphreys, President, Norwell Woman’s Club

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WELCOME BACK MEETING – Thursday, October 27 – 7:00

Thank you to Pamela Duckworth for hosting our first social meeting of the year.  Please bring wine and RSVP to Pamela at ducks4tn@yahoo.com if you can come.

NWC LOOKING FOR A PUBLICITY CHAIRPERSON

Thank you Phyllis Wenzel for your years of dedication as our publicity guru!  We are now looking for someone for the position. The time commitment is minimal and Phyllis already has the Mariner/Ledger network established. If you are interested in this position, please contact Barb Humphreys at barbhumphreys1@comcast.net

HALLOWEEN FUN DAY – Saturday, October 29 (10am – Noon) Middle School

Halloween Fun day will be a day filled with fun, games, refreshments and the costume parade.  Thank you to Kristen Jervey for coordinating the event this year.  We are looking for volunteers for the following:

Help set-up (8:30- 10)
Help during the event (10-12)
Help clean-up (12-1)
Baking- cookies, brownies, snacks, etc
Buying- waters, juice boxs, snacks,etc.

If you can help with the event, please contact Sarah McGuirk at semcguirk@gmail.com

7th/8th Grade SCHOOL DANCE – September 30 – Middle School

A big thank you to Eileen Corbett for coordinating the school dances this year.  The first school dance (7th/8th grade) will take place on
September 30 and will be located at the Norwell Middle School.  Change of venue will take place due to the large 7th grade class size.

Chaperones are always needed.  The second dance will take place on October 28 from 7pm – 9pm and will be a halloween themed dance.  If you can chaperone, please contact Eileen at corbettfamily@comcast.net.

TURKEY TROT-Tentative Date – Sunday, November 13

In order to make this year’s Turkey Trot a success, we need your help.  Please consider volunteering to assist with sponsorship, advertising, registration or race day logistics.  If you have volunteered in the past or have participated in the run/walk you know this is a fun community event that attracts people of all ages.  Please help make this year’s race another memorable one.  If you are interested in volunteering or learning more, please contact race coordinator Jenn McVay atjannsloper@yahoo.com.  If you or someone you know would be interested in sponsoring the event pass their name and information along; we are looking for monetary contributions, goods, and/or services.

The tentative date for the 6th Annual Norwell Turkey Trot is Sunday November 13, 2011.  In order to make this event successful and run smoothly, help is needed both before and during the race.  Here is a partial list of volunteer activities:

Pre-Race:
Marketing and Promotion: distributing flyers around town
Fundraising and Sponsorship: sending out letters to past sponsors, identifying new companies to donate goods, services or money
Registration: pre-race day registration and number pick-up (Saturday November 12, 2011 9am-1pm)

Race Day:
Registration: race-day registration (8:30-9:45am);
Timing/Results: posting mile markers along the course, calling out mile splits, directing runners at turns, setting up water stations, and helping at the finish line;
Kids Race Coordinator: organize registration, start/finish of 3 kids’ races
Food and Beverage: contacting local supermarkets/stores to donate food and beverages for after the race;
Food Pantry Coordinator: help collect donated items and drop them off at theNorwell Food Pantry.

NWC UPCOMING MEETING DATES:

October 20 – 7:30pm – At the home of Pamela Duckworth, 51 Tara Drive
November 8 – 7:30pm - Norwell Middle School
December – TBD
January 12 – 7:30pm - Norwell Middle School

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NORWELL CLOSET NEEDS
A note from Micci…….

Welcome New Members Eileen Corbett and Jennifer McVay!!!

Chamber of Commerce Taste of Norwell - October 20

The Norwell Chamber of Commerce Taste of Norwell event is coming up on Oct 20th at the Cushing Center.  There will be 12 restaurants/caterers participating, a cash bar, live music  and some raffle items. It will take place from 5 to 8 PM, the ticket is only $20 each and it is a great way to grab supper, socialize and support The Norwell Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Fund at the same time.

The Sociables Open House at the TOY BOX – Tuesday, November 15th – 7:30 – 9:30pm.

Get an early start on Christmas Shopping!!   Receive 20% off your entire purchase while having a glass of wine or sparkling water.
RSVP to toybox5@verizon.net or call 781-826-3750 for questions.

When:  Wednesday, June 8th

Time:    7:00 pm

Where: Sally Schiller’s house, 150 Lincoln Street

RSVP BY 5/25:  online –  www.norwellwomensclub.org or you can send a check made out to The Norwell Women’s Club for $25 to Sally Schiller @ 150 Lincoln Street.

We are going to keep a similar venue to last year!  Since everyone enjoyed the food last year, we will have The Plated Gourmet cater the event again.  Guests will provide an appetizer, dessert, or wine which will be assigned to you after you register.  We hope to see you all there!  Please email Melanie (meljo_bc95@msn.com) or Sally (kschill@comcast.net) with any questions.

HUGE SUCCESS!!!!    WINE TASTING UPDATE

A message from Pat Bigger…….

As many of you have heard, the Wine Tasting Dinner at Black Rock Country Club was a huge success thanks to the many donors and our 202 guests who attended.  It was a beautiful venue, great food and wine, and truly an entertaining evening.  We believe that the evening set a financial milestone for the Club raising over $21,000 for our charities.  Many thanks go to our committee members, particularly Jane Bogaty who arranged the beautiful table centrpieces, Phyllis Wenzel of Image Resolutions for the design and printing of our posters and post cards and the printing of our programs. Wendy Bawabe of Bawabe Designs for the design of our program and a BIG thanks to Reiko and Tom Beach of TRB design, inc. for the many hours spent in developing our historical slide show.  Lastly, a big “thanks” goes to Pamela Duckworth, our Financial Ace who managed the auctions brilliantly.  As in some past years, we created a Community Board, the revenue of which will go to the Council on Aging to help with the furnishings of  their expansion project.  Silvia Murphy and Nancy Bailey did a great job promoting the BB to our members, many of who graciously donated an item or service which raised $1,370!  We will be looking for someone to chair this event next year, so if anyone is interested, please contact Barb Humphreys at barbhumphreys1@comcast.net.

NWC 7th and 8th GRADE DANCES – CHAPERONES NEEDED

Dance date is May 13.   All dances are at the town hall and begin at 7:30 and end at 10pm.  In order to run the dances, chaperones are needed.

Don’t forget, each dance has raised over $1,000 for the NWC and we would hate to have to cancel due to lack of chaperones.  If you can chaperone, please contact Anna Brown at annacbrown@comcast.net.

BUNNY BREAKFAST AND EGG HUNT – APRIL 9TH

The Annual Bunny Breakfast was held on Sat April 9^th and we had a beautiful day for the fun-filled event.   Over $900 was raised from the event!!!
Thank you to all who volunteered time and to those who donated refreshments.

Our Wine Tasting Dinner will feature a four-course meal, music by the NHS Jazz Band and wine tastings provided by Vin Divino and Master Sommelier, Damon Ornowski will be providing and presenting the wines.

At the Wine Tasting, we are going to have a great Community Board adorned with many pictures of our much out-of-date Council On Aging (COA) facility, with crowded work spaces and inadequate handicap access.  In reviewing the Club’s donations of the years, our Committee realized that we have done little for our seniors in town.  Therefore, to help the efforts of the renovation of the COA facility, our goal is to replace their heavy and broken multi-use tables and uncomfortable metal chairs.  Our goal is to provide them with lightweight tables that can be easily moved and chairs with cushioned seats.  This furniture is used every day for lunches, craft classes, various board games, cards, etc.

So, how can you help?  Our goal is gather items and services the descriptions of which will posted on our Community Board the night of April 8th.  If you, a family member or friend can help with this effort, please contact Nancy Bailey at nancy.bailey@rocklandtrust.com or Silvia Murphy at brianandsilvia@verizon.net.  Be creative…we’ve received donations of services, deserts, flower arrangements, babysitting and dog walking.  For those of you who are unable to attend the event and wish to donate to the COA Project, please make your check payable to the Norwell Women’s Club and send it to our PO Box 834.  The donations received will be added to the funds collected from the Community Board.  We hope to make this a win win for everyone.  Our seniors will be delighted and most appreciative.

See you there!

Pat Bigger
tpbigger@aol.com
781-659-3465 (h)
781-740-7542 (c)

NOT YOUR AVERAGE JOE’S  -   TUESDAY CHARITY NIGHTS IN MARCH

Not Your Average Joe’s in Norwell has selected the Women’s Club as Charity of the Month for March.  The NWC will get 15% of both take-out or dine-in orders every Tuesday night during the month of March (there are 5 Tuesdays in March!).  Please try and take advantage of great food for your family and also help the club raise money.  Present the following coupon when placing your order so they can credit the club. Feel free to give out the coupon to friends and family!

Click here to print the Coupon

Dance date is May 13.   All dances are at the town hall and begin at 7:30 and end at 10pm.  In order to run the dances, chaperones are needed.
Don’t forget, each dance has raised over $1,000 for the NWC and we would hate to have to cancel due to lack of chaperones.  If you can chaperone, please contact Anna Brown at annacbrown@comcast.net.

BUNNY BREAKFAST AND EGG HUNT – APRIL 9TH

The Annual Bunny Breakfast will be held on Sat April 9^th from 8:30-9:45 in the Middle School Cafetorium.  We are looking for volunteers to help in any of the following areas…be a committee member, set-up Friday the 8^th 4-5:30, set-up Sat at 7:30, volunteers to assist us during the event and with clean up immediately following.  In addition, we are looking for any offers to help us with baking for the event or donations of $/food or beverage to be used at the breakfast.  If you are able to help in any of the previously mentioned areas, please contact Cristina McCullough at cristina_mcc928@yahoo.com or Jessica Chase at jmchase2@comcast.net.  Thank you!

We are looking forward to getting our membership list together to compile our Yearbook by the end of this month.
If you have not yet paid your dues, or know someone who would like to become a member, please remember that
we are producing the annual yearbook in the next few weeks.  Contact Jess Chase for membership information at jmchase2@comcast.net.