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The Monthly Newsletter from
The Women’s Division of the
Grapevine Chamber of Commerce
Established 1965
January 2010
www.grapevinechamber-womensdiv.com
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Happy New Year Everyone!
The Women’s Division had a very busy December, 2009 as we celebrated the “spirit of Christmas” with more than 100 area seniors. Linda Montgomery and her energetic team of Women’s Division “elves” created smiles, hugs, and precious memories for everyone involved! Thanks so much for your individual contributions and generosity of giving to ensure a senior in need felt the warmth and true meaning of Christmas.
We celebrated the success of 2009 at the annual Holiday
Charity Ball held the first week of December. Special thanks to BJ Wilson and her entire team for a very
successful fundraiser and a very fun night for everyone! Congratulations to Jane Chevier, named
Woman of the Year for her outstanding leadership and volunteerism throughout
the community. Additionally, save the date,
the 2010
I am very excited about the opportunities ahead for the Women’s Division in 2010. Our fiscal year begins in January and it’s time to renew memberships at the Women’s Division Membership Social on Tuesday, January 19th, 11:30, Stacy’s Community Room. Kathee Livengood and Shonda Schaefer have put together a fun social gathering for us, so please bring friends and coworkers to join and grow the Women’s Division in 2010.
My focus for the year is to build on the great attributes of the Women’s Division and continue our efforts of “service from the heart” throughout our community. Our organization is truly the heart of the Chamber by the actions we collectively take to help make Grapevine a great place to work and live. Along with the 2010 Board and our entire amazing membership of women we will continue to seek ways to promote business networking in Grapevine and to assist those in need in our community through our service outreach. As we begin 2010, I am excited and blessed with the opportunity to lead our team this year and thank you in advance for your support. Jan Smith President 2010 Board Installation
As
the New Year begins we would like to extend a very warm Thank You to
In December, the Women’s Division of the Grapevine Chamber of Commerce under the direction of Linda and Jane brought smiles and happiness to 105 senior and disabled GRACE clients by delivering a wheeled tote bag full of personal care and cleaning products with a $75 Wal-Mart gift card, U.S.P.S. forever stamps and piles of beautifully wrapped and personally selected gifts donated by our own members and many generous people in our community.
It was a joy to see so many Women’s Division and Ambucs
members and their families working together to organize, load and deliver the
gifts with hearts full of
We are very grateful for the help and support we received from the people and businesses in the community to make this another successful year. Special contributions included:
· Donations of gifts, funds and space to store the gifts from the Grapevine Chamber of Commerce · Marcus Wayland gave us the use of a storefront in his shopping center ·
Dollar General filled our order for supplies and
gathered special · Tracy Hunnicut brought friends and equipment to transfer our supplies from Dollar General to the storefront ·
Wal-Mart expedited the purchase of gift cards · Senior Services Alliance gave us a cash donation · Marvin and Ronda Owens of Hometown Cookie Co. ·
Touch of Grace for providing beds and other essential
furniture
There were also many special contributions from individual
members of the Women’s Division. A
special thank you goes to Duff O’Dell,
Appreciation also goes to
We are looking forward to this year’s Sincerely, Linda Swirski, SwirskL@tx.rr.com, 817-416-8968 and
…….Service
& HOSPITALITY from the heart!!!!
Happy New Year to all our members! We have quite a few birthdays and anniversaries to celebrate in January 2010.
2 – Sue Harris 5 – Margie McClure 6 – Kathy DeMaggio 12 – Sharon Pignolet 12 – Johnnie Bryant 13 – Paula Wilbanks 20 – Debbie Harper 21 – Debra Spronz 26 – Marlene Oosthuizen 28 – Judy Sherman 29 – Marion Brekken 31 – SuzAnn Moore
Anniversaries: Victoria & Les Wilson – January 1 Nancy & Phil Coplen -- January 14
Get Well Wishes go out to Vonnie Johnston (recuperating from a recent fall), Janice Kane (recuperating from emergency surgery right before Christmas) and Wanda Blagg (bronchitis).
Ladies, if you know of any members who are sick, have lost a loved one or who need any assistance from us, please let me know. We want to reach out to all our members in 2010!
I had several positive comments about our installation of officers last month and how much everyone enjoyed learning about our members. There will be info/profile sheets on each table at our January luncheon. Please fill one out and return to me as soon as possible. Each month, I will highlight several of our members so we can all learn more about each other and get to know one another!
Thanks! Duff
O’Dell 214-478-3750 dodell@premierbank.com |
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I am so very excited to kick-off not only another New Year – 2010! – but also another great Women’s Division year of working side-by-side with such talented and dedicated women to achieve our goals of supporting our community, but especially our children and senior citizens in need. I am honored to be serving as your President-Elect. I hope all of your enjoyed the installation program presented by Duff O’Dell at our December meeting and learned as many new things about the members of our new Board as I did. The Women’s Division Board and members continuously demonstrate “service from the heart” with what each member individually and what we collectively do for our community.
The Membership Social is right around the corner, and I hope each of you plan to attend and bring a friend. Increasing our “service from the heart” to our community by adding new members is everyone’s role. Our Membership Social will be Tuesday, January 19, and we hope to see you with your new Women’s Division friends there. As a reminder, our annual membership dues are only $40, we do accept credit cards, and you can pre-pay lunches for the entire year. Please remember to copy and bring your membership and website directory information forms to join our group of “heartfelt” women who tirelessly and passionately serve our community of Grapevine.
I look forward to seeing you soon at our membership social, meeting new friends, and working with all of you this year!
Janice Kane
Please Invite Others to the Membership
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It is my pleasure to serve as your new treasurer as we enrich our community with “service from the heart”. Each of us has wonderful gifts and talents to help make this a very successful year for the Women’s Division.
I am very grateful to Linda Oliver, our past treasurer, for her gift of excellent accounting in the 2009 change from fiscal year to calendar year. She accomplished more in this unique situation than any past or future treasurers have been or will be asked to do. Linda has established a good foundation in the treasury systems that will benefit the Women’s Division as we continue our noble mission.
Thank you Linda Oliver!
Martha Walker, Treasurer
February 4, 2010 Thursday 5:30 Main Event Grapevine 407 W. Hwy 114 Please come and join us for some fun bowling, fun is what it is all about. This year you may have said I want to be involved in trying a new project. Please come and support the AMBUCS bowling evening. There is no cost to bowl nor is there a charge for shoes. This organization supports us in many of our activities so let's show them our support. See you at the luncheon Tuesday. Judee Brown AMBUCS Bowling.
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2010 Officers and Committee Chairs |
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President |
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President-Elect |
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Parliamentarian |
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1st Vice President/Fund Raising |
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2nd Vice President/Christmas Spirit |
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Secretary |
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Webmaster |
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Communications Liaison |
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Treasurer |
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Photographer |
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Chili Cook-Off |
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Holiday Charity Ball |
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Senior Fest |
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Hospitality |
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Bowling with AMBUCS |
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Programs |
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Great Taste of Grapevine |
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Police and Fire Appreciation |
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Woman of the Year |
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Second Chance School Supplies |
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Membership Social |
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