Ignite Your Fire, Share the Passion - Active 20

VOLUME 27, ISSUE 1
AUGUST 2013
Official Publication of Greater Sacramento #1032
NEWSLETTER DATE
Ignite Your Fire, Share the Passion
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
PRESIDENT’S
MESSAGE
1
WAYS & MEANS:
PROJECT
BIRTHDAY
1
COMMITTEES,
EVENTS &
PROJECTS
2
INSTALLATION
DINNER
2
JULY BOARD
RETREAT
3
CLUB
CALENDAR
4
LADYBUG SNAPS
4
2013-2014
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PRESIDENT
Gina S. McKeever
VICE PRESIDENTS
Jeanette Kuhl & Annie Vittum
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Catherine Hall
TREASURER
Shannon Barlow
SECRETARIES
Brenda Lusk & Rachel Meyer
DIRECTORS
Ali Brown, Manju Kumar,
Tina Lehne, Heather Miller,
Lauren Richardson &
Marie Rocha
LADYBUGS, LET’S TURN UP THE HEAT!
Wow! Can you believe it’s
already the beginning of a new
term, Ladybugs?? Phenomenal speeches and fun skits at
June General, an incredible
National Convention in Puerto
Vallarta, warm roasts and
toasts at June Board, exciting
election results at July General,
and who could forget the
amazing Installation Dinner on
the Delta King? And now we’re
headed to Tahoe! What lucky
ladybugs we are!
I can’t help but take a minute
to reflect on just that statement. I am so blessed to be in
such a wonderful organization
with people I respect, doing
the right work and doing it with
purpose. Each and every day I
am thankful for everything this
club has done for me, and it is
such an honor to serve you
and serve this club. And this
year, we’re turning up the heat
with my theme “Ignite Your
Fire, Share the Passion!”
With that being said, I’d like
to thank the Firedancers aka
2013-2014 Board Members
for jumping into the flames and
representing our membership.
These women are committed
to member engagement and
leadership development. If you
haven’t heard from your Board
Advisor yet, you will soon.
Please answer their call, respond to their email or text
them back. Constant and consistent communication helps
this club operate smoothly.
For those of you who submitted Interest Surveys for Standing Committees, Projects and
Events, bravo for stepping up! I
look forward to seeing what
you can do!
I would also like to thank a
few close friends who helped
me in recent months leading
up to the start of my term. Amber Jewison, Marie Rocha, Jennifer Lauchaire, Esther
Normoyle, Tracy Novak, Loni
Foster and Jen Easton: thank
you for being amazing friends
when I needed you most. Tracy
Novak, thank you for picking
out my perfect dress for Installation. “Watch out, Rachel
Zoe!!” Tracy Teague, thank you
for bringing my logo vision to
life. I love it! Thank you Linda
Abdelbaki,
Marie Rocha
and Shandi
Jennings for
an unforgettable Installation Dinner
on the river.
Thank
you
Past Actives
Tiffany Peltz
Planchon
and Rachel
Hickerson for
coming;
it
meant
so
much to have you there.
In closing, I look forward to
working together towards a
common goal of living our mission, vision and values. Ignite!
Yours in Active 20-30,
Gina S. McKeever
President 2013-2014
JOIN THE PART Y AT “PROJECT BIRTHDAY” JULY 23
Help put a smile on a child in
need’s face! Most children in
shelters and transitional housing facilities don’t get
much of a celebration
or any celebration at all
on their birthday. Project Birthday brings the party to
them at Sac Area Emergency
Housing Center. Join us on
Tuesday, July 23 6-7:30pm
decorating with streamers
and balloons, facilitating fun
party games, eating
cake and ice cream
and singing for children of all ages.
In 2012 alone, 500+ children benefited from over 100
parties in this program. Let’s
make it bigger and better in
2013! Sign up by emailing
Spring 2013 Ways & Means
committee chair Loni Foster
lonifoster@gmail.com or VP Ann i e
V i t t u m
a n niev2204@gmail.com. Meet at
4516 Parker Ave, Sacramento,
CA 95820. See you there!
THE FIREDANCER FLAME
STANDING
COMMITTEES
Chaplain
Ali Pierce
Charity Research
Melissa Planas &
Jennifer Lauchaire
Communications
Michelle Hiltl
Convention Coordinator
Lawana Welch
Courtesy
Sara Cervantes
Donations/Grants
Missy Sparks &
Amber Viduya
Fundraising Projects
??? & ???
INSTALLATION DINNER ROCKS ON THE RIVER
It was a beautiful, warm night on the Sacramento River July 11 for the installation of
the 2013-2014 Board on the Delta King. We
rocked out to Dave Matthews Band
(President Gina McKeever’s favorite band
and whose “mascot/logo” is a firedancer)
and songs about fire to match the term’s
new theme, while enjoying cocktails on the
deck before a delicious dinner and the installation festivities.
The Board Members aka Firedancers received motivational gifts such as: lighters to
ignite their fire, candles to keep the flame
going, Hot Tamales candy to spice up the
club, a dog toy to keep our Firehouse Pup
Penny busy, a custom-made DMB CD, and a
bonding Girls Night Out at Sacramento Pole
Dance Studio, because Firedancers need to
know how to work the fireman’s pole!
New Members Chair
Wendy Cockrell
In with
the New
(Board)
New Members Asst
Tracy Novak
‘
Newsletter
Michele Spilman &
Missy Sparks
PR/Publicity
Michelle Spilman, Tracy
Novak & Loni Foster
How many Ladybugs can we fit on the Delta King staircase? Answer: 42! This is
no easy feat! Well done, Ladies!
Out with
the Old
(Board)
Historian
Catherine Hall &
Coral Connor
Past Active Liaison
Kassy Daft
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Co-Chairs Linda Abdelbaki & Shandi Jennings
Beach Girls: Catherine Hall, Esther Normoyle, Annie
Vittum, Marie Rocha, Ali Brown, Jeanette Kuhl,
Michele Spilman, Lawana Welch & Gina McKeever
FireDancers: Heather Miller, Lauren Richardson,
Tina Lehne, Annie Vittum, Jeanette Kuhl, Ali Brown
& Marie Rocha
Roster
Jen Gregory
Scholarship
Linda Abdelbaki &
Heather Miller
Sergeant-at-Arms
Coral Connor &
Maryann Thubei
Special Events
Lawana Welch &
Jen Easton
Visitations
Molly Weber, April Kentizer, Loni Foster, PA Rachel Hickerson, Kellie Price, April again!, Michele Spilman, Coral Connor & Missy Sparks
Loni Foster & Tracy Teague
Ways & Means
Amber Jewison, Ali
Brown & ???
Web Page
Lauren Richardson
EVENTS ~ Anniversary Brunch Kassy Daft & Michele Spilman Carnivale 2013 Jeanette Kuhl &
Rachel Meyer Cocktail Party Loni Foster & Jen Easton Cookie Exchange Brenda Lusk, Jen Holdener &
Lauren Richardson Crab Feed 2014 Julie Campbell & Summer Lemmon Installation Ali Brown & Tina
Lehne Fall/Spring Project ??? Past Active Cocktail Party Kassy Daft Shopping Spree 2013
Summer Lemmon & Jen Easton Shopping Spree 2014 Ali Pierce, Lisa Sunseri & Linda Abdelbaki
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF GREATER SACRAMENTO #1032
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JULY BOARD RETREAT IS FUN, FRIENDSHIP & FALL TERM PLANNING
Watch out, Tahoe, here come the Ladybugs! It’s time for our annual trek up the
mountain for four beautiful days of fun, friendship and fall term planning! Want
to know how decisions get made, how ideas are brainstormed and how women
get to know each other so well? Well, jump in a carpool (Vice Presidents Jeanette Kuhl & Annie Vittum help coordinate) and let’s go! You might get lucky and
get there in time for a bed (first-come, first-serve, no saving beds)! If not, you’re
stuck on the couch or the floor, or maybe even the bathtub!
Stock up on celebrity gossip magazine and snacks, because we’ll be lounging
around playing silly games and bonding. Rumor has it that your VPs are planning
a delicious beverage for us all to try on Friday night… how many will it take before someone’s bra ends up frozen in the freezer (and then worn on their head)!
Was that Char Silva and Rachel Hickerson in 2008? Ah, memories!
Stay tuned to the tradition of pranking the President. Julie Campbell’s mattress
went out on the patio, Connie Perkins’ clothes ended up in a tree, and Catherine
Hall’s bedroom was covered in pink streamers, balloons, tiaras and more!
Saturday’s meeting will no-doubt be a long one (9-2ish), but it will be informative, interesting and engaging. We’ll talk about the goals and objectives of the
term, we’ll introduce the new Board, Advisee Groups, committees, events and
projects. We will review the Club Calendar and Proposed General, Benevolent
and Scholarship Budgets. Over lunch, we’ll do Advisee Breakout Sessions with a
variety of topics and you can get to know the women in your Board Group.
After the meeting, we’ll relax for a couple of hours before hitting the town!
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Thursday: Carpool up, get settled in, casual dinner out
at Sushi Pier
Friday: Beach day! Plus group dinner prepared by your
Vice Presidents Jeanette Kuhl & Annie Vittum and an
organized activity by the new Special Events Committee Jen Easton & Lawana Welch!
CASH MONEY
WHAT TO PACK
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Sleeping bag, airbed, blankets and pillow
Bath towel and beach towel
Toiletries
Clothes to sleep in, lounge in, hit the town in
Swimsuit, sunblock, beach chair, flip flops
Magazines, books and games
Snacks and booze
Name badge and pin - there will be fining!!
Saturday: Board Retreat planning of 2013-2014 term!
Plus a fun night out on the town (dinner, dancing,
casinos, concerts, whatever)!
Sunday: Pack up, clean up, and head home!
The “Swiss Chalet” doesn’t know what’s coming!
611 Jerry Drive, Zephyr Cove, NV 89448
www.vrbo.com/383366
5 bedrooms + loft, 5 bathrooms, 4 TVs, wet bar,
pool table, free internet, a SPA, 2 BBQs
WHO TO CONTACT
Jeanette Kuhl (916) 945-1258
Annie Vittum (805) 459-0769*
*only for planning, Annie will not be in Tahoe
“BOARD RETREAT” to the sound of Macklemore’s “Thrift Shop”
Performed at June General by One-L & LiLKeev featuring KHall & TwoTall
Hey VPs… can we go to Tahoe?
I’m gonna catch a ride, only got
sixty dollas in my pocket… I’m
I’m a-plannin’, lookin’ for my fun
friends… This is really awesome…
Now, I walk up to the cabin like
What Up? I call the big bed!" I'm
so pumped about the beach,
and getting fed. Ice on the
mountain, it's so damn frosty.
And people like… Dang, The
lake’s so glossy.
Rollin' in, hella deep, ain’t gonna
get no sleep. Headin’ out in
Kristi’s Jeep, stayin’ away from
the creeps! Draped in a zebra
mink, ma’girls standin' next to
me. Probably shoulda watched
this (point to watch), the IPP’s
gonna
be
pissed
Sssshhhhhhhhh But shoot, the
club was abso bliss!
Brushin', washin', sleep in the
tub, hope I fit! Passin' out?
Those novices. Gonna be
hungover? Yeah, positive! But
me and Esther stayin’ up,
Gossipin’ and eatin’ grub.
Savin' my energy, hella happy,
long retreat
I'ma make a weird-ass motion,
I'ma challenge your discussion,
The cabin and
following meals are
included: Friday
dinner, Saturday
breakfast and
lunch.
2012 Costs:
3 nights $67
2 nights $50
1 night $30
Meeting Only $15
Pack food and/or
spending money for
all other meals, as
well as Saturday
night out on the
town!
No for real - ask your grandpa can we get a donation? Thank you.
Roberts’ Rules, I ask you, please
consider. Ma’budget needs work,
gotta reconfigure. Ideas to explore,
best ones’ get reward. I brought a
new Prospective, who then became a member. Hello, hello, my
new friend, welcome! Sac 1 got
nothin’ on our club, hell no!
Take some Carnivale tickets; sell
those. Exec Board be like "Aw,
Ladybugs!"
I’m gonna catch a ride, only got
sixty dollas in my pocket… I’m I’m
a-plannin’, lookin’ for my fun
friends… This is really awesome…
Club Calendar
July 2013
Events & Happenings
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SAT
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LADYBUG
SNAPS
Snaps to all of the ladies who
went to convention – we sure
know how to class up a place!
+ great job co-chairs!!!
Congratulations to our club for
raising over $22,000 at our
Crab Feed this year! It takes
each of our members to do
their part to mark our events
successful!
Snaps to my Crab Feed cochairs – our budget is FINAL!
Cheers!
Snaps to Robyn for hooking me
up with a hotel room in SF!
Thanks girl!
Catherine – You’ve been an
awesome PREZ! Great job w/
the last year and thanks for
keeping things interesting!
Snaps to Robyn Frame and
myself for rockin’ out at the
Hanson show! We did our 12year-old selves proud!
Rachel Meyer for working so
hard on getting scholarships
and grants.
Michelle Hiltl, great job on
Communications! I look forward to reading them and clicking on the funny pictures or
clever buttons!
Awesome job candidates! Way
to rock the Q&A!
Catherine ~ how could I forget
my most important moment I
have had with you in this club,
during your toast?? I will never
forget you carrying me to the
beach during Board Retreat
when my wheelchair could not
go on sand. When I was going
to just hang out at the cabin,
you wanted me to be included
no matter the obstacles and I
am forever thankful for that
moment. xoxo Amber
Snaps to Esther and Lawana
because we’re finally done with
Crab Feed! Yay!
Michele Spilman, great job on
the beautiful and delicious
cupcakes you made for Catherine’s Last Board Meeting!
Thanks Tracy for having the
balls to go with me to the Hanson concert! “Penny and Me”
for life!
JULY
19
20
23
25-28
Sac #1 New Member Party, 279 Brewster Ave., Sac, 6:30pm
Garage Sale, Lauren Richardson’s, 3176 N St., Sac, 7-12pm
Project Birthday, Location 4516 Parker Ave., Sac, 6-7:30pm
July Board Retreat, South Lake Tahoe
AUGUST
3
6
13
TBD
20
24
27
“Headbanger’s Ball” Sac # Installation, Dante Club, 6pm
Carnivale Meeting, El Torito 1598 Arden Way, Sac, 6pm
General Meeting, Evan’s Kitchen, 6pm Social 7pm Meeting
Garden Planting, Sac Children’s Home, 6pm
Carnivale Meeting, El Torito 1598 Arden Way, Sac, 6pm
Children’s Shopping Spree, Arden Kohl’s, 6:30-10:30am
Board Meeting, Evan’s Kitchen, 6pm Social 7pm Meeting
Happy Birthday August Babies!
Allison Craig (8/7) Danica Robinson-Liles (8/9) Tracy Novak (8/13)
Summer Lemmon (8/14) Rachel Meyer (8/14) Erin DeYoung (8/16)
Rebecca Stuckert (8/16) Stephanie Khoury (8/17) Jen Easton (8/24)
Tracy Teague (8/24) Annie Vittum (8/26) Ali Brown (8/29)
Tori Johnk (8/30)
july general
Lauren & Jeanette – had a blast at
Pipi’s in PV with the two of you –
Preparty convention! – Connie
Thanks Kass Daft, Michele Spilman, Michelle Hiltl & Amber for
being my taxi!! Much appreciated
it!
Ladybug snaps to Sue Fleischer for
coming to your first General Meeting! Welcome Sweetheart!
Snaps to Annie, Amber & Catherine
for the thoughtful birthday cards!
<3 Gina
Great job to our convention committee for putting together a great
event. Thank you to all of our members who attended and helped
represent our club in Puerto Vallarta!
Tracy – great job w/the blue rooms
at Convention – blow up dolls are
the way to go!
Ladybug snaps to my favorite LadyBuddy and Rookie of the Year Miss
Tracy! Although our time together was
limited due to my busy schedule, I
look forward to making it up to you
know that I am officially a member.
Woohoo! I heart you my rockin/Jello
shots/footies partner in fun. Maryann
Thank you Catherine for your leadership this past year. You made a great
prez… and you’ll make an awesome
IPP!
Snaps to Anne for stepping up to lead
Carnivale tickets committee and getting our web page up and running so
quickly. You rock! <3 Jeanette & Rachel
Up, down, center, SHAKE IT! Enter!
Cheers to all the ladies who partied it
up in Puerto Vallarta! I had a blast! –
Tracy
Congratulations President Catherine on your excellent year as our
Club President! <3 Mama Bear
Michelle, you keep me smiling every
day with daily communications and I
look forward to getting them each day.
Not sure how you will be replaced! <3
Amber
Tracy, you kicked butt at convention! Your parties were super fun!
“QUATRO???”
Ladybug Snaps are collected at General and Board Meetings and read
aloud at General Meetings.