April 2014 News Letter - GFWC Coco Plum Woman`s Club

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GFWC Coco Plum Woman’s Club
April 2014
The President’s Message
EXECUTIVE BOARD
President
Heike Leibkuchler
First Vice President
Caroline Jensen
Second Vice President
Mary Lou Winkler
Recording Secretary
Dottie Zammas
Corresponding Secretary
Carol Renick
Treasurer
Sue Nichols
Financial Secretary
Ann Robson
Directors
Nadine La Guette,
Sue Pettapiece, Peggy
Vital, Pamela Ciravolo
Rosann Whitten
Immediate Past President
Maxine Bizett
March was again a busy month this year. Unfortunately, I
missed the “Picnic” at our business meeting this year, but I had
a very relaxing birthday with my husband and brother and his
family on his farm in Argentina. We nominated officers and
directors at the meeting, and they will be voted in at our next
business meeting in April. I thank the nominating committee,
Nadine LaGuette, Ann Robson, Carol Renick, Donna Lewis
and Peggy Vital for their effort to come up with a slate.
Our Bridge/Card Party was very well attended by 37 members
and 36 guests. We raised enough to send a check for $2,100 to
Feeding South Florida. We should be proud for our contribution
to help our hungry population. See the statistics from the No
Kid Hungry campaign following my president’s message.
Nadine, thank you for taking on the chairmanship and a big
thank you to Ann Robson for taking the reservations and
helping Pam Ciravolo in the kitchen, Rosann Whitten being
our bar maid, and of course Dottie Zammas for doing the
opportunity and door prizes. She is always doing an
outstanding job and I hope she will continue this job for a long
Save the Date!
Business/ Election
Meeting & Lunch
April 9th
Coco Plum
Clubhouse
GFWC Florida
Convention
April 25th
Rosen Plaza,
Orlando
Business Meeting
& Luncheon
May 14th
Coco Plum
Clubhouse
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time. Last, but not least, a big thank you to all
the members who donated food and opportunity
prizes. Thank you, ladies, for your teamwork.
Twenty of our members attended the Fiesta
Luncheon: Stars of Miami. Pat Stevenson was
Phyllis Diller, Maxine Bizette, Carol Channing,
Aminta Konawicz as Doris Day, Caroline
Jensen was Dorothy Zbornak and I was Blanche
Devereaux, the sexy one from the Golden Girls.
The cutest of us all was Nell Penick as Shirley
Temple. Nell really researched her role, had her
dress made by the person who is in charge of the
costumes at the Ring Theater, and her
hairdresser came early to her beauty parlor to
make the ringlets in her hair. She was the perfect
Shirley Temple. Dade County Federation raised
over $5,000.
FRIDAY, APRIL 4TH
Board Meeting—10:00 am
Coco Plum Clubhouse
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9TH
Business & Election Meeting/
Luncheon—10:30 am
Coco Plum Clubhouse
Thirteen of our members attended the Dade
County Federation Meeting on March 26th and I
want to thank you for your support. Lisa Dudley
Rentz from the Miami Springs Woman’s Club
talked about personal security for women. Her
program was quite informative and I believe this
would be a good program at one of our
meetings. This was the third time our club had
the most attendance from a club.
Please attend our next business meeting on April
9th when we vote for our new Board of Directors.
You can see the Slate of Officers running for
election on page 8.
APRIL 25TH—28TH
GFWC of Florida-- Spring Convention
Rosen Plaza, Orlando
Friday, May 2nd
Board Meeting—10:00 am
Coco Plum Clubhouse
Wednesday, May 14th
Business Meeting/Luncheon—10:30 am
Installation of Officers
Coco Plum Clubhouse
Wednesday, May 28th
With love and warmest regards,
Heike ❑
DCFWC Board Meeting—9:30 am
DCFWC General Meeting—10:00 am
Coco Plum Clubhouse
Statistics on the
No Kid Hungry Campaign
Friday, June 6th
Since the start of the No Kid Hungry Campaign,
more than 2 million kids have been added to the
school breakfast program thanks to the work of
individuals all over the country.
New and Old Board Meeting—10:00 am
Coco Plum Clubhouse ❑
What are the most common signals that teachers
and caregivers see to let them know a child is
struggling with hunger? The answer is lack of
focus, lethargy, aggression, anxiety and
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antisocial behaviors like difficulty getting along
with other children, are the most common
signals that teachers and caregivers see to let
them know a child is struggling with hunger.
A very special thank you goes to Ann Robson,
Pam Ciravolvo, and Dottie Zammas. Without
them, I could not have carried out this
successful event.
Nearly 50% of SNAP (formerly food stamps)
recipients are children.
If you found a clean plate or bowl waiting for
you as you left the building, you can thank
Pam as she handled the kitchen all by herself.
Our profit from this party was $2,100 and our
President, Heike Leibkuchler, sent a check to
Feeding South Florida. We also collected $10 for
books this month. ❑
Birthdays for April
Happy Birthday, Dear Members!
Betty Lawton, April 1st
Martha Singleton April 4th
Sally Perlman April 14th
Cathie Cotton April 18th
Betty Long April 23rd
Laura Proctor April 30th
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Donations to the
Card Party Fundraiser
By Carol Renick
Dottie Zammas was in charge of planning for
and procuring opportunity and door prizes for
the Card Party held on March 19th. Our club
members donated those items and funds were
raised due to their generosity to benefit Feeding
South Florida. Thank yous go to Dottie for her
effort, the donors and for our members’
continued support of the club projects. Donors
and prizes are listed below.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Ways and Means
By Nadine LaGuette, Chair
Our card party is getting better each year. This
year, 73 attended, 37 members and 36 guests.
We need more of our Coco Plum members to
attend this event.
Donna Lewis---money hat valued at $25.
Sue Nichols---Mary Kay and Cru de Provence
lotions for an estimated value of $60.
Jeannette Patteson --$20 Publix gift certificate
Nadine LaGuette --Mythology Book
Rhoda Quarles-- Glass candlesticks
Rosemary Welton--stuffed rabbit and a door
prize
Ardyce Grevior--3 framed pictures ❑
We did not have a large committee, but those
who participated did a splendid job. Heike
Leibkuchler provided the flyers and tickets.
Nadine LaGuette and Ann Robson took
reservations. Dottie Zammas was able to
acquire lots of opportunity and door prizes.
Peggy Vital did the table decorations in an Irish
theme. Pam Ciravolo, Carol Renick and Sue
Pettapiece sold tickets for the raffle of the
opportunity prizes and Rosann Whitten, Peggy
Vital and Maxine Bizette tended the bar. How
about Rosann tending bar? Wasn’t she cute?
Thank you to everyone who brought the
delicious food and donated the prizes. (For
those names please see Dottie’s column.)
Education Committee Report
By Donna Lewis
After a week off for Spring Break, the
Education Committee Lunch Bunch readers
are looking forward to resuming our reading
schedule at Ludlam Elementary School. We
welcome three new readers, Betty Hill, Pat
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and Yearbook.
Stevenson, and Marcia Maynard. It is not too
late to join this project. Contact Donna Lewis
for a schedule and begin enjoying this
rewarding experience. ❑
Betty Karlsson, PO box 557914, Miami 33255,
Cell 305 496 3963, royal.bee@hotmail.com,
dob 6/18. Her interests include the hospitality
and telephone committees.
Membership
Gabrielle Martonffy, 5046 SW 162 Ave,
Miramar 33027,home 954 435 4658, cell 954
774 5801, g-martonffy@bellsouth.net, dob
5/15. Her interests include fund raising and
the international affairs and hospitality
committees.
By Carol Renick, Chair
Betty Sue Stultz was recognized for her efforts
in sponsoring women for membership
Marcia Maynard, 840 Independence Dr.
Homestead 33034, cell 305 815 0826, Marciamaynard@att.net, dob 11/01. Her interests
include the art and education committees. ❑
New Members
Betty Sue and Carol
in GFWC Coco Plum Woman's Club. Betty
received the white star recruitment pin for
recruitment of 5-9 new members as clubwomen.
Congratulations to Betty. Nadine LaGuette and
Dottie Zammas have also received the star pin
this year.
Three new members inducted into Coco Plum
at the March meeting are listed below. You may
wish to add them to your Coco Plum Roster
Left to Right: Gabrielle,
Betty, Marcia
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the trimmings. We had a visit from the
entertaining “Tater Family.” Thank you to
Ann Robson, Mary Lou Winkler, Sue
Pettapiece, Rosann Whitten, Nadine
LaGuette, Maxine Bizette, and Dottie
Zammas who brought these characters to life.
GFWC Signature Project:
Domestic Violence
Awareness and Prevention
GFWC is a national leader in the fight to end
domestic violence by raising awareness about
this social issue. By supporting existing
activities, working with various established
programs, and initiating educational
opportunities for club members and local
citizens, the goal of the GFWC Signature
Project: Domestic Violence Awareness and
Prevention is to increase awareness of the
widespread occurrence of domestic abuse.
Next we had a “Senior Olympics” featuring a
heads and tails competition won by Betty Sue
Stultz and a football paper plate toss won by
Vera Cooper. Thank you, Mary Lou, for
organizing and conducting the games.
Finally I want to thank all of our cooks for
making the picnic possible and delicious.
Thank you to Rosann Whitten for helping set
up; Dottie Bobbitt, Maxine Bizette, Carol
Renick, Betty Sue Stultz, Peggy Vital, Sue
Pettapiece, Pat Stevenson, Nell Penick, Jennie
Joy, Ann Robson, Caroline Jensen, Aminta
Konawicz, Sallly Perlman, and Pat Rivas for
providing the food; and Jennie Joy for
organizing the food tables.
Coco Plum’s April Domestic
Violence Initiative
By Aminta Konawicz, Chair
We had a great success last year with our
Baskets for the Domestic Violence Shelters in
Miami. We are inviting again your kind
cooperation to bring to our Club the items
most needed by them. For the ladies, or
gentlemen, long-sleeved shirts or pajamas,
tooth paste, tooth brushes, soap,
chocolates, brushes, combs, and slippers.
I know that I had a good time and hope that
everyone else did also. ❑
Financial Report
By Ann Robson, Financial Secretary
For the March 12th. 2014 , Picnic-Luncheon,
we had thirty-nine members for lunch, two
guests, two with complementary tickets, and
four no-shows.
We will put them in beautiful baskets and
bring them to the organizations to distribute.
Last year they were much appreciated.
Please bring your items at our next General
Meeting. We will gather together at the end of
the meeting as well. Call me 305-934-4299 or
email me at amintarealtor@gmail.com if you
will like to become part of the Committee.
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I would just like to remind our members that
if you have made a reservation and you
do not cancel before Monday at 1:00 pm, you
are responsible for paying $15 to our
treasurer, Sue Nichols, at 6585 SW 69thAve.,
South Miami Fl. 33143.
Picnic Committee
For cancellations prior to 1:00 pm Mondays
before a Wednesday luncheon, please call
Dottie Zammas. Her telephone number is a
new one, 786-444-2114. ❑
By Donna Lewis, Chair
For our March meeting, we enjoyed a Saint
Patrick’s Day picnic with fried chicken and all
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at the time of ordering.
Logo Shirts
By Mary Lou Winkler,
2nd Vice President
If you wish you may go to the Awesome
Embroidery shop at 8794 SW 132nd Street,
Miami, FL 33176 (305 255 7771), for viewing
the shirt or checking your size. If using your
own shirt, you will need to deliver that to
Awesome for them to embroider.
New members have inquired about getting
Coco Plum logo shirts, which some of us
wear at Conventions or District meetings
or when we do volunteer work. You can
see photos of us wearing these at a District
11 meeting on page 38D, 2013-14, History
section.
If anyone wants to have the Coco Plum
logo as a coaster or on some cloth that can be
done as well. Price for logo work, if we have
more than 11 total would be less ($8
each).
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If you are interested, the same shirt, with
3/4 length sleeves, white cotton, and logo
costs $47, plus tax. A few of us picked out
polo shirts, which range in price from $9$30, without logo, at Awesome.
Telephone Committee
By Dottie Zammas, Chair
(Her new number is 786-444-2114.)
You may use your own white cotton shirt
or polo shirt on which the logo can be
embroidered for $11, plus tax. That shirt
should be taken to the Awesome Shop,
address below.
For our general luncheon meetings, all
reservations should be made through the
phone committee. Phone committee members
are: Dottie Bobbitt 305-443-5123; Jennie Joy
305-238-6625; Bev Maxwell 305-661-8705;
Christine Mena 305-665-7275; and Dottie
Zammas 786-444-2114.
As our design is unique and quite intricate,
with a variety of colors, the time of
Last minute reservations and cancellations
should be made to Dottie Zammas, Phone
Committee Chair, at telephone number786444-2114 or email to zammdj@yahoo.com,
no later than Monday noon before the
Wednesday meeting. All members and guests
must have a reservation. If you do not cancel
your reservation for you or your guest you will
be charged $15.00 as we have to pay the
caterers. Please note that Dottie Zammas has
a new phone number 786-444-2114. ❑
preparing the machine with different spools
is great. Therefore if several of you want a
shirt, a group order should be placed.
Contact Aminta Konawicz (305 408
8362) or Mary Lou Winkler (305 669 4366)
for additional details or order at the April
business meeting. Shirts could be ready in a
week after order is placed. Payment is due
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Coco Plum Woman’s Club
Board Members Election for 2014—2016
Slate of Officers
President:
1st Vice President:
2nd Vice President:
Recording Secretary:
Treasurer:
Financial Secretary:
Corresponding Secretary:
Caroline Jensen
Carol Renick
Pam Ciravolo
Pat Rivas
Sue Nichols
Donna Lewis
Dottie Zammas
Directors:
Edith Hughes Clark
Mary Lou Winkler
Aminta Konawicz
Betty Sue Stultz
Pat Chehab
Rosemary Welton
Attention: Members must vote for only five of the directors,
although seven are running for the Board