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Montrose BPWC Monthly Newsletter
September 3, 2008
Ladies, it is hard to believe that another BPW year is upon us.
My summer just flew by. While some of you took a vacation from
BPW during the summer months, several did not, and to them I
give my most sincere thanks.
Bringing aboard new members has its own
rewards with new and refreshing ideas and enthusiasm. Our trip
to Lake Seneca was a huge success (2 busses) and Bingo has
proved to be all that Ann Silletto said it would be. It is a lot
of work and a time commitment, but I am happy to say that our
bank accounts are healthier than they have been in many, many
years. (She told us so!) Connie Stevens has designed a
beautiful and well-maintained web-site. In fact, it won 1st
place as the best  web site
at the State Convention in June. Keep a check for info and
activities (www.bpwmontrose.org)
State Convention was once again a fun and
informative experience. Joyce and Sue had another excellent
adventure, this time NOT using the GPS unit!
Our own Susan Gesford is 1st
Assistant District 8 Director, so we better save up for the
coming installation party in a couple years as she becomes the
District Director. She will fill us in on the issues and
activities of the coming year.
2008-2009 is shaping up as a busy and
productive year for us. I know several of you have decided not
to renew your membership this year,  I am
asking that you reconsider. If you find that you are unable to
rejoin, please remember that you are always welcome at meetings
and any other activities we have planned.
We have had to change our meeting
place. September 10th meeting will be held at J & J’s
at the top of the avenue (formerly the Maple leaf) at 6:30 pm.
Cost is $14.00 (which is what I expected wherever we met). They
are opening the restaurant just for us. If we can bring in more
people for dinner, the cost will go down. The meeting will
basically be a planning meeting, but we may also have a speaker
(not confirmed).
The Woman of the Year banquet will be here
before we know it. Ruth Wilmarth is an excellent choice, and is
apparently very appreciative of the honor bestowed upon her.
She is also doing a lot of the hands on work herself... I hope
all of you will turn out to support her and the club. October
2nd at the Bible Conference at 6:00 pm is the date.
Fall Conference is at Keystone College on
October 4th. Officers should be planning to attend,
plus any other available members. Anyone who has not been to
district conference should not pass up this opportunity when it
is this close. It is absolutely the best way to begin learning
the purpose and mission of BPW.
Our largest undertaking will be moving our
bingo game to the South Montrose Conservation Club. The
Executive Committee met and agreed this is our best fund raiser
to date, and although it will be a great deal of work, we hope
all of you will support it. For those who cannot actually work
at Bingo, we can use your support in several other ways:
baking, cooking, donating food items for dinner, working other
fundraisers to free up the bingo workers. (For instance, the Elk
Lake Bazaar and our bake sale are the day before a Sunday
afternoon bingo), so if we can count on some of you to work the
bazaar and others to help with bingo we should do well at both
events. Bingo will be the 1st and 3rd
Sundays in October and November with doors open at noon for
dinner and games starting at 2:00 pm. The Conservation Club has
given us a much reduced rent to start with. All profits go to
BPW. The last Bingo game will be the first Sunday in December
with resumption planned in March or April 2009.
Other topics of interest this year will
center about our partnership with the Susan G. Koman Foundation , the
American Heart Association, 
returning Women Veterans 
and I hope an interesting and motivating
club project for the year. More details to
follow. 
Thank you in advance for your support and
efforts in making Montrose one of the most active clubs in the
district.
Joyce
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