Northbrook  Woman’s  Club  

Mary Beth Smith, President May 2016 Sandy Veith, Editor

Wow! It is hard to believe that we are focused on year-end at the Northbrook Woman's Club. How time flies! We have had a wonderful year due to the dedicated effort of the board members and their amazing committees. Take a bow, one and all! In the last month, Mary Otis and the Grants committee as well as treasurer Carolyn Mulier got the checks distributed to the various organizations that we chose to support this year. Kathy Paleczny and the Scholarship Committee are in full swing evaluating a record 236 requests for scholarships to be awarded at the GBN awards ceremony in May. And Janice Larson, Karla Irving and the Membership Committee have completed

club committee sign ups for next year, issued dues notices, are conducting orientation for 14 new members next week, hosting the Sustainer party and preparing for the May members only luncheon. Community Projects chairs Jeanne Voigt and Patti Satz are completing community projects sign-ups for next year and their committee has completed seven projects in the last two months. Susan Schueler and Cathy Gregory and the Hostess Committee put on a wonderful April general meeting and luncheon. Susan Carrington, Marisa Boffa and the Special Interests Committee had a theater outing, taught us how to entertain in a healthy way, and are planning a garden walk, historical tour, and golf scramble. Our club was also featured recently in the Northbrook Star due to the efforts of Linda Chabraja. So many wonderful women doing so many things for our Club!! I look forward to seeing all of you at the members-only luncheon on May 5 at the Glen Club. Nancy Carey and the Social Committee are busy planning a wonderful luncheon for us. This is really a special day as we induct the new board, welcome new members and acknowledge members who have anniversaries this year. We really hope that you can join us! Looking forward to a wonderful Spring! Sincerely, Mary Beth

 

UPCOMING  EVENTS  

May 5 Members-Only Luncheon May 12 Combined/Change-over Board Meeting May 17 Tour of Historic Pullman District May 19 Senior Club luncheon at the Village Church

May 21 Blood Drive at Sunset Foods 8:00 am – 1:00 pm June 17 Woman’s Club Couples Golf Event June 22 North Shore Garden Walk

NEW NEWSLETTER EDITOR

Submissions are due May 15th for the June/July newsletter ! Send to Janice Larson pjlarson5@att.nett  

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"""    MEMBERSHIP  NEWS    """

April Lunch & Presentation by Calico Corners – Thank you to the Hostess and Programs Committees for a wonderful April Luncheon. Food was great, as always, and the presentation by Calico Corners was informative and well-received. A total of 73 woman attended: 39 Active; 17 Sustainer; 7 Honorary; 5 New and 5 Guests. Sustainer Party – A huge thank you to Elisa Glass and Karen Spooner for chairing this year’s Sustainer Party! The party was held at Elisa’s house and featured a light dinner and special beverage! Many Sustainers enjoyed a fun evening catching up! Thank you to the many members of the Membership Committee who cooked and baked for this event. New Members - Membership is pleased to announce that we voted in 14 new members on April 12th, and reinstated one Sustaining Member! Orientation for our New Members was held on Thursday, April 21st, at the home of Margaret Grouzard. NWC/F Committee Sign Ups for 2016-17 - All Active Members should be signed up for their NWC/F Committee. We had a great response to Sign Up Genius, and currently only a few members have not signed up for a NWC/F committee. The link for Sign Up Genius is http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0b4fa4ae2d6-20162017. You will need to copy and paste the link to sign up. Please contact Janice or Karla if you have any questions about this process. May 5th Members-Only Luncheon – At this luncheon, we will induct our 14 new members, reinstate one Sustainer, and honor the 19 women celebrating anniversaries between 20 years and 45 years! 2016-17 Dues and Member Record Sheets - Letters went out to all members in mid April with the 2016-17 Annual Dues request and the Member Record. Please return the signed Member Record and your dues to Karla Irving no later than June 1st. For your convenience, a basket will be available at the May Luncheon to collect these items. Even if you have no changes to your Member Record, we request that you return it signed. It will be used to create your membership record in the new system we will be launching in the near future. Note: in the contact information section please identify your phone numbers as home, cell, work, other. Joys:

• Mary Otis’ stepson, Chris Otis, and his fiancée, Malea, are getting married August 13, 2016 in Durango, CO. Congratulations!!

• Barbara Ahlering’s son, Danny, recently became engaged to Emily Vutech. The couple is planning a Fall 2017 wedding in Chicago.

Concerns:

• Kay Slawin’s Father-in-Law, Marlan Slawin, passed away on April 1st. Our hearts go out to the Slawin family.

Please remember to inform either Janice or Karla of any Joys and Concerns, or any changes to your personal information. In addition to tracking and recording members, collecting dues, noting Joys & Concerns, the Membership Committee also plans, cooks and serves four events throughout the year: New Member Cocktail Party, Member's Only Brunch, New Member Orientation and Sustainer's Party. It takes an engaged team to pull off these events. A huge thank you to our team: Alison Ayers, Debbie Bedford, Marisa Boffa, Missy DeVries, Elisa Glass, Debby Gledhill, Lucille Griffin, Margaret Grouzard, Kim Gruemmer, Ann Nugent, Kathy Patelski, Jackie Purcell, Marion Rowe, Regina Ruocco and Karen Spooner. You made it look easy! The next Membership Meeting is Tuesday, May 10th at 9am at the home of Kim Gruemmer. Janice Larson & Karla Irving Membership Committee Co-Chairs

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Batter Up for Baseball!

Are you a Cubs or White Sox Fan? Show your support at the May 5 luncheon! Bring your donation for the Food Pantry and show your spirit for your local team while providing needed staples for our local Northfield Township Food Pantry. Especially requested items include the materials for cookie batter and baking goods including flour, sugar, chocolate chips, rice, pasta, cereal. Or if you are doing Spring cleaning in your closet and have extra canned goods or other pantry items those will be welcome too. Cash or checks will be collected during the lunch and are greatly appreciated. Thank you for your generosity.

COLLECTING USED PAPERBACK BOOKS

For the month of April, we collected 22 paperback books for our "Keep Them Reading " project. The Library was very pleased as well as impressed with our support. We will resume collecting books again in the Fall. You are always welcome to drop them at my condo. There is a receiving room just inside the front door. An easy way to remember is to put the books in a bag in the car. This also works for magazines. Thanks so much for your support and remember not only are you supporting the Library but the community as well Jan Alberts

Rusty Golfers—Subs Needed I believe the Roster for the 2016 Rusty Golf League is now full. Thanks to all. I would like to encourage any of our members who think they might have some interest in golf to add their names to our substitutes’ list. If you give us a try, you will find that we have a great bunch of ladies. You may like us so much that you may want to join us next year! Please either email or call Betty Hansmann to have your name added to the list. Please provide phone number and email address. Betty Hansmann 847-498-3116 hansmannb@aol.com

Blood Drive

On Saturday May 21, NWC and Rotary are supporting a Lifesource blood drive from 8 to 1 at Sunset Foods. Please take the time to come and donate your blood to help save lives. Amy Cooke

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NORTH SHORE GARDEN CLUB

CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION GARDEN WALK  Wednesday, June 22, 2016 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM

Do you enjoy gardens or gardening ideas? Visit seven beautiful, diverse and unique private gardens in Winnetka, Glencoe, and Highland Park. We plan to meet at 10:30 am, at Mariano’s, Skokie Blvd and Dundee, nearest the railroad tracks (the old Zenglers bldg’s site). From there we’ll car pool to the gardens! After enjoying the gardens, we’ll return to the Mariano’s lot, and have lunch at Mariano’s or Panera. NSGC says light refreshments and cookies will be available at some of the gardens. Tickets: $30 NSGC members; $35 general public; $40 day of event. Please call Lisa Kunkel 847-291-6720 or kunkel@ameritech.net. Lisa will order tickets before the walk for those who get her a check ($35 made out to NSGC) before Monday June 19th. If you find that you can attend at the last minute, bring $40 and meet us at the Mariano’s! All participants, pick up our tickets and maps to the gardens the day of the event between 9:45 am and 2:45 pm in the parking lot of North Shore Congregation Israel, 1145 Sheridan Road, Glencoe. Lisa Kunkel and Nancy Gibson Vydra Special Interest Event Co-chairs

Tour of Chicago's Historic Pullman District and

Lunch at nearby Harborside Inn Tuesday, May 17, 2016 Cost: $35 per person (includes guided tour & lunch)

Join your NWC friends for a Special Interests-sponsored guided tour of Chicago's Historic

Pullman District. Feel free to invite a friend or two to join us. Please meet at 8:45 a.m. at the northwest corner of the parking lot near Advance Auto Parts at the intersection of Cherry & Meadow.

We will form carpools there and proceed to the Pullman Visitors Center, 11141 S. Cottage Grove

Avenue, Chicago, IL. After a 90-minute guided walking tour of the Pullman District, we will carpool to the Harborside Inn, 11001 S. Doty Avenue East, Chicago, IL for lunch. There is free parking at both

the Pullman District Visitors Center and the Harborside Inn.

The fixed-priced lunch menu includes Chicken Caesar Salad, House Dinner Rolls, Vanilla Ice Cream with Chocolate Chip Cookie, Fountain Drinks, Chicago City Tax and Gratuity. If you would like to be part of

the tour and lunch, please complete the form below and send it with a check (payable to Kathleen Drewno) by May 6.

Please Save the Date In response to our Northbrook Woman’s Club survey results, the Social Committee is planning an evening event in place of our Fall luncheon to accommodate all of our members, including those who cannot attend daytime functions. Please save the date for Thursday, October 6th, 2016 to join us at Marcello’s, 1911 Cherry Lane, Northbrook, for a casual dinner and a chance to mix and mingle with other NWC members. Look for details in the August newsletter!

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New Community Project: Little Hats, Big Hearts

Can you knit or crochet? We are excited to promote a new heartwarming community project for 2016-2017. It is called “Little Hats, Big Hearts.” Volunteers will be celebrating American Heart Month by knitting or crocheting RED baby hats for all newborn and premature babies born in February in local hospitals. It is to raise awareness of heart disease and congenital heart defects. Debby Hass has been kind enough to chair this project. There will be one organizational meeting to get instructions and patterns. One large skein of RED yarn, will make a dozen hats. The hats for February 2017 distribution must be completed by December 1, 2016. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to donate 100 or more RED caps from the Northbrook Woman’s Club? This is a perfect project for members who want a project they can do on their own schedule or would like to more than one project. If you are interested, please sign up on sign up genius. Thank you, Patti Satz and Jeanne Voigt Community Projects Chairs

Scholarships

The Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce that we had a record amount of students applying for scholarships this year – 236! Our committee is also very excited to share that – for the first time ever – we are able to read the applications on our computers so we are saving paper, reading at our own pace and time, and making sure we really can get to know each candidate without the pressure of reading paper applications in a time crunch. We will be meeting at Kathy's house to pick the candidates on May 4th. At that time we will decide how many students get scholarships and in what amount.

Our budget this year is $25,000...for a pool of 236 students! We have our work cut out for us! Thank you to our committee: Amy Cooke, Elisa Glass, Lynn Hellwig, Jean Imperato, Mary Knipp, Lisa Kunkel, Lori Meek, Adrienne Miller and Kay Slawin Kathy Paleczny NWC Scholarship Committee Chair 2016

ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY The "Trash Tootsies" did a wonderful job cleaning up Waukegan Road between Shermer and Techny. We did the pick up on Tuesday, April 12 and Wednesday, April 13, and we were fortunate to have sunshine on both days! Many thanks to the following ladies who helped with the first cleanup of the season: Emily Taylor, Jeanne Voigt, Kay Slawin, Barbara O'Keefe, Jennifer Grinko, Linda Mayer, Carolyn Nyren, Annie Kiggins and Elisa Glass. Buffy Ervin Chair

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April Hostess Committee

Many thanks to the April Hostess Committee for preparing and serving a delicious lunch for the April 7th General Meeting. Not only did this group of dedicated volunteers shop and prepare food for over 70 members, but they served it and cleaned up afterwards. My heartfelt thanks goes out to Barbara Barry, Leslie Berkowitz, Christi Cooper, Kristin Ihrke, Julie Leonard, Sally Neuert, and Missy Reedy. Thanks to Kathleen Drewno for her very Inspirational message. Sincerely, Cathy Gregory Hostess Chair

LITTLE DRESSES FOR AFRICA

This committee of talented ladies did such a wonderful job this year. There are many different tasks associated with completing these dresses such as cutting, pinning, sewing, ironing and sizing, and we are so thrilled to have completed 91 dresses this year. Our thanks to the following ladies, many of whom have been involved with this project from the start: Alison Ayres, Virginia Bishop, Elisa Glass, Janice Larson, Lynne Montgomery, Keri Muldoon, Kathy Paleczny, Kathy Patelski, Susan Schueler, Susan Zera and her lovely daughter Mia, Rosalie Lemperis, Debby Hass, Peggy Reynolds, Marissa Boffa, Annie Kiggins, and Kay Slawin. Our sincere thanks for your dedication. Buffy Ervin and Diane Smith Co-chairs

 

Philanthropy – Grants Committee

A heartfelt thanks to the 2015-2016 Philanthropy- Grants committee members for their diligent and thoughtful participation. It has been my true pleasure to work with Julie Blaszak, Patty Damisch, Buffy Ervin, JoJo Hebl, Toni Hyland, Marilyn Melia, Leena Ramachandra, Cheryl Rohlfs, Michelle Rosenson, Kristine Schwandner, and Tamara Solarich. Through their efforts, funds raised by NWC/F members were allocated to many outstanding and worthy organizations. Mary Otis Philanthropy – Grants Chair

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Special Interest Committee Thank You

What a great year for Special Interest trips and events. We toured the rarely seen Wright houses in Glencoe and saw the Van Gogh Exhibit at the Chicago Art Institute. We ate healthy food at the Flavor Pot and Sunset Foods. Had a wonderful date night of dinner and a play. Continued our exercise experience at 9 Round Workout. Celebrated the holidays with cocktails. Toured the new Pullman Historical District. We have plans for a garden walk and golf scramble at Sportsman. Please take the time to thank these committee members that brought you the wonderful Special Interest trips and events this year: Carol Diaz, Kathleen Drewno, Meena Wadwa Klein, Mindy Koehler, Lisa Kunkel, Katie Lane, Maggie McCarthy, Nadine Minning, Jennifer Nemerson, Dara Owen, Kris Ruben, and Nancy Gibson Vydra Maris Boffa and Susan Carrington Special Interest Committee Co-Chairs

Thank You - Corporate Donations We have many doctors, businesses and corporations to thank for donating to the NWCF for our Grants and Scholarships! They have donated over $9,000 so far this year and we are still hoping for more. If you or your loved ones work in a company that would like to donate to the NWCF, or if your family would like to donate to the NWCF, please contact Kathy Paleczny at crunchkp@aol.com or at 847-507-8250. All of the proceeds from corporate donations go directly to Grants and Scholarships. Thank you to these very generous donors for the 2016 year: Gold Level: Ann Petersen $2,500 Petersen Aluminum Corp. $2,500 Silver Level: ABT $1,000 Village of Northbrook $1,000 Bronze Level: CVS Health Foundation $500 First Bank of Highland Park $250 Northbrook Animal Clinic $250 Hauff Dental Group $100 McCarthy Spine and Sport PC $100

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Photos from Little Dresses for Africa Project

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