Vice President
Raffles
We had some excited winners at our last meeting: Esa Rosicke, Donna Balskus and Martine LaPlant. Thanks to our executive board members, Leah Dean and Lisa Bosco for donating the prizes.
Bylaws
The committee held its first meeting on 1/14. We did an overview and made our initial revisions. The most changes included the removal of extra wording and explaining what quorums were required for club actions. We also proposed an additional board position for Nominating/Bylaws. The Membership Chair can be rather busy on her own. If you have any areas of concern, please contact Noreen. Our next meeting will be 2/25 at Noreen's home and you all are welcome to attend.
Fundraising
Noreen will host a meeting on 2/23 at 7:15 pm to create a listing of potential fundraisers for our next club year. Please RSVP to Noreen if interested in submitting ideas or if you would like to attend.
Tag Sale
Martine LaPlant and Noreen Carpenter have agreed to chair this event. They will research dates and sites. Initial discussion was to ask Liberty Candle on RT 44 for a Saturday in June. Also, they will check into matching the date with that for the yearly Vernon or South Windsor neighborhood tag sales. So begin the uncluttering of your home/cellar/garage, get your children involved by cleaning out the toys…and make some money.
Noreen
vicepresident@boltonwomensclub.org
Wreath Fund Raiser
A wreath fundraiser is the selling  of unadorned wreaths to people who will return them to us decorated so that they can be judged and then sold via silent auction with the proceeds benefiting the BWC. We are in the beginning stages of planning this event and have many decisions to work out. Please get involved and learn more>>
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Membership & Nominating
Happy January!
It is that time of year for the Nominations Committee (Pam S. and Leah D.) to start thinking about filling BWC board positions and chair positions for the year 2010-2011.
We are in the process of contacting members to see how each of us may want to help our club in this way. In the meanwhile, if you have any questions about what a position may entail, please feel free to contact either of us. We would be happy to speak with you!
And remember, dues for new members are on sale...$15 for the remainder of our fiscal year. If you have a friend or neighbor who may be interested in learning more about our club, invite them to our next meeting on Wednesday, February 3rd at 7PM in Chandler Hall, behind the Bolton Congregational Church on Bolton Center Road.
Looking forward to seeing you then!
Leah and Pam
memberhip@boltonwomensclub.org
Toast Our Town and Support Herrick Park!
The members of the Bolton Women’s Club cordially invite you to attend our popular Toast Our Town event on March 6, 2010 in Georgina’s Grand Ballroom. This event will feature a silent auction, balloon chances, hot and cold hors d'oeuvres, a cash bar and music provided by Awesome Audio. Tickets are on sale now for $35 each.To reserve tickets please email us at playgroundcommittee@boltonwomensclub.org. more>>
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Senior Luncheon – March 24th
Our annual lunch for the seniors of Bolton is coming up on Wednesday, March 24th. This is a great way to give back to the senior members of our community. They absolutely love coming (more seniors come to the lunch than to the monthly senior meetings!) There are many ways you can participate. We need people to prepare food, help set-up, serve, and clean-up, provide give-a-ways, or if you are short of time or cooking ability, there are some things that we need to buy, so a monetary donation always helps. Thank you to those who have already signed up. Please look for emails from Emily and Elisa with additional sign-ups, or contact one of us if you would like to help.
Last year, Amy D’Agata made corsages for the ladies at the lunch. They were a huge hit. Some of the guys wanted them too. We are going to continue this tradition, and make corsages at the February meeting. Please bring your creativity or at least your fun-filled personalities to the meeting. Plus, bring a pair of clean gardening gloves. Even the silk flowers and wire can stick you. (Thanks, Amy, for the warning!) We will have a great time creating the corsages.
Emily and Elisa
seniorluncheon@boltonwomensclub.org
BWC Herrick Park Playground Committee Update... Revised Design Has Arrived!
At long last, we have the revised design for our club’s project! We would like to thank each and every one of you for your support, guidance and feedback. We believe that the revised design is the best representation of what meets our budget range (around $50,000) and also meets the totality of all of the requests that we received. see the initial playground plans here...
Lani
playgroundcommittee@boltonwomensclub.org
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Treasurer's Report
The audit of our books from the past three years is well under way. As soon as we get the report back, we will share it with everyone.
Believe it or not, it is time to start thinking about allocations again. For our new members, every April we vote as a club to determine who will receive a donation from the BWC. Esa will be putting together the ballot in March. If you have an organization that you would like to see on the ballot, please forward the name of the organization and any information you have on them by February 15th. Esa will present a draft at the March general meeting and make any additional changes. If you have any questions about the process, please feel free to call Esa or Emily.
The Budget Committee will also start gearing up to figure out our operating and event budget for next year. If anyone is interested in being on the committee, please let Emily or Esa know. It is a great way to learn about the financials of the club. We will start meeting in February and probably have two or three meetings.
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