As I prepare for my trip to escape the rigors of winter, I just want to wish you all a pleasant, healthy passage through to spring. You will be in good hands as Julia Held will be leading the next two meetings.

I hope that all will be well and the club will be flourishing with new, exciting activities and members and the tried and true ones as well.

Aloha nui loa, Not-so-nueva Prez Connie

FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS : Wishing continued health and happiness to: Jody Goldenberg -2/3, Brenda Melstein - 2/5, Jenifer Hahn - 2/7, Sharyn Bell - 2/14, Julia Fincken - 2/15 and Carol Smith - 2/25.

Members of the West Milford Heritage Quilters club will be guests at our next meeting, Tuesday, February 9th, at the West Milford Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall. They will exhibit some of their personal quilts and quilting projects and talk about them. Come to our hospitality coffee get-together at 9:30 AM to meet and greet this fun-loving group of talented quilters.

According to Ardeth Wurdemann, the West Milford Heritage Quilters club was formed 22 years ago and consists today of 55 members. The club meets in the Macopin school library the third Friday of each month. The members are frequently involved in making quilts for group projects; such as, quilts for the benefit of breast cancer patients; Quilts of Valor (for injured members of the military); and quilts for Heal the Children (for non-profit agencies that perform surgery on children throughout the world). The members also made and donated a quilt to the Friends of Long Pond Ironworks as a fundraiser and made the beautiful quilt that hangs in the West Milford Township’s museum.

Baby-sitting is provided on the premises for $5 per family. Please pack snacks and drinks for your own children.

Refreshments for the February meeting will be provided by Linda Bayer, Delores LaRusso and Julia Held.

Julia Held, First Vice President

DIRECTORY AND E-MAILS: To help maintain our e-mail lists and directory, please notify our new webmaster, Blanche DeSimone any time during the year when there are changes to your membership information, i.e. e-mail address, telephone number, etc.

RAFFLE: Members are encouraged to bring items to be raffled off each month. You can clear out the clutter from your house and help the Club at the same time. The money earned from these raffles goes into our Club treasury to help defray monthly meeting expenses.

SUNSHINE SQUAD: Having friends help you out during a bad time can mean a lot. Helen Rezzonico is once again chairing this wonderful service the club provides for its members. The Sunshine Squad helps out members during difficult times by delivering dinners to them after surgery, giving birth or a serious illness. If you willing to be called on to be of service to your fellow members at such times, please let Helen know.

New ideas are ALWAYS welcome! If there is another group activity you would like to see implemented, or if you have a special interest or talent that you would like to share with others, then ‘Please’ let us know either through the newsletter or email or at the monthly meeting.

RAFFLE: Members are encouraged to bring items to be raffled off each month. You can clear out the clutter from your house and help the Club at the same time. The money earned from these raffles goes into our Club treasury to help defray monthly meeting expenses.