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WEST MILFORD NEWCOMERS CLUB NEWSLETTER
September 2006 PRESIDENT: Merrilee McKittrick EDITOR: Merrilee McKittrick PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
Twenty years ago this September, the first meeting of the West Milford Newcomers Club was held at the Hillcrest Center. I had recently stopped working and hardly knew anyone in town. Gathering my courage, I entered that first meeting and have been a part of the Newcomers Club ever since. When I think of all the dear friends I have made, all the wonderful people I have met, all the fun activities I have enjoyed and all the laughs I have shared through this Club, I know my life would have been so much poorer without it. Over these twenty years, I have watched the Club enrich the lives of countless women as it did for me. I encourage all of you to participate as much as you can in all the Club’s many offerings. The more involved you get, the more you will feel at home here. My wish for you is that you will find through the Club the love, friendship, and fun that I have been privileged to experience. I am looking forward to sharing this very special 20th Anniversary year with you.
FIRST MEETING: Our first meeting of the Club year will be held on Tuesday, September 12th, at the West Milford Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall. Come and socialize beginning at 9:30 a.m. with coffee and refreshments supplied by the Club. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. At this meeting, we can catch up with each other after the summer and discuss our ideas and plans for the coming year. Both before and after the business part of our meeting, we will have a fun “getting to know you” game to help us learn further tidbits about each other as a great way to start the year.
BABYSITTING:On site babysitting is provided for $5 per family at our meetings. Please pay our treasurer, Diane Brewer, when you come in. Please pack snacks and drinks for your own children and label their belongings, especially if they have their own drinking cup.
DUES: Our yearly dues will remain at $20. If you are presently a member, please pay your dues by our second meeting which will be on October 10th. If you cannot attend either of our first two meetings, please mail your dues to the West Milford Newcomers Club, P.O. Box 635, Hewitt, NJ 07421. If we do not receive your dues by the end of October, we will assume you are not rejoining the Club and remove you from our directory, mailing list and e-mail lists. Women new to the Club but interested in finding out more about us, may attend two meetings as well as our other activities before joining.
E-MAILED MONTHLY NEWSLETTERS: Each month, we send the current month’s newsletter and calendar by e-mail to all our members for you to print out and refer to. We have simplified the graphics this year, in the hope that more of you will be able to receive it this way. If you unable to receive this newsletter by e-mail or if you just prefer to receive it by U.S. Mail, please let Merrilee know. Also, the current month’s newsletter and calendar can always be accessed at our website, www.newcomersclub.net.
ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS: As we have been doing for several years, we will include the advertising of our members’ or their husbands’ businesses in our Membership Directory. If you know of any other business that may want to advertise in our Directory, they are welcome to do so. Ads will run $25 for a half page and can be made from a business card or run for two lines for $15. Please contact Maria Eriksson, who will prepare our new directory, to place an ad. Here’s a big THANK YOU to Maria for volunteering to take on the production of our Directory.
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 expenses.
SUNSHINE SQUAD: Having friends help you out during a bad time can mean a lot. We are still looking for someone to chair this group that will help out members during such times by making and delivering dinners to them after surgery, giving birth or a serious illness. If you would like to chair this service, please contact Claire who will tell you what is involved. Also, people who sign up to be called on to prepare these meals are always appreciated.
HAPPY SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS TO: Sylvie Demers – 9/20, Claire Gray – 9/12, Mary Loudin – 9/8 and Paula Volpe – 9/29.
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CONGRATULATIONS to Marie and Steven Torres on the birth of their daughter, Patricia Ann on May 27th. Patricia weighed 6 lbs. 7 oz. and was 19” long.
CONGRATULATIONS to Bonny and John McGuire on the birth of their son, Carson Patrick, on May 31st. Carson weighed 8 lbs. 2 oz. and was 20-1/2” long.
CONGRATULATIONS to Annette and Joe O’Mahoney on the birth of their son, Christopher Thomas on August 1st. Christopher weighed 8 lbs. 2 oz. and was 20-1/2” long.
CONGRATULATIONS to Claire and Mark Gray on the birth of their son, Benjamin Robert on August 9th. Benjamin weighed 6 lbs. 1 oz. and was 18-1/2” long.
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A FOND FAREWELL to Orielle Georgiades who is moving to Indiana. We will miss her and wish her happiness in her new home.
MANY THANKS to Debra Manfredonio for agreeing to be our Hospitality Goddess again this year. Volunteers will be needed to bake or bring some food item to future meetings.
CALENDAR: Each month, you will receive a calendar along with your Newsletter showing our activities for the month. This can be placed where you can make easy reference to it. THANK YOU to Cyndy Taylor who will produce these calendars.
ACTIVITIES UPDATE:
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*** NEWCOMERS 20TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY ***
Mark your calendars for Thursday evening, October 26th, as we celebrate the West Milford Newcomers Club’s 20th Anniversary. Join former, present and future Newcomers Club members at Momento’s Restaurant where we will enjoy some good food while we catch up with friends, reminisce about the history of the club with the help of a slide show of old pictures and also look towards the future. That this is a newcomers club which has been in existence for 20 years is, in itself, pretty remarkable but the personal accounts from our members of what this club has meant to them over the years is truly heartwarming.
We will have a private room where there will be a buffet of salad, eggplant rollatini, penne with vodka sauce, fried calamari and spiedini (fried Italian bread with mozzarella & anchovy sauce) along with dessert and coffee, as well as a cash bar. The cost per person is $20, which includes tax and tip. Come celebrate this wonderful Club and the friendships and sense of community it fosters.
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