Officers President: Marti McGeary

1st V.P.: Bett Willett

2nd V.P. Anita Hoffman

3rd V.P. Fay Swalley

Financial Secretary/Membership:

Bobbi Jo Bernstein

Treasurer: Mickey Rosenkranz

Assistant Treasurer: Rita Masi

Auditor Director: Dorothy Dunn

Recording Secretary: Carolyn

McNamara Corresponding Secretary: Mary McKenna

Committee Chairs Chaplain - Thomasina O'Shea

Building Maint./Rentals –Marti

McGeary

Name Tags – Elaine O’Shea,

Thomasina O'Shea, Anita VonHold

Newsletter – Bett Willett, Pat

Pollotta

Phone Tree – Irene Wesstrom

Relay for Life – Kitty Cole

Scholarship Committee – Open

Scrap Book – Marti McGeary

Department Chairs Arts/Social - Debbi Rollo

Conservation – Bett Willett

Education – Open

Home Life – Rita Masi

International Outreach – Bobbi Jo

Bernstein

Public Issues - Open

GFWC - Woman’s Club of Deerfield Beach

September, 2013

Marti’s Message

Dear Member Friends, The summer has just flown by and I have been kept busy with a family reunion in New Jersey and family visiting with us here in Deerfield Beach. Grand Kids, nieces, and neph-ews are growing like weeds; don’t know where the time goes. Rita Masi, Angela Comotto, Sally Coleren, and I proudly represented our club at the GFWC International Conven-tion at the Hollywood Westin Resort. We met so many in-teresting women as we volunteered as hostesses at the Saturday Banquet. It was a Class One Act! District 13 was well represented as were all the districts in Florida. I am really looking forward to our September meeting and planning with you some of the things we would like to do this year. Come ready to make suggestions for activities: Arts, Conservation, Home Life, Education, International Is-sues, & Public Issues. Don’t forget to send items to Bett Willett (bettwillett@gmail.com) for our newsletter. Your input is greatly welcomed and appreciated.

Thanks for all you do! Marti

Deerfield Beach

Woman’s Club

September 10, Meeting

1:00 pm

Dr. Clifford Goldstein

Dr. Goldstein is a Chiropractor specializing in

families. He will speak on nutrition, exercise,

aging and general health.

September Birthdays

Irene Wesstrom September 1 Carolyn Morris September 24

Submitted by Janice Cashette

Smart Thieves Some people left their car in the long-term parking at an airport while away, and someone broke into the car. Using the information on the car's registration in the glove compartment, they drove the car to the people's home and robbed

it. If you are going to leave the car in long-term parking, do NOT leave the registration/insurance cards in it or your remote garage door opener.

Hostesses for September Chairwoman: Anita Hoffman

Myra Wells Anita Hoffman

Irene Wesstrom Bobbi-Jo Bernstein

If you have not signed up to be a hostess for one of our meetings please see Anita

ASAP.

Chaplain - Thomasina O'Shea

Love

Love is an attitude,

Love is a prayer

for a soul in sorrow,

a heart in despair.

Love gives water to

a cup that’s run dry.

Love reaches low

as it can reach high.

Seeks not her own

at expense of another.

Love reaches God

when it reaches

our brother.

Scholarship – Fay Swalley

Wow, where did the summer go. I know the heat is still with us but it will be fall be-fore we know it. I am planning on the best year ever. Just a reminder, since I will be do-ing scholar- ships this year it is not too soon to keep an eye out for our best and brightest students from the Deerfield Beach area. If you know of anyone we will keep them on our radar to consider for our scholarship.

N. E. FOCAL POINT NEWS Submitted by Robbin Williams

13th

Annual Health & Wellness Expo When: Saturday, October 19, 2013 Time: 9:00 am – 12:30 pm Where: N.E. Focal Point Senior Center Phone: 954-480-4446 Cindy Health Fair activities will include health

screenings, flu shots, vendors with healthy education and information for all ages. Door Prizes, Enter-tainment & Clowns. Food will be

available for purchase. Operation Medicine Cabinet.

Variety Show When: Friday, September 27, 2013 Time: 10:00 am Where: N.E. Focal Point Senior Center Phone: 954-480-4447 Tamara Showcase your Talents! Perform on your own or in a group. You can Sing, Dance, Recite Poetry or Play a Musical Instrument. Are you a Story Teller, Puppeteer, Come-dian, Magician, or Clown? Can you Yoyo, Juggle or Jump rope? Rehearsals Begin Friday, August 30 at 12:00 noon.

A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.

Submitted by Wanda Kostyshyn

Our club needs volunteers

We need a volunteer to write press

releases and be in charge of Public

Relations.

Please consider volunteering as our

need is great. If you can help please

see Marti.

Submitted by Mickey Rosenkranz

Women are Angels.

And when someone breaks our

wings,

We simply continue to fly…

On a broomstick.

We’re flexible like that.

President – Marti McGeary

Fall Tour Of Officers: Everyone’s Invited!

District 13 Fall Harvest Luncheon

Where: Hollywood Hills Country Club,

Rudy’s Restaurant

1650 Johnson St. Hollywood , fl 33020

When: Saturday, November 16,

2013

Time: 11:30- 2:00 p.m.

Cost: $27.00 (lunch, 2 free

drink tickets, entertainment)

Mark your calendar and reserve your spot at our

September 10th

meeting.

Vitas Innovative Hospice Care of Broward Seeks Volunteers

Volunteers are needed who can visit with terminal-ly ill patients & families, provide relief for caregiv-ers, visit veterans, sew Memory Bears, play musi-

cal instruments, sing, or read. Licensed hairdressers are needed to give free haircuts to patients at home. Adminis-trative volunteers are needed at the 17th St. Causeway and Miramar offices. Volunteers

must attend a one-day orientation. If you want to help, call 954-777-5396 or email anne.warren@vitascom

Report Sick Manatees

Red tide acts as a neurotoxin in manatees, giving them seizures that can result in drowning. Rescued in time most can be saved. To report a sick mana-tee, contact Florida Fish and Wildlife Conser-vation Commission Hotline at 1-888-404-3922, #FWC or *FWC on your cell phone, or use VJF Channel 16 on your marine radio. Learn more about red tide, visit Save the Manatee Club’s website at savethemanatee.org

Scholarship Winners

Markus Howell, Dillard H.S., Hannah Prock, Monarch H.S. , and Jasmine Perez, DFB H.S.,

are the recipients of our $1,000.00 scholarship awards.

Conservation – Bett Willett

DONATE don’t hesitate!

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CALL 954 463 3725 FOR

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Next Auto Auction Saturday, October 12

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Broward Blvd. Fort Lauderdale

SOUTHERN REGION OFFICERS: Ann James, President

Jackie Boland V. President, Jo Anne Reid, Secretary,

Kay Chadwick, Treasurer

SOUTHERN REGION CONFERENCE 2013

Oct 25-27 Biloxi, Mississippi http://www.gfwc-southernregion.org/

Southern Region is always a great time. Aruba has been added to

our region! Let's have a great turnout from Florida.

Corresponding Secretary - Mary McKenna

Angelina DeLuca is home and doing

well and welcomes cards and visitors.

777 SE 2nd

Ave. Apt #105A 33441

954 427-1479 If you know of any member who is ill or hospitalized please let me know by phone or e-mail so that I, as Corresponding Secretary, can send them a card.

Submitted by Jean Robb

The city will be holding public hearings

on the proposed budget. The first meet-

ing will be on Tuesday, September 3rd

at 7 P.M. in the commission chambers.

The budget being proposed is for a 1

mill increase in taxes and an increase of

the fire assessment fee from $135 to

$175. September 13 is final hearing on

the adoption of the fire assessment rate.

Membership – Bobbi Jo Bernstein

Welcome New Member

Leas Saraceno 3391 Deer Creek Alba Way Deerfield Beach, FL 33442 leassaraceno@aol.com

KNOW YOUR MEMBERS! By Dorothy Dunn

Marti McGeary

Marti joined the GFWC

Woman’s Club of Deerfield

Beach in 200, because of its

long history in the city and its

focus on education, self-

improvement, and safety and

well-being of women and chil-

dren. Since joining she has

worn many hats serving as an

officer. She is now President,

2012-2014. Marti has been GFWC/FFWC District 13

Director and President’s Project Chair. She has repre-

sented our club many times at the GFWC/Fall Board of

Directors and Spring Convention in Orlando.

Marti (Martha Ann Boyd) McGeary was born on

April 13, 1943 in Philadelphia, PA. She is the youngest

of five children. Her family moved around for a few

years before buying a home in Darby, PA in 1951. She

entered the 2nd

grade at Ridge Avenue Elementary

School. Her fondest memories there were painting the

school windows for holidays, especially Christmas, fun

at scout meetings, playing sliding board tag and gully

tag across the street from her house, and of course, jump

rope, jacks, step and wire ball. All the kids, Marti in-

cluded, were always fascinated by the Tarzan rope that

someone managed to put up. Every summer some kid

managed to fall off and break an arm. It was scary to

swing out in a wide circle, but oh, so much fun! If you

didn’t do it you were sure to be dared. Games were sim-

ple, friendships lasting, and school and church were at

the heart of all activities.

Junior High began in 7th

grade and meant a dif-

ferent school and many new friends. Making the cheer-

leading squad was special, along with sporting events

and “dances in the gym.” In Senior High Marti’s interest

in sports and cheerleading continued, but also getting

good grades and planning for college was important.

Marti was President of the Future Teachers of

America, a member of the National Honor Society, a rep-

resentative to the Model United Nations at University of

Pennsylvania, and on the Yearbook Committee. She was

fortunate enough to get a teaching scholarship and grad-

uated with a B.S. Degree in Elementary Education from

West Chester University.

In 1963, Marti married her grade school “boy-

friend”, Jim McGeary. They moved to Washington

Twp., NJ and raised three children. She was active in the

community, involved with her children’s activities, and

enjoyed sewing, art, and refinishing furniture. She taught

eighteen years at Wedgewood Elementary School before

retiring in 1998 and moving to Deerfield Beach, FL.

Marti is a member of St. Ambrose Parish and

volunteers each year for the carnival to raise funds for

the school. Her love for the environment and the beach

led her to join The Original Save Our Beach PAC and

then form the not-profit organization which she serves as

Co-Chair. After losing her bid for mayor in 2004, she

served four years on the Deerfield Beach Planning &

Zoning Committee. She regularly attends Commission

Meetings and volunteers for other charitable events.

Marti and Jim celebrate their Golden Wedding

Anniversary this year. They have five grandchildren,

three boys and two girls. The oldest granddaughter, De-

vany McGeary, now lives in Deerfield Beach and is a

club member.

Meeting Date Deerfield Beach Woman’s Club

2013-2014 Programs

Sept. 10 Clifford Goldstein Chiropractor 954-571-8100 Exercise and Health tips

Oct. 8 Hair stylist A program on what hairstyle and color is good for different ages and face shapes

Nov. 12 Dark-Sky Association Starry, Starry Night The Dark Sky Assn. aims to preserve and protect the night sky above sites, homes, businesses, schools and towns by taking a stand against the en-croachment of light and bringing us one step closer to regaining our starry night skies.

Dec. 10 Holiday Luncheon

Jan. 14 Shark Whisperer - Dori Brenes - Education about sharks and our oceans’ con-servation. Help people understand and realize why sharks are important to our oceans and that they play a huge role in keeping the oceans delicate eco system balanced

Feb. 11 Cheryl Knudsen who is a Stray Aid board member and "master trapper” will present a program about Trap and Release for feral cats.

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