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Emily Cox President [email protected] 919.625.9069 Patty Byrne First Vice President [email protected] 919.552.6415
Barbara Kennedy Second Vice President [email protected] 919.285.3422 Martha Smallwood Third Vice President [email protected] 252.340.9703
Julia Yeargan Recording Secretary [email protected] 919.552.2912 Tammie Stagnitta Corresponding Secretary [email protected] 919.285.3981
Victoria Currin Treasurer [email protected] 919.552.0553
The Woman’s Way
Fuquay-Varina Woman’s Club FEBRUARY 2016
The president’s key notes
As I write this, it is 10:00 pm and reporting for 2015 is now done! Patty and I have spent many hours together, and
it never ceases to amaze me how much this club accomplishes in a year. Thank you Patty for all your countless hours of work. Thank you members of the Fuquay-Varina Woman’s Club for being “large in thought, in word, in deed.”
As we move into February, we have so much to look forward to. The District 6 Arts Festival will be here before you
know it. Our club will be hosting the festival along with members of the Fuquay-Varina Juniors. This is always a fun
event! A few more volunteers are needed to go and help serve breakfast, refill the juice and coffee, and help clean
up the items before lunch is served.
February is an interesting month to me, with its assorted events and facts. Did you know:
This year is a Leap Year? Yes, there will be 29 days in this February. Leap Days are needed to keep our calendar in alignment with the Earth's revolutions around the Sun. You see, It takes the Earth approximately 365.242199 days (a tropical year) to circle once around the Sun. If we didn't add a day on February 29 nearly every 4 years, we would lose almost six hours every year. After only 100 years, our calendar would be off by approximately 24 days in relation to the seasons!
GO PANTHERS! The Super Bowl Sunday is the second biggest snack day of the year. Second only to New Year’s Eve.
Even casual sports fans take part. After all, watching the great ads and the super Half-time show are as much a part
of the game as the game itself!
While 75% of chocolate purchases are made by women all year long, during the days and minutes before Valentine's Day, 75% of the chocolate purchases are made by men. Over $1billion of chocolate is sold for Valentine’s Day.
Fat Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday. It is also known as Mardi Gras Day or Shrove Day. It is a day when people eat all they want of everything and anything they want as the following day is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of a long fasting period for Christians. In addition to fasting, Christians also give up something special that they enjoy. So, Fat Tuesday is a celebration and the opportunity to enjoy that favorite food or snack that you give up for the long Lenten season.
And what about those conversation candy hearts? The New England Confectionery Company (NECCO) makes more than 8 billion candy hearts every year to keep up with the demand for the sweet treat. The entire amount produced during this time sells out in six weeks. Candy hearts are the best-selling Valentine's Day candy. In 2010, for the first time in 145 years, the company discarded all of the sayings for the conversation hearts and created a new line with expressions selected by the public. The most popular new sayings for conversation candy hearts are "Tweet Me," "Text Me," "You Rock," "Love Bug," "Soul Mate," and "Me + You."
Lastly, speaking of hearts, it is American Heart Month. Protect yourself and your loved ones from heart disease and stroke by understanding the risks and taking these steps:
Drive the initiative by challenging your family and friends to take the Million Hearts™ pledge at http://millionhearts.hhs.gov.
Get up and get active by being physically active for at least 30 minutes on most days of the week. Know your ABCS:
o Ask your doctor if you should take an Aspirin every day. o Find out if you have high Blood pressure or Cholesterol, and if you do, get effective treatment. o If you Smoke, get help to quit.
Make your calories count by eating a heart-healthy diet high in fresh fruits and vegetables and low in sodium and trans fat.
Take control of your heart health by following your doctor’s prescription instructions.
Bless your hearts! See you February 15th!
Emily
Member NEWS
Here comes the sun…
Please send your warm wishes to our club members and their loved ones who are feeling a little under the weather:
Peggy Reynaud
Fran Price
Emily Cox’s Father
Do you know of someone in need of sunshine? Please send an email to [email protected].
Happy Birthday
2/5 - Fran Baggs
2/6 - Lynette Walters
2/19 – Carol Kaminski
2/20 – Jhami Wunsch
2/22 – Grace Grant
Ladies Luncheon
NIL’S cafe
Thursday, February 18th 11:30am
Please contact Fran Price if you plan to attend.
FVWC book club
Still Alice by Lisa Genova
February 22nd 7:00pm
Book club website
https://fvwcbookclub.shutterfly.com/ Password: fvwc
NEWS FROM JULIA McCOMBS:
My son; Adam is leaving Saturday for Saudi Arabia for a year to help train the Saudi National Guard. His wife Traci will be living with us and she is expecting our first granddaughter Easter Sunday.
District & STATE Arts festivals
GFWC-NC District VI Arts Festival February 13
First Baptist Church Raleigh Hosted by FVWC & FVJWC
Please contact Anna Campbell to support hosting the event. Assistance is needed prior to the event with breakfast and registration as well as clean up after the event.
If you plan to attend, please submit the registration paperwork and fee by February 5th.
GFWC-NC Arts Festival
March 5 Campbell University Buies Creek
If you plan to attend, please submit the registration paperwork and fee by February 19th.
ITEMS TO BRING TO THE
FEBRUARY MEETING
Aluminum drink can tabs or soup can tabs Cancelled postage stamps Used greeting cards (no Disney/American Greetings/Hallmark) Coupons for the military New child car seats Education box tops Bibles Cookbooks Adult and children’s books Magazines Education box tops Pillow cases Toiletries Canned (no glass) spaghetti sauce and 16 oz. pasta Healthy snacks – fruit, granola bars, trail mix, peanut butter crackers Eyeglasses
Fashion Show March 13
Shoppes on Main
Assistance is needed with the event in a
variety of roles. Please contact Patty Byrne if you can help.
Keep us, oh God, from pettiness
Success for Survivors Scholarship
As part of the GFWC Signature Project: Domestic Violence
Awareness and Prevention, the GFWC Success for Survivors
Scholarship was created to lend a helping hand to those impacted by
intimate partner violence who are pursuing higher education. The
scholarship aims to provide survivors with a means to achieve both
financial and personal independence. The deadline for applying is
March 1, 2016.
To learn more about the scholarship visit the GFWC website:
http://www.gfwc.org/success-survivors/?blm_aid=0.
To promote women’s heart health month
please wear red to the February meeting
ANNUAL CONVENTIONS
Remember to mark your calendars to attend these events.
GFWC-NC 113th ANNUAL CONVENTION April 22-25
DoubleTree by Hilton Asheville-Biltmore Asheville, NC
GFWC ANNUAL CONVENTION
June 25-29 Baltimore Marriott Waterfront
Baltimore, MD
WEBSITE
&
SOCIAL MEDIA
If you would like to publicize a club activity on our website or Facebook page, please share your information with:
WEBSITE Anna Campbell
FACEBOOK Bobbie Asad
Treasurer’s Report • Treasurer: Vicki Currin
1/1/16-1/31/16
BEGINNING BALANCE IN GENERAL FUND $ 7,833.54
INCOME TO GENERAL FUND (funded by fundraisers):
$ -
TOTAL GENERAL FUND INCOME $ -
$ 7,833.54
EXPENDITDURES TO GEN FUND
Arts Festival refreshments- Smallwood $ 42.20
HL- Break the Silence run $ 200.00
Ed-HOBY $ 195.00
HL- American Heart $ 200.00
HL- Easter Seals $ 200.00
PI- Museum - Caboose- see CIP $ 2,000.00
$ (2,837.20)
TOTAL FUNDS IN GEN FUND $ 4,996.34
BEGINNING BALANCE IN CLUBHOUSE $ 1,216.00
INCOME TO CLUBHOUSE
Jan Rent-New Birth Church $ 375.00
Rent- New Birth Church 12/27 $ 75.00
Rent- Garden Club-Jan $ 60.00
Rent - Biasi 1/6 $ 75.00
Rent - 12/12 $ 75.00
Rent - Jones 12/24 $ 75.00
Rent- girls scouts $ 120.00
Rent- book club for year $ 660.00
Rent - Revels 1/14 $ 75.00
$ 1,590.00
$ 2,806.00
EXPENDITURES TO CLUBHOUSE
S. Simmons- TP & PT $ 10.41
D. Mays- lawn cleaning $ 25.00
Duke Energy -Dec $ 62.32
PSNC-Dec $ 37.46
Town of Fuquay -Dec $ 44.20
TOTAL EXPENDITURES $ (179.39)
TOTAL FUNDS IN CLUBHOUSE $ 2,626.61
BALANCE IN FEDERATION (OPS) funded by club dues $ 790.76
INCOME TO FEDERATION (OPERATIONS)
J. Fortunato nametag $ 12.00
Dues- E. Boyles $ 42.00
TOTAL TO FEDERATION (OPS) INCOME $ 54.00
$ 844.76
EXPENDITURES TO FEDERATION (OPs)
$ -
BALANCE IN FEDERATION (Ops) $ 844.76
GENERAL FUNDS $ 4,996.34
CLUB HOUSE $ 2,626.61
Federation / OPERATIONS $ 844.76
FV Town Tech Scholarship $ 1,090.02 (paid $2000 for Mayer & Guzman)
MEMORIALS $ 75.00 Frances & Pam's Dad
CIP $ 316.50 $1500 to caboose
ART DEPT FUND RAISER $ 355.35
TOTAL FUNDS $ 10,304.58
30 Month CD - matures 5/2/18 $ 13,622.42
includes Theatre Arts dollars
The club showed support to the Friends of the Museums and their caboose restoration effort. For details on the presentation, please visit our website.
Let us be large in thought, in word, in deed. Let us be done with fault-finding and leave off self-seeking.
JANUARY MEETING
CLUB news
Reporting • First Vice-President: Patty Byrne
Club members: thank you for those who turned in your activities for the club. If you saw the totals of what
the entire club does, you would be amazed! We have some who did not turn in any reports, Ok. Now get a
notebook or calendar and write down what you do each month for FVWC. Barb Kennedy does this and
turned her calendar in. Great job Barb. I will go to work this summer to fix a better tally sheet. First every
member should pat themselves on the back and say, "A job well done 2015!" Our total fund raising last
year was $7319. Way to go. So we have a lot to live up too.
The club just finished a Fabulous Art Show! We had good attendance, even though it was cut short one day
by weather.
March 12th is the new date for the Fashion Show. So save that date. We need
each of you to participate. This is a money project as well as a community shop
local project. We will need volunteers to model, to prepare light lunch, get door
prizes, organize the models, sell tickets. Other duties will also develop. I am
heading up the Fashion Show and would like you to let me know if you or your
family would model or perform as entertainment during the lunch. We will need
a leader for each store and the models: Belks, Kohls, Cousin Couture, Pass It On,
The Shoppes on Main and Ashworth's Clothing. This sounds like a lot of work,
but it is really a lot of fun! So save March 12th for Fashion Show
Madness! Tickets will be $12 for the show, a light lunch and door prizes. Share
the date with your book clubs, Sunday school class and neighbors.
Once again, thank you for all that you do to make FVWC so amazing!
Ways &Means • Second Vice-President:
Barbara Kennedy
It's time for our Annual Box Lunches. This event is scheduled for 4/20-21st.
I will need lots of help for these two days. I will have pass out order forms
and sign-up sheets at the March meeting. Save these dates.
Membership • Third Vice-President: Martha Smallwood
Greetings from the Membership Committee! I am delighted to report that we
had three visitors at our January meeting: Elizabeth “Lis” Boyles, Mikal Duncan
and the second visit by Linda Williford. We have two wanting to join our club.
The question last month was why is the manhole round? So it won’t fall into the hole and hurt the workers.
Julia guessed and got the gift certificate to The Mad Hatter.
Thanks to all who took a few minutes to greet our visitors and making them feel welcome. We are all busy,
but don’t forget to continue your efforts at bringing your friends, neighbors and co-workers to visit our
club. Thanks for all you do for our Club and community! Keep up the good work! Be ready to win another
game at our next meeting.
FVWC ARTS FESTIVAL
BEST IN SHOW
Thank you to everyone who helped to make this event a success
Please visit the club’s website to view additional pictures.
ARTS FESTIVAL • Shirley Simmons & Anna Campbell
The General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC) Fuquay-Varina
Woman’s Club (FVWC) and Fuquay-Varina Junior Woman’s Club (FV Jr WC)
hosted the annual ARTS FESTIVAL as a joint venture. The 2016 Arts Festival
concluded on Sunday, January 24 at Windsor Point in Fuquay-Varina with
an exciting array of entries.
Anna Campbell, FVWC Art Chair, headed the annual festival this year. Emily
Cox of the FVWC and Brittany May of the FV Jr WC were the proud club
Presidents helping to bring our community together! Mayor John Byrne
celebrated with a proclamation and words of praise on behalf of the town
and community members.
2016 Fuquay-Varina Community Art Festival - Windsor Point provided the
perfect venue! The club women of both clubs delivered an enviable show
despite the weather’s surprise.
The Literature component of the festival was open to local winners from Elementary, Middle School, High
School, and Clubwomen. These entries involved poetry and short stories which were judged locally with
all first place winners submitted to the District VI contest. Should they win first place in the district, they
continue onto the State Contest level and possibly onto the GFWC at the National level.
Student Literature Winners: •K-2 Short Story: Isabella Moura (FVES) Lauren Eury (MCES)
•3-5 Short Story: Isabella Haddon (MCES) Emma Brush (MCES) •6-8 Short Story: Jasmine Keller (WLES) Sebastian Lopez (FVM)
•6-8 Poetry: Tyler Kovicak (WLM) Jordea Burden (WLM) •9-12 Short Story: Grayce Mosier (FVH) Sydney Pendergrass (FVH)
•9-12 Poetry: Camerin Pendergraph (FVH) Matthew Guin (FVH) 2016 Fuquay-Varina Community Art Festival - The Crafts and Visual
Arts components of the festival open to Elementary students and to
community artists are only judged at our local Fuquay-Varina area.
Participating schools included: Herbert Akins, Ballentine, FV
Elementary, Willow Springs, Lincoln Heights, North Harnett Primary
Lafayette, and Angier Elementary. Community artists from Windsor
Point were welcome entrants, too.
The students, teachers, parents, and friends all enjoyed a wonderful
display of “young artistic expression.” The residents of Windsor Point
enjoyed viewing the work of their compatriots. All ages: such amazing
talent!
Crafts and Visual Arts from middle school, home school, high school,
and clubwomen winners progress to the district level. Entries came
from Fuquay-Varina Middle, Fuquay-Varina High, Southern Wake
Academy, Harnett Central Middle, Harnett Central High, and home
school. Both the general woman’s club and the junior woman’s club entered their individual works, too.
Student Arts & Crafts Winners: •Acrylic: Jade Ward and Haeri Park (FVHS)
◾Cassidy English & Bennett Jones (home school)
◾Jade Ward’s piece called, “Spoons” garnered BEST IN SHOW. •Graphite: Alexis Jones and Allyson Gower (FVHS)
◾Brooke Honeycutt and Mason Carson (HCM) •Graphics: Merejo Carter (SWA)
•Pen & Ink: Monique Jones & Haeri Park (FVHS)
◾Kara Trimnal and Madeline Langdon (HCM) •Pastel: Katie Kenney (FVHS) Andelica Hardison (home school)
◾Chris Kinney and Robbie Jackson (HCM) •Colored Pencil: Alyssa Walker and Katie Griffin (FVHS)
◾Brook Honeycutt (HCM) and Cassidy English (home school) •Watercolor: Samantha Vanhoose (FVHS)
◾Kara Trimnal and Madeline Langdon (HCM) •Mixed Media: Maria Aparicio (HCH) Haeri Park (FVHS)
◾Cassidy English (home school) and Nykkol Beckwith (HCM) •Papercraft: Kelly Forazaglia and Blair Hales (FVHS)
◾Leann Fortin (FVM) and Bennett Jones (home school) •Dyecraft: Kaitlyn Hicks (home school)
•Visual Art Sculpture: Haeir Park (FVHS)
Two FVHS student will be competing in music. They must perform classical pieces of their choice of not
less than 3 minutes nor more than 5 minutes.
•Boy vocal: Jackson Baldwin Girl vocal: Ariel McIlnay
2016 Fuquay-Varina Community Art Festival Club
women winners to be congratulated in crafts and
visual arts are not currently available. Both general
club members and junior clubwomen will compete at
the District VI Festival.
Grateful appreciation is expressed from the Arts CSP
and all clubwomen to these judges: Vicki Powell, Cindy
Baddour, Ricky Lipscomb, Randy Bryant, and Beverly
Goodwin. Special acknowledgment goes to the
teachers who encouraged their students and helped
prepare entries for the festival. Without these two
groups, a festival cannot come to fruition.
The next level of competition will be the District VI Level to be held at First Baptist Church in Raleigh on
February 13. Winners from there will compete on March 5 in the State Festival to be held at Campbell
University.
May we put away all pretense and meet each other face to face, without self-pity and without prejudice.
Arts • Chair: Anna Campbell
January 23-24, 2016 Art Festival
Co-hosted by the FVWC and FVJrWC members. We have several club member and student
literature entries advancing to the district level in February. We will share our local and district Craft and
Visual Art results in our March 2016 newsletter update.
UPCOMING EVENT:
Join us for a beautiful morning at the North Carolina Museum of Art
(NCMA) on Saturday, April 9th at 10am for their second annual Art In
Bloom event.
Please let Anna Campbell know if you are planning on going to the
exhibit or the exhibit and lunch. She will make lunch reservations for
everyone wishing to eat there.
Date: Saturday, April 9, 2016 Time: 10:00am View Exhibit, 11:30am lunch at Iris Restaurant located inside the West Building Location: North Carolina Museum of Art, West Building, Tickets: $10 NCMA Members, $15 Non NCMA Members (purchase tickets online or day of if still available)
Floral designers from across North Carolina and beyond
bring springtime into West Building by interpreting
masterworks from the permanent collection in 56
breathtaking flower displays. Renowned floral designers
from around the globe offer master classes and more.
Scavenger hunts
too! Pick up a
scavenger hunt
card at the
Information Desk
in West Building, and follow the clues to find fragrant flowers
and artful treasures in the galleries.
Origami and Paper Flower Art! Fold, crease, and transform
paper into water lilies and other sculptural flowers.
May we never be hasty in judgment and always generous.
Let us take time for all things; make us to grow calm, serene, gentle.
Conservation • Chair: Anne Moell It may be hard to think about this now with everyone’s yard being so soggy from all the rain, sleet, ice and snow we’ve recently had but we all know summer is right around the corner and it doesn’t take long for drought conditions to develop. Here are a few simple tips for conserving water in your home:
1. Run washing machines and dishwashers only when they’re
full. Large loads = less water used. 2. Turn off lights and unplug chargers. Water is used in all forms
of energy generation. It can take over 4 gallons of water to keep a 60 watt light bulb light for 12 hours.
3. Use biodegradable cleaning products. The water that does down your drains will eventually flow into streams and bays.
4. Plant a tree in your yard. Trees help keep soil in place! 5. If you use landscape irrigation water your lawn or garden in
the morning or evening when water will evaporate less rapidly. Adjust the sprinklers to avoid the pointless watering of sidewalks and other paved areas.
6. Sweep patios and sidewalks rather than hosing them. 7. Limit pesticide use. 8. Volunteer for a stream clean up or wetland restoration event. 9. Take someone on a hike near a river or lake, or better yet – get in the water swimming, canoeing or
kayaking. People protect things they care about. 10. Make sure your hiking gear is free of plant matter when you head into nature. Seeds of invasive
plant species can hitch a ride on boots and can cause many water problems.
Teach us to put into action our better impulses, straightforward and unafraid.
Education • Chairs: Shirley Simmons & Dot Mays DO YOU KNOW ABOUT OUR FUQUAY-VARINA WOMAN’S CLUB BOOK CLUB? Fourth Monday nights NEXT: February 22
Clubhouse 7:00 p.m. Book: Still Alice by Lisa Genova Our attendance has been small but with good discussion and sharing of ideas.
1. Maybe you would like to read this month’s selection and participate. Google the book and decide to read!
2. Maybe you would like to come and see, even if you don’t read the book. You might be “hooked” and want to participate and cultivate friendships.
3. Maybe you would like to investigate the GFWC program called ESO, a reader’s group which credits you for your literary efforts. If you are already a “reader” you can help our club with your “record” and “reward” yourself.
February Book Club selection
FUQUAY WOMEN SPONSOR SCHOLARSHIP CONTESTANTS The Fuquay-Varina Woman’s Club and the GFWC Junior Woman’s Club Education Chairmen advertised, collected and reviewed applications from the Fuquay-Varina High School in early January for the Sallie Southall Cotten Scholarship. Named for an early leader of North Carolina Clubwomen, the scholarship is designed to reward high school seniors who have excelled in academics, leadership, character, and motivation. The winners at the local level are honored with monetary grants from the respective clubs. Competing at the district level, the students are interviewed by a team of judges who select one winner to advance to the state contest. The state winner receives a four year scholarship to the North Carolina university or college of their choice.
Local entrants for the scholarship provided exciting competition. Chosen to receive one honored award was Eleanor Ann Bethea, daughter of Mark and Vicki Bethea of Fuquay-Varina. Eleanor is outstanding in her work with Future Business Leaders of America and hopes to study Marine Biology. She will represent the GFWC Junior Club at the District competition. The second award winner was Ariel Dawn McIlnay daughter of Natalie Daniels. Ariel is outstanding in the choral program at Fuquay-Varina High School. A member of “Painted Roses,” a local performing group, she sings, composes, and plays piano, guitar and ukulele. Her dream is to pursue a career in Music Business. Ariel will be sponsored at the District VI level by the Fuquay-Varina Woman’s Club.
Home Life • Chair: Doris McGlothlin
CSP Home Life will host our February meeting. Our speaker Christina Proctor with O2
Fitness will outline the benefits of having a personal trainer and exercising to improve our
heart health. Remember to
wear red for National Wear Red Day and to
support The American Heart Association.
Barb Kennedy has graciously opened her home for a card making class March 15that
7pm for our Homes for the Elderly Easter project. This class is open to all club
members; if you would like to attend please call Barb at 919-285-3422 as she will
need to estimate her supplies.
Sara Tew is organizing our April visit to
House of Hope. She has received a list of items needed for their
home. Any help with these items is greatly appreciated: 20x20x1
air filters, postage stamps, baking items (flour, sugar etc.),
healthy individual snacks, Swifter wet and dry pads, aluminum foil and Gifts card from Lowes Home
Improvement, Staples and Gas cards. A full list will be available at our meeting.
Thank you ladies for your contributions, one small act of kindness makes a big difference in someone’s life.
Scholarship Recipient: Ariel McIlnay
Scholarship Recipient: Eleanor Bethea
International Outreach • Chairs: Sandy Allen & Peggy Reynaud
This month our International Outreach Committee would like to spotlight Operation Smile for your awareness and support.
Today, Operation Smile is an international medical charity
whose global network of thousands of credentialed medical
volunteers from more than 80 countries is dedicated to
helping improve the health and lives of children from more
than 60 countries. We've provided more than 220,000 free surgical procedures for children and young
adults born with cleft lip, cleft palate and other facial deformities. To build long-term sufficiency in
resource poor environments, we train doctors and local medical professionals in our partner countries so
they're empowered to treat their local communities. We also donate medical equipment and supplies and
provide year-round medical treatments through our worldwide centers. To learn more, please go to
www.operationsmile.org.
Public Issues • Chair: Pam Booker
MEALS ON WHEELS
I have had the pleasure of assisting one of our members with delivering meals for the
Meals on Wheels program. If you have never participated, I encourage you to do so. There
is a lot of behind the scenes activities that go on to make this happen; all we do is pick up and deliver. I
found these two articles concerning Meals on Wheels - I bolded one sentence in the second paragraph I
found very interesting:
SENIOR ISOLATION AND HUNGER
Even the most independent among us, if fortunate to live long enough, may experience a decline in mobility
or health that can strip away our independence and diminish the quality of our lives. Great advances in
medicine have extended our average life expectancy to a record high of 78.7 years. Living longer means
more years spent in the struggles that accompany old age. Add to that the increase in geographic mobility
of our families and the result is millions of seniors left behind, hungry and alone.
THE GREAT COST OF LIVING LONGER
While we all celebrate the increase in lifespan, maintaining health while aging
comes with a price. Without support from programs like Meals on Wheels,
millions of seniors are forced to prematurely trade their homes for nursing
facilities. It costs less to provide a senior Meals on Wheels for an entire
year than it costs to spend one day in the hospital or six days in a nursing
home. Meals on Wheels saves us all billions of dollars in unnecessary Medicaid
and Medicare expenses every year – tax dollars that can be spent in much
better ways.
At the heart of our community we are compassionately caring for our aging neighbors. Thanks to all of you
that keep the 'wheels' turning in our urban and rural communities!
NEWS FROM THE JUNIORS • President: Brittany May
Greetings from the Juniors! We have kicked
off 2016 in a big way! At our January general
meeting, we had a speaker from Wake
County come to discuss the future plans for
the FV library. Many of our members use the
library often, so we are all vested in the decision that is made. We
had visitors from town participate in the discussion and we learned
about all the options for expansion. We also worked on art projects
for the upcoming district arts festival, which we are all excited to be
hosting this year with you all!
We recently received a generous donation of $2500 from the FV
Downtown Revitalization tiger auction. After much thought, it was
decided that we would partner with the FV police department and
purchase them a McGruff costume to use when they do community
outreach. (see pictured) The costume has arrived and we are
anxious to meet him soon!
Lastly, for our February general meeting, we are hosting a recycling drive and will recycle items such as
batteries, plastic bags and wrappers, and packing materials. If you have items you would like to recycle,
we will pick it up from you! Contact Brittany May at [email protected] to arrange pick up.
Grant that we may realize it is the little things that create differences, that in the big things of life we are at one.
COMMUNITY EVENTS
THE VETERANS STATION • Kathy Koch
I would like to request toiletry items for The Veteran Station in
downtown Fuquay. This is a facility for homeless
Veterans. There are 3 women and 17 men. All items are needed
from soap to shaving gear, shampoo and toothpaste, and feminine
products. These are products that constantly need
replacing. Thank you.
And may we strive to touch and to know the great common human heart of us all, and oh Lord God, let us forget not to be kind.
FEBRUARY EVENTS CALENDAR
February 1 7:00pm FVJWC General Meeting Clubhouse
February 1 7:00pm Town Board Meeting Town Hall
February 5 National Wear Red Day
February 5 Deadline to register for district arts festival
February 8 7:00pm Town Board of Adjustment Meeting Town Hall
February 8 7:00pm Town Parks & Recreation Advisory Board F-V Community Center
February 8 7:00pm FVWC General Meeting (Home Life CSP) Clubhouse
February 10 7:00pm Meet the Candidates for Wake County Commissioner Windsor Point, F-V
February 13 8:00am GFWC-NC District VI Arts Festival First Baptist , Raleigh
February 15 7:00pm Planning & Zoning Board Meeting Town Hall
February 16 7:00pm Town Board Meeting Town Hall
February 18 11:30am Ladies Luncheon Nil's Café F-V
February 19 Deadline to register for state arts festival
February 22 7:00pm FVWC Book Club ('Still Alice') Clubhouse
February 23 5:00pm Innovate F-V Networking & Seminar F-V Chamber
February 29 Shot@Life Champions Summit Washington, DC
Our job is to love others without stopping to
inquire whether or not they are worthy
