President’s Pen

INSIDE THIS

ISSUE:

Ways & Means

Spotlight

2

December

Social Flyer

3

Sub Club

Events

5

Reservations

Policy

7

The Pelican Pipeline D E C E M B E R 2 0 1 9

Dear Members,

Thank you for a fun filled evening at the November social!

The Wreath, Tree and Centerpiece Auction was a big hit!

Once again, Casey and her team really outdid themselves!

Also, a big shout-out to our Community Grants Chair Stephanie, for her

outstanding work on our monthly community outreach partners.

Please come and check out our awesome sub-clubs. We have

Bunco, Craft, Day Trip, Lunch Bunch, International Cooking, and Outdoor

Activities clubs. Our Let’s Take A Day Trip sub-club is off to Natchitoches

in December for their annual Christmas tour of Historic Homes. It’s

bound to be a fantastic time! If you would like to chair/co-chair a club,

please get in touch with our 1st VP Samantha Rowlands at

fpsc1stvicepresident@gmail.com.

I can’t wait to see everyone at the Warrior Center for our fourth

evening social of the year on December 12th. We will be celebrating the

upcoming Holiday Season with some themed table games, food, and as

always lots of fun! Let’s close out the year with a bang! I can’t wait to see

what the 20s have in store for us! As always, if you have any questions,

comments or concerns about the club, please don’t hesitate to reach out

to me at fpscpresident@gmail.com.

#bloomwithus

#bloomwithFPSC

#choosewhatmakesyourheartbloom

Sarah

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P A G E 2

Community Grants

Every month I am so excited, and a little nervous, to see how our collection for our community partner goes. And every month I am blown away with how giving our group of amazing women can be; this month was no exception.

For November we partnered with Leesville Helping Hands, collecting items for their food pantry that serves an average of 750 people a month, including about 225 veterans. With such a busy November Social and with the holidays coming up, I won’t lie, I was skeptical of how much we would be able collect but my doubt quickly vanished away as people started arriving; We collected over 100 non-perishable items!

For December Social, we will be focusing on our local Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA). CASA is a nonprofit organization focused on mobilizing trained volunteers to advocate for the needs of abused and neglected children appointed by courts. Presently they have 27 volunteers serving 43 children locally. These children are in the foster program and often don’t have a lot of personal belongings. Please bring a toy item (ages 3-17) to assist with their Christmas, Birthday, and Good Job Award programs.

Our grants program applications will be launched soon, please keep a look out for more information.

For more information on CASA please visit casawestcenla.org. If you

have any questions about our community projects or our grants

program please free feel to email fpsccommunitygrants@gmail.com.

T H E P E L I C A N P I P E L I N E

Spotlight

On...

By: Stephanie Culver, Community Grants Chair

Pictured above is what

was collected at the

November social that

was donated to

Leesville Helping

Hands food pantry.

Bring a toy item

(for ages 3-17)

to the December

social to support

our monthly

community

outreach

partner!

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P A G E 4

December Sub Club Events

There will be no Bunco meeting in the month of December. Bunco will resume in

January so be on the lookout for more information via the Facebook page.

Follow us…

Website:

www.fortpolkspousesclub. wildapricot.org

Facebook Page:

https://www.facebook.com/FPSPOUSESCLUB

Instagram:

fortpolkspousesclub

Wreath, Tree

& Centerpiece

Auction

FPSC’s November social featured the Wreath, Tree & Centerpiece Auction which

is always a highly anticipated and fun evening! We had over 80 members

present that night to bid on 31 items that were generously donated. Thank you to everyone who came out that evening to

support the FPSC!

The Decorating Committee are the magic makers

behind the beautifully crafted tablescapes and

decorations at every FPSC evening social. If you have

a knack for decorations or just would like to help with

set up, the committee would love to have you join their

team! If interested, please contact Casey Black at

fpsc2ndvicepresident@gmail.com or reach out via the

Fort Polk Spouses Club Facebook page.

Reservations Policy

1. FPSC uses our website for all evening social event invitations. Announcement and re-

minder messages will be sent out via email from FortPolkSpousesClub@wildapricot.org.

Please add this email to your contact list to make sure you receive all future invitations

and reminders.

2. Reservations will be accepted until 11:59PM on the Friday prior to the event.

3. Late registrations are accepted only if space is available and at the discretion of the

Reservations Chair. Please email fpscreservations@gmail.com to pursue a late registra-

tion.

4. Reservation cancellations and refunds are available only until 11:59PM on the Friday

prior to the event. To cancel your reservation, please cancel through your wild apricot

account or send an email to fpscreservations@gmail.com. FPSC is obligated to pay for all

reserved meals, regardless of attendance at the event. Therefore, if you do not cancel

your reservation prior to the deadline and do not attend the event, you will be held re-

sponsible for payment.

5. Walk-ins will be allowed at events if seats become available due to cancellations or no

-shows starting at 6:45PM.

6. Payment for each event may be collected at the door or prepaid on the FPSC web-

site. If a member or nonmember has been sent an invoice for a late cancellation or no

show, that member will not be permitted to attend another FPSC event until the invoice

has been settled.

7. Members may invite a guest to attend an event. If the guest is a no-show or cancels

after the deadline, that member is responsible for the payment of the guest’s meal.

8. Non-members may attend a FPSC event only one time within a board year. After at-

tending a single event, non-members will be required to join the FPSC before attending a

second event.

9. Children under 6 months are welcome to attend events, but we ask that you make

childcare arrangements for children over six months. Contact CYS at 337-531-1955 re-

garding hourly care for Evening Socials. Note: Children must be registered with CYS and

reservations must be made at least one week prior to the event.