Woman’s Club of arroyo Grande bulleTIn fun, friends and Community Service

February 2017

FEBRUARY LUNCHEON Friday, February 10th @ noon (note: date is incorrect in yearbook)

Co-chairs Judi Boudreau and Patti Roberts have asked that WCAG ladies wear “valentines” colors in accordance with their Valentine's Day theme. We will be honoring our past presidents & be entertained by Suzy Anderson and her Woman's Club Theatre Group, who are bringing back the Golden Girls for the enjoyment of all. Be prepared to laugh!

Please send your $14 to Ellen Bavaro by Monday, February 6th, to let her know you will be there. Just a reminder, if you RSVP but cannot attend, you are still obligated to pay if you do not cancel before that date as we have to pay for your meal.

YES! I’ll be attending the luncheon

on February 10!

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Send your $14 to Ellen Bavaro at

832 Jennings Dr., Arroyo Grande. You

also can call 473-2834 or email Ellen at

fabbav@sbcglobal.net so we can get

an accurate seating/meal count! Re-

member, even if you are not eating the

meal, we still need your name for the

seat count!

Test for us “Older Kids”

1) After the Lone Ranger saved the day and rode off into the sunset, the grateful citizens would ask, Who was that masked man? Invariably, someone would answer, I don't know, but he left this behind. What did he leave behind? ____

2) In 1971, singer Don MacLean sang a song about, 'the day the mu-sic died.' This was a tribute to ____

3) Alka Seltzer used a "boy with a

tablet on his head" as it's Logo/Representative. What was the boy's name? _____

Answers on page 3

WCAG FOOD

DONATION

January 2017 Co-chairs Chris

Finney and Melody Alcala report

that 95 cans of soup plus 10 other

food items were donated to the

Salvation Army in Arroyo Grande

(next to Kmart) as a result of our

can collection at the January soup

luncheon. The staff at the Salva-

tion Army thanks us for our gener-

ous donation. It was heartwarming

to know that members of our local

community can receive food as well

as fresh produce there.

Message from the President:

February is the month to honor our Past Presidents. Suzy Anderson will have her “Golden

Girls” embarking on a new and hilarious adventure to share with us. Our January

program was so inspiring! We heard about the A.V.I.D. Program from an educator and

two of her students, who are benefiting from all this program has to offer and getting

ready for college courses. Both girls were so poised. We were able to catch up with some of last

year's scholarship recipients and heard that they were faring very well in college. Also, we met

Alyson Clegg, who received our Cuesta College scholarship for the nursing program. It was

wonderful to see that the Woman's Club has made a difference in each of their lives. Ladies,

there are four months left in this year and we have events yet to come. Support our club, bring a

friend and make memories. - Bobbi Cherry

Please remember to

bring any items of jewelry that you

can no longer use to our February

club meeting so that Carol Browne

and her team will have a great

assortment of items for our Bingo

fundraiser in March. If you need

anything picked up, please call

Alison Stuart at (805) 473-1866 and

we will get that arranged. Any type

of jewelry (costume or fine) is

welcome in whatever state of repair!

Jewelry with a Past

The January Luncheon program

was truly inspirational and reminds us why

we do all this fundraising! Thank you Elis-

abeth for coordinating this program.

Though she has been a member for a

while, Pat Hermenegildo was formally

introduced to our club. The Opportunity Drawing was

won by Patti Roberts and Loretta Newman with 10

members also walking away with soup cans filled

with succulents from table décor.

DATES TO REMEMBER

Catered Luncheons $14 Jan 13, Feb 10,

(12 noon) Mar 10, May 12

Teas (noon) $14 Dec 9, Apr 14

Joint Board/Officer TBA June

Installation

High School Music/Dance Concert Jan 29, 2 pm

Bingo Mar 11, 1 pm

High School Talent Showcase April 22, 1 pm

Board Meetings are the 1st Monday of each month at 10am.

Everyone is welcome to attend!

Well-deserved Commendation

At the December 13th Arroyo

Grande City Council meeting,

Mayor Jim Hill presented the

Woman’s Club of Arroyo Grande

with a commendation for fund-

raising efforts for the kitchen

remodel. Next Up: It appears the remodel will

begin sometime during the summer!

FUNDRAISING NEWS! Hopefully when you read this in February we will have had the

second of our club year fundraisers - the High School Music/Dance Talent Showcase - and

continued to raise significant funds towards our college scholarships and charitable activities. As

always , I so appreciate all of you who support these events by buying tickets, bringing your

friends, family and neighbors and donating both money and food so generously. I know that our

Five Cities community really enjoys our events and I hear positive feedback all the time about

how much our Woman's Club does to assist our area. Next up is Bingo! on Saturday, March 11th

(the day right after our March club lunch). Since this event is approaching so quickly I would ask that if you

have any items to donate as a Bingo prize or for a raffle prize that you will please bring that to our February

meeting or call me and I will make sure to pick it up. Anything new that you think appropriate probably

will be... and gift cards are especially welcome! We will also have posters to get out and tickets to sell so see

Robyn Dunne if you can help with publicity; get tickets for yourself and to sell as well. Bingo is always big

fun at our club. This year will include a drawing for the Fabulous Money Hat (need not to present to win)

as well as raffle prizes. We will have our popular “Jewelry With a Past” again for your shopping pleasure. I

will definitely need some help with food and will take sign-ups for people who are willing to bring finger

food to share with our hungry gamers. Please don't hesitate to email or call me if you have any questions or

suggestions - I am always available to hear your ideas as they are generally so creative and useful, so get in

touch! Thank you again and see you very soon. — Alison

(Excerpts from letter from Alicia Cruz, read by her mother, Rosa Avila)

Good afternoon everyone, Although I am not able to attend this luncheon, I feel very lucky to have been a scholarship recipient of the Woman’s Club of Arroyo Grande. I met some of these wonderful ladies during my senior year of high school in 2013. They allowed me to share my story and my aspirations and were so kind to award me a scholarship that helped pay some of my expenses during my first year at Cal Poly, SLO. I was surprised to be contacted the following year...this group of women continued supporting me every year until 2016. This past December, 2016, I graduated from Cal Poly with a BA degree in Sociology, with minors in Child Development, Psychology, & Spanish. I made great friends, learned so much about the society around me, grew as a professional, and learned so much about myself…. All of my academic and extracurricular experiences are what prepared me to now have a job in a non-profit organization serving families and children. Once again, thank you so much for supporting and believing in me. - Alicia Cruz

Suzy Anderson recalls two of our members who passed away in January 2017.

Dorathy Curry, known to us as Dottie, was presi-dent in 1996 and did a bang-up job with member-ship just a few years ago. She and her Flam-ing Ukes group were often listed in our yearbook

as a program. In her earlier life Dottie became a truck driver for the U.S. Army during WWII. She later returned to school for her AA degree to become a RN. She and her husband Weldon owned and operated the both the Manor Nursing Home and Green Meadows Nursing Home. We will surely miss her. Dottie's family requests that in lieu of flowers, do-

nations can be made to the WCAG scholarship fund.

Kay Tavasti was a long term member of our club and the Shell Beach Woman's Club. She served eight years on Pismo Beach Parks & Recreation Com-mission and was one of the founders and presi-dent of the Meals on Wheels program. In her earli-

er life she supported her husband's Air Force career. She also worked for 15 years as the Executive Secretary and Human Resources Manager for Vidar/TRW. In lieu of flow-ers, please consider donating to one of her favorite charities: St. Jude's Children Hospital, Shriner’s Hospital, Meals on Wheels, or Dinosaur Caves Preservation Society. Let us always remember those who belonged to our club

and served it well.

Letter from former member & centenarian Anita Garcia (She’d love to hear from you!)

Dearest Friends and Family—It is with much excitement

that I am again on the move… Westward Ho! Back to

California I go! I will be residing in a comfortable personal

care home with several other ladies...halfway between the

local See’s Candy store and my daughter, Carol, aka Savita’s

house, in Santa Rosa...it is bound to be a sweet experience.

Hope the new year brings great blessings to you all.

Anita Garcia c/o Eva’s Garden

311 Mosswood Ln, Santa Rosa CA 95401 1) A Silver Bullet 2) Buddy Holly 3) Speedy

February 2017

Group News

ART: Mondays, 10 a.m. until mid-afternoon. Bring

your art supplies & a sack lunch. All levels welcome.

Contact: Mary Carson, 473-5801 .

HAND & FOOT CANASTA #1: 11 a.m. , third

Wednesday of the month. Bring sack lunch and

drink. Call Patti Roberts at 474-0444.

HAND & FOOT CANASTA #2: 11 a.m., fourth

Wednesday of the month. Bring sack lunch and

drink Contact: Gretchen Weckstein: 473-1366

HAND & FOOT CANASTA #3: 10:30 a.m.,

fourth Monday of the month. Bring sack lunch and

drink Contact: Suzy Anderson: 473-1819

CRAFTS: 9:30 a.m.—12 noon, third & fourth

Wednesdays. Contact: Karen Lujan 489-2895

OUT & ABOUT: We are looking for ideas for

future “Out and About” activities. Have an idea or want to sponsor an outing? Contact a Board

Member!

Would you like to submit an article? Please call or email news to put in the bulletin by the 15th of the month to Cindy Moreno at 441-5803 or cmoreno595@hotmail.com

Are you interested in being the newletter editor? We are looking for someone who loves to create and can learn a pub-lishing program. I will be happy to mentor you!

SUNSHINE LADY Sharon

"Strange to be the 'Sunshine' person in the midst of all the rain. But how glad we are to receive it in abundance this winter! A special Christmas card was sent to Freddie Newman, with love from all of us. A card of sympathy to Lynda Nath, at the loss of her cousin. Good wishes went to Bobbi Cherry, who had voice problems during the last board meeting. And, I'm sure Laura Vopatek is much better by now, but a card was sent when she had a bad cold." Mary Carson’s bandage on her hand is getting smaller….Yay! And to all of those who have struggled with the cold & flu season, take care and stay well! Please give me a buzz if you know of someone who needs a cheery note or simply needs recognition. Sunshine Lady Sharon Boyajian phone: 489-5426 email: boyrch19@aol.com

UPDATE YOUR NEWSLETTER (Additions and changes) Chris Finney 372 Sunrise Terrace Arroyo Grande, CA (new address) Elisa Vega 32353 San Juan Creek Rd. #241 San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675 (new address) Please notify Mary Carson of any corrections/changes (473-5801 or marycarson@msn.com)