QUAKER QUILL
QUAKERTOWN BUSINESS& PROFESSIONALWOMEN’S CLUB
P.O. BOX 2, SPINNERSTOWN, PA 18968
STATE THEME: LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE
DISTRICT: FOREVER YOUNG
LOCAL: DOING WELL BY DOING GOOD
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OFFICERS 2015-2016
President – Sheryl Nierenberg Corresponding Secretary – Gladys Benner
Vice-President – Becky Madden Treasurer – Gail Jancsics
Recording Secretary – Nancy Werner Parliamentarian – Judy Guise
Volume 63 Issue 9 Summer 2016
June Meeting – Annual Picnic
Date – June 28
Place – Home of Sheryl and Missy, 2135 Barley Drive, Quakertown. Please bring a chair
Time – 6:00
Menu – Assorted sandwiches and wraps, Broccoli Salad, Missy’s potato salad, Fruit bowl,
Assorted desserts, Iced Tea, and Wine
Program – Greetings from Scholarship winners and Installation of Officers
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Look forward to seeing all of you at the picnic on Tuesday. We will need your help with baking for the Sarah Parvin Soccer Fest in July. Please complete the attached Eleanor Knoke form. Plans are on the way for our annual Ice Cream Social in August. Have a pleasant and restful summer!
Sheryl
Local News
DUES;
If you have not remitted your dues for 2016-2017, please send them to Gail Jancsics as soon as possible. Deadline is July 31st for the payment of our annual dues ($5 0). Breakdown of the $50 is as follows - $15 to the state, $3.50 to District 11, and $31.50 to Quakertown. Make your check payable to Quakertown BPW. Gail’s address is 40 South Vassar Drive, Quakertown, PA 18951.
Local Projects
Lottery Calendars
We will be selling lottery calendars for October to raise funds for our scholarships. These will be available at the Ice Cream Social in August. Since we are using the Paddle Raffle to raise funds for our scholarships, we will only do the lottery calendars one time in October.
Sarah Parvin Soccer Fest
The Executive Board approved sending $300 to the Sarah Parvin Foundation for sponsoring “Sarah’s Sweets”. Items needed are 2 x 2 inch brownies, 2 inch Chocolate Chip or Peanut Butter Cookies. Wrap the brownies separately and put 3 cookies in a snack bag. Please deliver your baked goods to Sheryl’s home on July 22 by 5:00. They will be delivered to the Soccer Fields.
Relay for Life
The Executive Board approved sending $250 to the Relay for Life in memory of Kathy Fletcher to Kathy’s Crusaders team.
Eleanor Knoke
You will find the form for recording your volunteer hours included with this Quill. On this form you should list your volunteer hours from July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016, in any organization including ours. Volunteer organizations would be the hospital, your church, political parties, borough or township boards, Red Cross, Relay for Life, etc. The number would reflect the hours per week in the months indicated on the form. If you have questions, please call Missy Wieand, Judy Guise, or Becky Madden. Bring the form to the picnic or send it to Becky Madden. Her address and phone are included on the form.
Scholarship Winners
Toni Rubic, chair of the Scholarship Committee, awarded our two $1000 Scholarships to Ashley Cochran and Gabrielle Scherff. Ashley plans to attend Alvernia College in Reading and Gabrielle Moravian College in Bethlehem. We hope to meet these girls at our picnic.
BPW/PA
State Convention
Sheryl Nierenberg, Missy Wieand, Karen Creghan, Nancy Werner, and Judy Guise attended the annual convention at the Pittsburgh Marriott Hotel in Cranberry Township. The meetings went quite smoothly and it was nice to have a candidate for each office without needing nominations from the floor. Friday night was the Paddle Raffle. Everyone had a great time – our table had 4 winners. Here we see our gang getting ready to place their quarters in the bucket (picture left). Saturday was the election and installation of officers. Pictured here are the 2016-2017 officers - Diane Lewis, Parliamentarian; Maggie Hildebrand, Treasurer; Jeanie Sluck, Corresponding Secretary; Diane Richard, Recording Secretary; Theresa Rusbosin, Vice-President; Marilyn Tallant, President-Elect; and Susan Vladika. The biggest surprise was District 11 winning the coveted Eleanor Briner Award. Karen proudly holds it in the picture above. District 11’s Young Careerist Candidate, Loretta Pigeon won the Young Careerist Award. Quakertown local won the issues management local organization award for promoting Emily’s theme – “Let Your Light Shine” - for our program with Amanda and the Special Olympics. We also were recognized as a Gold local for our contributions to PA BPW Foundation. Nancy Werner and Judy Guise were recognized as members of the President’s Society.
New About our Members
Our club was saddened by the death of Kathy Fletcher in May. We all miss Kathy and continue to pray for Dave and boys. God be with you always, Kathy.
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July August
10 – Sheryl Nierenberg 5 – Becky Madden
19 – Suzanne Werner 21 Jeanne Schlicher
22 – Debi Scott
26 – Shirley Andres
DATES TO REMEMBER
July 22 Baked Goods delivery for Sarah Parvin
August TBA Ice Cream Social, Sheryl’s Home
August 26 & 27 BPW/PA Summer Board, Penn Stater, State College
September 10 District 11 Summer Board
October 22 District 11 Fall District Meeting, Montgomery Township Building,
Montgomeryville
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