Moving Forward

President's Letter

Hi All,

November is a great month to socialize with the LOWC!

The social committee will be hosting our first LOWC happy hour, it is always a fun casual way to meet members, come with a friend or go alone, you will enjoy it – promise! Look in your directory or our web site for times and locations.

Jeanne Kistner, a sustaining member, will be opening her beautiful home for our November 15, pot luck/general meeting. Please take a moment to tell Jeanne thank you for hosting this annual LOWC tradition, we do not take her kindness for granted.  The pot luck will be explained further as you read the blog, just know you will enjoy a relaxing meeting and the pot luck offers a variety of food selections to please every palate.  Be warned, this meeting is always well attended and parking is limited, so car pool to avoid parking challenges.

I hope that all of you have had your first committee meeting by now. Are you happy with your selection or have any concerns? Being active on one of our committees is how each member is able to contribute and best express their connection to the workings of the LOWC.  No one committee is more important than another, we are all a part of the same body and we all enjoy the same goal.

Our Holiday Party, will be Thursday, December 13, please save the date!  We invite you to bring a friend or your spouse.  More details are listed in this blog addition. There will not be a meeting - this is a party!
As I expressed earlier, we like to socialize and November is a great time to start.

I hope you enjoy the days ahead,
Denise Smith
LOWC 2012-13 President 

Happy Hour at Five Spice Wed., Nov. 7

Please attend our Happy Hour social event at Five Spice on Wednesday, November 7 at 5:00 PM. Five Spice is located at 315 1st Street Suite 201, Lake Oswego. Feel free to arrive solo or bring a friend. This is a relaxed, fun way to get to know members and make new friends! Hope to see you there!!

Registration/RSVP is not required. However, advanced registration gives Jeri some idea of how many seats to reserve for the evening. Click here if you'd like to let Jeri know that you'll be there!!

Jeri Parrott
Social Chair

General Meeting/Potluck 9:30 AM
November 15 at Jeanne Kistner’s Home

The November 15 General Meeting will be held at Jeanne Kistner’s home. Jeanne is a LOWC sustainer and has graciously hosted the potluck meeting at her lovely home on the Willamette River the past several years.  In addition to the meeting, we will be selling raffle tickets for some great prizes and have sign ups for party boards. We are hoping to see many provisional, active and sustaining members attend. Please join us at 9:30 AM for the social and potluck brunch followed by the meeting at 10:00 AM. Please visit our online directory or consult your hard-copy directory for Jeanne's address.

Not sure what to bring for the potluck? Please follow the suggestion below.

• If your last name begins with A-F please bring a protein dish (such as egg, cheese, meat, etc)
• If your last name begins with G-L please bring a bakery or pastry item. (such as muffins, bread, etc)
• If your last name begins with M-S please bring a salad (such as fruit, pasta, etc)
• If your last name begins with a T-Z please bring a dessert.

Our featured speaker for the meeting will be Greg Pace from Good Deeds.

Good Deeds is a Lake Oswego based organization that provides support to families who are dealing with medical circumstances and who are unsupported by other organizations.  They fill a niche in our community ensuring that while families focus on caring for the person with a medical condition, the family's needs are also met.  These needs may be financial as medical bills add up or parents are unable to work; or these needs may be for goods and service to save the family time.  Each situation is unique and each Good Deed is done on an individual basis. With the Holiday Season starting, LOWC could best support Good Deeds immediately with donations directed at their Holiday Giving efforts - gifts and food.  Specifically non-perishable food times and small gifts for children would be appreciated, in addition LOWC will use cash donations contributed at the meeting to purchase a Fred Myers gift card.  You can read more about Good Deeds at www.gooddeeds.org.

Julie Lester

Meetings Chair

LOWC Holiday Party

Ladies, Mark your calendars for the LOWC Holiday Party scheduled for 6:30 PM December 13th at the Oswego Heritage House.  Bring a guest and plan to mingle and be merry at our Holiday Potluck.

• Last names of A-I please bring wine and/or an appetizer.
• Last names of J - R please bring a main dish or a salad.
• Last names of S - Z please bring a dessert and/or wine.

There will be a nominal $10/person charge to cover the cost of facility and essentials (any excess funds will be added to our operational budget).  Please send your check (payable to LOWC) to LOWC C/O Robin Tremayne at PO Box 1434, Lake Oswego, OR 97035.

Attire will be Holiday Casual.  Take this opportunity to visit with your LOWC sisters and let our friends and significant others get to know each other!

Follow this link for a lovely PDF flyer - a perfect addition to your refrigerator or bulletin board!  We can't wait to see you at the party!  If you need more information, please contact Lisa Rainer at vicepresident@lowomensclub.org.

Lisa Rainer

Vice President

LOWC Training Sessions

The Lake Oswego Women's Club training sessions are off to a GREAT start! So far, ALL of our provisionals have signed up for their training sessions!! The feedback has been wonderful. Attendees have stated that the sessions have been informative and FUN!

The following raffle prizes have been awarded during the training sessions:

Becky Nicoli - bottle of wine
Lauren Retzlaff - a gift card for Chuck's Place (Thank you, Chuck's!)
Esther Tice - a gift card for La Provence in Lake Oswego

Raffle drawings are held at each training session!!

If you have not yet attended training and you would like to do so, please contact me at admin@lowomensclub.org.

Lori Malone
Online Communications Chair

Directory Corrections and Distribution Update

Please correct your hard-copy Directories to reflect the following two errors on page 9, within the Lake Run committee member staff list:

• Maureen Dunham should be designated as a Provisional member, with an asterisk.
• Provisional member Glenn Brivic’s name was omitted from the Lake Run staff list.

Both members are correctly listed in the Membership Profile section of the book, including their membership level and assignment to the Lake Run committee. The Directory Chair apologizes for the errors on page 9.

Additionally, thank you to the committee chairs and their surrogates who are helping distribute the remaining Directories to those who were unable to attend the October 18 General Meeting.  If you are an Active member without a hard-copy Directory yet, please contact your committee chair. If you are a Sustaining member who has not yet received your Directory through the mail, please contact the Directory Chair.

If you find errors in the hard-copy Directory, notify Johanna McCormick at directory@lowomensclub.org. However, if you have updates to your membership profile information (such as a new photo, change of address or phone number, etc.), you may log-in to our website at your convenience (24/7) to make those changes yourself (www.lowomensclub.org).

Johanna McCormick
Directory Chair

Children's Center Volunteer Opportunity -
You can help with the Phone Bank

Children's Center is launching their first ever year-end appeal phone-drive and Children's Center would love to have some help from Lake Oswego Women's Club.

Below is the volunteer request from the Children's Center Volunteer Newsletter - 


Phone Bank Volunteers: Help raise awareness and share our mission as we call donors who are looking for that charity of choice to make their year-end contribution to. During the first week of December we plan to call as many people as possible to ask them for their support. Volunteers will be provided a script, list of donor names and PIZZA!
Duration:  December 4th, 5th, & 6th. 5:30 pm-8:00 pm.

Here is the link to the FULL October Children's Center Volunteer Opportunities Newsletter.

Nordstrom Gift Card Awarded
to Cyndie Glazer

Winner!

I am pleased to announce that sustainer, Cyndie Glazer, was the winner of the $25 Nordstrom gift card. The drawing for the card was held at the October 18 LOWC general meeting. LOWC members were eligible for the drawing if they logged in to our new website and posted a comment to one of our member forums no later than September 28.

I would like to extend a thank you to everyone who participated.

Lori Malone
Online Communications Chair

Photos from the October 18 General Meeting

Denise Smith

Deanna Phillips

Diane Economaki, Cassandra Bauccio, Julie Lester

Shauna Lugar

Mary Bicknell