Be Happy in 2016

Upcoming Calendar:

• Jan 22nd at 10 am - Coffee Social at St. Honore in Lake Oswego
• Jan 26th at 6 pm - Jewelry Making for Abby's Closet at Fran's Home
• Feb 4th at 6:30 pm - Board Meeting at Amanda's Home
• Feb 11th at 7 pm - Book Club Meeting - Location TBA
• Feb 19th 4:30 pm - Happy Hour Social at Aji Tram in Lake Oswego
• Feb 26th 4:30 pm - 8 pm - LO Reads Volunteer Event (see details below)

Happy 2016 Ladies!

I hope you all had a fabulous time with family and friends over the holiday break.  Our kids were certainly thrilled to wake up to snow and to get an extra day off of school too! 

Getting back to LOWC and the Lake Run!

The Lake Run preparations are in full swing, as are our requests for sponsors for the event.  If you know of anyone who might be interested in having a booth at the event or having their logo on the marketing materials (or race t-shirt).  Please contact our sponsorship chair, Nancy Nolin for more information or to get copies of the sponsorship flyer!  The more money we raise, the more we are able to give away!

LOWC Directories are HERE!

If you don't have one yet, please contact your committee chair and they can make arrangements to get one to you! Also, we'll have the directories at all upcoming events, and I am also happy to leave them on my front porch (contact Lisa Rainer) if you would like to pick one up!

Please note the following for use of LOWC Directory information:

As we begin using the new directory it is a good time to remind everyone that LOWC is not a business or networking club.  The personal information in the directory should be used for LOWC purposes only and should not be used or made available for commercial or solicitation purposes.  Please respect each others privacy and protect this information as you would your own.  The 'yellow pages' section of the book is where you are able to list your business information for other members to find.  Thanks for your understanding.

Holiday Party Happiness

The LOWC Holiday Party was fabulous!  Special thanks to Sunita and her husband "Bugsy" for letting us use the room at the Holiday Inn Express and also to Minita for coordinating the fabulous food/caterer and decorations for the evening.  Also, a special thanks to those who helped with the set-up, decorating and clean-up.  You all did an amazing job!  The group enjoyed great food and beverages, did a white elephant gift exchange, was serenaded by the LOHS Windjammers Choir, 

and then several people even attempted some karaoke singing of their own!  What a nice evening of relaxing and laughing! 

LOWC to help with LO Reads

For many years, the Lake Oswego Women's Club has volunteered their time (and a small amount of money) to help the Lake Oswego Reads program.  On Friday, February 26th from 4:30 to 8:00 pm, members of LOWC will join together to help decorate for the event, welcome participants, take tickets, serve dessert, and clean up.  Please contact Lisa Rainer to sign up.  We hope you are able to help us with this fun local community event.  We will contact the volunteers with more details.  Also, if anyone would like to take the lead on this event, please let me know...it should be an easy one!

Lisa Rainer
President

40th Anniversary Lake Run

Tell your families and friends to register by March 31st for a  $5.00 discount! 

The Lake Run team held their monthly meeting on Jan 5th.  It was great to get together and get to know each other better.  Such a fun group of Ladies!  We covered several subjects and have owners for more of our key areas.  Thank these ladies for stepping up!

Here are some key assignments:

• Virginia Rubin and Annie Arkebauer -manage the Plaza and food vendors
• Lisa Rainer - coordinate the Registration tent
• Stephanie deBlanc - Course Manager
• Liette Gasparitsch - updating the facebook page
• Pauline Decker and Ann Powell - finish line
• Debbie and Kimra Griffen - coordinating volunteers 
• Pam Helling, Sandi Traynor and Annie Arkebauer - Kids Dash
• Nancy Nolin and Lisa Rainer - Sponsorship

Great Team! Great Results!  Remember......…...we want 1500 or more runners this year!  Get the word out!

  

We would appreciate help in handing out flyers and cards for the Event. Please contact Fran Herbert or Lisa Rainer for any printed material that you may need to promote Lake Run!

Fran Herbert
Lake Run Chair

Abby's Closet Update

On January 26th at 6 pm, we will need to finish packaging our jewelry for Abby's Closet.  Location will be at Fran's house.  Please RSVP no later than January 20th to Fran Herbert.

We hope to get a date on the calendar soon to help Abby's Closet do some unpacking of the prom dresses and to present them with the jewelry we made.  This is a fun work party so we hope you can join us!  Details will be provided later.

Fran Herbert
Lake Run Chair
& Abby's Closet Liaison

Thank you - Gold Sponsor!

Thanks to Rachel Russell Real Estate for stepping up to be our first Gold Sponsor for the 2016 Lake Run!  Rachel and her office have been very enthusiastic about supporting our Lake Run this year.   Not only are they excited about having their logo displayed, but they are also encouraging participation in the event itself.  It is a fabulous partnership!  Thank you Rachel Russell team, we appreciate your support!