LOWC Starts the Season with a Bang!!

Letter from the President

What a busy month September has been! I would like to share who has been hard at work, just in case you didn’t know:

• Lori Malone, our Online Communications Chair. We have moved, well not physically, only virtually to our new web site! Lori has been hard at work designing, updating, writing, emailing, and planning training. Please take a moment to let us what you think of your new web site if you have not done so already.
• Johanna McCormick, our Directory Chair, has been organizing our information to complete the 2012-13 LOWC directory.  She has given a lot of thought, preparation and time in directing the many hands that go into making our directory.  Thank you board members that have worked hard to make the deadline to submit your information too! 
• Lisa Rainer, our Vice President, has been busy helping me with 2012-13 membership committee choices. An email will be sent to you listing which committee you have been assigned BUT, if you would like to now visit our new web site membership directory and check out your updated information. 
• Lauren Retzlaff and her Membership Committee hasve successfully increased our membership and I am happy to report to welcome 14 provisional members this year! Well done Membership! 
• Galina Kaesche and her Fashion Show Committee, you ROCK!  I am so proud of everyone that helped in even the smallest way toward producing this year’s fashion show. To all of the LOWC Members that volunteered just for the day, and most of all to the Fashion show committee, Thank you for a perfect show. We also were featured in the LO Review and West Linn Tidings, thanks to Deanna Phillips our PR chair! Please also take time to congratulate Mary Jo Avery for being our first recipient of the LOWC Appreciation Award.  Mary Jo has been very supportive of our club, thank you again. 

And lastly I would like to remind you to save the date for the following:

Shauna Lugar (Children's Center) and Mary Jo Avery (Sustainer)

• General meeting at Children’s Center
  Thursday October 18 at 7:00 pm social and meeting to start at 7:30 pm
• Annual LOWC Potluck Luncheon
  Thursday, November 15 at 9:30 am social and 10 am general meeting
• LOWC Holiday Party
  Thursday, December 6, details to come later! 

Thank you for all you do!

Denise Smith

LOWC 2012-13 President 

General Meeting October 18th
at Children's Center

The October 18th General Meeting will be held at The Children’s Center in Oregon City.
Please join us at 7:00 pm for the social featuring wine and appetizers followed by the meeting at 7:30 pm. If you can stay for a bit, Shauna Lugar will offer a short tour of the facility following the meeting. The Children’s Center is a private, non-profit medical assessment center that
supports children and families throughout Clackamas County in cases of suspected physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, drug endangerment and witness to violence. Our 5 year, $25,000 philanthropic commitment to The Children’s Center is indeed an accomplishment and something to be proud of. The Children’s Center is located at 1713 Penn Lane in Oregon City. (Click address for map.)

Printed Directories Available at the Next General Meeting

There are many reasons to come to the next General Meeting on October 18. One, it will be held at the Children's Center in Oregon City and whether you've been there or not, it's a fabulous time to check out the facilities of a major grant recipient and meet some of their team to learn more about the Center. Two, come because it's a good time to connect with your old LOWC friends and meet the new provisionals!

And three, this will be the first opportunity to receive your hard-copy Directory for the 2012-12 year! Full of information like meeting dates, Happy Hours, committee assignments, and much more, including contact information for all our members.

After the General Meeting, remaining copies will be handed over to committee chairs to distribute to their own staffs according to when they are schedule to next meet. Sustainers will have their copies mailed directly to them. If this schedule will not work for you or if you have any questions, please contact the Directory Chair, Johanna McCormick, at directory@lowomensclub.org for tailored arrangements.

Johanna McCormick
Directory Chair

LOWC Membership News

New Member , Carolyn Fisher, enjoying the fashion show

A big, warm welcome goes out to our fourteen new LOWC members!  They are: Amy Bartley, Mary Bicknell, Chana Coleman, Maureen Dunham, Carolyn Fisher, Judy Jacobs, Theresa Koppie, Chanda Kurland, Becky Nicoli, Megan O’Toole, Nessa Sander, Deloris Scherschligt, Garlinn Story, and Esther Tice.  Welcome!

New members, mark your calendars for some October events!  First, on Thursday, 10/11, the LOWC Book Club will meet at 7 PM at Susan Ziegler’s house to discuss Running For My Life by Lopez Lomong.  You are all welcome and encouraged to come.  This is a wonderful way to meet other members, read a good book, and have a fun night out.  Second, make sure to come to the October General Meeting on Thursday, 10/18 at Children’s Center.  Especially for new members, attending this meeting will be a great way to learn about the special relationship that LOWC has with this remarkable charity.  Finally, we plan to have a new members' get-together in October; we'll let you know as soon as we pin down a date,  place, and time!  This will be a good opportunity to get to know each other better and to start feeling connected to the club.

Looking back on this month, the Membership Committee hosted its third and final “friend-raiser” on a beautiful Saturday evening in early September at Kathleen Ellman’s home.  We had a fantastic turn-out and welcomed many wonderful women to the club.  The guys who came had a great time as well, relaxing on the lake-side deck with good food, drinks, and company.  It was agreed by all that sometime again this year, our club should have another event to which men are also invited (hint, hint, Social Committee!).  Thanks again to all who came.

Now that the Fashion Show has passed, our committee is officially wrapping up its membership drive.  That said, it’s never too early to start thinking of friends who may want to join for the following year!  Please remember that you are always welcome to bring a friend to a meeting or a social event.   Truly, the more the merrier.

Membership Committee
Lauren Retzlaff - Chair
Ingrid Smith - CoChair
Kathleen Ellman - CoChair

LOWC Training for Provisionals and Board Members

During the last 5 years or so, LOWC has moved firmly into the digital age! We use a variety of online services to coordinate our activities, manage our events, and share news. With these advancements in mind, I'm very excited about a new benefit for Lake Oswego Women's Club Provisionals and Board members! For the first time ever, we are offering free training sessions to Provisionals and Board members. (True, the training is REQUIRED, but honestly, I think you're going to find it very beneficial.) Please consider it a PERK. I'm going to do my best to make the training fun and informative. I plan to throw in a few door prizes and we might even work in a "happy hour" after we complete our training session!!

You'll learn some important information that will help you and your committee save time and complete your LOWC tasks more efficiently. Most training sessions will take place at the Adult Community Center in Lake Oswego. I will announce the available dates and times for training in the next few days. Please watch for the email with details about the registration process. I'm looking forward to seeing you in class!!

Lori Malone

Online Communications Chair

Saying "Thank You" is Always in Style!

We had a great turn-out for the 12th Annual Fall Fashion Show!  A great deal of hard work and planning was required prior to the event. This “Thank You” is to everyone that helped (even the tiniest bit) with making that day an absolute success. We are so very proud of what we all accomplished!

Thank you! Thank you so much to our entire committee for being on task.  The Fashion Show committee consisted of Heather Broderick, Becky Campbell, Denise Kowslowski, and Rhonda Webber.  The camaraderie of the group made it a fun adventure.

Robin Tremayne and Lisa Rainer at the Fashion Show

In particular, we want to express special gratitude to our president, Denise Smith and our treasurer, Robin Tremayne.  Denise provided fresh insights and important twists that were the catalyst to elevate our Fashion Show to the winning fundraiser that we hoped it would be.  Robin helped us with the careful handling of all the checks for the Fashion Show.  Thanks to Robin for keeping us up-to-date on the numbers for the Oswego Lake Country Club.  It was so important to have the financial matters handled smoothly and professionally.

Then there were the rest of you!  Thank you all for each individual task you were involved in to help with the day.  We both know that there are so many that provided support to us.  We wish we could thank everyone in person.

• This is a short list of special “thanks” for those who helped make the fashion show a success:
• Lisa Rainer - for helping us with credit card transactions
• Tracey Freeman and Johanna McCormick - for taking pictures throughout the show
• Lori Malone - for assistance with computer related tasks
• Rhonda Webber, Scottie Johnson, Becky Campbell, Heather Broderick, Joni Powell, Julie Lester and Traci Greenberg - for selling “golden leaf” cupcakes and raffle tickets
• We wish to thank Kathleen Ellman for once again being such an outstanding mistress of ceremonies. She was so charismatic and engaging!  
• We also wish to thank Mary Gregoire, who displayed the Silpada jewelry so wonderfully.

Denise Kozlowski, Caren Korabek, Becky Campbell

Finally, special big thanks to all members of LOWC for being supportive and making this event so much fun! We both know that this is the start of something MORE for the future Fashion Shows. We must not forget to let you know that all the raffle baskets came together because of the hard work of securing procurements and/or our members making personal donations. We want to express our gratitude and appreciation to all of the members who assisted in big and small ways. The Fashion Show was a success because of a wonderful group effort!

Finally…(drum-roll, please)…We are thrilled to announce that the 2012 Fashion Show made the largest profit of any LOWC Fashion Show to date. Robin is still waiting for a few checks to clear, but it looks like our net proceeds from the event are very close to $2000.00.

What a great way to start year!!!

Galina Kaesche
Fashion show Committee Chair

Scottie Johnson
Co-Chair

(More Fashion Show Photos at the end of the blog!!)

Children's Center Gala a Success

LOWC provided nine volunteers to work at the Children's Center Healing Garden Gala event on Thursday, September 27th.  The event was attended by 200 people and raised over $175,000!  Funds raised go toward providing child abuse assessment services to children throughout Clackamas County.  "It feels right.  I'm really glad I was able to help," commented one volunteer when thanked for her work that evening.  "Rewarding and fun," said another.

The Healing Garden Gala was magical.

This was the first fundraising event actually held at the Center as opposed to an offsite venue.  They opened their doors to attendees who were offered a selection of appetizers and beverages and could tour through the facility and converse with actual service providers such as medical examiners, child interviewers and other staff members.  Dessert was served during a program which highlighted services provided, the dramatic need for services in our county and a heartfelt presentation from one of the Center's Fund Development Committee members, a former victim of abuse herself.

I received a big "thank you" from the Children's Center to pass along to all our great volunteers who helped make the evening possible:  Carolyn Fisher, Johanna McCormick, Chandra Terry, Robin Tremayne, Caren Korabek, Denise Smith, Lori Faris, Lauren Retzlaff, Susan Ziegler. You are so appreciated. Also a huge "thank you" to our members who were attendees and helped the Center get to that $175,000 total!

In 2011, LOWC signed an agreement with the Children's Center to provide a total of $25,000 in support over 5 years.  They are currently LOWC's top "partner" charity and greatly appreciate our partnership at all levels.  Here is an excerpt from their Annual Report to give you a picture of their services:

"The Children's Center is the sole organization in Clackamas County providing medical assessments, forensic interviews, and family support services to children who are suspected victims of child abuse.  We see children from Sandy to Wilsonville, Lake Oswego to Estacada, and Milwaukee to Molalla.  We served 665 children and families in 2011, 428 of which received a medical assessment and/or interview with specially trained Medical Examiners and Child Interviewers, as well as support for non-offending family members."

Children's Center Service Demographics

Come see the Children's Center for yourself and learn more during our General Meeting, October 18th at the Children's Center.  

Golf With Lisa!

After winning the golf raffle package at the Children's Center luncheon last Spring, Lisa Rainer hosted Lauren Barnes (blue shirt) and Robin Tremayne (white shirt) for some golf at the Creekside Golf Club in Salem in September. They had a great day, a tasty lunch and enjoyed the sun even when their balls were not going where they were supposed to! Lisa will host 3 ladies at the Oregon Golf Club for 9 holes....to the first 3 who contact her at vicepresident@lowomensclub.org.

Lisa Rainer
Vice President

Lauren Barnes-Garr (sustainer), Lisa Rainer (vice president), Robin Tremayne (treasurer)

Something New
LOWC's First Op/Ed!By guest writer, Ella Smith

Attending the fashion show was my first encounter with Lake Oswego Women’s Club. Being a Lake Oswego resident, I was well aware of the image that accompanies the local "female-hood" and wasn't quite sure what to expect.

My trepidation vanished as soon as I stepped into the foyer of the Country Club. I had a very good feeling upon seeing how happy and thankful the greeters were at my presence. I learned that the event was a benefit for a great cause—it was supporting Children’s Center and other local charities. As fate would have it, I signed up to volunteer at Children’s Center as a result of attending the fashion show.

As I was listening to the presenters, I could not help but have a feeling that this group of women was actually a large family that really enjoys being together as well as caring about those in need. There was nothing fake or pompous about this gathering. Even the pinnacle of the event, the Fashion Show, was elegant and yet low-key—in a good sense.

The models looked and carried themselves beautifully (of course, the male models received extra attention). They were not cold and distant but rather warm, personal and very much alive! There was a concerted connection between the performers and the spectators. A variety of styles were presented by various vendors, addressing the veritable range of taste and ages occupying the audience. I personally loved the ensembles by Silkwood and Margaret O’Leary. Jewelry, accessories, make-up and hair-do’s were in unison with the clothing. The Mistress of Ceremony did a wonderful job pointing out details that were worth noting.

If asked to describe this fashion show, I would say it was classy with some elements of playfulness. It clearly was a reflection of the star conductor behind the scene, Galina, who apparently worked hard and passionately putting the show together. And it was nothing less than fabulous!

In closing, the event ended too soon. I wanted more of this treat!
I guess I will just have to look forward to next year.
Thank you, Galina and thank you, LOWC!

Ella Smith
Lake Oswego Resident
2012 Fashion Show Guest

More Photos!

Cupcakes? Yum!

Fabulous Fashion

Lauren Retzlaff and Megan O'Toole

Kris Coder and Darlene LeBlanc

Shauna Lugar and Mary Jo Avery

Dianna Harrell, Veronica Hamstreet, Lauren Retzlaff, Babs Hamachek,
Leslie Pirotta, Chandra Terry, Susan Ziegler

Strike a Pose

Strike a Pose! Attend the Fashion Show

The 12th Annual LOWC Fashion Show Raffle baskets are wonderful because so many of our local businesses and members have generously donated! We have Nike, local restaurants, Lake Wood Center, Silpada jewelry to name a few! Thank you to those that have donated! 
A few themed Raffle baskets are: 

• Fore and More - Golf basket 
• Living it up – Food and fun in LO
• Most of our baskets will retail $250 and more. 

Raffle tickets will be sold before the Fashion Show - $5.00 for 1 ticket and 5 tickets for $20.00. We will also be offering a Golden leaf Cupcake Raffle $20.00 each - in a limited number. Remember, all raffle tickets can be purchased by cash or check only. 

Some of our guest VIPs include:
The Children’s Center, The Lake Oswego Police Department, Lake Oswego Park and Recreation Department, and The Lake Oswego Review. 

Have you purchased your ticket yet? All tickets sold at the door will be $40.00.

See you Thursday, September 20th 

11:00 AM social, meeting 11:30 AM

12th annual LOWC Fashion Show begins at Noon.

As always, the Oswego Country Club has a dress code that excludes denim.

Thank you,

Denise Smith

President 2012-13

Lake Oswego Women's Club

Time to Select your Committee

On Friday, September 14th, all active and provisional members should have received an email with a survey link for you to provide us with your desired committee positions for the 2012 - 2013 year.  Please take 2 minutes to fill out the survey.  It is easy and will help us put together the committees for the coming year more quickly.  If you did not receive this email.  Please go to the following URL to complete your requests:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BSF7Q8G

If you have any questions, please contact Lisa Rainer.

Thank you,
Lisa Rainer
Vice President

Pay Your Dues at the Fashion Show

For the convenience of those who have yet to pay their annual dues, I will have a table in the vestibule of Oswego Lake Country Club to take your checks. Afterwards I will email you a paid invoice that you can use as a 2012 tax write off.


Also, if you have a change of home address or email address, this will be a great time to let Johanna McCormick, Directory Chair, or myself know.

Thank you!
Robin Tremayne
LOWC Treasurer

Deadlines, Pictures, and Distribution

The 2012-13 hard-copy Directory will be distributed at the October 18 General Meeting. Each Active (provisional, active, and sustainer) member will initially receive one copy. Additional copies may be available after initial distribution attempts have been made.

To achieve this publication/distribution date, Board Members are reminded that the deadline for all the elements going into the hardcover Directory is September 30th, 6pm. All new member forms must be turned in, along with the President's letter and her final committee assignments. This deadline also affects the following Committee Chairs for their individual "calendar of events' to be published in the front pages: Social Committee, Philanthropy and Meetings, as well as any of the club's special interest groups, such as Book Club. If you have questions, please contact the Directory Chair, Johanna McCormick at directory@lowomensclub.org.

 The Chair also encourages anyone without a picture in the online Directory to look through summer vacation photos or recent family portraits for a low-resolution, traditional-portrait composition (above-shoulders). Send your photo to the Chair as a .jpg attachment. Another option is to stop by the "photo booth" being set up at the beginning of today's (9/20) Fashion Show.

Thank you,
Johanna McCormick
Directory Chair

Our Web Site has a New Look!

Visit our newly redesigned website at www.lowomensclub.org. The Online Communications Chair still has some work to do (a few pages are still "under construction"), but much progress has been made. If you'd like to log-in to check out the "members only" area, just click the link that says, "Forgot Password."  You will be prompted to supply your email address and you'll be required to type in a "captcha" code. Your log-in information will be sent to your email address. After you log-in, be sure to visit our "Member Forum" to leave a comment or suggestion!

An email will be sent to all members by the end of the week with detailed instructions about how to log-in. But if you feel adventurous, try the "Forgot Password" process mentioned above.

Email Lori Malone at admin@lowomensclub.org if you have questions.

Thank you,
Lori Malone
Online Communications Chair

A Few Photos from our
Recent Friend-Raiser

Remember, new members can continue to join until the end of September. It's not too late!

Fall 2012 - First Blog of the LOWC Year!

President’s Message

Welcome to Fall!

I hope you all have had a relaxing summer and a chance to slow down to enjoy your family and friends. I have had a great summer; my oldest son turned 21 and began his senior year of college and my youngest is starting his sophomore year of high school.

Sunday, September 8, is our last Friend Raiser for the summer.  We need your help to make this another successful year for new membership. We have been so lucky to have 5 new members join us so far this summer! My hope is that 10 more will be joining us in September. 

Please help by inviting someone new to our Friend Raiser or to our 12^th Annual Fashion Show. LOWC’s invitation for new membership will close for the year on Sunday, September 30.  Contact Lauren Retzlaff or Ingrid Smith of the Membership Committee with names of potential new members today.  

The Fashion Show Committee has been hard at work this summer and needs to be applauded for what will be one of our most enjoyable events of the year, our 12^th Annual Fashion Show scheduled for Thursday, September 20. We will have many tempting items in our Raffle baskets, so come prepared to win something wonderful! I hope to see you there. 

Have you picked your committee yet? There will be an email coming soon listing our committee choices.  A prompt reply to this email giving me your selection will be much appreciated, I will then be able to update your committee. Pick 1 or more, the choice is yours. The deadline for updating your committee choice with me is Monday, September 24 by 9am.

Again, welcome to a wonderful new season of small changes. I hope you enjoy reading this month’s news and that I will see you at our 12^th Annual Fashion Show. 

In all you do, do your best!

Denise Smith

LOWC President 2012-13

LOWC Fashion Show

Football has started for the guys, school has started for the kids, and soon the 12th annual Fall Fashion Show and Luncheon will start a new year for LOWC. The fashion show committee has been working very hard to ensure it will be a great event. This is the first year that our fashion show will also be a fundraiser. Many local businesses and several members of the club have donated fabulous raffle items. 
Raffle tickets will be sold cash or check only: 1 ticket for $5 and 5 tickets for $20. In addition, a Golden Leaf Cupcake Raffle will be offered at $20 for a chance to win a Silpada jewelry item. We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible and to kicking off a fun and successful club year. 
R.S.V.P. to Denise K. at fashionshow@lowomensclub.org by September 13th.

From the Treasurer:
Membership Dues are Due

Everyone should have received 2 emails from me in the last month with your 2012-13 dues invoices. If you did not receive an invoice in your email, please check your spam or email trash. I can resend invoices if you should need one.  Remember to keep a copy of your invoice as it can be used as a tax write off for your 2012 income taxes! 

If you have any questions regarding your membership dues, email me at: treasurer@lowomensclub.org.

Robin Tremayne
Treasurer

Board Members: 
September 30th Directory Deadline

Board Members are reminded that the deadline for all the elements going into the hardcover Directory is September 30th, 6pm. All new member forms must be turned in with their checks on that date, along with the President's letter and her final committee assignments. This deadline also affects the following Committee Chairs for their individual "calendar of events" to be published in the front pages: Social Committee, Philanthropy, and Meetings, as well as any of the club's special interest groups, such as Book Club. If you have questions, please contact the Directory Chair, Johanna McCormick, at directory@lowomensclub.org.

The Directory Chair also encourages anyone without a picture in the online Directory to look through your summer vacation photos to crop to a low-resolution, traditional-portrait composition. Further details about uploading it will be sent out in the next two weeks.

Johanna McCormick
Directory Chair

Get Social with LOWC! 

Hello ladies,

I hope you all had a wonderful summer and if you are anything at all like me you are having a hard time seeing it end.  I have been so busy this summer that I am finding it hard to get back to any sense of responsibility but at least my responsibility with the club is a fun one.... 

Last year's happy hours were so much fun that I wanted to keep those going so I have planned every other month happy hours at the following restaurants: 

All Happy Hours begin at 5 pm

11/7       5 Spice

1/9         Oswego Grill

3/6         Tucci's

5/1         Manzana's

This year they will all start at 5pm but please feel free to come later than that as your schedule allows.  I may add more as the year progresses if the interest is high but for now I am going to stick to the every other month schedule.

I hope to see many of you November 7 at 5 Spice!  As we get back into the swing of things this fall more social gatherings will be planned.  As always please feel free to email me with ideas, suggestions or advice!  I will happily take it.

Enjoy the last few days of summer and I hope to see many of you very soon at a happy hour!

Jeri Parrott
Social Chair

Membership

The Membership Committee has been quite busy this summer!  We hosted two successful “friend-raisers”, and the third is just around the corner.  Our first friend-raiser was an evening party in late June at Sharon Mirarchi’s house, and the second was a brunch in early August at Ingrid Smith’s house.  At these friend-raisers, we met many wonderful women who are interested in joining our club.  Both events were well-attended by our own members as well, who brought lots of delicious food and shared their LOWC experiences with the new folks. 

Our last friend-raiser is scheduled for Saturday, September 8th at 5:30 PM at Kathleen Ellman’s house.  It promises to be a great evening, with food, drinks, and merry conversation, all while lounging by the lake.  All members are welcome and encouraged to join us for this fun event.  This time, men are invited as well, and we are shamelessly plying them to come with the promise of food, beer, a televised football game, and a boat ride!

We would like to thank all LOWC members for coming to the friend-raisers and for referring their friends, neighbors, and acquaintances to our club.  If you still have anyone in mind, it’s not too late to join!  We will be taking membership applications until just after the Fashion Show. 

Speaking of the Fashion Show, we expect to see many new faces at the luncheon.  We will have a table or two reserved for these special ladies, so make sure to stop by, say “hello”, and spread the word about our club.

Finally, and most important, we would like to welcome six new members to our club, all of whom joined this summer.  A huge, warm welcome goes out to Carolyn Fisher, Theresa Koppie, Becky Nicoli, Deloris Scherschligt, Garlinn Story, and Megan O'Toole.  WELCOME!

Membership
Lauren Retzlaff and Ingrid Smith

Meetings, Meetings, Meetings!!

We had a great turnout at our August 16th LO Women’s Club general meeting hosted by Lauren Barnes Gaar at the Grand Papery. With a little socializing, business and shopping thrown in it was an enjoyable evening. Our September meeting is always a favorite. Please make sure to read about the fashion show/luncheon to be held Thursday, September 20th  at the Lake Oswego Country Club. Next month our meeting we be held Thursday, October 18th  at the Children’s Center in Oregon City. Typically our general meetings will be held the 3rd Thursday of the month. There will be some morning as well as evening meetings. Please see the dates and locations listed in the new directory.

Meetings
Julie Lester and Traci Greenberg

Online Communications

What’s Online Communications?

I’m glad you asked!

Online communications includes Facebook, Website, Blog, and e-mail. As the LOWC Online Communications Chair, I am responsible for each of these resources.

Here’s the scoop on each branch of online communications:

Website: www.lowomensclub.org

Our website is vital to our organization. This is our public face and our behind-the-scenes location for our member directory, organizational calendar, e-mail distribution service, document storage, and so much more.  For the past six years we have contracted with a service named “ClubRunner” to manage these tasks. Due to changes in ClubRunner’s services, we recently made the decision to move to a vendor called “Wild Apricot.” I expect to have the Wild Apricot version of our website up and running in the next couple of weeks.  By the end of September, our URL www.lowomensclub.org will take you to the new web-site, until then, you can have a sneak peek by visiting http://www.lowc.wildapricot.org/. Remember, this URL is not permanent. We will still have the URL www.lowomensclub.org – it’s just not transferred at this time. I think you’ll like the new service. It has some nice features not offered by ClubRunner. You will receive your new logon ID and password in the next week or two.

Blog: http://lowomensclub.blogspot.com/

The news-blog will be updated every two weeks. This will be your primary source for the latest LOWC news and information. You will continue to receive the “classic” PDF version of the newsletter, but the PDF version will only be distributed every two months. All news articles should be sent to admin@lowomensclub.org.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LOWomensClub

Please “like” our Facebook page. I will post occasional photos, and event reminders.

E-mail administration

Over the summer, I set up Google Apps for non-profits, which provides board members with email addresses that end with @lowomensclub.org. Google provides this service free of charge for non-profits. Businesses also use these services, but they must pay a fee for each user. I’m very excited about the availability of these email addresses. We can now provide contacts with unchanging email addresses!! For example, Lake Run organizers can ALWAYS be contacted my sending an email to lakerun@lowomensclub.org. The same is true for sponsorship, membership, philanthropy, fashion show, etc!

Training

This year, all board members and provisionals will be required to attend a 1.5 hour training session at the Lake Oswego Adult Community Center. I’ll work very hard to make the training FUN! I hope to offer a few small door prizes and maybe we can go out for coffee or drinks after the training.

I will provide available training dates and times within the next week.

Looking forward to a GREAT year!

Online Communications Chair

Lori Malone

Healing Garden Gala

I have heard many of you in the past say that you would like to feel more connected to some of the nonprofits that LOWC supports.  I am happy to tell you that you have such an opportunity!  The Children's Center has one of their two fundraising events planned on September 27th.  They are in great need of volunteers and have asked LOWC if we can help by providing 15 volunteers. 

Remember that the Children's Center is Clackamas County's only child abuse assessment center.  Each year they help hundreds of abused children find hope again and start down the path toward healing. This event will raise funds for the operation of the center.  Please take this opportunity to reinforce our partnership with the Children's Center and sign up to volunteer.  You can help them raise the funds that they need to serve the children of our community.  

What:   Healing Garden Gala Event 
When: September 27th**
Where: Children's Center, 1713 Penn Lane, Oregon City 

Volunteer Jobs Available (scroll for details): 

• Setup 
• Catering
• Registration
• Kitchen
• Greeters
• Silent Auction Assistants
• Bid Tracking Assistants 

**Time commitments and all the details are in the attached document below.  If you can help, please let me know by Sept. 10th.  If you'd like to help but can't commit to an entire shift, let me know that too.  
Ladies, our club does great work to help raise funds for charities.  This is our chance to be a "hands-on" partner and actively demonstrate our commitment to the children of Clackamas County.  

Thank you,
Lori Faris -Children's Center Liaison
Lake Oswego Women's Club 


Children’s Center Volunteer Opportunities (Detailed Descriptions)