Minutes - 2010/01

Divine Mercy Women’s Guild

Business Meeting
January 11, 2010

6:33pm: Opening prayer lead by Vi Despres

Presentation:

• A power point presentation was given by Patty Wheeler from All Saint’s Church. She discussed a recent trip to Juarez, Mexico to help a needy community. Their project was to build a wall around a home that cared for abandoned children. A question and answer period took place after the presentation.

Recording Secretary:

• A correction was made to the November 9, 2009 minutes. The Women’s Guild blog web site should read: http://dmwomensguild.blogspot.com/
• The correction was noted and the minutes were accepted as written.
• We received a thank you card for the cookie tray sent out by the Guild to a participating Holiday Stroll church.

Treasurer’s Report:

•  Cheryl Lastrina reported a profit of $4125 from the recent Holiday Stroll Fair. Thank you to all who participated.

Helping Hands:

• Edna Drasco and Ruth Bohn supported one funeral request this month. A sympathy card will be sent to Guild member Helen Fisher on the recent death of her husband.

Parish Outreach:

•  52 poinsettia plants were delivered to the residents of Pheasant Wood Nursing home during the Christmas holiday season.
• $8000 was collected for Christmas for Kids project and 69 people donated to the Giving Tree project.

Old Business:

• Helen Limina and Gail Laviolette commented on the success of the Holiday Stroll Fair. All agreed the new lay-out worked and helpful suggestions from last year also worked well. It was suggested for next years Fair more space is given to the piano players.
• Kathy Sullivan thanked all who helped with the Blood Drive. Many positive comments were shared by the donors who were thankful for the delicious food, soup and attention given to them. 74 pints of blood were collected!

New Business:

• Kathy Sullivan and Karen Bannister agreed to chair the Women’s Guild Nominating Committee. Positions open are for: Chair, Treasurer, and Recording Secretary. Please consider holding a position of office in the Guild. A nominating committee member just might be calling you!
• Cookie swap: If you are interested in a cookie swap at the next meeting please bring 2 dozen cookies. You can either send your recipe to Helen Limina, who volunteered to collate them, or bring your recipe to the meeting.
• Next year we will look into the possibility of a Women’s Guild Bake Sale or Chocolate Fair to be held right before Valentine’s Day. Janice McKenzie agreed to Chair this project.
• Gail Laviolette spoke on the January Right to Life activities that are posted in the Church bulletin. This is a Knights of Columbus sponsored event.

Misc:
The Women’s Guild has a list of member’s names, addresses, email address and phone number that is approved by each member to publish. Please review your name and update or delete any information you wish to have on the list. The list was passed around to the members at the meeting. If you were not at the meeting you can call Beth McGurty if you are unsure of what is listed under you name.

Thank you to Denise and Beth for the refreshments.
Closing prayer: led by Vi Despres
7:44pm: Meeting adjourned

Respectfully submitted,
Janice McKenzie
Recording Secretary

Next Meeting is February 8th @ 6:30pm