Friday, November 18, 2011

Minutes 2011/10

Divine Mercy Parish Women’s Guild
Monday November 7, 2011
6:30 PM

Minutes
1. Opening Prayer led by Yvonne Murray
2. Recording Secretary – Kim Graham. No questions were asked on the previous minutes. Minutes were approved.
3. Corresponding Secretary – Simone Lagace: A thank you card was sent to Rich Frechette. There was a Thank You card from the family of Dorothy Crowley. Simone will continue to work as Corresponding secretary while she is in Florida for the next few months.
4. Treasurer’s Report – Karen Bannister. A financial report with handout was given from July 1, to October 31.
5. Helping Hands Report – Joyce Schmidt: There was one funeral this past month for Dr. Shuburt. Sign up for helping hands with Joyce after the meeting or let her know your availability.
6. Parish Outreach Report – Food Drive Below
7. Priest Appreciation Sunday- Lauren Martin: It is always the last Sunday in October. The Pastoral Council planned an event this past Oct. 6.
8. Holiday Stroll – November 19 Helen Limina, Chair
a. Denise and Helen and met with other parish coordinators. Fair hours 9:00-2:00
b. Hall available from 10-4 for set up. Saturday we can get in at 7:30.
c. We will need 7 or 8 card tables.
d. Bell ringers will perform from 11-12
e. Parking, Karen has left messages with Hedstrom about parking but no word yet.
f. Potential viewing of other fairs later on in the day on Friday. Helen will follow up with emails if that is a go.
g. Reminder** we need to set up tables before we set up any craft it you have any.
h. We need music. Dorothy Smith will play piano from 10-11. Helen will follow up with. Diane, Chris Falcone and Pat Cloutier
i. Sign ups for working that day for an hour and sign ups for bake table were sent around.
j. Beth is working on the café and so if she needs help she will let us know. We can use fudge, pies, diabetic cookies and GF. Label nuts or not.
k. If you cannot print off a poster from your computer, please take one from Helen. If you can, please print off some and put some up around town and where you work.
9– Kathy Sullivan and Gail Caron, Chairs
a. Friday December. 2 at Union Congregational Church 12-5PM
b. Sandwiches to be made in stages in two hours shifts 12-2, 2-4, 4-6.
c. They will need 2 people in the morning and 2 in the afternoon for registration
d. Escorts to be split, we don’t need you before 12:15. Three people for the earlier and 3 for the late shift.
e. Gail had a sign up sheet. Everyone is welcome but we would love to have people in the donor room.
f. Kathy had a sign up sheet for sandwiches, breads and finger food, cheese & crackers.
g. Twelve Pine will provide the soup.
h. Posters should be put up around Thanksgiving as it is the next week.
i. Reminder to supply coffee and tea and all the fixings.
j. Donors are getting a coupon for a regular 6 inch sub from Subway.
10. Karen has membership cards if anyone does not have one and has paid their dues. The picture of the front of the card was drawn by Kathy Sullivan’s daughter Emily West.
11. Community Supper in Bennington - Helen Limina: The second Thursday of the month, January 12. It will be held at the school. The last couple of years we did Turkey Divan. After a discussion if we wanted to make this again, it was decided that we would. Helen will talk to Jackie about getting the confirmation kids to make sweets. We are not sure of how many we will be serving. We can guess 6 or 8 tables of 8 to 10 people.
12. Thanksgiving Baskets - Jean Frechette: List of what we need up at the back of the church. Food needs to be donated after the masses on Nov. 12 & 13. There will also be envelopes for monetary donations. Checks should be made out to Diving Mercy. Last year they created 51 baskets. Money donated covered almost all of the costs for food for the baskets. Food gets picked up and they get delivered on the 22nd, in the afternoon. Packing baskets at St. Patrick’s in Bennington at 3:00 and delivery at 4:30. Fruit baskets will go to Greenfield Commons. Anyone that can help pick up groceries please contact Jean. Boxes to be packed can be brought down to the basement. Jean will send out an email for details about volunteers.
13. Mass/Christmas party – Karen Ayers: Monday, December 12 6:00 Mass with pot-luck to follow. She will send out an email for how many are coming and what you are bringing. Main dish, salad or dessert. Barabara will help out Karen with this event. We have too many people of our own to invite the Knights.
14. Request from Knights - Jean Frechette: They arranged for and have had the statue from the grotto at St. Patrick’s packed and moved into storage to use when the new parish is built. John Kauffel prepared her for storage. $800 was the cost and the Knights are asking if we can help with that cost. We are not talking expenditures until the New Year but she just wants to put it on the radar.
15. Food Drive - There will be an outreach meeting open to all parishioners of all ages on Monday Nov. 28th at 7pm in the Parish Hall to talk about the food pantry and the needs. This meeting will discuss how to best to meet the needs of our food shortage in our community. A motion was put on the floor that Guild members bring food for the food pantry at each meeting. The motion was passed.
16. Christmas Eve Decorating - Father asked if 4 people would be willing to help decorate
the Armory at around 10AM for the Children’s Mass that evening. Mass we be held there at around 4:15 or 4:30. He hopes on doing a couple of trees, a few wreathes and some roping.
17. Poinsettias for Harborside and for shut-ins. We will order from the House By The Side
of the Road. Cathy Buffman had a note that last year Sue, Edna and Beth like to deliver them to Harborside and the ministers will pick up and deliver to shut-ins. This will continue this year.
18. Channel of Peace at Summerhill-Mary Armstrong: She suggested that this might be a nice project for the Guild to do, as far as community involvement. Maybe 4 times a year we could pick four different facilities and plan an event. Bingo, cards, game night for example whatever. We will discuss this topic further at the next meeting.
19. Anyone wanting to help with comfort food please talk to Jean Frechette.
20. Thank you to our hosts Denise Long and Jackie Colaneri.
21. Closing Prayer - Yvonne Murray

Reminders
Blood Drive, December 2
Christmas Party, December 12, pot-luck Mass at 6:00PM
The next regular business meeting will be January 9th at 6:30.