board meeting, General Meeting and Club News

Next Board Meeting, November 7th, 2023, 9:30 a.m. , 

Charles A. Smith Community Center, 

15 E. Lacey Road, Forked River.

All department chairs and committeewomen 

are invited to attend. 

A Collect of Club Women

By: Mary Stewart

Keep us, oh God, from pettiness; let us be large in thought, in word, in deed.

Let us put away all pretense and meet each other face to face, without self-pity,  and without prejudice.

May we never be hasty in judgment and always generous.

Let us take time for all things; make us grow calm, 

serene, gentle.

Teach us to put into action our better impulses, straightforward and unafraid.

Grant that we may realize it is the little things that create differences, that in the big  things of life, we are at one.

And may we strive to touch and to know the great, common human heart of us all.  

And, oh Lord God, let us forget not to be kind!

Last year we supported Ukrainian soldiers by supplying warm socks.  We will collect socks again this year ONLY at the November meeting.  Lil Cambell is Chairwoman

Happy Veteran's Day - please thank a serviceman or women for their service today and every day. 

• Our speakers this month are Ron and Val Negra who will talk about Ron's mother Agnes and her role during WWII.  
• Please be at the meeting by 10:15 a.m. so we can begin on time.  
• For the November Newsletter.  Please select link for a printable copy. *  Copies will be available at the meeting.  *Newsletters are typically attached the weekend before the general meeting)
• Brown bag lunch - $2.00 donation at the door
• CIP will be hosting a 50/50
• Monthly gift basket will be raffled.  November's  basket will be donated by the Health & Wellness Department.    
• Please remember to bring your 3 cans of tuna, nursing home items, cell phones, eyeglasses and cases and our 4-legged friends.
• Wrapped in Love Program - collecting lap blankets for families that gave the ultimate donation of the gift of life.  We also accept donations of yarn.
• Calendar Club tickets are on sale and will be available until  December 31st, 2023.  Tickets are $25.00 each. Please take some to sell.  This is our biggest fundraiser.
• We are collecting gently used or new children's book until November for Bridge of Books.
• We are collecting paper towels and baby wipes for Providence House
• We are collecting gently used pocketbooks and women's scarves.  These items will be sold at our Christmas Luncheon.