Las Madres '80 East
FEBRUARY 2004 NEWSLETTER

COMING EVENTS

February 13
Jazzie Jewels
Open House
RSVP: Cindy

February 19
Meeting
Martini Making
Contact: Joan

February 21
Coffee Field Trip
9 am
Starbuck in Milpitas
Contact: Tina

February 28
Adult Bunko Party
7:30 pm
RSVP: Sharon by 22nd

April 30-May 2
Ladies Spring Fling
Contact: Cathy

May 21-23
Los Padres Golf Weekend
Forest Meadows
RSVP: Lou

July 31-August 7
Pinecrest

October 8-10
Ladies Fall Fling
Contact: Cathy

 

FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS

1st         Kacey Roessler (Happy 24th!)
             John Castagnoli
3rd       Walt Wilson
10th      Shirley D'Agosta
14th      Jim Cuneo
28th      Linda Good
25th      Mathew Hennig (Happy 22nd!)


February Meeting
When: February 19 , 7:15pm
Where: Joan's House
What: Cosmo Party

At the February meeting we will be learning to make Cosmopolitans. Bring your favorite Martini glass (and a shaker if you have one). The ingredients for making the drinks will be provided. Since it is the day after Valentines, you can bring all those chocolates you want to share.
We will eat, drink, and be merry.  If you think you may get too "merry" please arrange not to drive.

Princess Project
They will take the dresses starting Feb 21st, so think about getting any prom dresses ready for Shirley to take to them. We'll collect at the February meeting or you can bring them to Shirley in that following week. They want up-to-date prom dresses, purses, wraps, or jewelry to give to girls who have no prom dress or way to get one. (See website below.)

Adult Bunko Party
WHEN: Saturday, February 28, 7:30pm
WHERE: Simmon's House
COST: $5.00 per person
BRING: Appetizer or Table Snack & BYOB
Please RSVP to Sharon by the 22nd as she needs to know how many tables. She is home each day after 3:30pm.
Lots of FUN & Cheesecake provided by the Simmons for Dessert!

Get Well Wishes
Wishing Wanda Tsafos a speedy recovery from her recent hip & leg surgery.

Our Condolences
Our Condolences to the Grady family on the recent passing of Steve's father.

January Planning Meeting....by Cathy
At the January meeting we discussed the year 2004 and planned it out. Dues were due at this meeting.
They are $12 for the year. Randi brought a thank you from the girl we helped out with
a donation to go on the college visit trip. Sorry I do not have her name. We finished out the
evening with a regift exchange. There were 8 of us participating. Ginny came up the big winner
with another reindeer for her collection.

2004 Las Madres Calendar of Events
The calendar for 2004 is as follows at the moment:
February meeting Joan 2-19. Sharon and Bill Simmons 2-28 adult bunko.
March meeting Shirley 3-18 Ginny and Tom Gomez 3-27 8 ball.
April meeting Dee 4-22 (a week later because of Easter)
April 30-May2 ladies spring trip north of San Francisco
May meeting Tina 5-20 Mens golf trip May 21-23
June meeting Sally 6-17
July meeting Randi 7-15
August pinecrest July 31-Aug 7
August meeting Marti 8-19
September meeting Cathy H 9-16 Joan and Walt Wilson 9-19 Bocce ball
October meeting Robin 10-21 Fall weekend October 8-10
November meeting Vicki R 11-18 Sue and Bud Butler 11-6 adult activity
December holiday gift exchange Joan's 12-9

Community Outreach
Sally called the community outreach person at the Las Plumas shelter and found out the following:
The San Jose Family Shelter, where we have donated our "shoeboxes" in the past, has an ongoing, critical need for bed linens and towels. They would appreciate us donating pillows, twin size bed sheets, and regular size towels. They will accept new or used towels and sheets. (They do have a few full-double-sized beds and will accept sheets in that size also.) Each family can stay at the shelter for up to 90 days. When they leave they get to take their linens with them to their new home.
Sally suggests we all work on collecting these items, bring them to the March meeting, and she will bag and deliver them to the shelter. Also, since the club has a large cash balance currently, we might consider donating some percentage of that to purchasing new pillows for the shelter. sally would be willing to scout out Mervyn sales, Bed, Bath and Beyond, Target etc. for the best price. Perhaps this could be discussed at the February meeting (Sally will be out of town).
Shirley's March meeting will no longer be assembling shoeboxes, but will be the place and time to deliver your donations. If you can't make the March meeting, you are welcome to bring donations to Sally's house any time.

Jazzie Jewels
Looking for something new? Why not come to a new (for me anyway) ladies party! It's called Jazzie Jewels and the ladies are coming from Washington to present it at Don Pitcher's cousin's house in San Jose. The newsletter says, "Jazzie Jewels....Invites you to our Out of the Trunk Show, Bring home your treasures that very night. Styles and prices to fit your wardrobe! Earrings, necklace and earring sets, Jazzie "jeweled" handbags (sounds right up Ginny's alley), scarves, childrens jewelry, leather handbags and much more." Wine and refreshments provided.
When: Friday, February 13 at 6:30pm to 8:30pm (open house)
Cindy needs to RSVP so call her if you would like to go. (She says we can carpool if you like)

Saturday Coffee Clatches Continue
Meet your Las Madres friends for some coffee and conversation at the Starbuck's at White and Aborn on Saturday mornings at 9am. Every third Saturday is a field trip. This month we will go to Starbuck's in Milpitas and hopefully Ruth might be able to join us.

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True Friends 

True Friends always pop up to say Hello....

True Friends don't Care if you're a lil' different...

True Friends never fight like cats and dogs...

True Friends will drive you anywhere!......

True Friends let everyone come along....

True Friends don't laugh at you when you get new glasses...


True Friends help you up when you're down...

 

True Friends never let you do something you'll regret when you wake up the next morning!

FEBRUARY WEB SITE
http://www.princessproject.org

Princess Project


CLUB OFFICERS
Co-Presidents - Robin Nevoli & Cathy Hennig
Treasurer - Vicki Rasmussen
Newsletter & Webmaster - Ginny Gomez
Coffee Coordinator - Tina Cuneo, Coffee Advisor - Randi Heinrichsen
Executive Committee - Randi Heinrichsen, Joan Wilson and Sally Brooks-Schulke
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