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Club NewsNewslettersIt's here -- the May 2010 Newsletter!! The April and March 2010 issues are also available! Picture PageA new addition to the BARW Web site, this is a page of pictures of BARW members attending various functions and activities. If you have pictures of BARW members in action that you would like to add to the page, please send them to this email. Please include a detailed description of who is pictured and the event or occasion taking place. May Campaign ActivitiesThe response to my request for the hours you have worked, on behalf of Candidates or for Bay Area Republican Women, has been somewhat disappointing. My hope is, everyone is planning to surprise me when I come to the next meeting and I will have hundreds of hours to send off to TFRW. If you do not have the copy of the itemized sheet, which was sent to TFRW in March, call me and I can send it to you again, or I will have some at the meeting so you will be able to complete them for me. I can no longer accept hours in bulk, as I have to itemize into different categories and obviously I cannot guess at the categories. Lilian Norman Keeney BARW Welcomes New MembersBARW is pleased to welcome Elizabeth Drake, Kelly Franco, Michele Palmer and William Palmer! The Imporatnce of New MembersNever has it been more important to form a cohesive, active effort to reverse the political slide away from the standards and beliefs that made America great. All of us in BARW know this, and each one of us can help build the strength and effectiveness of Republican Women. I would like to challenge our members to invite at least one guest to a meeting this year, and to encourage that guest to join us in activities that will help defeat the Democrats in the upcoming election. Please be sure to introduce me to new prospects for our effort, and I will help you make them feel welcome. We will make sure that they have an application for membership. At our last meeting, we were blessed with some wonderful new members. You will find their contact information elsewhere in this newsletter. Carole Murphy 1st Vice President/Membership Happy Birthday!!BARW members celebrating birthdays in July are Jayne Davis, Kathy Haigler, Kathleen Nenninger, Jim Sweeney, Barbara Brehmer, Annette Dwyer, Marilyn Puschinsky, Olga Whittington, Roberta Liston, Barbara Legler, Christine Elguzabol, Ann Whitmore, Michele Jackson, Kristin Hinks, Debbi Chrissinger and Brad Bailey. Caring for America ProjectThank you to all of the Bay Area Republican Women members, who gave so generously at April’s meeting for the Caring for America Project. We raised $399.00!!! Working with the Kingwood Republican Women and with Lt. Colonel William Lucas and Sgt. Major Terry Peterson, we were able to make sure that it was a special Mother's Day for 50 Houston area wives and mothers of 50 Marines of the 1st Battalion, 23rd Marines Reserve Unit. Along with breakfast, each woman was given a door prize, plus a specially decorated box of Godiva Chocolate Truffles. This was a perfect way to show the Marines and their families just how proud of them we are and thank them for their sacrifices for us and our Country. These soldiers will be deployed to Afghanistan sometime towards the end of this year. We ask that you keep them and their families in your thoughts and prayers. Ruby Cubley Caring for America Project Coordinator 2010 Membership DuesAnnual dues of $25 for full members, $15 for associate memberships (men and women who are full members of other Federated Republican Women's Clubs) are due now to the BARW Treasurer. Please mail your checks made payable to BARW PAC, including your occupation (satisfying the PAC requirements) to the following address: Diane Kerkhove, BARW Treasurer |