UFDC Region 2North Newsletter Spring 2013

UFDC Region 2North Newsletter
Spring 2013
Maryll Goldsmith
916 716-5490
1649 49th St., Sacramento, CA.95819
[email protected]
A message from your Director….
I am glad Spring is just around the corner for us out here on the West coast. I enjoyed the Tonner
West Coast event in January. Both Jean and Addy accompanied me for the day in Burlingame. We spent
the night before at the Crowne Plaze Hotel to avoid the “crack of dawn” drive. As we were leaving the
Elephant Bar restaurant after dinner that night, we ran into Robert Tonner and his co workers. I have
some pictures that were taken by Michelle showing us with our Amelia and Izzy dolls. The event was fun
and I was lucky enough to win the last door prizes, an Ellowyne “Plaid to meet you” doll.
I have visited a few of our clubs and am looking forward to visiting with many more in the region.
Some of you found me at the Nancy Jo Vallejo Doll Show at the beginning of this month. Two new
members signed up as MAL’s at that show. I attended the BADCC sponsored by the Menlo Park Doll
Club in January. The luncheon food was great and the program was well done. There were a great many
helpers and the table centerpieces were wonderful, handmade Lenci style dolls. Each doll was auctioned
off at the end of the event. My sister won three of them signed by the artist.
Next I will be visiting Reno and Carson City clubs as well as those in Utah. See you there!
A note from Stephanie Blythe: I am looking for collectors willing to lend their NIADA dolls for an exhibit at the
NIADA conference in the Bay Area June 23-30. If you have any dolls we could borrow for the display please contact:
Stephanie Blythe – 415-455-8415 or [email protected]
Donations made to UFDC
From members and clubs of our Region
Building Fund –
Doll Keepers of California
Gold Rush Doll Collectors of Grass Valley
Golden Hills Doll Study Club
Barbara Jackson
Love-A-Doll Club
Unity Fund –
Dolls from the Attic of Northern California
Grace Drayton Doll Study Club
Loretta Nardone
Jerrie Bartley
Dorothy Drake
Joan Kumparak
Dorothy J. Reed
The Vogue Doll Company
Regional Directors Fund –
Gold Rush Doll Collectors of Grass Valley
Library –
Wendy Hagman
Collections Fund for future –
Denise J. Buese
Grace Drayton Doll Study Club
Margaret Kincaid
Loretta Nardone
2012 Convention –
Vogue Doll Company
These donations from our region totaled $3,468.
Let’s give them all a round of applause!
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Crossroads Shows (Dorothy Drake)
March 2, 2013 – Roseville
April 13 & November 23, 2013 – San Jose
May 4 – Salt Lake City, Utah
May 17& 18, 2013 – Nevada City
May 3rd - Celebrating Spring Luncheon
Co-sponsored by the Utah doll clubs
For tickets and info: [email protected]
Program on Paper Dolls - meet your new R2N Director
Northern CA Doll & teddy Bear shows
April 27 & September 28, 2013 – Pleasanton
Nancy Ann West Coast Gathering
May 2, 2013 in Fairfield, CA
Nancy Jo’s Doll Shows
May 3-4, 2013 - Vallejo
Reno Doll & teddy Bear Shows
April 20 & October 5, 2013
Bay Area Doll Club Council Luncheon and program, May 19, 2013
“Here Comes the Brides”
Sponsored by the Bay Area Alexander Doll Club
Other UFDC news items
Pay A Day Challenge: It takes $74.61 a day to
pay for UFDC headquarters’ utilities and Internet
expenses. At the BADCC luncheon and meeting
in January, the council voted to pay 3 days of this
challenge. They chose the birthdays of the past
two and the current regional directors, Dorothy
Drake, Althea Garcia and myself.
UFDC Annual Convention –
A Capital Affair is waiting for us all in
Washington DC in July. I do hope many of you will
be able to attend. There will be a Region 2 North
meeting which I hope all of your delegates and
others will attend. This is the time for your
representatives to meet others from the region
(remember our region includes Utah and Nevada,
besides the valley, coast and mountains of central
and northern California) and exchange thoughts and
ideas. There will be refreshments donated by the
Bay Area Doll Club Council. I look forward to
meeting you there.
Activity Reports – Reports are due to UFDC of
your club’s activities of the last fiscal year.
Remember to send the pink copy to me.
Other R2N news items
Patty Reed’s Doll
This wonderful, historical doll is back on display
at Sutter’s Fort in Sacramento. Her history is
near and dear to us all. Hope you can visit her.
Ebay auction fundraiser
Region 2N is due to help the UFDC Ebay
Auction Project this Spring. Our donation months
are April–June. Donations can be sent to UFDC
headquarters at any time.
To help with our regions’ donations both
Nancy Jo Schreeder and Dorothy Drake have
volunteered to collect any donations at their
upcoming shows and send them off to UFDC for
us. So bring any donated dolls and doll items to
Vallejo May 3 & 4, Roseville March 2nd, San Jose
April 13th, Salt Lake City May 4th and Nevada City
May 17 and 18. If you miss any of these
opportunites the BADCC will also collect items at
their next luncheon May 19th.
Let’s make a great effort to support UFDC
through this project.
Don’t hesitate to contact me for more
information. [email protected]
Upcoming Luncheon
The Sierra Doll Discovery Club presents:
“Hats Off To Dolls” – October 5, 2013 in Carmichael,CA
$35 c/o Kay Polli 12535 Crimson Ct, Auburn CA 95603
Sign ups available now.
This picture is from the Menlo Park Doll Club’s
Christmas luncheon. It was a great time to share,
except for the rain on the drive home.
WELCOME TO OUR NEW MALS!
Leonarda Brush, San Carlos, CA
Frances Coulter Sturgess, Walnut Creek, CA
Sheri DeBow, Napa, CA
Shari Kirby, Pleasanton, CA
Maria C. Lima, Oakland, CA
Angela Konigsberg, Santa Clara, CA
Diane Napoli, Gilroy, CA
Debbie Maynard, Sacramento, CA
What’s going on in your club??
Please don’t forget to include me in some of your mailings so I can pass the word on to the regions’
clubs and members at large of events and doings such as library displays or special programs.
DEADLINE…… for the Summer Newsletter is May 3rd.