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WELCOME CLUB OF HENDERSON COUNTY
MAY 2016
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
I hope everyone is enjoying the beautiful
colors of spring. What a wonderful time
with all the flowering trees, shrubs and
flowers.
It was a beautiful day for the Golf Cart
Scavenger Hunt with 27 “hunters” at the
Cumming Cove Country Club on March 29.
A delicious lunch was provided. Winners of
the “hunt” were the team of Lois Hansen,
Jean Dortmund, Elena Gregory and Connie
Allen. Please see Charity Matters for more
about the two Afghans made by Welcome
Club members and how raffle tickets are
being sold to win these beautiful Afghans.
Diane Fitzgerald and I attended the 4th
Annual Celebration of Courage for
Safelight on April 6 at the Kenmore Country
Club. With all of the people in attendance,
I think it was a sold out event. The keynote
speaker was Tonier Cain, author, advocate
and trauma survivor, who gave an
empowering and powerful talk on the
trauma of her experiences and how the
impact of one individual can change the
life of another person. Our local newspaper
had a great article which was very
insightful and captured the whole event.
At 10 AM the April 19th Coffee and
Conversation will be at the home of Carole
Repici. There is more information later in
this newsletter. Be sure to call or email
Martha Rumbough to let her know you will
attend.
Until next month, take care and enjoy
spring.
To keep in touch with what is happening in
Welcome Club, go to
www.welcomeclubhc.org
Harriet
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Joy Richardson
Randi Gordon
Jan Scott
Cathy Raymond
Marilyn Bryan
Leslie Baer
Marci Royer
Linda Cudd
Terry Vasquez
Eloise Murray
drawn at the Holiday Luncheon. We are so lucky to have
such talented ladies in our club!
SAGE GREEN
AFGHAN,
CREATED BY JODY
TURNER
Charity Matters
By Diane Tokarski
Our March 29th Scavenger Hunt was great fun and
provided an opportunity for Welcome Club members to
meet Safelight staff members Tanya Blackford,
Executive Director, and Laresa Griffin, Director of
Development. Many of you brought much needed
paper products and a vacuum cleaner to this event.
Thank you so much for your generosity--those who are
being housed at the Safelight shelter facility appreciate
your kindness.
At the luncheon, Lynne Cigal and Susan Brier, members
of Welcome Club’s Knitting Group, Knit 2gether,
presented Tanya Blackford with the beautiful ecrucolored quilt afghan, pictured below. Members of
Knit2gether who contributed their time and talents in
creating individual quilt squares are: Mary Boteilho,
Susan Brier, Lynne
Cigal, Lucy
Cumston, Sandra
Fey, Jan Hexdall,
Linn Parris, Marge
Rourke, Peggy
Smith and Gail
Walter. This
afghan is on
display at the
KNIT2GETHER: FROM LEFT TO
Purple Ribbon
RIGHT: LUCY CUMSTON, GAIL
Resale Shop, located
WALTER, JAN HEXDALL, SUSAN
on 5th Avenue and
BRIER AND LINN PARRIS
Church Street.
Please visit the store and purchase a few chances—you
might be the lucky winner! All profits from this raffle
will benefit Safelight’s programs.
In addition to this beautiful quilt, Jody Turner, also a
member of Welcome Club and an expert knitter,
donated a sage green afghan she created. Chances to
win Jody’s afghan were available at the Scavenger Hunt
luncheon and will also be sold at the August Game Day
and at our Holiday Luncheon, all proceeds to benefit
Safelight. The lucky winner for Jody’s afghan will be
New request from Safelight:
The Child Advocacy Center, under Safelight’s direction,
is in need of new stuffed animals. These toys are
presented to children upon their initial visit to the
Center, to help alleviate some of the tension and
anxiety they feel. If you are planning to attend the April
19th Coffee and Conversation at Carole Repici’s home,
please consider bringing along a new stuffed animal to
brighten the life of a child. Little gestures of kindness
mean so much to those in need.
Interest group members: please consider purchasing
and bringing new stuffed animals to your next
meeting. I will be happy to drop by and pick these up,
as well as any of the items listed below, at your
meeting or at a convenient time.
Continued needs:
 Feminine products, particularly pads (not ultrathin)
 Toilet paper, facial tissue, paper towels
 Similac Advance baby formula
 New or gently used vacuum cleaners
 Food items that kids enjoy, i.e., Spaghettios,
pasta and quick meal items. Often times clients
don’t have money when they arrive at the
shelter and the items on hand may not be what
the children like.
Thank you for helping those who need a hand up.
Please feel free to contact me, Diane Tokarski at:
[email protected], should you have any questions.
Should you have questions or comments,
please contact Diane Tokarski, Charity Liaison,
at: [email protected]
-GROUP
Second Tuesday
Book Bugs
Ladies of the
Evening Book
Club
Page Turners
Book Club
Blue Ridge
Readers
Ravenous
Readers
Rambling
Readers
R.E.D. Book Club*

CHAIR
HOSTESS
Sue Hatch
890-0151
Rose Marie Puncke,
777-6832
Diane Fitzgerald
Jan Scott
230-4039
Betsy Robson
595-4958
Susan Aronowitz
Lynne Wenz
Ruth Marcus
Patricia Shub
Diane Tokarski
954-208-4600
Jan Kaiser, 973-219Barbara
6205
Andrews
[email protected]
Ann Janes, 941-650Zeke’s, Etowah
6770;
Golf Club
[email protected]
DATE/TIME
10 May 2016
10:00 am
16 May 2016
7:00 pm
BOOK/AUTHOR
9 May 2016
1:00 pm
18 May 2016
1:00 pm
Dead Wake
Erik Larson
Boys in the Boat
Daniel James
Brown
Circling the Sun
Paula McClain
Marriage of
Opposites
Alice Hoffman
Crow Lake
Mary Lawson
My Beloved World
Sonia Sotomayor
5 May 2016
12 noon
The Life We Bury
Allen Eskens
12 May 2016
1:30 pm
25 May 2016
1:30 pm
This book club is accepting new members – contact group’s chair for info
COFFEE AND CONVERSATIONS
on the following dates in 2016
19 April
21 June
16 August
18 October*
20 December
***Please note this C&C will also be our Annual Meeting and will be held at the Historic
Courthouse on Main Street
COFFEE AND CONVERSATION
Chair: Martha Rumbough, [email protected]
JUNE COFFEE AND CONVERSATION
on
DATE/TIME:
PLACE:
CO-HOSTESSES:
Tuesday June 21st, 10:00 am
Sherry McMakin, 1185 Davis Mtn Rd, 28739
JJ Jaeger, Jan Kaiser, Anne Seigworth, and
and Harriet Stafford
PLEASE RSVP to Martha at email (above) or by phone to 850-814-2491 no later
June 19th.
Due to lack of parking, 3 folks will be carpooling guests to Sherry’s house. We
will be parked on the outskirts area of the Laurel Park Ingles on Brevard Road
(Rte 64). We will hold posters that say Coffee Carpool. Park and join us and we
will ferry you up to Sherry’s house. We will be there from 9:45 and will ferry until
10:15 or so.
DON’T FORGET! April’s Coffee and Conversation at Carole Repici’s house in
Carriage Park on Tuesday, April 19th. All directions are in the April Newsletter.
We have plenty of room left for y’all to come!
FOOD AND FRIENDS
This new culinary group for couples who like to
cook is open for new members. Four couples
gather at a member’s home four times a year for a
theme dinner prepared by the members. The year
culminates with a December holiday party for all.
If you are interested, please contact
Lynne Cigal, 828-693-3766
[email protected]
Or
Jan Hexdall, 828-696-1724
[email protected]
HAND AND FOOT
CHAIR
Lenore Towe, 435-1184
LOCATION
TBA
DATE/TIME
18 & 25 May/12:30 pm
HAND AND FOOT
CHAIR
Florence Cramer, 696-0942
[email protected]
LOCATION
DATE/TIME
H’ville Parks &
11 & 25 May/1:30pm
Recreation Center
This group welcomes new members who are interested in learning how to play
hand and foot. Please call Florence for details.
KNITTING
CHAIR
CONTACT
DATE/TIME
Jan Hexdall, 696-1724
[email protected]
Jan Hexdall
18 May/1:00pm
CHAIR
Vicki Leary, 904-635-8088
[email protected]
LOCATION
Blackberry Café on
Haywood Road
DATE/TIME
10 May 2016/11:30 am
This group is currently full. If you are interested in forming another group (there are already
three that are interested!), please contact Ann Dice at [email protected]
LET’S DO LUNCH
CHAIR
LOCATION
DATE/TIME
Linnette Parris, 595-2408
Highland Lake Inn
10 May 2016
1 pm
This is a new lunch group that is currently full. If you are interested in forming another group,
please contact Ann Dice at [email protected]
LUNCHEON 8’S
CHAIR
HOSTESS
DATE
Terri Gibson, 699-5502
Corinne Maier
3 May
MAH JONGG
CHAIR
HOSTESS
DATE/TIME
Lenore Towe, 435-1184
Lenore Towe
Every Tuesday, 12:30 pm
Mary Boteilho 595-2769
Rotates each week
Every Monday, 1:00 pm
NOTICE:
We are very fortunate to have TWO members who have volunteered to teach
Mah Jongg. If you are interested in learning to play this fun game, please
contact the Activities Chair, Ann Dice, at [email protected]
MEXICAN TRAIN
CHAIR
LOCATION
DATE/TIME
Hendersonville Athletics &
Activities Center
6 May 2016, 1:00 pm
CHAIR
LOCATION
DATE/TIME
Sherry McMakin, 214-578-1173
TBA
10 May/11:30 am
Leah Cosoi, 782-4064
Please RSVP to Sherry
RUMMY Q
CHAIR
LOCATION
DATE/TIME
Nancy Chiarenza,
[email protected]
Nancy Chiarenza
Hendersonville Athletics &
Activities Center
Hendersonville Athletics &
Activities Center
13 May 2016,1:00 pm
26 Mayr 2016, 1:00 pm
CHAIR
HOSTESS
Diane Tokarski, 674-2521
Jongo Java
DATE/TIME
3 May 2016 , 1:30 pm
3/13
CHAIR
LOCATION
DATE/TIME
Lenore Towe,
[email protected]
TBD
4 May 2016
12:30 pm
Although this group is currently filled, those desiring to be substitutions may contact Lenore.
CHAIR
Annie Seigworth
513-1498
[email protected]
BREAKFAST CLUB
LOCATION
Dixie Diner
This group is currently full.
DATE/TIME
25 May 2016, 10:00 am
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING?
LUNCHING IN
CANASTA
KNITTING
BOWLING
BOGGLE
BRIDGE
BUNCO(BUNKO)
MAH JONGG
OTHERS ARE TOO!!
CONTACT ANN DICE
TO FIND OUT HOW TO START A GROUP TO MEET YOUR INTERESTS!
891-5244
[email protected]
MEMBERSHIP
Membership VP: Sue Hatch, 890-0151, [email protected]
Please make the following additions to your new Membership Directory:
Maria Iliana Giraut (Horacio)
612 Vista Falls
Mills River, NC 29759
681-8471 (c) 828-551-8464
DOB: 9 Aug
Formerly: Argentina
[email protected]
Dianne Johnson (Henry)
207 Sweet Lane
Hendersonville, NC 28792
393-7409 (c) 561-267-8295
DOB: 10 Nov
Formerly: FL
[email protected]
Please make the following corrections to your new Membership Directory:
Bobbie Shaffer Bowen’s correct DOB is 16 Aug and she is formerly from MD.
WELCOME CLUB
MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL FORM 2016
AND
NEW MEMBER FORM 2016
Please PRINT all information
Date
First Name
Last Name
Mailing Address
City
Home Phone
State
Zip
Cell Phone
(You may list one or both numbers. If you list both, but have a preference as to
which number WC members should use, please asterisk the preferred number.)
Spouse’s Name
Formerly From
E-Mail
Month/Day of Birth
NEW MEMBERS ONLY
At this time I am interested in:
Boggle
_____ Going Out to Lunch
Book Clubs
Luncheon 8’s
Bridge
Witty Knitters
Rummy Q ______ Hand & Foot
Coffee & Conversation
Scrabble
Evening Socials
______Mah Jongg ______ Mexican Train Dominoes
______ Other ______________________________
ANNUAL DUES for the calendar year are $20.00 per year.
AMOUNT INCLUDED: _______________ CHECK NO. ____________DATE_____________________
NEW MEMBERS ONLY
HOW DID YOU HEAR ABOUT US?
_____ Friend/Member
_____Welcome Club Brochure
_____Realtor
_____Visitor’s Center
_____Newspaper
_____Other _______________________
Please complete and mail the entire form, along
with your check payable to Welcome Club to:
Sue Hatch
137 Warlick Road
Mills River, NC 28759
Phone: 890-0151
Email: [email protected]
MAY
2016
SUN
MON
1
TUE
2
Mah Jongg
8
9
Book Club
Mah Jongg
MOTHERS
DAY
3
Luncheon 8
Mah Jongg
Scrabble
10
Book Club
Ladies Who
Lunch
Lets do Lunch
Mah Jongg
Out To Lunch
17
Mah Jongg
15
16
Book Club
Mah Jongg
22
23
Mah Jongg
24
Mah Jongg
29
30
Mah Jongg
31
Mah Jongg
MEMORIAL
DAY
WED
THUR
FRI
4
3/13
11
Hand & Foot
SAT
5
6
7
13
Rummy Q
14
19
20
21
26
Rummy Q
27
28
Book Club
12
Mexican
Train
Book Club
18
Book Club
Hand & Foot
Knitting
25
Book Club
Breakfast
Club
Hand & Foot
(2)