- GFWC Woman`s Club of Deerfield Beach, Inc.

Officers
President: Marti McGeary
1st V.P.: Bett Willett
2nd V.P. Fay Swalley
3rd V.P. Open
Financial Secretary/Membership:
Bobbi Jo Bernstein
Treasurer: Mickey Rosenkranz
Assistant Treasurer: Rita Masi
Auditor Director: Dorothy Dunn
Recording Secretary: Carolyn
McNamara
Corresponding Secretary: Mary
McKenna
Committee Chairs
Chaplain - Thomasina O'Shea
Building Maint./Rentals -Marti
McGeary
Name Tags – Elaine O’Shea,
Thomasina O'Shea, Anita VonHold
Newsletter – Bett Willett,
Pat Pollotta
Phone Tree – Irene Wesstrom
Relay for Life – Kitty Cole
Scholarship Committee – Open
Scrap Book – Marti McGeary
Department Chairs
Arts/Social - Debbi Rollo
Conservation – Bett Willett
Education – Open
Home Life – Rita Masi
International Outreach – Bobbi Jo
Bernstein
Public Issues - Open
GFWC - Woman’s Club of
Deerfield Beach
Marti’s Message
Dear Club Members & Friends:
February was packed with so much to do! Our annual reports
were completed and sent to GFWC. Bett provided us with a terrific program that was the highlight of our club Birthday Celebration. Congratulations to Dorothy Dunn, as she was named District 13 Volunteer of the Year. She and Sou Peng will represent
our District at the April GFWC Florida Annual Convention.
The sun shone on our Founders' Days Parade. We had a good
time decorating our two cars, riding and waving to all the people.
Our cars were dynamite! Umbrellas of the special things in Deerfield Beach, Our Paradise, were colorfully displayed along with
flip-flops that showed our Journey Through Paradise. Colorful
balloons floated from the windshields and danced up and down to
the music. Thanks so much to everyone who participated in the
parade: Debbie Rollo, Arts Chair, her granddaughter, Mattie, and
friend rode in the yellow Mustang with my friend Bettina Bachman, who volunteered to drive. Dorothy Dunn, Mickey
Rosenkranz , and Pauline DiNoto rode with me.. Cross Fabrizio,
Liam McGeary, & Bryce Kurek proudly carried our banner.
Thanks, Sally Coleren, for your Mini. Others who helped with
decorations were, Susie Mustafa, Mary
McKenna, and Maureen Kenny. Next year
don't miss this fun activity!
Busy days are ahead of us, so please read
your newsletter carefully, & mark your calendars so you don't miss out on anything.
See you March 12! Thanks for all you do!
Marti 
March 12 Meeting
1:00 p.m.
PROGRAM
The Salvation Army
March Hostesses
Chairwoman: Fay Swalley
Bea, Williamson
Geri Szurma
Sally Brinkworth
Angela Comotto
WHERE DO DONATIONS GO?
DON’T MISS OUR
APRIL IN PARADISE
INSTALLATION
Jim Moyer, Donor Program Manager,
Salvation Army
LUNCHEON
FASHION SHOW
April 9, 2013
12:00 NOON
DRESS-UP
YUMMY FOOD
by the Pompano Salvation Army Store
March Birthdays
Marge Hilton
Mary Mc Kenna
Pat Pollotta
Geri Szurma
3/1
3/4
3/18
3/18
Our March meeting is the
deadline for reservations for
the luncheon bring your
checkbook see Fay.
The luncheon will be in the
Wyndham Hotel, right on
Deerfield’s Beach, Guests
Welcome.
$30.
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Treasurer- Mickey Rosenkranz
SPREAD THE WORD
OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN
$$ Bring Money $$
YOU NEVER KNOW!!!
YOU COULD BE A WINNER!!
Evening Division of the GFWC Woman's Club of Deerfield
Beach meeting in the WC Clubhouse:
Thursday,
March 21
910 E. Hillsboro Blvd.
Deerfield Beach
7:30 p.m.
Corresponding Secretary - Mary McKenna
We have had a number of our members on the ill list
recently: Ila Bishop, Geri Szurma, Angie De Luca,
Wanda Kostychyn. I have been in touch with all of
them. All are recovering nicely.
Light refreshments will be served.
For more information or to let us know you are coming,
contact Marti 954-421-4700
Please let me know if you hear of someone who is ill.
Membership – Bobbi Joe Bernstein
Marti McGeary, President
We are 59 members strong and still growing. Please
remember to invite your friends to join us.
Reminder, Don’t Miss:
The Key Club Relay for Life fund
raiser Spaghetti Dinner with entertainment, on April 6,
2013, 6:00 p.m.in our club house.
Proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society.
Tickets will be sold for $10 pp. Mark your calendars
and plan to help our Relay Team meet its goal.
HELP!!
Will you help with this fundraiser by contributing a
homemade dessert? Cake, brownies,
cup cakes, pies, etc. would be super!
Just email me or call Marti to let her
know you can help.
Welcome New Member
Delores "Dee" Ponte.
808 SE 7th St. #B207,
Deerfield beach, fl. 33441. 954-415-3825
Please be sure to welcome her at the March meeting.
Submitted by Bea Williamson
Groaaaaaaannnnnnn!
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The fattest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir
Cumference; he acquired his size from too much pi.
I thought I saw an eye-doctor on an Alaskan island, but it
turned out to be an optical Aleutian.
She was only a whisky-maker, but he loved her still.
Marti McGeary, President
TOXIC HANDBAGS
Microbiologist Amy Karen of Nelson Labs says nearly all of the handbags tested were not only high in
bacteria, but high in harmful kinds of bacteria.
Pseudomonas can cause eye infections, staphylococcus aurous can cause serious skin infections,
and salmonella and e-coli found on the handbags could
make people very sick.
In one sampling, four out of five handbags tested
positive for salmonella, and that's not the worst of it.
'There is fecal contamination on the handbags' says Amy.
Leather or vinyl handbags tended to be cleaner than cloth
handbags, and lifestyle seemed to play a role. People with children tended to have dirtier handbags
than those without. Experts say you should think of
your handbag the same way you would a pair of shoes.
"If you think about putting a pair of shoes on your countertops, that's the same thing you're doing when you put
your handbag on the countertop.
Bottom Line: Wash cloth handbags frequently, clean
leather & plastic with recommended cleaners often.
District 13 Volunteer Of the
Year for 2012 is our
member
Dorothy Dunn
WE LOVE A PARADE
She is also proud of her service as Judge of Elections with all the responsibilities therein.
By Dorothy Dunn
Her thoughtful and positive “words of wisdom” are:
It is a pleasure to introduce you to your fel“Pray forAcceptance”. She finds it sad when people
low member, Arlene Grassi.
cannot accept actions and decisions made by others
Arlene has been a mem- over which they have no say or control, yet unnecesber of the Woman’s Club of sarily allow residual negative feelings to control them
instead of going on with their own lives.
Deerfield Beach for two
Your club appreciates you, Arlene, and your posiyears. A widow with two
tive presence and participation each month. Thank
children, she now enjoys
you.
spending time with her
grandchildren, three of
which, she is happy to note,
Thomasina O’Shea – Chaplain
live here in South Florida.
The fourth one is a hair stylist in New
“May the strength of God guide us,
York, and she enjoys her treks up there to
May the wisdom of God teach us,
visit him.
May the handoff God protect us,
Until her retirement Arlene was a selfMay the Word of God direct us.”
employed, full time hairdresser, but still
-- St. Patrick
found time for walks on the beautiful beach
here in Deerfield. She LOVES to read, and
REALLY loves to travel, having taken over
26 cruises! She travelled to Europe five
 Accept the fact that some days you're the pigeon, and some
times, and had five trans-Atlantic crossings.
days you're the statue!
Prior to coming to Florida Arlene gave a lot  Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you
have to eat them.
of her time for the betterment of her Phila
Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in
delphia community when she served as a
the middle of it.
Committeewoman for 15 years.
KNOW YOUR MEMBERS!
Marti McGeary – President
Marti McGeary - President
Relay for Life
Deerfield Beach Arts Festival
$839 towards our goal
($1500) has been sent to American Cancer
Society.
Visit the Relay for Life table at the next
meeting to get your luminary candle(s) and
survivor forms.
Luminary donations from our club this year will
count towards our team goal; forms, bags, and markers
will be available at our club meetings. Make checks to
American Cancer Soc. (suggested donation $5/luminary)
Survivor forms will also be available, so don't for-get
to sign up. Since we are the sponsor for the Survivor Activities we would like as many of our members honored
at the Relay
The Survivor Walk. It is special! Then dinner is
served, catered by JB's. Survivors get a tee shirt, banner,
& dinner.
Luminary Table on April 13, sign up at our March
meeting to volunteer with our club Luminary Chair, Kitty
Cole.
Mary, Marti and Pat at the
Relay for Life Booth
Bumper Sticker
Submitted by Irene Wesstrom
Meeting Date
March 12
March 21
April 9
May 14
Deerfield Beach Woman’s Club 2012-2013 Programs
Fashion Show and Salvation Army Program
Evening Division Meeting 7:30
Installation Luncheon
Scott Bryan, Florida’s Native Plants and Gardening.
John Cutrone’s Book Art Presentation, February Meeting
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Thank you to the Deerfield Beach Woman's Club for all they do for the community
and for their continuing support of The
Salvation Army.
May God continue to bless all of you!
Jim Moyer
Community Development
Donor Program Manager
1901 W. Broward Blvd. Ft. Lauderdale 954-463-3725
DONATE! Don’t Hesitate!
Bett Willett - Conservation
Wrap 3 cereal boxes
together. Great idea
for storing paper. So
cool!!!!
Personal and
Small
Business tax
preparation
Free analysis
of your prior
year tax
returns.
Amendments
are just $99
Bike stand
made from old
tires...simple
isn't it ?
Howell Lawn Service
896 North Federal Highway #721
Pompano Beach, Florida 33062
954-682-353
Mowing, Edging, Weed Eating,
Hedge Trimming, Clean Up
Keeping your lawn the
best on the block
GFWC - Woman’s Club of Deerfield Beach
910 East Hillsboro Boulevard
Deerfield Beach, Florida 33441
954-421-4700
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