Author: Karen Gallagher

Monthly Newsletter: June 2023

A Message from your President

Our Club year is coming to an end. We have been busy the whole year growing in membership and friendships. Some projects are just starting such as the planting of the Lititz Square for all to enjoy. The Fourth of July celebration will soon be here with the parade, the corvette club, and of course, the Queen of Candles crowning and celebration. Some projects are just ending- such as the Scholarships that we provide. They will be distributed at the Warwick High School Ceremony Night.
At the Bent Creek dinner meeting, be sure to join a committee or two. The Lititz Woman's Club needs you, as a working member or as the Chairperson of the committee. Remember when you participate, lifetime friendships are made and you have personal growth as well.
Board has a “ Year End Board meeting.” Committees heads and officers may change leadership during that meeting, which is June 12 at the home of Julie Meiskey. We have a short break and then the club restarts in September and we begin our 83rd year in Lititz. The club and its members will miss our dear Cathy Doremus who passed away in May. She was such a vibrant person and her family, her friends and the Club will sorely miss her.
Connie

Upcoming Events

June
Mon. June 12 Board meeting at Julie Meiskey’s house

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Home Life
Linda Miskinis and Phyllis Frankhouser
The committee's last action was determining that the balance of our budgeted funds will be donated to North Star Initiative. We thank committee members and club members for their outstanding help in all our projects during the last year: making favors for retirement facilities and Meals on Wheels, entertaining guests with holiday songs at Legends, gift wrapping for UDS at Park City, baking cookies for two of our local fire companies, hand crafting greeting cards for a retirement community and donating food for LWCC. Please sign up for Home Life next year!
Scholarship
Linda Hoover
The committee met May first. There were 15 Academic applications and one Technical application returned. There were no Woman to Woman applications submitted. The Academic Scholarship was awarded to Angeliki Billis who will attend Lehigh University to study Mechanical Engineering. The technical award went to Zach Jerchau who will study Business Administration before attending the Police Academy.
The Jewel A. Vigunas family chose their recipient. She is Layla Bryan. The WHS recipients were presented their awards by Connie McKane, LWC president, at the WHS Awards Assembly on May 22, 2023. The committee was very impressed with the academic achievement and future plans of all the candidates.
Previous scholarship winners receiving our continued scholarship support include: Academic, Rylee Diffenderfer, 2020, Elise Balmer, 2021, Ann Barney 2022 and Technical Jamie Krause 2022.
Thank you to the committee members who serve: Jo Ann Bowers, Gail Horrocks, Sharon Snyder, and Morgan Vente.
Conservation
Lucy Norton and Bev Hosler
Many thanks to all the ladies who met at Lititz Square on Saturday, May 20th to plant flowers for the season. It was a perfect day for planting , and with our many helping hands , we planted and mulched and were finished in less than two hours. The flowers were planted this year in memory of Brittney Ann Horst, whose family was able to join us at the end of our work session. We look forward to a colorful season- lots of yellow, orange, purple, and shades of green, Ladies on the committee are signed up for weekly maintenance so that we can weed and deadhead. Have a happy summer!

Thanks for making our Lititz Square beautiful!!!

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Child Reach
Marianne Sullivan, Bette Ranck & Brenda Crosby
Brenda, Bette, and I are ending our 3-year co-chairwomanship of Child Reach. We’ve enjoyed working together and serving the Woman’s Club in these roles, made easier by the work of these very capable, committed sub-committee chairs who’ve handled significant parts of the Christmas Project:
Marsha Adams - the Sock Drive at Traditions of America
Nancy Balmer and Linda Landis - Hats, Mittens, Jewelry, and Socks
Julie Meiskey, Linda Lowe, and Fran Hines - Towels, Toiletries, and (recently) Diapers
Kathy Jo Wenger, Shirley Weidman, Shirley Flickinger, and Cathy Gelatka - Backpacks and School Supplies
Jenn Englehart and her Mom, Teri Forster- Christmas fruit
Sue Pirolli-Wilbur Buds
We are also grateful for the help of —
Donna Felton - for handcrafted jewelry
Kathy Ross - for knitted hats
Carole Madison and her Sew What Sewing Group at Traditions-for beautiful cloth bags
Cheryl Bell for her many, many trips to the Lititz Post Office over the years to collect checks and keep us informed about donations and spending, and for being with us at Target to pay the bill on the spot!
Thank you, Committee Members and Club Members for your unwavering support for us, the families and the children. We know Child Reach will continue to be a force for good in the community under the leadership of Barb Jones and Stephanie Jack.
As one of our final official acts, we have sent letters of appreciation to our approximately 120 donors. We want them to know that their generosity has made a difference in the lives of many of their neighbors; also that our remaining funds this year have been (or will be) given to the Lititz Warwick Community Chest, the Lititz Rec Center, and the Warwick School District Student Services and Food Funds.
For all of us, our priority is-–and will remain—the children.
Hospitality
Julie Meiskey and Linda Miskinis
I would like to thank all the members of Hospitality Committee for a great year! Some of you were Greeters and or Hostesses and did a wonderful job! This is a vital part of our meetings to have you there doing your job! Linda and I are stepping down as co chairs of this committee but you will be in great hands with Teri Forster and Lori McQuaig taking over for us. Have an enjoyable summer!

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Arts and Social
MJ Ember and Geri Kull
As the LWC year comes to an end, I would like to thank my co-chairperson Geri Kuhl for all her help over the past few years, especially this year as I was out of commission while my husband was sick. (He’s doing much better now.) And a big thank you to the rest of my committee members too. We had a busy season. We started the year with a dinner at an Amish farm. As far as I know, this was a first for LWC. December was busy with holiday tours of Wheatland led by our own Geri Kuhl who volunteers as a docent at the historical location. Julie Meiskey stepped up to help with our first Christmas luncheon at Listrak. I think everyone really enjoyed the menu and I hope we can continue there next year. In the spring, we got our cinema fix by going to dinner and then to see Casablanca in the theater. A few people said it was the first time they had watched the entire movie! After some confusion about a crafty outing this spring, a small group of members got their brushes busy at “Painting with a Twist” and created masterpieces to take home. And the surprise for the spring was Barb Sandhaus and Teri Forster organizing a cruise outing. The trip is scheduled for the first week in October and will cruise to the New England States and some of the Canadian Isles. To date we have 16 Club members signed up for this fun cruise on Norwegian Cruise Lines. Hopefully, this will be just the beginning of a new branch of Arts and Social, with more trips being planned for the future. Think about joining this committee and add your creative ideas for next year. Have a great summer.
Membership
Beth Mack
We welcomed 20 new members this year and have several who are planning to join in September! Thank you for spreading the word about our wonderful group of LWC Ladies! I will send out a notice in the August Newsletter regarding Membership Dues. As a last reminder, if you have changes to your information for the Membership booklet, please send them to me at bmack@birddogmarketinggroup.com. Take care.

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Archives
Julie Meiskey
The scrapbook has lots of pictures from the end of year activities to be added. I will be working on this and completing the scrapbook for 2022 -2023. I will have the yearbook at our September dinner/meeting. Have a great summer!
Education
Beth Sahd and Katherine Clark
The Education Committee began its work in August 2022 with the selection of the Seniors of the Month. We honored Lauren Leister, Kiki Billis, Bridget Kline, Adalyn Ober, Layla Bryan, and Claire Dodds throughout the year. The Senior of the Month 2023-2024 program began at the beginning of May. Publicity for the program took several forms: an article published in the Lititz Record Express, an email message to each girl in the Warwick High School junior class, and letters to the counseling department of each non-public school. Applications are available through the Club website at https://lititzwomansclub.squarespace.com. Any high school junior girl whose permanent residence is in the Warwick School District may apply. The deadline for completed applications is Monday, June 19, 2023. Many thanks to the entire committee for a successful year and to the Lititz Record Express, Warwick High School, and non-public schools for their assistance.
Digital and Social Media
Karen Edlund and Julie Meiskey
Please continue to read our website at:
lititzwomansclub.squarespace.com
We also have a Facebook page and Instagram so check out those sites, too. Please let Julie or me know if there is something that you would like added to any of our sites.
Correspondence and Remembrance
Deann Buffington
If you know of any member who should get a card and/or note for any reason, please contact Deann at 717-413-1814 or dbuff@ptd.net.
International and Public Affairs
Elaine Bair
Thank you ladies for making it another good year for my committee. You all donated 370 glasses to the Blind Assoc. Great job! You all donated 52 nighties to Nanny's Nighties, helping women in need. Another super job! We are donating our allotted money to the following: $200.00 to The Elephant Sanctuary[which Roxanne Sietins is active in], $100.00 to Warwick Homes of Hope and $100.00 to LWCC. THANKS AGAIN. Have a great summer,

“Mingle often with good people to keep your soul nourished!”

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