GFWC IL Fall Board of Directors Meeting

The official club year has begun!! It’s time for the GFWC Illinois Board of Directors to meet and begin the sharing and dissemination of information our clubs and club members need. Consider coming early and explore all that Princeton has to offer. Historical buildings, covered bridges, barn quilts throughout Bureau County, unique shopping opportunities and lots of good places to eat!

All Board members are expected to attend. If you are unable to attend the meeting, please send an email to our Secretary, Joanne Meyer. Deadline for notification and reports: October 22, 2016.

The hotel is AmericInn and the meeting venue is in Wise Guys Restaurant and they share a parking lot.

• HOTEL ROOM RESERVATION:    AmericInn (815) 872-5000                                               Contact your roommates if coming down the night before and call the hotel to make your reservations. There are very few options in Princeton…if you miss this deadline and the hotel sells out, you’re out of luck!  Rooms are $109.99 plus tax. Deadline is October 1^st

• MEAL RESERVATION: Complete the Meal Reservation Form and mail it to GFWC Illinois Headquarters with your check. Deadline is October 1^st

• DRESS: Plan your wardrobe. This is a business meeting – business casual is appropriate. Fall colors, purple for Domestic Violence, red for Red Ribbon Week.

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For those of you planning to come down Friday night, we will do a optional Service Project immediately following dinner. See the last page of the GFWC IL CALL for a detailed explanation. However in short, we will be putting together baskets of kitchen essentials that the residences of Freedom House (a domestic violence shelter in Princeton) can take with them when they are ready for their “New Beginning”. Our goal is to make ten (10) baskets full of good quality items.

In order to make sure we have a good variety of items, we have suggested the item(s) that we would like you to bring based on your position. Since we are doing this in lieu of a Secret Sister Gift, we would hope that you would spend around $15. Please see below for the suggestions:

• Junior EC Officers—2 ½ to 3 quart Sauce Pan
• All Junior Chairman—Cookie sheet or Sheet Cake Pan
• All District Directors of Junior Clubs—Aluminum foil, plastic wrap, zip loc baggies (sandwich & gallon size)
• Guests of the Board—Two (2) Hand Held Can Openers

This is optional! However, Directors, if you are unable to contribute please let Cherie know and Chairmen, please let Loretta know by October 15^th. This will enable us to fill in the gaps, prior to the meeting. Thank you all!