May 2016
Please join us at the Lockport Town and Country Club on May 5 to meet the scholarship winners for 2016 and honor our 25-year member Suzanne Kugler.  The meeting will begin at 6:00 with Hor d’ oeuvres and a cash bar. Dinner will be served at 6:30. Dinner choices include: Spanish Chicken (roasted olives, red wine vinegar, brown sugar and oregano), Roast Pork Loin Florentine (spinach, mushroom cream sauce), Vegetarian Dish (roasted sweet potato and Brussel sprout hash with maple butter and fresh herbs), 10 oz Strip Steak. The cost of dinner will be $28. Please make your reservations with the telephone committee by 7:00 on Sunday, May 1st and indicate your choice of entree when you make your reservation. Hope to see you there!
Sunday April 10 was “Sunday for Scholarship”, our annual fundraiser for our scholarship. Lucille Cannata and Shirley Frombgen did a wonderful job putting the event together. We were entertained with music by Kevin Clark while we enjoyed a delicious meal. The basket committee, headed by Rosemary Dever and Pat Kennedy out did themselves once again with a wonderful variety of baskets. Stay tuned for the final tally of the amount made for scholarship.
We are on Facebook thanks to Jeannine Benoit. Jeanine is looking for pictures to post on our page. Please contact her if you have some to share.
The next Board of Directors meeting will be held on May12 at the home of Ann O’Byrne, 16 Roosevelt Dr., Lockport at 7:00.
We continue to search for new members for the Board for next year. It is a great opportunity to meet other members and give our club some fresh ideas. Please contact any board member if you are interested in joining the board of directors.

March 2016

Our next meeting will be held on March3, 2016 at the Lockport Town and Country Club at 7:00. Dr. Denise David, retired English professor from Niagara Community College, will speak on “War Brides”, drawing on her extensive research including the experience of her own mother. Dr. David is an outstanding presenter and was awarded the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. You won’t want to miss her enlightening and inspiring talk.

The cost of the meeting including dessert will be $12. Please make your reservations with the telephone committee by 7:00 on Sunday, February 28 and indicate your choice of dessert or fruit plate when you make your reservation.  Do not call Madeline Angelo or Mary Beth Wilson this month. Our hostesses will be Karen Richards and Michelle Gilbert. Hope to see you there!

At our last meeting we welcomed new member Megan Menges, a teacher of English at Lockport High School. She received her bachelor degree from SUNY College at Fredonia and her master’s degree from SUNYUB. She is married and the mother of two boys. She loves coming to meetings! She was introduced by Melissa Niver.

The scholarship committee has recommended awarding two scholarships if they find two worthy candidates. Also they will award $100 to ach of the finalists.

Please continue to bring gently used or new bras, especially larger sizes for Lockport Cares. We will be collecting them at our meetings for the next few months.

Please mark Sunday April 10 on your calendars for “Sunday for Scholarship” our annual fundraiser for our scholarship. Lucille Cannata and Shirley Frombgen are heading up the effort. You will be receiving more information in the mail shortly. Your support is important to our club!

The basket committee, headed by Rosemary Dever (434-9972) and Pat Kennedy (433-8848), is looking for volunteers to assist with baskets. You can help once or many times. Please give them a call. They are also looking for new items to put in the baskets. Popular items are wine, gift cards and consumables. The baskets are a major part in the success of our fundraiser. At our last meeting someone left some wine and baskets for the committee. If this was you, please give Rosemary a call so that she can add you to the list of donators.

We are on Facebook thanks to Jeannine Benoit. Jeanine is looking for pictures to post on our page. Please contact her if you have some to share.

The next Board of Directors meeting will be held on March 10 at the home of Dee Morotchie, 95 Vermont St, Lockport at 7:00. We continue to search for new members for the Board for next year. Please contact any board member if you are interested in joining the board of directors.