December 2021
We have lots of important news to share from our wonderful
fall meetings in October and November.
After eighteen months of no meetings and no fundraisers, College Club
has rallied back! With the determination
and extra work of the officers and board of directors, we were able to find new
places to meet and different menu options.
First and most importantly, thank you to the officers and
board of directors. These women are
crucial to the continued success of College Club. They volunteer their time and expertise in
many ways both seen and unseen. At our
November meeting, this slate of officers and board members was approved.
President – Patricia Russell
Vice President – Nancy Fischer and Karen Lyons
Secretary – Susan Odle
Treasurer – Anna Beth Kinyon
Social Committee – Mary Beth Caswell and Ann O’Byrne
Telephone Committee – Marybeth Wilson and Gail Marshall
Membership – Gail Marshall
Megaphone – Judy Johnson – Paonessa and Shirley Wagner
Also at the November meeting, an amendment to Article IX –
Scholarships was approved. This
amendment reads:
“The Scholarship Committee also has the option of awarding
two-year scholarships to a senior girl in attendance at Lockport High School
who is entering a two-year associate degree program at an accredited
college. The recipient will receive an
annual award of one thousand and no/100 dollars per year up to a total of two
thousand and no/100 dollars.”
Our November meeting featured Mr. Christopher Parada, the
Executive Director of the Historic Palace Theater. We enjoyed hearing about all the time,
effort, and the talent of artisans that went into this amazing renovation and
restoration. How lucky the Lockport Community is to have Mr. Parada and other
volunteers who work to save and restore historic Lockport sites and make our
community stand-out. We also enjoyed the
apple pie from our very own Hall’s Apple Farm and coffee from Steamworks
Coffee. And thank you to Madeline Angelo
for bringing in a lovely plate of Italian cookies!
Please support The Palace Theater. Their upcoming productions include a Curtain
Up Production of “Scrooge the Musical” on December 3rd to 5th
and “Stepping Out” on January 20th-23rd.
Our October meeting was held at a lovely event space called
The Willow Room which is attached to Simply Em’s Florist Shop. We enjoyed the salads and sandwiches from
Lock 34 Catering and desserts provided by members Gail Marshall and Lorraine
Sparks. Our enthusiastic speaker from
Marjim Winery was Margo Bittner. Please
consider taking a winery tour at Marjim Winery and support her local business.
The co-chairmen for our Scholarship Fundraiser are Ida
Quade and Madeline Angelo. Madeline
announced that the date of our fundraiser will be Sunday, April 24th
and it will be held at The Lockport Town and Country Club. The Country Club will charge us $40.00 for
the luncheon so the tickets will be $50.00 each. As prices have gone up, this rise in our
ticket price is unavoidable. Our 2020
Scholarship Fundraiser was abruptly cancelled in March of 2020 due to Covid
closures. We know some members had
already purchased their tickets before the cancellation in 2020. When the new tickets and information are
mailed this Spring, it will include a list of members who had already paid for
tickets in 2020. These members will have
the option of only paying the additional ten dollars per ticket. (The 2020
tickets were $40.00 each.) Of course,
those members may also consider the money they sent in for the fundraiser to be
a donation to our Scholarship Fund.
College Club has not been able to have two annual fundraisers due to the
pandemic. We appreciate the members who
sent in freewill donations to Scholarship totaling almost $1,000.00. We also appreciate the generous donation from
The Grigg-Lewis Foundation of $1,000.00 to our Scholarship Fund. These funds have been critical during these
challenging times.
As a reminder, our dues are $40.00 through December and go
up to $50.00 after that. Please send
your dues check for Lockport College Women’s Club to our treasurer Anna Beth
Kinyon. Her address is 117 Windermere
Road, Lockport, New York 14094.
College Club was founded in 1922. Our 100th Anniversary will be in
2022! With the difficulties this year as we hopefully come out of the pandemic,
the board decided we would plan this celebration for the 2022-2023 calendar
year. We would like to set up a planning
committee for a celebration to be held at one of our regular meetings next
year. If you would like to volunteer to
be on this committee, please contact a board member.
We will not be having a meeting in December. It has been challenging finding a place to
host us. Our next meeting will be on
February 3, 2022 at 80 Main. We will
enjoy a light supper and program.
Watch for your January Megaphone for details.
Our next board meeting will be held on Thursday, January 13th,
2022 at the home of Anna Beth Kinyon beginning at 7pm.
The Lockport College Women’s Club’s mission is to stimulate
interest in college for young women, to provide scholarships for young women,
and to promote the civic and intellectual interests of college bred women in
Lockport and the vicinity. Thank you all
for your continued support.
See you all in February!
Happy Holidays!
Patty Russell, President
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