Lockport College Women's Club Megaphone Online

 SEPTEMBER 2024 

 The next meeting of the Lockport College Women’s Club will be on October 3, 2024. The meeting will be held at 80 Main Street, Lockport. We will be having an exciting meeting with Dr. Mathis Calvin III, Superintendent of the Lockport City School District. Dr. Calvin has been with the District for the past year and will be speaking as to his tenure and where he sees the District moving. As some of you may know, Dr. Calvin came to Lockport from the Oswego City School District. He has served in this capacity at both the Wayne and Stockbridge school districts here in New York. He has leadership awards from the University of Rochester, St. John Fisher University and the Rochester City School District. We help to promote higher education for the students at the high school so this will be a timely and informative meeting. 

 The meeting will begin at 6:00 PM . We will be having a dinner of turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes , green beans and rolls and butter. Coffee, tea and soft drinks will be available. The cost is $26.00, which includes our meal, room rental and gratuity. Please call in your reservation to the Telephone Committee by Thursday, September 26, 2024 at 7:00 PM. Remember, guests are always welcome, so bring your friends! Hostesses for this meeting are Darlene Loffredo and Judy Cummings. 

 If interested, please try and remember to “Bring a book and take a book.” This is a way for members to exchange books that they have read for new reading material. 

 You can bring your annual dues to the meeting. Remember that dues at $40.00 through December and will be $50.00 after that. Dues can also be mailed to Anna Beth Kinyon, 7259 Clarkview Drive, Lockport, New York 14094. Remember, it’s really easy to be a member in good standing! The only necessity is to remember to pay your dues and support our annual Fundraiser. Of course, we love to have everyone attend meetings regularly. It’s a great way to meet people and hear an interesting program about things in and around Lockport and Niagara County. 

 Our Annual Scholarship Fundraiser will be held in April with a specific date to be determined. Volunteers are needed to help with this event to make it the success that it has been in the past. We are looking for Co-Chairpersons whose main duty is to select the menu for the luncheon, Co-Chairpersons for the Basket Raffle to help set up the day of the Fundraiser and volunteers to help sell Basket Raffle tickets at the Fundraiser. Volunteering is a great way to meet other members and to help make the Fundraiser a success. 

 Plans are underway for a new Directory to be printed and distributed this year. If you have any changes to addresses or phone numbers, please contact Patty Russell (716-433-9342) to give her the information. Also, if you have a change to your email address, please make sure that Judy Johnson-Paonessa has the information ( jljgesq@icloud.com or 716-481 9129.)

 We are always looking for new volunteers for our Standing Committees or to serve on the Board of Directors. One Committee you may be interested in is the Social Committee. Currently, Mary Beth Caswell and Ann O’Byrne serve on this Committee. Duties include arranging for each meeting, including the menu. 

 Currently, our meetings take place at 80 Main and we have six meetings per year. This does not include the Scholarship Fundraiser which is a separate event. Other duties include recruiting hostesses, getting the reservation number from the Telephone Committee and calling in the head count to 80 Main. Attendance at Board meetings is needed by at least one of the co-Chairs. Please let Patty Russell or any Board Member know if you are interested in helping out. 

 The next Board of Directors meeting will be held on Thursday, October 10, 20204 at the home of Marybeth Wilson, 7 Berkley Drive, Lockport, New York. The meeting is at 7:00 PM. Please call Marybeth if you are unable to attend.