Love Notes. Please join the Maternal League for a Holiday Decorating Meeting. Wednesday, November 9. Ridgeway Country Club

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1 President: Louise Palazola October 2016 Newsletter Editor & Publisher: Stephanie Adams WHAT S HAPPENING IN MATERNAL LEAGUE?!! Save the Dates! Autumn Fundraiser Online Rummage Sale Holiday Decorating November 9 Ridgeway Country Club 9800 Poplar Ave. Germantown, TN Christmas Party Wed, Dec. 7 Location TBA Fall is finally here! It is time for families to start preparing for the holidays! Halloween is only weeks away and homes are being decorated with skeletons and spiders. Small adorable ghosts and goblins will be ringing doorbells asking for a Trick or Treat! Once the spiders are cleaned away and the candy gone, we will start baking apple and pumpkin pies for Thanksgiving and decorating for the Christmas holidays. This is a fast time of year, but, also, the time to give thanks for all we have. Please join the Maternal League for a Holiday Decorating Wednesday November 9 Ridgeway Country Club Maternal League has many projects in the works and I would like to encourage all of our members to participate. Look for more details later in the newsletter. Some of these projects are our Online Rummage Sale Fundraiser, Casino Night Fundraiser, member directory, Baby Times 2017 calendar, Toddler Times 2018 calendar, website revision, and more. Have a safe and fun Halloween, Louise Palazola NOVEMBER HOLIDAY DECORATING Wednesday, November 9 Meet & Greet: 11:30am with Lunch & Program: 12pm Program: Holiday Decorating with Gina & Special Guest Please, join Maternal for our most FUN meeting of the year! While we enjoy lunch, Gina from Holliday s Florist will WOW us with her imagination and show us the latest in holiday decorating ideas! DIAPER DRIVE Bring a package of any size child s disposable diapers or pull ups or adult disposable diapers to the November! Diapers will be donated to those in need through the Shelby County Health Department. We have collected 254 diapers, so far, this year.

2 Page 2 FALL ONLINE RUMMAGE SALE!!! The On-Line Rummage Sale is in Full Force. Our Goal is $1,000 and thus far we have made $ Jessica Chandler and I are posting the items on several Facebook Re-Sale Sites: The REAL Collierville Resale, Design Redesign/Resale of Germantown, Memphis Furniture Resale, Memphis Area Man Cave Resale, and Midsouth Home Decor Resale. Just to Recap: Proceeds from the Sale are designated for Maternal Website Maintenance and Operating Expenses. Each member is required to donate items or the equivalent in cash of $ Congratulations to the following members for completing their rummage sale requirement: Allison Musick, Louise Palazola, Ann Zachary, and Midge Weinberg! Many members have submitted donations and we are processing and posting them daily. We will inform you when your items have sold!!! pictures (it lists better if there is more than one) of your donation along with description, measurements, and the amount you think we can ask for it. to khsherrill@att.net Here s to rummaging, Kynlon TREASURER S CORNER Hello, Maternal League Members! This is a friendly reminder that Maternal League dues for are now past due! I have received dues from all Members listed below as of Saturday, October 15. If your name is not listed below, I have not received your dues. If your name is NOT on this list, and you have a record that you HAVE paid your dues, PLEASE contact Colette Christie ( ) to either work out any discrepancy, or send a check made out to Maternal League for $60 ($50 dues + $10 late fee) as soon as possible. Address your check to: Maternal League of Memphis For those of you who have paid your dues, THANK YOU, VERY MUCH!! Attn: Colette Christie Thanks in advance to those now mailing in their checks! P. O. Box Germantown, TN Stephanie Adams Paula Archer Diana Brewer Jill Buckmaster Colette Christie Debbie Compton Marie Dowling Denise Fabian Anne Fleming Pat Gill Susan Helms Ila Johnson Kathy Kabel Karen Klemis Diane Leopold Karen Logan Allison Musick Louise Palazola Barbara Pera Barbara Petty Kynlon Sherrill Ann Shorter Debby Stephens Cheryl Taddia Greear Trew Catharine Wark Midge Weinberg Jan Wiygul Anne Zachry Sheryl Zanella

3 Page 3 NEW DIRECTORY Maternal is working on a brand new updated YEARBOOK. Our yearbook includes a directory of our current members. When you send your dues, please include, for our directory listing: 1) Name as you want it to appear & Maiden Name if different 2) Husband s Name if it applies 3) Address 4) Phone Numbers, Home & Cell, and which you prefer 5) address Also, please, include your birthday, month and date. If you have already paid your dues, please send the above information to Colette Christie, coletteachristie@aol.com, or call Happy Birthday! October 13 Nelse Sharer 15 Catharine Wark 17 Cristina Speer 25 Melanie Chase 31 Midge Weinberg November 14 Barbara Elliott 24 Diane Leopold 25 Lindley Buchas Member Guest Kick Off Cocktail Party! Starting a new year with focus and enthusiasm, Maternal League members and guests enjoyed a social evening of cocktails and hors d oeurvres Wednesday, September 7 at the home of member Louise Palazola. Under the new leadership of Louise Palazola, Maternal League is looking forward to making a difference in the Memphis and Shelby County community by assisting mothers and babies in need. The cocktail party was held to give members an evening to get together, bring guests, and take a step toward what will be an exciting year. We discussed our fall fundraiser, an Online Rummage Sale, and a spring fundraiser, the Casino Night. Special guests for the party were Kelly Dooley and Moana Mosby. Maternal League members in attendance were Stephanie Adams, Diana Brewer, Ann Chambers, Jessica Chandler, Colette Christie, Marie Dowling, Pat Gill, Karen Klemis, Diane Leopold, Allison Musick, Louise Palazola, Carolyn Shanks, Kynlon Sherrill, Ann Shorter, Debby Stephens, Catharine Wark, Midge Weinberg, and Anne Zachry.

4 Page 4 Maternal League is having another Casino Night Fundraiser! We are looking for help with the Casino Night Fundraiser which is Friday, March 3, 2017 in the Parish Hall of Holy Communion Catholic Church. This is very exciting!!!!!!! We will need all hands on the tables and eyes on the cards. Please call any of the following committee chairs if you can help in their area. We are looking for a BIG item for a raffle, a night in a Memphis hotel, dinner and show combo, sponsors, or other items for the auction. Our success depends on our members' dedica tion and commitment to the Club. Casino Night Committee Chairs: Denise Fabian ( ) and Louise Palazola ( ) sponsors Debby Stephens ( ) silent auction Marie Dowling ( ) advertising Karen Klemis ( ) rentals and casino dealers Allison Musick ( ) Food and Drinks MATERNAL LEAGUE WEBSITE REVISION We are furiously working to update and revise our website to reflect our club as it is today. Stephanie Ad ams, Colette Christie, Louise Palazola, and Midge Weinberg are putting their heads together and rewriting our website. It will soon be beautiful and informative.

5 Page 5 BABY TIMES CALENDAR 2017 Maternal League, again, will put together a 2017 Baby Times Calendar. These calendars will be gifted to the Shelby County Health Department for use with their client mothers and babies and mothers to be. We have put together a team to spearhead this effort for the coming year. This team includes Susan Helms, Stephanie Adams, and Midge Weinberg. Changes will be made to the calendar that we have provided the last two years and should be ready for distribution by January The calendar is a project Maternal League can truly be proud of! TODDLER TIMES CALENDAR 2018 Maternal League, also, has a Toddler Times 2018 calendar in the works. As she did for the Baby Times calendar, member Anne Zachry will work with Midge Weinberg and Stephanie Adams to create this calendar. It is the next logical step in our calendar series. The new Toddler Times calendars will be distributed through the Shelby County Health Department as the Baby Times calendars were. Stand by for the unveiling! CALENDAR Year-at-a-Glance Sept. 7 Kick off party October November 9 December 7 January 11 March 1 March 3 April May Fall Fundraiser Holiday Decorating and Christmas Party Casino Night Fundraiser Meet Maternal Installation & Fashion Show