It s a Volunteer Thing! Valley VolunteersChristmas Party Our December 13th meeting, at the Ryan House Museum, is our Christmas Meeting! That one time of the year when we skip the business stuff and focus on festive fun, food and working on our "Step Away From Violence" sock project. We will be ordering box lunches from Sabrina's Lunch in a Box in downtown Sumner, so before Tuesday December 9th, please look at Sabrina's menu online, it is provided as a live link in this article and a simple version of the menu is provided at the end of this newsletter. Decide on what you want and let Vicki know via email or phone. She will give the full list to Sabrina's. There will be coffee, tea and hot cider at the museum, courtesy of our wonderful Keurig. If club members want to bring a dessert, let Vicki know when you tell her your menu choice. All you need to do to be ready! Before December 9th: Let Vicki know your menu choice and if you're bringing a dessert. December 13th: Bring your money for your menu choice to the meeting, check or cash. You need to include sales tax, The rate for Sumner is 8.8% http://sabrinaslunchinabox.net Also at the meeting Nancy Burdick, our GFWC-WS President has been invited to our meeting, so this will be an excellent opportunity to meet and visit with her. Bring lots of new socks to the meeting! Last year our GFWC Valley Volunteers Step Away From Violence Sock Drive yielded a huge number of pairs of socks which were donated to The Crystal Judson Family Justice Center in Tacoma. The center offers safe shelter and support to victims and families of domestic violence. Show your support this year by bringing new socks for women, men, children and toddlers. We will be bagging and labeling them at the meeting. Page 1
A Bountiful Thanksgiving for OurAdopted HHH Family! GFWC Valley Volunteers generously donated food, money and time to provide a wonderful feast for a family of seven. To make the holiday table festive, napkins, tablecloth, personalized place cards and turkey votive favor boxes were added. Along with the Thanksgiving trimmings, the family also received additional food, supplies and snacks. Personalized place cards and turkey votive favors 5 bags filled/ready for delivery It s all smiles from the staff helpers at Helping Hand House GFWC Valley Volunteers at the Volunteer Fair! Our club members at the Volunteer Fair in Puyallup on October 18th. Billie, Charlene, Ken and JuJu Our table and donated Rooster basket was a big draw! Page 2
Captured Moments from Our November Meeting JuJu Slater with guest speaker Beverly Ziarko Beverly with Jude, her Hearing Service Dog (and companion!) Valley Volunteers sang Happy Birthday to Laura Bunge. Laura couldn t resist joining in on the song! Our November project was to collect and sign Christmas cards for distribution to nursing homes and assisted living residences. Each card has a group picture of our club members. Our Christmas Card! Billie Smith and Laura Bunge signed many, many Christmas cards for our club s Christmas Card project. Page 3
Thank You! JuJu Slater, Billie Smith and Charlene Funderburg for setting up and working the Volunteer Fair in Puyallup. Thank you Charlene for putting together the wonderful basket for the Volunteer Fair and for taking pictures of the event. Thank you to everyone for the donations and time given to the Thanksgiving Helping Hands House family adoption project. Your kindness made this a very special project. Dates and Times Page 4
December Meeting is Saturday, the 13th 10 A.M. Ryan House Museum, 1228 Main Street, Sumner Inspiration Marion Flag Salute Laura No Hostess, this is our holiday Christmas Party Remember to bring to the meeting! ~ Used books for Friends of the Library ~ Cookbooks for the Ryan House Museum ~ Your Volunteer Hours for Last Month & the year ~ Lots of new socks for our Step Away From Violence Sock Drive ~ A Friend! December Birthdays December 6th December 6th December 13th December 25th December 31st January 10th Santa Parade in Sumner, 3:30 pm Santa Parade in Puyallup, 5 pm Valley Volunteers Meeting Christmas Day New Years's Eve Valley Volunteers Meeting Charlene Funderburg Dec. 30 http://www.orgsites.com/wa/gfwcwashington/ A Flurry of New Friends The GFWC membership goal, A proud past and a promising future with friends! New on the State Web Site, GFWC~WS Manual and Picture Highlights of Peninsula District Fall Conference Visit the GFWC~WS web for information on upcoming Peninsula District club events and projects. There are also other district newsletters posted. You may find a fun project or event that you or our club would want to be a part of! Remember to check Valley Volunteers web site! Find downloadable forms on our web site: ~Each month s newsletter ~ESO Forms ~Monthly Volunteer Hours forms Keep up with what is happening with GFWC locally, nationally and around the state. http://www.orgsites.com/wa/gfwcvalleyvolunteers/ Page 5