Pelican Bay Women’s League Newsletter

Volume 22, Issue 1 May, 2016

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Hello to All: It is an honor to serve as your President for the 2016-2017 fiscal year of the Pelican Bay Women’s League. Joe and I have lived here for 15 years and I have crossed paths with so many of you. We have shared memories and amusing stories with each other. I never tire of seeing all the happy faces of the residents who live in our “Little Piece of Paradise” called Pelican Bay. Our League is 21 years old and is still going strong thanks to the efforts of our amazing women. To the “lifelong” members who have been supporting this PBWL organization for all these years, I say CONGRATULATIONS to you all. Keep up your efforts and help where you can. Many hands make light work. To all our “new” members who have recently joined, on behalf of your Board, I welcome you and look forward to your involvement and your enthusiasm. We are very excited to have our own dedicated Pelican Bay Women’s League Website being implemented soon. On the Website, you can learn about our organization, look at planned events, see photos, register for luncheons, etc. We will communicate the progress of the Website as we move forward with this project. Board meetings are held on the third Thursday of each month at 10AM in the Community Center. All are welcome to come, sit and listen to our meetings as we discuss and formulate organizational issues. Who knows? Something might strike an idea within you to cause you to become involved in some project close to your heart. For those of you leaving to go north, I wish you safe travels and a happy and healthy summer for you and yours and look forward to seeing you when you return. Until we meet again,

Cathy Stenza

President, 239-514-7387, stenzacatherine@gmail.com

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WELCOME TO OUR 2016-17 OFFICERS &

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Back Row: Barbara Wall, Vickie Schiller, Blanche LeCausi, Maeve Cullen, Helen Stine, Recording Secretary; Annmarie

Ahrens, Mary Jo Chamberlin, Maureen Hickey. Middle Row: Pat Mullen, Donna Issenman, Norma Jean Broeman, 2nd VP;

Gloria Eggert, Sandy Lane, Evie Salustro, Treasurer; Toni Levering. Front Row: Susan Woodall, 1st VP; Cathy Stenza,

President; Joan Miller.

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MEMBERSHIP Joan Miller, 239 513-1574, joanmill5r@gmail.com

DON’T BE LATE! If you have not already returned your membership renewal form, please do so IMMEDIATELY. By doing so, you will continue to receive newsletters, notices, and be included in next year’s Directory. Otherwise, you will be missing out and not receive our timely communications about all our activities.

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ATTENTION NEW MEMBERS!

New Member Liaison: Mary Jo Chamberlin, 239-405-9080, maryjo@maryjochamberlin.com

Please feel free to contact Mary Jo, who can answer your questions, direct you to other members or

refer you to someone who can provide the answers you seek. ~~~

SOME THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT EVENT REGISTRATION:

Once you’ve chosen an event to attend, please send us a check so it arrives no later than the deadline date of

the event. Without your timely registration, we cannot seat you.

Please make your check(s) payable to PBWL. Since we receive many checks for many different events on a regular basis, please note the EVENT, EVENT DATE and YOUR PHONE NUMBER on your check. Please also note the EVENT NAME on the outside of the envelope.

FOOD ALLERGIES should be addressed through Norma Jean Broeman; nbbroeman@gmail.com; 239-431-7766

NAME ADDRESS 0123 CITY, STATE, ZIP 01-23456789

DATE__M/D/Y_______________

PAY TO THE ORDER OF_________________PBWL____________________ ______ $_____XX.00__________________

XXXXXX XXXXX AND XX/100__________________________________DOLLARS

BANK NAME ADDRESS CITY, STATE, ZIP

FOR_ Event Name, Event Date, Your phone number ____Your Signature_________

012345687 123456789101112

UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED ON THE EVENT NOTICE: Please mail your check to be RECEIVED by the deadline date to:

PBWL; C/O RESERVATIONS, PMB # 139; P.O. BOX 413005; NAPLES FL 34101-3005.

PLEASE NOTE: Not all events have the above PBWL general mailing address. Please mail to the address noted in the event article if it differs from this general address or check with the event contact person.

RECEIPT OF YOUR CHECK BY THE DEADLINE DATE IS A

* FIRM RESERVATION. * NO REFUNDS * NO WALK-INS

* NO PAYMENT AT THE DOORTo expedite the process, when you arrive at the luncheon,

please check in at the registration table, giving us your last name. We want you to be able to quickly join your friends in another wonderful Pelican Bay Women’s League experience!

BE SURE TO WEAR YOUR NAME TAG TO OUR EVENTS!

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AMBASSADORS WANTED Donna Issenmann, donna@marketthisinc.com

The Pelican Bay Women's League needs Ambassadors to fill empty slots in Pelican Bay communities.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

* Promote the Women's League and its activities.

* Welcome new ladies in your community to the League and introduce them to the benefits of membership and participation.

* Be an informational contact

REWARDS: Making new friends. Being part of an exceptional group of women.

The Following Communities Need Ambassadors:

St. Lucia Bay Villas

If you’re interested in becoming an Ambassador, please contact Donna and join this elite group.

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SPECIAL EVENTS, 2015 – 2016

MAY LUNCHEON May 11; 11:30AM; $30

Mediterra, 15836 Savona Way, Naples, FL 34110 Cathy Stenza, 239-514-7387, stenzacatherine@gmail.com

Open to members and guests VALET PARKING IS A MUST! Registration Deadline: May 4

Author Marsha Moore Our Speaker for this luncheon will be Marsha “Crystal” Moore, author of the book “The Shrinking Belt”. Marsha was tired of diet foods that tasted like cardboard. Her book is a no-brainer for losing weight. She was diagnosed with sleep apnea and doctors commented that it’s possible to avoid using the C-Pap device by losing twenty to twenty-five pounds. This motivated her to learn how to substitute the foods she was eating. Come to this luncheon and hear Marsha discuss the ways that she lost her weight and how she’s maintained her weight loss since 2010. There is no guesswork in learning how to shop your EZ way to skinny. Marsha will also share her dining out secrets and many weight loss tips. Our menu will be: A Plated Lunch of Chicken Florentine Quiche; Artisan Greens and Fresh Vegetable Salad with Herb Vinaigrette. Our dessert will be a wonderful Peanut Butter Bar.

If you have food allergies, please contact

Norma Jean Broeman; nbbroeman@gmail.com; 239-431-7766

DIRECTIONS: 41N, Right onto Vanderbilt Rd. for 3.1 miles; Left onto Livingston Rd.; travel 4.7

miles north. Mediterra is on the left. Go through gate to check in. Go straight ahead until you

see a fountain. Take 2nd exit, up the hill. “The Club” will be on the right.

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COMMUNITY OUTREACH GROUPS OPEN TO ALL WOMEN RESIDENTS OF PELICAN BAY

COMMUNITY OUTREACH is our designation for some of the PBWL former Interest Groups whose purpose is to

reach outside of Pelican Bay. Their activity positively impacts the greater Naples community and beyond. We’re very happy to have them represent the League in these important ways. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

PB KNEEDLERS Jeannette O'Connor, 594-8179; Lois Sabatino, 598-2369, richloiss@embarqmail.com;

Hallie Devlin (593-1353) The League-supported Pelican Bay Kneedlers, always welcome others to join this creative and satisfying group. If you are accomplished, that's wonderful, but don't worry if you can't knit or crochet. We have patient master craftspeople who love to teach! Just come to the Community Center on Thursdays between 10AM and noon to join this good-natured group who enjoy helping others. We knit, crochet and quilt wheelchair blankets for our Wounded Warriors recuperating in VA hospitals throughout the country, having given these deserving men and women more than 3,000 so far. While this is our major patriotic goal, we also make prayer blankets and shawls for nursing homes and hospitalized patients, and for outpatients undergoing dialysis in Naples. We have fun creating finger puppets and other toys for needy children and knit and crochet hats, mittens and scarves for youngsters. We recently created these items for the more than 200 children whose town was leveled by a tornado as winter set in. Chemo patients appreciate hats we give them, and we make other items as needs arise. DONATIONS OF YARN, NEEDLES AND PATTERN BOOKS ARE VERY WELCOME AND NEEDED. THANK YOU!

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PBWL SPEAKER SERIES, WOMEN MAKING A DIFFERENCE, Nancy Colodny, ncolodny@aol.com.

Our 2016 season will conclude with the following speakers: March 21 - Tamra Nashman, “Look Extra-Ordinary. Live Extra-Ordinary”. Creating your unique personal style March 28 - Debbie Doyle, “Iran Today”. Debbie will share photos and impressions from her May, 2015 trip to Iran with the World Affairs Council. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

SONGBIRDS Ellen Al-Sarraf, 307-1072, elleng128@gmail.com; DianneRussell, 325-8749, dianne1003@aol.com The Songbirds wrapped up a successful season with the Family and Friends Concert on March 30 at the Community Center. The audience heard many of Cole Porter’s memorable songs: “From this Moment On” and “Another Op’nin, Another Show” were but two. See you next season!

INTEREST GROUPS

INTEREST GROUP CO-ORDINATOR Kate Goglia, 978-697-6817, kgoglia@gmail.com

INTEREST GROUP PARTICIPATION IS FOR MEMBERS ONLY

The League’s Interest Groups are an extraordinary way for members to meet and to share their enthusiasm for a common interest. Members should contact the Group Leaders to learn more.

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" NEW INTEREST GROUPS

AND

INTEREST GROUP LEADERS WANTED"

The Pelican Bay Women’s League

is an all-volunteer organization of women residents of Pelican Bay.

Events and Interest Groups are created, organized and executed by our members. We’re always looking for members who would like to become more involved and offer their creative interests and talents to our members. It’s a fun way to get to know the amazing Women of Pelican Bay and become part of our creative team! We know there are many talented women in our group with a wide variety of

interests in Pelican Bay. We would greatly appreciate having volunteers to share

their interests and skills with other members in smaller venues. It's a wonderful

way to get to make new friends and get connected in Pelican Bay!

Do you have a craft to share or expertise in subjects like social media,

languages, the environment, cooking, or games? Or, perhaps you would like to

meet other ladies for a walk, a game of golf, or a happy hour? Please contact

our Interest Group Coordinator, Kate Goglia, 978-697-6817, kgoglia@gmail.com.

AT HOME COFFEE Suzanne Rioux, suerioux@gmail.com, 207-752-3305,

Shirley Linton, linton@cottagecountry.net, 239-592-533

A big “Thank You” goes to Jan Abram for hosting our April coffee! What a lovely time

we all had, we so appreciate you!

We will be resuming our At-Home Coffees next season in December. Please check the fall newsletter for the exact date. Thank you to these wonderful women who hosted a Coffee for us this past season:

December: Dolores Stillings & Adele Setten January: Mary Keenan February: Anne Cowie March: Jeri Blair April: Jan Abram

Without you we could not have done this. Thank you for so graciously opening your homes to us!

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BAY WIDOWS Jerry Hoffman, Pres., 614-638-6050, wwhoff@aol.com; Sue Rapanos, VP, 239-597-2251, sue@rapanos.com

MEMBERS ONLY The Bay Widows will have their last official monthly meeting for the season on Tuesday, May 3 at 4:30 PM at The Watermark Grill, followed by dinner at this restaurant. We will be meeting at the back of the restaurant; the monthly plans for the remainder of 2016 will be shared as well as tentative plans for 2017. The next official meeting will be on Tuesday, November 1, 2016. Note, however, that there will be many activities throughout the summer and fall - which will be outlined at the meeting and shared monthly in the newsletter. Present plans for the month of May include: A Mother's Day dinner at 5:30 PM at Bayside on Sunday, May 8, and our monthly Saturday Movie Night and Dinner on May 14. We look forward to seeing members at these events. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BOOK GROUP Marie Sweeney, mariesweeney@comcast.net; Brenda Berman, brendaberman@hotmail.com MEMBERS ONLY The Book Club, which is looking for leader, meets the second Thursday of each month, October - April at the Community Center, 1-3PM. We have varied interests and enjoy a variety of book selections. The Club is open to all Pelican Bay Women’s League members. PBWL members do not have to “join” the Book Club, just attend our monthly spirited book discussions when you can.

Book selections for the 2016-2017 season are: Oct 13 Being Mortal by Atul Gawande (282 pp) - Reviewed by Liz Feit Nov 10 The Prize by Dale Russakoff (246 pp) - Reviewed by Debbie Doyle Dec 8 The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (448 pp)- Open Discussion Jan 12 And Then All Hell Broke Loose by Richard Engel (256 pp) Reviewed by Brenda Berman Feb 9 Circling the Sun by Paula McLain (385pp) - Reviewed by Janet Fay Mar 9 A Box of Darkness by Sally Ryder Brady (256 pp) –Reviewed by Shirli Kaskie Apr 13 A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles - Reviewed by Kathy Roberts ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BRIDGE, LADIES TUESDAY Janet Fay, 566-6030 MEMBERS ONLY INCLUSIVE BRIDGE NEW PLAN Who: PBWL members. Location: Pelican Bay Community Center. Doors open: 12:30PM, year round. Play is 1-4PM. No reservation or partner needed. Chicago scoring. Welcome! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BRIDGE, ROUND ROBIN Phyllis Payne, 594-5987; Ruth Campbell, 529-1049, dwcrbc777@aol.com

MEMBERS ONLY On April 8th we celebrated the end of our 2015-2016 season with a delightful luncheon at the Club Pelican Bay. Prizes were awarded to the year's high scoring teams as follows: 1st Gloria Klaustermeier/Jean Hackett (this team also had the high score for the month of March), 2nd Nancy Mackson/Judy Johansen, 3rd Ruth Campbell/Phyllis Payne, 4th Mary Devin/Barbara Waters and 5th Adele Setten/Ellen Reardon. Next year Julie Egenberg and Betty Weingartner will be leading Round Robin Bridge. They are looking for additional teams to join. Please contact them ASAP as they will be scheduling next year's games over the summer months for play starting in November. Julie's phone: 598-0901and Betty's: 254-9567. Phyllis and Ruth have enjoyed their time as leaders and are pleased to pass it along to Julie and Betty. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

CULINARY ARTS Carole Pfeifer, 239-587-3609 carole@darconte.com; Geri Moser Cohen, 239-523-9867 moco12@comcast.net;

PBWL MEMBERS ONLY After many wonderful years, we are looking for one or more ladies who are interested in continuing the Culinary Arts program, with our guidance during the transition. At this time, Brio’s on Thursday, April 14th, was our last hosted luncheon. We wish to THANK YOU ALL for your friendship and continuing support. We sincerely hope someone will continue Culinary’s successful tradition. We hope to hear from you.

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GENEALOGY WORKSHOP NEW! Mary Conley, Please call or text 919-740-4580 before each meeting.

Join us on the 3rd Wednesday of each month in season from 9:30-10:30AM at the Community Center. The object of this group is to make a family tree and collect materials for a booklet for our grandchildren. We will use one of 3 sites: Geni.com, Ancestry.com, or Family Page Maker. Pictures of our relatives and stories about their lives will be gathered for us to organize. i-Pad or laptop needed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

GLOBE-TROTTERS C.C. Le Blanc 591-0009, ccpelicanbay@aol.com; PBWL MEMBERS ONLY Dear Globe Trotters: April 6th meeting was the last one of the season. Globe Trotters will resume January 2017 with a new Chair. Anyone interested in volunteering their time, please contact me or contact the new PBWL President, Cathy Stenza. I will work with the new Chair to pass on the pertinent information. The Dubai presentation, April 6, was very well receive. We were fortunate to have a gentleman in attendance who visited Dubai on several business trips in 1972 and 1973, one year after the Federation of 7 states called The United Arab Emirates were formed. The conversation that followed the presentation was most interesting as we compared the past and the present. Radhika, co-chair, and I wish each of you and your family a wonderful and safe summer. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HAND & FOOT Gloria Klaustermeier, 513-9076 Geri Buranosky. 239-591-8235 MEMBERS ONLY Hand & Foot will meet every Monday at 1 PM at St Laurent. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HAPPY “Ds” Judy Lindstrom, 596-2346, Cell: 239-919-4133 jlinds1005@aol.com Our divorced women s group enjoyed our last event of the season on April 6 at Alexander’s Restaurant. Nine members enjoyed the evening and considered venues for our meetings starting in November. Ideas included a movie and dinner night, sculpting or painting, Sunday jazz at the Botanical Garden and a cooking class. Those that are heading north, have a happy summer and for those remaining in Naples, we will keep in touch. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HERBS AND GARDENS Kathy Cambria, 734-355-5905, kcambria@yahoo.com MEMBERS ONLY We meet FIVE times each year on the FIRST Monday of the months of November through April, EXCLUDING January. We share in learning about and enjoying gardening, the ecology of Southwest Florida and the use of herbs. Each educational meeting or "field trip" is followed by a luncheon to promote friendship among members and to discuss the morning's experience. At the end of each season members begin to brainstorm the following year and form committees of five to six members who choose from the "brainstorm" list and plan the experiences and make luncheon arrangements. We welcome new members! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HERB STUDY GROUP Susan Skehan, gradygrit@aol.com, 594-1424 MEMBERS ONLY

Our group has had a wonderful season. Our meetings were packed with information and delicious potluck lunches prepared by our members. We welcomed several new members who have added their knowledge and enthusiasm to the group. We have already planned next season's schedule and topics; some old and familiar herbs, some new and exotic. If you wish to join our group please stop by our table at the Welcome Back Coffee in November. Have a great summer! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LUNCH & LEARN Barbara Wall, 254-1856, barbara.wall@gmail.com MEMBERS ONLY Thanks to all who helped to make this another successful year for the Lunch and Learn Interest Group! Our three events were well received and members felt they did learn about some of the things our community has to offer. The committee is always looking for suggestions for future events. We'd be happy to hear from you. We are also looking for a couple of committee members to join in the planning. If you'd like to be a part of our team please let me know.

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MAH JONGG Arlene Subin, 593-6874, Insoup@comcast.net; Diane Hahn, 593-4246, Dianechahn@aol.com MEMBERS ONLY

To all experienced Mah Jongg players: Exercise your brain and have fun doing it! Join us each Friday from 1-4PM, all year long, at the Pelican Bay Community Center. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MAH JONGG, TUESDAY BEGINNER’S Jean Turk, 594-0292 (year round), jeanturk05@gmail.com; Joy Carren, 596-0952 (Nov. – May), joycarren1@gmail.com MEMBERS ONLY Classes will be offered again until Nov. Yes, we have classes 2016 Jan. and Feb. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MAH JONGG, INTERMEDIATE Diane Johnston, 591-3141, dianejohnston9@aol.com; Radhika Sekar, 431-5186, radhikaskasr@rogers.com MEMBERS ONLY Thursday Mah Jongg welcomes all new intermediate players. Some players are still learning the game and we want to make them feel comfortable playing with us. We play year-round at the Community Center, every Thursday from 1 – 4PM. Please join us for a fun, casual game. Our only requirement is to be patient with our new players and help them enjoy the game. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

PLAY READERS Julie Gilman, gilman_julie@yahoo.com, 254-9997; MEMBERS ONLY

A BIG thank you for all the play readers’ participation. See you when you return from a fun summer and we’ll plan a great year! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WOMEN OF WATERCOLOR Pat Mullen, 514-1498, mullenp50@yahoo.com MEMBERS ONLY Overall the ladies enjoyed the challenging instruction of our new teacher, Anneke, and are looking forward to next year. Reservations for classes will be taken in the Fall. Have a painting good summer. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

STARTUP WRITING GROUP NEW! Mary Conley, please call or text 919-740-4580

Please join us on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 9:30AM -10:30AM, in season, at the Community Center. We will have a choice of 2 topics given from the book “712 things to write about” and then write for about 5 minutes. Creative writing involves using a novel slant that may even be useful. The writer uses both divergent and convergent thinking to generate and evaluate ideas to write down. This is good exercise for our brains (it makes the mind dance or pulse). Then we will share our efforts. This group is meant to be for beginners in writing. Paper and pen needed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WRITERS GROUP Shirley Linton, 592-5336, linton@cottagecountry.net;

Suzanne Rioux, suerioux@gmail.com, (207) 752-3305 MEMBERS ONLY

The Writers Group consists of women who write poetry, memoirs, short stories, novels and inspirational pieces. They gather to bring their work for critique and to cheer each other on to publication if that is a member’s goal. Meetings are scheduled at the Community Centre every other Tuesday from November through April. At the present time this group is oversubscribed and is closed to new members. If you would like to have your name added to the waiting list please contact Shirley or Suzanne.

PELICAN BAY WOMEN’S LEAGUE

2015 – 2016 Activities’ Calendar Look for more details elsewhere in this newsletter. Please check monthly for updates.

2016

May

11 (Wed) Luncheon at Mediterra

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COMMUNITY OUTREACH GROUPS

Open to all women residents of Pelican Bay. Please check your newsletter for more details.

Women’s Speaker Series - every Monday afternoon, 3PM, Community Center Jan. – March

Songbirds – every Thursday morning, November - April

PB Kneedlers - every Thursday, 10AM (donations of yarn or checks gratefully accepted)

PBWL/PBF Art Show – annually in March

INTEREST GROUPS

GROUP PARTICIPATION IS FOR MEMBERS ONLY

Please check your newsletter for more details.

At-Home Coffees - meets monthly on Wed. mornings

Bay Widows - 1st Tuesday, monthly, Nov-May, 4PM

Book Club - 2nd Thursday, monthly, Nov-April, 1 – 3PM

Bridge, Ladies Tuesday – Tuesday, Community Center, 1 – 4PM; year round

Bridge, Round Robin - Begins in Nov.

Culinary Arts – Cooking Demonstrations at various restaurants; Wednesdays; April; 14

Happy D’s – first meeting in Jan. Date TBA

Genealogy – monthly, 3rd Wednesday, 9:30 – 10:30AM, Community Center

Globetrotters - various Weds., once per month, Jan. – April.

Hand & Foot – Every Monday of the month, 1 - 4PM, St. Laurent Public Room

Herbs & Gardens – 1st Monday of Nov., Dec., Feb. - April

Herb Study – various Mondays, Nov., Jan., Feb., Mar., April

Lunch & Learn – Nov. 19; Jan. 9; March 4

Mah Jongg, Beginners – Tuesdays, 1 – 4PM, year round, Community Center

Mah Jongg, Intermediate –Thursdays, year round, 1 – 4PM, Community Center

Mah Jongg, Experienced – Fridays, year round, 1 – 4PM, Community Center

Play Reading – Thurs., Bi-weekly, 2 - 4PM, Pebble Creek Clubhouse

Startup Writing Group – monthly, 2nd Wednesday, 9:30 – 10:30AM, Community Center

Women of Watercolor – Jan. – March; various classes Thurs. and Fri.

Writers’ Group – dates during season announced in newsletter

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HOUSEKEEPING NOTES FROM THE EDITOR, DEADLINE FOR ARTICLES: Gloria Eggert, 978-502-2870, gloria@eggert.com Please submit September 2016 newsletter articles no later than August 10, 2016 to Gloria Eggert, gloria@eggert.com or 10521 Carena Circle, Ft. Myers, FL, 33913.

All articles must be submitted in writing. SUNSHINE PERSON: Paula Asaff, 339-222-0812, asaffp@gmail.com Please notify Paula of the hospitalization or death of any member or a member’s family so that an appropriate card can be sent. FROM THE TREASURER: Please send all Vouchers, with receipts, to PBWL, Attn: Evie Salustro, Treasurer; 555 Via Veneto, Unit 101; Naples, FL 34108; evie@salustro.com. Please be sure to include all receipts. Thank you. RESERVATIONS: Unless otherwise directed for a particular event, all checks should be made payable to PBWL and should be mailed to arrive in the League P.O. Box by the indicated deadline date. Please include your local phone number, the event and date of event on each check. Please mail checks to: PBWL, c/o Reservations, PMB #139; P.O. BOX 413005; NAPLES FL. 34101-3005. Please note the name of the event on the outside of the envelope. Receipt of check is a firm reservation. No refunds after the deadline date and no payment can be accepted at the door.

FOOD ALLERGIES should be addressed through Norma Jean Broeman; nbbroeman@gmail.com; 239-431-7766

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: The PBWL is a tax-exempt, non-charitable, not-for-profit organization. Our events are not tax deductible. Therefore, donations are not tax deductible by the donor. As stated in PBWL Bylaws, The League will not participate nor intervene in any political issue or campaign.