HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR FEBUARY MEETING AT CEDAR GROVE COFFEE

Thank you Lauren Smith for the wonderful news about the young man in Kenya we sponsored last year. For those of you who could not be at the meeting here is what Lauren shared with us.

Late last year, many club members supported the Pink Elephant organization by donating toward the educational sponsorship of a young man named Ezekiel. This young man is from a small Masai village on the Kenya-Tanzania border. He comes from a community, and even culture, in which education is not of top priority. In order to stay in school, he faced many challenges, included rejecting pre-arranged marriages and going against his families wishes in order to continue his education. Each day, he walked 4.5 hours each way to school and studied at night by fire light. Even though he was 20 years of age, he was only in Class 8, which is our equivalent of the 8th grade. He wanted nothing more than to continue his studies and attend secondary school. In order to do so, a large sum of money would be required to cover the cost of boarding, tuition, books, uniforms, etc. for an entire year of schooling. Fortunately, with the help of BCWC, Pink Elephant was able to fulfill the educational sponsorship that would allow him to continue to secondary school in a larger town in Kenya. As of the first of February, Ezekiel began school and was more than excited at the opportunity before him. His departing words were “You all have done your part, now it is time for me to do mine, and I will.” Congratulations and best wishes to Ezekiel as he embarks on this new journey in his life, one that will forever change his future. We couldn’t be more proud to have invested in such an inspirational young man! 

Here are a few of the pictures from our last meeting. 

Member Spotlight ... Lori Puchino...

I would like to introduce you to one of our  members in the Bullitt County woman's Club. her name is Lori Puchino, She joined in 2010 during our Annual  Salad Supper Membership Drive. Lori is a long time Bullitt County resident and has lived in Mt. Washington for most of those years. Lori is married with two grown children. She is the Director of the Mt. Washington Main Street Program where she is employed. 

Lori is very active in our community she serves as the Chair of the Conservation Committee with the Bullitt County Woman's Club, they are working towards bringing awareness of the needs to conserve our natural resources and the great need in recycling in our community. There long term goals are to have recycling centers in each of the cities in Bullitt County. 

Lori also is a part of the CASA Board of Directors and The U of K Cooperative Extension Office family and Consumer Sciences Council. Lori is a member of the Bullitt County Hospitality and Tourism Association and she is a Lioness with the Mt. Washington Lions Club.

The women in our club are active in the community and are working hard to make Bullitt County a wonderful place to raise a family. Thank you Lori for all the hard work you are doing for Bullitt County. 

Remembering and Honoring One of BCWC's Finest...........

Yesterday we lost one of our own. She was an amazing woman and a faithful club member. Sue Calvert went to be with the Lord yesterday after a battle with cancer. She defeated cancer around 15 years ago and was a healthy vibrant breast cancer survivor.

She started the first support group here in Bullitt County and was dedicated to letting women of all ages know how to stay alert and up to date on everything concerning Breast Cancer Awareness. She was the Keynote speaker this past year for the Think Pink Banquet at Paroquet Springs Conference Center. She lived an amazing life helping others succeed at a time in there life  when they were fighting there greatest battle.

Christmas Tea 2008 with her Daughter Diana

2008 Christmas Tea Honoring Breast Cancer Survivor's

Horses and Hope at Churchill Downs 

She joined the Bullitt County Woman's Club in 2007 and was part of the team of women that put on the Irene Carroll Style Show. Everyone knew that when Sue said she was going to do something they didn't have to worry it was going to get done. Sue was the Hostess Chair for the Style Show for many years, and in a few years she was a model and we were able to find one of the pictures where she modeled. She was our President in 2010. During her time as President she helped with the Improvements to the Domestic Violence Center here in Bullitt County. Over the last few years Sue worked on the Style Show Committee and she was the Website Chairman.

2014 Chair Woman Training

Sue was a Member of First Baptist Church of Mt. Washington and sang in the Worship Choir with Betty Porter for many years. Sue and Donna Stout were best friends from high school. There children played ball together all through school. The rest of this blog post is a photo tribute of her life.

We will miss you Sue, thank you for being our fellow club member and our friend! Today we celebrate you and your life.

January 2015 Public Issues Meeting...

Our January Meeting was centered on Public Issues we had two great speakers our first speaker was Kenneth Bernardi with the Shepherdsville Police Department he spoke on personal safety and Internet safety.

Our next speaker was Phil Lloyd-Sidle the Director of the Center for Women and Families. He shared with the club what the center does here in Bullitt County and what we can do to help the center.

We had a very informative meeting and had a great time of fellowship. Next month our meeting will be the International Outreach Committee, we will be meeting at Cedar Grove Coffee Shop.  We look forward to seeing you there.  

NEW MEMBER LUNCHEON JANUARY 2015

Our first New Member Luncheon was a great success! We were able to learn a lot about our new members and they were able to ask questions and learn a lot about the Woman's Club.  We were able to explain how our committees work and how they are split up into Special Committee's and  Standing Committee's. We also told about how our Hostess Committee's work.

We have a great group of ladies joining our club please give them a big welcome as they come in and work along besides us in our many endeavors. Be sure to read our Blog regularly so you don't miss out on there Member spotlights.

Ladies welcome to the Bullitt County Woman's Club. I hope you enjoy working along side of the many women that make up our club.

A Word From President Pam Harville

Dear Club Women,

I hope you are as excited about the New Year as Sherry and I. My goal is to make this a most exciting and fun year, with Sherry helping us learn all the new technology! Having the calendar, blogging and Facebook, we will be able to keep up with everything that is going on and bring even more new members into the club. I want you all too know that you're the greatest group of women i've ever known. I look forward to working with you in 2015. I know if I need help all I have to do is give a shout out.

I would like to take a moment to thank everyone who came out to the Installation Dinner. The hostess committee did an excellent job with all the decorations and desserts. A huge thank you to Lou Ann Moore and Barbara Crume for the superb food, these ladies out did themselves!

Icy thank you for all the Photographs, you did a wonderful job. I want to send a special thanks to Joyce Bell and Linda Peterson for coming and giving a wonderful presentation for the Installation of Officers ( Great Job!)

Gaye, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your dedication and tremendous loyalty to the Woman's Club. You always seem to have a smile on your face. Your love for God and your patience have been an inspiration to me. You always find the good in people. I have some big shoes to fill! May God Bless You.

Let's make this a great year and thanks for your support!

Pam Harville
2015-2016 Club President
Bullitt County Woman's Club

2014 YEAR IN REVIEW...PART TWO

Well, now for part two of the many things our club has done over the 2014 club year. We are a busy group of women and we all try to reach out to those around us and give them a hand up. We had our Bake Sale on May 12 at the Bethel United Methodist Church and it was a wonderful occasion of baked goodness. John Wigginton and Mike Mann entertained us while we sampled the many  delicious baked items. The bidding was lively at times and fun was had by everyone. The Bake Sale was a wonderful success as we raised $1800.00! We donated $900 to CASA and $900 went to the general fund to help with other programs and projects of the club.

For our June meeting we had a wonderful family night with children bring there art work for our First Annual Fine Arts Children's Art Showing. We had many of our children's art work and some from the area schools as well. We had a wonderful night and a great turn out. We hope the Art Showing will continue to grow every year.

In August our meeting centered around education we learned about how to prepare our finances for the future and what we need to have in case of an emergency and we are hospitalized or have an accident or become very sick. The Education Committee also joined forces with the Bullitt County Sheriffs office in providing desserts for their Annual DARE Chili Supper where we helped raise over $998 for the DARE Program for Bullitt County.

In September we had our Annual Salad Supper where we gained 7 new members in our club. This was wonderful news for our club. We had the Salad Supper at the beautiful home of Barbara Plenge and it was a beautiful evening every visitor that came had a wonderful time as well as all of our club members.

In October we had our Annual Talent Auction where we had our club members bring something they had made or something hand made by someone they new. We also gave money into the Pink Elephant Organization to help send a student in Kenya to school we raised $150 for the students educational expenses that night. The Talent Auction raised a total of $1522 which is double what has been raised over the last several years. Thank you to everyone that bought something or helped prepare food over the last year you have made this year 2014 a complete success.

We are now into 2015 and planning on making many great things happen in Bullitt County we are a great group of dedicated women that love Bullitt County and helping our fellow Bullitt County residents.