Invitation to Waveland State Historic Site

Hi Ladies,
Our President Gaye Gardner has passed on some information about Waveland Historic Site in Lexington, Ky.   It is from Charla Reed who is the Event Coordinator.   She wanted to let us know about their TEA TUESDAYS AT WAVELAND.   They will be hosting teas staring in November and continuing through spring of 2015.  If our group would be interested, teas will be served in the mansion with a tour and presentation which can be customized for our group.   The price of teas will be $25.00 per person and will be served at 2:00pm.  They will be able to accommodate up to around 25 people.  They are currently taking reservations.   If any you have questions please feel free to call.

Contact info is

Charla Reed
Parks Sales Coordinator
225 Waveland Museum Ln
Lexington,Ky  40514
859-272-3611   Office
859-619-8189   Cell

Website:  Waveland




Might be a nice day trip if we can get a group together.

A WORD FROM YOUR PRESIDENT

Hi ladies. October is wrapping up and we will soon be starting a new year. I think this club is going to have some exciting things happening in 2015! Get to know your fellow club members. Go have lunch, dinner or meet for coffee. Get to know each other. I have to admit when I first joined the club, I really wish my best friend from Texas was here with me. It's always more fun when you are doing things with your closest friend! And although I still wish my best friend was up here, I now have fun with new friends in the club. That makes it so much more fun.

I heard a story recently from one of the owners of  Two Guys Printing. She told me about how she use to be a part of the Bardstown Woman's Club, and that her mom was a State President one year. She went to her first State Convention as the newest member and the member who had been part of the Federation the longest were being honored it turned out to be her and her mom, as she was a brand new member. I loved hearing that story... the history. Even though it was about another club in Federation, it was wonderful to hear about. Of course, I've asked her to come and check out the Bullitt County Woman's Club. If you are in Two Guys Printing invite the ladies in there to come and join us.

All new members are exciting, but it was cool that Jacque Prewitt's daughter-in-law joined recently. I love seeing women in the same family being a part of this club...like Betty Porter and Jennifer, or Carol McLaughlin and her mom Kathrynn and of course Lou Ann Moore and her mom Barbara Crume. If I had a daughter, I'd have her right along with me in BCWC.

We will be having Chairman's Training on Saturday at my home. This is to help all officers and chairs be prepared to do the best job possible for each of you!

Now go invite someone to be your new club partner!

TALENT AUCTION NEWS....

What a wonderful turnout for our Talent Auction this year!

I chose to prepare some special auction cards in the shape of a key for this year's Talent Auction, in honor of the theme symbol chosen by GFWC/ Kentucky Federation President, Susan Alexander.

Those keys floated up and down all evening and I had to smile as some were turned in early to avoid the temptation of raising them again after some pretty exuberant bidding.

 

We had such an awesome display of talent up for auction that it even impressed our Auctioneer, Bryan Gifford, who kindly stepped in at the last minute to provide his services, free of charge.

Speaking of Bryan, he did an absolutely amazing job of drawing each of us in to bid top dollar.  His efforts and the fruits of our labor brought in a whopping $1522, over double what has been raised for several years past.

The proceeds of this fundraiser contributed to our general fund in order to provide monies needed for various Bullitt County Woman's Club events throughout the year.

A big thanks to Pat Kelly and new member Icy Parker, for playing our Vannas at this year's event and thanks also to Barbara Crume who organized getting the auction items beautifully displayed as they arrived, while I was tied up in the Executive Committee Meeting. One last huge thank you to Denise Lafferty, our event hostess, and her crew, who served up some good eats for everyone to enjoy throughout the evening. 

To everyone who participated in this year's event should collectively pat ourselves on the back for making this year's Talent Auction a fantastically successful event.

Donna Burke, Chair

BCWC Talent Auction

Committee

Think Pink Event 2014

Last night was the 3rd Annual Think Pink  an Evening to Education & Celebrate.  What a wonderful view of all the ladies and men in pink.    This was sponsored by Bullitt County Health Department, Kentucky Cancer Program, Bullitt County  Breast Cancer Support Group and Bullitt County Cooperative Extension Service .
We had the honor of hearing from each of them what services they provide for Bullitt County.  Kelsey Stark with WHAS 11 was our MC.
I was asked to share my journey with Breast Cancer.I was diagnosed in April 2000.    So went through my journey with the people which was emotional for me while I was preparing to speak.    I am a 14 year survivor and so glad to be alive and well.I know through the work of my doctors, family , friends, and of course my faith I made it through.
Since there was no support group in Bullitt County I talked with American Cancer Society how to go about starting one in the County.   The First Baptist Church of Mt. Washington was a support by giving us a room to meet in monthly.   I had help also from Ruth Chowning  Extension Service (club member) and Cynthia Brown with the Health Dept. by giving me guidance in how to form a group and to help with speakers etc.  I am very thankful for these who helped us get started.
Our Breast Cancer Support Group meets each month on the 4th Tuesday at 7pm-8:30pm.   We meet in the CLC building in the Craft room.   We do not meet in November or December due to Holidays being in the same week we meet.   So if you know of anyone that needs or wants to come to our group please be sure to tell them about us.
I did not know  until last night that one our own Barbara Crume is a 40+ year survivor.  What a great example for all of us to know someone that has been a survivor that long.   Gives us all HOPE.

Tables decoratons

Centerpieces at the tables

Centerpiece of Food Table

Sue Speaking

Breast Cancer Survivors

DARE CHILI SUPPER....

Good morning to all. I know it has been a few days since our last blog post, but we are getting back on track, just lots of great things happening in the Woman's Club right now.

I want to take a few minutes and share with you a few photos from the DARE Chili Supper we had a wonderful time helping the Sheriff's office raise money to help fund  the DARE  program.  We bring cakes to the DARE fundraiser and help serve the chili and desserts. We also bring items for door prizes that the audience can purchase tickets to try and win. It was a fun night and a great fundraiser we helped in  raising  $898.50 for the DARE Program.
 I would like to thank Lori Puchino for taking the pictures for us, all of us forgot our cameras.

Member Spotlight Cindy Prestigiacomo

I would like to take a few minutes and introduce the next member of the Talent Auction committee. Her name is Cindy Prestigiacomo. Cindy has been  the Executive Director of CASA since 2005.

She has been very active in our community, she is part of the Jail Ministry, she is also part of the Extension office Advisory Committee with Ruth Chowning. She is also a Chair on the Foster Care Interested Party Board Thu the Administration Office of the Courts. Cindy is very busy helping the children of Bullitt County that are in the court system.

Cindy and her husband Kevin have been married for 30 years. They have a son, Nicholas and a lovely daughter in love Casey. Cindy loves being outside, and taking long walks.

Cindy was introduced to the Woman's Club by Jennifer Porter. She joined the Woman's Club about 6 years ago. She joined the Women's Club in order to network with other women that truly wanted to make a difference in Bullitt County.

Cindy is on Face book, she also moderates the CASA Face book. Be sure to send her a friend request and to like the CASA Face book page if you have not already.

CHAIRMAN SPOTLIGHT...DONNA BURKE

On today's blog post I would like to introduce you to one of our Chairwomen Donna Burke. She is the chairwoman of the Talent Auction. Take a few minutes and get to know one of our members, be sure to send her a like on Facebook if you haven't already. 

Donna and her husband  Larry moved to Bullitt County in 1989, and in 1998 they built the home they now live in which is located right on highway 44 within Shepherdsville city limits. Larry and Donna are the owners of Burke Heating and Cooling which has been in operation here in Bullitt County since 1990. Some days you can find Donna up in attics or down in a crawlspace getting bruised and dirty, she has been working right along side of her husband Larry for the last eight months. 

Outside of her involvement with Bullitt County Woman's Club, She is currently serving as president and treasurer of the Bullitt County Arts Council. She also assists Judy Nevitt with the Music Department. Together they host the Vocalist of the year contest each year.  She is also co-founder of Buy Bullitt Along with Sherry Parker. They both are working hard to make that entity flourish and bring other small businesses on board. 

Donna also has over 30 years of mortgage experience and is in the process of re-entering that field and is reinstating previously held life and health, securities and annuities licensing. She is also pursuing a degree in Business Management at Brown Mackie.

Larry and Donna will be celebrating 26 years of marriage in December. They have five children between them. Which they call his ( Jeff & Justin), mine (Christy & Joey) and last, Josh, their youngest, who was actually born here in Bullitt County in 1990.

Donna was introduce to the Bullitt County Woman's Club by Lou Ann Moore. The main reason she joined the Woman's Club was to meet more people, and she already knew several ladies who were already members. She has only been a member going on two years and has already jumped right in becoming Parliamentarian and chairing the Talent Auction as well as the By-laws Committee.

Donna is a singer/songwriter and currently leads the worship at her church, Family Day Ministries. She regularly visits Colonial House & Elmcroft Assisted Living Facility to provide musical entertainment. She enjoys writing, reading and bowling, horseback riding, skiing( water & snow) crocheting and knitting. 

You can find Donna on Facebook, Google Plus, Linkedin, and Reverbnation where she currently is ranked # 9 as a Christian Gospel artist, she promotes mostly her own songs. She has recorded 5 CD"s one as soloist and 4 with her former group, Face to Face. 

She considers her self to be very blessed and happy to be a part of such a wonderful organization that applauds the strengths and accomplishments of the local women in our community. 

TALENT AUCTION...

Today I would like to share with you a little information  about one of our Special Committee's our Annual Talent Auction. This is a auction we hold every year to help with our fundraising needs for our club and to also help with several community programs.

Each year our club holds a Talent Auction that is open to the public. All the items are made by the women in our club or by someone they know. There will be needlework items, wood work items, ceramics, and sometimes quilts. Many of the women are wonderful cooks and will make special baked items for the auction.

We have a auctioneer that donates his or her time to auction off the items. The bidding sometimes gets lively when an item is sought after my many people, adding to the fun of the event.

This is just a short little piece of information about our auction. Over the month of October I will share a little history from our past auctions and a little bit about how it all began. Be sure to check back often to find out a little more about the history of our talent auction.

Remember to share with your friends and invite them to come to our Talent Auction  The auction is on Monday October 13 and it starts at 7 pm. Be sure to check our Facebook page for more details on where the auction is being held this year.

NEW MEMBER SPOTLIGHT...Icy Parker

I would like to take a few minutes and introduce you to one of our new members, she has been around us for a while  now and you might recognize her. Her name is Icy Parker.

 She has been coming and helping at many of our meetings over the last few years, and  helped at the fall conference last year as well as at the Dare chili supper over the past few years.

Icy  has an amazing personality, she is so much fun to be around she definitely keeps me young. Icy was introduced to the woman's club by me (Sherry Parker) I asked her to come to the meetings with me she knows almost all of you ladies in one way or another. She actively volunteers in our community when she can.  She is an avid rock climber and hiker she loves being outdoors, and just hanging out with her dog, Bug. She loves writing music and short stories in her spare time. She is an avid photographer and she has an amazing Instagram profile.



Icy is planning on joining the International Outreach Committee and the Community Improvement Project. She works as an IT professional and will be working with our Media team behind the scenes to help with our blog.

 



Icy is on Facebook as Icey Parker , and she is on google+  as Icy Parker and on Instagram as captain frostie Try to send her a friend request and take a look at her instagram her pictures are amazing.

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT... LINDA RAYHILL

I would like to introduce you to Linda Rayhill.

She was introduced to the Woman's Club by her cousin and she already knew several  other women in the club already. Linda lives in Shepherdsville she retired in 2010 from OVEC Head Start as a Family Advocate.

 She is very active in her community she currently serves as the CASA Board of Directors Secretary. She has served on the Bullitt County Chamber of Commerce KidsFest Planning Committee for the past 10 years. Linda is very active in her Church Little Flock Baptist, She is Co-Director of the Prayer Ministry, she is in the Choir, is part of the Personal Team and Growth Groups and Sunday School.

Linda is a very active member in The Woman's Club. She has helped with the DARE Chili Supper for the last 10 years. She also helps with Shop and Share, collecting items at Kroger,  for the Center for Women and Children for the last 5 years. She has helped on many fundraisers for CASA over the years.

Linda is married to Danny Rayhill, they have been married for 46  years. They have 2 children Clint and Shaun they are blessed with 3 grandchildren and a little girl  due in November.

Linda joined the Woman's Club 22 years ago to get acquainted with women of the community and to be a part of  the wonderful things our club was doing in the community. She has been the Education Chair for 2 years, she was also Membership Chair for 2 years and she will be returning to Membership Chair in 2015. Linda is also serving on the Style Show Committee.

Linda's favorite things to do are to have her children and grandchildren over for a meal and playing with her grandchildren. She enjoys reading and gardening and she loves it when it snows.

Linda is on Facebook as Linda Rayhill and she is also on google + make sure to take a few minutes and  add Linda as a friend.