SRWC January 2020 Newsletter

    Happy New Year! It is a new year and a new decade, which I find hard to believe. What happened to 2010 when Phil and I moved to Sunriver? The SRWC finished 2019 with great flair! Kathy Garofalo-Nakae and her team did an amazing job on the Winter Gala by creating a beautiful Enchanted Forest and a very successful fundraiser for the SRWC. Thank you to Kathy and her team!

   A new decade does not slow the SRWC down. Soft Soles has a New Year’s Day hike on the Sunriver pathways. “Winter Wear for Kids” is continuing to collect donations. You can drop off your donations at Cascade Sotheby’s in the Village, First Interstate Bank or bring them to our monthly luncheon on January 21 at River Meadows. How easy is that? The Philanthropy Committee is very busy as “grant request season” has started. For the second year in a row, we have $50,000 to grant to non-profits in south Deschutes County. I find that exciting!

   Have you seen our new website? It is updated, informative and has a “members only” section where you can look up other member’s information…think of the information the directory contains. Kudos to Laura Dickinson for making this change. It took a lot of work on Laura’s part to make this switch. Thank you also to Leslie Fuhrman, Lorna Nolte, Cindy McCabe and Laurel Brennan for their input and work on the website.

   The location for our January and February luncheons has changed due to a kitchen remodel at Crosswater. We will be going to River Meadows Club House. Complete directions will be available for those attending.

   Lunch with Friends will be Wednesday, February 5, at 11:30 am at the SHARC. This is a casual way to have lunch with other SRWC members. Bring a sandwich, yogurt or whatever you eat for lunch and come join us. At the last Lunch with Friends, I stopped and got a personal pizza at Blondies.

   As always, keep reading for further details on all our events and fundraising opportunities. Thank you for “Steppin’ Up for Friends, Fun and Philanthropy”!!! --

Nancy Fischer

All members are invited to the January 14, 2020 board meeting at 1:30 pm at the SHARC. Please advise Nancy Fischer that you will be attending. 

Please welcome the following new members: Beth Lynn Lindstrom, Marie Stites, Karlynn Akins, Cindy Grossman, Andrea Peterson and Cinda Wise.

Start the new year off right!  Pick up your SRWC Directory.  If you ordered a 2019-2020 Directory and have not yet picked it up, they will be at the January luncheon.  If you cannot make the luncheon, please call me 610-349-0687 or email me srwcmembership@gmail.com to make arrangements for pick up. are invited to the January 14, 2020 board meeting at 1:30 pm at the SHARC. Please advise Nancy Fischer that you will be attending. 

Date: January 21st

Time: 11:30 a.m

Location: River Meadows Club House, 55719 Lost Rider Loop, in the River Meadows subdivision.

Speaker: M Lauren Olander from Ronald McDonald House

Caterer: Marcello's Restaurant

Menu:

• Homemade bread

• Mixed green salad dressed up with veggies... two types of homemade dressings.

• Portabello Raviolo with sautéed spinach and a homemade marinara (everyone loves these but this gives a vegetarian and dairy free option)

• Chicken Marsala (gives a gluten free option)

• Cookies for dessert

Reservations open January 1, 2020. Please RSVP by Thursday, January 16 at 5:00 p.m.
Don’t delay, the luncheons have been selling out early.

NOTE: Options to reserve your place and choose your lunch are :

1. Reservation emailed to srwcprograms@gmail.com, with payment by CHECK or CASH at the door.

2. Reservation AND PAYMENT online with a credit card – additional $1 processing fee. https://sunriverwomensclub.com/event-3617002

The SRWC Annual Grant Application period is open January 2, 2020 and due January 24, 2020.

Power of 100 RFPs are due January 19th.  

More information on both can be found on the SRWC website under Philanthropy.

The Winter Wear drive is going strong.  The kids of south county are benefiting from the items donated.  Just after Thanksgiving waterproof gloves, boots and sweatpants were taken to Rosland Elementary School.  The message received from the school was there is a "dire" need for those items. Another delivery of over 25 coats was delivered before the Christmas break.  

The Coats for Kids donations are accepted all winter, items can be delivered to Cascade Sotheby's Realty (bldg 5, SR Village) or First Interstate Bank in Sunriver.  At the time of this writing the items in need are waterproof gloves/mittens and boots in elementary and middle school sizes.  

If you have any questions please contact Kelly Winch, 541-390-3098.

IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO GET YOUR ORDER PLACED FOR SPRING INSTALLATION !

Looking for the perfect Valentine’s Day gift or to memorialize a special life in Sunriver? The Sunriver Women’s Club is once again selling two sizes of laser engraved bricks that will be permanently displayed as part of the walkway surrounding the amphitheater bowl at the SHARC.    

Bricks run from $75 to $500 depending on size and custom logos.  And we are now offering mini replica bricks to keep at home! 

Net proceeds from the sale of legacy bricks supports the Sunriver Women’s Club annual philanthropy grant program focused on providing basic services in south Deschutes County. 

Place your orders at https://www.fundraisingbrick.com/online-orders/sunriver/ or email us at srwcbricks@gmail.com.

If your birthday is in January, watch for your no-host lunch invitation from Carolyn Spaniol for January 10. RSVP to carolyn.spaniol@gmail.com.

If you are logged in to the new website you will be able to see member only details about this event in the Calendar.

The Winter Gala has come and gone and truly was an Enchanted Evening.  The tremendous success of this event was made possible through Sponsorship (a huge thank you to Platinum Sponsors, John and Bonnie Rosen and Gold Sponsors Lava Island Builders and Sue Carletti-Johnson), donations received from so many community businesses, by those individuals who donated their time and their personal items, and by my amazing Committee members Ann Juttelstad, Cindie Tegner and Marilyn Peery.  Lastly, the success was due to the incredible generosity from those attending the Gala by purchasing raffle tickets and bidding on live and silent auction items.  

THANK YOU to everyone involved in this success from the bottom of my heart. 

Kathy Garofalo

Somebody needs to do the snow dance!  We'll let you know when we have an event planned.  Make sure you on the list by logging into the new website and checking your profile.

Happy New Year Dinner Club Members:

It is time to continue with our second event which is an Italian themed dinner for Jan/Feb.

Please contact us if you are going to participate and when we gather the names, we will seek hosts. If you want to volunteer as a host now, please do so. To date, we have 53 members.

Let the sauce begin,

Barbara and Richard, co-chairs

Join a fun group of women for a night out - concerts, theater, dinners and more.  Email srwcloosecannons@gmail.com and request to be added to their list to receive announcements.

There are now six book clubs sponsored by the SRWC. Currently, there is a wait list for an additional group. Gloria Rasmussen and Susan Huseonica, organizers. 

If you use Amazon for any of your on-line shopping, please consider using Amazon Smile and select the Sunriver Women’s Club: https://smile.amazon.com/ch/51-0186089

• Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of your eligible Amazon Smile purchases to the charitable organization of your choice.
• Amazon Smile is the same Amazon you know. Same products, same prices, same service.

This also works with Amazon Prime.