Phoenix
August 2006
Building
Our Future Together
Hello
All,
August
had an auspicious beginning. Stephanie Brown and I attended National Night Out on August 1st. It was HOT! August
2nd was the NJWT Assembly at Panera Bread attended by Stephanie Brown, Wendy and Jessica Campbell, Diana Fraundorfer,
Carol Kezel, Diane Stanaway, Vickie Vitale, me, and by special phone attendance - Libby Stelevich! Saturday the 5th
was a fun night at the AM VETS. Denise Katsoupas, Diana and Steve Fraundorfer, Vickie Vitale and Phil Campagna and Gary and
I attended the Cruize/Sock Hop/Gift Auction. We gals all won prizes. So did Gary.
(Some items will be re-raffled at our own Harvest of Gifts!)
Sunday August 13 we’ll need some members to pick up food from Saint
Aloysius Church after the 5 PM Mass (so around 5:45 PM).
Saturday
August 14 is the GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING. There will be a FREE RAFFLE drawing at
7:30 PM, so get there early to get a ticket. The WestLake Women’s Club will have a speaker to tell us about the October
8 Breast Cancer Walk. They will have registration forms, too. The by-laws vote will be held around 8:30 to try to ensure we
have as many members present as possible. Awards will be presented and refreshments will be provided. We’ll be bringing
in “Catastrophic Member Fund” and “Cookbook” project. Carol Lawrence will talk about Soldier Care
Packages. We’ll be voting on Mayor’s Cup Golf Tournament donation and Mother’s Fair funds. Be there!
Handbook
Update Meeting will be on August 18 at the Food Pantry starting around 6:00.
Food
Pantry Stocking will be on August 22 and Distribution on Thursday August 24. JWT
Board Meeting will be held at Giancarlo’s Pizza at 7 PM on Monday August 28.
Happy
News-
Gail
Carlson’s surgery went well! The chapter’s tax return and charitable registration have been sent. Katrina Sauers
is working on the chapter’s website! Women of Today Week proclamation request has been sent to the Township.
Women
of Today Week is scheduled for September 24 – September 30, 2006. The Board will meet Sept. 25 (location TBD.) The Township
Council Meeting is on Tuesday September 26 (same as FP Stocking Day.) That’s when the Council would be presenting the
Proclamation to the chapter, so please plan to attend. FP Distribution is September 28 and the WT WEEK CELEBRATION is Saturday Sept. 30 at the VFW on Magnolia Rd.
in Jackson. All members and a guest are invited to celebrate
and be recognized. I will have a sign up sheet at the August and September meetings for RSVP’s. We will also be recognizing
community members who have helped our organization. Please share ideas with me on how we can make this day FABULOUS.
Thanks
to all who work to make this chapter as successful and highly regarded as it is.
Kathy Mueller, President
2006-07
New Jersey Women Of Today
On August 2, 2006,
the New Jersey Women of Today held their State Assembly at Panera Bread in Howell. On the agenda was the election of
officers for the 2006-2007 year. Carol Kezel was elected President, Victoria Vitale - Executive Vice President,
Diana Fraundorfer - Treasurer and Diane Stanaway - Corresponding/Recording Secretary. Carol Kezel was sworn in
via Katy, Texas by past President, Elizabeth "Libbita" Stelevich. Elizabeth
will serve as Chairman of the Board. Carol swore in her new board during the meeting. Thank you to the members who
attended. Please watch the calendar for our next meeting and make plans to join us for an interesting evening with
the girls.
Respectfully,
Diane Stanaway
August Sunshine
Happy birthday
to the following members:
Susan
Ciamarra 8/11
Ramona
Mahan 8/16
Yvonne
Thomas 8/17
The
following members and their husbands are
Celebrating
August with and anniversary:
Gail
and David Carlson 8/9
Cheryl
and Mike Dileo
8/25
Mary
and Richard Kufta 8/3
Paula
and John Schiro 8/8
Yvonne
and Lamar Thomas 8/20
Have
a safe and cool month of August to all!!
Submitted
by: Lauris Guddahl
Harvest of Gifts 2006!
Gift Auction Update
October 29th
– Woodlake Country Club
With
only about 12 weeks to go, we are up and running! Our solicitation committee
is ready to solicate (but could use a little help if anyone has some time that they can spare – even a morning or two!),
the shopping continues, and have also contacted a number of past contributors to secure donations, as well as contacted some
new ones, and have secured promises on other wonderful donations!
Tickets
will be available at the General Meeting. Tickets are $34, but members can purchase
one ticket at the cost of the luncheon, which is $24. Please make checks payable
to JWOT. If you cannot make the meetings, you can send the checks directly to
me, and I will mail you your tickets.
Sign
up sheets will be passed around during the July meetings, and all meetings leading up to the big day. Remember, if you can give just and hour or so of your time it would help a lot. Last year the auction was terrific, with so many members helping out the day of the auction, and that is
why it was such a success! Please keep in mind that no one worked during the
actual lunch service, so you can spend the time enjoying lunch with your friends!
Christine and Diana
Carol Kezel’s Fruit Pizza
Prep
Time – 25 min.
Total
time - 2 hrs. 25 min.
Makes
12 servings, I wedge each
Ingredients
1 pkg.
(20oz.) refrigerated sliceable sugar cookies
1 pkg
(8oz) Philadelphia Cream Cheese – softened (soften cream cheese by completely unwrapping cream cheese and placing on
a microwave safe plate…Microwave on high for 10-15 seconds)
¼ cup
sugar
½ tsp.
vanilla
Assorted
fruit such as sliced kiwi, strawberries, blueberries, bananas, drained canned mandarin orange segments…..
¼ cup
Apricot Preserves (pressed thru a sieve to remove lumps)
1 Tbsp
water
Preheat
oven to 375.
Line
a 12 inch pizza pan with foil
Spray
foil with cooking spray
Slice
cookie dough into 1/8 inch slices and place on foil overlapping pieces slightly and pressing edges to seal to form a crust
Bake
for 12-14 minutes until golden brown, remove from oven to cool.
Invert
onto a serving plate and carefully remove foil
Invert
again onto serving plate or tray so crust is right side up (I invert it back onto the pizza plate and serve it on there as
it makes it easier to transport and cut into wedges)
Beat
Cream Cheese, sugar and vanilla with an electric mixture on medium speed until well blended….spread over cookie crust
Arrange
fruit over Cream Cheese layer starting in the middle and forming decorative circles of fruit
Mix
Apricot Preserves and water and spread over fruit ( I use a pastry brush)
Refrigerate
for at least 2 hours
Cut
into wedges before serving
To see
what it should look like go to: www.kraftfoods.com…go to Recipe Search and type in Fruit Pizza, several will come up…this
one is called Philadelphia Fruit Pizza. On the bottom of the page you can click on comments and read about other ingredients
and tips for this recipe.
We have
used it in our family for years and it is especially nice for a summer BBQ, bridal or baby shower!!! You can use just strawberries
and blueberries for a patriotic theme. I even had it one year in place of a Birthday
Cake!!!
Hope you all try
it and enjoy it!!
Carol
Kezel
EDITOR’S NOTE
Please
submit any reports, changes or suggestions to the editor at least one week prior to the General Meeting.
Christine Sheridan
