“Nothing is ever too much to do for a child.” – Mary Virginia Merrick

February 2 0 1 8 N e w s l e t t e r

Message from the Desk of President, Donna Perrine: "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget OFFICERS what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." Maya Angelou President What an exciting time for our Western Reserve Chapter! New year and Donna Perrine Vice-President a beautiful new location for our Clothing Cottage. Our new address is Dee Cann 9354 Mentor Ave #7, Mentor 44060. Our "soft opening" date is Secretary Tuesday January 23rd. Our hours of operation will continue to be Mary Baltus asdf Tuesday through Saturday 9:30 AM till 4:30 PM. We are CLOSED on Treasurer Ruthie Jackson Sundays & Mondays. The Cottage TEAM will be planning a "Grand Opening" in a few weeks when the weather is a little nicer for our UPCOMING EVENTS customers and members, so stay tuned for the "Grand Opening"

announcement. A very special "thank you" to Cindy Namestnik, her General Meeting Cottage TEAM and all the members & friends who have helped through Tue., Feb. 6th, 9:30am St. John Vianney’s this transition. There have been many hours planning, packing, unpacking, moving, organizing, etc. to accomplish our move

Board Meeting If you have not had the opportunity to visit the new location, please Tuesday, Feb. 20th, 9:30am. plan to stop by and check it out. I hope many members will be able to St. rd be there on Tuesday, January 23 , at 9:30 AM when we officially open our doors for business. Our customers have missed us! Calendar Girls Sharon O'Flaherty and the Red Wagon Committee is in full gear. The Feb.: Carol Clark Red Wagon Invitation Committee completely assembled the 700 invitations for our event and will be handing them out at the General Meeting . If you are not able to attend the General Meeting, please ask someone to pick up your invitation for you. The Jackie Kozich and her Membership Committee has also been extre mely busy finalizing all the important information that is contained in our blue books. Your inserts will be ready and distributed at the General Meeting. Many other Committees are also planning their first meetings for this new year. If you signed up to serve on a Committee, you will be contacted soon. Please think about getting involved in our Daisy Golf Classic as a Chair and a Co-Chair to make this event happen. WE REALLYMEMBER NEED YOU!COMMITTEE – Jackie Kozich Thank you to everyone for everything that you do to make our Chapter SHIP the SUCCESS that it has always been.

Donna Perrine

President

HURRAH!! Blue book inserts will be available at the February meeting and at the Cottage after Memorials — Sue Marconi the meeting. We encourage members to pick up November-January Memorials inserts for other members that may not be able Memorial:Given By______to make the February meeting. We request that Alice Mrzena: Ruthie Jackson, Kay Leonard, the you write your name and the name of the Mary Cox, Mary Blankschaen, Barb Garner, absentee member on the sheet provided. Joyce Toth Bernita Wiegand: Kay Leonard, Nora McGreal, Barb Garner The Cottage of the Society: Bob Blankschaen: Anthony & Susanne Dengel, Cindy Namestnik Lucia Braca, Dolly Giroux, Carol Morgan, Connie The Clothing Cottage is reopening in its new Contenza, Dolly Nasca, Thomas & Susan Bean, location in the Pastina Rustica shopping Edmond & Bernardine Delre, Linda Lee Brown, strip across from Mentor Walmart at 9354 Tracy & Scott Smalley, Robert & Clara Kunc, Mentor Avenue on Tuesday, January 23rd. The Ryan & Natalie Lexa, Jamie & Ray Banary, Mary new store will offer slightly different clothing Daresh, Kay Redmond, Jerry Jolliffe, Mary options so stop by and check it out. Store hours Baltus, Kay Leonard, Ruthie Jackson, Nick & are Tues-Sat 9:30 – 4:30. Watch FB and the Donna Gutekunst, Judy & Bill Luff, Kay Rich, Ralph & Kathleen Day, Susan Rimes, Phyllis CCWR website for the date of the Grand Yurkovich, Diane Pauley, Mary Cox, Kathy Reopening. More details at the Feb. meeting. Sheridan, Ed & Ellen Muzic, Betsy Ehinger,

Frank & Loretta Steinfurth, Mr. & Mrs. Larry CLOTHING COMMITTEE – Susan McGuinness Talley, Janet Barry, Kramer Printing Co., Janet Clothing Committee Update & Francis Rozzo, Jack & Sheila Walker, Charles Ø Anyone or any organization (including & Judy Weber, Debbie Juker, Barb Garner, churches) recognizing that a child is in need of Irene Hinkel, Carole Petsche, Gloria & Roger clothing can make a referral. Zelasko, Eleanor Wardeiner, Terri Lange, Kim Ø Referral sources should contact Susan Caito, Arline Wolfe, Tom & Reenie DeMay, McGuinness (440-725-0095) or the Cottage Cecelia & John Nameth, Joyce Toth, Judy (440-350-9836) if she is not available. Sustar, Shirley Logar, Janice Cimaglio, Patricia Ø Vouchers will no longer be used. Amount spent Kelly, Val & Keith Curtis, Davinee Haluska, Dee on clothing will depend on need. Less may be Cann, Jack & Bonnie Semenik, Mark & Chelley needed for infant sleepers & more for a 16 year Bond, Mary Ellen Graehling, Neil & Marge old’s coat & boots. Trefzger, Sandra Peterman, Gail Kincaid, Larry Ø We will continue shopping at Walmart for Middleton, Grace Miller, Patrick & Belva Reilly children. Charles Bonelli: Ruthie Jackson, Kay Leonard, Ø We will take adults with “emergent’ need to Katherine Rich, Carol Morgan the Cottage. Referrals for adults will be made to Elaine Espie: Kay Leonard, Ruthie Jackson, agencies that provide free adult clothing. Lucia Braca Ø We will continue to keep statistics & monitor Inez Donofrio: Kay Leonard, Davinee Haluska, our budget closely. Nora McGreal, Tom & Reenie DeMay, Joyce Please contact Susan McGuinness with questions Toth, Leo Boylan, Kay Rich, Neil & Margorie or if interested in joining our team, Karen Trefzger, Janet Barry, Phyllis Yurkovich, Janet Munson & Betty Walsh, in providing clothing for Ugrinic, Ruthie Jackson, Janet Seitz, Jerry & Lake County children in need. Irene Hinkel, Kathy Sheridan, Debbie Juker, (Memorials continued) January 22 at 10:00 am in our new office in the Ellen & Mark Gorjanc, Dolly Giroux, Mary Cox, Pastina Building. The Mary Blankschaen, Betsy Ehinger, Bob & Sandy Invitations Committee has been hard at work Sanderson, MCC Italian Club, Shirley Logar, since before the holidays. The invitations are Barb Garner ready to be distributed to members at the Jeff Weber: Ruthie Jackson, Kay Leonard, February Meeting, and mailed to other guests. Carol Morgan, Mary Blankschaen, Dolly Giroux, Great work Donna Valtman, Peggy Walker, and Davinee Haluska, Mary Cox your team! Lee Wajahn: Sandra & Stephen Rich, Katherine The Red Wagon is our Chapter’s biggest Rich fundraiser, and this year, more than ever, we Leona Wajahn: Teresa Burwell, Euclid Vererans need the support of all our members to ensure Auxiliary, Brenda Myers, Judy Malysa, Robert its success. Proceeds from the Red Wagon & Barbara Kerscher, Walthall LLP, Janet Seitz, enable us to continue to fund all our projects & Margaret Anselmo, Kathleen Sims, for the disadvantaged children in our Kim Yolanda Von Lehmden, Mark & Ellen community. How can you Gorjanc, Jay & Jane Fairfield, Patricia & help? Volunteer to help with one of the Timothy Jolly, Amy York & Christopher Aurand, Committees, if you have not already. Join Tim & Sally McNew, Robert & Ann Weisgarber, together with Betsy & Richard Slovsky, Carol Morgan friends or your class to create a basket or two Marian Clinger: Joe & Flo Dietrich, Carol for the Chinese Raffle. Seek donations from Morgan businesses you frequent or might be acquainted Phil Sheridan: Carol Morgan with, for the raffle baskets and the Silent Richard Wardeiner: Carol Morgan Auction. Timothy Donovan: Tom & Reenie DeMay Also, If any of our members have access to or Tom Kerr: Julie, Jerry & Jeff Moss, Tom & a connection to a storage unit or space that we Reenie DeMay could use for about 6 weeks for the building William Minger: Ruthie Jackson and storing of the Chinese Auction Baskets this year, please contact Sharon or Susan. Red Wagon – Sharon O’Flaherty Please give some thought to how you can Red Wagon 2018 contribute this year. And invite your friends The Christ Child Society of the Western and Reserve is gearing up to celebrate its 34th family to join us at the Luncheon- it’s going to Annual Red Wagon Luncheon Fundraiser on be a great day! April 25th at the American Croatian Lodge in Eastlake. We are delighted to welcome 8-time Eye Screening – Kay Redmond Emmy Award-winner Romona Robinson, Author Eye Screening—Sign-up sheets will be at the and Cleveland 19 News Anchor, as our guest February Meeting. Following are the scheduled speaker. Romona will also be signing copies of screening: her inspirational book, A Dirt Road to Monday March 12 10:00-12:30 Little Light Somewhere. Learning Center I--Wlby Hills (3) This year’s Red Wagon Chairs, Sharon Tuesday March 13 10:00-12:30 Little Light O’Flaherty and Susan McGuinness, will be Learning Center II--Wlby HIlls (3) discussing this year’s events at the February Tuesday March 20 9:00-12 Little Scholars General Meeting. The first meeting of the III--Mentor (4) Committee Chairs will be held on Monday, Wednesday April 4 9:00-12 Willoughby (Eye Screening continued) individually by the committee members are not Montessori Wlby (7) counted in this total. Also, the general Tuesday April 11 9:00-12 Miss Kimberly's membership hours are not included. Eastlake (3) Members donated an extra $ 698.00 Marge Trefzger is out of town Outside donations were $ 290.00 Call Kay Redmond ( 571-4344 ) to sign up Budget from Christ Child was $4,000.00 before meeting Our Total Budget was $4,988.00

Make A Difference Day – Connie Furmanek · 95 out of a possible 154 active Make a Difference Day 10/25/17, a members took part in the gift giving, either by combination Trunk or Treat and book drive was purchasing gifts designated on wish envelopes held. The theme for 2017 was Literacy. Kids or donating money. Many of these members had fun and we collected close to 300 new and took more than one envelope. (about 61% of gently used books. Outside donations accounted active membership took part) for many of them. These books were · 10 Sustainer Members took part. distributed to school reading programs, WIC · 6 Provisionals took part. waiting rooms, a church library, and all Lake County Y’s for use in their after-school Approximately 225 gifts and 200 programs. We thank everyone for $25.00 gifts cards were purchased We participating. purchased. (Each family received $100.00 in food/gas certificates. Most of the other 2018 Budget- Marianne Gorgone certificates were requested by children. Some Click here to view budget $10.00 Chick-fil-a certificates were added to gifts that did not seem like they met the Christmas Giving Report – Kay Redmond $25.00 limit.) Kay Redmond and Dolly Giroux—co-chairs 28 families--(11 parishes had (2) The committee did a fantastic . Also families)(2 parishes had (3) families)-(1 family hats off to all the members who contributed to from Clothing Committee)-and (Caley Home, I making some families Christmases a little think 13 children.) brighter. Much of the work that we do comes We had $250. left from our budget and at a busy time. We rely on many people to do food gift cards were brought and given to the task that they tell us they will do. Many of Willoughby, St. Mary’s you spent a lot of time selecting gifts. God Painesville and St. Justin. bless you all. Complete Financial report is available with The wrapping was done at the storage full Christmas Report unit that John Hetzer so generously allowed us to use. Hopefully next year (2018) we will be Remember to visit our Facebook pages and able to find another space large enough for us “Like” and “Share” to get our message to to do wrapping. Ideas are welcome. Does our supporters! anyone have any storage units available for a Do the same for NCCS, too! short time at no cost???? The committee as a whole spent approximately 150 hours working on organizing, shopping for extras i.e. batteries etc., transporting and wrapping. Any hours spent