November Meeting

I hope all of you are safe and well and dry. We are OK here...just a whole bunch of limbs down. But we are already cleaned up and awaiting pickup. Our next meeting should prove to be an interesting one. Our new super of schools will be here to entertain us. I wonder what she will tell us. Remember Team 2 will be providing the refreshments. Please remember to get to the hall early as we have to help set up. And then please stay after so we can get cleaned up. We may not be in the same place as before. I guess we will find out when we get there.

Our First Meeting

What a great meeting it must have been. I am sorry I missed this first one. Here are the notes sent to me by Sandy. Thanks, Sandy.
Association Business:
 We have 48 paid members with 30 in attendance. That is pretty good. Maleeta, our membership chair, provided floral arrangement for each table which were used as door prizes. Judy Jordan won the $50 gas card. Congrats!





Several of our members need our thoughts and prayers: Rebecca Jones has had gall bladder surgery. Theresa Johnson's daughter is in Atlanta fighting leukemia. Shirley Bledsoe is facing more surgeries. Paige Rumph fell and broke her pelvis. Ouch!! So drop them a card or a little note and add them to your prayers.
Volunteers are needed at Roper Hospital and Hospice of Charleston. Can we each set aside a little time to help out?
The treasurer gave a report and we look to be in fairly good shape. But we need more donations for a scholarship fund.

We now have teams instead of clusters. Oh well...different name but similar duties. Each new team will provide refreshments for one meeting. Each team will also be asked to show up a little early to help set up and stay after to clean up. Here is the schedule of dates and teams:

Team 1: September 20...done!
Team 2: November 17
Team 3: January 17
Team 4: April 18
Sounds like a plan to me.

Community events:
1.  Grace United Methodist Church is sponsoring a Senior Help Day in West Ashley on October 25 from 9:30 to 1:30. Lunch is included. Sounds like this will be interesting.
2. The North Charleston Methodist Church is holding their Fall Bazaar on November 11 and 12.  There will be loads of fun.

At the conclusion of the business part our guest speaker was introduced. Margie Willis Clary spoke to the members about her career of writing and storytelling.  She began constructing poems when she was in the third grade. This was a valentine to a boy she knew. She continued to write poems and later in life began writing stories. She taught first grade for 19 years. I imagine she had quite a few good stories from her students. She has served as an adjunct prof at the Citadel and CSU and later served as an "Artist in Residence" at different schools. Mrs. Clary has written several books with settings in the lowcountry: Sweet, Sweet Basket, Searching for Lights, and The Gullah Alphabet. She is currently working on her first novel set during the Civil War on a plantation on Johns' Island which will revolve around a coming home story following the war. Should be interesting.

Hope to see you all at our November meeting when Dr. Postelwait, CCSD super, will be our guest.

Tuesday, September 20, 2016, First Meeting

Our first meeting will take place on Tuesday, September 20. Our business meeting will begin at 11:00.The guest speaker is Margie Willis Clary. Mrs. Clary is a retired educator, author and Storyteller. We will partake of  a wonderful luncheon provided by Team 1. Yes, I said Team 1. Clusters are no longer part of our plan. So you get to select which team you want to join.  A gas card will be awarded among other door prizes. So be sure to get you membership forms into Judy quickly.
The programs for this year look quite interesting.  I mean we have the mayor of Charleston and the Super of CCSD schools. Should be exciting and very informative. Thanks Maleeta for a great program brochure!I am attaching a copy of the brochure.

Brochure Page 1

Brochure Page 2

Almost September

I hope you all are doing well in these "dog days of summer." It sure has been a sweltering one. But it is a tad cooler today. We like to be able to sit on our back screened porch and sip coffee and listen to the never-ending drone of traffic down Savannah Highway. I cannot tell you what our programs will be this year. The flyer has not been finalized. Hopefully it will be out soon. I am looking forward to our meetings this year. See you soon in September.

It is August!

The first day of school has come and gone. I know we are all so happy to be where we are instead of in a classroom. We have moved on to new phases of life. That is a good thing. I think we all need to say a prayer that our children and teachers have a safe and productive year. Hope you all will be at our first meeting. 

Is it hot enough for you?

Wow! the heat wave continues. Maybe there will a rain event this afternoon. It may help or make the heat  and humidity worse. I hope you all read the Sunday paper. There was a wonderful article by Warren Pepper about our member, Madeleine Shuler. I did not know she once was a cover girl for The Citadel. Here is the link for the article in case you missed it or do not get the paper. Just click below.

About Madeleine Shuler

July Heat

Wow! It sure is hot. Hope you all are staying cool. We are looking forward to another year of meetings, fellowship, and food. Just remember to encourage your friends and colleagues to join our group. We are also excited about our program. We are sure our new executive board has developed great, informative speakers and programs. September is right around the corner!