January 2018 Monthly Newsletter of the Marlton Woman’s Club Page 10

President Lisa Levin

Vice President Irene Hartman

Corresp. Secretary Donna Gatti

Recording Secretary Genni Fardella

(Board Meetings)

Recording Secretary Sue Gaskill

(General Meetings)

Treasurer Meryl Schindler

Next Board Meeting: February 13, 2018

Genni Fardella’s Home ~ 5:00 pm NEW: Followed by the Cookie Pack

Write it on your

heart that every

day is the best day

in the year.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

2017-18 Committee Chairwomen

Advocates for Children Lois Szwajkowski &

Grace Coghlan

Arts Creative Debbie Price

Communications Jan Martin

Conservation Roberta Calabria &

Charlotte Muoio

Contact Michele Drzymala

Domestic Violence Donna Gatti

Awareness

Education Mary Allbee

Fundraising Sandy Meltz

Home Life Arlene Prusienski

& Sue Price

Hospitality Terry Zito

International Outreach Beata Ciszkiewicz &

Sharon Ronchetti-

Kavet

Legislation / Resolutions Pat Fusco

Membership Sandy Meltz

Prevent Child Abuse NJ Michele Drzymala

& Irene Hartman

Photographer Barbara Greco

Programs Michele Drzymala

Public Issues Sharon Yesner

Social Barbara Greco

Sunshine Sue Price

Women’s History Sandy Ellis

Who We Are

GFWC Marlton Woman’s

Club is a proud member of

the General Federation of

Women’s Clubs (GFWC)

and the New Jersey State

Federation of Women’s

Clubs (NJSFWC).

Our Mission

The mission of the Marlton

Woman’s Club is to en-

hance the quality of life

within our respective com-

munities and state by trans-

forming public interests and

concerns into meaningful

projects and programs; to

afford our members oppor-

tunities for the develop-

ment of individual skills,

talents and abilities; and to

serve as a volunteer re-

source in New Jersey com-

munities.

Purpose

The purpose of this club,

which is non-political and non-

sectarian, shall be to advance

the welfare of the Community

and to promote the progress

and work of the General Fed-

eration of Women's Clubs

through the education, civic

and charitable interests of its

members.

Upcoming Club Meetings

January 22, 2018

February 26, 2018

March 26, 2018

April 23, 2018

May 21, 2018 (3rd Monday)

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FROM THE PRESIDENT’S PEN “The World is HUGGED ~ by the Arms of Volunteers”

Hi Ladies,

Happy New Year! We have so many exciting things planned for year 2018!

We had quite a few members volunteer at The Cathedral Kitchen to serve lunch! Thanks to June Adair, Irene Hartman, Sandy Meltz, Sue Price, Lois Szwajkowski, Holly Zeitz and one of our new mem-bers Liza Gross. My daughter Vanessa Fiore also helped with the serving of lunches. It was a very humbling day, giving back to oth-ers in need and counting our blessings at the same time. (see page 8)

I received information from NJSFWC about the three choices of the next NJSFWC Special State Project for the next two years. I will present these at our meeting and we will vote as a club for our choice. This will be done at all NJSFWC clubs throughout the state of New Jer-sey. The majority will rule and be chosen.

Please save the date for our annual shopping event at Aenigma in Collingswood. The date is Thursday, March 15th from 6-9 pm. This is an Open House. Owner Lynda Kane donates 20% of the total sales back to the Marlton Woman’s Club! We, in turn, use this money to pur-chase jewelry or accessories from Aenigma to raffle off at our Spring Bingo in April. Lynda generously provides refreshments that evening, so no need to go home to eat. This is always such a fun shopping event! Please see attachment with complete details.

You can’t live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you! - John Wooden

~ Lisa LisaLevin445@gmail.com

January 2018 www.marltonwomansclub.com Garden District

PATCHWORK

“Trust in the day ~ Believe in the future”

Jean L. Revis, NJSFWC President

Sunday Worship

8:00 am (Fellowship Hall) 8:30 am (Sanctuary)

11:00 am (Sanctuary) 11:00 am New Creation

(Commons)

Sunday School for all ages

9:30 am

9:30 am

“The Patchwork” is published

monthly by the Marlton Wom-

an’s Club. For questions please

contact:

Editor Jan Martin

fromjan2@gmail.com

630-750-7622 cell/text

Club Meetings We meet on the fourth

Monday of the month

September-May (no

meeting in December).

Time

6:30 pm: Refreshments

7:00 pm: General Meeting

Place

The Gibson House

535 E. Main Street

Marlton, New Jersey

NEXT MEETING

Monday, January 22, 2018

Come visit us!

(see back page for calendar)

MARLTON

WOMAN’S CLUB P.O. Box 84

Marlton, NJ 08053

President: Lisa Levin LisaLevin445@gmail.com

REMINDERS FOR JANUARY MEETING:

Refreshments 6:30 pm

Invite neighbors, friends, greet our guests

Bring food donations for Cherokee Food Pantry

Collecting for Voorhees Animal Orphanage

Happy New Year, friends!

NEXT MEETING

January 22, 2018

Gibson House

6:30 pm Refreshments

7:00 pm Meeting

ALL ARE WELCOME!

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Recording Secretaries Sue Gaskill (Club Meetings)

Gaskill_susan@yahoo.com (856) 985-1985

Genni Fardella (Board Meetings)

GFardella@aol.com (856) 983-4624

Meeting minutes are sent to each member via email. Please review and contact us with any errors or omis-sions. Thank you!

ANNUAL SPELLING BEE

Thursday, January 25

Van Zant School

270 Conestoga Drive, Marlton

6:00 pm students register; 7:00 pm Start

Thank you to all the members that

signed up at our meeting (please see

page 5). Please let me know if you

want to come too! We can always use

the help.

June Adair

Corresponding Secretary The Marlton Woman’s Club received a Thank You from the FREE THE GIRLS organization for our donation of new and gen-tly used bras that will “directly help a survivor as she begins to rebuild a life for herself and her family”. We also received a Thank You letter from Bren-da Hallahan, CEO of Kids Alley, who spoke at our November general meeting. She ex-pressed gratitude for allowing her to introduce our club to their community outreach organiza-tion and for our $50 donation.

Contact: Donna Gatti zeets1@comcast.net ~ (856) 596-6799

Treasurer

Please contact Meryl Schindler for Marlton Woman’s Club checks, payments, donations or financial account updates for the club. Contact: Meryl Schindler jjams@comcast.net ~ 856-797-8670 cell

Vice President Happy New Year ladies! A heartfelt Thank You to everyone for making 2017 a Great Year for us! Thank you to Committee Chairwomen for your hard work completing your Report Forms and Nar-ratives. These help our club be recognized by the New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs (NJSFWC) and other clubs of our Garden District.

If anyone would like to attend the January Garden District Council meeting, here is the information:

Thursday, January 18 January Garden District Council Meeting Porch Club of Riverton 213 Howard Street ~ Riverton Registration: 9:30 AM; Meeting: 10:00 AM Snow date: January 26 Contact: Lisa Levin or Irene Hartman

Contact: Irene Hartman dentalimh@msn.com ~ (856) 905-2210 cell

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Prevent Child Abuse

NJSFWC Special State Project At the January meeting, we will be passing around

the PCA-NJ can for coin donations. We will review

just how important this project is for children.

Prevent Child Abuse-New Jersey (PCA-NJ) pro-

motes great childhoods, positive parenting and

healthy child development. Our efforts through-

out the state are dedicated to preventing child

abuse and neglect in all forms for all NJ children.

Contact: Irene Hartman dentalimh@msn.com ~ (856) 905-2210 cell Contact: Michele Drzymala ~ (856) 498-5457 mdrzymala@comcast.net

Federation Day of Service

February 10, 2018

“Going to the Dogs” At this year’s NJSFWC Federation Day of Service on Saturday, February 10, participating clubs will be collecting for homeless animals. At its Janu-ary 10 meeting, the Board voted to donate $100 from our Treasury for this event. Read more at www.njsfwc.org.

NFC Conference Championship Sunday, January 21

6:40 pm ET (Fox)

1 Philadelphia Eagles (14-3) vs.

2 Minnesota Vikings (14-3)

February is Black His-tory Month. Black His-tory Month began as “Negro History Week,” a label applied by his-torian Carter G. Wood-son in 1926. ... Wood-son chose that week

specifically because it covered the birthdays of Frederick Douglass (February 14) and Abraham Lincoln (February 12). Rosa Parks (1913-2005) was an activist in the Civil Rights Movement, whom the United States Con-gress called "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement". On Decem-ber 1, 1955 in Montgom-ery, Alabama, Parks re-fused to obey bus driv-er James F. Blake's order to give up her seat in the "colored section" to a white passenger, after the whites-only section was filled. Her act of defiance and the Montgomery bus boycott became symbols of the modern Civil Rights Movement.

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Upcoming Meeting Hostesses

Monday, January 22 Roberta Calabria, Pat Fusco, Charlotte Muoio

Monday, February 26 Elaine Barbagiovanni, Sue Gaskill, Sue Staton

Contact: Terry Zito, Hospitality Grammy135@comcast.net ~ (856) 596-8415

Thank you to the MWC volunteers who served lunch to 325 homeless on January 6, 2018 at The Cathedral Kitchen in Camden, NJ. It was a meaningful experience. (L-R) Vanessa Fiore, Lisa Levin, Sue Price, Irene Hartman, Lois Szwajkowski, Liza Gross, June Adair, Sandy Meltz, and Holly Zeitz.

Right: (L-R) New mem-ber Liza Gross, Sandy Meltz, and Holly Zeitz turn to in the Cathedral Kitchen to “use food to change lives.”

Home Life Activities • March 2018 (exact date TBD): We will be

making 325 PB&J Bags for Cathedral Kitchen — Watch for more info. Contact: Sue Price at smprice0509@comcast.net.

• March Clothing and Item Drive

Start saving your items! Our club will be col-lecting new and gently used items from March 1-30. This includes any clothes, any type of coat, belts, ties, curtains, bedding, towels, hats, scarfs, gloves, handbags, wallets, jewel-ry, backpacks, and stuffed animals. Place your items in a tall kitchen size garbage or plastic shopping bag and drop off on the porch of Arleen Prusienski’s home at 7 Explorer Court, Marlton (Carrefour neighborhood).

• Tues. April 10: Bingo Activity at Ronald

McDonald House. Leave 6 pm, return 8 pm. More information come.

SAVE THE DATE Thursday, March 15 (6-9 pm)

Jewelry Shopping Open House at Aenigma Light Refreshments

(see front cover, friends & family welcome!) Owner Lynda Kane donates 20% of the total sales back to the Marlton Woman’s Club and we use this to purchase jewelry or accesso-ries to raffle off at our Spring Bingo.

RSVP to Lisa Levin by March 2 lisalevin445@gmail.com or 856-577-6936

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Food Drive for Cherokee Food Pantry

at January General Meeting

At our January 22 meeting, we will be collecting nonperishable food items to help stock the Chero-kee Food Pantry. The Food Pantry is in particular need of the following:

• Cereal • Pancake mix and syrup • Oatmeal • Granola bars • Pasta • Marinara sauce • Macaroni and cheese • Tuna fish • Soup

• Canned vegetables and fruit • Coffee • Paper towels • Napkins • Garbage bags • Shampoo • Tooth brushes • No canned beans, please

Michele Drzymala will collect and drop off food for the Cherokee Pantry. Anyone who can’t attend the meeting can contact Michele at (856) 498-5457 cell/text or Mdrzymala@comcast.net. You may also drop food off at Michele’s house (21 St. Jean Way) if you can’t make the meeting.

Fundraising

• March — Mexican Food Factory dining event (date to be determined)

• April 15, 2018 — Spring Bingo

• May — Yard Sale (start saving your items as you receive new holiday gifts)

• Wednesday, May 16, 4-8 pm—Panchero’s dining event

Contact: Sandy Meltz SandySmiley1229@gmail.com / (856) 630-4118

Looking for Bingo Donations Please see Lisa Levin for a copy of the donation letter you can take to area businesses and res-taurants to request gift certificates, gift items or other donations for our Spring Bingo/Dining for Dollars fundraiser. Spring Bingo is April 15, 2018 and Genni is already collecting for gift baskets! Thank you for contacting local organizations and restaurants and encouraging their support of the Marlton Woman’s Club.

Advocates for Children It’s blanket time! We will get together on Satur-day, January 27 at 12 noon at Meryl Schindler’s home (9 Dominion Drive, Marlton) to make small fleece blankets. This is always a fun time! Blan-kets will be donated to “Cozies 4Chemo”and pro-vide children diagnosed with cancer the warmth and security of hugging a blanket. (Meryl could use 2-3 folding tables if anyone has any).

We are also still collecting hand made purple hats supporting our special state project Prevent Child Abuse NJ (see page 9). You can purchase a skein of number 3 weight baby yarn in any shade of purple which we can forward onto those interested creative knitters.

The “Formula for Hope” campaign supports and enhances life saving programs and services that the Children’s Home Society of New Jersey pro-vides throughout New Jersey and Eastern PA. Thank you for your donations at club meeting when the baby bottle is next passed around!

Contact: Lois Szwajkowski, co-chair

wcstarmom@aol.com ~ (856) 912-5664 Contact: Grace Coghlan, co-chair Gracie.Mastoras@gmail.com ~ (856) 574-4013

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Communications

February Communications Deadlines: Articles Due: February 12 (2nd Mon.) Board Meeting: February 13 (Cookie Pack) Patchwork Sent: February 19 (3rd Mon.) General Meeting: February 26

Contact: Jan Martin, Patchwork Editor fromjan2@gmail.com ~ (630) 750-7622

Membership

• Members: If you still need a 2017-18 Member-

ship Yearbook, please ask Sandy Meltz • At club meetings, please sign in and take name

tags. Return nametags after the meeting. If you need a name tag, please tell Sandy Meltz and/or sign the sheet at the meeting.

• Please INTRODUCE YOURSELF to our guests and

visitors! When we get new members during the year, please add them to your yearbook. There is a blank page for this purpose.

Contact: Sandy Meltz ~ (856) 630-4118 SandySmiley1229@gmail.com

Interested in joining the

Marlton Woman’s Club?

Contact Membership Chair Sandy Meltz

(856) 630-4118

SandySmiley1229@gmail.com

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Jan/Feb Voorhees Animal Orphanage

Wish List Drive Marlton Women’s Club is holding a drive in Janu-ary and February 2018 to help the Animal Or-phanage in Voorhees for items on their Wish List. Did you get new blankets or towels or com-forters for the holidays? Donate your gently used ones. Perhaps a roll of paper towels or toilet paper. Anything will be appreciated. Please bring to the January and February meetings or drop off to Arleen Prusienski (7 Explorer Court, Marlton) by February 28.

• Wellness Limited Ingredient dry dog food (or

any grain-free or limited ingredient dog food)

• Wellness canned dog food (or any wet grain-

free dog food)

• Kuranda beds (medium, large, some small, no

extra large)

• Purina Cat/Kitten Chow

• Non-Clumping Cat Litter

• Purina Pro Plan Adult Dog Food Sensitive Skin

and Stomach Formula

• Purina Pro Plan Adult Cat Food Sensitive Skin

and Stomach Formula

• Soft Dog Treats – Dentabones – Kongs

• Grain-Free Treats, Peanut Butter

• Cat Toys – Small Cat Beds

• Paper Towels & Toilet Paper

• Liquid Laundry Detergent & Liquid Hand Soap

• Fabric Softener – Bleach – Dryer Sheets

• Large Trash Bags – Counter Cleaner

• Dog Toys – Soccer Balls – Tennis Balls

• Leashes – Poop Bags

• Brooms – Mops

• Large Trash Cans – Laundry Baskets

• Blankets – Towels – Comforters

• Gift Certificates (PetSmart, PetValu, Concord

Pets, Walmart, Home Depot, Lowe’s)

Home Life: Volunteerism at its Best

Cookie Pack Tuesday, February 13

6:45 pm ~ 14 Gaylord Lane

Each year, Club members make and pack up cook-ies for nursing home residents and Wiley fami-lies. We usually have a Cookie Pack, around 5:00 pm followed by a board meeting. For the past few years, it has been held at Genni Fardella’s house (14 Gaylord Lane, Cambridge Park sec-tion). Many members have been unable to attend because the cookie pack is too early for those working. The Board has heard you and has decided to try some-thing different. The Board will have its meeting (and light dinner provided by Genni) FIRST at 5:00 pm then we will start the Cookie Pack after the meeting around 6:45 pm. Hopefully, this will allow more people to attend. Refreshments and adult beverages will be served for the Cookie Pack. We ask each member to make (or buy) 5-6 dozen cookies-no nuts please, and bring cookies with you to the Cookie Pack. Or, if you cannot make it, just call Genni (856-983-4624) to arrange to drop your cookies off. Please bring them in a disposa-ble container (aluminum tray), or clearly label your container to be returned to you.

This is a FUN night with a lot of chatting, munching

and wine-sipping along with cookie packing, so we

hope that this time change will accommodate

those people who had not previously been able to

make it. For information contact Genni Fardella at

gfardella@aol.com.

Contact: Arleen Prusienski and Sue Price Arleenp11@verizon.net; smprice0509@comcast.net 609-306-0241 (Arleen) or 856-313-6831 (Sue)

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Winter Preparedness The NJ Office of Emergency Management

(OEM) has a page dedicated to Winter Prepar-edness. Here is the link to the page- http://ready.nj.gov/plan-prepare/winter.shtml

The NJ Department of Law and Public Safety

has much more if you check out this link: http://www.nj.gov/oag/hts/ice-and-snow.html#links

Remember to remove all ice and snow from your vehicle before driving, especially from the hood, windows and roof. It’s the law in New Jersey! Motorists who fail to do so face fines of $25-$75 for each offense, regardless

of whether the ice and snow is dislodged from the vehicle. If flying ice or snow causes proper-ty damage or injury to others, motorists face fines of $200-$1,000 for each offense. There are approximately 500 fatalities in the United States per year due to icy road conditions.

Did you know … According to NJ Idling Regula-tions, all vehicles may idle for up to 3 minutes. When the vehicle has been stopped for 3 or more hours and ONLY if temperature is less than 25 degrees, vehicles may idle for up to 15 minutes.

Contact: Sharon Yesner rosiepat@comcast.net ~ 215-219- 9807

Public Issues On Tuesday, January 16, 2018 Governor-

Elect Phil Murphy and Lt. Governor-Elect Sheila Oliver will be sworn in at the Trenton War Memorial. Included in the weekend’s Inaugural activities is a Statewide Day of Service in honor of the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King.

We have all suffered through our recent

stretch of extremely cold temperatures over the last few weeks. Since we still have an-other two months of winter, here are some helpful tips provided by PSE&G to benefit you and your loved ones both in your home, on the road and in the community.

• Downed wires should always be consid-ered “live.” Do not approach or drive over a downed line and do not touch anything it might be in contact with.

• To prevent carbon monoxide poisoning,

do not run gasoline-powered equip-ment, such as generators or snow blow-ers, in a garage or other enclosed space.

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Sunshine

January 10 ..................... Kathleen Griffin January 12 ..................... Sue Staton January 26 ..................... Sue Gaskill February 18 ................... Cindy McGovern February 23 ................... Genni Fardella January 18 .............. Sandy and Steve Meltz

Contact: Susan Price smprice0509@comcast.net ~ (856) 985-9206

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“Bee” There for the Spelling Bee

On Thursday, January 25 our club will be holding our annual fourth and fifth grade Spelling Bee at Van Zant School. Volunteers will need to be at the school at 5:00 pm to setup. Students will ar-rive at 6:00 pm to register. The school is located at 207 Conestoga Drive in Marlton. Please wear your pink shirt! Feel free to come even if you did not sign up. We can always use help!! Those who signed up are: Event Judges: Arlene Prusienski, Donna Gatti, Sandy Ellis Registrars: Holly Zeitz, Jan Martin, Sandy Meltz Refreshments: Florisa Cascarina, Charlotte Muoio, Roberta Calabria, Lisa Levin, Irene Hart-man (Please contact June Adair with what you will be bringing. We can use 1-2 more helpers and donated treats). Pronouncer: Sue Gaskill Moderator: June Adair Event Program: Jan Martin Participant Certificates: Jan Martin

Conservation A reminder to please save clean used mas-

cara wands. Please clean them in soapy wa-ter and place in a Ziploc bag. They will be sent to the wildlife refuge for injured ani-mals, located in North Carolina.

Christmas tree collection for recycling for Evesham Township is underway! Real trees are being picked up from January 8-19, 2018.

Contact: Roberta Calabria and Charlotte Muoio

Rmcalab3@gmail.com / FMICPA@yahoo.com

856-983-6348 (Roberta) /856-983-1132 (Char.)

Domestic Violence

Prevention and Awareness In 2018, the Marlton Woman’s Club, as in the past

many years, will continue to focus efforts to prevent

and bring awareness to domestic violence by sup-

porting Providence House Domestic Violence Shelter

and Services of Burlington County. The organization

has recently moved its community services location

to Westampton. NJ. In addition to the 24-hour Hot-

line, domestic violence response teams and the

Emergency Safe House, this agency offers many

other services to the clients and families. These ser-

vices include- children’s counseling, community ed-

ucation, survivor support groups and individual

counseling and a Legal Advocacy Program. They also

provide Project Self-Sufficiency which assists clients

on the road to violence-free housing and living. The

MWC proudly continues our support of this vital and

deserving organization.

Contact: Donna Gatti zeets1@comcast.net ~ (856) 596-6799

Continuing Donations

PLEASE NOTE: Greeting cards are no longer be-ing accepted by St. Jude’s Ranch. Sales of these repurposed cards has declined over the past year and the program has been discontinued.

Pill Bottles (International)

Gently used bras (International) for the Free the Girls campaign.

Manufacturer’s Coupons (Public Issues) - cur-rent or expired

Purple Yarn (Advocates for Children) to make baby caps for newborns — see page 3

Mascara Wands (Conservation) - see page 5