tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80830597593174314892024-03-21T13:26:15.904-07:00Topanga Women's CircleTWC is a group of volunteer women working on behalf of Veterans and families as they move out of homelessness into transitional housing. With loving compassion, TWC graces their homes with the necessities to begin afresh. Providing new and like-new items, an environment of comfort, warmth, and dignity welcomes these families as they enter a place they can finally call home.
http://topangawomenscircle.orgLinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620974148522942492noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083059759317431489.post-43124617081285377862020-12-07T16:14:00.001-08:002020-12-07T16:16:21.408-08:00IMPORTANT DATES!!! Holiday Card Sales and Update on Giving for Children at the TLC in Venice<p><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"> Long time, no see...I know. I've been a bit blog-lazy during the pandemic, but that's going to change in the New Year. Promises, promises...</span></p><p><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;">TWC does have some important upcoming dates I'd like to share with you along with some absolutely gorgeous holiday cards celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah and that general holiday card. Wendy, Judith and Karen are working hard on creating some beautiful cards. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;">Because of this wretched Pandemic, we have decided not to sell cards at the Bin this year, but we will be taking orders and will have them bundled and ready for pick up and if you're unable to collect them, we are happy to deliver. For those who want All Occasion cards, I am going to put those images on another blog post, but they will be available for sale individually or in boxed sets of 10...same price as the holiday cards.</span></p><div class="gmail_default"><b><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;">HOLIDAY CARDS: Place your orders by this </span><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: georgia;">Saturday, December 12</span></b></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;">Cards are available individually for $5 or in sets of 10 for $25. So if you buy 10 they're half price. Please note that it's fine to specify an individual card for purpose but if you buy a boxed set, they will be miscellaneous, but all nice. Send your orders to Teresa or me and pay online through our website or send a check to CP. Here <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">are</span> some examples of our gorgeous cards.</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzr53GGc9UD7mME48ePS2LKf08zkVNZQpgTGGLY-IqRuKnxxpUVDEzWelLOXCbqUblvbsssWc23R44EhfnF6b6PrBMfXGCK-aVTU86lVQszOUlUzoCGwQlhz-nKcYKSzmyevImMuJhovY/s2048/heartmittens.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1363" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzr53GGc9UD7mME48ePS2LKf08zkVNZQpgTGGLY-IqRuKnxxpUVDEzWelLOXCbqUblvbsssWc23R44EhfnF6b6PrBMfXGCK-aVTU86lVQszOUlUzoCGwQlhz-nKcYKSzmyevImMuJhovY/s320/heartmittens.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><br /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;">Mittened Heart</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><br /><br /></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW6ZZYW9jD83DdGXHe7_s7rV2Xp2QolgzZ5BRJ8fTCtWmiqDykBqUchYu_5J6d1_0TgxaOk7f_teWWsO5hU6ia21F3E_A37ssOo_gXDnPPs_j8I9kO-nh3Zkn4j5gwku97Ghs6Qg7o6Jo/s1920/advent-wreath-1069961_1920.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1114" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW6ZZYW9jD83DdGXHe7_s7rV2Xp2QolgzZ5BRJ8fTCtWmiqDykBqUchYu_5J6d1_0TgxaOk7f_teWWsO5hU6ia21F3E_A37ssOo_gXDnPPs_j8I9kO-nh3Zkn4j5gwku97Ghs6Qg7o6Jo/s320/advent-wreath-1069961_1920.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;">Advent bowl<br /><br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><br /><br /></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnQmEH1eu1RB4AOBfUzCypY8IHqahFSG6Kk3NfyOqCFar3jbTcuc1Qzc8aZYgCHazWZhcGY7vF1EZOaXh9zQ4_AfOWMU52evHmBaDufBLHCFHCvXz9IrQTwDsHVgxYwiYSAmCxXm-eqX8/s2048/Hope.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnQmEH1eu1RB4AOBfUzCypY8IHqahFSG6Kk3NfyOqCFar3jbTcuc1Qzc8aZYgCHazWZhcGY7vF1EZOaXh9zQ4_AfOWMU52evHmBaDufBLHCFHCvXz9IrQTwDsHVgxYwiYSAmCxXm-eqX8/s320/Hope.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;">Hope, something we all need<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLgsqDy03qPlnhqGtwF1H7F_PB4eIOv5fswhILT8y_NkFAJQXOG2CsjZKfDaQRq7CjeWUtH6Tsh-6gdTwL0hUPY_F0iRLVzBPQWa-FOT4y4LqmAeB2TFl5lvmJs9tsLeRn-TRsM4B7CEo/s2048/horseandburro.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLgsqDy03qPlnhqGtwF1H7F_PB4eIOv5fswhILT8y_NkFAJQXOG2CsjZKfDaQRq7CjeWUtH6Tsh-6gdTwL0hUPY_F0iRLVzBPQWa-FOT4y4LqmAeB2TFl5lvmJs9tsLeRn-TRsM4B7CEo/s320/horseandburro.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;">Love</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Vo_-fFf14VlHdGRjIG_kgQ30tL3u7fNjqnxS9zGNYCLoKQN7Gh0arSRJs6DGWEI11tNZw3FZmtcYcN77LWvwpSrH-CHtMG9qn-XuyyiNHPonuWvuVemoBNKOQzW3mMZ8mo_xDwOp4O4/s2048/Mistletoe+wreath.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Vo_-fFf14VlHdGRjIG_kgQ30tL3u7fNjqnxS9zGNYCLoKQN7Gh0arSRJs6DGWEI11tNZw3FZmtcYcN77LWvwpSrH-CHtMG9qn-XuyyiNHPonuWvuVemoBNKOQzW3mMZ8mo_xDwOp4O4/s320/Mistletoe+wreath.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;">Mistletoe</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW7EhWPc5zOb-aeH8p1EYcWYuNdWHw9MDygMop5VvE0DlZt_IsPWoKIhSxdXFvqsSmJlTt-bqCRFri2V7CEXcfn1Q3JtmW_zoPoG4f64sC1v_M_w_1ygfiY_le-ooHSloXSKKaniadccI/s2048/Mittens+heart.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW7EhWPc5zOb-aeH8p1EYcWYuNdWHw9MDygMop5VvE0DlZt_IsPWoKIhSxdXFvqsSmJlTt-bqCRFri2V7CEXcfn1Q3JtmW_zoPoG4f64sC1v_M_w_1ygfiY_le-ooHSloXSKKaniadccI/s320/Mittens+heart.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;">Love in the snow</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFZEKKFMyFGlZYc9PpUMn3B5R8V_2yX5AgHETQE6CC5Y31qiw0k3TGBtmzP0UG5txuLfF2UaUGsVmpUi6aJ-3rMDNrFzmY2hZ8eDiaLdLiKbOhJ02FIwnTiA9UdW5y64zrUnZ1FYZuHYA/s2048/NY+Countdown+clock.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1424" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFZEKKFMyFGlZYc9PpUMn3B5R8V_2yX5AgHETQE6CC5Y31qiw0k3TGBtmzP0UG5txuLfF2UaUGsVmpUi6aJ-3rMDNrFzmY2hZ8eDiaLdLiKbOhJ02FIwnTiA9UdW5y64zrUnZ1FYZuHYA/s320/NY+Countdown+clock.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;">At the stroke of midnight</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ1uE2CHrg48xmMbZUDs95uq6v_pi-8JlDpbgEpsYILC7f5RLxWvuQp5nvebMdoxwM7BzCaRZoX7lVoTi6Ek9OmnlmHlKgaiUYm5ErOBHh4anpnBHp8_Dq2_9kd2thVSakugsbChHO_vk/s2048/peace+hope+faith.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ1uE2CHrg48xmMbZUDs95uq6v_pi-8JlDpbgEpsYILC7f5RLxWvuQp5nvebMdoxwM7BzCaRZoX7lVoTi6Ek9OmnlmHlKgaiUYm5ErOBHh4anpnBHp8_Dq2_9kd2thVSakugsbChHO_vk/s320/peace+hope+faith.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;">Peace, Hope, Fatith</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYlIHcM9ACYN4HzrYI1l8bY09MtHktO887i3IAol-TJA0wDDF2abZ4GiX3vVdSQkOVoyUzIB3zC2XjsAhaQKsKO7YyPyz_hFCTqJ5F4giwKtUZNGn0VYNFDZv3zcIYw9gbvw_J7kr2Q7A/s2048/penguins.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYlIHcM9ACYN4HzrYI1l8bY09MtHktO887i3IAol-TJA0wDDF2abZ4GiX3vVdSQkOVoyUzIB3zC2XjsAhaQKsKO7YyPyz_hFCTqJ5F4giwKtUZNGn0VYNFDZv3zcIYw9gbvw_J7kr2Q7A/s320/penguins.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;">Penguin Walk</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJhMo3H_p1NWTwMXS9wffho2hmN7oESnjwwfolEWwkQ3lwoJ_GCrgzlrurdxBK0My3_C_thpKKMBDMjSLRMZwlY7YW9ZxJoYiU8s70nGReENw5p2Ok-zwx-SoQF0V8E3O0JkCkvxYcqT8/s2048/pinecones.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJhMo3H_p1NWTwMXS9wffho2hmN7oESnjwwfolEWwkQ3lwoJ_GCrgzlrurdxBK0My3_C_thpKKMBDMjSLRMZwlY7YW9ZxJoYiU8s70nGReENw5p2Ok-zwx-SoQF0V8E3O0JkCkvxYcqT8/s320/pinecones.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;">Frosty Pinecones</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN7QqJzrEMlaCIZZuHli22UnyGwEac2rMl5fCaJJsqDjDkR6wZGjoC86yRJfWZL82nc0LJKck8AcIMulWWk1LBp04zo4ZS970s4_Zei_3JkjMJaVxy-qjmMXxFb_cAIX5rT1SgHbAeC0M/s2048/poinsettia.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN7QqJzrEMlaCIZZuHli22UnyGwEac2rMl5fCaJJsqDjDkR6wZGjoC86yRJfWZL82nc0LJKck8AcIMulWWk1LBp04zo4ZS970s4_Zei_3JkjMJaVxy-qjmMXxFb_cAIX5rT1SgHbAeC0M/s320/poinsettia.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;">Poinsettia</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg16rdSN67mSCBixtkfvps4z9S2jGNXd8yvkWRyP0Kv1DRQjsfeYotdsZ62k9F8P1MoinyChst1BfjHQaHil4M5CQTeK6cm_Szo7CQA4dji0iK5oRxaDL4lZBnsvbhEem-ZjREuk8AIXYM/s2048/shell+tree.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg16rdSN67mSCBixtkfvps4z9S2jGNXd8yvkWRyP0Kv1DRQjsfeYotdsZ62k9F8P1MoinyChst1BfjHQaHil4M5CQTeK6cm_Szo7CQA4dji0iK5oRxaDL4lZBnsvbhEem-ZjREuk8AIXYM/s320/shell+tree.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;">Shell Xmas Tree</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVE2EBpdcPZxqcty5lpbgMQqF4nDB1pHOZt3m_iICAkLQOhFCRSVc_LK4ulFRhmh4cOt4FDBhi3576tIeOykDtqVDWlFgxPbQCFZRvwXvAgFMTxXxbN91EmzXPaGbiOuzhV4qQzuaurhY/s2048/Snow+owl.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1642" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVE2EBpdcPZxqcty5lpbgMQqF4nDB1pHOZt3m_iICAkLQOhFCRSVc_LK4ulFRhmh4cOt4FDBhi3576tIeOykDtqVDWlFgxPbQCFZRvwXvAgFMTxXxbN91EmzXPaGbiOuzhV4qQzuaurhY/s320/Snow+owl.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;">Snowy Owl</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><br /><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Plus we have some terrific Hanukkah cards.</span></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><br /></span></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisj0L7R1qEaZ7TGtkCx-tfjsAHg9QsEmS2rO3LARz6UKUYKB0cUZ5UhDRJtgCHJcMQqEWbx4tbMLalED65g_OHKYBjGHsNbefIZgcxNPFGXTucwyHapK9nytZ4SpWjRLE1GDOjLh1hNos/s2048/dreidels.jpg" style="clear: left; 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color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"><b><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="gmail_default"><b><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="gmail_default"><b><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="gmail_default"><b><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;">VENICE COMMUNITY HOUSING TRANSITIONAL LIVING CENTER FOR MOMS & KIDS (TLC), GIFT DROP OFF on</span><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: red; font-family: georgia;"> SATURDAY, December 19.</span></b></div></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;">Jill Palethorpe is working hard at creating the interactive gift list for the kids at the TLC. Because tenants had to be moved into motels for some work that was done at 650 Westminster, everything has been delayed and Lucia only just got the list to us. Since most of us won't be going into the shops, there's still plenty of time to order online. We're running late this year!</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5BJ_fxgC7rZBRckV0F_0Vt7dnBlNtmyDbuCF1D6CROLhE4ApUhS3MJm3POB_57cAzWlhedLjUy8KUsMjdLvs65S_FeugWS6GR9fjz6Ts4Lsv10k52ddRXpQhZcVF6-wJpvJgZqiRbl1Y/s2048/IMG_5010.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5BJ_fxgC7rZBRckV0F_0Vt7dnBlNtmyDbuCF1D6CROLhE4ApUhS3MJm3POB_57cAzWlhedLjUy8KUsMjdLvs65S_FeugWS6GR9fjz6Ts4Lsv10k52ddRXpQhZcVF6-wJpvJgZqiRbl1Y/s320/IMG_5010.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last year at Lin's house.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;">And because we won't be able to gather at our annual wrapping party this year, all gifts for the children at the TLC should be dropped off at Teresa's house where we'll have two tables set up. Gifts should be wrapped and clearly labeled as to which child they're for and gift receipts left inside (especially important where shoes and clothing are involved). </span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><b style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><b style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><b style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">BESSIE PREGERSON (BP) CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER IN VENICE</b></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">There are 42 children at Bessie Pregerson, 23 girls and 19 boys). Nancy contacted the Linus Project a while back and brought over beautiful, soft and cuddly blankets, one for each child, that the LP has generously given us. We are getting the big white bags this week, and a blanket will go in each bag, plus crayons/coloring book and a small game. Rya Hollander who is not a volunteer but a young mom in Calabasas, donated some high end formula (Terry took this over to BP today for the infant siblings of kids who attend the school) and when dropping it off she called me and said as she was driving home she just kept thinking 'what else can I do to help the kids. I told her I was getting ready to buy colouring books and crayons for each child and she said that she would like to do that and so she's meeting me at the bin on Wednesday with those items, plus one other little game. Also, each child will get a Beanie Baby (Terry Welles brought over LOADS of these that are like brand new, and then another volunteer (can't remember who darn it but I know I'll remember after I send this out) brought brought bagged sets of Matchbox cars in like new condition...enough for each boy to have a bag in his Christmas sack. </span></span></div>Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620974148522942492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083059759317431489.post-341326943661397622019-10-18T16:40:00.001-07:002019-10-18T16:40:34.256-07:00Photos from Today's Set-up for a Family of Five<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today’s set-for a mom and her four daughters, ranging in age
from 17 down to 12 months, went really well. Teresa and Wendy coordinated it so
beautifully that packing all five of them into a two-bedroom, one-bath unit
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Joining me today were Mary Cleveland, Andrea Palella, Isabel
Freeman and Noelle Berman. Noelle brought some thoughtful additions to the set-up,
Andrea brought some yummy soup from her freezer, and Annie Gabbert shopped VERY
generously (her children went shopping with her and were insistent that these
children moving in needed the fancy extras!). Terry Welles donated a great high
chair so the entire family can all sit comfortably in the little dining area and Isabel Freeman brought two great trick or treat buckets. I know I'm forgetting to thank someone, so please forgive me!<o:p></o:p></div>
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This is just a short posting because I wanted you all to see
the gorgeous ‘stuff’ that Teresa and Wendy pulled together for this family.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #c0504d; mso-themecolor: accent2;">And just a little reminder, our
Challenge Grant campaign is on right now. If you have questions, please
contact Debra Silbar at <a href="mailto:Silbarsoup@gmail.com"><span style="color: #c0504d; mso-themecolor: accent2;">Silbarsoup@gmail.com</span></a>
and she will help you with setting up your own personalized fundraising page.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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And here are the photos from today. I have tried repeatedly to change the order of these photos, but no luck, but you'll get a good idea of how it all looked, irregardless of order!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;">Tight squeeze...three girls in one room, but it turned out beautifully<br />and I know these children will be happy to have a bed to<br />call their own.<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;">Lovely crib for the baby and someone donated these darling wall decals. It defined<br />the baby's space just perfectly and sweetly.<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful quilt made by The Linus Project and special items for the teen<br />from Noelle Berman.<br /><br /><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Three girls sharing the room<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love this pink lamp and the gorgeous print that Wendy Skolfield gave us.<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another Linus Project throw on the couch, a fabulous rug that Teresa<br />found from a new source and loads of magazines for the family.<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fresh fruit and a welcome gift card. And that great high chair in the<br />corner donated by Terry Welles. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A full cupboard!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love the Halloween buckets! Thanks, Isabel Freeman!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Annie Gabbert packed the fridge with things I know the family will love.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Noelle, how do you still look so purty after working<br />so hard!?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aren't the colors in this bathroom just perfect!?<br /></td></tr>
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We had a lively meeting at Teresa Royer’s lovely home last
Thursday evening with 20 TWC volunteers in attendance. As usual, the food and
company were fantastic. If you’ve never been able to make a TWC evening
potluck, please try and join us in the future. It’s a nice way to spend a
couple of hours and helps you understand just what it is that we’ve been up to
between meetings.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Nancy Hanson kindly took notes so I’d like to share them
with you so you’ll all be up to date with TWC happenings. Any omissions are
mine.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">It’s Been a Busy
Year!<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Firstly, we’ve been busy. At the meeting we mentioned that
we’ve had 41 set-ups since January.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Well, this week has been busy and we’re now (as of Friday) up to 45. And
that, as you all know, takes some organizing and a fair amount of money. While
we’re happy that so many families are being moved along into permanent housing,
we also know we can’t let up for a minute on our fundraising efforts. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2019 Challenge Grant
Campaign<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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To that end, Debra Silbar and Karla Morrison have been hard
at work on our 2019 Challenge Grant Campaign. Debra, working hard with Network
for Good, has put together a great, easy-to-navigate fundraising page. Karla
has secured $10,000 in matching funds so we need to raise that amount to ensure
we get it all! We have sent all volunteers the information on how you can set
up your own fundraising page and Debra is happy to answer any questions you
might have. Remember, you can change the wording, personalize it with photos of
you on a set-up or if you need photos drop me an email and I’ll help find
photos for you. Then, scoot your personalized page to Deb for approval and then
you’re up and running! Our goal is to raise enough money to furnish 40
apartments. Hopefully you can get your friends and family to support you in
this endeavor.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Let’s make this year super successful, as next year, with
the upcoming election, might be a slow year for garnering donations. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Synergy<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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This is something that TWC has in abundance! It’s amazing
how things just seem to come together, though not without a lot of behind the
scenes activity. Teresa and Emma spend a lot of time shopping and pulling for
the set-ups, taking inventory at the Bin and making sure we never completely
run out of things. It’s a fine-tuned dance and they do a great job. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Teresa shared a story of how she was at Wal-Mart
t’other week and one of the employees, who had served her before, was looking
for an open register so he could pay for his soda (he was on his break). Teresa
told him she’d get it for him so he swiped his employee card and thanked her
profusely. What she didn’t realize was that card swipe gave her the employee
discount and she got $54 off her total order! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Patty Colvig is our non-perishable gal and when supplies are
running low, Teresa scoots her a shopping list and off she goes. She’s got a
good eye for bargains and is a familiar face at Smart and Final where she does
most of her shopping!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lorna and Nancy are constantly making new cards and ensuring
that we have fresh images. The ‘Inspire’ series, Patty Colvig’s inspiration,
has been a best seller, as well as the all the other cards we stock.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Noelle Berman is an angel for doing ALL the printing of the
vellum inserts for all our cards. She’s been doing this for us for years and we
are beyond appreciative.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Nancy and her merry team of Bin Goddesses never fail to show
up for their Saturday morning duties (9 to 10:30 unless it’s a holiday weekend
or raining or just too hot). They keep the bin tidy and organized and are the
beautiful public face of TWC. Stop on by and say hi if you see them.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Years ago, Sue Forbes went to her dentist and asked for some
toothbrushes. He gave her a few, but she kept her hand out until he’d given her
dozens…along with floss and toothpaste. Consider asking your dentist if he
could help out in this way.<o:p></o:p></div>
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For the past few years Jill Palethorpe has been putting
together our interactive holiday gift list so I’ll be asking her soon if she’s
willing to help us again this year.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I know I’m forgetting to thank some of you, so please
forgive me. Any omissions are my own.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Topanga Elementary
School<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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We’d like to have another school-wide food drive, perhaps
near the Thanksgiving holiday. Patty Colvig, who has organized a number of food
drives at the school and in her neighborhood in past years, is going to
approach the school, but if we have any TWC volunteers who have children at the
school, perhaps you’d like to help coordinate this.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Upcoming Project<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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It’s been over 10 years since we last painted our bin so
that’s something we will be organizing in the near future. We’ll keep the river
rock wall that Liz Dupuy painted and keep the color scheme much like it is, but
we’ll also be organizing new signage.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Messenger Article/Ad<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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We have a wonderful community newspaper that is offering us
special rates for advertising and is happy to print articles we might submit.
Let’s make our community profile more visible. This organization is open to
all!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Welcome to new volunteer, Jax Tatro. We’re happy to have you
on board!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Two important dates
to add to your calendar</b>:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">November 23:</b>
Holiday and All Occasion Cards for Sale at Lin’s House. I’ll send out a
reminder closer to the date with some of the gorgeous images we’re using this
year.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">December 14</b>:
Holiday Wrapping at Lin’s house. Each year we get a wish list from the children
(with help from parents) at Venice Community Housing’s Transitional Living
Center. This includes things the children really want and things they really
need.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--EndFragment--><br />Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620974148522942492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083059759317431489.post-71685234765383379602019-01-22T11:57:00.002-08:002019-01-22T11:58:13.467-08:00Four Move-Ins in One Week...no problem!Last week was busy...four move-ins; two in Venice and two at Westwood. None of them were huge, but all required lots of forethought. Fortunately, Teresa keeps a running inventory of just what's in the bin. Occasionally we run low, but it's rare and this is where the generosity of our donors and volunteers is most apparent. If non-perishables run a little low, Teresa gets a list to Patty Colvig, and out she goes, restocking our bin. Because of the goodness of your hearts and your generous spirits, we are able to purchase what we need and when we need it.<br />
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And speaking of generosity of our volunteers, Linda Kort dropped me a line last night saying she and her hubs had a housewarming party and instead of asking for anything for themselves, they requested canned food or kitchen utensils. Here's the haul!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 'haul' from Linda Kort's Open House!</td></tr>
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Every move-in has a story and while they aren't always shared with us, be assured that their path to housing has been long and difficult. Imagine trying to keep all your paperwork in one place, easily accessible, when you don't have a room to call your own. Imagine making all the right choices when life is throwing challenges at you that few of us have experienced or will ever experience. And then think of the joy these families must experience when they move in. Clean, fresh bedding and bath items, a kitchen filled with everything you need to create a meal...perishable and non-perishable food, drawers filled with everything including new pots and pans, cutlery, measuring cups and spoons, tea towels and cleaning supplies.</div>
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We are always in need of personal care items, especially for moms. When you're out shopping, please consider picking up some tampax or sanitary napkins for the moms and teens. These products are so expensive.</div>
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What follows are photos in no particular order of some of the work we did last week.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This flat at Westwood had a brand new kitchen <br />
because of flood damage</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Full fridges. Thank you, Lizzie!! Can you imagine<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mom & kids share a bedroom at the TLC<br />
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Topanga Women's Circle volunteers had a well-deserved break over the holidays and it felt good. Between preparing the donation bags for each child at the Bessie Pregerson Child Development Center at Westwood, all made possible by the generosity of Nancy and Charlie Hanson and The Linus Project, and providing a full Christmas for the children resident at Venice Community Housing's Transitional Living Center, we were ready for a some TWC downtime.<br />
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Here are a few photos from the Venice delivery. A good turn-out of TWC elves wrapped everything beautifully and through the generosity of TWC volunteers who gave so generously to these needy children and Jill Palethorpe who yet again prepared the interactive, online gift giving list of wants and needs for these kids, we were able to create a magical holiday for these families who have suffered so many hardships.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Safely delivered to the Community Room at the TLC. Each mom took her child's sack<br />up to their room so the gifts were opened privately.</td></tr>
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And now our first move-in of 2019. Just a small family...mom, dad and baby but life will feel a whole lot more comfortable for them now that they are out of the shelter and into their new home. The only unit available for this family was a one-bedroom unit and when we arrived at the apartment, the crib and bed were all crammed into that small room. I think we can all remember that wonderful moment when baby finally went to bed and as exhausted parents we'd collapse on the couch. With that in mind, and only one bedroom, I asked Anthony and Nicholas (who work at Westwood), if they'd set-up the parents' bed in the living room and have the crib in the little bedroom. They agreed but the bed wasn't fully assembled until after we left which is why it isn't 'dressed.'<br />
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Many thanks to Lizzie Kipner for filling the fridge for this family, to Cynthia Scott for the lovely flowers, to Wendy Skolfield for going shopping for diapers, etc., to Teresa and Emma who gathered everything together for this family and to Teresa, Lizzie & Isabel Freeman who joined me in creating a comfortable little home for these new folks.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lovely Arbonne products from Margaret French Isaac</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Had to rearrange the living room to accommodate the bed</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anthony, always cheerful and helpful with my fabulous co-chair Teresa Royer on the<br />right and the lovely Lizzie Kipner on the left.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A full fridge. Thank you Lizzie!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Donations of table cloths really make these scarred<br />and well-used tables far more attractive!<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anthony texted me this picture of the bed in the<br />living room. It will give the parents and the<br />baby a little privacy at night. Needs must...</td></tr>
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Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620974148522942492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083059759317431489.post-4809419606381766842018-10-06T18:28:00.001-07:002018-10-06T18:28:10.361-07:00General Meeting: October 4, 2018``I'm just dusting this old blog off for one last entry before we launch our new newsletter in the next week. It's been a good run, but TWC is moving forward with a better way to communicate with volunteers and those interested in our organization. We'll have more frequent postings for our volunteer base and perhaps a quarterly newsletter for friends of TWC.<br />
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We had a great meeting at Teresa's beautiful home on Thursday evening with a good turn-out. As always the food and company were unbeatable. Lorna Bank kindly took notes as our <i>official</i> note-taker, Nancy Hanson, is traveling just now. For a quick recap of our meeting, see below.<br />
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1. Lorna set up our beautiful general greeting cards for sale ($5 to members!) and sales were brisk. Many thanks to Lorna, Nancy Hanson, Sue Forbes and Judith Haut for working so hard on this project and to our printing angel, Noelle Berman, who does all our printing on vellum at her office.<br />
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2. Teresa thanked all of you who work so tirelessly for this little charity. You do make a difference and there are so many ways to help.<br />
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3. Debra Silbar & Karla Morrison have worked on our 2018 Challenge Grant Campaign which will go live shortly. Details on this will be in our new newsletter but donations are coming in and we already have over $10,000 pledged. Bridge housing, as opposed to transitional housing, has increased our workload. Families no longer stay for two years, but are moved into permanent housing after three to six months. It's why we have to fundraise!<br />
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Bonnie Graves has done a fair amount of fundraising and has offered her help to the group. Bonnie and her family have raised $$'s for TWC in so many ways from popcorn and wine sales at movie nights to selling ice-cream sandwiches on the boulevard!<br />
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Teresa discussed multi-level marketing...i.e., send our your request for donations to everyone. TWC has special appeal to many because we have no overhead. She stressed that you will not get anything if you do not ask. Just let people know what we do...no elevator pitches. Janaki did just that, last year, and a professional group she belongs to chose TWC as one of their donor charities and one of her sub-contractors, who had been homeless for a while when young, sent us a check for $1,000. So generous.<br />
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4. We also discussed the difficulties of actually being awarded financial grants. Much work goes into writing these grants but the awards frequently go to larger charities. It was discussed that perhaps we might have more luck in securing actual donations of <i>stuff.</i> Wendy Skolfield is going to be our go-to gal for investigating possible corporate donations of the things TWC most needs on a regular basis and Bruce Royer is going to approach Walmart on our behalf.<br />
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4. Leslie Carlson shared the news that Pine Tree Circle has now sold. If the new owners won't allow us to keep the Bin in that location, Leslie has offered another bin, free of charge, down at the Brewery. Many thanks to the Carlsons for all the good years we've been able to have a presence at Pine Tree Circle.<br />
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5. On a positive note, communications between Westwood (via Nicholas) and Venice (via Rachel) are at an all-time high which really makes our work so much easier.<br />
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6. We will again take care of the children at Venice this Christmas and I will approach Jill Palethorpe, with hopes that she will help us with our interactive gift giving list. I've sent an email to Rachel in Venice and she will get the list to me later this month. Also, it would be great if we could again give each family at the Bessie Pregerson Child Development Center a $25 Target gift card. Patty Colvig is going to approach Topanga Elementary regarding a non-perishable food drive. Linda Handler Kort always does this with her little kindergarten students and it would be great if we could get it going again with the fourth graders who used to have an active gives-back program.<br />
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7. Adrian Wright offered to write any articles that we'd like for the Messenger and perhaps other Topanga websites.<br />
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8. Randi Gottlieb, who heads up the perishable committee, noted that her small group of volunteers is rarely called upon any more to provide perishables. That's because our generous volunteers often jump in and say they'll get them...and that makes me happy because those perishable committee gals were doing a lot of shopping and were spending an awful lot of money (rarely asking for reimbursement). Teresa said she'd sent out a sample 'list' to volunteers of items that are good to include if they're doing a perishable shop.<br />
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9. Wendy Skolfield thanked Cynthia Scott for bringing fresh flowers to the set-ups. They make such a difference and it's so good of Cynthia to take time off work to deliver and arrange them!<br />
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10. Teresa is making Patty Colvig's job of purchasing non-perishables much easier by doing an inventory at the bin every couple of weeks and then sending Patty info on shortfalls. Teresa also does this for all non-food items we need as well.<br />
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11. Teresa formally thanked Karen Sherwood, on behalf of TWC, for all her invaluable work over the years from co-chairing with me for so long to then serving on our Advisory Board. Karen is stepping down from the Board but is still an active volunteer. Thank you, Karen xo.<br />
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12. And finally...our work continues. We have a set-up this Monday and one in Venice on Friday. If you've not been to Venice yet and would like to help, drop me a line.<br />
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And keep your eyes open for our new newsletter! It's going to be light on words (bet you're happy about that!) and heavy on pictures!! If you have a story or idea that you would like included in the newsletter, let us know!<br />
<br />Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620974148522942492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083059759317431489.post-64064926026203457352018-08-03T17:06:00.001-07:002018-08-03T17:06:24.735-07:00August 3, 2018 Set-upI'm going to make this more about the pictures and not about me being all wordy! Today's set-up went really well thanks to our great volunteers Piper Norwood, Amy Farber (and her able daughter, Charlotte), Isabel Freeman & Bonnie Graves. Heather Tehrani met Isabel and me at the Bin first thing this morning with perishable groceries for this family and fabulous co-chair, Teresa Royer and Board member Wendy Skolfield pulled together everything we needed. Many thanks to Cynthia Scott for taking time of work at UCLA to bring fresh flowers for the move-in family.<br />
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Even though the living room furniture had not arrived yet, the apartment was clean and ready for us and we set to work, finishing in about an hour and a half. Miracle workers!!!<br />
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Here's one funny story that still has me laughing. The information that I'm sent regarding the upcoming move-in family always gives an apartment number (in addition to family size, apt. size, etc) and while this sometimes changes, it's usually pretty solid. So Bonnie Graves tripped on over to the apartment on the info sheet, knocked on the door and when a young teen answered, Bonnie said she was there to help. The teen invited her in (probably thinking, okayyy). Bonnie didn't see us anywhere and thought, well, they've moved everything in, but it's kind of a mess so...I'll do the dishes. Then she mentioned to the young girl, "Where are the other ladies?" The young girl looked at her, totally puzzled. Then she asked, "Is Lin around?" And the girl basically said "Who's Lin?" At this point, Bonnie realized this was not the new move-in and she quickly scooted down to the office where she was told the unit number had changed and where we were.<br />
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Anyway, once Bonnie found us, she was a great addition, as always (side note: Bonnie and her kids, Sophie & Sawyer are getting set to make their AMAZING ice cream sandwiches which they sell to benefit TWC!).<br />
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And here are a few shots from today.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The kitchen is empty. Isabel is changing that.<br />The fridge now has loads of fresh produce, milk, cheese,<br />juice, makings for dinner, etc.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amy welcoming Bonnie (after her adventures!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dad's bathroom</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Charlotte, proud of the 'privacy' screen she made for the lower bunk.<br />A 12 y.o. girl and her grandmother will share this room.</td></tr>
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<br />Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620974148522942492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083059759317431489.post-63160127798355924682018-07-04T13:51:00.000-07:002018-07-04T13:52:02.581-07:00Thank You to All Our VolunteersThere are so many ways that all of you, our volunteers, help keep this little charity ticking over as successfully as it does. Many of you are behind the scenes working your magic in a variety of ways. Here are just a few of them:<br />
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<li>Our Shoppers keep our non-perishable containers filled (thank you Patty Colvig) and know just where to shop for the best deals. Teresa and Emma and many others make frequent treks down to the Valley to get the best deals on everything from mattress pads to cutlery trays. Our needs are never-ending.</li>
<li>All of you perishable shoppers who step up to the plate when we send out a request before each set-up make it so much easier for these weary families to settle in to their new home. Randi Gottlieb will send out notes to her committee when we don't have an offer to help, but that is becoming rarer and rarer because of the generosity of so many of you.</li>
<li>All of you who respond to our call for help at set-ups. You never fail to amaze me with your giving spirits.</li>
<li>Cynthia Scott taking time off work to brighten most set-ups with fresh flowers.</li>
<li>Our Bin Goddesses, open the able guidance of Nancy Hanson, make sure our Bin is open on Saturday mornings and besides keeping it organised and tidy, perform a vital community outreach program simply by chatting to interested folks. Having a visable presence is a vital link to those who want to learn more about TWC and what we do.</li>
<li>Bonnie Graves always organizing little neighborhood events with her children, raising vital dollars and, again, community awareness for TWC.</li>
<li>The Carlson's for making our lives forever easier with our Pine Tree Circle storage bin.</li>
<li>All of your help with making our beautiful Mother's Day and all occasion cards (thank you Lorna Bank for handling so many aspects of our card sales and production). All the gorgeous images our volunteers donate which make these cards so special.</li>
<li>Those of you who help Teresa pull for so many of our set-ups (I'm looking at you Emma Murray and Wendy Skolfield!). It can get pretty cramped and uncomfortable in that Bin and you ladies do an amazing job. Each set-up is different and beautiful in its own way because of you.</li>
<li>Organizing our annual Challenge Grant...thank you Debra Silbar and Karla Morrison. Your vision and understanding that this charity doesn't run on air has helped keep our coffers in the black, thus enabling us to continue turning a bare-bones space into a home for so many families who have gone through so much hardship.</li>
<li>Wendy Skolfield for investigating all avenues for donations from luggage shops to newspaper articles that might potentially feature TWC to local shops. And check out the beautiful rose below...she brought one for every volunteer at the dinner.</li>
<li>To all of you volunteers who help us in any way you can...thank you.</li>
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And to all of you who wonder just how you can help, there are a myriad of ways (as you can see above). Your time is as important to us as any financial contribution and we love hearing your ideas so never hold back. Let us know your suggestions.</div>
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Here are just a few photos from our annual Volunteer Appreciation Dinner at Rocco's. (Thanks for thinking to take a few pix, Teresa!). I wish more of you amazing ladies could have joined us, but June is a busy month.<br />
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It's been a busy couple of months for Topanga Women's Circle and that's the way we like it! </div>
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Mother's Day cards continue to be appreciated by our volunteers and their moms, friends of TWC and the community and there's no doubt that we've gotten pretty good at making them. This year Lorna and Nancy took over the lion's share of the work, including researching and finding some great new images which proved super popular. Teresa hosted the card-making party and, as usual, TWC folks created some beautiful cards. Hopefully by next year we'll figure out how folks can actually order cards online but for now, we're mostly old-school! </div>
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Nancy and Lorna have also taken over the construction of the all-occasion cards we're now selling (still only $5 each...so get them while the price is low!) which include birthday, sympathy, congratulations, etc and are pretty stunning. These have proved super popular so if you're in the market for a card, feel free to contact Lorna at lornabrittanbank@gmail.com. We might be selling them at our open bin on Saturday mornings as well, but that's to be decided.</div>
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Our TWC members are always thinking about ways to help and yesterday I got a call from Bonnie Graves asking if she could borrow our sandwich board as she was hosting an outdoor movie night where she and Sophie & Sawyer (her kiddos) were making all the concessions...and donating all profits to TWC. Well, she and the children just stopped by with their monies from last night's show...and the wine and snacks must have been flowing because they made just under $300 for TWC. SO generous!</div>
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We had a small set-up last week...one that had been postponed multiple times due to a bad leak in the apartment which not only damaged the floors and cabinets, etc., but also the electricals. It was just a small set-up (a mom and her little girl) which Teresa and Emma pulled for, but it really looked sweet when we'd finished. Because of the unit's size, it is always critical to make it as attractive as possible without overloading with too much extraneous stuff and Emma and Teresa nailed it, as usual.</div>
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Wendy Skolfield stopped at a big estate sale in the Valley the other week and picked up a load of great stuffed animals, as well as a darling little wooden kitchen set...which was perfect for this new family's little 2 y.o.</div>
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Anyway, we were in and out of this tiny flat in no time, thanks to the expert help of Isabel Freeman and Marie Wexler. It was Marie's first set-up, but you'd never have known it. Once it was explained that there is NO wrong way to do anything, she was off and running! Cynthia Scott stopped by with her usual beautiful flower donation which is always the icing on the cake (thanks, C!).</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The really sweet little kitchen that Wendy found at the estate sale.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can't figure out how to rotate this, but we worked around the workmen<br />
who were really impressed with our efforts and kept offering to help!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was taken before Cynthia's far more beautiful flowers arrived.<br />
Fresh fruit in the bowl, welcome card (with Target gift card inside)<br />
and check out the new round table...worked far better in such a small space.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Painters putting finishing touches in the bathroom</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New hall cabinet...sideways...can't rotate on blogger</td></tr>
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<br />Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620974148522942492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083059759317431489.post-61901784816644303022018-03-29T16:58:00.000-07:002018-03-30T09:48:24.433-07:00Mother's Day: May 13, 2018<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.2px; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "papyrus";"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Any questions, or for further information, contact Lin at linilsley@gmail.com until April 20 and after that contact Lorna at lornabrittanbank@gmail.com</span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10.4px; text-align: center;">Linda Bolhuis Silkscreen 1</td></tr>
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Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620974148522942492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083059759317431489.post-26030373299975414812017-10-10T21:55:00.003-07:002017-10-10T21:55:49.851-07:00Back to School/End of Summer Meeting: 9/26/17Mea Culpa! This poor, languishing blog is in dire need of an update, especially when there's so much going on in the world of Topanga Women's Circle. We have been busy launching our 2017 Challenge Grant Campaign (more on that below), our annual back to business/school/end of summer meeting (more on that below) and with multiple set-ups (details below on the most recent). So instead of waffling on about our fabulous volunteers (all true), some insane summer heat, and the minutae of daily life with TWC, let's talk about the major events.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Topanga Women's Circle 2017 Challenge Grant</span></b></h3>
Debra Silbar and Karla Morrison introduced the campaign at our last meeting and we are so lucky that it was announced with such a generous donation from Elaine Hanson, Realtor at Partners Trust and Doug Hanson Construction. Jumping right in to join the campaign with wonderfully generous contributions were Debra & Adam Silbar, Steve & Leslie Carlson, Karen Sherwood, Wendy Skolfield and Holly & Sophie Hanson. Friends and relatives of TWC volunteers are quickly jumping in to help, realizing the challenges we face on a daily basis.<br />
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Just what is a challenge grant? It means that for every dollar you donate, our generous donors who have kick-started the challenge will match it, up to $16,000! Your donation will essentially be doubled and is guaranteed to improve the lives of our Veterans and other homeless families.<br />
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In Los Angeles County alone, homelessness has jumped 23% in the last year. Many are Veterans and families, including over 63,000 children, who are living on the streets, in shelters or in their cars. Working with two agencies, Westwood Transitional Village and Venice Community Housing, we help the neediest of families by furnishing these bare-boned, institutionally furnished apartments with the necessities we all take for granted like fresh new sheets, pillows, towels, personal care items, toys and books and a fully stocked kitchen with new pots and pans, dishes and cutlery and food in the pantry and the fridge.<br />
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We are busier than ever now that transitional housing (accommodation for up to two years) has now become bridge housing (3-6 months for families and up to two years for Vets) and what this means is we are going through our funds at a rate never seen before. We are asking for financial help from our volunteers, friends and family. Please click on our Challenge Grant link and help us in any way that you can (https://twc.networkforgood.com/projects/35727-topanga-women-s-circle-2017-challenge-grant). Thank you.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Back to School/Business/End of Summer Annual Meeting at the Carlson's</span></b></h3>
The turn-out for this annual meeting was higher than ever and we are so appreciative that Steve and Leslie have opened their beautiful home, year after year, for this traditionally large gathering. This year we were happy to see so many of you in addition to so many new volunteers, many of whom have been so generous to TWC already with donations and time. This is always a great opportunity to catch up with one another, to share ideas for future growth, eat great food, drink great wine (thank you Bonnie Graves!!!) and for catching up on all that TWC has been up to in the past year.<br />
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The infusion of new energy and your enthusiasm has set a fire under all of us and your contributions are vital to the continued success of this little charity.<br />
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Teresa and I appreciate the incredible contributions all that our volunteers make. Some of you work full time, some of you have young families and while all of us are busy, you continue to give when you can. We believe that every volunteer, no matter how much or how little then can do, is a vital cog in the continued success of our group and we thank you all. There are times when we don't hear from you for a while and that's okay...life is like that.,,for all of us. Thank you to our incredible Advisory Board whose energy and wisdom guide us in such a positive way. Lorna Bank, Nancy Hanson, Debra Silbar, Karla Morrison, Janaki Welch and our past co-chair, Karen Sherwood...you ladies are amazing! And, as always, gratitude to our founder, Arlette Parker, whose wisdom and vision created our charity.<br />
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Just a reminder that aside from our annual Mother's Day fundraiser with our lovely cards, we are now selling cards for $5. They are lovely with a variety of messages imprinted on the vellum inserts including Happy Birthday, In Sympathy, Congratulations, Happy Anniversary, etc, PLUS a new series of Inspire cards with images of Jane Goodall, Malala and Rosa Parks. This was a terrific idea of Patty Colvig's to feature influential women and Lorna Bank and Nancy Hanson deserve a thank you for their work in putting the cards together. Patty researched the images and found inspiration quotes. Many thanks, as always, to our printing angel, Noelle Berman. It's hard to find any printers who print on vellum, but Noelle does a great job for us at Hollywood Forever.<br />
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If you haven't checked out our new website yet, trip on over (http://topangawomenscircle.org) and take a look. Debra Silbar and I worked hard on this and Joanna Gunst made it possible. She is a website guru, right here in the Canyon. If you don't know Imagine Website Design, you have a treat in store!<br />
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We're still trying to consolidate some of our storage as we're still scattered around Los Angeles. Anything in Topanga is our first choice, natch, but close by would be great as well. As it is, we have our beloved Bin in Pine Tree Circle (thank you Carlson's), one at the Brewery Arts Complex (thank you Carlson's!), one at Bell Shelter (thank you Sharon Pregerson!) and one that we pay just under $500 a month for in Thousand Oaks. That's the first one we'd like to lose so if you have any ideas, please let us know!<br />
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And lastly, our committees. If anyone would like to help, please contact the committee heads. Included are their emails.<br />
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<b>Bin Committee</b>: Nancy Hanson (nancyhanson19@gmail.com). The Bin is open Saturday mornings throughout the year except when it's tipping down rain or boiling hot, from 9 to 10:30. Please contact Nancy if you would like to help out.<br />
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<b>Shopping Committee: </b>Teresa Royer (t.royer1218@gmail.com) handles much of the shopping, creation of shopping lists and if you'd like to help out, please contact her. Emma Murray is our go to gal for big shops at Ikea!<br />
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<b>Pull Committee: </b>Again, Teresa (t.royer1218@gmail.com) handles most of the pulling with help from another volunteer. If you'd like to help her with this, drop her a line!<br />
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<b>Perishable Committee: </b>Drop Randi Gottlieb (rgottliebmft@gmail.com) if you'd like to be on this committee. For most set-ups, we ask help from our volunteer base and if no one is available, we then turn to this committee for help.<br />
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<b>Non-Perishable Committee: </b>Patty Colvig (pcolvig@verizon.net) keeps a close eye on our stocks in the Bin and in Thousand Oaks and springs into action when we're low. If you'd like to help out, drop her a line.<br />
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And now a few photos from recent set-ups!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Those ladies who 'pull' for the set-ups coordinated this one down to the shampoo and conditioner</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mom and teenage daughter arrived to this serene space. The welcome<br />
note on the dining room table lets the new tenants know everything we've left is<br />
theirs to keep and includes a Target gift card.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paula Dove...unrolling a new rug</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wendy Skolfield...making the mom's room pretty</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tight space for two little girls...but it sure looks welcoming</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Color coordinated for a large family and lovely Arbonne products donated<br />
by volunteer, Margaret French Isaac</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How beautiful is this? And someone donated the lovely screen<br />
in the corner</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A super full fridge for a super large family!</td></tr>
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<br />Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620974148522942492noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083059759317431489.post-66020505961364960742017-04-05T21:02:00.002-07:002017-04-05T21:09:20.871-07:00Mother's Day 2017<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "papyrus";">It's time to order your 2017 Mother's Day Cards.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "papyrus";">This is Topanga Women's Circle most important fundraiser of the year and</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "papyrus";">for only a $25 donation we will mail a beautiful, personalized card to ANY mother</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "papyrus";">(mothers, sisters, aunts, cousins & friends) who you would like to </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "papyrus";">recognize or to a special lady whose memory you would like to honor.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "papyrus";">For timely mailing of cards</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "papyrus";">(Mother's Day is May 14th this year),</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "papyrus";">all orders must be placed with us by May 8th at the latest.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "papyrus";">We are happy to mail the card with your special message or you can</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "papyrus";">place an order with us for cards that you would like to personalize and mail yourself.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "papyrus";">We will also have a beautiful selection of cards available for sale at the</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "papyrus";">Topanga Farmer's Market from 9 AM until closing on</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "papyrus";">April 28, May 5 and May 12.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "papyrus";">Two simple ways to pay:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "papyrus";">Either go to our website: topangawomenscircle.org and click on the</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "papyrus";">'How You Can Help" Contribute Button. We take Amex, Mastercard, Visa or Paypal or</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "papyrus";">Send your check for $25 for each card payable to Topanga Women's Circle and mail to:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus";"><span style="background-color: white;">Topanga Women's Circle</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "papyrus";">c/o Linda Ilsley</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "papyrus";">2670 Topanga Skyline Drive</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "papyrus";">Topanga, CA 90290</span><br /><span style="font-family: "papyrus";">Any questions, or for further information, contact Linda at linilsley@gmail.com</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "papyrus";">If we are mailing the card for you, please include your name as you would like it to appear on the card, your personal message and the name and address of each recipient.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "papyrus";">Photo choices follow. In addition to these lovely photos, we also have a large selection of beautiful flower photos. If you would like us to choose a card for you, that too is fine!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "papyrus";">We have some tried and true images below in addition to some lovely new ones. Of special interest are the silkscreen images by TWC volunteer, Linda Bolhuis.</span></div>
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Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620974148522942492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083059759317431489.post-11428109681128547882017-02-09T17:46:00.001-08:002017-02-09T17:46:29.044-08:00February 7 Meeting at Annie's<b>Another Meeting! </b>Every couple of months, a meeting notice goes out and then the search for a volunteer willing to host the event begins. We've been in big houses, small houses, new houses and old and the bottom line is, size doesn't matter. The number of chairs available doesn't matter. It's a gathering of women who are happy to see one another and who always bring the tastiest of treats to share with one another. This last meeting was hosted by Annie Gabbert and her home couldn't have been more beautiful, comfortable or perfect for our latest get-together. Plus it had AMAZING parking!!<br />
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Socializing and food and maybe a glass or two of wine take precedence and then we get down to the business of TWC. As is usual, Nancy Hanson took some great notes and any omissions are my errors. For those of you unable to make the meeting, here's a brief synopsis of what we covered.<br />
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<b>Christmas...it's a wrap: </b>As always, TWC volunteers provided a most extraordinary Christmas for the children at the Transitional Living Center at Venice Community Housing. As we've said before, these children have grown up amid great turmoil with few treats and the Christmas we provide for them is indeed something they will remember forever. Thanks to all of you for your generosity and for turning out to help wrap the gifts. The children were delighted with their bounty and we did get some thank you notes from the them and moms which I've put someplace safe and now can't find. I will, though (before our next meeting!).<br />
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This year each family at the Bessie Pregerson Child Development Center at Westwood Transitional Village received a beautiful quilt/throw handmade by The Linus Project and a Target gift card. Karen did a beautiful job wrapping and ribboning the over 40 bags for the families which she and Teresa (am I forgetting anyone?) delivered.<br />
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<b>Challenge Grant: </b>New Board Member, Debra Silbar, gave us the final tally which was $13,143 PLUS the $6,000 donation (from four couples). We raised just under $20,000 in total. Coldwell Banker, Malibu, pledged $1,000 but because their charitable funding came in late, gifted us with $2,000 as their donation came in after the end of the campaign. A special thank you to Christine Rodgers of Coldwell Banker, for championing our cause. Also, thank you, Debra, for spearheading this campaign and for all your hard work. And she's already thinking about next year!<br />
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If anyone has names and email addresses that they would like us to add to our fundraising list, we will be sure to include them in the future if you just send them to me. Patty Colvig suggests we use social media a bit more and that Topanga Next Door is a good place to start and Karla suggests an article be written for the new newspaper to spread the word of our drive.<br />
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<b>More on Fundraising: </b>While Karla's connection at Sheila Kuehl's office has moved on, she will still write a grant proposal to Sheila's office with some help from a template used in the past. This needs to be submitted this month, so time is racing on. If anyone has any other ideas (I know Debra has one she's thinking about), I am happy to help with any details that might be needed.<br />
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<b>Donations and Storage: </b>Everyone agreed that adding lamps to the set-ups really makes a big difference, especially since they're often missing at Westwood and there's little to no overhead lighting. While lamp donations are really tough to store safely and take up a lot of room, Catherine Grasso and Emma Murray do have storage space here in Topanga which would be most helpful to use in the future. Catherine's space is not quite as watertight as she'd like, so after the rains we can store things there.<br />
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TWC's storage is located between three free facilities: Topanga and Brewery Arts (thanks to Leslie Carlson) and Bell Shelter (thanks to the Salvation Army) and our $450/month facility in Thousand Oaks. Our first goal regarding this is to move things out of the most inconvenient...Bell. Hopefully, by the summertime that will be achieved.<br />
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<b>Any teens needing community service hours?</b> Our food needs shelving and sorting at the Thousand Oaks container. It's not a hard job, but it will take an hour or two of a teen's time. Contact Teresa or me if your child is interested in helping out. All of this fabulous non-perishable food is courtesy of Patty Colvig's annual neighborhood Xmas party and Topanga Elementary school (thanks, Patty!) and Manzanita School (thanks, Gail!).<br />
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And then a massive donation came in via Deborah Ackrich's cousin who works with MEND (http://mendpoverty.org/). Ninety-five percent of these donations are in our T.O. facility. Help!<br />
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And speaking of Deborah, congratulations to Bat Mitzvah girl, Eden Ackrich, who as part of her Bat Mitzvah project has written a little cookbook for the families we help. Eden includes one of her cookbooks for each set-up as well as a highlighted recipe, for which she (and her Mom) provide all the ingredients. (Note: Deborah said Albertson's is pretty generous if anyone wants to approach them regarding donations to TWC).<br />
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And Linda Handler Kort's little kindergarteners have once again donated over 100 cans of non-perishables...for the first 100 days of school. Linda sent a darling photo of the kids which we all ooo'd and aah'd over at our meeting. And speaking of Linda, she and her new hubs had a holiday party and instead of hostess gifts, she asked those attending to bring small kitchen items (such as measuring cups and spoons, whisks, wooden spoons, etc). Thanks, Linda!<br />
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<b>Changes in Transitional Housing: </b>We discussed at length the change in Southern California from Transitional to Bridge Housing. Teresa, Deborah Silbar and I will meet with Diane Good at Westwood next week to discuss these changes in more detail and how they will affect Topanga Women's Circle and what we do. One thing we do know for sure is there will be quicker turnover (every three to six months). We want to hang on to our upfront three day notice rule, but I can see this getting tougher and tougher.<br />
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Do we drop off items for the families if it's an emergency move-in? If that's the case, we'd better buy more big blue Ikea bags. We won't be purchasing big ticket items like microwaves and big vacuums, but we want to help the families as much as possible. We talked about tea kettles instead of coffee makers and toaster ovens instead of microwaves. Stick vacuums instead of big heavy ones...and the list goes on.<br />
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We will definitely suffer from some uncertainty and growing pains in the next few months. I'm practicing breathing for now...until we know more!<br />
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<b>Greeting Cards: </b>With a generous printing contribution from Noelle Berman, who prints all of our vellum inserts (for free!!!) and Nancy Hanson's work at putting cards together, we will now offer cards for sale at our meetings. These all have a beautiful vellum insert and simple messages such as: Happy Birthday, With Deepest Sympathy, Congratulations, etc. Cards sell for $5. We only had 18 at this last meeting, as we wanted to see if folks liked the idea, and we sold every one. We will put together some 'boxed' sets and individual cards for future sales. If anyone would like to help Nancy, please let her know.<br />
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<b>Committee Reports</b><br />
<b>Saturday Open Bin: </b>Nancy's cadre of volunteers continue to do great work but with travel schedules and family needs, she would love to have a few more ladies on board to help out. If you need more information, please contact her.<br />
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<b>Non-Perishables: </b>Thanks to Patty's efforts and the other donations mentioned above, nothing needs to be done...for now!<br />
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<b>Perishables: </b>This committee continues to do a great job but because of the expense, we like to ask at each set-up if someone would like to do the perishables. If no takers, then I let the Perishable Committee know and they spring into action. I will reimburse (but only with receipts) up to $50 for purchases. If you have questions, please contact Randi Gottlieb or Andrea Palella.<br />
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<b>Pulling for Set-ups: </b>Karen is happy to train anyone who is keen to get involved. Karla Morrison helped her out last week and said she was happy to learn, but there's a real system (and a checklist) and if you keep your thinking ordered and let your creativity soar, it's fun!<br />
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<b>Set-Ups: </b>Thank you to all of you for responding so readily and with such open hearts to my frequent emails that I send out asking for help. You arrive with smiles on your faces and usually bearing generous contributions for future set-ups. It's rare that we are 'short staffed' and your willingness to offer support to these needy families is commendable. It doesn't always go quite as smoothly as one would like (just ask Lizzie Kipner, Piper Norwood and Emma Murray how this week's set-up went!), but as we always say, "Homelessness is not tidy." That said, Teresa and I will do our best to keep this train rolling, regardless of what is thrown our way in the near future.<br />
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<b>Mother's Day: </b>And finally, Mother's Day is May 14 this year which means our next meeting will most likely be in late March, very early April. If you have any images you would like used for the cards, that would be great. I'm hoping Linda Bolhuis will let us use some of her fantastic images again this year because they were big sellers.<br />
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<b>Ommissions: </b>If I've forgotten anything, please let me know and I'll be sure to make a note.<br />
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<br />Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620974148522942492noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083059759317431489.post-52715958813825699502016-09-21T14:25:00.000-07:002016-09-21T17:25:04.486-07:00End of Summer/Back to School MeetingWelcome to all who were able to attend the lively, and always fun TWC gathering after a slight summer recess. Though we did have a few set-ups in July and August, it was mostly quiet...which was a welcome break after the extremely busy prior months. It was particularly nice to meet our new volunteers and a special thanks goes to Debra Silbar for being such an incredible recruiter!<br />
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Firstly many thanks to Leslie and Steve Carlson for hosting our September meeting, something they've done for the past four years, this being the first time we didn't need the heat lamps. It was like an east coast evening, warm and unusually humid and just perfect for sitting outside...waterfall tumbling behind us and Koi jumping! Steve did a stellar job grilling the salmon and, as always, they made us feel so comfortable and welcome in their most magical setting. Gorgeous, big boy, Osso, was beautifully behaved and was super easy with a house full of ladies.<br />
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Some things don't change and one of our volunteers commented (was it Gail Thomas?) that the best dining in Topanga routinely happens at these potluck dinners. What a great group of cooks...imaginative, nutritious and delicious with just the right amount of naughtiness (the desserts were divine!).<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Perishables Committee </b><b>Non Perishables</b></span><br />
Randi Gottlieb, Chair Patty Colvig, Chair<br />
Andrea Palella Geraldine Flaxman<br />
Bonnie Graves Piper Norwood<br />
Randi Gottlieb Deborah Ackrich<br />
Debra Silbar Randi DenBesten<br />
Wendy Skolfield<br />
Sue Forbes<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Shopping Committee Pull Committee</span></b><br />
Teresa Rosati-Royer, Chair Karen Sherwood, Chair<br />
Karen Sherwood Mary Morley<br />
Piper Norwood Piper Norwood<br />
Randi DenBesten Carrie Rheinfrank<br />
Emma Murray Emma Murray<br />
Janaki Welch Nancy Hanson<br />
Deborah Ackrich<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Fundraising Committee Set-Up Committee</span></b><br />
Debra Silbar, Chair Lin Ilsley, Chair<br />
Karla Morrison All TWC volunteers<br />
Janaki Welch<br />
Teresa Rosati-Royer <br />
Lin Ilsley <br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Saturday Morning Bin Goddess Committee</span></b><br />
Nancy Hanson, Chair<br />
Rebecca Franco Deborah Kashinsky<br />
Cynthia Scott and Lizzie Scott<br />
Catherine McClenahan Pat Lester<br />
Linda Mann Gail Thomas<br />
Carrie Rheinfrank Terry Welles<br />
Ann Grant<br />
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A quick thank you to all our volunteers, especially those of you who help with so many set-ups and work quietly behind the scenes shopping and pulling and Bin Goddessing and fundraising. It is so appreciated. Here are a few extra thank you's going out to: Debra Silbar for bringing a breath of fresh air and some lovely new (younger) volunteers to us who have been so generous thus far and for kickstarting our fundraising committee with energy and ideas; thanks to Cynthia Scott for popping over from work to deliver fresh flowers when we're working our magic in Westwood; Bonnie Graves for her homemade ice cream sandwich sale; Pat Lester for her fabulous, magical way with a needle and thread...potholders, American Girl doll clothes, etc; Rebecca Franco for her lovely welcome cards; Eden Ackrich (and mom Deborah) for thinking of TWC and working towards helping those in need for her Bat Mitzvah project; and all who are so generously donating to our Giving Fund Challenge Grant (more details to follow!).<br />
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We touched briefly on Christmas and what we will do which is Christmas for the kids at Venice Community Housing which is usually around 10 children. We will put the wish list out in November and plan on wrapping and delivering before the middle of December. A great way to contribute is by asking friends and colleagues for $25 gift cards to Target which we will give to each family at the Bessie Pregerson Child Development Center at Westwood Transitional Village, as well as a beautiful hand crocheted throw hand made by Project Linus. We also like to include a gift card to each new move-in family.<br />
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<b>Fundraising Update: </b><br />
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<li>Giving Fund Challenge details will be coming but the match grant has already grown to $6,000!</li>
<li>We're going to have a raffle in the New Year with...drum roll... a Thanksgiving 2017 week long vacation in Cabo, donated very generously by Teresa and Bruce Royer! Details to follow.</li>
<li>We'll still be having our annual Mother's Day Fundraiser with our beautiful handmade cards</li>
<li>Perhaps a fundraiser with one special entertainer or a variety show using some of the great talent we have here in the Canyon</li>
<li>After our Giving Fund drive has been completed, we will be contacting Sheila Kuehl's office, perhaps looking for matching grants.</li>
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So, loads of things on the horizon and lots to be excited about. Here are some photos of the beautiful homes we've created in the last few months for those in transition, including many Veterans and their families.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Welcome place setting with welcome card and a $25 gift card to Target</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Darling boy's bedroom with fabulous bedding donated by<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a full fridge for a large family move-in</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bonnie Graves and little Sophie putting a lot of thought<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Bonnie Grave's little boy, Sawyer, hauling things (enthusiastically) upstairs to one of the bedrooms. <br />T</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">his little guy never stopped!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> A serene master bedroom</td></tr>
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<br />Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620974148522942492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083059759317431489.post-51589799000114085062016-06-15T16:42:00.002-07:002016-06-15T17:17:07.939-07:00And Another Year...Somehow, even though my children are grown and grandchildren are headed that way too, June always signals the end of another year to me. Sure, December 31 holds some meaning as well, but there is something about the end of a school year that gives me that slightly heady feeling that it's vacation time! And so each year, in early June, we gather at Rocco's for our annual volunteer thank you dinner. While we chat about accomplishments and goals for the year ahead, we also just kick back and enjoy one another's company in a familiar Canyon setting. Two TWC angels, who prefer to remain anonymous, refused to let TWC pay for this event and quietly went and settled the tab. We are so lucky to have so many remarkably generous volunteers who never fail to impress me with their kind and open spirits. Next year, we hope to have the dinner a little before the end of the school year to avoid graduation parties and vacation conflicts. <br />
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We did manage to discuss a few things at the party and here's a brief run-down<br />
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<li>Mother's Day was another huge success and we will continue with this tradition again next year! Noelle Berman prints the beautiful vellum inserts for us and we are so appreciative. Our booth at the Farmer's Market was successful and led to a discussion of...</li>
<li>First Friday's. This is an idea the Topanga Farmer's Mkt is considering where local crafts people, artists and charities could set up a booth. One idea for TWC is to make all occasion cards, birthday, sympathy, congratulations, new baby, etc and sell them for $5 each. Maybe Noelle could print these inserts for us too!</li>
<li>Thanks to Courtney Karp, who though a new Canyon resident has joined our merry band, hosting the annual Christmas non-perishable food drive that Patty Colvig started a few years back(Lower Encina) and working the booth at the Farmer's Mkt. </li>
<li>Elaine Hanson deserves a big thanks, too, for printing the fliers!</li>
<li>Karla Morrison continues to make strides towards improving TWC's visibility with Sheila Kuehl's office.</li>
<li>Thanks to Rebecca Franco for making the new welcome cards for each family. We love leaving them with a little note and a $25 Target gift card. Our gift cards will soon be gone, so if ever you have friends who want to know how they can help, suggest a $25 Target gift card!</li>
<li>In early September we will have to make the decision as to whether or not we renew our space at the storage facility in T.O. or can anyone think of a safe, secure, clean and dry Canyon space we could use for free? Catherine McClenahan offered her property as a location for a storage container. We will need to crunch some numbers as to the cost of a container, delivery, leveling, etc as opposed to a year's storage facility rental (which runs around $4,500).</li>
<li>A set builder friend made a generous donation to TWC (from a set that was being broken down) of towels, lamps, throw pillows, etc and suggested the studios might be a good source of donations for us.</li>
<li>Nancy reported that the Bin Committee was going strong and doing a great job with inventory, bundling and organizing.</li>
<li>Patty continues to manage the Non-Perishables group and is finding that purchasing Visa cards with TWC funds for NP purchases is working out well.</li>
<li>A reminder to the Perishable Committee that you are free to spend as much as you want for set-ups but if you want reimbursement, TWC can only spend a maximum of $50 per set-up. The generosity of the folks in this committee (Bonnie Graces, Andrea Palella, Wendy Skolfield, Debra Silbar, Sue Forbes, Randi Gottlieb...and I know I'm forgetting someone!) is amazing.</li>
<li>Karen introduced Judy Richards to us all and she talked about her fascinating group, Granny Squared, a community-based project that has collected thousands of crocheted squares which she has made available to TWC for stitching together to create colorful and warm bed covers for our intake families. Isabel Freeman would like to help Judy with this and Deborah Ackrich offered that her girls might be interested in helping as well.</li>
<li>When responding to emails sent to the whole charity, please do not hit reply all and also please try and avoid bringing anything extra to the set-ups without first checking with Teresa or me.</li>
<li>And finally, we're hoping the number of set-ups will slow down for a bit after our extraordinarily busy spring.</li>
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And now some photos from the last few months! For those of you who haven't taken part in a set-up before, each apartment that we turn into a home for a new family is a blank slate. Each is different, depending upon what donations we've received, the make-up of the new family, number of bedrooms, etc. But one thing remains the same...they always look warm and welcoming. These photos should give you an idea!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A blank slate. Institutional, not too homey...we're ready to change that!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arrival...lots to unpack, boxes to break down and loads of willing hands to help.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Parent's Bedroom. This must feel so good after being in a shelter.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And another parents' bedroom...showing just how different they can be</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A little guy's room.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We always try and include books for the children, as well as age-appropriate toys</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More books, toys and artwork!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love the way each table is set differently and how we always leave that <br />
welcome card and gift certificate for each family.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another beautifully set table.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And another!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A full fridge from a v. generous volunteer.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bright colored living room rug and throw pillows is so welcoming.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bright green for this apartment!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pat Lester made this little doll carrier AND<br />
the doll clothes. She is TWC's master crafter and<br />
seamstress making everything from doll clothes to potholders!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All finished! It was a big apartment and we needed every one of these volunteers.<br />
Junior volunteer, Lizzie Scott (with mum, Cynthia) is a<br />
great addition to our team!</td></tr>
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Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620974148522942492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083059759317431489.post-44976600396951257062016-04-08T14:09:00.000-07:002016-04-10T21:18:13.805-07:00Mother's Day 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #7a007a; font-family: "papyrus"; line-height: 18.2px;">It's time to order your 2016 Mother's Day Cards.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #7a007a; font-family: "papyrus";">This is Topanga Women's Circle most important fundraiser of the year and</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #7a007a; font-family: "papyrus";">for only a $25 donation we will mail a beautiful, personalized card to ANY mother</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #7a007a; font-family: "papyrus";">(mothers, sisters, aunts, cousins & friends) who you would like to </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #7a007a; font-family: "papyrus";">recognize or to a special lady whose memory you would like to honor.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #7a007a; font-family: "papyrus";">For timely mailing of cards</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #7a007a; font-family: "papyrus";">(Mother's Day is May 8th this year),</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #7a007a; font-family: "papyrus";">all orders must be placed with us by May 1st at the latest.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #7a007a; font-family: "papyrus";">We are happy to mail the card with your special message or you can</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #7a007a; font-family: "papyrus";">place an order with us for cards that you would like to personalize and mail yourself.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #7a007a; font-family: "papyrus";">We will also have a beautiful selection of cards available for sale at the</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #7a007a; font-family: "papyrus";">Topanga Farmer's Market on</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #7a007a; font-family: "papyrus";">April 22, 29 and May 6.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #7a007a; font-family: "papyrus";">Two simple ways to pay:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #7a007a; font-family: "papyrus";">Either go to our website: topangawomenscircle.org and click on the</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #7a007a; font-family: "papyrus";">'How You Can Help" Contribute Button. We take Amex, Mastercard, Visa or Paypal or</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #7a007a; font-family: "papyrus";">Send your check for $25 for each card payable to:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #7a007a; font-family: "papyrus";">Community Partners fbo Topanga Women's Circle</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #7a007a; font-family: "papyrus";">c/o Linda Ilsley</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #7a007a; font-family: "papyrus";">2670 Topanga Skyline Drive</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #7a007a; font-family: "papyrus";">Topanga, CA 90290</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #7a007a; font-family: "papyrus";">Any questions, or for further information, contact Linda at linilsley@gmail.com</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #7a007a; font-family: "papyrus";">If we are mailing the card for you, please include your name as you would like it to appear on the card, your personal message and the name and address of each recipient.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #7a007a; font-family: "papyrus";">We have some tried and true images below in addition to some lovely new ones. Of special interest are the silkscreen images by TWC volunteer, Linda Bolhuis.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Impressionism: Pansies</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Goddess of Compassion</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Linda Bolhuis Silkscreen 1</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Linda Bolhuis Silkscreen 2</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Linda Bolhuis Silkscreen 3</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Poppies and Amish Barn</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lupines, Old Canyon, Topanga</td></tr>
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<br />Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620974148522942492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083059759317431489.post-2893748530627023282016-02-28T14:54:00.004-08:002016-04-22T14:48:02.779-07:00February Meeting at Tuscali & Annual Mother's Day Fundraiser<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span>
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HELPS! Who would like a FREE ticket/s to
what promises to be a fabulous evening at Royce Hall this coming Thursday,
March 3? Only expense is $12 for
parking. Please contact me or Karen (<a href="mailto:kfswood@gmail.com">kfswood@gmail.com</a>) for
ticket information. This benefits Westwood Transitional Village…a cause near
and dear to all of us. So, if you love listening to a great symphony playing
some fabulous show tunes and classics, an emerging young diva singing a couple
of arias, a fabulous young singer belting out the classics and Carol Lawrence,
Ed Asner and Fritz Coleman leading the way, let us know ASAP! </span></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">Tickets will be
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thanks to all of you who were able to join us and hopefully this posting will
update those of you who were unable to come. We chatted aout a lot, including our annual Mother's Day card drive (such an integral part of our annual fundraising), committee updates, Harmony Helps Fundraiser and, of course, Karen's big news. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Loads of wonderful donations!</span></td></tr>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-size: xx-small;">BIG THANK YOU'S to our JUNIOR VOLUNTEERS</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">A big thank you goes out to
the kindergartners at Topanga Elementary in TWC volunteer, Linda Handler’s
class, who collected 100 cans of food for their first 100 days of school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Linda has done this for a few years now and
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">Thank you to Bonnie
Graves’ two little ones who joined in their annual neighborhood<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>rummage sale by having a coffee/hot
chocolate/doughnuts sale where they raised over $70 for TWC.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are putting the monies towards
perishable foods for the set-ups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Love
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">Thank you to little
Charlotte, a frequent presence with mom, Amy, at our set-ups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not only does Charlotte help with creating
cozy homes for our move-ins, but she had a toy/stuffed animal drive with some
of her home-schooler friends in a special class they attend and she’s going to
do it again…this time asking specifically for art supplies and stuffed toys. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">And thank you to Cynthia
Scott and her daughter Lizzie for joining Nancy’s Open Bin group. Teens love
sleeping in on Saturday mornings, so we super appreciate Lizzie's presence at the
Bin!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><b><span style="color: red;">Special request</span></b>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have not had art boxes for incoming
families for some time now. If you have children who are in a group (Brownies,
Girl Scouts, Mother-Daughter groups or a service club at school) this is a
great way to contribute to TWC.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Deborah
Ackrich had her Brownie troop make some great art boxes a couple of years ago
and I know Lizzie Scott made some, too, as well as Annie Gabbert’s
mother-daughter group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Art boxes are
simple and fun to make:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>grab a sturdy
shoe box, decorate it on the outside and fill it with arts and crafts supplies.
We love leaving one for each family who have gone through so much. What a
terrific way for these kids to express themselves.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">TWC is always happy to
welcome new volunteers and last week Karen and I met with Holly & Sophie
Hanson of Harmony Financial Strategies who relocated from Santa Monica to offices
above Topanga Table…they’re also Canyon residents and would like to become
further involved with our group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’d
hoped to join us on Tuesday but got caught up at another meeting. It was great
to see Ruth Lundi at the meeting, too, and I know her energy and enthusiasm
will be a great addition to the group. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Debra
Silbar was also at her first meeting, fresh off a set-up where she generously
also provided the perishables for the move-in family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have other new volunteers who have signed
up and hopefully they will join us for future meetings and endeavors.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">TWC has enjoyed a wonderful
association with the <b><span style="color: red;">Canyon Sages</span></b> who have supported us in the past with
non-perishable food drives, but now they are doing something extra special to benefit the children we serve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every other week a group of
dedicated gals meets at the Library for a sewing circle where they make
wonderful stuffed animals<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to include at
each set-up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They really are very
special and Karla brought a bag full of some teddies she has recently finished
and they are absolutely darling.<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">And now onto <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mother’s Day</b>, always a big event for
TWC and becoming one that lots of folks in the Canyon recognize.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Debra Skelton was unable to come
to the meeting, but has volunteered to write an article for the Messenger so we can
get the word out in a timely manner about this very important, annual fundraiser.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember, if you or your friends would like
to use some of your photos on the cards (as Patty Colvig does every year), we
can provide the card stock with beautiful vellum insert and you can personalize
them even more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a few weeks I’ll
create a new blog posting with images that we use for Mother’s Day cards and
include other photos you would like included. Please submit them to us pretty
soon for consideration and I’ll send you all a link to that blog posting with
many of the choices for MD cards. If you are selling cards to friends (and we
really encourage you to offer these cards for sale besides sending cards of
your own) this page will be available to everyone so they can choose their
order. Some folks have requested fewer flower pictures and more animals/nature/ocean/Canyon
shots so if you have some particularly super ones and are willing to share,
scoot them our way! These cards are frequently sent to friends and family
honoring them as a mom or to friends in memory of their mom. And for those
still lucky enough to have their mother, you know that most of them don’t want
any more stuff…so these cards are perfect! Cost is still $25.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Farmer’s Mkt (volunteers?)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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for sale at our open Bin on Saturday mornings, 9 to 10:30<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">About a month ago a good
friend of mine, Elaine Arama, lost her mother, Ruth Halloran, aged 101.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was lucky to have met Ruth when she was
around 98 and what a dynamic, intelligent, curious lady she was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wanted to know more about TWC and already
knew a little about us because Elaine has sent her a TWC MD card for
years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I shared our website with her
while she sipped her cup of tea and she was just so impressed with what we do. I never saw her again, but was kept up to date with stories of her robust
good health and intellect via her daughter. There was a wonderful obituary
about Ruth in the Boston Globe…a big one…for she had a long and varied life,
filled with volunteerism, teaching and family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>At the end of the article, I was so surprised to read that donations in
Ruth’s memory could be made to two organizations dear to her heart:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Framingham Heart Study and Topanga
Women’s Circle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was beyond touched and
honored by this and only wish I could thank her in person.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="color: red; font-size: xx-small;">Please contact me or Teresa (<a href="mailto:trosatiroyer@yahoo.com"><span style="color: red;">trosatiroyer@yahoo.com</span></a>)
if you would like </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="color: red; font-size: xx-small;">to be included on any of these committees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></b></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">Andrea Palella gave a
run-down on how this committee is working and it has been decided it will be a
back-up committee. First option for providing perishables to a move-in family
will go to anyone who volunteers and if no one is available, the perishable
committee will provide them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">New committee members:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">Patty Colvig gave us an
update on perishables, including Visa cash cards for those times when
volunteers go out to replenish our dwindling stock. All receipts must be kept
for accounting purposes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Patty has seen
to the management of this committee for some time now and includes a
non-perishable drive at Christmas time in her Entrada neighborhood and is now
spearheading a drive each year at Topanga Elementary.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">New volunteer:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Pat Rice<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">Nancy has been pleased with
the volunteers stepping up to help and Karen keeps our Bin in great
organizational order.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">New Volunteers:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Janaki Welch and Heather Tehrani<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">Teresa is happy that she has
a couple of new volunteers helping her on this one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Karen determines the shortfall and sends the
list to Teresa. Donations always welcome, but Linda will reimburse folks for
any expenses.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">Rather than being responsible
for actually organizing a fundraiser, this committee is for ideas people who
are willing to meet and just hash out ideas for potential fundraisers. Creative
folks, please consider joining up.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">Volunteers:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Wendy Skolfield and Ruth Lundi<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">Come on ladies…this is SO
MUCH FUN!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You get to chatter to
potential new volunteers and community friends and sell our beautiful Mother’s
Day cards.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have the table and our
great sandwich board (made by Foster Sherwood!) and it really is fun.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><b>Volunteers: Linda Bolhuis, Debra Silbar, Linda Ilsley</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">I’m not surprised (because
who wants to write a grant proposal!!?) but no one signed up for this one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have some templates for grants written in
the past and am happy to help on this one but we also need folks who are
willing to research grant opportunities for us.<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">These two photos are special because we don't often get to see the folks for whom we create these welcoming homes but Margarita shared a couple of photos of new families (permission granted to post).</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">And finally, Karen has decided to step down from her co-chairmanship of Topanga Women's Circle. Eight years of dedication on her part is not coming to an end though...she will still be on our Advisory Board and keeping a close watch on the Bin (!) but with a mom in failing health some distance away and other activities she would like to pursue, she has decided to step back. Teresa Rosati-Royer will be joining me at the help and I couldn't be more delighted that she decided to accept this role. </span></span>Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620974148522942492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083059759317431489.post-15277537032377369912016-01-19T20:40:00.000-08:002016-01-20T09:57:57.899-08:00A Few Months...in Photos<div style="text-align: center;">
<b style="color: orange;">Please mark your calendars for our next potluck meeting</b><br />
<span style="color: orange;"><b>Tuesday, February 23, 7 PM</b></span><br />
<span style="color: orange;"><b>If anyone would like to host the meeting, please drop me a line. </b></span><br />
<span style="color: orange;"><b>A reminder will go out closer to the date.</b></span></div>
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It's been a busy few months and we have the pictures below to prove it.<br />
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Randy Newman! <br />
Many thanks to Randy for giving such a wonderful concert<br />
to benefit Topanga Women's Circle. What a gift, though <br />
none of this would have happened without Karen. While Randy is a family friend,<br />
what she had to do to make this concert happen was nothing short of herculean.<br />
She now has another title...producer!<br />
Many thanks as well to Rosewood and Bonnie Morgan. <br />
Working with her was a delight and we wholeheartedly recommend<br />
Rosewood to anyone looking for such a venue.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The man himself, Randy Newman. What a spectacular sell-out show.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front Row!!! Catherine McClenahan and Michele and Gary Johnson</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><div style="font-size: 12.8px;">
Joanna Gunst, her hubs and friends. Joanna created our wonderful programs for us</div>
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and did all our online work. Big shout out to Imagine Website Designs. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Under the oaks at Rosewood. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Gentle showers but then the sun.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">And then Christmas...Debra Skelton brought all of these goodies, a<br />
donation from <span style="font-size: 12.8px;">her friend at Disney!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">My living room becomes Christmas Central. End result of the TWC<br />
Elves annual wrapping gathering. Big thank you to our terrific volunteers who<br />
year after year are so generous with their pocketbooks and their time.<br />
The children at Venice Community Housing's Transitional Living Center<br />
were beyond delighted with all your efforts.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Gift cards to Target ready to be delivered to Bessie Pregerson Child Development Center<br />
One card for each family. Thank you, Topanga and TWC. <br />
The community joined us in this effort and it was a resounding success!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A few pictures below that bear witness, in part, to our big grant spend down.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Thanks to some friends of ours at Westwood who negotiated this space (for free!)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">for us, we have a place to store our larger items (vacuums and microwave ovens, etc).</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">So now we have storage here in Topanga, downtown at the Brewery complex, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Thousand Oaks and Bell. Yikes!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Karen directing the forklift driver at Bell Shelter when we went out<br />
to strong arm some rugs, microwaves and vacuums back to this side of town.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vacuum cleaners and microwave ovens!<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">And we LOVE our junior volunteers. Little Charlotte continues to help out at many set-ups thanks to her </span><span style="font-size: small;">home-schooling schedule and Bonnie Graves' little ones raised money ($75!!!) for TWC </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">at their local </span><span style="font-size: small;">garage sale! Love their sign and the enthusiasm of all our junior volunteers</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">And now for some random set-up pictures. Each one is different but I love</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">the way they always come together.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Cupboards are full thanks to Patty Colvig, the Non-Perishable Committee,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Topanga Elementary School and Manzanita School. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Karen and Mary color coordinate the bathrooms so well!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful crocheted throws for the ends of the beds,<br />
thanks to some friends of Nancy Hanson. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Microwaves for alL!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We love it when there are babies. Some lovely donations for this<br />
newborn came our way.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How many ladies does it take to center a rug! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Something to cuddle. If anyone has stuffed animals in v. good condition, we're running low</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Color coordinated again, right down to the shampoo and conditioner!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How lovely does this look?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Karen found these darling little salt and pepper shakers<br />
when she was visiting her Mom in Indiana.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">And finally, Karen and I would love it if you could join us at this<br />wonderful concert at Royce Hall on March 3 benefitting Veterans and Families at<br />Westwood Transitional Village. More details will follow.</span></td></tr>
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Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620974148522942492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083059759317431489.post-31263649396497745632015-10-08T10:01:00.003-07:002015-10-08T10:01:35.134-07:00Annual September Meeting at Leslie'sOur annual meeting at Leslie's beautiful home last week had a terrific turn-out this year and with loads to discuss and plate upon plate of yummy food and wine to get through, that was a good thing! Over 30 of us were able to make this meeting and it was such fun playing catch-up with so many who we haven't seen over the summer months. Those of you unable to come due to crummy summer colds, power outages, sick pets, travel adventures, work commitments, etc., know you were missed but hopefully this little blog posting (primarily photos) will keep you in the TWC loop.<br />
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Nancy Hanson kindly took notes so here's a brief recap of our gathering and pictures plus some set-up photos.<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">The Grant Spend-Down</span></b><br />
I ran through the details of the Zev Yaroslavsky grant spend-down. It has consumed Karen and me for quite some time now and while we initially thought our request for extension of spending (sent back in early April) would suffice, Sheila Kuehl's office said no. Their unhelpful suggestion was that we spend $10,000 and return the rest to their office (ahem, no) and request a further 10 grand each year. That was quietly rejected by us and we drew up a shopping list and started hunting for storage facilities. Once that was achieved (one in Thousand Oaks...closest we could find and one at the Salvation Army Bell Shelter...a freebie generously donated by the Salvation Army for our use), the shopping began. Big thank you's go out to Isabel and Jack Freeman and Foster Sherwood for helping me put together shelving in 105 degree heat at the T.O. facility and to Teresa for coming to Costco to pick up part of the order that we are housing in T.O. and having the sense to tell them to deliver it...and then coming out two days later for the delivery and helping me stack and load shelves (I was brain dead by this point and could make no sensible decisions). Also, a huge thank you to the Salvation Army employees at the Bell Shelter (in Bell) who, along with phone instructions from me almost daily for a couple of weeks, have received, stacked and locked all the great big items. We now have, in our storerooms, everything from microwave ovens to vacuum cleaners to crock pots to rugs and I'm sure the families we serve will be delighted with all of these useful household items. I put 43 grand on my American Express card and I can tell you right now that I am delighted that I have now been reimbursed (Roger was pretty pleased, too...to put it mildly!). So now, this drama can be put to bed and we can move on to other exciting news like...<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>OUR BIG FUNDRAISER on NOVEMBER 15!!!</b></span><br />
Karen gave all the details (except the artist and that will be announced in the invitation you'll receive in a few days) and the tension is building. All I will say right now is if you want to come, tickets are limited to 140 ($150 per ticket) and they will sell quickly. This will be a unique opportunity to see an internationally well-known performer in the beautiful and intimate setting offered at Rosewood, right here in Topanga. After the performance wine and hors d'oeuvres will be served under the oaks. If you did not receive your 'Save the Date' email, let us know and watch your inboxes for the invitation!!! Many, many thanks to Jill Palethorpe for designing our Save the Date card.<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Committee Reports</span></b><br />
<span style="color: red;">Bin Committee</span>: Volunteers continue to come forward and Nancy is delighted. We have decided to phase out all clothing because of the new household stock we have to accommodate. It was discussed that perhaps a pair of pjs or a new outfit for each child would be a nice addition to each set-up. Amy Farber signed up to be on this committee.<br />
<span style="color: red;">Shopping Committee: </span>Teresa seems to be handling this pretty well with forays by others as needed. Teresa will send out an email when particular items are needed and price guidelines for such purchases. You will be reimbursed. Karla Morrison and Adrian Wright signed up to be on this committee.<br />
<span style="color: red;">Non-Perishables Committee</span>: Patty will send out mailings to volunteers when we are low on stock. Because this committee does a lot of bulk purchasing, gift cards will be purchased by TWC for Patty and Catherine. They can use these as they see fit making sure that all receipts are retained for our bookkeeping records. There will be a food drive again this Christmas at Topanga Elementary as it was quite successful last year. Sandy Savas suggested doing this on a more regular basis as she is at the school teaching art and could coordinate the delivery of such items to our bin in Pine Tree Circle. Sandy also suggested the children could make items to sell or donate to TWC. Amy Farber, Elaine Hanson and Karla Morrison signed up to be on this committee.<br />
<span style="color: red;">Perishable Committee</span>: Andrea suggested that a few new members would be a good thing as Becca Barkin has now moved (and is sorely missed by TWC and Canyon Sages). Most volunteers on this committee donate all the perishables they have purchased, but we would like it understood that if you need to be refunded, you can be (up to $25 per set-up), but receipts will be needed. If not reimbursed, keep your receipts for tax purposes.<br />
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Our next meeting will be in early December to discuss Christmas for the children at Venice Community Housing.<br />
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Of course I got all wordy on you...but here are the photos, as promised!<br />
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Our magical meeting on the most perfect</div>
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from homelessness into a more settled life.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Catherine, making sure we have enough wine. I conferred with her and between the bottles in the ice bucket and on the table, we were beyond fine!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lots to catch up on</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The koi were especially active!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dinnertime!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The choices were pretty amazing and Steve grilled the salmon to perfection</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thirty plus for dinner...outside...no problem!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Surprise! The birthday girl xo</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Teresa giving her committee report<br /><br /><br /><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;">There have been a few set-ups lately. and while I'm holding off on loads of pix, I can't help but put those in of our uber-active junior volunteer, Amy's little one, who LOVES doing the children's bedrooms in particular.</span></td></tr>
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<br />Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620974148522942492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083059759317431489.post-55230333358939578942015-06-18T20:45:00.002-07:002015-06-18T20:45:33.820-07:00June 15 Meeting<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A very short recap of our meeting at Rocco’s earlier in the
week as tomorrow I’m headed out of Dodge for a month and my to-do list is a
mile long.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was just a small group who
were able to make the meeting, but it was good fun. Thanks to Nancy for taking notes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I’d also like to take this opportunity to ask you all to do
as much as possible to help Karen as she holds down the fort, handling
everything from pulling to set-ups to correspondence during my absence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our committees have been doing a fine job of
ensuring that the families we help are well-provided for but can always use
more volunteers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you’re interested in
signing up for one of these committees, contact the gals below:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Shopping Committee</b>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Teresa Rosati-Royer<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #646464;"><a href="mailto:trosatiroyer@yahoo.com">trosatiroyer@yahoo.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Persiahble Committee:</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Andrea Palella <span style="color: #646464;"><a href="mailto:palellaa@aol.com">palellaa@aol.com</a> </span>or <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Becca Barkin <a href="mailto:rmbarkin@yahoo.com">rmbarkin@yahoo.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Non-Perishable
Committee:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>Patty Colvig
pcolvig@verizon.net or <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Catherine Grasso<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="mailto:csgrasso@verizon.net">csgrasso@verizon.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Saturday Morning Bin Goddess
Committee</b>: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Nancy Hanson<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="mailto:nancyhanson19@gmail.com">nancyhanson19@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Pulling
Committee:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>Karen Sherwood <a href="mailto:kfswood@gmail.com">kfswood@gmail.com</a> and a special thank you
to Rebecca Franco for the great pulling she did for the set-ups while Karen was
gone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Set-up
Committee:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>Linda Ilsley <a href="mailto:linilsley@gmail.com">linilsley@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Our Mother’s Day card drive was a great success this year
and many thanks to those of you who make this such a key part of our annual
fundraising efforts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have had some
interest in non-mother's day cards and only a few days ago a friend called me and asked if we could send
one of our flower cards to some family friends who had recently lost their
mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She made a donation to TWC and I
sent the card off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So that got us to
talking at the meeting (and we have chatted about it before) that it would be
great to have more vellum printed with simple messages inside such as: Thank
You, Celebrate!, Thinking of You, Congratulations, Happy Birthday (etc) and then
maybe, closer to the holidays, a wintry theme.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Deborah Ackrich has some great snow cards she’s going to share with
us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Noelle Berman, do you think you
could help us with some more vellum printing!? We also talked about selling cards at meetings ($5 each) or bundling them and selling sets. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In the last year, children have become more involved with
TWC and we all agree that is pretty wonderful, but that led us to chatting
about the possibility of perhaps creating (with the help of moms with kids
still at home) a Topanga Children’s Circle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This would be a direct offshoot of TWC and we would fund projects the
kids could be involved with such as creating art and craft boxes, but we would love to hear ideas the kids might have. We all agreed that it was great that the children
are keen to help and would love to hear from parents about any ideas they might
have to encourage this community activism among the young.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps a child could write an article for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Messenger</i> about the formation of
this group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Something to think about
anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Our next meeting will be in mid-September and we would like
for you to consider asking a friend who has shown some interest in TWC to come
to this meeting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Consider it a yummy
dinner and membership drive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And finally, The Topanga Film Festival is just around the
corner and this Friday there’s a special event at Teresa and Bruce Royer’s
beautiful home, Tuscali Mountain Inn.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">An invitation is extended to TWC members to join them at
Tuscali for a ‘Friends of the Fest’ appreciation event.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Friday, June 19th, 7:00-9:30 pm</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Hors d'oeuvres reception</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Entertainment by Topanga Symphony
Quartet</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">While there is no charge for this event,
consider it a good opportunity to get your ‘Friends of the Fest’ pass.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Please RSVP:
Friends@TopangaFilmFestival.com or</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="file://localhost/tel/310-455-1828"><span style="color: #103cc0;">310-455-1828</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">A portion of the event will be outside.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620974148522942492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083059759317431489.post-75140642983164329862015-05-21T22:50:00.004-07:002015-05-21T22:57:27.459-07:00The Last Month<h3 style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="color: red;">MARK YOUR CALENDARS </span></b><b><span style="color: red;">MONDAY, JUNE 15 </span></b><b><span style="color: red;">7 PM ROCCO'S</span></b></h3>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Final Meeting until Mid-September</span></b><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red;">$10 Contribution towards dinner</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">We'd love to see as many of you as can make it</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">RSVP so I can let Rocco's know how many tables to set up</span></b></div>
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It's been a busy couple of weeks and, for the most part, we've been able to meet the needs of the new families moving in. Actually, that's not quite true. We have been able to meet the needs of the new folks, though at times it has been difficult to roust up the volunteers necessary to do the job. It's a busy time of year, especially for the young families with children finishing up an academic year and moms seeing double from all the little extras which suddenly are required of them.<br />
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Karen and Mary have been holding down the fort at the Bin, ably organizing everything for multiple set-ups. Teresa and Karen have been busy shopping and keeping our stores at the ready and Patty Colvig and Catherine Grasso have taken care of the non-perishables...keeping the 'pantry' stocked and the Perishable Committee has been beyond generous, filling the fridges of these weary families.<br />
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One set-up had four of our terrific volunteers (Teresa Royer, Rebecca Franco, Linda Bolhuis and Randi Gottlieb) responding to my call for help. Two families were moving in that day, one of whom did not need the assistance of TWC. Rebecca and Linda had a meeting on that side of town later in the morning, Randi had an early Westside meeting and Teresa was doing double duty as always (wearing her innkeeper hat and all the other ones she dons!). I love how every home we create is so different (and especially love this post-set-up selfie that Teresa took!).<br />
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And then there was the mom and young adult daughter. This was an emergency move-in and we were unable to do anything (with only 12 hours notice) until a couple of days after they had settled in. I'd asked the case manager in the office if she would chat to this pair before we came with a simple request. Please strip the beds and make sure the kitchen and bath are clean. They were, and we were able to get in there and do our magic. Follow-up: When we arrived to do yet another set-up, a mom and daughter passed us...the ones who had moved in the prior week. The mom hugged Catherine McClenahan and then me and with such excitement and gratitude told us they couldn't believe how beautiful we had made their home. She mentioned her daughter's cat was also happy. I guess I looked surprised and she said her daughter was allowed a therapy pet as she had been bullied in school (quite badly) and at 20 was just beginning to come out of her shell.<br />
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And another set-up at Venice had a really touching moment. Andrea Palella and Pat Lester joined me on this one and as were hauling stuff in from our cars, Levi approached us, with her sweet little 12 week old baby boy contentedly sleeping in his stroller. He was covered in his favorite blanket and guess who had made it...yep, Pat Lester. It made her day (her year!) to see him cozied up in this.<br />
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And then the wonderful set-up last week when Deborah Ackrich and her little boy, Ezra (aged 6) and Heather Tehrani helped out. Ezra was of particular help because there were two little ones moving with their mom to this unit and one of them was a 6 y.o. boy. Perfect! He even brought along some things to share from home, a picture and some books. Ezra took it all very seriously, just like all the children who help on these set-ups and I could tell that he was proud of what he was doing from hauling bags up to the third floor, to putting books on the shelves. <br />
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But today was a full-circle day which you will understand better below. It was one of those very rare times (thankfully!) when not one volunteer was able to join me at a small set-up at the Transitional Living Center in Venice. I wrote to the social worker in Venice and asked her if her aide, Lucia, might be available to help, explaining that I had offers from Lorna Bank to help me on either Thursday or Friday, but no one was free today. Turns out Lucia was happy to help. There were workmen who met me out front and hefted all the bags upstairs and the back gate had been opened to allow me to park off-street since it was street cleaning day. Lucia, who is six months pregnant, was positively glowing and so happy to offer assistance. You see, four years ago, she and her two children, then aged 6 and 12, had arrived at the Transitional Living Center with little more than the clothes on their backs and she remembered what we had done for her. Lucia is a bright woman and took advantage of everything VCH could offer. Further education, parenting classes...she was keen to do it all. And in these four years, she has accomplished a lot from working full-time for VCH, moving into her own apartment, marriage to a terrific man who loves her children as his own to excitement at the prospect of one more little one to round out their family. Today couldn't have gone any better and I was delighted to share the load with such a terrific woman.<br />
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Busy times in front of us. There should be another couple of set-ups in Venice in the next two weeks and Westwood will continue to be busy so any help you can offer is always appreciated.Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620974148522942492noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083059759317431489.post-23577610864906263532015-04-13T08:50:00.001-07:002015-04-21T08:43:51.334-07:00<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #7a007a; font-family: Papyrus;">It's time to order your 2015 Mother's Dy Cards.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7a007a; font-family: Papyrus;">This is Topanga Women's Circle most important fundraiser of the year and</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7a007a; font-family: Papyrus;">for only a $25 donation we will mail a beautiful, personalized card to ANY mother</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7a007a; font-family: Papyrus;">recognize or to a special lady whose memory you would like to honor.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7a007a; font-family: Papyrus;">In order for cards to be delivered in a timely manner </span></div>
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<span style="color: #7a007a; font-family: Papyrus;">(Mother's Day is May 10th this year),</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7a007a; font-family: Papyrus;">We are happy to mail the card with your special message or you can</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7a007a; font-family: Papyrus;">place an order with us for cards that you would like to personalize and mail yourself.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7a007a; font-family: Papyrus;">Please send your check for $25 payable to:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7a007a; font-family: Papyrus;">Community Partners fbo Topanga Women's Circle</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7a007a; font-family: Papyrus;">c/o Linda Ilsley</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7a007a; font-family: Papyrus;">2670 Topanga Skyline Drive</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7a007a; font-family: Papyrus;">Topanga, CA 90290</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7a007a; font-family: Papyrus;">If we are mailing the card for you, please include your name as you would like it to appear on the card, your personal message and the name and address of each recipient.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7a007a; font-family: Papyrus;">Photo choices follow. In addition to these lovely photos, we also have a large selection of beautiful flower photos. If you would like us to choose a card for you, that too is fine!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #7a007a; font-family: Papyrus;">And here are a four more new photos! Click on the images to enlarge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #7a007a; font-family: Papyrus;">Topanga Women's Circle (TWC) is a group of volunteer women working on behalf of mothers
and their children as they move out of homelessness and into transitional
housing.</span><span style="color: #7a007a; font-family: Papyrus;"> </span><span style="color: #7a007a; font-family: Papyrus;">With loving compassion, TWC
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We had a fun and lively meeting at Rocco's! It was a thank you from TWC to all of you for what you do for the at-risk families in our community. Karen and I give many, many thanks, as always to our amazing group of volunteers for their outstanding generosity, not only through the entire year but especially over the Christmas holidays. From gathering the wish lists in late October for the children at The Transitional Living Center (TLC) in Venice to making sure there is a gift card to Target and one to Ralph's for every family at the Bessie Pregerson Child Development Center (CDC) at Westwood Transitional Village, your contributions made Christmas very special for these children and their families. A special thank you shout out to Jill Palethorpe for creates our online, interactive giving list for the Venice families. It has made shopping SO much easier!</div>
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In years past, toys were given to the kids at the CDC but this year we decided upon gift cards. Guadalupe Placencia, the fabulous director at this stellar pre-school, shared with us that many of the moms cried when they saw the gift cards, saying how it was now possible for them to create a special meal on Christmas Day. Many agencies come through with toys, so this was a great way to help the entire family. Beautiful thank you notes were received from so many parents, many in Spanish, where the messages of gratitude came through loud and clear, even with our lack of fluency in the language.</div>
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The children at the TLC were also so, so happy with their gifts. As always, having those wish lists early allows us a head-start in finding all the things that make Xmas so special for these kids. As we have said before, the families at the TLC are so very poor that they could not afford the heavily subsidized and sliding rent scale of the apartments in Westwood. Without your generosity, there would not be much of a holiday for these kids. We also put together little gift bags for the moms.</div>
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Very heartfelt thank you notes arrived from the moms and kids not too long ago.</div>
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Because of the success and absolute appreciation of the gift
cards at BP, we will be collecting them throughout the year in any amount.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We ask for no dues and understand many of you
cannot do set-ups due to work schedules, family obligations, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How about, throughout the year and when finances
allow, picking up a gift card to a grocery store and/or Target.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This year we used $1600 of TWC funds
to purchase the cards so it would be super helpful if you kept this in mind when you go shopping.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Bring them to meetings and we will put them in our Xmas file. </span>Make sure you
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">RESOLUTION of GO-SLOW on HOUSING AT THE VA<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Housing issues have continued the last year or so with the VA. The reasons are many and complex, from issues as small as the fire extinguisher not being where they have determined it should be, BUT there is good news. They are being approved and apartments are being filled, which is why we've been pretty busy of late! A new property management company is being chosen and will be on board in April.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Because WTV so values everything that TWC does for them and for the new intake families, Karen and I were asked to sit on the committee to choose the new management company. Things are looking up!!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Our website has now been updated. Check out the new "How You Can Help" page and you will see how donating has never been easier.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be a one-time donation, monthly,
bi-annually, annually…so much easier. Thanks for encouraging me to agitate on this one, Nancy! Also make sure to take a look at our new Donation Bin page. This should make it a lot clearer to the community about what we accept (and do not accept!) and our hours. A special, heartfelt thanks to Joanna Gunst at Imagine Website Designs for the wonderful work she does with our website (topangawomenscircle.org). Not only does she do the work quickly but she never fails to give us the charity discount of 50%. Joanna is a treasure and she is right here in the Canyon. </div>
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We have some important dates for you so please mark your calendars now. This is our primary annual fundraiser and every single one of our volunteers has a critical role in ensuring its success. Please remember that when selling or buying cards, the beautiful message inside is one that honors all mothers, not just our own. We send them to friends, sisters, aunts, cousins and our own mothers and in memory of a special mom, honoring her through remembrance to her children. The cards will remain at $25. Every penny of that charge (less the cost of the card stock) goes to TWC.</div>
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If your Mom or the mother you want to honor lives abroad (where Mother's Day is earlier, often in March), let me know. I have plenty of cards ready right now.</div>
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<b>APRIL 18: </b> Gather at a volunteer's home (who would like to volunteer...someone with a long dining room table please!) to assemble cards. Contact me if you can help out. Saturdays seem to work best and it usually takes four or five hours to work our magic. Remember, we have all the card stock and the vellum inserts. If you have a beautiful photo that you would like used, please bring copies to this get-together. Also, if you have photos of your children that you would like for cards you might be sending to your own moms/grandmothers, bring those. Patty Colvig takes photos throughout the year of her friends' children and then when she sends out the 10 or so cards she buys every year (yay Patty!) she creates a special card for her friends featuring a photo of their kids. Great idea and one to keep in mind.</div>
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<b>APRIL 21: </b>This is our final meeting before Mother's Day and is especially important. We ask that each member take four cards and be responsible for their sale. We will be bringing all the cards created on April 18 and you can take your four (or more) cards at this time. Many of our mothers (and indeed our friends' mothers) do not want any more stuff, so encourage your friends to purchase a card for their moms. </div>
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If you cannot make this meeting, please contact Karen or me and we will put the cards aside for you. We will also be selling exquisite, silk-screened tote bags. There are beautifully made by a good friend of Linda Bolhuis and the artist has generously donated them to TWC with 100% of the proceeds staying with us. </div>
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<b>APRIL 24 & MAY 1: </b>We will be selling cards at the Topanga Farmer's Market on these dates. Who can help with this?Please let me know so we can create a rotating list of volunteers to (wo)man our table. These could be one-hour shifts or longer. </div>
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If anyone knows how to contact the folks who green light charity tables at the Calabasas, Malibu and Pacific Palisades markets, could you take it upon yourself to contact them and see if we can sell on one or both of the above dates? Calabasas is on Saturday and Malibu & PP are on Sundays, I think.</div>
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The formation of these committees has allowed Karen and me a chance to breathe a little more deeply and we appreciate (beyond measure) everything that you are all doing for these families in need (and for us!). Please, please, please think about volunteering for one of these groups, if you have not already done so. Sharing the load makes it easier for all of us.</div>
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<b>Perishables Committee: </b>They continue to provide wonderful, fresh food for each set-up. Andrea Palella (PALELLA@aol.com) can answer any questions you might about what they do. We had a little bit of a break for a couple of months due to problems with the existing property management company at Westwood and the VA...but we are on the right track again.</div>
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<b>Non-Perishable Committee:</b> They keep our stockpile ready for each set-up. Please remember to contact Patty Colvig (pcolvig@verizon.net) or Catherine Grasso (csgrasso@verizon.net) if you have questions or want to know just what to get or what we're short on. Offhand, I can tell you we are always running out of peanut butter and jelly! Patty can also share with you how to incorporate a non-perishable collection at any parties or gathering you might be having!</div>
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<b>Pulling Committee: </b>Karen (kfswood@gmail.com) and Mary do most of the pulling for set-ups and do a great job, but this is a committee and the other volunteers are ready to step up when the need arises. Karen and Mary know the Bin backwards, forwards and sideways and pretty much always know of shortfalls, info they share with the Shopping and Non-Perishable Committees. Contact Karen if you would like to join!</div>
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<b>Shopping Committee: </b>Teresa Royer (trosatiroyer@yahoo.com) heads up this group of dedicated shoppers. When a shortfall arises, Karen notifies Teresa who then shares what is needed with her gang and they go into action. Remember to keep all receipts and I (linilsley@gmail.com) promise to reimburse you! </div>
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<b>Set-up Committee: </b>Every single member of TWC is on this committee whether you know it or not! I (linilsley@gmail.com) send out the notices of upcoming set-ups and give you a general idea of how many volunteers are needed. Once I hear from you and the required number of folks say YES to my request, I will send out another notice letting you know we are good to go. Sorry to bombard your inboxes with such regularity but it keeps you all abreast of things. I do appreciate the effort it takes in committing to this, but we have become so good at it than it rarely takes longer than two hours, even when we have a four bedroom-two bath unit!</div>
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And finally, just because, here are some photos from recent set-ups!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nancy Hanson's friend donated these lovely satin robes. So generous.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little Chloe was so proud of her crib decorations</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sometimes the donations color coordinate so well!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We had a lively meeting at Deborah Kashinsky's lovely home on Thursday evening filled with delicious food and chatter. With the crazy warm temperatures, it was hard to believe it was November but the calendar says otherwise. Nancy Hanson kindly took notes so here is a brief recap of the meeting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Karen had requested that colorful washcloths and soap be brought since our stores were running low on these items and all we can say is wow...we are now well set for some time. As always, you came through and brought a fabulous selection that will perk up all the bathrooms we set-up for our intake families. Thank you...all of you...for your continued thoughtfulness.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">And another <span style="color: red;">HUGE</span> thank you goes out to Zev Yaroslavsky and his right hand gal, Susan Nissman. With Susan's able guidance we were able to write a grant proposal requesting a share of the discretionary funds that Zev, a true friend of Topanga, could earmark for non-profits he believed in. He and Susan still believe in us and they awarded us $60,000. For our wee group, this is just amazing. I don't want to slow down on any fund raising efforts we might have, though. Many thanks to Arlette Parker, the fonder of TWC, for establishing this close and fruitful relationship. Hopefully, we can put our collective heads together and figure out ways to creatively even do a little more. What do you think? Any ideas?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We had a brief report from each committee. Nancy shared all that was going on down at the Bin and put out a request for a couple more volunteers to work at the Bin a few Saturday morning each year. Only a few, ladies, so please get in touch with her at nancyhanson19@gmail.com if you can lend a hand. Andrea Palella (PALELLA@aol.com) asked for a few substitute volunteers for her perishable committee and Wendy Skolfield and I have joined that group. Patty Colvig shared ideas of how the non-perishable ladies were going to up the ante for donations around the holiday season and gave us some good ideas on how to ask our neighbors and friends to contribute to our food bank for TWC. She will again target her immediate and v. generous neighborhood at their annual Xmas party. Please contact Patty for a full list of the always needed non-perishables (pcolvig@verizon.net). I am always looking for volunteers for set-ups. Thus far we have managed okay, but I frequently see the same faces. I would love to see all of you do one or two set-ups a year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Remember, keep your receipts for any purchases for reimbursement. We have a shopping price guideline list which will be sent as a separate email attachment which you can print out and keep in your car or purse. We request that you all be smart shoppers! You can give me your receipts and I will reimburse you directly but please contact me first so I can have the correct monies ready for you (linilsley@gmail.com). You can also leave your receipts with the Bin Goddesses on Saturday mornings. They will give you an envelope upon which you need to put your name and contact info and we will work out something convenient for reimbursement.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Patricia Mitchell had a class on Thursday night but she is working on ideas for a short video clip for our website and also to be posted on YouTube to be shared with the world. She has an upcoming meeting with Diane Good at Westwood so we look forward to hearing her ideas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Have you noticed the great new sign on our Bin? Thanks go out to Janaki for her hard work in making that happen. We also have a new banner which was ready in time for the big Zev thank you party at the Theatricum!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Many thanks to Kathy Goldberg for her donation of pottery seconds. She is a real friend of TWC and this latest donation resulted in $240 for our coffers! YAY! We have a few pieces left so if you are interested, let Karen or me know.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">If you have furniture in good condition that you would like to donate to Venice or Westwood, they occasionally have need of items for families who are moving into their Section 8 housing. While they cannot store items and will only accept donations if a family is in immediate need, they will get back to you right away and arrange a pick-up within the week. With furniture donation queries, please contact: Tim Sweeney at Venice Community Housing (tsweeney@vchcorp.org) or Diane Good at Westwood Transitional Village (Diane.Good@usw.salvationarmy.org). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">And finally on to Christmas...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We have the Transitional Living Center's list of children and requested gifts for Christmas. We reminded the group, these families are among the neediest in Los Angeles. They could not afford to live at Westwood and to provide a Christmas for these kids gives them and their moms joy beyond measure. Jill Palethorpe has again agreed to create the interactive giving list and once we have that created we will get it out to all of you. I will create a separate blog posting with the children's names, ages, likes, and a little history about each child just to help you choose what you want to do for them this holiday season.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">By separate email I will also be sending to you a sample letter that we are encouraging volunteers to personalize (or send as is!) to friends, family and colleagues. In it we are asking for donations of $25 gift cards to Target which we can give to the families of children at the Bessie Pregerson Child Development Center at Westwood. This idea is one that Teresa Royer has shared with us and something she has done for a few years now. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Also, don't forget that we have some great Hanukkah and Bar & Bat Mitzvah cards that Jill Palethorpe created for us last year. They sell for $10 each...serving as a donation to TWC.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">By separate email you will also receive a tax donation form. If you keep your receipts, you can attach them to this form at tax time. Of course anything you are reimbursed for is not considered a donation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We will let you know the dates for our upcoming Christmas wrap party and hope to see loads of you for that. </span><br />
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Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620974148522942492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083059759317431489.post-52114827087742632822014-09-11T15:43:00.000-07:002014-09-11T15:47:53.537-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: orange;"><b>First things first: We are hoping to have a good turnout for our upcoming meeting on </b></span><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: orange;">September 17 at 7 PM at Teresa Royer's beautiful home: 1224 N. Topanga Cyn Blvd. Tel. 310.455.1828. Potluck as always. </span></b><span style="color: orange;"><b>Karen is keeping a tight eye on the shortfalls in the Bin and her current requests for the bring items to next week's meeting are small items: can openers, cooking tools such as measuring cups and spoons, wooden spoons, spatulas, etc.</b> </span></div>
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It's been a funny couple of months. Lots of changes at Westwood that have required enormous patience from our volunteer base which, fortunately, you all seem to have in abundance (as opposed to me!!). Put simply, there is a property management company that handles the intake, paperwork, etc for the incoming families and coupled with the chaotic nature of homelessness and the fact that they are going through many personnel changes, it has been tough. That said, it is not much fun to arrive at a double set-up and find both apartments uninhabitable due to an infestation. There have been assurances that this will not happen again and change is in the air and we will keep you all abreast of the outcome. Karen and I have decided that we will hang firm on our three-day upfront notice of a new move-in as we really do need that amount of time, minimally, to make it happen. No more double set-ups, full stop. It is too much. Two in a row, but not two in a day.</div>
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Our new committees have been in full swing and wow...Karen and I are both finding life much easier now. Thank you, thank you, thank you. It takes a village and this one has certainly responded! The non-perishable committee continues to provide the most wonderful items for each set-up.</div>
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And here are a few updates from the Bin. Apparently all of you beautiful Bin Goddesses have been super busy throughout the summer and here are some photos taken by our BGs, as well as set-up photos, to share with you. I am sure it has not been easy, especially on hot mornings, and we are so appreciative of your contribution to TWC.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">New TWC Volunteer Eve Gaines (making the bed!) and her beautiful (and incredibly energetic and productive daughter) Aurora working on the little girl's bedroom. They also created a great room for the little boy.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And speaking of Canyon kids, can you spot the little stuffed animal and personalized note<br />
from a Fourth Grader at Topanga Elementary School? We love putting one of those on every child's bed.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">What it looks like before we head in and see below for a great after shot.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sometimes a living room/dining room just come together beautifully and this<br />
is an example. Karen had no idea what color the couch would be when she put together<br />
this color scheme!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And sometimes space is tight. Mom and baby sharing a room.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And here is Bonnie Graves dropping off some diapers. Just days before, she and<br />
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The reports from the Bin remain positive with each week bringing a new windfall from our community. A couple of weeks ago a toaster and crock pot from Barbara Waldman were added to our store of great items and Rebecca Franco donated a brand new microwave from her mom, as well as towels and children's clothing. Rebecca's mom has crocheted some beautiful baby blankets as well, one of which we included with this last set-up. Unfortunately, my picture did not turn out, but I promise to put one in the next blog, because they are truly beautiful. Deborah Kashinsky brought loads of paper goods and other items, including loads from her friend, Joyce.</div>
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Akemi, who organized the Fourth Graders with their donation of Cuties and handwritten notes, stopped by with games, books and beautiful brand new stuffed animals.</div>
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Nancy reported that on one of her open bin days, Deborah Kashinsky and Pat Lester helped her and said it was a lifesaver. Loads and loads of non-perishables were donated so the food bins are full to bursting right now, including a nice donation from Geraldine Flaxman. Susan Lovell also donated a whole load of non-perishables so when the stores are more depleted, I am sure you will hear from Patty Colvig and Catherine Grasso. Pat Lester is a bargain shopper (and seamstress) extraordinaire and she brought along with her two more art kits and two great bathroom sets including rugs, towels, washcloths, shower curtains and rings. Deborah brought sheet sets and food. Sue Forbes volunteered to work the Bin as well but there were already three gals there so she stopped by with a great lantern that operates on batteries and is perfect for illuminating the dark, back interior of the Bin. What an amazingly generous group of ladies.</div>
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Nancy and Karen have suggested, and I concur, that the clothing in the Bin should be sorted through and anything in less than great condition moved on to a charity shop. It was also decided that we will only accept children's clothing up to size 10. Teens know what they want and don't want and also sizing becomes very problematic. </div>
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