WCRW Newsletter March 2008

WCRW Newsletter
March 2008


Upcoming Meetings and Events


March Luncheon

3 March 2008, 12:00 Noon
Rickenbackers Restaurant
Albatross Gallery – 2nd Floor (elevator available)
4282 South 1640 West
(South of the Ogden Airport - enter the parking lot from 4400 South in Riverdale)
$13.00/person


Our March speaker will be Beverly Davis of Weber County, Immediate Past President of the National Federation of Republican Women. Beverly was elected at the NFRW 33nd Biennial Convention in Nashville and served in the position 2006 and 2007. As President of NFRW she was required to live in Alexandria, Virginia where she served as a hands-on Executive, managing the many programs of NFRW. She will tell us all about NFRW and her wonderful experiences as President.


Be certain to RSVP to your caller, or respond to this e-mail by Wednesday, 27 Feb. Final count must be given to the restaurant by Thursday, 28 Feb. Cancellations made after Thursday, and no shows, will be billed to the individual



MEMBERSHIP RAZZLE DAZZLE

Bring a guest to WCRW and you will have the opportunity to win a piece of jewelry. If your guest joins WCRW, you each will receive a piece of jewelry.
How fun is that?

Lisa Galvez, Membership V.P.



Reminder: We have brand new Pink Elephant pins. They are really cute – I bought one last month!


Support our Troops!

Weber County Republican Women had the privilege of listening to Vickie McCall’s experiences of her visit to Iraq. She was so moved at what she witnessed at the hospitals that she asked what she might possibly do to help. The hospital administration expressed that the men and women come in from the field with nothing, even their back packs are left behind. They said it would be wonderful if she could help provide comfortable clothing for them to put on during their stay or when it was time to be discharged from the hospital.

So Vickie is on a quest to gather sweats for the soldiers and ship them to the hospitals. We have volunteered to help and have already had a wonderful response.

It would be fabulous if you could purchase sweats, sizes large, Xlarge, and XXlarge and bring them to the next couple of meetings OR deliver them to someone that would be going to the meeting OR deliver them to:
Century 21 Gage Froerer’s real estate office at
2641 Washington Blvd.
Ogden, UT
(Main entrance is in the rear off the parking lot)

Vickie prefers you put the personal effort into purchasing the sweats yourself and delivering them to us, BUT if that is not possible, we are collecting money also and will purchase the sweats for you.

Also, if any of you are involved in other organizations that would be interested in getting involved, please invite them to join us!

Gloria Froerer, Community Relations Chair (801) 941-4345


President’s Corner

President’s Message

WCRW members had a wonderful time at their February 11, Day at the Legislature. Nineteen of us rode a chartered UTA bus to the Capitol, some drove their own cars, and there were 30 of us in all. We had a very informative tour of the newly restored Capitol. It is just beautiful. The walls have been painted, and restored to their original colors; the murals in the rotunda have been repainted and are exquisite. The elevators, wow! They used to be so slow, but they are very efficient now, and have the look of the old-time elevators with the cage like doors. We had the opportunity to sit in the gallery and listen and watch a vote being taken. It was a bill sponsored by Representative Donnelson regarding the driver privilege cards. It passed. We then had a catered lunch in a meeting room with our Weber County Legislators. It was fun to visit with them in a casual, relaxed setting. They reported to us the various pieces of legislation they are sponsoring. And we were pleased to hear that the Jessica’s law bill that we are supporting has passed the House and Senate and is headed to the Governor for his signature. The Veterans Nursing Home bill has passed the house with no dissenting votes and is waiting for Senate action.

Remember to attend your Republican Caucus Meeting, March 25, 2008, 7:00 pm. Watch the newspaper for locations. County delegates and precinct officers will be selected.

Thank you for all you do to support Weber County Republican Women and the Weber County Republican party.

See you March 3

Warmest regards,
Pat


WCRW Board Information
President Pat Iannone
1st Vice President Suzanne Ellison Ferre

2nd Vice President Cheryl Madson
3rd Vice President Lisa Galvez
4th Vice President Lael Gibby
Secretary Machel Maycock
Treasurer Donna Stevenson
Newsletter Dixie Finch
Chaplain Lorna Salisbury
Parliamentarian Jordanna Galvez
Community Relations Gloria Froerer
Legislative/Political Jan Zogmaister
Caller & Reservations Donna Nelson

Volunteer Coordinator Joan Blanchard