Daring Greatly 2018-2019

Highland IFBWC Newsletter

April 2019 Officers for 2018-2019

President: Amy Kloss Secretary: Donna Plocher

Vice-President: Jen Libbra Treasurer: Michelle Hagen

NETWORKING NEWS

Networking Committee to Host April 8 Meeting – “Taking Time for Us” will be the program at the April 8

meeting which will be held at Faith Countryside Community Room. Networking begins at 6 pm, program at

6:30 pm, followed by the business meeting at 7 pm. Delicious desserts, coffee, and tea will be provided.

The program will be presented by Lynnette Schuepbach of Highland. Schuepbach has been a massage

therapist for nearly 25 years. She uses several modalities through her work connecting with clients in a

variety of ways and has taught Reflexology at several massage schools in the St. Louis area. Schuepbach

believes that health is affected by mind, body and spirit, and each of these areas need to be considered

when taking care of ourselves. In her presentation, she will address exercises for all areas of our lives and

methods of finding ways to counteract the stresses we all face.

And, if we’re lucky, she might even bring her massage table and demonstrate some stretches we can do!

Help Fill Our Easter Basket(s)….A few good members remembered to bring Easter items to the Speak-off

March 10, but the “Bunny” still needs more help! These baskets are distributed through HACSM (Food

Pantry) to less fortunate kids in our community. So, if you haven’t donated something, please consider

bringing at item or two to our April meeting to help fill our basket(s) – candy, children’s books, hair ribbon

for girls, socks, movie, toys, sidewalk chalk, etc. Our basket(s) will be delivered to HACSM just in time for

the Bunny to deliver!

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Thanks for helping to make someone’s Easter special!

Happy Easter! Happy Spring!

Hope to see you at the April meeting!

Paula, Muriel, Jen, & Kathy

A NOTE FROM YOUR PRESIDENT:

Hello, lovely ladies!

Who is excited for warmer temps, greener grass, and blooming flowers?! Nature is coming back to life again, and I am grateful! I would like to extend a HUGE thank you to Donna Plocher for organizing a successful Speak-Off last month. Donna, we all appreciate your hard work and willingness to take on this big task! Our Speak-Off winner was Lauren Townsend, a senior at HHS who will be attending the University of Illinois in the fall. Her speech was excellent, and she is certainly a well deserving candidate. A quick reminder, our club will be collecting Easter Basket items for First Mid's drive on behalf of HACSM. We are so grateful to those of you who have donated items. We're in need of a bit more. So we are going to continue to collect Easter Basket items at our April meeting instead of collecting for Relevant Pregnancy Options Center, as originally noted on your calendar. We will save RPOC for a later date. I am looking forward to seeing all of you at our meeting on Monday, April 8 at 6:30 in the Faith Countryside Community Room. We will be joined by guest speaker, Lynnette Schuepbach. This month's Board Meeting will be held on Monday, April 22 at 6:00pm at The Chocolate Affair. All members are welcome to attend! Happy Spring! Amy Kloss

Lucy Staley Scholarship Information

Happy Spring Ladies! We have not received any applications for the Lucy Staley scholarship. Please note someone does not have to be "returning" to school, they can be currently enrolled without any breaks. They do need to be over 21 and live within the Highland area. If you know of someone, please encourage them to apply. The deadline is extended until April 12th. (Scholarship attached at end of newsletter.) Thank you, Jen Libbra and Lisa Sauer

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Membership News April

NEW MEMBER ALERT!

Join me in welcoming our newest member, DeAnna Domagalski. Here’s her information, so please add this to your directory and to all distribution lists: 118 Kinder Land Granite City, IL 62040 Cell: 618-979-3906 Deanna.domagalski@edwardjones.com Birthday: 3/29 Employer: Edward Jones, Financial Advisor Work phone: 618-651-1097 Anniversary date: 3/1/19

Guess who has a birthday this month?

Amy Kloss Susie Dewaele

Dues, Dues, Dues……

The following members need to pay their dues:

Donna Plocher (Feb) Janet Nicolaides (March) Marlene Scholl (March)

Nancy Hediger (March)

Ladies, get out your checkbooks and write 2 checks: $35 payable to IFBWC and $9 payable

to Highland IFBW, or pay your state dues online at www.ifbwc.org, and then bring your

local dues check or cash ($9) to the next meeting and give to either Paula Redman or

Michelle Hagen TThank

Those of you who pay your dues online,

don’t forget to pay your $9 local dues!

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Note from the Editor: I can’t get this blank page to go away, so please ignore.

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LUCY E. STALEY SCHOLARSHIP Sponsored by the

Illinois Federation of Business Women of Highland, Illinois 1. Applicant for this scholarship must be female, a high school graduate or equivalent, 20 years or older, with a

permanent residence within a 25-mile radius of the City of Highland or an active Highland LO member.

2. Applicant must be officially enrolled in college and be carrying a minimum of eight (8) credit hours.

3. Deadline for submittal of application is March 31, 2019

4. Scholarship money will be sent directly to the applicant’s school. 5. Applicant must submit an essay of 500 words or less (double spaced) identifying her career objectives and explaining

how she plans to use this scholarship to achieve those objectives. She may include anything else she feels the

committee should consider.

6. Mail completed application to: IFBW –Highland LO, P O Box 501, Highland IL 62249

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