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Mashpee Women’s Club Newsletter Spring, 2018

President’s Message

Happy Spring!!!! March came in like a lion with several Nor’easters. Fortu-nately our Tuesday luncheon ran as planned!. February brought the CEO of Heritage Gardens to tell us about all the wonderful programs that are avail-

able at the museum, and In March we were enter-tained by Kathy Aspden as she took us from Greece to Italy to the US with her book, “Baklava, Biscotti and an Irishman” . It is on my summer reading list.

In April, get ready to learn about the Wydah Pirate Museum in Yarmouth from Marie Kesten Zahn.

And it’s time for everyone to get out your fancy hats and join us for a Baby Shower Tea in May fol-lowed in June by our annual fashion show from fashions from J.Jill!

A special thanks to Vice President Jane Murphy, for keeping everything running smoothly while I was in Florida.

Jeanne Dennis, President

MASHPEE WOMEN’S CLUB

Spring, 2018, Newsletter P.O. Box 1613

Mashpee, MA 02649 Web site: http://mashpeewomensclub.org

Email: [email protected]

Lisbeth Dineen, Editor

Mashpee Women’s Club Mission Statement

The mission of this Club is to bring all women of Mashpee and surrounding towns into a social environment, pro-vide educational and recreational programs to the benefit of our members, and charitable programs to support our

towns. The Club’s first meeting was December 9, 1997.

Time is approaching us for making plans for Mashpee Women's Club annual golf tournament 2018 golf tournament! We are excited to share with everyone that our annual golf tournament has been scheduled for Fri-day, June 15, at Holly Ridge Golf Course. We are preparing our tourna-ment information for our members this month. You will be able to retrieve your sign-up sheet on line or pick up one at the April – May luncheons. Remember, you do not have to be a member of the club nor do you need to be a good golfer. This is a fun day with lots of laughs and good friends. Suzi Rego and Sue Riley, Golf Tournament Chairs

Save the Dates!! June is a big month for MWC

Annual Golf Tournament

Annual Fashion Show

Join us for our luncheon on Tuesday, June 19, to see the fashions from the J. Jill collection. From their web site, “J. Jill creates a new collection every month so there’s always something fresh to discover. Its fashions are easy, versatile and always-in-style pieces for every day, and are designed and created to let you express your own unique personality with confidence.” Check it out on June 19, 12:00 noon, New Seabury Country Club! Details will be available shortly.


One of the missions of this Club is to provide charitable programs to support our towns. We are proud to continue its charitable mission each month during our monthly luncheon plus the

extraordinary fund raising activities this year through the fashion show, golf tournament, and the Murder Mystery Dinner. During 2017 from our monthly luncheons, we have provided to

the following Cape Cod charities: Homeless not Hopeless, ALS Foundation, Carriage House, Cape Cod Challenge Club, Habitant for Humanity, Razia's Ray of Hope Foundation, Inde-

pendence House, Housing Assistance, and the Falmouth Service Center. Thank you to all our members for your support! Thank you, Sue White, for leading our charitable mission!

MWC Charitable Mission

An important part of our charitable mission is the 50/50 raffle that we hold at each monthly luncheon. The recipi-

ent of the 50/50 raffle is a Cape Cod charity suggested by our members. Any MWC member can submit a sug-gestion for a charity that is a 501(c)(3) charity. It will have a chance to win the 50/50. If you have a charity you

would like to suggest, please complete the following form and bring it to the next meeting or email the infor-

mation to Sue White (her contact information is in the directory).

PLEASE NOTE: 1) The charity must be a Cape Cod charity and must be a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) charity;

2) THE FORM MUST BE FILLED OUT COMPLETELY IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE DRAW-

ING.

NAME OF CHARITY: _______________________________________________________________________

ADDRESS OF CHARITY: ___________________________________________________________________

PHONE NUMBER OF CHARITY:_______________ CHARITY CONTACT PERSON____________________

YOUR NAME: ________________________________ YOUR PHONE NUMBER: ____________________

New Members: Please welcome the following la-dies who are new to our membership: Patricia Ba-

kaur, Janice Olds, Serena LoPiccolo-Smith, Kathleen McLane, Kathy Clapp, Charlene McCa-be and Jane Fontana. These ladies will

be joining us at our luncheons, but also at many of our other activities. Welcome!!

Mary Liz McCahill, Membership

Contact information for any MWC member may be found in the club directory. Since this newsletter is

distributed to others outside of MWC, we typically do not publish member’s contact information in the

newsletter.

Member Contact

Information

Membership News


The Mashpee Women’s Club hosts a luncheon on the third Tuesday of each month. The cost is $25 for mem-

bers and $28 for guests. Checks payable to the Mash-

pee Women’s Club should be mailed to Mashpee Wom-en’s Club, P.O. Box 1613, Mashpee, MA 02649 to ar-

rive at least 7 days before the luncheon. Luncheons

are held on the third Tuesday of each month at the New Seabury Country Club at noon each month unless not-

ed differently.

As always, Sue Riley continues to take donations for the Mashpee Food Pantry at every luncheon. Cash do-

nations preferred but products are also always appreci-

ated. The food pantry let us know that for every $100 in cash they receive, they can purchase ap-

proximately $1,000 worth of products because of

their bulk quantity purchasing power! That’s some great return on our investment!

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A segment at each monthly luncheon includes a five-minute “Getting to Know You” (GTKY) presentation

prior to the luncheon program introducing a community speaker from a local organization or business.

Save the dates! There is a lot coming soon!

April 17: Whydah Pirate Museum archaeologist

Marie Kesten Zahn. Cape Cod archaeologists be-lieve they have excavated bones belonging to infa-

mous pirate Samuel "Black Sam" Bellamy. t's be-

lieved there were 142 people on board The Whydah when it sank and 102 people washed ashore. Ma-

rie has been excavating coins, other metals and ar-

tifacts from shipwrecks off Cape Cod as well as working on sites in various parts of the world

May 15: Baby Shower and Tea — Donate baby

items, and knitters and quilters, add your expertise!

(see page 5)

Friday, June 15: Annual golf tournament. See

page 1.

Tuesday, June 19: Annual fashion show from J.

Jill with its latest collections!. See page 1. Get

ready for terrific fashions! More info will be availa-ble soon!

Save the Dates!

Upcoming Luncheon Programs

Recent Happenings!

Past Luncheon Programs January 16 — Mike Looney, Chef William Stoloski, and their culinary and art and media communications stu-dents from Mashpee Middle/ High School's Career and

Technical Education Depart-ment updated them about the current and future use of new equipment purchased with the $12,000 donation from the Mashpee Women’s Club. A cold storage unit was purchased for the culinary program, and 3 editing suites

were purchased for the new TV Studio in the high school's learning commons. These kids are our future. What a gift to be able to donate to the CTE program!

February 20 — Our February luncheon and program was outstanding! Ellen Spear, President & CEO of Heritage Museum and Gardens, gave us a won-derful taste of the magnificent grounds and trails at the Heritage Museum and Gardens. It is a horticultural treasure with over 100 acres, and it has a nationally

recognized collection of rhododendron, over 1,000 vari-eties of day lilies, and an extensive hosta collection. The grounds include three gallery buildings, one con-taining a world class collection of automobiles, an American Folk Art collection and a working 1919 carousel.

Our Getting You to Know speaker, new owner Amanda Frisone, joined us from Cape Kids with gifts and apparel in the most sought after styles around -- sizes newborn to twelve years of age -- at Mashpee Com-

mons. She lives in Mashpee with her hus-band and two daughters and family dogs Max and Chubs. Amanda's love for her family and love for the Cape is what in-spires the designers she chooses to carry.

Our wonderful luncheon would not be right without the beautiful centerpieces from our members Kitty Holt and Gail Reilly. They

were stunning!

March 20 — Kathy Aspden, author of Baklava, Biscot-ti, and an Irishman, toured us through Greece, Italy, and the Massachusetts coastline from her view and that


A NEW GROUP FOR THE MASHPEE

WOMEN'S CLUB: Cultural Events.

The cultural events group will meet

monthly to enjoy a play, concert, gal-

lery, or some other type of cultural entertainment. Be-cause most of these events are on the weekend, we will

usually meet on Friday evenings. You will have the

choice of attending dinner before the event as well. This group is being hosted by Diane Mahoney, Mary

O'Connor, and Sheila Salomon. We are excited about

our new group, and we welcome your participation! If you have any questions, please email to Diane at

[email protected]. Its first event was in March for

dinner at Villagio’s followed at the Cotuit Center for the Arts to see Jesus Christ Superstar. About 15 or so from

the MWC had a great evening!

We are excited to announce that our next event will be on Saturday April 28 at 7:30 p.m. at the Cultural

Center of Cape Cod at 307 Old Main Street in South

Yarmouth. Fellswater, Boston's Celtic ensemble, will be performing with vocals and unique instruments such as

the whistle, bagpipes, and mandolin, among others. Be-

cause the seating is not assigned, you can purchase your tickets on the website at the Cultural Center of

Cape Cod. The cost is $20, $18 for members. Prior to

the event, we will meet for dinner at the Riverway Lob-ster House at 5 pm. The Riverway has an extensive

early bird menu until 5:30 p.m.

The deadline for sign up for this event is April 20. After you have purchased your ticket, you will need to

notify us by email of your purchase so that we will have

a final count for the restaurant reservation (please email

to Diane at [email protected]). Looking forward to another spectacular evening!

Diane, Sheila, and Mary. Cultural Events Coordinators

A special thank you to all the ladies

who have made our luncheons look

so beautiful with their spectacular centerpieces! We appreciate all the

time and effort that goes into those

creations. Well done ladies! Thank you to all who participate. The commitment is only once

a year, and MWC pays for all supplies. If anyone is in-

terested in helping please contact Laura Kuzia or Car-olyn Holmes

Our nine book groups are growing by leaps and bounds. The cold

weather has not held us back from

our meetings; in fact, It has made the winter go by faster and more en-

joyable by getting together and discussing our books.

Of course, we do miss our snow bird members and are anxiously awaiting their return. We are making plans for

our December luncheon so if you have any ideas

please bring it to your group leader. All of the leaders are meeting soon. Book club two read 40 Autumns by

Nina Willner in January, Monticello by Sally Gunning in

February, and will be discussing The Rainbow Comes

Club Activities and Member

News

Centerpiece Creation

Book Groups

Cultural Events

of Baklava, Biscotti, and an Irishman. Kathy shared us with her childhood and family from Dorchester, Boston, Quincy, and Scituate, areas from which she culled into her book. Thank you, Kathy, and I particularly en-joyed hearing about your

grandmother!

Our Getting You to Know speaker, Maureen Gardner, Executive Director of Laurentide at Mashpee Commons, updated

us on the new senior living community at Laurentide. Its state-of-the-art community is currently scheduled to open Summer 2018, and will offer independent living, assisted living and the specialized Avita Memory Care program.

Many thanks to Sue Riley for the lovely centerpieces! Many of us (including me!) wanted to win one, but unfortunately, on-ly a few were able to win! The 50/50 was donated to go to Cape Abilities.

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.cultural-center.org/

http://www.cultural-center.org/



and Goes by Anderson Cooper for our March meeting.

We are always open to accepting new members. There are openings in several of our groups so please join us.

Sigrid Howell and Carolyn Holmes, Book Group Coor-

dinators

Couples dining is a great way to get

to know other Mashpee Women's Club members and their spouses.

We meet together at each other's

houses; our menus are planned by the group so that everyone's palate can be satisfied. It's

a wonderful way to cement new friendships on the Cape.

We have added another foursome to the couples dining group. Enjoy your dinners together and your newfound

friendships!

Carolyn Holmes, Couples Dining Coordinator

Knitting Club #1 has continued to knit

through the winter and spring to get ready for the May MWC program to

support the Baby Center in Hyannis.

Items being “whipped up” by our mem-bers include blankets, small car blankets, hats, and

sweaters. Besides our charity knitting we are working on

our own projects, collaborating and sharing patterns, helping each other when we get “stuck.” Through knit-

ting we are getting to know each other and delight in

sharing our “stories.”

If you are interested in joining a knitting group — Group II

has spaces for you. Contact Mary Liz McCahill: pmcca-

[email protected]

Sigrid Howell, Knitting Group Coordinator

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO

HELP THE MWC? Janet Molloy and Jean Boundy have

been doing a wonderful job to find

the terrific programs we enjoy each monthly luncheon. Now it's

time for a new opportunity. From

Janet and Jean: “The job of pro-gram chair will come available in September. We will

help the person or persons who volunteer. Jean and I

have enjoyed the position but it is time to move on and give other members a chance to be involved." Let us

know if you are interested! Janet and Jean's phone num-

bers are in the directory -- call them!

If you would like to join the Mashpee

Women’s Club group on Facebook, just log into Facebook and do a search

for the Mashpee Women’s Club or click on the link be-

low. Then submit a request to join. Once I receive it, I will add you to the group and you will receive updates and

postings as they are published. And don’t forget – if you

read our postings, remember to hit “like”! Note that this is a “closed” group, and its postings are visible only to

members.

To join the Mashpee Women’s Club Facebook group, you may do one of two ways:

1) Link on Facebook to the MWC group at this URL:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/mashpeewomensclub/. Then send the request, and

when I receive your request, I will approve it if you

are an existing member.

or

2) Send me an email at [email protected]. When

I get it, I’ll add you to the Facebook group.

Programs Chairpersons

Facebook MWC Group

Couples Dining

Knitting Group

Don’t forget about the upcoming Baby Shower, Tuesday,

May 15, New Seabury Country Club! The last baby shower event was outstanding! Check it out from May, 2016: The

baby gifts were donated to A Baby Center in Hyannis. It was

absolutely amazing to see the generosity of our members who attended the luncheon! Sweaters, blankets, diapers, socks,

bibs, the list went on and on! All of you creative and caring

women, you were amazing before, and we’re sure you’ll do it again!

Coming soon in May —

Baby Shower and Tea!



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If you wonder who does what within the Mashpee Women’s Club, we are very lucky to have a

large contingent of active members who make sure that the social and charitable missions of the Club are developed, maintained and grown. If you have any questions or if you are inter-

ested in joining an activity or helping on a committee, here are the people to contact. Please

check the latest directory for their contact information:

Who’s Who

The Officers and Board of Directors for the MWC 2-year term beginning September 1, 2016, are:

Officers

Board of Directors

The Mashpee Women’s Club offers a wide variety of activities

for all its members. Contact the activity chairs listed below if

you are interested in participating in any of these activities.

Committee and

Activities Chairs Officers and Board

Sunny Merritt 12/1997 – 08/2002 Joan Brown 09/2002 – 08/2004 Ceil Sneider 09/2004 – 08/2008

Grace Talmage 09/2008 – 01/2009 Vye Larkin 04/2009 – 03/2012 Diane Scovil 02/2012 – 08/2013

Terry Herman 08/2013 – 08/2014 Jean Boundy 08/2014—08/2016

MWC Past Presidents

Annual Golf Outing and Luncheon

Sue Riley, Suzi Rego

All Bridge Activities Janet Molloy

Book Groups Sigrid Howell, Carolyn Holmes

Centerpieces Laura Kuzia, Carolyn Holmes

Couples Dining Carolyn Holmes

Cultural Events Diane Mahoney, Mary O'Connor, Sheila Salomon

GTKY Speaker Laura Kuzia

Knitting Groups Sigrid Howell, Mary Liz McCahill

Luncheon Linda Gervich

Memoirs & More Writing

Fran Giambarba

Solo Dining

Peggy Youdelman

Special Events Nancy Jo Goulart

Charities Sue White

Fundraising Suzi Rego

Historian To be determined

Hospitality Jean Boundy, Sigrid Howell, Katherine Schwartz

Membership Mary Liz McCahill

Immediate Past President Jean Boundy

Newsletter Editor Lisbeth Dineen

Programs Janet Molloy, Jean Boundy

Public Relations Jo Ann Burk, Debbie Landsiedel

Web Mistress Jeanne Dennis

President Jeanne Dennis

Vice President Jane Murphy

Treasurer Carolyn Andersen

Recording Secretary Sigrid Howell

Corresponding Secretary Carolyn Holmes


Mashpee Women’s Club

Proud recipient of the Mashpee Chamber of Commerce

2006 Community Commitment Award

Mashpee Women’s Club

P.O. Box 1613 Mashpee, MA 02649

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