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to further the common goal and general

welfare of the community and to provide a
means for members to pursue mutual interests and participate in the community.
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Presidents Corner

Inside this issue:

Presidents
Corner

Programs

Meeting
Coordinator

Community
Service

Web Coordinator 3
Membership

New Member
Ambassador

Friendship

Garden of Roses 5
Evening Meeting 6
Publicity

Daytime Book
Club

Evening Book
Club

Upscale Lunch
and Dining

Thank You

GKWC
Foundation

Activities

GKWC Board

Caroline Sherman
I am honored and excited to step into the role
of President as the Club
continues to grow in
both membership and
our service to the Community. I want to thank
the members who completed the survey in
May, there was a 47%

response rate which is

wonderful news. As a
Board we are studying
the results of the Survey
so that we can serve our
membership and continue to meet your expectations. I look forward to
spending time with a
wonderful group of ladies at our different upcoming
activities.
Please contact me if you
have any questions.

Caroline Sherman
GKWC President
CaroReader@aol.com

GKWC.org
Password: member2012
For the most up to date calendar, please go to gkwc.org
Print your Volunteer Hour Form
Find us on

Joining Together. Having Fun. Helping Others.

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Programs
June 16, 2016 Program: Distribution of
Funds Dinner on Thursday,
6:30 p.m. at Sky Creek
This months program will be our Distribution of Funds Dinner. We will be featuring our 2015-2016 grant and high school
scholarship recipients. This is the event
where we see the fruition of all our hard
work to raise funds this past year. Come
and learn about the wonderful work the
grantees do in our community and recognize outstanding students.
Deadline for Junes reservations is noon
on June 9th. Contact Erika Koneck at
ekoneck@gmail.com to reserve your seat.
You may also make reservations and pay
for your luncheon through the Calendar/Pay
for Meetings link on our website: gkwc.org.
Let Erika know if you need help paying
online -- it is easy.

600 Promontory Dr.

Keller, TX 76248

MEETING RSVPS
PLEASE CONTACT ERIKA
KONECK AT

Debbie Johnson
2nd VP Programs
debbiejohnsonjj@gmail.com

Meeting Coordinator

ekoneck@gmail.com

GKWC Distribution of Funds Dinner on June 16th at Sky Creek County

Club is a very moving and heart warming evening event which you do not
want to miss!

Or through the
website:

You will have a chance to hear and meet some of our grant recipients
and scholarship winners.

GKWC LUNCHEON RSVP

Last year we had 95 guests at this dinner. Please make your reservations
early! The dinner cost is 26.00. If paying by check please make checks
payable to GKWC. The dinner is from 6:30-9:00pm with check in starting
at 6:00pm. Keep in mind our evening events always sell out, make your
reservations early !

Erika Koneck
Meeting Coordinator

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Community Service
Metroport Meals on Wheels Golf Tournament, Monday June 13 Thank you to all the
volunteers who are helping with this event and
to chair Lynda Sanders.
Heritage House Tea Party, Wednesday June
22 We need volunteers to provide finger foods
and and servers for this event. Please contact
chair Gayle Clark gmc@yahoo.com

I look forward to this new year and serving our

community and the GKWC. Please contact me
if you have questions or ideas. Thank you.

Brenda Shook
3rd VP Community Service
brenda.shook@ymail.com

Mark your calendars!!! 2016-2017 Community

Service Planning Meeting
Tuesday June
7 6:30-8PM. Keller Library. I encourage everyone to attend. This is an opportunity to learn
about the volunteer activities we are considering for the next 12 months. It is also your
chance to provide input on new and existing
activities for the Club. If there is an event you
would like to chair, this is a good time to seek
that position.

Web Coordinator
Debbie Johnson
2nd VP Programs

With a new year comes some new and exciting additions and changes to our website! The Club Activities page has been updated with the new chairs. Soon, the Community Service Opportunities page
will be updated with new volunteer opportunities. Under the Membership tab, you can renew your
membership, order a replacement name tag, or just update your directory information easily online. in
the Members Only section (Password is member2012), we now have a page listing all of the Board
members, including their contact information. You can read the newsletters (both current and past), as
well as get volunteer forms, view the directory (both on a PC/Mac or on your mobiledevice), or if you
prefer you can view the hard copy of the directory as well as other important information. You can pay
for the next month's meeting online using a credit card or PayPal or check the calendar for any upcoming events or opportunities. And lastly, and most importantly, you can learn about our annual Garden
of Roses fundraiser and check out the pictures from this year's event. I hope you will make use of our
website and if you ever have any comments or ideas for the website, please contact me directly via
email or telephone (817) 994-6639.

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Membership
There are 278 members at this time, 126 members have already rejoined, please dont forget to
rejoin! By renewing your membership your
membership will continue until May 31, 2017. All
members who rejoined by May 1 were entered
into a drawing for a $50 gift card and Congratulations to Karen Harper for winning! The renewal
fee is $40 for Age 0-64 and $20 for Age 65-70 . If
you are aged 70+ there is no renewal fee, please
let me know that you wish to continue your membership. There are many ways to rejoin. You
can rejoin by credit card at www.gkwc.org, go to
the Membership tab at the top of the screen,
choose Apply and Pay For Membership and then
choose Pay For Membership Renewal Online. If
you wish to pay by check you can send it to
GKWC, PO Box 345, Keller, TX, 76244. If any of
your information has changed, such as you have
discontinued your home phone, moved or have a
new email or cell phone number please let me
know as soon a possible. The new directory will
be going to print in June and we want to make
sure everyone has current information. Once
you have renewed your membership I will send
you a text or an email confirming your renewal. If
you have not received the text or email please
contact me. If you have any questions please
call me at 940.782.9448 or email me Membership at kimbercv@gmail.com. After May 31,
2016 the fee to reactivate your membership is
$10.

Shelleyh2@yahoo.com
C: 817.656.7075
Birthday 05/06
Please note the following changes to
members information;
Dana Shockey has a new email Dana.Shockey@picklesbbq.com
Jeri Joyce has a
Msjeri46@gmail.com

email

Stacey Gilbert has a new cell phone

number 817.690.4471

Vickie Dent has a new address:

593 Bordeaux
Rockwall, TX 75087

I am looking forward to stepping into

my new role as Membership Chair and
working with all you amazing GKWC
ladies. Thank you!

Shelley Hill 1628 Overcup Ln.

Kimberley Vines
1st VP Membership

Keller, TX, 76244

kimbercv@gmail.com

Please welcome the following new members;

new

New Member Ambassador

The position of New Member Ambassador is a
new board position for GKWC. I am very enthusiastic regarding my opportunity to connect
with the new members this year. Because this
position is a new one it will be evolving during
the year. I started by looking up the definition
and liked this one the best: Ambassador - a
person who acts as a representative or promoter of a specified activity. And then the synonyms were offered: campaigner, representa-

tive, promoter, champion, supporter, backer. I

am now working on helping to define a New
Member. And I welcome any suggestions or
ideas that you may have regarding this position. In the meantime, you are welcome to contact me with any questions or concerns. Susan
Hilton Jones suehiltonj@gmail.com Text) 817741-1471

Susan Hilton Jones

New Member Ambassador

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June Birthdays

Friendship
Dearly Departed

Jean Matz
Martha McCormick

Janice Tims

Cindy Lowe
Sandra Normand

10

Deanna Dede

11

Diana Tow

12

Hazel Murphy

13

Jean Manuszak

14

Denise Epp

16

Carole Smith

17

Michelle Speas
Kimberley Vines

21

Annette Thomas

23

Pauline Della SalaMcGrail

24

Sheree Stevens

25

Emmie Coleman

28

Jan Bawanan

29

Junanne Mosley

Betty Peterson, member since

1991.
Beatrice Briggs, mother of Sheryl
Roberts.
Sylvia Navaretta, mother of Sylvia
Benson.
Dorothy Harris husband Jack.
Harold Jenn, father of Leann Cors
and grandfather of Samantha Beck.
Illness/Surgery
Tanya Norris is struggling with cancer and needs our prayers. Food is
being taken care of at this point.
Linda Phillips is having another hip
replacement later this month.
When she gets home she will need
help and food from our care and
concern committee.

for continued well being.

Remember to watch for your electronic
birthday cards coming from the club.
Please email me with any news you
would like published.
We have a Care and Concern Committee and would like volunteers who
would be willing to make food, provide
transportation or simply just visit someone who is ill or in need of our help
and comfort. We now have six ladies
on the committee. If you would like to
help in this way, please email me at
Jean. Manuszak@gmail.com.

Friendship, Jean Manuszak

Billy Roushs husband (Gene) is

home and recovering from heart
surgery. Keep them in your prayers

Garden of Roses Fundraiser

We are currently looking for some well organized members to co-chair next years
Garden of Roses Fundraiser! If you are interested, please contact GKWC President,
Caroline Sherman at 817.832.6703 or by email at caroreader@aol.com.

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Evening Meeting
Though not an official GKWC Evening
Meeting, June 9th, 2016 well be having
Family night at Keller Summer Nights at the
Keller City Hall. Bring your families, children, grandchildren, pets, chairs, picnic
blankets, picnic baskets and your favorite
bottle of wine, and enjoy a beautiful evening under the star listening to Vaudeville. Around 9 pm the movie Cinderella will
be playing behind City hall. Hope you can
all make it!

Debbie Dodge
4th VP Evening Meetings
2debbiedodge@gmail.com

Publicity
Hello,
I would like to introduce myself to those of you who do not know me. My name is Carol Bafus
and I am the new Publicity person for the GKWC this year. I look forward to getting to know
each of you and hope I can capture the true essence of The Greater Keller Women's Club members and events this coming year. I will be the one wandering around with the camera, phone or
IPad asking you to smile, and making memories.
If I am not at an event I hope someone will snap a few pictures and pass them on to me via
email, so I can make sure we get a true scope of the multiple opportunities that are available to
our members, socially, through community service, special events and fundraising.
Thank you and I am looking forward to a great year.
Regards,

Carol Bafus
Publicity Chair
CBafus@yahoo.com

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Daytime Book Club

The next meeting of the Daytime Book Group will
be held on Monday, June 20, at the home of June
Aurelio, 709 Lakeway Drive, Keller, TX, 76248.
The meeting will start at 1.00pm and we will be
discussing The Secret Chord By Geraldine
Brooks. Please RSVP to June Aurelio
at junetx54@verizon.net if you would like to attend. If you would like to join this group please
contact either Judy Hall at rayandjudy@att.net or
Bonnie Paine at brpaine@verizon.net for further
information.

Evening Book Club

The Evening Book Group will be back in September. Have a Happy
Reading Summer! The next meeting of the Evening Book Group will be
held on Thursday, September 22 at the home of Caroline Sherman, 1034
Canterbury Lane, Keller, TX, 76248. The meeting will start at 7.00pm and
the novel to discuss will be announced later this summer.. Please RSVP
to Caroline Sherman at caroreader@aol.com if you would like to attend. If
you would like to join this group please contact either Caroline Sherman
at caroreader@aol.com or June Aurelio at junetx54@verizon.net for further information.

Upscale Lunch and Dining

Upscale Lunch and Upscale Dining (formerly
Dining Out) are on hiatus for the summer and
will be back in September. Upscale Dining is
looking for people to chair different months
(so that it does not fall just on two people). If
you are interested, please contact LeAnn
Cors
at
Leebee543@gmail.com
or
314.750.3469. Remember too that this group
is for EVERYONE! Not just couples.

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Thank You
A gracious thank you to Patty Recca, Linda Bowden, Gayle Clark, Paulette Olson, Annette Thomas, Susan Walker, Lyn Patterson, Lisa McCarthy and Linda Skinner for
providing the refreshments for my husband Jacks memorial luncheon. The food wash
delicious, and our family appreciated their thoughtful effort. Also, thank you for the kind
and caring cards sent by club members.
Dorothy Harris

GKWC Foundation

The Greater Keller Keller Womens Club Foundations mission is:

To assist in the development of the community by providing

educational scholarships, to assist in the support of elderly
and needy people of the community, also in organizing and
sponsoring various activities to the support the youth, elderly
and needy people of northeast Tarrant County.
Which is the reason we distribute scholarships to local students and grants to those
organizations who provide support to the youth, elderly and people in need in northeast
Tarrant County.

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2016-17 Activities
Book Club - Evening 4th Thursday 7:00
Caroline Sherman 817-337-1905
caroreader@aol.com
June Aurelio 817-741-2578
Junetx54@verizon.net
Book Club - Daytime 3rd Monday 1:00pm
Bonnie Paine 817-337-7106
brpaine@verizon.net
Judy Hall 817-605-1616
rayandjudy@att.net
Bunco - Daytime 1st Friday 11:00am
Gayle Clark 817-503-8166
Gmc1003@yahoo.com
Bunco 1 - Evening 2nd Tuesday 6:30pm
Dianne Fuhrmeister 918-629-0266
fuhrstuff@gmail.com
****Please sign up to be on the sub list****

Canasta 1st Monday of each month 10:00am

Janice Raver
txrosejkr@aol.com
Mexican Train - 4th Wednesday of each month
Meets at Keller Library at 11:00am
Karen Harper 817-337-8999
Karen.harper@verizon.net
Upscale Dining1st Saturday Evening of each
month (Sept - May) We are currently looking for
monthly chairs to find restaurants and organize Upscale
Dining. If you are interested, please contact LeAnn Cors
at Leebee543@gmail.com or 314.750.3469.
Upscale Lunch 4th Tuesday 11:30am (Sept-May)
Dottie Johnson 214-632-4159
Artdottie@mac.com
Suzanne Everheart 817-427-2889
everheart@sbcglobal.net