Club Notes - November 12, 2025

There were 16 of us at today’s meeting.   The first order of business was to report the results of the vote I requested on how to distribute the excess charity funds.   The choices were:

A.   $200. Each to Project S.O.S., Christian Care Center, Wildwood Soup Kitchen, and $100 to Hands of Mercy Everywhere

B.  $700 to the Wildwood Soup Kitchen 

C. $500 to the Wildwood Soup Kitchen and $200 to Project S.O.S.

20 members responded, with 3 votes for A, 5 votes for B and 12 votes for C.  So I will be sending $500 to the Wildwood Soup Kitchen and $200 to Project S.O.S.

Mic and I also talked about the new process of donating items to Advent Watermans Hospital.  Everything goes to a central receiving area where they sanitize everything and distribute to the appropriate departments.  The maternity ward and the pediatric ward are close and we may get requests for items for both.

Mic is having an open house on Sunday to help a friend give away fabric from her mother’s stash. The fabric will be free with the caveat that it is to be used to make items for donation, and not for personal use.  I will send out a separate email with the information.

Show and Tell: 

Carolyn Grasso made a couple of dinosaur bodies, to be stuffed, 

and a refrigerator door handle cover.

Louise Stem finished the last of the reusable menstrual kits she has been working on. 

Each kit contains 8 pads, 2 pair of underwear, and drying strings, all fitted in a small pouch.

Ceal Pedersen showed the latest batch of stuffed toys she painted 

Pat Pipa showed a Christmas wall hanging she made in a recent Allamanda member to member class.

Kathryn Jeter showed a glasses case she made.

We received 2 donations of finished quilts today.  

There are 7 from Kris Loffler, through Allamanda Quilters. 

and 3 from Moyer Citrus Quilters.  

2 of these quilts are close to twin size and will be put aside as possible choices for the Sheriffs Youth Ranch graduates.

 

Most of the ladies brought their sewing machines today and worked on the project.   Even those who could not bring a machine picked out fabric to bring home.  I look forward to seeing some finished cornucopias next week.

 

That’s all for today. . Hope to see you next week.

 

Lois