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37th Annual

Santa’s Workshop Presented by the Cookeville Junior Woman’s Club

A Special Supplement to the Herald-Citizen Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014

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Opportunity to shop and support the community

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SANTA CLAUS

COOKEVILLE — Santa Claus is coming to town, folks!

It is time once again for the anxiously awaited 37th annual Santa’s Workshop, brought to you by your local Cookeville Junior Woman’s Club and held each year at Hyder-Burks Pavilion on Gainesboro Grade.

This year’s dates are Friday, Nov. 14, to Sunday, Nov. 16. Hours are Friday from 9 a.m.-8 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m.-7 p.m. and Sunday from 1-5 p.m. expect to once again see more than 100 vendors from all over the South displaying their wares.

Vendors’ products vary from homemade jams and jellies to wood-working, artwork, ceramics, hair accessories, candles and just about anything that will bring a smile to your home or that special someone who is so hard to shop for.

Your $2 entry fee will make a difference in funding projects that many of this year’s funds recipients may otherwise not be able to complete with limited or non-existant, and much needed monies.

Please come out and support this most worthwhile cause and get a head start on — or finish — your Christmas shopping with us.

Beneficiaries Each year in mid-September, the ladies of the Cookeville Junior Woman’s Club take on the task of welcoming speakers from various non-profit agencies in Putnam County. Although it is one of their toughest assignments due to the great need throughout, they must choose 10-12 worthy agencies from the many that request a share of the funds raised at Santa’s Workshop. As usual, this year was no easier than in years past. The following are this year’s recipients: • Court Appointed Special Advocates • Happy Haven Children’s Home • Helping Hands of Putnam County • Kids Putnam • Manna’s Hana Riding Center, Inc. • Mended Hearts Chapter 127 • Mended Little Hearts of the Upper Cumberland • Putnam Co. Department of Health • Putnam County Library Friends • Putnam County Rural Health Clinic Inc. • Upper Cumberland Child Advocacy Center • Veterans Honor Guard, Inc.

Ty Kernea | Herald-Citizen File

Santa Claus will be making appearances at Santa’s Workshop on the following schedule: Friday, 5:30– 7:30p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-noon and 1–5 p.m.; and Sunday; 1–3 p.m.

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What to expect at Santa’s Workshop People always ask “What should I expect when I visit the show?”

Craftsmen and Craftswomen We have over 140 Santa’s Workshop vendors that come from several states in the Southeast and their talents are incredible.

Many of our crafters return year after year and repeat shoppers look forward to seeing what wonderful new items they have to offer. We also welcome many new vendors every year and are excited about all the new items they bring to the show. Plan on getting tons of items marked off your Christmas list while here. Here is just a sampling of things you will be able to purchase: jewelry, clothing, furniture, lotions/soaps, candles, food, quilts, pottery, woodworking, christmas decorations, ornaments, photographs and paintings.

Music We have live music the entire weekend to get you in that Christmas spirit. We are blessed to have many talented choruses and

bands throughout our community who are generous enough to donate their time to Santa’s Workshop.

Some groups are school children from all over our county and surrounding counties who come and perform beautiful Christmas music.

Amanda Other groups are adult Guidry quartets and community bands that provide wonderful Christmas tunes that are sure to put you in the Christmas shopping mood.

Santa Claus What would Santa’s Workshop be without Santa Claus? Sometimes you can spot Santa walking around talking and visiting with all the sweet children that come and shop with

Santa’s Workshop At a Glance

37th annual Santa’s Workshop Presented by the Cookeville Junior Woman’s Club, member of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs November 14–16 Friday, 9 a.m.–7 p.m Saturday 9 a.m.–8 p.m.

Sunday 1–5 p.m.

Admission $2 (Ages 12 and under FREE) ALL proceeds are donated to the community Hyder-Burks Pavilion — Directions: I-40 at exit 286, go north on Willow Avenue. Turn left on 12th Street/Gainesboro Grade. Go 2 1/4 miles. The pavilion is on the left.

Watch for signs.

More than 100 booths and vendors.

Gifts, crafts and decorations Silent auction Musical entertainment Santa Claus

their parents and grandparents. Other times he is walking around looking for present ideas for all the people on his list. Maybe he might just be looking for that perfect gift for Mrs. Claus. Wherever he may be, he is available for photos throughout the weekend at posted times. Just visit him at the “North Pole Room” at the bottom of the stairs and Mrs. Claus and Santa’s “elves” can help you purchase a photo package that would be great to share with your friends and loved ones.

Silent Auction Each year our gracious vendors donate items to our silent auction. Many of the items are one of a kind and can be seen as you enter at the top of the arena to the left on both sides of the aisles.

The auction begins when we open the doors on Friday morning and ends on Saturday at 5 p.m.

Last year we raised more than $1,000 from the silent auction and were able to donate

that much more money back into the community! So be prepared to bid and bid high so you don’t miss out on your chance at one of our many donated items.

I am so proud to be a part of this event with my CJWC “sisters.” This show is our passion and a true team effort and a labor of love. Even though it is a lot of hard work it allows us to raise enough money to give away to at least 10 deserving local nonprofit organizations each year. Last year we were able to give more than $20,000 back to our community.

Thank you for visiting us and we hope you enjoy the show.

If you think you would like to be a part of the Cookeville Jr. Woman’s Club please feel free to stop any of our members, they will be the smiley ones wearing the cute black aprons.

Amanda Guidry is president of the Cookeville Junior Woman’s Club.

Music Schedule Friday, Nov. 14 10-10:30 a.m. — Recorder and violin duo Diane Glasgow and Dicksie Schmidt 6 p.m.— Jackson County High School Band in Blue 6:30 p.m — Cookeville Community Band trombones Saturday, Nov. 15 10 a.m — Southern Stars Brass Quintet 10:30 a.m. — “Subito Strings” from the Stevens Street School of Performing Arts Noon — Upper Cumberland Barbershop Chorus 2 p.m. — Park View Elementary School Chorus 2:30p.m. — Spencer Elementary School Chorus 5 p.m. — Tomi Sims Sunday, Nov. 16 2 p.m. — Tennessee Tech Chorale The Little Gym offers a wide variety of classes to help children ages 4 months through 12 years reach their greatest potential.

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Shoppers flock to the Hyder-Burkes Pavillion to take a look the different holiday goods on display at last year’s event.

Unique finds offered at Santa’s Workshop List of exhibitors 2 Stinkin’ Cute — Lace romper, head bands, hair clips African Shea Butter — African shea butter Angelia’s Creations w/Broadway Boutique — Crocheted items, decor Ann’s Art — Hand painted china, magnets, pins Art Wire Music — Wire art, pendants Attic Window — Penny rugs, mats, baskets, jewelry Auntie Oakley Mercantile — Jewelry made from bullets Black Berry Crows Folk Art — Items that are sewn then stained to appear old Bon Aqua Cabin — Handcrafted soaps, handmade tool trays, wooden stars Brick House Creations — Smellie jellies, corn bags, car freshners Broadway Boutique — Home decor, jewelry, hair accessories Candle Fab Designs — Rock, log, fireball, brick oil candles Carroll’s Ornaments — Clay ornaments Charmed by KT — Leather bracelets, burlap Cookies From The Heart — Decorated sugar cookies Cooper’s Pens & Things — Cutting boards, wood puzzles, pepper grinders Country Boys Gourmet Kettle Corn — Kettle corn, flavored pork skins Country to the Core — Signs,woodcrafts, cabinets, signs, doll beds, wooden toys, doll jewelry Cozy Corner — Scarves, hats, Kindle covers Creative Arts by Cathy — Hand painted gourd bird houses, old windows, children’s chairs, slates, glassware, etc.

Creative Chix — Ornaments and jewelry Crooked Creek Designs — Gemstone and cop-

per pendants Dave’s Candles — Soy candles Designs By Cat — Glass jewelry Diaper Cakes & Beyond — Diaper cakes and burlap wreaths Different Strokes Decorative Painting — Painted ornaments, wood, lightbulbs, glass balls Divine Fudge — Fudge Doggie Bling Bling — Pet ID tags Dolly’s Crafts — Trees, snowmen, towels, etc.

Dorene’s Ceramics — Ceramic old world santas, Christmas deco, knitted hats Dos Caballos Studios — Metal art jewelry, wind chimes Family Treasures — Old world santas, snowmen, nativities Glass Art - Stained Glass Creations, sun catchers, fan lights, boxes, business card holders Hancock’s Wood Crafts — Bowls, trays,wooden boxes, serving trays, bowls, cutting boards, ornaments Heather’s Bow-Tique — Children’s hair bows, head bands Hillbilly Woodworking — Signs, cutting boards, name plaques Hillsdale Quilts — Quilts and quilted items Hitch & Post Juices — Muscadine juice, fried pies Humane Society of Putnam County — Pet items Jewelry by Vee — Utensil jewelry using crystals, gemstones, acrylics, other recycled items Joshua’s Pet Treat Bakery — Dog treats JTF Jewelry — Beaded and wire sculpted jewelry Karen’s Woodwork & Crafts — wooden puzzles, toys, games, pictures, etc. PVC bow and arrow, numb chucks

Kathy’s Doggie Duds — Dog bandanas Kaye’s Kraft’s & Kreations — Children and teen’s jewelry Knot Enough Thyme — Culinary blends, dips, vinegars, oils and teas Lagniappe Spice Co. LLC — Spices and flavored cocoas Landmark Studio — Art, prints Latisha’s Delicious Cakery Bakery — Wedding and birthday cakes, cupcakes, pecan pies, pumpkin rolls Les Ann Collection — Jewelry and flame paint copper Linda Garrett Hicks — Books Linda’s Sew Sweet — 18” American doll style clothes Looms & Potholders by Denise — Loom and potholders, woven rugs and ornaments Madi & Me Creations — Monogrammed totes, coolers, onesies, etc.

Marion’s Handmade Country Crafts — Handmade country crafts Maxine’s Gourds — Home grown and handdecorated gourds Molly’s Sweet Shop — Sourdough breads, cakes, pies, candy, pork rinds, bacon chips, cracklins, jams, jellies, honey, bee pollen Monette Art — Ornaments made from recycled light bulbs, marshmallow shooters, bow and arrows, books Mother Bird’s Nest — Decorated bird houses, birds’ nests Neal & Pat Crafts & More — Wood crafts and some glass Nuttin’ But Good — Cinnamon Roasted Nuts Pal World — Wooden christmas deco and pet gifts Parris Access — Christmas decor

Personalize A Book For Me — Personalized childrens books Primative from me to you — Primative snowmen, table runners, wreaths, home decor Primative Praise — Primative stitching and artwork Putnam Co. Schools Ind. Program — Hand decorated gift bags Queen Mountain Ministry — Infused honey, wreaths, tabletop decor, wood sculptures Quilts by Tammy (w/V. Leasure) — Quilts, flip-flop shaped pillows, scarves Raisin’ Acres Farms — Goats milk soaps, salves, creams, handmade washcloths, bath salts Real Art — Art, prints Rhonda’s Wreaths and Things — Wreaths and mailbox swags Rings & Things — Rings (imprint), towels Russell’s Ridge Nubians — Goats milk, scented goat’s milk soaps, lotions, lip balm, gift baskets Sandy’s Primatives — Handmade primatives, dolls, mammy dolls, snowmen, candle lights SD Creations — Handmade necklaces and bow ties Seasonal Creations — Seasonal wreaths, floral decor See N USA — Handbags, wristlets, clutches, key rings Serendipity Enterprise — Knitted, crocheted, quilted dishcloths, potholders, sweaters, afghans Sew Unique & Embro — Rag dolls, children’s clothing, burp cloths, diaper bags Shades of Grace Bath & Body w/Broadway Boutique — Home made bath and body products Southern Sisters — Florals, furniture, birdhouses, primitives

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Santa’s Workshop offers unique gifts and holiday items for sale, such as these Santa figurines representing various countries around the world.

UNIQUE: Gifts galore at Santa’s Workshop From Page 4 Southern Soap Factory — Soap Stones & Bones — Native American beadwork and toys Stoneyridge Farm — Goat milk soap and related bath items Sugar Valley Crafts — Rock potpourri, bird houses and feeders, solar snowmen Susan’s Designs w/Broadway Boutique — Air plants, wall decor Tammie’s Paint-n-Place — Ornaments, decorative painted wood Tasteful Culinary Creations, Inc. — Naked Salsa Tennessee Treasures by Betty & Helen — Crocheted items, purses, afghans, scarves The Burlap Sack — Burlap pillows, shabby chic decor, stockings, wall art, ornaments The Marquis Menagerie — Dough animals The Picket Fence — Lemon curd, flavored salts, wrap bracelets The Puppet Factory — String, pop-up, and rod puppets The Wreath Stand — Handcrafted wreaths, burlap, floral Vintage Rosie Jewelry w/Broadway Boutique — Copper, nickel and aluminum stamped jewelry, stamped burlap pillows Wanda Phillips Home Decor Specialties — Wreaths, tabletop decor, wood sculptures White County High School Art — Glass angels, pottery, crosses, Christmas ornaments Wildwoods Folkschool — Wood sculptures, animals, benches

Wire And Bead Creations — Wire wrap jewelry, guitar pick jewelry, beaded necklaces Tammy Cook — pumpkin & red velvet rolls, truffles Stephen Crecraft — flame painted pendants, magnets, wall décor Brenda Rutledge Delira Beryl Dunn — Decorative egg art Terry Funderbunk — Scrapbooking, Barn Wood Decor, burlap gifts Loree Hall — Crayon and colored pencil rolls, bibs, burp cloths Jamie Pankhurst — Wood ornaments, blankets Mary G. Anderson — Knit and crochet scarfs, hats, gloves, ponchos Jeri Boone — Placemats, napkins, gift baskets Chase Collins — Cider Mix, Jams, Burlap items, primatives, mesh snowmen & Santas Don Phillips — Jelly, Cider Tom Tomberlin — Hand carved Santas Betty Uker — towels, hats, scarfs, fudge Kathy Williamshand — painted Christmas items, Glass Blocks, ornaments, board Santas, rolling pins, candles, concrete edger blocks, claypots Bonnie Bierwert — stoneware pottery Karen Wilmoth — handmade ornaments, scarves, purses, headbands Betty Bright — Peanut Brittle, Wreaths, Ornaments Charlotte Beard — Hand-made soaps, wax tarts, bath salts Jim & Pat Celius — Scroll saw crafts, Christmas doll sets, Mesh Wreaths, Lighted Lanterns Katelyn Clark — Bracelets out of paper

Jason & Lora Coons — CNC Metal items: letters, numbers, farm scenes Kim Dearnbarger — crafts, cards and jewelry Barbara Ebel, M.D. Ebel — Books,Books Melanie Estep — Soycandles, soap, air freshners, ornaments, lotions, etc Amy Fox-Hale — hand painted Christmas ornaments Ray Hatch — Wood turned items Gerri Hirschberg — Jewelry, scarfs, blankets Karl Kilmer — Wooden designs Holly Lands — leather bracelets/burlap

Trish and Roger Lankford — Jewelry, Fused Glass Val Leasure — Quilting Mrs. Joe Mitchell — Knitted Items James & Betty Reagan — Jewelry boxes, bookmarks, pens Teresa Stafford — burp cloths, pillows, capes, tshirt quilts, aprons -- also cupcakes and peanut brittle Joan Williams — Painted crafts, vintage linens, quits, furniture Beverly Williamson — handmade jewelry

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Members of the Cookeville Junior Woman’s Club are, in front, from left: Debra Ball, Deb Allen, Melissa Williams, Amanda Guidry, Sarah Starkey. Middle row: Gayla McBroom, Rita Reese, Laura Bennett, Kayla Veers, Kim Veers, Pat Rottmund, Bea O’Donnell, Nicole Brim. Back row: Lora Montgomery, Sherri Martin, Gwen Mann, Sherri Webb, Tammy Manier, Helen-Marie Kulis.

Arts, International Outreach committees active

Arts The Arts committee enables our club members to create and to contribute to art education and activities in schools and assisted living centers in Putnam County. In addition, this year we donated a vase to the Women’s Center at Cookeville Regional Medical Center.

We encourage our members to attend concerts, theater, film, art and sculpture galleries, and poetry and literature readings. Art allows us to experience the mysterious and to use our imaginations.

It helps to instill confidence and broadens club-women’s horizons. Each member can further her own artistic expression and enter state contests in photography, arts, crafts, and writing. In March our members won ribbons for knitting, quilting, cross stitch, and scrap booking in competition with other middle Tennessee clubs. We also provide banner-making supplies and volunteers

to the annual prison party at the Tennessee Prison for Women in Nashville.

International Outreach In a world where half of the population — over three billion people — lives on less than $2.50 a day, and 21,000 children Diane die each day due to Glasgow poverty, we reach beyond Putnam County and make a global impact. Our committee enables members to become better world citizens through advocacy, education, and action, which, in turn, will benefit our global friends and their communities in developing countries.

We raise cultural awareness; watch foreign films, celebrate ethnicities with

taste tastes; conduct FUNdraising activities to provide vaccines for children in developing countries; advocate for basic human needs such as food, water, clothing, and education, and promote self-sufficiency.

This year we have signed petitions to support the United Nations Foundation’s Shot@Life grass-roots campaign to help children all over the world by funding life-saving vaccines. We met with our U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker and U.S. Representative Diane Black to encourage legislation to fund immunizations for children in developing countries to prevent polio, German measles, pneumonia and diarrhea. We have also raised awareness through opeds.

• We participate in international cultural exchange via TTU’s International Friends and Window on the World.

• Through Operation Smile, we ensure

that cleft lip and palate children have access to surgery, education, equality, and protection.

• Through Heifer Project, this year we provided a flock of chicks, ducks, and geese to support and encourage growth and sustainability to a family in need.

• On United Nations World Hunger Day, we donated food to Helping Hands food pantry.

• We donated bilingual books to Putnam County Headstart, to a preschool in Cuzco, Peru, and to the TTU library.

•We contribute to orphans in Lesotho, Africa.

•We send care packages to soldiers from Putnam County who are serving in Afghanistan.

Join us to make a difference.

Diane Glasgow is chair of the CJWC Arts and International Outreach committees.

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Working together to make things better for everyone What another fantastic year with CJWC. We have a great group of women and have accomplished quite a bit. The Public Issues committee is involved with happenings in the community. Our group consists of Cheryl Thomas, Nicole Brimm, Chelsea Johnson, Kayla Veers and Misty Geesling.

We have partnered with Chance Home for Girls again this year. We enjoy working with them. This is a group home for troubled girls that may need a break from their family for awhile. If one has a birthday while they are staying there, we bake a cake and take it to them along with a picture frame that says, “You are special.”

Several of us participated in the WCTE Auction this year. We always enjoy working with that group. We also make desserts for Cooking on the Square to help out Habitat for Humanity.

They provide low cost housing to low income families.

Kim Each month various Veers committees take turns hosting the club, including providing that evening’s meal and a keynote speaker for that month.

Health a big part of Home Life Committee This past year I’ve had the opportunity to be the chairman for the Home Life committee. The goal for the Home Life committee is to embrace an active role to help improve our lives and the lives of others. We focus on keeping ourselves and others healthy by informing them about tests and exercise; while encouraging everyone to live a healthy lifestyle.

This year we have focused on healthy recipes. We encourage the ladies to do a self-breast exam every month and to also keep a log of all the exercise they do every month. We strive to make small yet important lifestyle changes and spread the word about healthy habits.

We are also involved with the local Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.

Members are encouraged to join our team and participate in the race itself or show support by volunteering to assist with the race. Every year in October we also hold a silent auction and donate all proceeds directly to the Susan G. Komen Upper

Cumberland Affiliate.

The Home Life committee is an example of the amazing power that springs forth from a few people putting their hearts and minds together toward a common goal of helping each Debra other and those Ball around them. We want like-minded women to join us in serving each other and our communities. If you think you might be interested, please reach out to any one of us at the workshop, or pick up a flyer at the head table as you come into Hyder-Burks.

Debra Ball is chair of the CJWC Home Life Committee.

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One of our guests was Deputy Chuck Johnson.

He spoke to us about the different types of drugs currently available and how we can better recognize them. Our committee also donated money to help with Night Out Against Crime.

The public came out and met different organizations within the community and the children enjoyed the bounce houses and left with a backpack full of goodies.

When an employee of the fire department, police department, sheriff’s department or EMS ends up in the hospital, we provide a bag with some useful items including a Bible and a Give Love shirt.

It’s hard to sit at the hospital with a

loved one and, hopefully, we can make it somewhat easier.

The most fun we have is coming up soon — Santa’s Workshop. We meet new people and see familiar faces and get to shop at all the neat booths set up. If you have never been, this is a perfect time to come out and do some Christmas shopping for yourself and others.

There are a variety of women in the club and we all work hard together to provide a better place for our children and family. If any woman is interested in joining, please contact one of us.

Kim Veers is chair of the CJWC Public Affairs Committee.

Education Committee begins program for child care teachers My name is Lora Montgomery. I have been a member of CJWC for 3 years and the chairperson of the Education Committee for 2 years.

The CJWC Education Committee focuses on the educational needs of our community for children and adults. We, along with our other committees, partner with the local school systems, the public library, and other community service providers to fulfill these needs.

Since our 2013 Santa’s Workshop, the Education Committee has done the following: • Continued our year-round book donation to local schools and child care centers.

• Continued our collection and donation of Box Tops, Campbell’s Soup Labels, and Coke Bottle Caps to area schools.

• In March, we hosted CJWC’s monthly meeting with guest speaker Eunetta Jenkins from Friends of White Plains who told us about the historic

value and fundraising efforts to the 16-plus acre home on Walton Road which was built by Stephen Decatur Burton as an historic property.

• Awarded another Woman In Transition scholarship to a non-traditional feLora Montgomery male student in need. This is a yearly scholarship that we are once again about to award.

We are also starting a new program where we be awarding a teacher of the year from the area child care centers.

Thanks go out to my committee members and CJWC members who have been a tremendous help this year.

Lora Montgomery is chair of the CJWC Education Committee.

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SANTA’S WORKSHOP The Cookeville Junior Woman’s Club wishes to extend their never-ending gratitude to Pat Rottmund for her faithful service to the General Federation of Women’s Club for these past 30 years. We will miss your smiling face and commitment to the club, but are excited for the new projects you will be undertaking. Thank you, Pat.

Santa’s Workshop one of many activities for club

My Goodness! My second year as CJWC secretary has come and almost gone so fast!

I have learned and continue to learn more and more with each passing year and it has been a pleasure.

God put this wonderful group of women into my life almost five years ago and I feel so blessed to be a part of them. To know and to be able to participate in all the good things that the GFWC does for this community as well as communities all over the United States is just amazing.

What Exactly does the CJWC do, you may ask?

Well, we do quite a number of things. We do art projects throughout the year with the residents of local nursing/assisted living homes.

We clean Dogwood Park Melissa three or four times a year, as well as volunteer at the Williams WCTE auction. We donate items and attend Habitat for Humanity house blessings.

We bake and deliver birthday cakes to the Chance home for girls, as well as donate and advocate for the Shot@ Life, which is a program we partner with Walgreens to provide immunizations to children of impoverished countries.

These are just a handful of things; there are so many more.

Santa’s Workshop is one of our larger projects, where we raise funds to help several nonprofit organizations in our community.

If you are a lady who would like to learn more about or become a part of CJ WC, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Or if you come to Santa’s workshop (which I hope you do), stop one of us; we would be most honored to talk to you.

Melissa Williams is secretary of CJWC.

Understanding, appreciating environment The purpose of the Conservation Committee is to enable members to gain an understanding of and appreciation for all aspects of our environment and the world’s resources, natural and man-made. Club members are encouraged to recycle household items, beautify their yards, visit the Farmer’s Market and carpool to club functions.

Since 2010, our club has picked up litter at Dogwood Park three times a year. This year we received recognition from the Department of Leisure Services with a sign posted at the park. We also hosted one of our monthly meetings and had Rick Woods, director of Leisure Services, speak to the club about all the wonderful activities available in our community thanks to his department. We work with the Clean Commission to provide services throughout the city.

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The Conservation Committee has recycled almost 400 magazines. They are brought to CRMC for distribution to patients and waiting rooms. MagaBea zines are also O’Donnell sent with care packages to soldiers deployed in Afghanistan or other parts of the world. We continue to support Habitat for Humanity.

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The club continues to benefit from our reusable plates, cups, and utensils. These are used at our monthly dinners. This has eliminated the expense of throw away paper and plastic products.

The stewardship concept involves personal and social responsibility, including a duty to learn about and improve natural resources as we use them wisely, leaving a rich legacy for future generations.

As stewards of the earth, we need to be environmentally responsible. I am proud to be a member of CJWC. Our members donate so much time, money, and services that go directly into our community. The CJWC volunteer service and community improvement demonstrates the Christmas spirit throughout the year.

Bea O’Donnell is chair of the CJWC Conservation Committee.

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