Sisterhood News by Sandy Stone, Sisterhood President By the time you read this, our April programs will be over. We have had a very busy season - lots of programs that I hope piqued your interest! We have had everything from a visit to the Shy Wolf Sanctuary to “arts and crafts” at Masterpiece Mixer to two wonderful programs featuring our congregants Bobbie Bassewitz and Jim Sernovitz. We had our annual Chanukah Tea featuring the children of the Temple Shalom Preschool, who had everyone “oohing” and “ahhing,” we had our Opening Program with many of our brand new Temple babies, we had our Stay-at-Home Tea to give you all a break from going to so many events in our busy season. We even had an evening program! A Movie Nite to get together and see the very famous movie “Sunset Boulevard” starring Gloria Swanson and William Holden. We finished off our season in late April with a lunch at Roy’s, which included the installation of the 2014-2015 Sisterhood Officers. At this same event, we enjoyed a shopping spree at Evelyn and Arthur, where our women received a 10 percent off on their purchases. Last, but not least, we had a wonderful Women’s Seder, where we celebrate women with song and dance and pot luck appetizers; we had our Sisterhood Shabbat, where Sisterhood and our women take part in the service; we also had a very busy book club – with many woman attending the 3rd Thursday of the month – with books chosen and facilitated by our members.
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As you can see we have tried to tempt you with all kinds of programs at Sisterhood. As I have said many times, we are always looking for new and innovative programs, so please call me with your ideas at 597-1553. Sisterhood is still saving pop tops from our cans. These pop tops go to Ronald McDonald’s, and the money they make goes to benefit children with cancer. Please don’t throw them away! Put them in a plastic bag and bring them to us at Temple. We at Sisterhood would like to wish all of our snow birds a very happy and healthy summer! We will look forward to seeing you all in the fall and we will be ready to entertain you with exciting, educational, unique, and fun evening and luncheon activities. We are hard at work planning these fantastic programs with wonderful speakers and lots of surprises, so don’t forget to read the Voice in the summer. Hopefully we will be giving some hints along the way as to what we are planning! You all recently received an email about baking for the Friday night Onegs. Remember: Sisterhood puts on these fabulous receptions 52 weeks a year after services. The homemade delicious cakes and pies are always the first to be eaten and the most raved about, so please bake for us! You have no idea how much it is appreciated! You can bring it in any time! We thank you in advance for your contributions. Sisterhood is a very friendly group. We would love to have you join us as we are a very large and loving family. Call me at 597-1553, if you have any questions.