Patrice DeMoss helps head up the 100 Women Who Care Greater Venice Chapter. She and the other women involved work on a complete volunteer basis. They believe the concept is brilliant and most importantly, they help local charities in need. Learn more about what this group is all about when Patrice presents at the July 16 th meeting.
There were approximately (41) attendees at the 103 Rd Annual State Convention held at the Hyatt Regency Sarasota from June 5 to 7. The theme of the conference was “Building Bridges.” There were some wonderful speakers at the Convention- Liz Alpert, Mayor of the City of Sarasota, Ron Turner, Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections, Human Trafficking Dawn Sakes, MSW Executive Director More Too Life. Kristin Rink from Votta Coaching and Consulting leads us through an interesting team building exercise. On Thursday, Jennifer Rominiecki, Executive Officer of Selby Gardens spoke to our group during lunch.
Chandra Tracy, Business Manager of BPW/FL, gave us an overview of the new website now with Wild Apricot. You can use your email but will need to set up a new password. Hit “forgot password.”
There was a Roundtable discussion regarding Successes and Opportunities for LO’s.
I turned in our Dolly/Daisy Duke bra for the fundraiser for the Breast Cancer Fund. We did not win first, or 2nd place, but the members loved our entry thanks to Teresa Karaffa. The ladies from the Tallahassee Scholarship house are going to display our masterpiece. A large part of BPW/FL is the Education Foundation. There was an election of officers for this part of BPW/FL. There are (2) Scholarship houses that the Foundation supports: Florida Atlantic University BPW House with 17 residents and Tallahassee BPW House. With 20 residents. BPW/FL has provided kitchen and household items and good bags. Since the residence are only responsible for their food, a cooking class was offered for all residence. FAU also participated.
For our July BPWEV meeting, we are trying something different. If you bring a friend to the meeting, we will have a 2 for 1 special. We will pay for your guests’ dinner. If you decide to bring a friend, please let me or Cynthia Fredericks know so we can make the reservation to have an accurate count.
Happy 4th of July to all our members,
Your President,
Sue Hogrefe
For those of us who never knew her, I’d like to take a moment to introduce the lady our scholarship awards are named after.
Christine Davis was a BPW member for over 50 years, first in New York State and later in Florida. Her energy to promote BPW was astounding. She served in every office the organization had to offer, short of State or National President. She served on many committees and especially enjoyed being chair of the scholarship committee until ill health required her to resign from too many obligations. Her beautiful smile, her eagerness to be always willing to help and her efficient handling of any task she elected to do or help with, will not be forgotten by the BPWEV members, but will be missed.
The Christine Davis Memorial Scholarships will preserve the love and devotion she championed to achieve equality for all women.
At the BPW Florida State Conference in June, 2023, the Proposed Public Policy was presented and approved. The new Public Policy for 2023 – 2024 is below:
Since the inception of BPW/FL in 1919, BPW/FL has always supported women’s rights. BPW/FL continues to support the ERA as a basic foundation of our Public Policy Platform, even as we understand that passing the ERA grows more difficult with the passage of time. BPW/FL firmly believes that equality of rights under the law should not be abridged or denied by the United States or by any state on account of sex, and the rights of women require constant vigilance.
BPW/FL supports public policies that:
BPW/Fl supports public policies that:
BPW/FL supports public policies that:
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