GENERAL
MEETING: Tuesday, January 27, 2015
General
Meetings are a time to welcome visitors, hear guest speakers and discuss club
business. We invite women who are new or
established residents of Greater
Winston-Salem to visit us. General Meetings are held at Trinity Presbyterian
Church, 1416 Bolton Street, W-S 27103 (just off Silas Creek Parkway via the
Bolton Street exit) at 10AM on the fourth Tuesday of each month, except August
and December.
General
Meeting Bad Weather Policy: In the
event of bad weather, we follow the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School policy:
If school is on a two-hour delay, we will meet at the regular time; if school
is cancelled, then our meeting is cancelled.
Presenter:
John Whisnant, Executive Director
Paul
J. Ciener Botanical Garden (PJCBG) in Kernersville
As executive director of PJCBG, John
Whisnant oversees general garden operations, programming and horticultural
staff, and organizational development.
John has over 28 years of working
knowledge and experience in the areas of manufacturing, finance, supervision
and client relationship building. He spent most of his career building and
maintaining client relationships in the manufacturing sector with Grass
America, Inc. (producer of hinges and door slides), and as the
Development Officer at Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro.
Aside
from his professional accomplishments, John has deep community roots, serving
on various community, civic and church boards or committees. He is an Elder at
First Presbyterian Church, has chaired the Outreach committee, Stewardship and
Generosity committee, and serves on the Finance team. He also has been active
in the campaign advisory boards of many local politicians, employing his
marketing and business acumen in that arena.
He most
recently served on the Board for the Women’s Resource Center, the Guilford
Battleground Company, the Triad Chapter of the Association of Fundraising
Professionals, and is a Trustee for the SJ Edwards Foundation. Past board
service includes Guilford Green Foundation, Bel Canto Company, Greenhill Center
for NC Art, and Mental Health Association - Greensboro. Additionally, John is a
Lifetime member of the Community Foundation’s Future Fund Initiative, and is a
trustee to their Public Act Endowment.
CALENDAR
OF EVENTS: January 2015
RSVP for all events. Non-members who wish to attend one of
our events should contact Beth Maciag, Membership Coordinator, at 336-602-2305
or wsnandn@aol.com, for
additional information.
BOOK CLUB – Monday, January 5, at 10AM, to discuss Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline.
EVENING CARDS – Wednesday, January 7, at 7PM.
BRIDGE – Thursday, January 8, at 1PM.
TRAVEL TALK – Thursday, January 8, at 7:30PM, on
Ireland.
DINNER OUT – Saturday, January 10, at 7PM.
BOARD MEETING – Tuesday, January 13,
at 10AM.
CRAFTS GROUP – Wednesday, January 14, at 1PM.
LUNCH BUNCH – Thursday, January 15, 11:30AM.
GALLERY GROUP – Friday, January 16, at 10:30AM.
DAY CARDS – Thursday, January 22, at 1PM.
BOOKMARKS’ MOVABLE FEAST – Sunday, January 25, at 2PM.
