GENERAL MEETING: Tuesday, May 26, 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.

Presenter: Presenter: Debbie Cesta, Manager of Corporate and Community Engagement / Volunteer Manager for Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County

Building Hope by Building Homes

Steadfastly adhering to a philosophy of a “hand-up, not a hand-out,” Habitat is a powerful engine of collaboration and reciprocity whereby those who qualify – by having a history of steady income, verifiable need and a willingness to work hard – soon become involved in giving help to others.  Interest-free mortgage payments go back to Habitat to help future homeowners.

         Through this proven and integrity-based strategy of making home ownership a reality, Habitat for Humanity has fundamentally changed lives in 90 countries, all 50 United States, and for more than 350 Partner Families right here in our community.

Debbie Cesta has been Manager of Corporate and Community Engagement / Volunteer Manager at Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County since 2011. Prior to that, she held several other significant positions.

            After graduating from the University of Arizona, Debbie worked for ten years with Eckerd Drug Corporation in its headquarters in Clearwater FL, overseeing the company’s national sponsorship of Children’s Miracle Network and other community-related activities.

            Debbie and her husband and son, now 18 years old, moved to Winston-Salem in 1998 where she accepted the position of Marketing and Development Director for SciWorks, the Science Center and Environmental Park of Forsyth County. After 14 years at the science museum, Debbie thought it was time to find out what her life’s “next opportunity” would be, so she began a search. One thing led to another and her position at Habitat was secured on December 1, 2011.

            With a passion for non-profit work, Debbie is a “perfect fit” for her position at Habitat, as she and others who know her say. When people ask Debbie what it is about working for Habitat that makes it so great, she replies, “It’s the people. I get to work with wonderful people – staff, volunteers, and very inspiring homeowners!"”

CALENDAR OF EVENTS: May 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.

FRIDAY LUNCH BUNCH – Friday, May 1, at 11:30AM.

BOOK CLUB – Monday, May 4, at 10AM, to discuss And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini.

EVENING CARDS – Tuesday, May 5, at 7PM.

TRAVEL TALK – Thursday, May 7, at 7:30PM, on New Zealand.

WINE GROUP – Saturday, May 9, at 7PM.

BOARD MEETING – Tuesday, May 12, at 10AM.

BRIDGE – Thursday, May 14, at 1PM.

DAY TRIP GALS (formerly GALLERY GROUP) – Friday, May 15, at 11AM.

THURSDAY LUNCH BUNCH – Thursday, May 21, at 11:30AM.

DAY CARDS – Thursday, May 28, at 1PM.

GENERAL MEETING: Tuesday, April 28, 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.

Presenter: Nancy M. Hall

                     Founder and President of Second Spring Arts, Inc.

Second Spring Arts, Inc., a non-profit organization honoring creativity in people over 60 years of age, evolved from Nancy Hall’s vision into a vigorous group with a stated mission and defined goals. For more, see http://www.arts60plus.org/.

            Ms. Hall has a background in Sociology, with an undergraduate degree from Meredith College, and a Master’s degree from UNC Chapel Hill School of Social Work. She has also done graduate work at NCSU and has a Duke University Leadership Certificate in Gerontology.

            She has worked for the Forsyth County Department of Social Services as an Administrative Supervisor for Services to Adults, as Director of a Special Project on Aging, and as Staff Development Supervisor. She has also worked for the UNC School of Social Work as a Field Instructor, as Director of Field Instruction, and as Assistant Professor. At the Children’s Home, she served as a Social Worker, and as an Assistant Director of Child Care Staff, and for the Division of Social Services, as Regional Trainer and Management Consultant.

           Ms. Hall’s volunteer activities include the Forsyth County Committee on Aging and the Think Tank Committee. She has been past president of the AARP local chapter, a Forsyth Delegate to the Senior Tar Heel Legislature, and past board member and present volunteer for the Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston

CALENDAR OF EVENTS: April 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.

EVENING CARDS – Wednesday, April 1, at 7PM.

BOOK CLUB – Monday, April 6, at 10AM, to discuss My Ántonia by Willa Cather.

BRIDGE – Thursday, April 9, at 1PM.

TRAVEL TALK – Thursday, April 9, at 7:30PM, on the sub-Saharan countries of Kenya, Botswana, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa.

FRIDAY LUNCH BUNCH – Friday, April 10, at 11:30AM.

DINNER OUT – Saturday, April 11, at 7PM.

BOARD MEETING – Tuesday, April 14, at 10AM.

THURSDAY LUNCH BUNCH – Thursday, April 16, at 11:30AM.

GALLERY GROUP – Friday, April 17, at 10:30AM.

COMMUNITY SERVICE EVENT – Tuesday, April 21, at 5:00PM

DAY CARDS – Thursday, April 23, at 1PM.

GENERAL MEETING: Tuesday, March 24, 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.

Presenter: Mary Dossinger, Program Manager

                   RiverRun International Film Festival

The RiverRun International Film Festival, a regional event based in Winston-Salem, is one of the premier film festivals in the southeastern United States, with the 17th annual RiverRun about to be held – April 16-26, 2015. Founded in 1998, RiverRun was inspired by the French Broad River near Brevard NC where the festival was originally held. Each year since its inception, RiverRun has grown substantially. For the 2014 Festival, more than 16,000 tickets were issued to the 140+ films from 30+ countries that were shown, and the 2014 RiverRun earned distinction as an Academy Awards ® qualifying festival in both the Documentary Short and Animated Short sections.

            The upcoming festival will be Mary Dossinger’s eighth. Prior to joining the team at RiverRun, she received her Master’s in Fine Arts in Contemporary Cinema Cultures from The University of London – King’s College London in 2007. She also earned her Bachelor of Arts with a major in English and minor in film studies at Emory University in 2000. She has had a varied career, starting as a Program Assistant at CNN and Turner Broadcasting and then moving on to Capitol Hill where she worked as an Executive Assistant at an international lobbying firm, the American Council of Life Insurers. She has lived all over the world, thanks to a father who worked for Exxon. She was born in Guildford, England, and lived in Athens, Greece; Houston TX; Anchorage AK; Atlanta GA and Washington DC. 

CALENDAR OF EVENTS: March 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, March 2, at 10AM, to discuss The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown.

EVENING CARDS – Wednesday, March 4, at 7PM.

TRAVEL TALK – Thursday, March 5, at 7:30PM, on a Viking River Cruise from St. Petersburg to Moscow.

FRIDAY LUNCH BUNCH – Friday, March 6, at 11:30AM.

BOARD MEETING – Tuesday, March 10, at 10AM.

BRIDGE – Thursday, March 12, at 1PM.

MARCH SOCIAL – Saturday, March 14, at 7PM.

CRAFTS GROUP – Wednesday, March 18, at 1PM

THURSDAY LUNCH BUNCH – Thursday, March 19, at 11:30AM.

GALLERY GROUP – Friday, March 20, at 10:30AM.

DAY CARDS – Thursday, March 26, at 1PM.