January Meeting

Here are the details of the January meeting of the Shallotte Junior Woman’s Club. The meeting will be at Jerome’s Steak & Seafood on Monday, January 7 at 6:30, where we will have dinner and then the new member induction and installation of 2008 Officers. Dinner is $12 for everyone except new members (whose meal is paid for by SJWC) and includes your choice of seafood, grilled chicken or steak, salad bar, baked potato, drink and tip.

The Honorable Ola Lewis will be our guest and will conduct the installation and induction ceremony, and will also have a short message to us about volunteer service.

We have several things to discuss, but one thing we all need to be thinking about is the Charity Bash. For new members - this is our BIGGEST fund raiser of the year. It takes a lot of work and preparation, but keeps us from having to hold many smaller fund raisers throughout the year. We have some important decisions to make regarding the entertainment and venue and those decisions will have to be voted on at this meeting.

Last year, we had the Craig Woolard Band as entertainment and the event was held at the Silver Coast Winery. We have the CWB tentatively booked for May 31st, but we have not officially confirmed. Their price for this date is $3,500.00. Having the CWB as entertainment was beneficial for our event. We had more demand for ticket sales and had increased publicity by having someone so popular. Even with the terrible weather, we had a great turnout and many said it was the best Charity Bash yet. If we approve having them again this year, we need to make sure there are plenty of people to work hard to obtain corporate sponsors. At a *minimum*, we would need 7 $500 sponsors JUST to cover the band. A lot of businesses in the area are not making the profit they have been accustomed to in years prior, so we need to take this into consideration, as well.

It will not be easy and no one can do it alone, but it is possible with everyone working together. Be thinking about what you would like and if you have any ideas, please bring them with you so we can discuss.

Hope to see you all at the January meeting. If you ever have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact me anytime. Thank you! Happy New Year!