Last Updated:
August 25th, 2007


General Meeting


Date:
Tuesday
September 2nd, 2008

Time: 7:30 PM

Place:
Guilford Community Center
32 Church Street
Guilford, CT.

Program:
Special Interest Fair

Description:
The meeting will feature a Special Interest Fair to become acquainted with the many groups within Newcomers.  This is a great chance to get to know others who are new to the area.

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The Guilford Newcomers Club is primarily a social and civic club for women. We have numerous special interest groups that offer a variety of activities. Some are available for couples and children and others are reserved for "Ladies Only". New membership in our club is open to women who have lived in Guilford for seven years or less. The purpose of the club is to acquaint new residents of Guilford, CT, with one another and with their town and to provide them with opportunities to participate in worthy causes in the community. On June 5, 1973, our club was formed with a membership of 35. Today, we are a group of approximately 175 women and we continue to grow in size each year. We have a strong, well-established club due to a membership of women who enjoy working and socializing together.

New Member Social - August 26th
Please join us at the New Member Social on August 26th, 2008 at 7:00PM. If just moved to Guilford and would like to get involved with Guilford Newcomers this is a great way to get started for 2008-2009. Contact Svetlana Goletz, Membership Co-chair at 203-453-1121 if you are interested in attending.

Thimble Island Wine Cruise - September 13th
Please join us on Saturday, September 13th from 2:30pm-4:30pm for a private cruise around the Thimble Islands.   Our cruise on the 44' dual deck "Sea Mist" will include an Argentinean Wine tasting and appetizers.   In the event of a sell out, live music will also be added.

Cost of the event is $45.00 per member.  Please make checks payable to Guilford Newcomers and mail them to Diane Naimey, P.O. Box 215, Guilford, CT 06437.

Phone 425-941-7364, email naimeyd@yahoo.com
Space is limited to 30 guests.  Please respond by August 22nd.

	The President's Message
		Welcome back to another fun-filled year in the Guilford Newcomers Club!  I hope you all had a wonderful summer, and enjoyed the many great activities in and around Guilford.  I am very excited to serve as GNC President this year!  I have been a member of GNC for over two years, and on the board for one.  I truly value all the friendships I’ve made within the club, and I’m happy to be able to give back to the club in this way.  This is an especially exciting year for us, as Newcomers is celebrating its 35th anniversary! My goals for the year are simply to offer fun and engaging programs, social activities, and special interest groups that allow members to connect with one another, while also finding ways to give back to the community that we now call home. The GNC Board members have been hard at work this summer planning an exciting year of Newcomers activities.  Be sure to thank each of them when you see them for being willing to do this…without such a dedicated group of volunteers, GNC wouldn’t be able to function! We will kick things off on September 9th with our annual Special Interests Fair.  Come and sign up for all the fantastic groups that are planned for this year, and find out how all your Newcomer friends spent their summer vacation! I’m looking forward to meeting all the new members who have recently moved to Guilford, as well as welcoming back our more seasoned members!  Remember, you can be an active, voting member of GNC for seven years, but you are welcome to stick around as an “alum” as long as you like!  There are always new people to meet who will welcome your advice and guidance about all that Guilford has to offer, so I hope you will all renew your membership!  If you’d like to become even more involved in the club, there are still a few open board positions.  We need someone (or several someones!) to serve as our Ways and Means Chair to coordinate the club’s fundraising efforts.  Stacey Michael has graciously volunteered to handle the directory portion of this job, so we just need someone else to handle the other aspects of the position.  This position can be as big (or as small) as you like, and can be shared by several people.  We also are also in need of a Historian to create a scrapbook of the club’s activities this year.  I think this is especially important to document our anniversary year!  If either of these opportunities sounds interesting to you, please contact me or anyone on the board. See you on the 9th!! ~Becca Ferrebee, President 2008-2009