GFWC Virginia Calendar

SEPTEMBER 2010
19	Deadline for guaranteed rates for GFWC Sourtheastern Regional Meeting at The Greenbriar, Nov 5-7, 2010 . Hotel Reservations Form Registration Dining Options Rate guaranteed until September 19, 2010 Identify the meeting as GFWC SER. Rates quoted are for TWO people per room They will charge your card $315 deposit (per room) when you make the reservation There is a $25 per room per night Resort Fee – they will split it between the people in the room Valet parking is $20 per night. But you may self-park for free and a shuttle will pick you up at the lot. The dates on the form are November 3-10. That is not a misprint. They will honor the rate on all those days. Our meeting is November 5-7.
25	Tidewater District Fall Meeting
29- Oct 1	Virginia State Fair Tours, The Meadow Event Park, Doswell, Virginia

OCTOBER 2010
1	Deadline for Advance Registration for the Souteastern Regional Meeting at The Greenbriar, Nov 5-7, 2010. Registration
9	Shenandoah District Fall Meeting - Official Visit
16	Lee District Fall Meeting - Official Visit
23	Alice Kyle District Fall Meeting - Official Visit
23	Southside District Fall Meeting
23	Blue Ridge District Fall Meeting
30	Southwestern District Fall Meeting - Official Visit

NOVEMBER 2010
1	National Author’s Day (Started by GFWC in 1929)
5-7	Southeastern Regional Meeting, The Greenbriar, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia Hotel Reservations Registration Check the listing of the food venues that will be available at The Greenbrier in November. Dinner reservations are required in advance of your arrival to the hotel for the Main Dining Room, Prime 44 West or Sam Snead’s at the Golf Club. There are a number of locations that do not require reservations. These are all ON PROPERTY. You can also find dining off the property very nearby or at Lewisburg, about 10 miles via I-64.
22	The Virginia Clubwoman Article Deadline Editor@gfwcvirginia.org

DECEMBER 2010
7	GFWC Holiday Reception- GFWC Headquarters, Washington, DC

JANUARY 2011
15	Deadline for LEADS Application
25	Club Reporting Deadline, GFWC/GFWCVA Dues due

FEBRUARY 2011
TBD	GFWC Virginia Mid-Winter Executive Board Meeting
21	The Virginia Clubwoman Article Deadline Editor@gfwcvirginia.org
20	Deadline for District Chairman Reports to GFWC Virginia

MARCH 2011
1	Special Awards Deadline
15	Deadline for State Chairman Reports to GFWC

APRIL 2011
24	Federation Day
28-May 1	GFWC Virginia Convention

JUNE 2011
17	GFWC LEADS Seminar - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
17	GFWC Board of Directors Meeting - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
18-20	120th GFWC Annual INternational Convention - Milwaukee, Wisconsin

AUGUST 2011
TBD	GFWC Virginia LEADS
TBD	GFWC Virginia Mid-Summer Executive Board Meeting
TBD	GFWC Board of Directors Meeting
29	The Virginia Clubwoman Article Deadline Editor@gfwcvirginia.org

SEPTEMBER 2011
TBD	Virginia State Fair, The Meadow Event Park, Doswell, Virginia

NOVEMBER 2011
4-6	GFWC Southeastern Region Conference - Lexington, Kentucky

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Meeting Highlights

Encourage fellow club members to attend.
Send in your registration. Check to see if your club plans to do this as a group. You can find a form online or in The Virginia Clubwoman.
Reserve a hotel room, if necessary. Mention the event for possible special room rates.
Carpool with members in your club and in clubs nearby.
Come to the meeting ready to make new friends, gather new ideas for club projects, learn about the organization, and have fun!

Unity in Diversity

GFWC’s motto is Unity in Diversity. It was first used in a speech given by New York clubwoman Ella Dietz Clymer at a banquet for Sorosis, one of the founding clubs of GFWC, on March 20, 1889. Ella’s words, “unity in diversity,” expressed her hope that the women of Sorosis would “form a lasting union of the women's clubs throughout the United States and possibly throughout the world. We do not feel that sectional differences will separate us; on the contrary, we hope that these very differences will form a bond of sympathy.”