March General Meeting
March 11, 2025
Plantation Preserve
~Understanding the Club Website~
Website Chair - Renee Flores
~Club Best Practices~
Club President - Karinne Bernstein
We welcomed (4) new members this month: Cary Muniz, Silvia Saal,
Jeanne Dishowitz and Roxana Hart
Jeanne Dishowitz and Roxana Hart
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!
This thank you program is valuable in recognizing each other for the little/B.I.G. things we do for each other.
March winners are:
· TO: Carole Bennett / FROM: GailMarie Perry
Thank you for all the work you are doing.
· TO: Gail Triviz / FROM: Eirene Stansbury
Thank you for ensuring my cats were fed during my husband’s stay in the hospital.
This thank you program is valuable in recognizing each other for the little/B.I.G. things we do for each other.
March winners are:
· TO: Carole Bennett / FROM: GailMarie Perry
Thank you for all the work you are doing.
· TO: Gail Triviz / FROM: Eirene Stansbury
Thank you for ensuring my cats were fed during my husband’s stay in the hospital.
From South Plantation High School’s School News
"Community support has been overwhelming. Donations at performances, sponsorships from organizations like the Plantation Woman’s Club, and support from City Commissioner Jennifer Andreu and Miramar City Commissioner Winston Barnes have been instrumental.”
South Plantation HS School Band Marches to National Spotlight in Washington, DC. Their band, The Royal Regiment, is set to perform on the national stage this Fourth of July in the prestigious Independence Day Parade.
Our Club has graciously donated $2,918.00 to help send two band students to Washington, DC to perform and make us proud. Our Club has been giving back and supporting to the schools in the City of Plantation since 1960.
"Community support has been overwhelming. Donations at performances, sponsorships from organizations like the Plantation Woman’s Club, and support from City Commissioner Jennifer Andreu and Miramar City Commissioner Winston Barnes have been instrumental.”
South Plantation HS School Band Marches to National Spotlight in Washington, DC. Their band, The Royal Regiment, is set to perform on the national stage this Fourth of July in the prestigious Independence Day Parade.
Our Club has graciously donated $2,918.00 to help send two band students to Washington, DC to perform and make us proud. Our Club has been giving back and supporting to the schools in the City of Plantation since 1960.
Member donations to the Tiger Buck Store and F.L.I.T.E.
At the March general meeting I received three big tote bags of goodies for our students. Once again, I am overwhelmed with your generosity. With the help of each of you I believe we are a huge success with the students and the school.
Shirley Wiggin, Tiger Buck Store Chair
At the March general meeting I received three big tote bags of goodies for our students. Once again, I am overwhelmed with your generosity. With the help of each of you I believe we are a huge success with the students and the school.
Shirley Wiggin, Tiger Buck Store Chair
Arts & Crafts - District 13 Results
First-place winners from our PWC’s Arts and Crafts competition - Sandra Brandt, Ann Polley, and Lynne Grubb - had their winning pieces exhibited at the District 13 Arts and Crafts competition and luncheon at the Hollywood Women’s Club on Saturday, March 8. We are delighted to announce that Ann Polley was awarded second place in the acrylic painting category. Congratulations Ann! We are very proud of our PWC members’ accomplishments.
Don’t forget…if you’re a sewer, painter, weaver, potter, photographer, or any other type of artist or crafter we encourage you to start creating so you can be in the next Arts & Crafts competition coming in January 2026. Contact Jan Heinrich for details.
Jan Heinrich, Arts & Culture
First-place winners from our PWC’s Arts and Crafts competition - Sandra Brandt, Ann Polley, and Lynne Grubb - had their winning pieces exhibited at the District 13 Arts and Crafts competition and luncheon at the Hollywood Women’s Club on Saturday, March 8. We are delighted to announce that Ann Polley was awarded second place in the acrylic painting category. Congratulations Ann! We are very proud of our PWC members’ accomplishments.
Don’t forget…if you’re a sewer, painter, weaver, potter, photographer, or any other type of artist or crafter we encourage you to start creating so you can be in the next Arts & Crafts competition coming in January 2026. Contact Jan Heinrich for details.
Jan Heinrich, Arts & Culture
PWC’s Volunteer of the Year for 2024 - Claire Clemente
Our club’s volunteer of the year for 2024 has been a member for only four years, but she has stepped up repeatedly in multiple ways. Some of the comments made about this member are as follows:
· As Ways and Means Chair, she ran our Boosters program for the whole year. She changed the way they were presented to the members each month by creating a theme, making it more fun and encouraging greater participation. She also was a regular contributor to the program
· She brought the Got Sneakers campaign to the Club in 2023 and continued to manage it during all of 2024, including
creating collection points at Plantation High School and multiple locations throughout the city.
· On her own initiative, she established and chaired another fundraising opportunity for the Club by developing a relationship with a cruise agent whereby members who book cruises through this agent will generate donations to the Club.
· She chaired the summer Quarter Auction, another successful fundraiser, and also lots of fun.
· She headed the raffle basket committee for the 2024 Not Your Mama’s Craft Fair. This is a huge and extremely challenging task, requiring coordination of the display of the raffle items, drawing the winning tickets and then notifying the winners and supervising the actual collection of the raffle items by the winners. Most of you undoubtedly saw the raffle set up for the Craft Show, but unless you were directly involved in the process, you really can’t begin to imagine how many moving parts are involved and how challenging this task is.
· She attended council meetings and the Women’s Health & Wellness Forum, where she represented our Club and
although she was not the person responsible for the raffle at our Volunteer of the Year event last year, she was right there, helping in any way she could.
· She attended nearly all of the board and general meetings during the year and contributed monthly articles for our
beautiful newsletter.
By now, I’m sure most of you have realized that the 2024 Volunteer of the Year for the Plantation Woman’s Club is Claire Clemente. Congratulations, Claire, on an honor well deserved. We will all look forward to celebrating you and your many accomplishments at our luncheon on Saturday, April 5.
Lou Ireland, 2023 VOY Honoree
· As Ways and Means Chair, she ran our Boosters program for the whole year. She changed the way they were presented to the members each month by creating a theme, making it more fun and encouraging greater participation. She also was a regular contributor to the program
· She brought the Got Sneakers campaign to the Club in 2023 and continued to manage it during all of 2024, including
creating collection points at Plantation High School and multiple locations throughout the city.
· On her own initiative, she established and chaired another fundraising opportunity for the Club by developing a relationship with a cruise agent whereby members who book cruises through this agent will generate donations to the Club.
· She chaired the summer Quarter Auction, another successful fundraiser, and also lots of fun.
· She headed the raffle basket committee for the 2024 Not Your Mama’s Craft Fair. This is a huge and extremely challenging task, requiring coordination of the display of the raffle items, drawing the winning tickets and then notifying the winners and supervising the actual collection of the raffle items by the winners. Most of you undoubtedly saw the raffle set up for the Craft Show, but unless you were directly involved in the process, you really can’t begin to imagine how many moving parts are involved and how challenging this task is.
· She attended council meetings and the Women’s Health & Wellness Forum, where she represented our Club and
although she was not the person responsible for the raffle at our Volunteer of the Year event last year, she was right there, helping in any way she could.
· She attended nearly all of the board and general meetings during the year and contributed monthly articles for our
beautiful newsletter.
By now, I’m sure most of you have realized that the 2024 Volunteer of the Year for the Plantation Woman’s Club is Claire Clemente. Congratulations, Claire, on an honor well deserved. We will all look forward to celebrating you and your many accomplishments at our luncheon on Saturday, April 5.
Lou Ireland, 2023 VOY Honoree
A REAL Senior Moment - March Spotlight
I want to thank Eirene Stansbury for being our second young at heart senior to have A REAL Senior Moment
during the March general meeting.
Eirene is 94 years young!
She said she loves being a part of the woman's club and wishes she had joined sooner. She has been with the Club since 2011. She found this Club when she was 80!! I hope I have that much spunk when I turn 80. LOL
I always say that Eirene is made of sugar, don’t let her get caught in the rain she will surely melt. Find out for yourself and say hi to Eirene during our next meeting.
Karinne Bernstein
I want to thank Eirene Stansbury for being our second young at heart senior to have A REAL Senior Moment
during the March general meeting.
Eirene is 94 years young!
She said she loves being a part of the woman's club and wishes she had joined sooner. She has been with the Club since 2011. She found this Club when she was 80!! I hope I have that much spunk when I turn 80. LOL
I always say that Eirene is made of sugar, don’t let her get caught in the rain she will surely melt. Find out for yourself and say hi to Eirene during our next meeting.
Karinne Bernstein
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun! Socials
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The “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” team consists of Barbara Lee and Marcy Brennan. So far there have been several Fun Social times set up by these two. Above shows two separate times our Club ladies went to Legends Trivia Night and had a blast.
Two other times, they have set up breakfast at Webby’s in Plantation. Everyone who has attended these new socials have really enjoyed themselves.
Please look for email blasts for future socials from Barbara and Marcy. They are definitely a fun duo!
We all need a little fun in our lives, right ladies?
Two other times, they have set up breakfast at Webby’s in Plantation. Everyone who has attended these new socials have really enjoyed themselves.
Please look for email blasts for future socials from Barbara and Marcy. They are definitely a fun duo!
We all need a little fun in our lives, right ladies?
March Program consisted of member Renee Flores walking through our Club website and yearbook. And President Karinne Bernstein explaining about Best Practices.