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OCTOBER MEMBERSHIP MEETING Wednesday, October 19 5pm Social Hour | 6pm Program & Dinner ST. ANN SCHOOL (BREEN HALL) 5105 Charlotte Pike | Nashville, TN 37209 Cost: $25 | RSVP by Sunday, October 16 |
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Supporting Catholic education has always been an important advocacy of NCBWL. Since the league's founding in 1950, it has donated approximately $465,000 toward girls' scholarships -- a truly remarkable feat! We are still tabulating our numbers and we'll keep you posted as soon as the results become available. After last month's Pearls of Wisdom Evening for Education, we are headed to St. Ann Catholic school for our regular monthly meeting. For the month of October, we are highlighting St. Ann in honor of the church and school's Centennial Celebration. We hope you can join us for our meeting and dinner. |
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SPEAKERS 'The state of Catholic education in today's world -- and how St. Ann is thriving" Anna Rumfola, Principal Judy Graham, 5th-8th Grade Teacher |
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We are excited to hear from these two ladies whose daily work and dedicated service impact St. Ann students in more ways than we could ever imagine. It will be interesting to hear about the challenges educators currently face. Anna Rumfola is St. Ann's school principal, and she'll be joined by Judy Graham, 5th-8th Grade teacher and this year's awardee of Christ the Teacher Award given by the Diocese of Nashville Catholic Schools Office. What an remarkable distinction and great honor! Our meeting will be held at Breen Hall. Mix and mingle at 5:00 PM, meet and dine at 6:00 PM. Please invite your fellow parishioners and friends and share the mission of the league, or bring back inactive members so we'll continue to grow. |
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OUTREACH BOOK'EM For our October Social Outreach, we will be collecting children's books for Book'em. They collect new, like-new, and very gently used children’s books in great condition - from board books to chapter books (ages 0-18). Now is the perfect time to clean out those bookcases and share some of your favorite books with kids who need them! If you would like to find out more about how you can volunteer for this program, click here. To learn more about Book'em, please visit https://bookem-kids.org. For more info about our October outreach, please contact Lisa Link. |
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TO REGISTER FOR THE EVENT Please visit the website to REGISTER and PAY. If you're sending a check, you still need to REGISTER to help us with the headcount. We no longer accept payment at the door. Please mail your check to PO Box 50994 Nashville, TN 37205. Check must be received before the due date. If you need assistance with the registration or anything web related, please contact our Communications Director Cora Newcomb at coranewcomb@icloud.com and we'll be happy to assist you. Visit our website for great pictures of our monthly league meetings. |
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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Lynne Warne “God has made us what we are. In Christ Jesus, God made us to do good works, which God planned in advance for us to live our lives doing.” (Ephesians 2:1) We will spend all of eternity serving God in heaven. He wants us to practice by serving other people on Earth through our good works. Our 2022 Pearls of Wisdom co-chairs Lisa Link and Nikki Moreland used their God-given talents to do good works — and set new records for the NCBWL scholarship fund! We’re still working on the final accounting for our event, but I can confidently report that we will exceed our net goal of raising $60,000. That means we will be able to write checks of $20,000+ for each of the three Catholic high schools! - CONTINUE - |
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We are still tabulating the final numbers from our Pearls of Wisdom 2022 Evening for Education, but it looks like another record-breaking year! |
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It appears we have exceeded our goal of raising $60,000! Thank you so much everyone for supporting our recent scholarship fundraiser Pearls of Wisdom 2022 Evening for Education! The event benefits the Aurelia Varallo Mariani Scholarship. Held at the beautiful Bishop's Hall at the Catholic Pastoral Center on September 10, our first nighttime event featured fabulous live auction items to the excitement of our generous bidders, donors and guests! Dinner by the Clean Plate Club was delicious, enlivened with an open bar with spirits, wine, beer, and non-alcoholic beverages provided by Ajax Turner, Athens, and Best Brands; not to mention the Whiskey Tasting Experience where everyone had an opportunity to sign up and enjoy 8-12 pours from amazing whiskeys from around the world at The Whiskey House. |
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Thank you to everyone who played a part in making Pearls of Wisdom 2022 a successful event. Special thanks to our event co-chairs Lisa Link and Nikki Moreland and their committee; to our league president Lynne Warne for her incredible support and leadership; and of course to our generous sponsors and donors. Truly an amazing evening and yes, we have great pictures that said it all courtesy of Lisa Link of KPL Photography. Click this link to view the images, download any for free, share them on social media, or purchase prints. |
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MEMBER SPOTLIGHT Marianne Ahlgren Manager of Operations Catholic Charities, Diocese of Nashville Marianne Ahlgren has been an active member since the spring of 2021. A native of Illinois, she calls Nashville home for the past five years. According to Marianne, the two most important things in her life are her faith and her family. “I am always trying to learn more every day about my faith, which Relevant Radio is responsible for in a big way; and I am very much a Momma Bear when it comes to my kids.” Visit our MEMBER SPOTLIGHT (under MEMBER PORTAL) feature to learn more about Marianne and get to know other featured league members as well. |
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WEST OF PERFECTION Leadership & Networking Event for Professional Women Erin, Cecilia, Maria and Mary Katherine of West of Perfection invite you to a one-day interactive experience and connect with other high-achieving professional women. In line with our mission to empower and support other women, this looks like a great opportunity for our members. Check out their website to learn more or click the button below. | | |
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HELP PROMOTE NCBWL We have ample room for growth! With your participation, we can actively promote NCBWL and grow our membership this year. There are many ways you can help: 1). Start by inviting friends and parish members to our meetings 2). Encourage inactive members to come back and attend our meetings 3). Find out if inactive members are receiving our emails and monthly newsletter 4). Support our outreach projects and encourage others to join 5). Promote the website so prospects will know who we are and what we do 6). Promote our annual fundraiser Pearls of Wisdom 7). Print a copy of the new flyer and hand them out. You can download a pdf file which is available on the website or request a copy. | | |
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TO JOIN NCBWL Our website provides useful information on how to join. Log on to www.ncbwl.org, click a button on the top menu or fill out a form (also found on the website) and pay the membership fee of $55.You can also download the form and send the check to PO Box 50994 Nashville, TN 37205. |
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Related Business Have you subscribed? We encourage you to subscribe to receive our monthly newsletters and meeting notices. We are currently cleaning our database. To continue receiving communications from us, please visit the website and subscribe. Kroger and Amazon Affiliates There are simple ways to help the league, and any amount helps. Through Kroger Cares and Amazon Smile Program, NCBWL receives a donation of .5% every time you shop. It's easy to sign up. To learn more, visit the website. What's New On The Web? www.ncbwl.org Please visit our website regularly. Explore our updated pages, see photos of recent events and access monthly meeting minutes. We make a lot of effort to update it so we can provide useful info for members and guests. Just keep clicking and let us know if something needs our attention. Our password has been updated since March 2021 and is accessible to members only. If you do not have access to the Member Portal, contact Cora Newcomb. |
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SUBMISSION FOR THE NEWSLETTER We encourage submission of relevant content for the website and the monthly newsletter by the 27th of each month. Contact Cora Newcomb, Communications Director at: coranewcomb@icloud.com or ncbwlinfo@gmail.com Subject Line: NCBWL Newsletter Please visit www.ncbwl.org for updates and follow us on Facebook and Instagram |
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NCBWL was established in 1950 and is the Diocese of Nashville’s oldest business organization. Since the League’s founding, it has donated more than $450,000 toward girls’ scholarships. |
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