Upcoming Events Mon., Aug. 1 - Board Meeting at 6pm at Fire Station #4 Tues, Aug. 2 and if needed, Wed, Aug. 3 Stuff Backpacks at Pine Island Elementary School from 12:30-2:30 pm. Contact Christy Rau at 513-703-7433, if interested in helping. Sat., Aug. 6 - Blood Drive - will be held at Island Visions. Tues., Aug. 9 - General Membership Meeting - will be held at Nick B's located at the 4-way stop on Island Tues., Aug 23rd - PIE Tournament & Derby Planning Meeting - Bert's Bar Back Room 6pm All are invited. Members who are chairs will need to plan on being at this meeting! Mon., Sep. 19 - Luau Planning meeting is at SJCC at 6pm. All are welcome. Members are encouraged to visit the website for up to date news, meeting minutes, financials, merchandise and committee event forms. The new Merchandise Catalog is now available. |
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Madam Letter Ladies, This is the last day of July? Really, are you sure? It sure feels like the end of January when the Matlacha Hookers have a full calendar of fun island events and Committe Meetings! Except it's a lot warmer; whew. Just in case you've missed all that happened in July, here are the highlights: Pine Island Elementary School Supply Drive started by dropping off the collection bins and lists all over the island. F.I.S.H Clothing for Kids Drive on Pine Island. We adopted 20 children to purchase clothing for and several members helped the day of the event. The Fourth of July Parade and Fireworks!
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The Matlacha Hookers were awarded 2nd Place in the Parade!! The American Legion was awarded a well-deserved 1st Place. Stop by Beltran's Landscaping and Nursery near the 4-way any time just to say Thank You for providing their trailer for our float! Pictured from L to R; Penny, Monica, Lola (BELTRAN'S!), Cindy and DJ. |
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The Fireworks at the Legion were AWESOME!! (Allright, I'll admit I'm a just a tiny bit biased since my Tom is 'Mr. Fireworks....this was his 15th year!). But wait, there's more! See what happened later in the month. (Ha! I've been waiting a long time to share my 'But wait, there's more!' comment. **) MangoMania on Saturday, July 16th at OLMM in Bokeelia hosted by the Greater Pine Island Chamber of Commerce. Besides helping out with the Children's Activities; we had our Merchandise on site and ALL of the Cool Neck Wraps were sold raising monies for the 2023 Scholarship Program. Yucatan Waterfront celebrated their 5th Year Anniversary and by hosting a Dock Party on Sunday, July 17th. Yup, the next day after MangoMania. Hey, it was their Anniversary!! Stuff the Trailer School Supply Drive on Saturday, July 23rd. Pine Island Auto Care provided the trailer and rode along with their Monster Truck! Stop by and say thanks to Todd and Bob. We started at the Ragged Ass Saloon at 11am picking up the School Supply Bins. Just sharing that we shared what we were doing along the way accepted donations for school supplies and raised over $723 that day!! Here's the ** We gave our 4th of July Trophy to Lola at Beltran's! Stop by and give Lola, Rene and Oscar big Hooker Hugs!
Finally, we cannot do what we do best without YOU! Thank You to Karen D and her Team for their dedication for the School Supply and the FISH Back to School Clothing Drives! Personally, I'm looking forward to the Lazy Days of August. Hooker Hugs to all of you! Madam DJ |
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THE AUGUST GENERAL MEETING Tuesday, August 9 Nick B's 10502 Stringfellow Rd, Bokeelia Doors open at 5 pm. Food will be available to purchase. The meeting starts at 6:30 pm. Please bring Food Pantry and Island Luau wine bottle donations. Virtual Link for August General Meeting
Tue, Aug 9, 2022 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM (EDT)
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School Supply Drive and Stuff the Trailer Event Was a HUGE Success! The School Supply Stuff the Trailer event last Saturday went great raising $723.96 and many boxes of supplies. Many thanks to DJ for leading this with her crew of Monica Kochel, Cindy Walton and Peggy Long. |
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All of the school supplies in to date have been dropped off to at Pine Island Elementary School. L to R: Chair, Karen Durand, Lorie Tidwell, Joyce Boyer, Christy Rau and Principal Mullins |
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Next Steps... August 2nd and if needed Aug. 3rd from 12:30-2:30 pm Join incoming chair, Christy Rau and Joyce Boyer at PIE to stuff the actual backpacks. Everyone is welcome to join. Plan to meet on Tuesday at the school, check in and enter through the office for directions to the classroom. If needed, we will continue on Wed, August 3rd. Contact Christy Rau if interested in helping or to check on the plans for Wednesday at 513-703-7433. A check presentation to Principal Tom will be held at the General Meeting on Monday, Sept 12th following a few more activities occuring during the month of August to add to the total. Thank you to everyone for being a part of getting our island kids ready for the start of a great school! |
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Blood Drive Saturday, August 6th Island Visions 4643 Pine Island Rd, Matlacha 10 am - 2 pm Appointments are strongly encouraged; go to www.oneblood.org/donate-now and use sponsor code #10492 |
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Back to School Fair featuring the Pine Island FISH Clothing for Kids was a BIG HIT Thank you again to the Matlacha Hookers for all of the children adopted and for those who came out to help with distribution yesterday. At total of 219 children, almost half of which plan to attend PIE, were registered for the program, which is a 30% increase versus last year. This year the program was expanded to a Back to School Fair format featuring many health and wellness products and services available in SWFL to our island children. |
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In addition to receiving their clothing and gift cards, each child received hygiene products, and had the opportunity for free immunizations and hearing and eye checks from the Department of Health; learn about a variety of services and resources from Lee Health and the Golisano Children’s Hospital; receive free bicycle helmets from the Blue Zone Project of SWFL, school supplies and a vitals health check from the Matlacha Pine Island Fire Department, and stickers and safety information from Reunite with Lee County United Way and the Lee County Sherriff’s Community Response Unit. In addition, the Pine Island Library was offering free books and library card sign up, Beacon of Hope shared their services, Pine Island United Methodist Church showcased their free Kid’s Clothing Room and signups for Vacation Bible School and the Pine Island Elementary Backpack program, along with fresh produce and food boxes were on hand for all families to pick up. All of the agencies are in again for next year, so look for the expanded format to continue. Thank you again for your participation in this important program for our island children! Karen |
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If you are interested in being a part of the elections committee this fall please reach out to Vice Madam Julia at 239-298-1113 or by email at 12thmadam.julia@gmail.com procedures/timeline is attached. Forms have been created. | | |
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Booze Wagon - Joanne 603-494-0780 Silent Auction/ Hook A Basket - Carolyn 707-291-0310 DJ 239-910-3829 Kids Registration - Sandy 305-849-1539 Permitting - Chris 321-231-4557 Beverages - Linda 715-579-5009 | | |
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Request for Booze and Wine Please bring to the General Meetings Request for Booze or Wine for the Booze Wagon for the Derby event We are requesting all Hookers donate a bottle of booze or wine, for the PIE Booze Wagon Donations can be brought to the General Meetings, starting this month until Mid October Our goal is to have 50 bottles by the event! We will start selling tickets at the September Meeting. Thanks, Joanne Correia Bottles of Wine are also requested for the Mystery Wine Table, valued over $10 for the Island Luau. Our goal is to have 250 bottles by the event! Thanks, Lucinda, Mystery Wine Chair Next Luau Planning Meeting is Mon., Sept 19th at SJCC at 6pm |
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Have Itchy Feet? Plan on purchasing a raffle ticket at the next General Meeting and support the Matlacha Hooker's General Fund. | | |
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**IMPORTANT WEBSITE ACCESS INFORMATION** The website Members ONLY pages have been updated and are accessible on the HOME page in two sections. The 2022 Password is 20HMP22 and only needs to be entered one time on the Members only page. Members need to email the Secretary at matlachahookers@matlachahookers.org to have their membership verified before receiving the new password. Questions? Contact Vice Madam Julia |
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Don’t forget that 0.5% of all of your purchases will be automatically donated to the Matlacha Hookers if you, - Select Matlacha Hookers as your charity and then,
- Enter Amazon through the Amazon Smile each time you shop.
Thank you for supporting us all year long! |
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Herald and website content submissions, along with questions or concerns should be sent to Karen Durand at MHwebmistress@gmail.com. Please do not email to Karen by forwarding a Herald publication. Since we use the free version of WIX for both our website and emails, the Herald emails actually go out under a different email address which she does not have access to. |
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