SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER 2019

SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER
2019

AUCTION PREP IS WRAPPING UP
 
By Karen McCoy
Auction Co-Chair
 
Final preparations for our annual fund raiser the 2019 Pearls of Wisdom Luncheon, Fashion Show and Auction are underway! If you have not purchased your tickets for the event please do so quickly. This year, for the first time, we are using an electronic auction that features on-line bidding using your cell phone, iPad or computer. We are excited about this change and hope you will have fun with it. Bidding opened September 1 and closes at noon on September 14, the day of the luncheon.  
 
Review all the auction items on-line and bid. Also share the site link with your friends to encourage more bidders. In addition to the on-line auction, we will have a live auction and a fashion show by Cabi at the luncheon September 14. You will also be able to meet our current scholarship winners at the luncheon (see more below). We will feature a wine grab this year as well. So much fun - hope you will join us!
 
Many thanks to all our members who have worked so diligently to prepare this event. Doors open at 10:30 a.m.

PURCHASE TICKETS HERE

We have some great items to bid on this year and are excited to expand our ability to get more bids from not only those who attend the auction but those who cannot attend as well. Share this with a friend who might like to bid on an item.

BID HERE

 President’s Message
It’s hard to believe August is behind us. The end of summer and summer fun. I hope all of you were able to take some time this summer to relax and regroup. I spent a wonderful week in Florida with my niece. We sat on the beach and listened to the sounds of God’s creations, the ocean waves, birds and children playing in the sand. Every evening we went to the beach to marvel at the glorious sunset Our Creator, God the Father provided for our amazement and joy. It was a week of relaxation and reflection. I have returned renewed.
 
With the end of summer comes fall and with fall, the Pearls of Wisdom event. The committee, especially our co-chairs, Karen McCoy and Cindy Zwickel have been working diligently tagging, categorizing and inputting the auction items to get everything ready to go live for the online auction. It has been quite an undertaking, but I believe we are ready.  Thanks to all the extraordinary woman who have worked so hard on this event. But we are not done yet.
           
Please buy tickets, invite your friends, and start to bid on all the items in the auction. We are still accepting wine for the blind wine sale.  If you have more wine, email me teri431@gmail.com and we make arrangements to pick it up.
           
You may also make a contribution to the scholarship fund, directly. Simply go to the website www.ncbwl.org or send a check to P.O. Box 50994, Nashville, TN 37205.             
Pray for a successful event, not for us but for the young ladies who benefit from the scholarships.            
 
With a grateful and prayerful heart,
Teri Gordon,
NCBWL President

Introducing the new scholarship recipients

JPII and SCA students are named to receive four-year NCBWL scholarship award; Father Ryan recipient continues as NCBWL recipient in her sophomore year

Naomi Nicole Mejia is the new NCBWL Aurelia Varallo Mariani Scholarship recipient from St. Cecilia Academy. She is a member of the Class of 2023 and  graduate of St. Henry School and attends Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish with her family. Naomi is one of four children. During her time as a St. Henry Tiger, she pursued both academic and artistic interests with a quiet determination, as described by her former Religion teacher, Sister Mary Barbara Keiser, O.P. She is recognized by multiple members of the St. Henry School community as a positive, hard-working and kind young woman with a pleasant and enjoyable disposition. 

Mia Picchietti is the new NCBWL Aurelia Varallo Mariani Scholarship recipient from Pope John Paul II High School. She is a freshman at JPII and graduate of St. Joseph School. She likes to play tennis, run, listen to music, and learn about different parts of the world. She has five older brothers; all of them are over the age of 18. She grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, but the family moved to the Nashville area about five years ago.
She plans to be an environmental engineer.
"I want to partake in restoring God’s creation back to health," she said.

Help support the scholarship fund by attending and bidding at the 2019 Pearls of Wisdom.