Upcoming Events Mon., Jul 11 - General Meeting at Berts Bar and Grill. Doors open at 5 pm and meeting starts at 6:30 pm. Personal Care, School Supply and Wine bottle donations are welcome. Sat., Jul 16 - Mini Mango Mania and Blood Drive - will be held at OLMM Catholic Church. Please sign up to help with Kid's Activities. Sun., Jul 17 - Yucatan Waterside Restaurant 5th Anniversary Dock Party Fundraiser from 11:00am until 6:00pm to benefit the Matlacha Hookers with Raffles, a Silent Auction, 50/50s and much more. Please sign up to volunteer. Sat., Jul 23 - School Supply 'Stuff the Trailer' event to conclude this year's PIE School Supply Drive. Please sign up for a shift. Tues., Jul 26 - Derby Planning Meeting at Bert's Bar at 6pm in back room. All are welcome Mon., Sept 19th - 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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THE JULY GENERAL MEETING Monday, July 11 Bert's Bar and Grill 4271 Pine Island Rd, Matlacha Doors open at 5 pm. Food will be available to purchase. The meeting starts at 6:30 pm. Please bring Personal Care donations for the Food Pantry and School Supply donations. Go To Meeting Link for the July General Meeting Mon, Jul 11, 2022 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM (EDT)
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Request for Island Luau Wine Please bring to the General Meetings We are requesting all hookers to donate a bottle of wine, valued over $10 for the Island Luau. Donations can be brought to the General Meetings, starting this month. Our goal is to have 250 bottles by the event! Thanks, Lucinda, Mystery Wine Chair Save the Date! Next Luau Planning Meeting is Mon., Sept 19th at SJCC at 6pm |
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Ladies, Big THANKS go out to the 4th of July Float and Parade Crew! Our Float was well decorated with 'We're Just Girls That Wanna Have Fun', complete with music by Cyndi Lauper as we sang and danced our way down Stringfellow. Thank you to Beltran Nursery and Landscaping for providing the flatbed, beautiful plants and truck as our escort. We Took Home 2nd Place!!! |
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The American Legion was awarded a well-deserved 1st Place and Eat More Mullet placed 3rd. The 4th was a very fun day with Fireworks at the Legion to wrap up the evening. If you took any pictures of the float, please forward to Karen at her email address below. |
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Mini MangoMania proudly sponsored by the Chamber is this coming Saturday, July 16th from 9am until 4pm. We do need a few more Volunteers to help out with the Kid's Games and Activities. Please sign up at our General Meeting on Monday, July 11th at Bert's Bar in Matlacha. |
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The next day on Sunday, July 17th from 11am until 6pm Yucatan Waterside Restaurant in Matlacha will be celebrating their 5th Anniversary with a Dock Party Fundraiser to include Raffles, Silent Auction, 50/50s and much more. All to benefit the MATLACHA HOOKERS!!!! |
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We'll be providing some of the Raffle Baskets and running the 50/50 throughout the day. Even our own Miss 50/50 Carol Ann will be on hand to help out! This should be a fun-filled day or local music (Brother Love and more), great food and drink, and friendship to enjoy. Please sign up on the meeting for an hour or two and bring your family and friends to enjoy the day. This is only FIFTH time in the history of the Matlacha Hookers that a business or organization has stepped up to host a Fundraiser for US!! Let's celebrate and support their efforts! Our School Supply Drive benefiting Pine Island Elementary is in full swing for the entire month of July with 'Stuff the Trailer' on Saturday, July 23rd wrapping up the Drive. We'll need just a few volunteers that day at select locations to help out with monetary donations as we gather up the donation bins along the way. More to follow. Hope to see you either in person or by WebEx at the July Meeting. Keep Making a Positive Difference! Madam DJ |
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Blood Drive Saturday, July 16th Mango Mania OLMM Catholic Church 12175 Stringfellow Rd. 9 am - 2 pm Appointments are strongly encouraged; go to www.oneblood.org/donate-now and use sponsor code #10492 |
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Donations Can Be Dropped Off At The General Meeting Tomorrow The Matlacha Hookers PIE Back to School Supply Drive runs through July 23rd, culminating with a Stuff the Trailer event on Saturday, July 23rd. | | |
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You can bring school supplies to the July General Meeting or they may be dropped off at the following participating businesses through July 23rd: in Matlacha at the Post Office, The Perfect Cup, Blue Dog Restaurant, Trader's Hitching Post, Yucatan Bar and Grill, CW Fudge, the Olde Fish House Marina Restaurant, Bert’s Bar and Grill and Miceli’s Restaurant. At the Center, bring supplies to Pine Island Community Church, Nick B’s Artisan Food Market, Cutting Ties Salon, Pine Island First Baptist Church, Winn Dixie, First Horizon Bank, Island Grill, Centennial Bank, Pine Island United Methodist Church, the Pine Island Elks Lodge or the Fishers of Men Lutheran Church. In Bokeelia, you may donate your items at the Pine Island Library or Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Catholic Church. In St. James City, donation bins can be found at the Pine Island Auto Care, the Moose Lodge, Ragged Ass Saloon and Pine Island First Baptist Church. For more information or questions, please text or call Karen at 513-265-7123. Thank you! |
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Pine Island FISH Basket Brigade Clothing for Kids Update |
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Thank you to the Matlacha Hookers for adopting 20 children and to Anita and Lucinda for purchasing the clothing. FISH has about more 20 kids we're looking to have adopted so if you personally are interested, call or text Karen at 513-265-7123 or feel free to make a donation online to FISH and designate 'Basket Brigade' in the drop down box. Distribution will in a Back To School Fair format on Saturday, July 30 from 10-12 in the PIUMC parking lot, followed by the Kiwanis Pool Party at Phillips Park from 12-2 pm. |
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Personal Care Drive Continues The Food Pantry is requesting that we continue with collection of personal care products, such as feminine hygiene (tampons and pads), toothpaste and toothbrushes, deodorant, and razors for their clients. Please bring donations to the next General Meeting or drop off at one of the following locations: Winn-Dixie, V.F.W., American Legion, Moose, Elks, Centennial Bank, the Matlacha Post Office or at the pantry when it is open on Monday and Thursdays, 8:30 am - 10:30 am. Visit pineislandfoodpantry.org to learn more. Thank you! |
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Merchandise Reminder Our newest dryfit men's t-shirt will be debuted at Mini Mango Mania |
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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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