NCBWL current board at the Christmas party Dec. 12, 2018. |
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NCBWL Board Elections in 2019 |
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NCBWL Vice President Teri Gordon is meeting with a nomination committee this month to create a slate of new officers. The candidates will be presented and voted on at our Feb. 20 meeting. If you are interested in serving on the Board for the next term, please contact Teri via email at teri431gmail.com. The new board will serve a two-year term beginning in April 2019 through March 2021. |
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January Meeting Rebecca Hammel, the new Superintendent of Schools for the Diocese of Nashville, will join us Wednesday, Jan. 16, as our guest speaker. Rebecca is excited to build the marketing strategies, curriculum, and enrollment of the Nashville Catholic schools. Read more here. Note: Location change to Richland Country Club. | | |
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Letter from the President Happy New Year Blessings, Hoping that you each enjoyed a memorable Christmas season with your family and friends. I want to take this opportunity to thank Angela Vogeli and her husband Michael for hosting our Annual Christmas Party at their beautifully decorated and welcoming home on Dec. 12. We had a wonderful turnout and a great time of fellowship. A big thank you to Teri Gordon, First VP, for managing and arranging the Christmas gift deliveries to the religious sisters at both the Sisters of Mercy Convent and the St. Cecilia Motherhouse. As usual, both the Sisters and our members had a special morning together. For those who missed our November meeting, Sister Anna Laura, the new principal at St. Cecilia Academy presented “Faith Must Become Culture.” It was a blessing having her with us along with Sister Anne Catherine, Director of Advancement for SCA. We took the opportunity to present their $12,000 award check from our Luncheon proceeds. Checks were then mailed to Father Ryan High School and Pope JPII High School for the same amount to their development offices. IMPORTANT REMINDERS: I look forward to beginning a new year with all of you and working with Teri Gordon to transition to a new board of the NCBWL. I’ve truly enjoyed getting to know Teri better these last two years. She will be an outstanding leader for us as she assumes the president role in April. Gratefully, Debbie Lassiter |
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Scholarship Recipient Spotlight: Tatiany Morales |
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Tatiany Morales, the NCBWL Father Ryan High School scholarship recipient, loves poetry and playing the
quad drums. A freshman, she is active in the Father Ryan Band, the Sign Language, and Creative Writing clubs. She lives in Crieve Hall and is a member of Cathedral of the Incarnation.
“I was in awe,” Tatiany said of learning she was the recipient of the NCBWL Aurelia Varallo Mariani Scholarship. “I was speechless. I’d say going to Father Ryan was definitely a dream because I’ve been
looking at the school since sixth grade.” | | |
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Community Outreach Project for January We will be collecting items for the Hope Clinic for Women at our January meeting. They are working with moms on self-care as the majority of the women have suffered from some sort of trauma, whether in childhood or adulthood. Their goal is to teach them a variety of methods for self-care prior to the baby being born and even after. So they are requesting items which are helpful in guiding the moms through meditation and relaxation. - Lotion sets (aromatherapy)
- Candles
- Journals
- House shoes
- Oil Burners/oil
- Face mask for sleeping
- Therapy balls/clay (small hand therapy balls)
- Anything Motivational that will lift them up and motivate them.
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January Extras Former NCBWL guest speaker offering two day workshop Darren Murphy, who spoke to NCBWL in 2018, is offering a workshop titled Public Speaking: the GAME CHANGER! later this month. The workshop includes learning and practice. Darren aims to each participants to know exactly what to do & how to do it when it comes to public speaking. He teaches the specifics of writing an attention-grabbing speech. Watch a video about the workshop. DETAILS: Jan. 26 & Feb. 2 8:30am – 3:30pm 909 Meadowlark Lane Goodlettsville, TN 37072 Must reserve place by: Jan. 21, 2019 Price: $159 (Limit 6 – 16 students) Materials needed: memory card & notebook/index cards Contact: 615-513-2483 or hdldjm@yahoo.com |
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Kaylee Contreras, the NCBWL St. Cecilia Academy scholarship recipient, served as the guest editor of this month's newsletter. She spent several days during Interim week at SCA with NCBWL Communications Chair Barbara Esteves-Moore to learn more about the marketing and communications field. |
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