WOMENS’ CORNER__________________________________
By Barb Moreno, 11th ACVVC Women’s Coordinator
Hey Everybody;
Well, here it is October already. Boy has this year flown by. Autumn has settled in here in the mid west and the trees have turned their beautiful colors of reds and gold. It seems as if just over night we went from temperatures in the 90’s to now needing a sweatshirt or light jacket on when we leave the house.
We certainly had some nice weather for our reunion. Of course I understand it was a little windy at the memorial service and the rain that did fall seemed to do so later in the evenings. All in all I say it was still pretty nice.
Registration seemed to go so smoothly this year that it’s almost scary. Thank you to everyone who helped us out at registration and everywhere else. Next year, even better!
Speaking of next year’s registration, the sooner we get registration forms in the better. I know that Steve Page is working on the new form right now. I mean after all, we only have about three hundred days until we are in Louisville. When you do send in your registrations, why not use those address labels you get in the mail? You know the ones that every organization seems to send. I think I have enough to last for at least a year. We then can certainly read the correct spelling of your name, city and state. This is just a suggestion.
The women’s meeting went very well. There were seventy women in attendance and fifty of them went home with a door prize. Next year, more prizes! I’ve already picked up a few things for it. Kathy Tandberg did a presentation on our next fundraising project. It’s to be a military blanket with the Blackhorse logo on it. Size and pricing will be announced later. We also discussed a few other ideas for future fundraisers.
While talking we discovered that many of the ladies would prefer to see the money we raise be given to the Troopers Assistance Fund and earmarked as “companion funds”. They feel that the guys raise a sufficient amount for the scholarship fund thru the raffle tickets and calendar sales and we should perhaps look more closely at helping troopers attend a reunion by providing some funding for those who can only attend if they have a companion to assist them. This is something that Kathy and I are now discussing and figuring.
Our cookbook went over better than I dreamed it would. I’ll be honest and tell you that I spent a few sleepless nights when we defiantly decided to order a thousand books. We were able sell over half of them at reunion. Of course I still have close to four hundred in my garage. Please if you didn’t get one or you need more just e-mail me or call me at 608-372-5892 and let me know. They are $12 plus $3.50 to cover shipping and handling and can be ordered from me. We accept money orders or checks which should be made out to Barbara Moreno with 11th ACVVC cookbook in the memo box. My address is 24284 Endeaver Ave Tomah, WI 54660.
We did make enough at the reunion to pay off our printing bill (and got a small discount for paying it all at once) so everything we sell now is pure profit. If you already have one show it to your friends, family, neighbors, co workers, teachers and anyone else you can think of and sell some more for us. Remember the profits from this book are all going to the Scholarship Fund and Troopers Assistance fund with just a small amount being kept by us for future use.
A few of you have mentioned to me that you submitted recipes that didn’t appear in the book. Let me explain. Several things occurred while doing this book. First we had a major computer crash in the middle of it all and some things were lost to us. Secondly, the response from everyone was so immense that we had to leave out a few in order to still produce a nice size book at an affordable price.
We will be putting together a second book in two years so you can again start submitting more. The next book will be called “Partying with the Blackhorse” and will be all, appetizers, drinks and desserts. I do apologize to you if your favorite recipe did not appear in this one.
Well, folks this is about it for this time and now it’s time to go back to work. Bob and I enjoyed seeing and talking to all of you again and then had an enjoyable week in Branson the following week. Of course when we arrived home it was to find that the person he hired to do some of his work for him never showed up to do it so it’s catch up time now. For me it was a surprise inspection by the parent organization of our hotel, which I might add we passed with flying colors.
So until next time, may you all have a healthy, happy and peaceful autumn and holiday season.
Barb Moreno
11TH ACVVC Women’s Coordinator