The WOC held its annual planning meeting in late January. The 2010 WOC Steering Committee includes: Deborah Kelly (Coordinator), Adele Eley (Secretary, Soup Group, Pack-to-School), Peggy O’Rourke (Grants Chair), Margie Muldoon (Hospitality Chair), Barbara Scruggs (Liaison to Parish Council), Susie Prentiss (Holiday Bazaar Chair), Anne Robb (UTO), Kathy Garrison (CPC),  Katie Wooldridge (Advisor for kitchen needs), and Jody Clarke Walter and Louise Kay Woodside (Advisors). Newly received member, Pat Devereaux,  joined us for her first meeting. 

For those of you who are new to Calvary, we want to emphasize that all female members of Calvary are automatically a member of the Women of Calvary. As the Steering Committee, we represent you in planning and executing the WOC events and always welcome your input.

Episcopal Church Women’s Ingathering for the Diocese of Pittsburgh will be hosted by the WOC on Saturday, May 15. Registration will begin at 10:00 am, followed by a meeting, speaker Jane Banning, a Eucharist conducted by Bishop Price and end with a luncheon. After many years of limited involvement, the WOC is honored to host this event. Please mark your calendars and help us to welcome Bishop Price and women from across our new Diocese.  Our UTO collection will be on Sunday, May 9, Mothers Day.  

2009 WOC Holiday Bazaar generated $21,954.00. Susie Prentiss and her team have already started to plan for our 2010 Bazaar on November 13. If you would like to get involved in the WOC Bazaar or have ideas for a new table, please contact Susie at 412.361.3346. This is a fun way to meet more women. In addition to giving your time and creative talents, it will translate into helping women and children in the East End.

2009 Grant Recipient List: Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), Calvary-Lincoln after School Program (CLASP), East End Cooperative Ministry (EECM), Holy Cross Church, Homeless Children’s Education Fund, Lydia’s Place, Shepherd Wellness and the Calvary Clergy Discretionary Fund.  Our successful 2009 Holiday Bazaar will fund the 2010 WOC outreach grants. Discussion of possible grantees has already begun.

Hospitality is planning a Eucharist on March 10 at the Forest Hills home of Adele Eley. These small gatherings are special and we hope you can join us. Our annual Spring Soirée will be held on Wednesday, April 28.  This is our biggest social event of the year and it will begin with a Eucharist.  We invite you to join us for fellowship, fun, great food, live music and a fashion show by Occasions, a Squirrel Hill dress shop owned by Nancy Stillson. 

2009 Pack-to-School Project for Lincoln School generated: 42 backpacks, 54 uniform shirts, 2 large boxes of supplies, and a check for $210 were delivered to Lincoln School in early September. Former Calvary employee, Betty Davies, donated 28 shirts. We will explore their current needs before kicking off the 2010 project.

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