Calendar of Events
For more information on any of these programs, please contact the UW Extension Family Living Department at 262-335-4479
2012
January
“Do It Yourself”
This provides your club the opportunity to select any project you would like to do. You may have a speaker; tour a local site or museum, attend a Seminar, etc.
REMINDER TO CLUB SECRETARY
Remember to send a copy of your minutes to your Center Chairperson and to the UW Extension Office each month! See your HCE handbook for mailing information.
I do not go to a meeting merely to give my own ideas. If that were all, I might write my fellow members a letter. But neither do I go simply to learn other people’s ideas. If that were all, I might ask each to write me a letter. I go to a meeting in order that all together we may create a group idea, an idea which will be better than all of our ideas added together. For this group idea will not be produced by any process of addition, but by the interpenetration of us all. – Mary Parker Follett
February
Accessible Gardening Techniques
As we grow older it becomes more difficult to do the bending, kneeling, pulling needed in our regular gardening routine. We can learn more about making gardening easier for those of us less-abled and older adults, by using raised beds, vertical gardens and other techniques.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
February Special Interest Meeting: Thursday, February 2 - 1:00 p.m. Public Agency Center, West Bend, Room 1113 A&B
| FEBRUARY EVENTS | |
| February 2 | Special Interest Meeting-1:00 pm |
| February 7 | HCE Board of Directors Meeting, 6:30pm, PAC West Bend, Room 3005 |
| February 12 | 21st Annual of Celebrate Families Kick-off Event, Washington County Fair Park |
| February 12-18 | Celebrate Families Week |
| We need old friends to help us grow old and new friends to help us stay young. Letty Cottin Pogrebin | |
March
Organ Donation Awareness
| Did you know that each day 18 people will die waiting for an organ transplant? That one organ donor can save up to 8 lives? Learn about the organ donation process, how to encourage organ donation, and what your family needs to know about your decision. |
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Special Interest Meeting: Thursday, March 3 at 1:00 p.m. Public Agency Center, 333 E. Washington St. West Bend. Room 1113 A&B
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MARCH EVENTS |
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| March 1 | Special Interest Meeting |
| Any ordinary favor we do for someone or any compassionate reaching out may seem to be going nowhere at first, but may be planting a seed we can’t see right now. Sometimes we need to just do the best we can and then trust in an unfolding we can’t design or ordain. – Sharon Salzberg | |
April
Costa Rica and Central America
Costa Rica is one of the hottest vacation and adventure-travel destinations in Latin America, with close to 2 million visitors each year. It is rich in natural wonders and biodiversity, beaches that stretch for miles, Jungle Rivers and rain forests for bird watching
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April Special Interest Meeting: Thursday, April 19 Public Agency Center, West Bend, Room 1113 A&B, Noon to 3:00pm & 6:00-9:00 pm.
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| April 3 | HCE Board of Directors Meeting: 6:30pm-PAC West Bend, Room 3224 |
| April 19 | Special Interest Meeting-International Studies Costa Rica and Central America |
| Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born. – Anais Nin | |
May
May is a time to celebrate club successes, participate in the annual spring tour, have a celebration picnic and/or do a fun project of your clubs choice.
| MAY EVENTS | |
| May 20 | Spring Fling-75th Anniversary Celebration! Location Walnut Room-Holy Angels Church-West Bend Watch for details in the Roots and Branches |
| There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life — happiness, freedom, and peace of mind — are always attained by giving them to someone else.- Peyton Conway March | |
| JUNE EVENTS | |
| June | DAIRY MONTH |
| June 5 | HCE Board of Directors Meeting, 6:30pm, PAC West Bend, Room 3005 |
| June 5-7 | College Days-Madison |
The County Fair Booth Schedule will be available through your Center Chairperson
| JULY EVENTS | |
| July 12-13 | Grandparents University-Madison Session 1 |
| July 19-20 | Grandparents University-Madison Session 2 |
| July 26-27 | Grandparents University-Madison Session 3 |
| July 24-29 | Washington County Fair |
| AUGUST EVENTS | |
| August 7 | HCE Board of Directors Meeting 1:30 pm, followed by the HCE All Member Picnic, 5:00 pm., Jackson Park |
| August 8 | WEATHER ALTERNATE DATE & LOCATION-PAC ROOM 1113 A&B |
| August 2-12 | Wisconsin State Fair-West Allis |
| One generation plants the trees; another gets the shade.- Chinese proverb | |
September
Club Reorganization
After summer break, September club time should be a time to “Re-energize” for the busy fall. elect club officers for 2012, have a “get re-acquainted” potluck, invite potential new club members, or have a fun show–and- tell time “What did I do during summer vacation.”
| SEPTEMBER EVENTS | |
| September is Club Reorganization Month | |
| September | Elect new club officers for 2013 and send list to the UW Extension office on form provided |
| September 17-19 | WAHCE State Conference Marriot West-Middleton WI-Registration details will be sent to club presidents in May |
| We are all longing to go home to some place we have never been — a place half-remembered and half-envisioned we can only catch glimpses of from time to time. Community. Somewhere, there are people to whom we can speak with passion without having the words catch in our throats. Somewhere a circle of hands will open to receive us, eyes will light up as we enter, voices will celebrate with us whenever we come into our own power. Community means strength that joins our strength to do the work that needs to be done. Arms to hold us when we falter. A circle of healing. A circle of friends. Someplace where we can be free. - Starhawk | |
October
Dry Beans for Family meals, snacks and Desserts
Most of us know that dry beans are good for you – source of protein, vitamins, and fiber. However, we’ll look beyond the normal “baked bean” dishes and make this staple more fun.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
October Special Interest Meeting –Thursday, October 4 - 7:00 pm Public Agency Center, West Bend, Room 1113 A&B
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| October 2 | HCE Board of Directors Meeting, 6:30pm, PAC West Bend, Room 3005 |
| October 4 | Special Interest Meeting-7:00 pm |
| October 17 | Fall Association Meeting-5:00 pm registration & Golden Opportunities tickets, 6:00 pm dinner PAC, West Bend, Rooms 1113 A&B |
| Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.- Barbara Bush | |
November
The Stork Brought Me First!”
Birth order and other fun things about our population
Can birth order affect personality? What are birth order characteristics? Are you the Eldest? Youngest? What does it mean for you? We’ll talk about this fun topic and determine what is real and what is myth.
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November Special Interest Meeting – Thursday, November 1-7:00 pm, Public Agency Center, West Bend, Room 1113 A&B
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| November 1 | Dues Deadline-Send to County Treasurer Do not send dues to the Extension Office |
| November 1 | Pennies for Friendship due-Send to County Treasurer |
| November 1 | Special Interest Meeting-7:00 pm |
| November 4-10 | HCE Week-Look for Display at the West Bend Library. |
| There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew.- Marshall McLuhan | |
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DECEMBER EVENTS |
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| DECEMBER 1 | HCE Board of Directors Meeting, 11:00am, PAC West Bend, Room 1113 A&B |
| Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas.- Dale Evans | |
