January Newsletter
CONTENTS
- January Luncheon
- Message from President
- Grapevine: News and Notes about WEC Members
- Events
- Book Club
January Luncheon
Date: Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Time: 11:30 Networking; 12:00 Luncheon
Place: Tower Club, 28th floor
MESSAGE FROM OUR PRESIDENT
Happy 2012 to all of our fabulous, outstanding WEC sisters!
Our first meeting to kick off this year will be on Tuesday, January 17th and I can’t wait to share with you all the great events we have planned for the year ahead.
As we move forward in 2012 we have so many excellent directions for growth within our group. Our affiliation with the 1000+ Club has created a number of opportunities for us to network with other women who share the same values of leadership and giving back to the community. The first such event is the Super Star Summit that will be happening on Saturday, January 28th at the Quality Inn Conference Center in Plantation. This event will feature some of the top business speakers on marketing and business promotion and part of the proceeds from the ticket sales will serve as a donation to the American Cancer Society. Laurina has worked extremely hard in making this very much a win-win opportunity for our group so I encourage everyone to attend.
I’m so excited about our annual jazz concert coming up Wednesday, February 8th. The featured singer Sophie Milman will knock your socks off with her sultry and beautiful renditions of jazz classics. Make sure you RSVP Laurina by January 25th. It will truly be one of those nights to remember.
For the bookies in the audience, coming up on January 23rd, Joni Rosenthal will be hosting the book club at her home. This month’s book, "The Paris Wife" is a must read for those who love historical fiction. The story of Ernest Hemingway, his first wife and their time in Paris. It brings to life the jazz age, the arts scene and the great writers that shaped modern literature. Please make sure you RSVP Joni to ensure your spot at this meeting.
I hope each and every one of you had a wonderful end to your December and are enjoying a great start to your new year.
Take care and I’ll see you at lunch.
Karen
We have a new “Events” tab at the top of this blog! Click on the “Events” tab to find out what events WEC is hosting, or to see where WEC members are inviting you to join them!
Click here to read about WEC’s other “Events” around town…
BOOK CLUB
Calling all Bookies . . . current and wannabes!
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Please join us for the next WEC Book Club:
January 23, 2012
6:30 pm
Joni Rosenthal’s home:
333 Sunset Drive # 202
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
(Try to park on street; if street parking isn’t available talk with Joni’s doorman)
Please bring food to share and a bottle of wine.
We don’t want our gracious hostess to cook.
Joni has a surprise!
RSVP no later than January 20th
954-462-4620
Featured book: The Paris Wife
THE EXECUTIVE GRAPEVINE: NEWS AND NOTES ABOUT WEC MEMBERS
Read the Grapevine, news and notes about our members…
WEC Gifts—A Bonanza for Girls at PACE
Thank you for including the girls at PACE in your holiday gift shopping. Your selections were gorgeous, generous and hip. There were so many gifts the staff decided to set up a Holiday Store where all 75 girls could pick out two gifts for family members. As 70% of the girls come from families who live at or below the poverty level, the girls were grateful for the opportunity to give presents to those special people in their lives.
The girls had fun choosing among the jewelry, notebooks, UNO and other games, watches, make-up, perfumed lotions, candles, art supplies, and other treasures. By request of the girls, all the remaining items will be displayed as incentive prizes for the bi-weekly raffles. Girls earn raffle tickets based on good effort, behavior and attendance. Your gifts included $800 in donations and gift cards with a total value of $200. The gift cards are the prizes for the girls with the highest points in the raffles.
Your gifts brightened the holidays for the girls at PACE and will motivate them to do their best in 2012. Thank you!
Happy New Year!!
Happy New Year!! That was the gift that Judith Kolva-Schwabe and Chuck Schwabe had given us, Laurina Anderson and Laurel Hendrickson, by inviting us to their penthouse for an “Eve of Seven Fishes” dining experience. We were privileged by the fine cooking provided us by Chef Chuckie!! There was no expense spared. Champagne and Caviar to Cab and Risotto with Calamari. And, in the finest of dining, raspberry sorbet to cleanse the palette in between courses. Thank you so much, Judith and Chuck, for the exquisite entry into 2012…oh, the 25 different firework displays around the cities were also spectacular as well.
Lenore alpert
Lenore Alpert and her hubby Steve Leghart spent a week in NYC before Christmas visiting family and friends, seeing Broadway shows, and enjoying the holiday spirit of the city..
Super Star Summit January 28th 2012
What a wonderful affair Christina Rowe and Barbara Theodosiou had put together for the Super Star Summit being held January 28th 2012. They are honoring WEC’s Woman of the Year, Jan Bullard by choosing 1000+ Club for Cancer as their number one charity. Please, if you don’t know about this major event for small businesses, please check out their website at www.superstarsummit.com. There are top experts in the industry that will share their secrets, tips, and knowledge taking your businesses to the next level of success. Plus, by purchasing a ticket for the event, they will be donating a substantial amount of money to this most worthy cause. It is our goal to continue having more survivors of cancers, thriving and prospering in all their tomorrows! Please join us on the 28th as myself, Laurina Anderson, Jan Bullard, Heidi Richards Mooney, and Kellie Kuecha will be hosts for this day.
Pam Dearden, Nora Weiss & Susan Kingsley invite you to Get your Jazz on with Sophie Milman
Members & Member Guest(s) Event. 
Join your Sistahs on Wednesday, February 8th for wine, hors d’oeuvres & jazz.
Evening agenda;
5:30pm Arrive & Valet park @ Symphony Condo – Reception in Club Room on 2nd floor
7:00pm Jazz Talk with Stu Grant
7:45pm Performer begins @ Amaturo Theater/Broward Center for the Performing Arts
Non refundable, as tickets must be purchased in advance.
Please pay online via the Special Event area of the Reservations Page or mail a check to Laurel Hendrickson.
Event Cost $49.00. Wine & Hors D’oeuvres provided.
So that we know you are attending, please RSVP to Laurina Anderson, Laurina23@aol.com no later than Wednesday, January 25th. 
Event Hosts; Pam Dearden, Nora Weiss & Susan Kingsley
Sophie Milman, Jazz Vocalist
"The Norah Jones of the actual jazz world–Billboard charts and iTunes will confirm so."
New York Magazine
Milman, a native of Russia, who is fluent in Russian, Hebrew, French and English, was born in the Siberian town of Ufa and moved to the Israeli port city of Haifa when she was seven. At 16, her family moved to Canada and as a teenager she absorbed pop, jazz and gospel, her favorites being Mahalia Jackson, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Nat "King" Cole and, at the top of the list, Stevie Wonder. Her self-titled debut was released in 2004 and followed in 2007 by "Make Someone Happy" (Linus/Koch). In 2008, the Canadian singer performed around the globe, hitting landmark venues like the Hollywood Bowl, the Kennedy Center and New York’s Blue Note club, sharing stages with the likes of Chick Corea, Chris Botti and the Manhattan Transfer. Her second album, "Make Someone Happy," won the Juno Award for Jazz Vocal Album of the Year after it topped the iTunes jazz chart in the U.S. and Canada for months and cracked the top 5 on Billboard’s jazz chart. JazzTimes referred to her as Canada’s hottest young jazz singer. NPR’s Weekend Edition praised her "classic jazz voice that evokes smoky lounges, softly clinking glasses and the cool of the night." DownBeat simply said, "she captivates." The Los Angeles Times raved, "the sky’s the limit for this exceptional young talent."
2012 Woman of the Year Event, April 4th at the Marriott Harbor Beach Resort and Spa, Ft. Lauderdale
Susan Kingsley is helping others break the bank!
Susan Kingsley is a Certified Mentor & Ambassador with Buffini and Company, the largest coaching company in the country for working by referral. Susan will be running the brand new Peak Producers Class, starting February 1st. The class will run once a week, for 16 week, from 9-11am at Susan’s RE/MAX Advantage Plus Wharfside office. All industries are invited to join, as anyone can work by referral.
Susan and her husband Timothy, who is President of Pronto Progress, a custom software development company, are both involved in one to one coaching with Buffini and Company, and work strictly by referral.
For your information, a preview video and a webcast are available. The webcast is about 75 minutes. Marsha Broadwell’s husband Allen Robinson, owner of First Trust Mortgage Company, was the first person to sign up for the class.
If you know of anyone who might be interested-
Susan’s facilitator code is KIN-SU-000. 
Preview Video of Peak Producer Training 
Jan Bullard says – You are cordially invited to Shen Yun Show at Broward Performing Arts Center-Feb 10 and 11!
Posted by: SusanK on: January 15 2012 • Categorized in: 201201
Please mark your calendar Feb 10 and Feb 11
Buy Tickets By phone: 954-462-0222 | 888-974-3698
Web: browardcenter.org | www.ticketingbox.com
Tickets also available at Aventura Mall, Town Center of Boca Raton & Galleria Mall.
REVIVING 5,000 YEARS OF CIVILIZATION
Shen Yun. For Chinese, the words evoke a sense of wonder, magic, and
the divine. To audiences who have seen it, they recall the experience
of a lifetime—a moment so powerfully beautiful it touches the soul.
Discover the glory of a fantastically rich culture, that of classical
China, brought to life through brilliantly choreographed dance and
mesmerizing, all-original orchestral compositions. Magnificently
costumed dancers—the world’s elite—move in poetic arrangements that
evoke pastoral beauty, imperial drama, and the glory of an ancient
civilization.
This season, discover what art was meant to be. Discover Shen Yun.
