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Thursday, August 21, 10:00 am
Called Meeting, Annex
Home Tour Preview and ticket distribution
Tuesday, Sept 9, 10:00 am-noon
Fused Glass Class
Spruill Art Center
Sponsored by: Arts and Culture
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Thursday, September 11
Golden Olympics
Time and location TBA
Sponsored by: Health and Wellness
Wednesday, Oct 8, 10 am-2 pm
Annual Home Tour
Sponsored by: Ways and Means
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Ways and Means
Linda Mote llmote@mindspring.com
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The Called Meeting/Preview of Homes is just a few weeks away and we are excited to show our members the four exciting homes on the tour this year. The homeowners have been very gracious and are looking forward to having us tour their homes. We hope everyone has Wednesday, October 8th marked on their calendar with plans to work on the day of the tour.
Called Meeting
- Thursday, August 21
- North Shallowford Annex
- 9:30 am Social and Raffle Ticket Sales, $5, $10, $20 (pay by cash, check, or credit card for a chance to win one of these wonderful prizes)
Lovely Spa Basket from Face Haven, value $900
A $500 shopping Spree from Lauderhills Fine Jewelry, value $500
An original painting by Pat Fiorello, entitled “Pallette Full of Joy", value $500
- 10:00 am Short Meeting to learn about the home you were assigned and pick up 5 Home Tour tickets to sell to family and friends.
- Sponsor envelopes with a thank you letter, their requested tickets, plus lanyards promoting our sponsors will be distributed at the Called Meeting. Please deliver these envelopes with a personal thank you to the sponsors you recruited.
- Home Tour fliers (in display frames or posters) with the QR Codes will also be available. Please ask your sponsors to display these in their store fronts, bulletin boards or front desks/checkout counters. If you need extra posters and/or displays with the QR Code to take to other local businesses, please let Linda Mote know.
Home Tour Assignments
- Before the Called Meeting, you should receive your home assignment via a phone call or email from the head hostess of the home where you will be working. We request that you accept your assignment and not make changes to another home.
- If you have not received notification of your assignment from one of the head hostesses listed, please call Faye Cashwell, 404-202-1223, or Diane Norris, 678-772-0109. If you have a friend that may want to work on the day of the tour, please let Faye or Diane know. They are welcome to attend the Preview Tour of Homes. If your husband is willing to help with traffic control during the home tour, please let Susan Crawford know, 404-281-0412. We are grateful to the ladies who have agreed to be head hostesses and to the men willing to help with parking.
Tour of Homes
- 10:30 am – 2:00 pm, Tour of Homes
- Carpools are encouraged and maps and directions will be provided
- Please wear low-heeled shoes, no jeans please
- In case of rain, booties will be provided to wear in the homes
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Home #1 - 11:00-11:30 am
Betsy Spinks and Kevin Fernandez
Head Hostesses
Terry Kemp
Sandra DuBois
Home #2 - 12:00-12:30
Jen and Bruce Manley
Head Hostesses
Maria Barnhart
Deborah Gault
Mary Jane Hollander
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Home #3 - 12:45 -1:15
Kathy and Jeff Gillett
Head Hostesses
Kim Reuning
Joan Smith
Home #4 - 1:30– 2:00
Christine and Sean Taylor
Head Hostesses
Judy Bertrand
Karen Turner
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Publicity
A list of our 2025 sponsors will be listed on our club website as well as on the ticket. Also, check our social media networks (AHA Connection and City of Dunwoody D-News) and The Dunwoody Crier for the great publicity for this year’s Home Tour. You will also see publicity on Facebook and Instagram. Our Home Tour banners will be hoisted onto the lamp posts throughout Dunwoody mid-September.
It Was a Team Effort!
We raised approximately $22,000 in sponsorships this year. We applaud the Home Tour Committee and our DWC members who helped with sponsorships and made personal donations. Our sponsors are counting on us to promote the Home Tour. Please try to sell your tickets and promote online ticket sales. Thank you to Steve Cashwell for his website help and home photos.
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Membership Spotlight for August– Click the link under Highlights entitled Spotlight Members of the Month at the top of the newsletter and enjoy reading about Kay Moe and Susan Crawford who serve as editors of our DWC newsletter. They do a great job organizing, formatting, and editing our award-winning newsletter. Thank you, Kay and Susan!
2025 GFWC Convention, held in Atlanta in June was a huge success. Thank you to the members who volunteered at convention, made sashes, and helped in other ways. We received many thank you notes and emails singing our praises. Thank you again for your time and dedication to help GFWC-GA shine for members from all over the nation and several foreign countries.
Membership – Whose responsibility is it? It is the responsibility of all members. Ask a friend, relative or neighbor to join you for a DWC meeting or service project. The best endorsement of DWC is an invitation from you. We have several prospective members that have expressed interest in joining the Dunwoody Woman’s Club. DWC is a vibrant part of our community. People take note and want to be a part of this wonderful group of women. Thank you for your dedication and for living the volunteer spirit.
Save the Following Dates:
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Saturday, September 27, 2025, International Day of Service. DWC has registered to be a part of this year’s event and we will join many other clubs from all over the country in planning projects for this event. The focus this year will be to increase public awareness about domestic and sexual violence across the United States and internationally. Within the United States based on research conducted by the CDC, more than 16 million people are affected every year. Stay tuned for more details about this initiative and how you can participate. To learn more visit:
2025 GFWC International Day of Service
Thursday, October 23, 2025 for a membership recruitment event 6 – 8 pm - We are working on a membership event this fall. More details will be provided once the plans are finalized.
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Dunwoody Woman's Club Evening Division
Rosemary Watts, wrosemary@hotmail.com
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DWC members enjoyed an informative and interesting golf cart tour of the Assembly Studios complex in Doraville.
The Evening Division will reconvene on September 25th (no August meeting). We'd love participation from members to plan/lead at least one meeting. Volunteer slots for snacks/drinks also included. Please sign up here:
Sign Up Genius
We encourage every member to sign up to volunteer for the Home Tour on Oct 8th. You can select to volunteer the full time or for a 2-hour slot:
Sign Up Genius Home Tour
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Arts and Culture
Joan Smith jsmith30215@gmail.com
Carol Ciepluch carolynjane3@gmail.com
In July, several members met at the Barn at Brook Run Park to learn how to make Ikebana floral arrangements. The group also made arrangements to take to those members not able to attend monthly meetings and in need of some cheer.
Tuesday, September 9, from 10 am to 12 pm, a Fused Glass Class at Spruill Arts Center. The class is free to DWC members thanks to the generosity of our President, Jo Ann Kostkan. It will be a 2 hour arts party with plenty of social time as well as art instruction. No TALENT needed, only a desire to arrange glass colors and have fun with friends!
The class is limited to 12 members only so please call Joan Smith, (404-217-6370) and leave a message with your name and phone number if you plan to attend. The deadline for sign up is August 31. This is the only notification for this event as there is not a general meeting until late September.
Go to www.spruillarts.org to see all the wonderful events and awards that happened over the summer and classes for August 2025.
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Keep Calm and Ride On,
Cowgirl Style – and we did!
DWC Members at the Dunwoody July 4th parade.
What a fun morning. Thank you to Jo Ann, Carolyn, Kay, Karen, Sammy, Joan, Jan, Maria, Kerry, Barbara, and Donna who represented DWC in the Dunwoody 4th of July parade. We were able to complete the parade with red cheeks and smiles on our faces. Three hundred and fifty beaded necklaces and 1,200 pieces of candy were handed out along the parade route. We hope you can join us next year. It is always an adventure!
August Events:
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National Night Out 2025 – Tuesday, August 5, 5:00-8:00pm. Join members of the Dunwoody Police Department at this year’s event at Pernoshal Park. Grab a bite to eat, then stop by and talk to members of the Department, citizen volunteers, and public safety professionals in an informal setting.
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It's Back to School Month
DWC members arranged breakfast for the teachers and staff at Hightower Elementary School who were busy preparing for opening day on August 4th.
We will be collecting the following needed school supplies for Hightower school at the Called Meeting on August 21, and at the General Meeting on September 18. The items needed include:
Crayons, glue sticks, Fiskars scissors (blunt ended), large pink erasers, black & white composition books, copy paper, highlighters, colored pencils, Kleenex tissue, hand soap, hand sanitizer, Lysol air sanitizer, Ziploc bags (sandwich, quart and gallon size) and Clorox/Lysol wipes.
We hope you can help donate these supplies. The Education and Libraries CSP is also donating many items including 12 backpacks.
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Hightower Book Vending Machine
Diane and Linda pictured with Hightower Elementary School Principal, Shelia Price, in front of the Book Vending machine for students that DWC helped fund. The students earn tokens to place in the machine to buy their favorite books.
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T-Shirt Tote Bags
Members met at the Barn at Brook Run Park to make tote bags for the families who pick up food on Wednesdays at the Malachi Storehouse Food Bank. The bags were made from cotton t-shirts replacing the plastic grocery bags harmful to the environment.
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Brook Run Park
Master Gardeners Tour
Members met with several Master Gardeners for a tour of the gardens and a discussion of environmentally safe ways to garden. The gardens produce approximately 500 pounds of produce each season that is donated to the CAC.
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September 24, 10:45 am, carpool from St. Luke's to Southbound for lunch and a 1:00 pm tour of the Chamblee Shelter with Andrea Seidi, Advocates for Animals. The new facility is up and running. You might remember we toured Lifeline Animal Shelter in Chamblee this winter. They needed more space, more employees, volunteers, donations and advocacy. Our campaign has gotten them new spaces for the animals, recognition of the great overcrowding. Thanks to Advocates for Animals for guiding our efforts.
Community Events:
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Brook Run Demo Gardens Programs - Join us at 11:00 am on the 2nd Saturday of each month at 11:00 am at the Greenhouse. The August 9th discussion will be on Landscape Design with Sara Bouagh.
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August is Water Quality Month.
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August 25th is National Parks Service Founders Day.
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Health and Wellness
Diane Norris dianenorris@bellsouth.net
Thursday, May 8, members met at Diane Norris' house to make Hugs in a Mug for teachers and staff at Hightower Elementary School for Teacher Appreciation. Neonatal Bags were also assembled for mothers who give birth to premature babies at Northside Hospital.
August is Summer Sun, Safety Month. As we know, exercising and enjoying time outdoors is important to good health but it is also wise to do it safely. Try to avoid long periods of activity outdoors between 10:00 am and 4:00 pm when the sun is strongest. Wear sunglasses and use sunscreen with an SPF of 30+. Did you know that skin covered by clothing can still get sunburned?
Golden Olympics ~ Save the Date, Thursday, September 11, for our Golden Olympics. Time and location will be announced by eblast.
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EDUCATION and LIBRARIES
Schools: Collecting school supplies for students at Hightower Elementary School. Items are listed under Education and Libraries and can be brought to the Called Meeting or the September General Meeting.
Retirement Homes: Collecting magazines at monthly meetings.
ENVIRONMENT
Animal Shelters: Blankets any size, dog or cat toys, animal treats, newspapers, paper towels, food and monetary donations. They are in need of animal food. Please bring to the General Meetings and we will deliver for you. We are going there in September and will take your donation.
HEALTH and WELLNESS
Anchor Place: Collecting all colors of bottle caps.
LEADERSHIP:
Salvation Army Atlanta International Corps.: Clothing Donation, 3771 Central Avenue, Doraville, GA 30340
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Leadership
Deborah Gault dcgault@comcast.net
A Nobel Peace Prize Connection in Dunwoody?
September 18, General Meeting, Education and Leadership are pleased to present Lauri Goodling, Ph.D, from Georgia State University Perimeter. She will discuss the University’s selection and participation in the Nobel Peace Prize program, “Partners in Peace,” one of 16 internationally selected schools to receive the designation.
Ms. Goodling is working to develop a curriculum designed around the history of Alfred Nobel, previous Nobel laureates, and global conflict resolution. This will enable students, faculty, and institutions to study and implement practices utilized by Nobel Peace Laureates in their attempts to achieve harmony and collaboration between individuals.
Please join us for a fascinating session and invite your friends and neighbors to come along! We look forward to seeing you.
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Legislation
Dottie D'Angelo dottieatlanta@gmail.com
Legislative Goals-2025
Global Vaccinations: GFWC supports funding the CDC’s polio eradication and measles
elimination programs through the Health and Human Services appropriations bill, and funding through the State Department/Foreign Operations appropriations bill for immunizations and improving global disease detection systems that enable other nations to effectively detect and efficiently respond to a range of other diseases.
Preventing diseases at their source is the most cost-effective approach, saves the most lives, and makes the world more resilient to new viruses that could cause the next pandemic. Without coordination and rapid analysis of national and international public health data, private sector pharmaceutical manufacturers would not have the lead time required to roll out updated vaccines at scale and prevent deaths. The United States
must remain the global leader in medical research and innovation.
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Women in History
Suzanne Bentz
Hedy Lamarr,
“The Most Beautiful Woman in Film”
If you’re reading this via a WiFi connection, have traveled to distant beaches via GPS navigation, or enjoyed music through a Bluetooth earbud, you can thank Hedy Lamarr. Hedy was much more than “The Most Beautiful Woman in Film.” She also was a gifted mathematician, scientist, and innovator.
Hedy Lamarr was born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler on November 9, 1914 in Vienna, Austria. She was an only child who “showed an early interest in acting and was fascinated by theater and film.” She also enjoyed hiking about Vienna with her dad, a banker, who taught his young daughter “how devices functioned” as they walked.
Hedy won a beauty contest at age 12, took acting classes in Vienna, landed a job as script girl, and accepted small roles in comedies and plays. At age 18, she was given the lead in the erotic film “Ecstasy” which caught the eyes of producers across the movie industry. Moving about Europe and fleeing a controlling husband, Hedy landed in Hollywood and, at the insistence of MGM head, Louis Mayer, assumed the surname Lamarr to avoid criticism about her saucy role in “Ecstasy.”
Hedy would go on to star in 30 films with leading actors, Spencer Tracy, Clark Gable, James Stewart, Lana Turner, Greta Garbo, among others. She also appeared in multiple radio series, formed a production company, and had time, it would seem, to marry and divorce six times and rear three children. Hedy was no slouch when it came to time management.
During WWII years, Hedy promoted War Bonds in her, yes, spare time. But her lasting achievement would be an invention that has implications to this day. “During the late 1930s, Lamarr attended arms deals with then-husband, arms dealer Fritz Mandl. …. From the meetings, she learned that navies needed a way to guide a torpedo as it raced through water” without being jammed by the enemy. Hedy discussed her idea to prevent jamming by frequency hopping with friend and composer George Antheil who scored complex ballet music using “multiple synchronized player pianos.”
Hedy and George patented an invention that allowed radio guidance transmitters and torpedo receivers to jump simultaneously from frequency to frequency, thus thwarting enemy interception of classified military strategies, signals and messages. “The advent of the transistor and its later downsizing propelled Lamarr’s idea far in both the military and cell phone industry.”
After the war, Cecil B. DeMille cast Hedy as Delilah in the Oscar-winning 1950 film,“Samson and Delilah,” which secured her spot in the pantheon of famous actors. Her frequency hopping invention, however, secured Hedy a spot as one of the most accomplished women of the 20th Century. Hedy died of a heart attack in Florida on January 19, 2000.
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