FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT

Dear Members and Friends,



LEADS candidates statewide will gather in Santa Clara for the CFWC February Executive Board Meeting. Vicki Holden, CFWC Leadership Chairman, will conduct meetings with the candidates to discuss goals, foster connections, and facilitate advancement within the Federation. An update on the CFWC LEADS selection will be shared soon in Quick Bytes.

Elaine Chung, Chief Executive Officer and Leadership Strategist at Beyond the Change, will deliver a presentation titled “Connection, Curiosity, and Courage” as the featured speaker. This meeting will be the final CFWC Executive Board Meeting for this administration. Anticipation is growing for the upcoming CFWC 123rd Convention in Ontario, California. The convention presents an opportunity for professional engagement, networking, and continued collaboration. Members are encouraged to begin making arrangements to attend.

Yours in Federation and Love, Sonya

CFWC EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING -

WORKSHOP INFORMATION - SONJA HULTS

As a member of CFWC we are often asked to do a workshop. How many times have you attended a workshop and realized it has just wasted an hour of your day? Painful right, especially when it was your workshop YIKES? As the future leaders and representatives of CFWC we can use techniques taught to teachers to make the workshop more engaging. It's not a secret, here is a method. Research. Plan. Present. The 3 are all part of the BIG idea. There are two workshops. One on Friday and One on Saturday. Friday we will learn. Saturday we will share and grow together. 

NOTE: IMPORTANT: Bring either a computer, Iphone and or Ipad to use as the tools we need to keep your members engaged. We will need people to use their Hotspots. Let's learn, grow and have fun together. 

CFWC EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING - SILENT AUCTION

The February Winter Executive Board will feature a Silent Auction at the final meeting of this administration. If you'd like to donate an item valued at $10 or more, contact Toby Kahan, CFWC Meeting Planner, and bring your item to the Registration Table when you arrive. Thank you,

CFWC EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING - RESOLUTIONS

Katie Squire, CFWC Resolutions Chairman, has opened her meeting to all attendees who are interested to learn about resolutions. The meeting is on February 27th from 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. in the Monterey room.

YOUNG MUSICIANS NEED OUR ENCOURAGEMENT

Please consider donating to the CFWC Art and Music Fund. Categories are Vocalist, Pianist, and other Instrumentalists with First Place in each category to receive $500. Clubs and districts can enter more than one in each category. Donation from members and the community are encouraged in order to continue efforts to encourage young musicians. An acknowledgement for Memorial  or Honor Cards will be mailed by CFWC. 

The Donation Remittance form can be found on cfwc.org/forms or you can download it HERE.

EPSILON SIGMA OMICRON (ESO) - REGGIE MATTOX, Chair

Book Lovers! There will be a “Bring One—Take One” book exchange at State Board this weekend! Join the fun and bring a book!

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT and OUTREACH - ANNE COCHRAN, Chair

As we head into the end of February we can look forward to starting out fresh for March by spring cleaning your closets for our veterans who are in medical facilities or placement homes. There are drop bins off at every American Legion near you or the VFW. Greet our veterans with enthusiasm and let’s not look sad for them. Encouragement and a genuine smile will get them through the day. We honor our veterans and active service members every chance we get.

Just a thought ......

"If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams

and you will always look lovely,"

—Roald Dahl