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Firstly I would like to thank the executive for taking the reins in the last few months as I have had a run of illness and life stuff impacting my input into BPW. They are as always amazing and it is a great committee to be a part of so please think about joining the committee, which you can nominate to do prior to AGM in October (an email will be sent shortly with nomination info).. We will be looking for a new Treasurer, Secretary help and general members to join us in continuing to make this a great club which makes a difference. We have an exciting couple of months coming up at BPW. We are changing up our venues for club nights with our August meeting at Fenton Street Art Collective. We’ll be able to view the art work, participate in a Gin tasting if you wish (additional fees apply) and mix and mingle whilst partaking in grazing platters. See the poster below and please share and invite friends, family and like minded women to the night. But get in quick with the RSVPs as places are a bit limited. We can match up drivers and passengers so please shout out on your RSVP if you are looking for a match up. In August we also celebrate BPW’s Birthday, so please dress in yellow to show your support and celebration. Our September and October dinner meetings will be moving to Someday Cafe, where I am sure we will be treated well by Trish and her team. We will be voting at AGM on our future dinner venue and any changes to fees. For now dinner remains at $35 but don’t forget your raffle money too for our education scholarship fund. Our scholarship is still open so please pass on info to a local lady who might be keen to apply. BPW Aotearoa this month is on “How to use social media to engage your community and customers”. The session will be run by Alice Kibble, Young BPW convenor and overall tech start up wizard. The session is on 24th August online via zoom at 7:30. As always these sessions are open to all members and non members, so share and register. Our Meet the Candidate planning is in full swing with the session to be held on 28th September. It would be great to have some help on the night for a number of roles so please email if you are able to assist. Further details will be out shortly. Looking forward to seeing everyone again on the 21st and enjoying a fun night. ma te wa Marissa Cope To view the newsletter click here...
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Welcome to July everyone! I am helping Marissa this month as she has a lot on :) Thank you to everyone who has sent in wine orders, please keep them coming and sharing our fundraiser with your friends.
This month we have our wonderful Candle Lighting Ceremony which is a great opportunity to remember our BPW sisters from around the world and to be reminded of why BPW was created. Please bring a friend as we are also going to have a fun quiz and gather questions we would like to ask MP candidates at our Meet the Candidates night in September. Our Women’s Education Scholarship is open for applications, please share with friends and family. We have a few camelias left for $20.00 each, if you would like one please let me know and I can bring it to dinner. The opportunity to be our club's new Dinner Convenor has come up, if you are interested in this position then please let us know. August is YBPW month and our International Birthday 93 years, so remember to wear yellow for our club photo next month. Our August dinner meeting will be a bit different with our meeting being held in Stratford at the Arts Collective...but more to come about this soon. To view the newsletter click here... Tena kotoe Katoa,
Welcome to June everyone! The heaters and fires have definitely been turned on now! This month we are celebrating World Milk day with our June guest speaker Donna Cram who was named Fonterra Dairy Woman of the Year for 2023. I am sure Donna will have lots to share so please invite a friend along to join us for dinner and speaker. Our Women’s Education Scholarship will also be open for applications this month, and we are really keen to spread the word, given we did not award this last year. Our wine fundraiser will also launch this month so check your stash at home and get ready to order. With Rebecca stepping up into a national role we are also looking for help for a dinner convenor. The role involves sending out and collating the dinner invite and returned acceptance, liaising with the caterer for numbers and setting up the dinner list for hostesses. If you would like to help out the committee please let us know. Our Meet the Candidate’s night planning is coming along well, so please save the date of 28th September to either come along or help out. Also check out this post with our very own Celine Filbee, talking about the work of the Taranaki Kiwi Trusthttps://fb.watch/kZilzTPBE1/?mibextid=Nif5oz . Awesome Celine! On a final note this came up in a Linked In post for The Female Lead and is a good reminder of unconscious use of self minimising or softer language in the workplace with research suggesting women employ this more and are more likely to apologise unnecessarily too. See you at dinner Marissa BPW Hawera Club President To view the full newsletter click here... Tena kotoe Katoa,
Well what a full-packed month last month was! BPW conference, resolution reviews and Anzac Day. A big congratulations to our very own Rebecca Treeby who has been elected onto BPW national executive as Vice President - Membership. Go Rebecca! they are so lucky to have you. Also a big congratulations to us for winning the Marketting award again this year. Thank you to Anita for preparing our submission and all those involved in the Meet the Candidates night last year. You can read all about the conference, resolutions and our new Executive in Rebecca’s report attached. Thank you also to Toni and Kay for representing BPW Hawera at the Anzac Dawn service, and thank you to Angelika for creating the beautiful wreath (see pictures below). Some amazing, brave and courageous women have served in our armed forces and ancillary forces and Anzac Day is an important time to remember these trail blazers. This month we are joined by Samantha Turner, who alongside her husband runs The Grange, which won the Taranaki Ballance Farm Environment Awards. They also won several other awards, including the Ballance Agri-Nutrients Soil Management, Beef + Lamb New Zealand Livestock Farm and Taranaki Regional Council Sustainability awards. The Grange has been in the family since the1880, with the Turners striving to enhance sustainability for the benefit of future generations. Samantha is also an active member of the Hawera Repertory Society and has directed numerous successful plays. We look forward to hearing all about Sam’s professional and social life at our May (15th) dinner at the Hawera Club. As it is Mother's Day this month please feel free to bring along any special women in your lives to dinner and invite far and wide this month to any guests who may be interested in our speaker. We will aim to put up our dinner info onto Facebook for sharing. I look forward to seeing you all again this month at dinner. Marissa Cope BPW Hawera Club President For the full newsletter click here... Tena kotoe Katoa,
Hope that everyone had a lovely Easter filled with family, fun and chocolate. I am away over in Australia visiting our families after 4 years, so our lovely Toni Hunt will be hosting the April meeting. During the meeting, we will be reviewing and voting on the resolutions that will be presented at conference. Please if you can review the resolutions before the meeting and come with questions, changes or ideas on how we can support any that have not been seconded. It is important that we have resolutions voted on so our delegates know how to vote for Hawera and so that these resolutions can be carried through to advocacy with the government. For our conference we have three delegates attending, Toni, Rebecca and Vivian. Rebecca has also put her name forward for VP Membership and I know we will all wish her well in her success for this important BPW NZ position. At our April dinner Helen will also be running through our Keys to Achievement (KTA) programme and how to get involved and signed off. Thank you all who came and supported our High tea. I know we all had a lovely afternoon and we raised $208 for the women’s education scholarship fund. Angelika will be making a beautiful Anzac wreath again and prior to Anzac Day Rebecca will be putting a shout-out via email to those that would like to attend the dawn service and help lay our club wreath. Please let us know if you are keen to represent BPW. Finally just a reminder we still have Kate Sheppard Camelias for sale. Please let us know if you would like any or you can purchase at Landscape. I hope you all have a great April and a great dinner. Marissa Cope BPW Hawera Club President To view the full newsletter click here... |
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