BOLD VENTURES

Terri Winaught, Editor                                                              E-mail:  info@wpabold.org

 

Number for updates:  1-773-597-4222 (Updates recorded each Friday)

 

FROM THE EDITOR

This Editor would like to begin by wishing everyone a new year filled with health, happiness and all good things.

 

CURRENT BOARD

·        Joyce Driben, 412-521-4385, will be President until 2013, during which time she will mentor current First Vice-President Tammi Swiantek, 412-488-6298. Tammi will become BOLD'S new president in 2013.

·        During 2012, Tammi will mentor co-Second Vice-President Peggy Walsh, 412-683-6070.  Peggy will move up to First Vice-President and Programs Chair in 2013.

·        This year and until the election for 2014, Carol Platt, 412-824-5929, will remain Co-Second Vice-President.

·        By encouraging Pat Turner to attend meetings while being mentored, the hope is that she will share the Second Vice-Presidency with Carol effective 2013.

·        Finally, since no one ran for Recording Secretary, this task will alternate among Board members until that position is filled.

·        Veronique Schreurs, 412-422-0358, will remain BOLD'S Treasurer.

·        Finally, Terri Winaught, 412-263-2022, will continue to write the newsletter and calendar as Corresponding Secretary Terri is also Fundraising Chair.  (The Editor included Board members' numbers so that you can call with any event ideas or feedback.)

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

·        Let’s skate into the New Year! The Ice Skating dates for January are Thursdays the 5th and 19th (more info in calendar).

·        Keep On Skiing!! January's Downhill dates are Sundays the 8th and 22nd (reservation information in calendar).  Interested in cross-country skiing?  Dom Ceresa:  724-527-1857.

·        Indoor Games?  Penny Fleckenstein is generously opening up her Bellevue home to host Indoor Games on Saturday the 14th.  To reserve with Penny, call 412-415-3871 by 10pm on January the 8th.  Penny will give her address upon sign-up.

·        Mall Walking continues every other week at the Monroeville Mall (dates in calendar).

 

 

 

PAYING DUES

With the holiday season being so hectic, some of you may not have paid your 2012 dues in the amount of $12.  Please pay by making a check or money order payable to Western PA BOLD and sending it to Veronique Schreurs:  2269 Tilbury Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15217.  Thank you in advance for renewing and including "dues" in the memo so that Veronique can document your renewal.

 

PAST EVENTS

·        Although only a few faithful diehards attend Ice Skating and Mall Walking, those events continue to go well.

·        Twenty-three BOLD members and four guests thoroughly enjoyed the December 3rd Holiday Party where food and fellowship were plentiful.  (See Fundraising Facts for more info).

 

LOOKING AHEAD

·        Board meetings will continue to be held on Tuesdays as follows:   February 7th and March 6th.  (We will set the dates for April through June at January's meeting.)  The deadline for letting Joyce Driben know that you plan to attend a meeting is always the Sunday before by 10pm.  Also let Joyce know if you have agenda items.

 

CULTURAL CONNECTIONS

·        To see if Joyce Driben has any Chamber Music concert tickets left, call 412-521-4385.  Tickets go quickly on a first call basis.  

·        Joyce is also the contact person for Tuesday Music Club performances.  Though concerts usually are held on the second Tuesday of each month, this can vary.  To see if January's performance will be on the 11th, which is the second Tuesday, phone Joyce at the number under Chamber Music.

·        The Pittsburgh Opera will also have a very busy January for you to enjoy, with performances as follows:  The Art Song Recital, Sunday the 8th; Brown Bag Lunch Series, Saturday the 14th and an audio-described performance of Hansel and Gretel will be on Tuesday the 31st.  The starting time is 7pm, and the location is the CAPA School:  111 9th Street, Downtown Pittsburgh. For tickets, 412-281-0912, x213.

·        To conclude this section, January's play at the City Theatre is Through the Night.  The tentative date for the audio-described performance is Sunday the 29th.

 

FUNDRAISING FACTS

·        Since the Holiday Party 50/50 raffle generated $62, winner Jim Winaught received $31 and $31 went into BOLD'S Treasury.

·        Our third Holiday Party auction generated $304--the most we have raised since this fundraiser began 3 years ago.  Successful though it was, the Board is considering either having the auction every other year for those who feel that parties should be entirely social, or having the auction before the party to keep the party an entirely social event. 

·        The Getaway fundraiser raised $66 and the fudge sale generated $168.  When totaled, the November/December fundraisers earned $569.  To put that in perspective, Holiday Party catering cost $700, so the November/December events generated most of that back for BOLD.

 

BOLD BITS

·        Condolences to Jane Royal on the death of her father, Harold Schliegel, for whom a memorial service was held on December 17th.  Harold is perhaps best known for making Darts accessible to persons with vision impairments, for which he is acknowledged by having a tournament named after him.

·        Welcome to new members Trish Granberg and Edward Reed.

·        Congratulations to Ceinwen King-Smith for having won a prize for best hand-made costume on Halloween, 2011.

·        Happy Birthday to Joyce Driben, Penny Fleckenstein, Missy Fulmer, Nancy Leverett, Cindy Perseo and anyone else with a January birthday.  Belated wishes to Ceinwen King-Smith and Allison Leverett.

·        If you have a BOLD Bit, feel free to bring it to a meeting or phone 412-263-2022.

 

 

 

 

DECEMBER’S CALENDAR

 

Wednesday the 21st:  Happy Hanukkah.

 

Saturday the 24th:  Christmas Eve.

 

Sunday the 25th:  Merry Christmas, and Mall Walking reservation deadline with Joyce Driben:  412-521-4385.

 

Monday the 26th:  Happy Kwanzaa.

 

Wednesday the 28th:  Mall Walking.

 

Saturday the 31st:  New Year's Eve, and deadline for 2012 dues (address in newsletter).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JANUARY’S CALENDAR

 

Sunday the 1st:  Happy New Year, and 10pm deadline for letting Joyce Driben know you will attend January's Board meeting.

 

Tuesday the 3rd:  6:30pm Board meeting at UCP:  4638 Centre Ave., Room 301 (all welcome).  Also 9pm Downhill Skiing reservation deadline with Maggi Ostrowski:  412-766-0312, and 10pm Ice Skating reservation deadline with Mark Senk:  412-386-6513.

 

Thursday the 5th:  Ice Skating from 2 to 3pm at the Mount Lebanon Recreation Center:  900 Cedar Boulevard.

Saturday the 7th:  8pm Downhill Skiing cancellation deadline with Maggi Ostrowski.

 

Sunday the 8th:  Downhill Skiing at Seven Springs with a 9 am meeting time, Pittsburgh Opera Art Song Recital with a 2pm start time, 10pm Mall Walking Reservation deadline with Joyce Driben:  412-521-4385, and 10pm Indoor Games reservation deadline with Penny Fleckenstein:  412-415-3871.

 

Tuesday the 10th:  12:30pm Tuesday Music Club concert at Saint Andrew's Episcipol Church:  5801 Hampton Street, Pittsburgh, 15206 (check with Joyce Driben).

 

Wednesday the 11th:  Mall Walking at the Monroeville Mall with a 9am start time.

 

Saturday the 14th:  Pittsburgh Opera Brown Bag Lunch series from noon to 1 at 2425 Liberty Ave., (25th Street entrance), and Indoor Games from 2 to 7pm.

 

Tuesday the 17th:  9pm Downhill Skiing reservation deadline with Maggi Ostrowski, and 10pm Ice Skating reservation deadline with Mark Senk.

 

Thursday the 19th:  Ice Skating from 2 to 3pm.

 

Saturday the 21st:  8pm Downhill Skiing cancellation deadline with Maggi Ostrowski.

 

Sunday the 22nd:  Skiing at Seven Springs, and 10pm Mall Walking reservation deadline with Joyce Driben.

 

Wednesday the 25th:  Mall Walking.

 

Thursday the 26th:  6pm deadline to sign up for the Lutheran Center dinner by calling 412-682-1800.

 

Saturday the 28th:  Lutheran Center monthly meal from 5 to 7pm.

 

Sunday the 29th:  2pm City Theatre play Through the Night (audio-description available).

 

Tuesday the 31st:  Audio-described opera performance of Hansel and Gretel, starting at 7pm (operas often last about 3 hours).

   

THE END