Typically, the June President’s message would be focused on recapping a very successful Silent “no more!” Auction. While it saddens me to miss the opportunity to gush about our wonderful auction, I am determined to make our 2021 auction a humdinger of an event!! Stay tuned!

Many thanks to our May speaker, Jessica Hernandez, LCSW, Director of Survivor Community Support Programs and our board member, Danielle Petrangelo, Senior SAFEPLAN Advocate, SAFEPLAN Program, for engaging us in a discussion about the difficulties in helping victims of domestic violence during the pandemic. In spite of the numerous challenges facing them, the YWCA continues to provide amazing support to all victims. Since the YWCA has been unable to do any fundraising due to COVID, they are in great need of financial support. Our club members voted unanimously to make a donation of $400 to be used for emergency services for survivors. Some members are also donating the money they normally would be paying for dinner meetings every month to this important cause. Thank you, everyone!

We have quite a bit of business to take care of at our June 8th virtual meeting. We will induct our newest club member, Maria Maloney. We are very excited to have Maria join us and look forward to working with her!  We also welcome Sue Seaver, who transferred to our Quaboag Valley club from the Zonta Club of Southern Maine. We will install a new executive board for the 2020-2022 biennium. In addition, we look forward to recognizing our 2020 Young Women in Public Affairs award recipient, Jena Marie Roseman, who will join us at our meeting.

June 2020