Summer Fun!

A Day at Wells Beach

Dinner and a cruise on Lake Winnipesaukee

Our group enjoyed many social events over the summer months, including a cruise on the MS. Mt. Washington, a trip to Wells Beach, a cooking class at Stonewall kitchen, and an hilarious play at The Barnstormers.  There were also kayak trips and golf games in between to round out the summer fun.

Plant Sale Fundraiser

On Saturday, May 31st we held a very successful Plant Sale, teaming with the Cook Memorial Library in Tamworth who also held their book sale.  The weather was great and our perennials sold quickly, as did the cement leaf birdbaths made by our members - that is a fun project!  Our profit from this sale was $1,076.00 which will greatly help our literacy projects.  Thank you to the Cook Memorial Library for sharing their space with us!

Year End Cookout!

On Monday, June 9th, we held our annual year-end cookout and initiated 3 new members to Carroll County Altrusa.  The dinner was hosted by Cathy Baybutt at her beautiful home and gardens with delicious dishes provided by all the members.  What a bunch of great cooks!  We were also delighted to welcome Kathy, Marsha, and Betsy as members to our club.  They are bringing exciting new service ideas and energy to our group as we look forward to a new year of service to our communities.

New Officers Inducted

At our dinner meeting on May12th, we inducted our new slate of officers and Board members for the 2014-2015 year.  They are:

• President - Thelma LeBlanc
• Vice President - Kathy Somerville
• Secretary - Cindy Hyatt
• Treasurer - Judy Yeary
• Immediate Past President - Pat Kehoe
• Board Members: Barb Kennett, Terry Packard, Ruth Stevens

Proposed Summer Activities

Our Club is planning many fun activities for the summer and has discussed the following:

• June 30th - Mt. Washington Cruise on Lake Winnipesaukee, 6-9 pm.  Contact Pat
• July 14th - A Day at York Beach, hosted by Lorraine and Barbara.  Contact Lorraine
• July 15th - Stonewall Kitchen Cooking School, York, ME 11:30 - 1:00 $50. Contact Ruth 
• August 13th - Barnstormers production of "Be My Baby", with dinner at Chequers Villa Contact Pat
• August 21st - Stone Mountain Arts Center, dinner followed by a Free Concert. Individual reservations
• Sap House Meadery in Ossipee and Lunch at Mountainview Station. TBA Contact Terry 

Some members will be gathering to play golf.  If interested, call Diane.

Red Sox Tickets Raffle Winner!!

Cathy Sholtanis presents raffle winner, Paul Mattatall, with Red Sox tickets.

Paul Mattatall, of Eidelweiss in Madison, was the winner of our Red Sox Ticket Raffle.  A long-time baseball coach and Red Sox fan, Paul won 2 tickets to seats on the Green Monster for a regular season home game.  Many thanks to Terry and Wendell Packard for donating the tickets to Altrusa of Carroll County.

Women's Build - Habitat for Humanity

     For the 5th year, Altrusa of Carroll County has assisted the MWV Habitat for Humanity with the annual Women's Build held on Saturday, May 10th.  Each year Lowes and Habitat for Humanity encourage women to participate in the building process and Lowes donates $5,000 towards the construction effort.  Our club supports this work by providing coffee, water, pastries baked by members and a full lunch for all the participants.  Big Dave's Bagels provided sandwiches at a generous discount, and both Shaws and Hannafords contributed to the lunch.  After lunch, a couple of our members picked up their hammers and went to work hanging storm doors, shutters and building a storage shed.  Together, a group of women can accomplish great things!