Club Connections
Dunwoody Woman's Club
Serving the community since 1971
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Marigolds, Flower of the Month |
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Wednesday, Oct 12 -10:00 - 2:00
Annual Home Tour
Thursday, Oct 20 - 10:00
General Meeting
North Shallowford Annex
4470 N. Shallowford Rd
Tuesday, Oct 25 - 6:00 - 8:00pm
DWC Meet and Greet
Donaldson-Bannister Farm
4831 Chamblee-Dunwoody Road
Sponsored by: Membership
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Thursday, Oct 27 - 10:30
Dunwoody Nature Center Tour
5343 Roberts Dr,
Sponsored by: Environment
Tuesday, Nov 1 - 1:00pm
Book Club - via Zoom
"The Santa Suit" by Mary Kay Andrews
Sponsored by: Education & Libraries
Wednesday, Nov 2 - 1:00pm
Octoberfest Adult Day Dunwoody
1 Dunwoody Park #123, Dunwoody
Sponsored by: Arts & Culture
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Ways and Means
2022 DWC Home Tour
October 12, 2022
10:00am - 2:00pm
DWC Home Tour
As we write this article for the Club newsletter the Home Tour is right around the corner. We know we will have another successful event with three great homes and another exciting Southern Comforts event.
Please be sure that all Home Tour ticket money is turned in no later than the October General Meeting so that our Treasurer, Carolyn Anderson, can get the total proceeds for the Finance Committee. Call Diane Norris, Susan Crawford or Faye Cashwell if you need help with delivery/pick up. Thanks for your cooperation!!
To all of our members for working the day of the tour, we thank you for a “job well done”!!!
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Membership
Event: DWC Meet & Greet
Date: Tuesday, October 25, 2022
Time: 6:00 -8:00 pm
Where: Donaldson-Bannister Farm
Mary Kay Andrews, New York Times bestselling author will be our guest speaker. Light refreshments will be served. Please invite your friends and neighbors who might be interested in joining DWC to this Membership Event. Please make your reservation by October 18 by emailing Beverly Clark at BeverlyRClark@hotmail.com.
If you signed up at the September General meeting, we have your reservation – no need to email. We ask that our members park on Vermack and not in the gravel lot adjacent to the Donald-Bannister House as we would like to reserve the parking lot for our guests. This event is being widely publicized (City of Dunwoody E-Newsletter, The AHA Connection, The Crier and Mary Kay Andrews’ website) so we are hopeful for a large attendance.
If you would like to help at the event, or setting up for this event, please also email Beverly.
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COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS |
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Octoberfest Adult Day Dunwoody
Wednesday, November 2, 10:00 am to 12:30 pm. Help DWC celebrate Oktoberfest 2022 at Adult Day of Dunwoody, 1 Dunwoody Park #123.
Susanne Bentz will lead us through the Austrian Alps for ALMABTRIEB. Almabtrieb is the tradition of moving cows from high mountain pastures to their valley home. This tradition is a parade of cows adorned with colorful headdress, community having beer and major food eats. DWC members will assist the people of Adult Day Dunwoody in making leis to wear, celebrating with apple juice and cookies, not beer and food. Sorry ladies! There will be traditional music and songs.
Coming in November
Tour of Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center followed by lunch at Brooklyn Cafe.
Up coming events:
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Stage Door Theater - "Ordinary Days", by Adam Gwon, from 09/30-10/16. "Zombie Prom", from 10/28-10/30.
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Hilbert Margol, Dunwoody resident - Oct 18, 10:30 am, 4470 North Shallowford Road. Hilbert, aged 98, to speak, he was one of the first liberators of Dachau. Those attending must be fully vaccinated (mask optional). Reservations by Oct 7 by emailing Judy Cone at ricemon212@aol.com.
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Savory & Sweet Food Trucks every Thursday 5pm-9pm Brook Run Park every Thursday thru October.
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Latin Music and Free Salsa Lessons at Eclipse di Luna Park Place every Wednesday night starting at 7:30pm.
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High Museum of Art - Engage directly with works of art in the galleries through docent-led HIGHlights tours every Saturday and Sunday 1pm. Tours begin in the Taylor Lobby at the Ellsworth Kelly painting.
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Civic Engagement and Outreach
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October is Crime Prevention Month, Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. Wear purple to honor survivors and raise awareness of domestic violence, dating violence and signs of unhealthy relationships.
October 9-15 – Fire Prevention Week – Theme for 2022 is “Fires Won’t Wait, Plan Your Escape.”
Thanksgiving boxes for Wellspring Living for October – The GFWC-GA President’s state project for October is Thanksgiving boxes for Wellspring Living. Donna Knowlton and Maria Barnhart will deliver food box donations to the NW District meeting on October 15. If you are so inclined to help you can purchase one of the following items to be included in the DWC Thanksgiving food box:
- $30 grocery gift card to cover perishables (i.e., meat, frozen dessert, etc.)
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1 box stuffing mix, 1 box instant mashed potatoes, 1 turkey gravy mix, (.87 oz. packet),
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1 can cranberry sauce, 2 cans Glory Foods collard greens, 2 cans sweet potatoes, 1 box macaroni & cheese and 1 box of Jiffy cornbread.
You can drop off your donation any time before October 14 at Maria’s home at 5005 Wickford Way. She will have a Rubbermaid container on the front porch for these donations. Thank you for your help and support.
Thursday, October 27, 6 - 8pm at Brook Run Park - Sixth Annual “Trunk or Treat” event sponsored by the Dunwoody Police Department. Civic Engagement will again donate Halloween candy and decorations to the police department. If you would like to add to our donations for this event, bring your items to the October General Meeting.
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Up coming events:
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November 8 – Election Day – Don’t Forget to Vote!
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November 8 – Sandwich Making Workshop for “The Sandwich Project.” 10:00am-12:00pm at the North Shallowford Annex.
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December 17 - It’s not too early to sponsor a wreath for Wreaths Across America. You can sponsor a wreath ($15 each) by going to wreathsacrossamerica. This is the direct link to the Roswell Historical Society wreaths campaign. Or you can mail a check payable to RHS Cemetery Fund, memo Wreaths, PO Box 1636, Roswell, GA 30077. We will participate in the wreath laying ceremony at Old Roswell Cemetery.
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Our October 20, General Meeting will feature Elizabeth Meszaros-Bardoczi, Dunwoody Branch Manager of the Dekalb County Library Dunwoody. She will inform us of the many programs at the library especially those for Seniors. We will be working with the library as part of the GFWC “Community Connection Initiative, Bringing the Sparkle to Public Libraries.”
October is Learning Disabilities Awareness Month
Learning disabilities affect as many as 20% of our students. According to the Department of Education, 2.5 million kids have been identified with specific learning disabilities as many as 6 million with ADHD. Still more have not been identified—and so many don’t get the attention they need. Unless we help them, the national cost in human potential and hard dollars will be tremendous.
- Dyslexia (reading problems)
- Dysgraphia (writing problems)
- Dyscalculia (math problems)
- Executive Function Difficulties (problems with organization)
- ADHD (trouble regulating attention)
Even though students with learning and attention issues face some challenges in certain areas of learning like reading, writing, or math, these students often have great skills and talents.
Book Club
We will be reading and discussing The Santa Suit by Mary Kay Andrews for our November 1 book club meeting. This is a delightful, heartwarming story about family, love, loss, and determination. It’s a novella, but it’s packed with great characters, a lovely
small town, and a bit of mystery and romance.
We’ll have the chance to talk about this book and her others during Mary Kay Andrews’ author event on October 25, from 6 -8 pm at the Donaldson Banister Farm. Invite your friends and neighbors.
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Tuesday, September 22, we toured the Brook Run Demo Gardens with their Master Gardener Group, with a lecture and tour at the gardens followed by lunch.
Thursday, October 27, we will meet at 10:30 am at Dunwoody Nature Center for an update and weather permitting a tour of the meadow gardens.
Coming events:
Container garden workshop middle of October and speaker from Audubon at November General Meeting.
Chamblee animal shelter is desperate for towels and newspapers. They are over full!!
On-going organizations:
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Audubon: Summer Birding at DNC Oct. 22, 8-10AM $10 and free to DNC members. Contact DNC to sign up 770-394-3322
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Dunwoody Nature Center: Join us on Oct. 14 and/or 28 for the popular Friday Night Hikes. Oct. 19th presents Science and Solutions for a Warming World. Forest Bathing with a Certified Forest Therapy Guide is on Oct. 22, and a Plein Air Art Class on Oct. 30.
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Master Gardeners: Brook Run has their 2nd Saturdays Programs from 11:00-noon. Oct. 8th is Shade Gardening.
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Pebble Tossers: With a membership you can share their news and support this group working with teens and younger to learn how to share their gifts and time.
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Recycling: Please let us know the number and value of items you cleaned out and recycled. CAC & Fur Kids on Holcomb Bridge, CHARM at livethrive.org/charm, at Morgan Falls or Roswell Recycling.
Tips: Now is the time for your fall planting Trees Atlanta are planting thousands and can use your support. If you do plant trees please let Kathy know.
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month
The Health & Wellness Committee wishes you good breast health, not only during October but for a lifetime. Good health starts with annual check-ups. Don’t forget to get your mammogram this year and remind your friends, and daughters. Most of the mammogram centers shown below will make appointments online. The following is a list of local mammogram providers:
- Northside/Atlanta Breast Care Center - 404-845-5700
- Piedmont – Doris Shaheen Breast Health Center - 470-271-1625
- St. Josephs’ – Ed & Dora Voyles Breast Health Center - 404-686-0500
October: Other National Health and Wellness Initiatives
- National Dental Hygiene Mo
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Depression Screening Day mhanational.org
- National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
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Civic Engagement and Outreach - Needed by October 14th
- $30 grocery gift card to cover perishables (i.e., meat, frozen dessert, etc.)
- 1 box stuffing mix, 1 box instant mashed potatoes, 1 turkey gravy mix, (.87 oz. packet),
- 1 can cranberry sauce, 2 cans Glory Foods collard greens, 2 cans sweet potatoes, 1 box macaroni & cheese and 1 box of Jiffy cornbread
Health and Wellness
LUTHERAN TOWERS HOLIDAY GIFT BAGS - Collecting items now thru December 2022:
- Travel size toiletries (shampoos, conditioner, soap, lotions, etc.
- Toothbrushes, Toothpaste, Floss, Men’s razors
- Gently used paperback books
- Socks for Men and Women
- Clean Ladies scarves, Men’s baseball caps
- Non-perishable snacks
- Holiday ornaments
- Costume jewelry
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GFWC Clubwoman
Recognizing Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October
By Nagi Kumar, Ph.D., Health and Wellness Honorary Chairman
About one in eight U.S. women (about 13%) will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime. In 2022, it is estimated that more than 320,000 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in the US and 43,250 women are expected to die in 2022 from this disease. However, the good news is that as a result of advances in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer, breast cancer survival rates have increased. Additionally, the number of deaths associated with breast cancer is steadily declining, largely due to our better understanding of the disease as well as early detection and treatment strategies.
Some risk factors for breast cancer include advanced age, gender (women more than men), personal history of breast cancer, genetic and reproductive risk factors, and hormone use.
What are the strategies to prevent breast cancer? When breast cancer is found early, the chance of treating the disease successfully is the greatest. The recommendation is for women to follow these guidelines:
- Age 25 to 39: Get a clinical breast exam every one to three years.
- Age 40 and older: Get a mammogram and clinical breast exam every year.
- Breast exams by a qualified medical professional and regular mammograms can detect breast cancer early.
- Women should be familiar with their breasts. Report any changes such as new lumps or masses to your doctor without delay.
- Women at higher risk based on their family or personal risk may need to be tested more often and as recommended by their doctor.
Other strategies that may reduce the risk of breast cancer include:
- Avoid being overweight, especially after menopause.
- Select a healthy diet with whole grains, vegetables, fruits, lean meats, poultry, fish, and nuts rich in omega-3 fats.
- Engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity. Your goal should be 150 to 300 minutes of moderate intensity or 75 to 150 minutes of vigorous intensity activity each week or a combination of these.
- Avoid or limit alcohol to one drink per day.
- Breastfeed as long as six months and even after other foods are introduced.
- If you are starting hormone replacement therapy for treatment of menopausal symptoms, consult with your doctor.
- If you have a strong family history of breast cancer, it may be important to get genetic testing done. Several strategies for treating exceptionally high-risk women are in place and continues to emerge.
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Legislation
Georgia Election 2022 Schedule
October 11
General Election Voter Registration. Last day for a person to register and be eligible to vote in the November General Election and Runoff Election.
October 17
Early Voting Begins.
October 22
Saturday Voting - All Counties
October 23
County-Specific Sunday Voting
October 28
Last day to submit absentee ballot application for the November General Election
October 29
Saturday Voting in all counties for the November General Election
October 30
County-Specific Sunday Voting
November 4
Last day to cast an early vote in-person
November 7
Last day for a person to register and be eligible to vote in the General Election Runoff
November 8
Election Day
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Ella F. White and Lipscomb Society
The Ella F. White Memorial Endowment Fund was established in 1913 to ensure that the GFWC Georgia State Office is well equipped and funded. Ella White served as the President of GFWC Georgia from 1911-1913. The groundwork for the fund was laid during her administration. She passed away while in office, and the fund was named after her as a tribute. The principal fund remains intact and only the net income can be used for the purposes of GFWC Georgia. The initial investment was $3,300, which was raised by members through the printing and sales of a special edition of the Atlanta Constitution. Any contribution amount is appreciated. Please give your check—made out to GFWC-Georgia with Ella F. White in the memo line—to Pam King so she can mail it to the state office. Thank you in advance for your support!
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Stage Door Theatre
Sharon Clark
September 30th - October 16th - Ordinary Days
October 28th - 30th Zombie Prom
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Tallulah Falls School
Linda Mote * Diane Norris
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“The 2022, 77 member graduating class earned 9.5 million in scholarships to 125 colleges. The 2022 graduates are attending schools all over the United States and around the world. Two members of this class will be attending U. S. Military Academies. Tallulah Falls Schools emphasis on academic, athletic, artistic, and especially character development has played a key role in the students’ success at every level. The many extracurricular opportunities now offered at TFS gives students freedom to pursue and develop outside interests.
The school has moved light years forward from where we were just 10 or 15 years ago. In such a short time we now have a nationally ranked GA Championship Barbecue team, students are winning scholarships for Bass Fishing, Golf, Volleyball, Track and Field, Swimming and Diving and Precision Rifle. Many of the athletic teams finished the year with winning. In the not so distant past, we were just glad to reach the end of a season! This was part of Amy Atkinson's report for Institute.
We will be touring TFS in the Spring. Plan to join us.
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Women in History
Suzanne Bentz
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Henrietta Lacks(born Loretta Pleasant, 1920-1951)
If you attended school in the 1950s, you may have been seated next to a classmate who came down with polio. Having contracted the disease, a dear friend spent months in an iron lung and, to this day, cannot properly bend his legs. So, it was alarming to learn that the poliovirus reappeared this summer in the United States for the first time in a generation.
The virus, which spreads through direct contact with fecal matter, was detected in sewage in Rockland and Orange County, New York, communities with a lower vaccination rate (60 percent) than anywhere else in the country. “Before the invention of an oral vaccine in the early 1950s and a sweeping campaign of childhood vaccinations, polio outbreaks caused more than 15,000 cases of paralysis in the U.S. alone every year.” Jonas Salk’s cell research led to the development and mass production of the lifesaving polio vaccine in the mid 1950s. Henrietta Lacks was the unwitting source of the first “immortalized human cell line” that led to Salk’s discovery.
Henrietta Lacks, an African-American woman, was born Loretta Pleasant in Roanoke, Virginia. Her family’s not sure how she came to be called Henrietta or Hennie, but when her mom died giving birth to her tenth child, 4-year-old Hennie and her siblings were distributed among various family members. Hennie moved into a log cabin in Clover, Virginia, with her maternal grandfather, and shared a room with her first cousin, Day Lacks, who would become her future husband. Hennie worked in the tobacco fields and attended the designated black school, but dropped out in the sixth grade to help support the family.
Hennie and Day moved to Maryland so Day could work at Bethlehem Steel. Sadly, Hennie was diagnosed in 1951 with cervical cancer shortly after giving birth to her seventh and last child. Before her death at age 31, Hennie was treated at John Hopkins, the only hospital in the area that accepted black patients. During her treatments, two samples were taken from Hennie’s cervix for research without her permission or knowledge.
Hennie’s cancerous sample cells were the first to be observed that could be divided multiple times without dying. Thus, they could be used in conducting many experiments and were deemed immortal. Today they are known as the HeLa cell line. In standard medical practice, the first two letters of Hennie’s first and last name were used to label the samples. It would take several decades before Hennie’s family became aware of her contribution to medical science. The courts would eventually rule on consent issues and privacy concerns.
Today, Hennie’s legacy is celebrated through university lecture series, honorary doctorate awards, the naming of medical buildings, a statue in Bristol, England, and in popular documentaries on Netflix, HBO, and others. Last year, the World Health Organization recognized Hennie’s unknowing contributions to science and medicine. Hennie died a young woman but her legacy is immortal.
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Newsletter
Carolyn Anderson carolyn506@gmail.com
Kay Moe kgp12@att.net
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51 Years of Service in our Community 1971-2022 |
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