CHANGES ARE COMING TO OUR WEBSITE!!

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Many changes will be coming to our website within
the next month or two, so please check back with us.
Our meetings are now held at the Parish Hall at
St. Anne's Episcopal Church
25100 Ridge Road in Damascus, MD.
Tuesdays 9:30am - 11:30am
During the school year

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!!

Click on title for full information)And save the date . . . The first Y-Women meeting of the year will be Tuesday, September 8, 2009. Once again this year we will be meeting at St. Anne's Church in Damascus. Our meetings will start promptly at 9:30 am.

Our Vice Presidents have been busy coming up with a great schedule for the coming year.
Lisa went over out schedule for Sept and Oct, which is as follows:
9-15 Committee Day, learn about each committe so you can decide where you'd like to help
9-22 Quilt making, help make a quilt for our auction with Nancy Opeka
9-29 Make 4/ Take 2 -card making craft with donation to 'Cards for Troops'- by Pam Giganti
10-6 Travelogue- Sylvia McCrady's Baltic Cruise
10-13 Children's Inn Halloween Craft -by Linda Kaufman
10-20 To Be Determined
10-27 Market Day

Remember our Auction is November 17th!
Hope to see you there!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!!

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And save the date . . . The first Y-Women meeting of the year will be Tuesday, September 8, 2009. Once again this year we will be meeting at St. Anne's Church in Damascus. Our meetings will start promptly at 9:30 am. Please contact us if you need to use the nursery - there are forms that need to be filled out in advance of the first meeting. Our first program, in the back-to-school tradition, will be a "What I did on my Summer Vacation" sharing session.
Feel free to talk about or show us:
souvenirs/pictures from travels
home or self-improvement projects
movies you saw
books you read
or anything else you want to share!
We will also have a brief presentation by Helen Mahylis regarding the Damascus Crop (Communities Responding to Overcome Hunger) Walk on October 11, 2009.

Hope to see you there!

Relay for Life completed /Scholarship results are in!!

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This year, Damascus Y-Women participated in the Damascus Relay for Life with a team of 15 led by team captain Becky Keyser. We are proud to report that we were able to raise over $6,800.00. Our " General Store" booth set up on our designated site won first prize!

We are proud to announce that two $1,000.00 Scholarships have been awarded this year. Both senior girls attend Damascus High School and were recognized at the Damascua Awards Night on May 20th.

Damascus Y-Women have one regular meeting left and the our "End of Year" tea (at Brick Ridge Inn in Mt Airy) before we take our summer break. We will start refreshed in the fall ready to begin a new year of friendship, fellowship and service to our community.

Have a fun , safe summer!

New meeting place, Scholarships & more...

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The Damascus Y-Women have moved! We are now meeting at St. Anne's Episcopal Church at 25100 Ridge Road in the Parish Hall. The Nursery is located down stairs.

The Damascus Y-Women, a program of the National Capital YWCA, announces its scholarship program for the 2008-2009 academic year. This year the women’s civic organization will award two $1000 scholarships between applicants from Damascus High School, Gaithersburg High School and Clarksburg High School. The scholarships will be approved by the Damascus Y-Women’s review committee and will be awarded to the DHS, GHS or CHS graduating female who excels in the area of community service.
Applications are available from the high school career center or by emailing Lmmandkids@hotmail.com to request an application.
Contact Lisa Murphy, Scholarship Chairperson, Damascus Y-Women, 301-253-0063 with questions.
Remember: Deadline for application is April 20, 2009.

The Damascus Y-Women are participating in this years Relay for Life at Damascus High School on May 2, 2009. Visit the website to find out more about our team and to donate
http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RFLFY09SA?team_id=453296&pg=team&fr_id=12807&fl=en_US&et=jOm_DJ60WCBnQrRhXKHvVQ..&s_tafId=245078

Program Schedule:

4/07 -No meeting - Spring break
4/14 -Wedding Day - bring you wedding pictures
4/21 - Speaker; Rita Kranidis from Women's Studies at Montgomery College
4/28/ - Plant Exchange - bring bulbs, plants, clipping from your garden to exchange

5/05 - TBA
5/12 - End of Year Trip - Sugarloaf Winery
5/19 - TBA
5/26 - Summer Book Ideas & Swap

6/02 - End of Year Tea - Brick Ridge Inn

It's DYW Scholarship time again!!!

(click title for full information) The Damascus Y-Women, a program of the National Capital YWCA, announces its scholarship program for the 2008-2009 academic year. This year the women’s civic organization will award two $1000 scholarships between applicants from Damascus High School, Gaithersburg High School and Clarksburg High School.
The scholarships will be approved by the Damascus Y-Women’s review committee and will be awarded to the DHS, GHS or CHS graduating female who excels in the area of community service. Applications are available from the high school career center or by emailing Lmmandkids@hotmail.com to request an application. Contact Lisa Murphy, Scholarship Chairperson, Damascus Y-Women, 301-253-0063 with questions.
Remember: Deadline for application is April 20, 2009.

3/3 – Game Day
3/10 – In House Flea Market (**note: we begin meeting at new location: St. Anne's Parish Hall!)
3/17 – speaker - Project Linus
3/24 – TBA
3/31 - TBA
4/7 - no meeting
4/14 - Wedding Day
4/21 – speaker: Women’s Studies topic
4/28 - Plant Exchange
5/5 - TBA
5/12 - Year End Trip
5/19 - TBA
5/26 - Summer Book Ideas and Swap
6/2 - End of Year Luncheon

Holiday Shop/Auction November 13th 5:00 p.m.

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We invite you to join in the fun at our

Holiday Shop and Annual Auction

Thursday, November 13, 2008 5-9pm

Damascus Volunteer Fire Department Activities Bldg

10211 Lewis Drive, Damascus, MD

Instant Live Auctions!
Raffle tickets $2 each or 3 for $5

Longaberger baskets filled to the brim with great items:

1st prize: Boardwalk Basket

2nd prize: Apple Basket
Silent Auction
Crafts Table
Bake Table
Cookie Bar

Chicken Dinner- $12 (comes with 2 sides and a drink)

We will be collecting food items for Damascus HELP
Holiday Shop Vendors include:
Tealightful Treasures, Karin Sauder, 240-271-2070, http://www.tealightfultreasurers.com/

Silpada Designs, Nancy Lambros, 301-482-0469, www.mysilpada.com/nancy.lambros

Gold Canyon Candles, Gael Gordon, 240-818-8568, www.mygc.com/gaelgordon

Party Lite, Michele Delgadillo. 301-972-1894, www.partylite.biz/sites/micheledelgadillo

Tupperware, Norma King, 301-871-3430 or 240-938-1404, tupperrascal@yahoo.com

Mary Kay, Toni Marie Jones-Celtnieks, 240-508-8995 or 301-460-9774, www.marykay.com/tonimjones

Avon, Elizabeth LeVan 301-253-2715, claddagh75@hotmail.com

Longaberger, Sari Croson, 304-728-6288, www.longaberger.com/saricroson

Creative Memories, Pam Giganti, 240-388-3117, www.mycmsite.com/pgiganti

Pampered Chef, Mandy Gething, 410-531-7615, www.pamperedchef.biz/mandycooks4you

Southern Living at Home, Jen Neukam, 301-330-6855, neukam3@msn.com

Bling Bags by Victoria Lynn, Victoria Lynn, 410-374-5308, http://www.victorialynn.net/

Cookie Lee, Janet Green, 301-461-0881, www.cookielee.biz/janetgreen

Arbonne International, Renee Carls, 301-253-4960, http://www.smile.myarbonne.com/

Lemon Drop Jewelry & Gifts, Ruthie Johnson, 240-793-1720, rjohnson@damascuscommbank.com

The Body Shop, Nancy Luna, 301-694-0552, www.thebodyshopathome.com/web/nancyluna

The Angel Company, Gwen Zimmerman, 301-519-0175, http://gwen.ismyangel.net/

Discovery Toys, Kisha Coa , kishacoa@gmail.com

Karen Wagner Jewelry Designs, Karen Wagner, 301-253-0991 or 301-237-0372, kwagnerbeads@yahoo.com

Tomboy Tools, Sue Bunting, 240-417-6015, www.tomboystools.info/sue

Premier Designs Jewelry, Emily Cave, 301-845-0625, emilycave18@gmail.com

Tastefully Simple, Bonnie Turner, 301-371-3320, http://tastefullysimple.com/web/bturner

Carol’s Creations, Carol Richards, 301-253-1556

Embroidery by Ingrid, Ingrid Berkebile, 301-253-4288, embroiderybyingrid@yahoo.com

The Damascus Y~Women are the local chapter of the National Capital Area YWCA and are a 501 c ( 3) organization. The generosity of our business donors, vendors and guests enables us to continue our community outreach by sponsoring cancer and women’s health care initiatives; a local scholarship; and donations to other programs such as Our House, Flights for You, Damascus HELP, Relay for Life, Damascus Heritage Society, Damascus Volunteer Fire Department and others.

Questions, please call Jeannette 301-253-5940