Janaury, 2007

President's Note

News Among Friends

Events

Mentoring

Birthdays

Meetings

Cay Dickson
Newsletter Editor

Texas Executive Women
PO Box 22593
Houston, 77027
713-473-3222
(TEW voicemail)

Web site:
www.tewhouston.org

LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

January President's Message:

Happy New Year to all Texas Executive Women! Welcome to a year in TEW that holds much promise for all our members.

My personal dream this year is to help all TEW members share my experience and enjoy the benefits of active participation with our beloved group. Since joining as a 2003 Woman on the Move®, I have come to love and appreciate the organization in ever increasing degrees. There is tremendous respect for our founders and leaders and the impressive accomplishments that are generously sprinkled throughout our history.

As regular meeting attendees we have been provided a broad spectrum of speakers and programs to enhance our knowledge of events in our community. Through our mentoring programs we have touched the lives of many deserving young women and assured their ability to pursue career goals by bestowing scholarships.

Annually we select 10 deserving women in the community who represent our values and determination. We honor them with the Woman on the Move® award and welcome them to our ranks. We earnestly hope that by so doing we accomplish several things. We raise the funds required to operate our mentoring programs, to underwrite our scholarship budget and to grow our membership. We believe that membership for that first year should expose every WOM to the joys of nurturing young women and to the pleasure of cultivating lasting friendships within our ranks.

Like trust fund children we can simply soak up the largess of our past, or like visionaries we can work together to assure our work will be carried on for generations to come.

So, please come be a visionary with me. Send us your renewal dues if you haven't already done so. Place our meeting date on your monthly calendar (it's the second Tuesday). Plan to take part in our social events in the summer and during the holidays. And by all means make a New Year's resolution to support the Woman on the Move® luncheon by promoting table sales with sponsor prospects. So let us each be legacy minded as we enter 2007, a year filled with promise for TEW and its future.

Beverly Kaufman

President

NEWS AMONG FRIENDS

This is a reminder that we are always looking for TEW Member news. Tell us what you're doing, what your company is doing or what other TEW members are doing. This is the place to toot your own horn. Your response is always welcome. Just send any information or news about yourself or any other member to Beth Ann Scher at scherstvl@pdq.net

GO CRUISIN' WITH THE ROSE
Dorothy Gibbons, Executive Director, sent information on an upcoming cruise that TEW members might be interested in taking. The Rose, a non-profit breast health care organization, will be taking to the Caribbean with our very first cruise! During seven days, February 18-25, our first stop will be Ocho Rios, Jamaica. Here you can go diving, horseback riding, golfing or river rafting. Seven Mile Beach, a turtle farm and a chance to swim with gentle stingrays await you in Grand Cayman. Then in Cozumel you will find an island paradise of pristine beaches, coral reefs, and duty-free shops. As a part of the Cruisin’ Pink Crew, you’ll enjoy exclusive entertainment and activities. Get the registration form.    Get a flyer on the cruise.

TEW MENTORING PROGRAM

The girls in our mentoring programs had a great time at the Woman On The Move Luncheon® this year. See some photos of the girls from Ladies of Distinction and Career Women of the Future

It's the beginning of a new year and the home stretch for our seniors in our mentoring programs.

Things are underway for this year's programs, and any TEW members who are interested in helping on any level are urged to contact one of the VPs and let them know.

Keep up with what's going on in the Aldine programs:
2007 Ladies of Excellence Programs

2007 Ladies of Distinction Programs

2006-2007 Career Women of the Future Programs

See the 2006 Mentoring Video. You will gain a true perspective of what the program is about and how it has affected the lives of so many young women.

JANUARY BIRTHDAYS

1/3    Debbie A. Blalock    1/8    Maureen I. Sanders    1/9    Doris LeFevre-Strain    1/22    Rachel McDonell Rolon

UPCOMING MEETING MEMO

January 9 - Jim Granato, Ph.D. Director, University of Houston Center for Public Policy; Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Houston.  He will be "looking into 2007".

RSVP ASAP to Mamie Moy
leave message on machine at 713-743-2720,
or email Mamie.Moy@mail.uh.edu and reference TEW in the subject line

Upcoming Meetings:
February 13 - TBA (will be at the Briar Club)

TEW North (TEWN) MEETING INFORMATION