Chicago WF activities 2011

Holiday Party for ladies - Holiday Inn, Des Plaines, IL 1/29/11
Computer Class for ladies by Jojo Perumanathettu @ Community Center 3/19/11
Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament, Schaumburg, IL  -Family Nite 4/29/11
Seminar for the parents of teenagers on how to communicate with teens. Dr. Margaret Baumann @ Community Center 5/7/11
Seminar for teens and parents - Dr. Thomas Naratadam @ Community Center 7/2011
ULSAV 2011 - fund raising program -stage show 9/4/11

ULSAV 2011 - Chicago WF Annual Fund-raising program

Dear all,
Chicago WF will be conducting a fund raising program on 9/4/11. The highlight to this program will be an opening segment by the talented and well-known artist Ms. Shingari Makkora. She will be teaching up to 5 different dances in this segment to boys and girls age 10 and up. Those who are interested please come to the audition on 5/14/11 @ 10:00am to the community center, Chicago. Participants will be responsible for the teacher and costume fee.
Chicago WF Executives.

Upcoming events!

Regional seminars and fund raising activities.

Chicago Seminar - May 7, 2011 Dear all, KCS Women's Forum Chicago will be conducting a seminar for the parents of preteens, teens, and young adults on Saturday 5/7/11 at 12 pm at the Community Center. Dr. Baumann, a Hines physician who is a Harvard Univ graduate will be conducting the seminar. The topics covered will be how to improve communication with teens, how to identify signs and symptoms of drug use and depression among the youngsters. Everyone who is interested please be on time on 5/7 th.  Sincerely, KCS Women's Forum Executives.  New York Seminar - June 5, 2011 On behalf of Greater New York WF , I would like to inform you that we are planning mothers day and nurses day celebration on June 5th with seminar on communication skills plus entertainment. Later on planned for Onam celebration, Drug and Alcohol Addiction treatment etc. Date will be decided as per center availability. Inviting all of you on June 5th. Will keep in touch.                                            Thanks. Vimala Puthuparambil , secretary Greater NY WF

KCWFNA Vision and goals for 2011-2013

Dear all,

Vision and Goals:  We would like to have a conference call with all regions and receive input from all local units.   We are here to offer any support and help.  If newer Woman's Forum units need advice, we would love to help them.  

Our main goal is to focus on our family and children.  We will do some healthy and effective seminars in each regions, based on family life

Also, we would like to raise money for less fortunate families in Kerala, such as those who cannot afford a wedding for their daughters or to children who lack school supplies, clothes, umbrellas, etc. 

We have a lot of experience in fund raising, so we would like to help local units come up with ideas for fund raising, if they needed it.   

We would like to start a national raffle.  We would send the raffles to each local unit.  The local units can sell the raffles on behalf of the National Woman's Forum, and keep some of the money.  And the rest would be for our National organization.  We are thinking possible prizes are cruises tickets, flights, jewelry, TVs, etc. 

Amend the bylaws of the Women's Forum.

Sincerely,

Gracy Vachachira

President, National Woman's Forum

KCWFNA Mission Statement

KCWFNA Mission Statement

The Knanaya Catholic Women's Forum will be a platform for women to meet, share ideas, organize, strive, strengthen, reflect, and empower their value in the Knanaya Community and be role models as devotional Christian women to their daughters and sisters.

Executive Meeting minutes

KCWFNA

National Executive Meeting in Atlanta

March 4, 2011

Attendees:  Gracy Vachachira, Lizy Thottapuram, Jismol Puthussery and Merlin Kallarakanil

President Gracy Vachachira started with a prayer.

We have planned to amend the constitution and the by-laws of KCWFNA as soon as possible.

We also planned to build a website for KCWFNA.

Things to do: We currently have 8 regions. We are going to have a phone conference every 3rd week with the National Executives and all the local WF executives in each region. We will discuss the activities they did and what else they can do. At the end of this year we are planning to gather all 8 regions in one place and have a two day get-together with Seminars that include parent’s role, mother’s role, communication with teenagers and family issues. In the evening we can have cultural programs, socialization, and dinner.

These things must be discussed by each unit and planned accordingly.

Prathiba, our Joint Secretary, could not make it to Atlanta, but we discussed everything with her and she agreed with us. She already gathered almost all the e-mail ID of our NC members except for a few. Good work Prathiba. She is going to make blog, so we all can put comments and ideas in it.

In this report I want to inform to all that KCCNA agreed to give us $5000.00 during the NC meeting held at Atlanta on March 5, 2011.   

Reported by

Lizy Thottapuram

Secretary KCWFNA.

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