Dear Vintage Ladies
Happy Summer !
I hope you have all enjoyed a warm and wonderful summer! As the season draws to a close, I hope you are all as excited about getting together and returning to Vintage Ladies as I am!
We will begin the year with a joint meeting of all Abbies, Dolleys, and Jackies on September 10th where Susan Harman will teach us how to utilize our convenient website. The website is filled with lots of details about our activities, both past and future, as well as information about our members.
After September, there are many interesting meetings planned by each chapter’s Program Committee. These ladies have been busy all summer and have some terrific activities and presentations in store for us! Many thanks to them!
Learning how to navigate the website at our September meeting will help you gather information all year long from the Vintage Ladies website and find out more about the upcoming meetings and programs!
If you are like me, you have many new neighbors who may be interested in joining Vintage Ladies. Please talk to them about our interesting group and extend to them an invitation to join Vintage Ladies. You can submit their name and phone number or email to our Membership Chair, Pat Dashiell at pdashiell@yahoo.com who will follow through with the new member for all the needed information.
I am privileged to have the opportunity to serve as Executive Chair this year and am looking forward to working with all of you.
Sincerely,
Jeannie Schneider
Executive Chair
So here we are heading into Fall and returning to normal is still a bit down the road. Don’t give up hope!
Our September meeting was supposed to take the place of our June installation luncheon which honors and thanks past officers and welcomes the new. Unfortunately, this has also been canceled.
Since we still do not know when our Vintage Ladies will be able to meet again, I asked Susan Harman to help me find a way to introduce our new and past officers. She has put together a wonderful pdf presentation of images of these special ladies. Just click on the button to the right to view or download this presentation.
I have been trying to come up with ideas of other ways we can continue to stay in touch. Perhaps small gatherings held by each chapter and led by a member who could share an interesting topic or collection. These would also have restrictions to size and location. Any ideas would be most welcomed.
In the meantime, take a few minutes to enjoy these photos of your fellow Vintage Ladies who have volunteered their time and creativity. Thank you to the ladies who have offered to be our leaders, and to those who have done so in the past year. A toast to you! And a special thanks to Susan for taking the time to put this presentation together.
My prayers and thoughts are with any Member who has experienced a tragedy during this time of distancing. I sincerely hope that we and our loved ones stay well, and this strange time will be a but a memory in the coming months.
To end on a lighter note: Quarantine has me realizing why dogs get so excited about something moving outside or going for walks and car rides.
I just stood at the window and barked at a squirrel.
Pat Dashiell
Executive Chair
Vintage Ladies of St. James
I hope that summer has been good to all - whether it was enjoying visits from family and friends or doing some extra traveling or beach time.
I feel honored that I was asked to be your Executive Director, and look forward to working with my fellow Executive and Chapter Officers in the coming year. This is a wonderful club, and I am very glad to be a part of it. Since joining in 2016, I quickly found out how both enjoyable and enlightening Vintage Ladies Programs are. Oh, forgot to mention fun!
Dolleys, Abbies and Jackies, my hopes are to attend as many of your activities as possible and meet more of our members. I truly value the friendships that I have been made belonging to the Vintage Ladies of St. James.
I am excited to share this coming 2019-2020 year exploring historical events, antiques, fun and friendships with all of you.
September will begin with the introduction of our new VL website, a great communications tool for all of us. As the 1959 song goes “I’ll see you in September”.
Pat Dashiell
Executive Chair
Vintage Ladies of St. James
Dear Vintage Ladies
Happy Spring!
We are almost at the end of another successful year for the Vintage Ladies of
St. James Plantation. The program committees have provided a wide range of interesting speakers and fun, educational outings. We enjoyed two joint meetings this year and plan for more in the future. Also a keepsake Yearbook was provided this year with invaluable information. A new Yearbook will be ready for distribution at our October meeting. In addition, the Articles were revised to reflect our current procedures. Check them out here on the website under Archives. Our website has been redesigned and updated so that it is always a source of accurate program information.
It has been a busy two years while I have had the honor of serving as Executive Chair. Thank you to every board member! You have made my job easier and very rewarding. I am constantly amazed at the talents, thoughtfulness and commitment of all our members. We are truly a diverse group of
intelligent women. It has been a privilege to get to know so many of you
and to work with you.
Keep in mind, Vintage Ladies, with programs, authors and day trips on local history, antiques, and collectibles, runs on the energy and creativity of its members. While you are enjoying all the activities, please consider how you can contribute and become more involved in our club! When the nominating committee calls to ask for your participation, I hope you will say YES! You will find that being an active member of Vintage Ladies is a rewarding experience. And remember to invite your friends and neighbors to one of our monthly meetings - they are always welcome, and they may want to
become a member as well.
I look forward to seeing everyone at our 2023 Celebration Brunch and installation of officers on June 2 at the Members Club hosted by the Abbies.
Jeannie Schneider
Executive Chair
2022 - 2023
