Holiday Greetings to All!  BWA on December 14 is a good way to kick off this special season of sharing, celebrating and generally having a good time.  Has everyone been as swamped with everything from little details to big and difficult decisions?  Let's all get together and shed those heavy thoughts for a while, together.  I always come away from a BWA meeting feeling really good about the wonderful group of women we all are! 

I invite you to share in our BWA Holiday Gift Collection project to help spread holiday cheer.  More details are attached.

I look forward to seeing everyone again, and in the meantime, wish you all a very happy holiday filled with peace, serenity and joy.

Elly

President of BWA

Welcome to our newest BWA members:

Pauline Grant, CEO of Broward Health North Broward Medical Center, a 409-bed community hospital.  She earned her MS and MBA as well as an FACHE.  Pauline is a big fan of Miami Dolphins football team.

Date:  Monday, December 14, 2009

Time:  11:30 a.m.

Location:  The Tower Club

Members:  No charge - Guests: $25.00 due at the door

Gentle Reminder - Your dues covers the cost of all of your lunches.  If you invite a guest, please pay $25/guest at the door.  Please do not send a guest in your place.  If you cannot attend, please cancel your guest as well.

Luanne Lenberg, VP/General Manager at Sawgrass Mills will be our guest speaker on December 14.

In the spirit of the holiday season, BWA is asking members to bring gifts for two of our member charities:  Gilda's Club South Florida and Lighthouse of Broward.  A wish list is attached.  Thank you!

• BWA member Chris Madden is being honored as one of the Fab Four by Junior Achievement South Florida Business Hall of Fame on March 3, 2010.
• Melinda Lee hosts Breakthrough Medicine on Channel 10 (ABC).  The University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine's second episode of Breakthrough Medicine aired on November 15th.  To see Melinda in action visit  http://www.uhealthsystem.com/breakthrough/episode2.asp and click on Breakthrough Medicine. Topic: Bone Cancer

• Fort Lauderdale Children's Theatre presents A Christmas Carol, December 11-20.  Fridays at 7:30 pm, Saturdays and Sundays at 2 pm.  Presented at Dillard Center for the Arts.  Call 954-763-6701 or go to www.FLCT.org to purchase tickets.  Use code "BWA" for $3 off per ticket.
• Save the Date:  Marlins Celebrity Classic Golf Tournament on February 11, 2010 at Parkland Golf and Country Club.  Come out and tee off with Marlins players, coaches and executives.  Contact Nancy Olson at
  nolson@marlins.com.
• Cindy Schutt announces the 25th Anniversary Celebration for Covenant House Florida on March 6, 2010 at Broward Center for the Performing Arts.  "A Night of Broadway Stars" featuring wonderful classics from "Phantom of the Opera", "Cats" and other Broadway showstoppers.  

Meeting Dates for 2010:

January 11

February 8

March 8

April 12

May 10

June 14