Do you know a woman who should be a part of BWA?

New members pay 1/2 membership fee. Nominate someone now while the dues are pro-rated. Nomination form attached. Cost is $115 for membership plus $25 Scholarship donation through June 2010. This is also a great time to invite guests to our lunch. We have almost 100 members and we want to keep on growing. Contact Geri Trodick, VP of Membership, kayuba@comcast.net.

It's almost time to start humming "Take Me Out to the Ballgame"...The annual BWA Night at the Marlins is scheduled for Wednesday, May 5. It's a 7:10 p.m. game against the San Francisco Giants. Thanks to a very generous Nancy Olson, Executive Director of the Florida Marlins Community Foundation, BWA members are in for a special evening - an on-field check presentation of a $1,000 grant from the Florida Marlins Community Foundationt, and a terrific time in a suite watching baseball and enjoying hot dogs and more. Cost is $50, all of which goes to the BWA Scholarship Fund. If you're interested in tickets - spouses and friends are welcome - please contact Dorothy Klein (dklein@bplfoundation.org)

We are mixing things up a little for this outstanding February meeting. Our program will be in part – our self-introductions with a new twist.  More details when you get to the meeting.
Suzanne Higgins has obtained wonderful prizes donated from some of our own members for give aways as we celebrate our “own” Valentine’s Day! Come early, come ready to be energized, we promise that you will leave the meeting with a “happier heart”.

Date:  Monday, February 8, 2010

Time:  11:30 a.m.

Location:  The Tower Club, One Financial Plaza, 28th Floor , Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394

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

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.

If you need to register for Monday's meeting, please email Debbie at: debbiec2433@bellsouth.net.

• Heart Disease is the #1 Killer of Women.  This Friday, February 5th, Go Red with your wardrobe! Whether it’s a red dress or a red T-shirt, show the world you support Go Red For Women, the American Heart Association’s movement to help save lives.
• Annual Leadership Broward Foundation Fun Lunch will take place on April 28 at the Signature Grand.  Honorees include: Debra Vogel, Maria Kondracki, Christine Madsen,  Cindy Schutt and Suzanne Higgins.
• Lenore Nolan-Ryan  celebrated National Pie Day by opening her heart and her kitchen to all for an appley day of popping in, rolling, filling and baking pies to give as tokens of love honoring the heroes in our lives! The invitation was personally extended to the Pace program to send  their girls who had an interest in a career in food. Pie in the sky, it was a blue ribbon day!

• 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.
• Find your inner athlete and help create a world without cancer.  Team In Training, part of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is recruiting walkers, runners and cyclists for exciting destination events in Lake Tahoe, San Diego and Seattle.  Visit www.teamintraining.org/mail  or call 954-744-5312. Information meeting and Kick Off on Saturday, February 6, 2010 at Dave & Buster's in Oakwood Plaza, Hollywood.
• Leadership in Excellence luncheon, hosted by Leadership Broward and Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber, on Friday, February 19 from Noon to 2 p.m. at Signature Grand.  Key note speaker Captain Michael Abrashoff  http://ftlchamber.com

• Anyone who works for or is involved with a nonprofit will want to attend the 2010 Fundraising with Social Media Conference on February 19 at the Sheraton Suites Cypress Creek.  The full day event costs only $145 features such presenters as Peter Panepento of the Chronicle of Philanthropy and Skip Kimpel, author of Social Networking for Nonprofits.  To register online, go to www.socialmediafundraising.org.
• Dorothy Klein announces the annual Literary Feast event on March 19-20, with 21 nationally known authors, including Russell Banks and Elizabeth Kostova. A businesswomen's luncheon, featuring Mireille Guiliano, author of "Women, Work and the Art of Savoir Faire," will be at noon Friday, March 19 at Pier 66's Pier Top restaurant. $65. LitLIVE!, the free day of author talks and booksignings, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 20, at NSU's Alvin Sherman Library, Davie; Night of Literary Feasts, 6-8 p.m. Saturday, March 20 cocktail reception at Pier 66's Panorama Room, followed by gourmet dinners in private homes and restaurants. $150. For information, 954-357-7384; www.literaryfeastonline.org
• Gilda's Club South Florida Glamour in the Garden: Sunday, March 21, 2010 12-3pm at Gilda’s Club $50pp lunch, fashion show, makeovers, prizes and more. Contact Samantha for details: 954-763-6776 or Samantha@gildasclubsouthflorida.org
• Sunday, March 28 - Florida Aids Walk, a 10k walk (optional 5K) to benefit Children's Diagnostic & Treatment Center and other organizations that support children and adults living with HIV/AIDS.  Registration begins at 8:00 a.m, opening ceremonies at 9:30 a.m., & walk starts at 10:00 a.m. at Huizenga Plaza which heads east on Las Olas Blvd. to the beach and back.  Contact Suzanne Higgins at 954-728-1118 or shiggins@browardhealth.org if you wish to sign up to walk with the CDTC team.  For more information, visit www.childrensdiagnostic.org or www.floridaaidswalk.org BWA member Erica Bachelor has formed a fund raising team for Florida AIDS Walk, ericabachelor@mac.com.
• Save the Date: May 19, 2010 Starfish Luncheon at Signature Grand benefitting Women In Distress
• Who will be the 2010 Man and Woman of the Year for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society?  Grand Finale Black Tie Gala on May 21, 2010 at Hyatt Regency Pier 66 in Fort Lauderdale. www.lls.org/sfl 954-744-5313.
  

2010 Meetings:

February 8

March 8

April 12

May 10

June 14