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January / February 2012

The Watchword
The Salvation Army Womens Auxiliary of Washington, D.C.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Thursday, January 19 Board Meeting 350 River Bend Road Great Falls, VA 22066 703-759-0196 1 p.m. Dear Ladies, Happy New Year to you! The Auxiliary Schedule in the year ahead will provide you with many opportunities to enjoy fellowship while doing good works. Please dont wait to be asked! If you want to participate in an upcoming event and join the fun by lending a hand, let us know! May you and your loved ones be blessed with good health and cheer the entire coming year! -Jose Cox The Salvation Army Womens Auxiliary of Washington D.C. - Emerita Awardees
The SAWA board unanimously voted to present Ruth Donaldson and Maribelle Moore with the Emerita Award for their long service to the Auxiliary. At the Christmas Luncheon they each received a framed certificate, a crystal bell engraved with their names and they will be guests at our annual Christmas Luncheons for the rest of their lives. We are honored to have them in our Membership. Maribelle Moore learned parliamentary procedure in the 4th grade and the Auxiliary along with various other organizations to which she belongs like Capital Speakers Club and Welcome to Washington, have benefitted from her knowledge. She was an English, Music and Business Major at East Carolina and her skills have served the Auxiliary well for over three decades. Maribelle has organized Garden Parties, raised funds and edited THE WATCHWORD for many years as well as serving as Auxiliary President in 1998-99 while working full time! Volunteering is a family affair for Maribelle as her late husband and five children have all pitched in to assist her and the Auxiliary when needed. Maribelle is so dedicated that she was found sleeping on a couch in the foyer of the Salvation Army office after a very late night of writing THE WATCHWORD! Years ago, on a SAWA bus trip to Camp Happyland, Maribelle wore a large funny hat and recounted a story about a minister at a local church where she played the organ. After the donation plate was passed, the money was immediately counted and the minister announced that it was not enough. He told the congregation that he knew where they had been Saturday night and how much they spent so they better dig deeper into their pockets and refill the plate as it was passed again! So, Maribelle took off her funny hat and passed it around the bus to collect donations for Camp Happyland. After a count, she admonished the members to dig deeper and the hat came around again much to the surprise and laughter of the ladies on the bus. Maribelle serves the Auxiliary as Parliamentarian, Bylaw Committee Chair and Grammatical Watchdog for THE WATCHWORD! Ruth Donaldson has been an active member of the Auxiliary for over 30 years. Ruth is a legacy member as well since her mother-in- law joined the Auxiliary shortly after it was founded in 1948. Ruth attended the often talked about Garden Parties as her guest long before she joined in the 1980s. She especially recalls Auxiliary Garden Parties held at the embassies of the Soviet Union, Italy, New Zealand and South Africa. Bazaars were held at the Garden Parties to raise money for Camp Happyland. Born in South Carolina, Ruth moved to Washington and took courses at American University and Strayer College. She began her career in 1946 working directly for three different Chiefs of Protocol serving both the Truman and the Eisenhower administrations. She witnessed many changes through the years and has met or attended receptions with dignitaries from all over the world. Ruths calligraphic skills were put to use addressing President Eisenhowers Christmas cards! Ruth resigned from her career to raise her two sons and since then has served not only our Auxiliary, but also many other Washington organizations as protocol adviser. She is the Honorary Chair of the Protocol Committee for The Auxiliary. Ruth resides in Chevy Chase and continues to be an active member of The Salvation Army Womens Auxiliary, The Capital Speakers Club and Welcome to Washington.

Thursday, February 9 10 a.m. Community Care Ministries Visit to the Washington Center for the Aging Services Tuesday, February 14 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Valentines Tea Benefitting Camp Happyland at the home of Ursula Spell 9506 Liberty Tree Lane Vienna, VA 22182 Thursday, March 8 9:30 a.m. Turning Point and Harbor Light Field Trip Arlington Corps 518 S. Glebe Road Arlington, VA 22204 Thursday, March 15 Easter Basket Event Arlington Corps 518 S. Glebe Road Arlington, VA 22204 10:30 a.m.

March 29-31 Training class for Auxiliary Members at the Continuing Education Center of The Salvation Army in Atlanta, GA Contact Mary C. Gonzalez for more information. April 12-14 Upscale Spring Sale More information to follow.

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Christmas Luncheon 2011 Unlacing the Victorian Woman

January / February 2012

Dear Christmas Angels, You ARE The MOST Generous Women I know and I do know this because I delivered forty-five bags, plus several large boxes filled with gifts for our thirty little ones, who could only dream of such a Christmas, except through your generosity. Their dreams became a reality on Christmas Morning and I know they all believe in the Miracle of Christmas now! So, dear friends, I hope you will take a moment before the New Year takes over our busy lives and reflect on just how amazing you really are! Because you took your most precious commodity, your TIME, and shopped, wrapped and delivered to me gifts you purchased for a child you may never meet and because of you, these children had the most glorious Christmas of their lives. I hope someday they will be able to pass on your generosity to someone else in need of a hand up!! Thank you to the following Christmas Angels: Rose Berger and Josee Cox; Sats Young; Marilyn Rose; Dottie Mergner; Ursula Spell; Susan Long; Paula Hisaoka; Claudia and Mickey Fox; Debra Latioalais: Diane Morales; Rosemary Laphen; Nancy and Jim Pittman; Carmen Powell and team Veritiss; Carol Ferrara and the Ferrara family; Patty Hancock; Nancy Keefe and her Grandchildren; Karen Meyers; Gina Gyuricza and Martha Bilodeau; Sue Falk; Marel Brady; Carolyn and Patricia Calkins; Doggett Parking Garages;

Sunshine, cheerful spirits, gracious hostesses, generous hearts and a Victorian Lady taking it all off made for a lively Christmas luncheon on December 1. Very special thanks to Event Chair Debra Push and the very busy hostesses who worked to make this party a success. Nancy Pittman shared her extensive Beyers Collection to create beautiful centerpieces that were admired by everyone! Kudos to these ladies who secured the Gift for a Gift Donations: Gina Gyruska, Jo Ann Hearld, Paula Hisaoka, Rosemary Laphin, Debra Latiolais, Diane Morales and Faye Morrissette And our gratitude to Angela Ganey the leading Gift for a Gift saleswoman and for the very generous donors who purchased Target Gift Cards for the Mothers at Turning Point. The cards that were not used for Christmas will be used throughout the year to help the mothers make special purchases like school uniforms or supplies. A Gift for A Gift Donors: Asha Anand, Rosemary Berger, Angela Ganey, Carol Anderson, Inara Apinis, Betty Baird, Bonnie Bass, Carolyn and Patricia Calkins, Hazel Cameron, Deborah Cerolli, Katherine Chapin, Tina Daus, Regina Donnelly, Leesa Donner, Sharon Doodley, Claudia Fox, Patricia Harris, Paula Heichel, Virginia Holborow, Heidi Holscher Pryal, Dixianna Hungerford, Eva Lamb, Gail Ledwig, Rosmond Mackinnonttee, Karen Meyers, Diane Morales, Faye Morrissette, Beth Ann Newton, Joyce O'Bannon, Nancy Pittman, Joan Polk, Debra Push, Joyce Robinson, Marianne Sardonne, Margot Siegel, Deborah Sigmund, Katrin Trotter, Marivic Uhron, Heea Vazirani Fales, and Catherine White

A Very Grateful Chairman,

Faye Morrissette

All Aboard!
If a picture says a thousand words then imagine what you can learn from a visit. We are boarding the bus for a field trip to Turning Point and Harbor Light Thursday, March 8. If you have not yet visited these Salvation Army programs that we support you will not want to miss this trip! Limited to 13 people. Bus departs from The Salvation Army Arlington Corps 518 S. Glebe Road, Arlington, VA 22204 at 9:30 AM and returns by 2:00 PM. Lunch will be served at Harbor Light. R.s.v.p. by mailing a check for $20 Payable to The Salvation Army Womens Auxiliary by Wednesday March 1, 2011 to: Mary C. Gonzalez P.O. Box 18658 Washington, DC 20036 Please indicate SAWA Field Trip on your check.

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In recent months The Salvation Army has been blessed by receiving planned gifts and bequests to help financially support The Salvation Army Programs within the greater Washington region. In my experience, the more specifically the gift is defined the more accessible the funds are to be used precisely as originally intended by the donor. I want to thank those Women's Auxiliary members and friends who have chosen to lend their financial support to many programs . . . countless lives are affected, thanks to that generosity. If you have an interest in establishing a planned gift, gift annuity or any other gift designed to help support the Women's Auxiliary, please be in contact with our specialist, Bob Milton at our office by dialing 202-756-2632. May God richly bless you this New Year as your lives continue to serve as blessing to so many . . . -Major Steve Morris, Area Commander Dear Ladies,

January / February 2012

As the first snow quietly fell this afternoon and covered everything with a clean, white blanket of purity, I found myself wanting to hold onto this perfect picture for as long as possible. Reality set in quickly as I had to run errands during the evening, passing a fender bender on the side of the road, stepping down into a big puddle of already melted snow and having to pull my jacket around my neck when the temperatures plummeted as the sun disappeared. What a perfect comparison to the beginning of a new year! We turn over the first page of a new calendar feeling like the world is ours, sure that we can conquer that diet, run that first 5K or heal that broken relationship.....only to find that during week two, we're back to our "same old ways." Let me encourage all of us to greet each new morning with the genuine excitement of unwrapping the beautifully wrapped gift of a new day, not focusing on the past, but on what is yet to come! Paul said it best in Philippians 3:13, "I am still not all I should be, but I am focusing all my energies on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead!" Be assured I am looking forward to all 2012 has for us as we work together for the benefit of our community and to the glory of God! In the love of Jesus,

The Salvation Army Womens Auxiliary of Washington, D.C. Cordially invites you to our Valentines Tea on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. At the home of Ursula Spell 9506 Liberty Tree Lane, Vienna, VA 22182 Limit: 30 people R.s.v.p. by mailing a check for $25 Payable to The Salvation Army Womens Auxiliary by Friday, February 10, 2012 to: Mary C. Gonzalez P.O. Box 18658 Washington, DC 20036

Wendy

Stocking Stuffing and Angel Tree Distribution 2011

"Thank you to Nancy Pittman and all Santa's helpers in the Auxiliary who energetically stuffed 6000 stockings and helped with the Angel Tree Distribution! We couldn't do this work without your helping hands!"

2012 Embassy Events

Diane Morales has scheduled some fabulous embassy events for this spring (Turkey, Mexico and Finland) that are certain to sell out. To ensure successful fundraising for Camp Happyland we will be opening these events to non-members at a higher cost. To insure a reservation RSVP with a check as soon as you receive the invitation.

All Proceeds go to Camp Happyland Please indicate Valentines Tea on your check.

Bejeweled and bedazzled!

Thank you so much to Virginia Baza and her gem of a committee for their very successful display and sale of jewelry at the Christmas luncheon and Tea. Since November they have made $1864.00! The ladies need other venues in which to display and sell. If you live in an apartment or condo with a public space or if your church or community center will allow them to set up a table please contact Virginia Baza. All their funds support Camp Happyland.

Come join in the fun of stuffing Easter baskets on Thursday, March 15, 2011 at 10:30 a.m. at The Salvation Army Arlington Corps 518 South Glebe Road, Arlington, VA 22204 Lunch will be served. R.s.v.p. by mailing a check for $15 Payable to The Salvation Army Womens Auxiliary by Monday, March 12, 2012 to: Mary C. Gonzalez P.O. Box 18658 Washington, DC 20036 Please bring a bag of individually wrapped candies such as bunnies, eggs, or little bags of jelly beans, etc. to the event. Please indicate Easter basket Event on your check.

Important Notice
To communicate more efficiently, effectively and less expensively, we need your EMAIL address! Please email it to Mary Gonzalez at mcg@uss.salvationarmy.org. Thank you!

Fashions by Lord & Taylor Our SAWA Board Treasurer, Angela Ganey, is chairing the Fairfax SAWA Fashion Show March 30. Fashions by Lord & Taylor, a silent auction and entertainment by opera singer Angela Knight will make this an enjoyable event. Cost is $40 per person. Please contact Angela for more information.

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January / February 2012

The

Watchword

The Salvation Army Womens Auxiliary of Washington, D.C.

Welcome New Members

Mrs. James M. Baird (Betty) 8908 Iron Gate Ct. Potomac, MD 20854 Email: baird.james@sbcglobal.net B-Day: 4/4 Mrs. Barbara Becker 7216 Marine Drive, Alexandria, VA 22307 Home: 703-768-2354 Email: bubecker2@verizon.net B-Day: 3/30 Mrs. Rosemary Berger 1330 Vanetta Lane, Vienna, VA 22182 Home: 703-759-5979 Email: gberg1330@aol.com B-Day: 9/10 Mrs. Joan Hastings Brown Home: 301-320-4160 4815 Sangamore Road, Bethesda, MD 20816 B-Day: 10/1 Ms. Suzanne Black 10418 Deerfoot Drive, Great Falls, VA 22066 Home: 703-759-1651 Email: black72@msn.com B-Day: 6/21 Ms. Peri-Anne Chobot 4610 Maple Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814 Mobile: 954-540-6338 Email: periannechobot@gmail.com

Established in 1948 THE SALVATION ARMY WOMENS AUXILIARY OF WASHINGTON, D.C.

Thank you, Linda Kildea for hosting the Welcome New Member Tea at your beautiful home in DC. Linda has been opening her doors to us for this event for over 23 years!

THE SALVATION ARMY, AN INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT, IS AN EVANGELICAL PART OF THE UNIVERSAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH. ITS MESSAGE IS BASED ON THE BIBLE. ITS MINISTRY IS MOTIVATED BY THE LOVE OF GOD. ITS MISSION IS TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST AND TO MEET HUMAN NEEDS IN HIS NAME WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION.

SAWA News
We are sad to announce the death of Sally W. Steele on January 2, 2011. We are sad to announce the death of Su Kim Eisenbergs husband.
Mrs. Joan De Cain 9627 W. Berhill Drive, Kensington, MD 20885 Home: 301-946-5129 Email: jcdecain@aol.com Dr. Elia Fuentes Dumas 1712 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC 2009 Home: 202387-3203 B-Day: 4/20 Mrs. Kathy Ellis 15617 Ancient Oak Drive, Darnestown, MD 20878 Home: 301-330-0699 Email: kdellis13@hotmail.com B-Day: 7/13 Ms. Cynthia Goldner 10405 Muir Pl., Kensington, MD 20895 Home: 301-530-5332 Email: crgoldner@aol.com

THE WATCHWORD is the official Auxiliary Newsletter. Deadline for next issue: February 24 The next edition of THE WATCHWORD will be mailed March 2, 2012 Articles are subject to editing and should be provided in electronic form to: Mary C. Gonzalez Womens Auxiliary Coordinator The Salvation Army National Capital Area Command P.O. Box 18658 Washington, DC 20036 202-756-2618 office 202-464-7208 fax mcg@uss.salvationarmy.org National Capital Regional Services P.O. Box 18658 Washington, D.C. 20036 202-756-2600

B-Day: 5/30

Mrs. Carolyn Held 1300 Crystal Drive #505, Arlington, VA 22202 Home: 703-416-7256 Email: carolynheld@comcast.net B-Day: 9/13 Ms. Tamika McPherson 2807 Needle Wood Lane, Bowie, MD 20716 Home: 301-249-2767 Email: tamcph77@verizon.net B-Day: 1/4 Ms. Lynni Megginson 18211 Endora Circle, Boyds, MD 20841 Mobile: 240-461-7252 Email: lynni@lynni.net B-Day: 9/5 Ms. Melinda Redman 5887 Kara Place, Burke, VA 22015 Home: 703-451-4999 Email: mkr2400@verizon.net B-Day: 7/24 Mrs. Renate H. Reit 8613 Hartsdale Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20817 Home: 301-530-5330 B-Day: 7/14 Miss. Sheril Waldron 3412 Executive Avenue, Falls Church, VA 22042 Home: 703-992-8459 Email: sheril.waldron@cox.net B-Day: 9/13