Food Committe Sign Up

Due to economics, it has become impossible for the chapter to pay for food for the meetings. In the past the burden of the food has often fallen to only a select few members and this has to stop. All of us here at CDM would like to take a moment to give a big show of appreciation to everyone in the past (Gerri, Theresa, Cynthia and all of the others) who have donated the food for the meetings and have shouldered this cost.

The general consisence is that we do not want to stop having food at the meetings. Therefore, at this time, we are asking for other members to start helping out with the food.

This can be in the form of one, two or even three designated member(s) pitching in and buying/bringing the food and drinks for a particular month or it could even be some of us girls preparing (gasp! cooking!) something to bring to the meeting for the other girls to enjoy. (Let's be creative here girls!) There is a grocery store located right next to the hotel where we have our meetings and they have a deli counter. This makes it very convienent to buy the food before you come to the hotel to change. You can, of course, just shop enfemme if you like. In the past food has consisted of a meat tray, bread for sandwiches, drinks (a variety of regular and diet soda, non carbonated drinks, etc.), and sometimes salad, chips and deserts. Other times we have been treated to warm food like a chicken dish. On an average we will need enough food to feed 10 to 20 people. This number can change as our membership continues to grow. The chapter will continue to supply coffee and tea.

Linda is the chairwoman for this committe. Below is a calender showing the months that we will need food brought in. If you would like to sign up for one of the months listed below please contact her at lindacdny@yahoo.com. When you sign up for a month Linda will post your name next to that month. If two or more girls sign up for a month we will make sure that you have each other's contact information so that you can contact each other and arrange what to bring. One note, this can be expensive, you can expect to pay between $60 to $100 to feed everyone, so we suggest you team up with someone to split the cost.

When we reach a point where the chapter can pay for the meeting space and the changing room with money left over we will once again start providing the food. We will still need volunteers on a monthly basis to purchase and bring it but the chapter will be able to reimberse them for the cost of the food. This is a good incentive to get out there and talk our chapter up so that we can increase our membership!

2006

• May
  For dinner we will be having a Cajun Fest, by Josette! Drinks provided by Linda.
  
  
• June
  Dinner will be cooked and provided by Steffi. We still need another volunteer to help Steffi out for this month with drinks!
  
  
• September
  Our 25th year Celebration kick off meeting! We would like to thank Pat for picking up the tab for the pizza at our September meeting. Way to go Pat!
  
  
• October
  Our halloween party! Dinner will be Pizza provided by the chapter.
  
  
• November
  Dinner will be a Thanksgiving dinner from Boston Market with drinks provided by Heather. (Note: Thanks goes out to Heather for chipping in to the general food fund for this evenings dinner as well!)
  
  
• December
  Our holiday party! This will be a pot luck dinner. Please bring something along the lines of either a main dish, a side dish, a desert or some drinks along with you to the meeting.