New Member Tea

by karen on 10/30/09 at 5:31 pm

Our club holds a unique event to introduce prospective members to GFWC and our club. We hold a New Member High Tea. The tables are set by the Department and Standing Chairmen with fine bone china and crystal, silver and decorations. The Chairmen attend and all members are invited to bring new friends and to attend themselves. Chairmen are asked during the proceedings to give a brief overview of their committee activities. The structure of GFWC is explained, and the ladies are invited to join in our philanthropic work and community service.

This party always occurs during October, so that we can Act in Oct. Today’s party was also a Halloween Costume party. We had almost 60 ladies attend, with 6 prospective new members. Little tea sandwiches were delicious as were all the desserts. Coffee, tea, and cider rounded out our snacks.

Please take a few minutes to see our costumes and creative table decorations by clicking on the above pictures. Prizes were given for the tables voted best. (The purple table won.)

6 Comments

Leatha

Oct 30th, 2009

8:17 pm

This looks like fun. It might be something we could do sometime at Convention for a luncheon. Love the decorations.

Diane Addante, GFWC IL

Oct 31st, 2009

12:01 am

Karen, this looks like a great afternoon! I agree, the Purple Table definitely rocked the decorations. This looks like a fun, relaxed way to encourage new members to get involved.

Phyllis Cossarek 10th District President

Oct 31st, 2009

2:24 pm

I love the costumes, table decorations, and theme. What I wonderful way to greet prospectives, please share this at a District meeting for the other clubs. Phyllis Cossarek

Janice P.

Nov 1st, 2009

6:18 pm

This definitely looks like a good new idea. Thanks for sharing.
Jan Perkins

Janice Kretschmer GFWC Il.

Dec 2nd, 2009

6:51 pm

Just had the chance to see the pics. of your membership tea. WHAT FUN! Did your club paint those glass plates. I just painted ten with gold stars and then spray painted them(underneath of course) with white as cookie plates for the holidays. All in all a neat idea you had.
Janice Kretschmer

carol

Jan 3rd, 2010

5:04 pm

Hi Karen,
I’ve been very remiss in getting on the blog lately…..anyway I read yours and thought what a great story. This is the type of thing clubs need to do to keep the them going.
Your activity looks like fun, informative and you had 6 prospective members………fabulous!
carol Waters