CONFERENCE (blog from Karen, our president)

ALOHA!!!

Flags of the 13 counties involved in Quota International and the Quota flag

Well, I am back from conference.  Our Lt. Gov., Kay and I went to Hawaii for our International Conference, which is held every two years.  This year it was in  Hawaii. Yes, Hawaii!  This was my first International Conference.  I was excited and nervous.

Karen and her mother, Geri just off plane after 13 hours of flight

I asked my mother to go with me as a guest.  This was a chance of a lifetime for her and she had a blast. She did all kinds of sight seeing  while I attend our meetings.

 This was an important conference, as we had several changes to discuss and vote on.  Changes to help streamline our organization and help move it into the future.  These changes are necessary for our organization, as with any organization, needs to make in today's world.  Times are moving so fast we need to change to keep up.  We also installed our new Board of Directors.

View of the Sheraton of Waikiki where conference was held.

We did get some time for play:

The husbands of our Directors dressed up and a contest was held to raise money for the We Share Foundation. 

We went as a group to a luau.  We were treated to a lot of great food and dancing. There were also tours set up to see Pearl Harbor, sailing, and other performances.

Everyone that went to Pearl Harbor came back touched and humbled.  I missed this tour due to flight problems, but I was able to reschedule mom.  She came back in tears. 

Courtyard of the Royal Hawaiian where some of us stayed 

Duke Kahanamoku where there is a live web cam, we were able to wave at folks back home.  He was an Olympic champion swimmer.

Well, everyone had a great time and our next conference in 2014 will be held in Cincinnati, Ohio.

MAHALO NUI LOA! to my club for supporting me.

ALOHA!

Summer Time

We do slow down for the summer.  Our picnic is our last get together till the end of August.

We hope you have a safe and wondeful summer.  You can find us at the Painesville Party in the Park.  The festival is July 20-22 this year.  Stop by our tent and say HI!

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!!

DID YOU MISS THE AUCTION???

Well on May 18th we held our annual Chinese Auction. Did you miss it? Check out the pictures of our evening.  Check out all the baskets:

Friend gather to take a chance at winning:

Jan and Pam sell tickets:

We had a nice sized crowd, looks like everyone is busy putting their number on their tickets:

Our Junior Q's came to help us out, here is Zack and Julia worked the kitchen filled with hot dogs, pop, stuffed cabbage, pizza, cabbage & noodles and cookies:

The Junior Q's were honored with pins and certificates, left to right is:
                            Pres. Karen, Zack, Mary, Rizpah, Julia, Alexis and Lt Gov. Kay

Geri came to help set up:

Louise worked the Foundation tables, this is where you find our larger items, like wine baskets, a quilt, Lia Sophia basket and so much more:

If you made it to the Auction we hope you had fun and enjoyed yourself.  If not we hope this tickles you enough to come next year!

6th District Conference

Quota of Lake County is part of the 6th District.  This area includes the Ohio clubs.  Each year we get together in a different town hosted by one of our clubs.  We enjoy getting to see each other, share stories, ideas and fun.
This year our conference was held April 20-22 in Boardman, Ohio. It was hosted by our Salem Quota club. They went with an Olympic theme.  We had games, awards and trivia, all centered around the Olympics.
We had an intense discussion on the changes proposed by our International Board.
We were also honored to pass on the trophy for Club of the Year to our sisters in Wooster.  We have held the honor for the past 2 years and are proud to say Wooster deserved it as they worked so hard!
Several members from our club attended the conference.  It is really a great time to get to know each other better and enjoy.

                                           Quota Of Lake Co. Members that attended conference(left to right)  Debbie, Karen, Kay, Kathi, Georgia

One of our moments of Pride was when our own Kay was voted in as the Lieutenant Governor.  We are so proud of her.

                                          Kay opening a gift from her club after being elected to her new office of Lt. Governor

Next year our Conference will be held in  Wilmont, Ohio hosted by our Orriville club.

AN EASTER EGG HUNT TO REMEMBER

On March 31st our group helped out with an Easter Egg Hunt at North Mentor Centenary United Methodist Church in Mentor, Ohio.  This is not your ordinary hunt.  This is the only hunt in northeast Ohio that is for special needs children.

Louise is member of Quota and of the church.

It was so touching to see the kids and watch their excitement.  Not only were their treats for the kids but tons of activities.

Karen and her sister Janice run the coloring station

There was pages and bags to decorate and color.  Stickers were the favorite item for decorating with. Some of the kids are future artists in the making.  One little girl decorated her whole bag with drawings from her favorite book.  Wish we got a picture of it, because it was really good.  The kids could put on tattoos

Kathi was the tattooist

and of course what is Easter without egg decorating?

Kay was head egg decorator

The egg hunt was a pool full of grass and eggs that the kids would search for eggs, filled with treats.

One young girl digs for eggs

To top off all the fun there was a puppet show and a room where the kids could release their excitement in Easter grass.  Yes a room filled with Easter grass.

The grass room

We even got to enjoy a couple service dogs

One of the service dogs

There was so much fun for the kids.  It was so touching and rewarding to watch these kids just let loose and have fun.  The parents were more than grateful and having fun too.  It is amazing how patient the parents are.  They truly are special people themselves.

May 18th

MAY 18TH IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER.

DID YOU GET YOUR TICKETS YET?

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AUCTION TIME!!!

IT' ALMOST HERE! 

IT IS ALMOST TIME FOR OUR ANNUAL CHINESE AUCTION

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!!!

FRIDAY, MAY 18TH

ST. BEDE'S FATHER TULLEY HALL IN MENTOR, OHIO

DOORS OPEN AT 5:30 pm.

TICKETS ARE $5 EACH

TICKETS ON SALE NOW!!!!

WE ARE ALSO PRESELLING 50/50 TICKETS

CONTACT US FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TICKETS AT:  QUOTAOFLAKE@GMAIL.COM