August 12, 2013

by Marian Mudra

The busy round of QCWA branch annual meetings has now ended with thanks given to those who have completed terms of office and a warm welcome to the members now taking up positions.

Representatives of most branches of the Division met at Murgon on Thursday, August 8, to exchange branch news and plan Division activities for the rest of this year.

The Division Annual Meeting, finals of cookery, floral art and knitting and crochet plus International morning will be held in the Proston Community Hall on August 29.

Any members of the public are most welcome to come to see the work on display and hear the guest speaker tell us about Turkey, the current country of study.

Lunch will be of Vietnamese cuisine to introduce the country to be studied next year.

Many Branch birthdays and international functions are to be celebrated during September.

Elgin Vale members made an early start with their 50th birthday party held on July 6 and Hivesville Branch held its international event on July 15.

Maidenwell Branch will celebrate 85 years of service to the community on the afternoon of August 31 and will hold an international afternoon on September 13.

We look forward to what Turkish things the Tanduringie school children will come up with this year.

Hivesville Branch has planned an afternoon tea to mark its 90th birthday on September 27. On September 23, the Division will hold a training day for presidents, vice-presidents and secretaries and we emphasise this is open to all QCWA members, whether holding office or not.

This will be held in the Murgon QCWA Rooms at 9:00am.

A reminder that the handcraft ladies will be displaying their lovely work in the Murgon QCWA Rooms on September 13.

All QCWA social events are open to the general public and you are most welcome to contact a branch or member near to you and find out when their next event is on so you can join in the friendship members share.

QCWA empowers and inspires women through service, friendship and advocacy.

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