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What is the Primadonna’s? We are a non-profit chapter that utilizes our crocheting creativity to create and donate scarves, hats, blankets, mittens, etc. to organizations that are in need. Check out our first project below. Hats and scarves were donated to Mrs. Wilson's Halfway House during the Christmas season. Interested in joining? Contact Josephine at 973-983-9276. Nonna's Yarn Cafe was kind enough to allow us to have our meetings at their location. Thank you!

The Chapter meets every second Tuesday of the month Nonna's Yarn Cafe and you must be a member of the Crochet Guild of America. Visit their website at www.crochet.org . Membership Dues: $25.00 per year

President / Treasurer---Lisa
Vice President / Secretary ---Andrea

Mark you calendars as follows for 2007 Chapter Meetings:
June 12, July 10, August 14, September 11, October 9, and November 13

There will not be a chapter meeting in December 2007

March 2007 Minutes - Attendance: Shari, Jean, Josephine, Nickie, Susan, Lisa
Old business: Baby items were dropped off at Several Sources Shelter in Ramsey. Our mens chemo caps for St. Claires were collected and tagged. We have 31 total. Andrea will be contacted to make arrangements with her contact person at the hospital for the caps to be delivered. New Business: Nominees were voted in for the 2007 calendar year as follows:

President / Treasurer Lisa Porco
Vice President / Secretary Andrea VanBensochten

The by-laws that Andrea presented at the last meeting were unanimously accepted as is. Lisa contacted Mimi Gelbman at Morristown Memorial Hospital as per request. Mimi is the co-coordinator of volunteer services for the Carol Simon Cancer Center there and has a need for mens and womens chemo caps, prayer shawls and lap blankets. This will be our next project as a chapter. Our due date for this project is the June 13 meeting. Please remember to use SOFT yarn that is washable and dryable. We have also projected our future project to be pink scarves with the “breast cancer ribbon” crocheted into the pattern. These will be collected and donated to raise money for the American Cancer Society through its “Making Strides” cancer walk, usually held in the fall. Josephine and Shari have agreed to work out a pattern for us to use. We should be able to see them at our next meeting. Our deadline for this project is the September meeting. Our next meeting is on April 11. Please bring in your personal projects to “show and tell”.

May 2007 Minutes Attendance: Josephine, Jean, Lisa and Andrea
Note: Josephine informed us that Nickie fell and sprained her ankle and would not be joining us this evening…feel better soon Nickie!
Old Business:
- Andrea has delivered the chemo caps to Saint Clare’s Cancer Care in Denville. A total of 33 caps were donated. A press release and photo about the project was sent to the Neighbor News for chapter publicity. Andrea will follow up with the Neighbor News to confirm that it will run in an issue soon.
- A reminder that hats, prayer shawls, lap blankets, etc. for Morristown Memorial Hospital are due at the June meeting. Remember to use soft, washable yarn.
-Shari has completed the work on the pink scarf for the next community project and will drop it off to Nickie and Josephine at the shop for us to review. The pink scarves will be due at the September meeting for the October breast cancer walk.
- Lisa sent a photo and article to Treva at CGOA regarding our Several Sources project. It should be in the next CGOA newsletter in Crochet! magazine.
New Business:
- Andrea will bring her spinning wheel and fiber samples to the June meeting to lead a discussion on yarn making and different types of fiber.
- Josephine has suggested moving the meeting to the second Tuesday of the month and invite everyone to join us and contribute to our service projects. All members in attendance agreed. The new meeting dates will be as follows: June 12, July 10, August 14, September 11, October 9, and November 13. There is no meeting held in December.
-Josephine reminded everyone that Debbie Bliss will be at the shop June 6^th from 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

OCTOBER 2007 MINUTES

ATTENDANCE: Jean, Nickie, Josephine, Lisa, Shari and new prospect, Yolanda Beattie

We had a new face at our meeting tonight. Yolanda Beattie is interested in joining our chapter. We discussed membership requirements, dues and our various charity donation projects.

She is going to join the CGOA and we welcome her as our newest member.

OLD BUSINESS: The final scarves for the Making Strides Breast Cancer Walk were collected tonight and tagged for the sale at the event next weekend. We showed GREAT effort for this project and we have approximately 40 scarves to donate with the proceeds going to the American Cancer Society.

GOOD JOB, LADIES!!!!

NEW BUSINESS: It was agreed by all that our next project will be making 6 inch squares to be made into blankets for each of 14 resident boys living at St. Peter’s Orphanage here in Denville. Nancy will be our contact person for this project.

Requirements are as follows:

Use masculine colored yarn in a worsted weight that is washable and dryable.

Use a SOLID STITCH

Crocheters are to use a size H or I hook

Knitters are to use size 8 needles

Weave in your ends, please. No tails hanging!

We will need 70 squares for each blanket.

PLEASE BRING your finished squares to the next meeting on November 13.

Let’s try to have as many squares as possible for the January meeting so we can start putting the squares together for a target date of delivery to the orphanage on Valentine’s Day.

Please contact us if you cannot attend the meetings. It would be greatly appreciated.