Monday, March 9, 2026

Weekly update: celebrations, a binding resolution, and remembering


The Lake County Women's Coalition annual Women's History Month luncheon was on Saturday.  Each LCWC member organization nominates an honoree who exemplifies the year's theme.   


I'm on the LCWC steering committee as the rep for the Zion Woman's Club but I am also a member of AAUW.  AAUW's honoree was Nan Buckart (bio on left) who was director of education for the Lake County Forest Preserves.  ZWC's honoree was Wendy Driver (bio on right) whose many interests in community activism include gardening (seed-saving, monarchs, zinnias, and more).  


Top:  the ZWC contingent.

Kim Sigafuss gave an informative and entertaining presention about Native American women in Illinois.  She is Ojibwe and is a musician and writer.  

I donated Black Diamond Strings to the silent auction.  It raised a respectable $350!   (LCWC funds go to scholarships for women at the College of Lake County.) 

I bought a lot of raffle tickets but I didn't win anything this time. 





Sunday afternoon with P.E.O. sisters. Sharon showed us how to decorate cookies with royal icing.  

Left:  the four I made. 

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The "binding resolution" was to finish all the placemats-in-progress -- 26.  











I also began binding the Trip Around the World mug rugs -- 21 so far, 20 to go. 



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 March 9, 2025, was our last forest preserve outing.  The parking lots have remained unguarded ever since.  

"Smile for your fan club!" And he always did. 


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4 comments:

  1. SO much binding for those mug mats and place mats! Bittersweet photo and memory of Stephens a year ago.

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  2. Wonderful week you had! Sweet Stevens 💗💗

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  3. The Trip Around the World mug rugs are so cute!
    Even though your hikes were always solo, you came back to that smiling face waiting for you every time. This year is a new chapter.

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  4. Lovely picture of the parking lot Guardian, thank you. The cookies look terrific.

    Ceci

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