Counterpart

June 5, 2013  12:00 pm

Sherry Boeve will join us to present Eat to Live and share healthy vegetarian recipes.  This is an expansion on Dr. Norm and Carolyn Boeve’s program we enjoyed last summer. Sherry served as a Registered Dietitian at Ann Arbor Veterans Hospital and the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics during the day and consulted for nursing homes on evenings and weekends. Additionally, she’s utilized her education in nutrition to feed her family of five, especially when they decided to wholeheartedly pursue plant-based eating five years ago.  Sherry will share why they made this major change, the challenges and the benefits for their family, and to inspire you on towards improved wellness. She’ll demonstrate some recipes and we’ll get a taste of them, too!

To make or cancel reservations, call or email Martha Roldan: 616.607.9205, keltyroldan@msn.com

Simply pay the $11.00 luncheon fee at the door.  Reservations are due by noon the Monday prior to the luncheon.  Please note: Counterpart is charged for each luncheon plate ordered. Once you make a reservation, payment for your meal is due even if you cannot attend the luncheon.

The Center for Women in Transition (CWIT) will also be collecting gently-used clothes and accessories for the Summer Clothing Drive.  CWIT will have a van at the entrance to the Holiday Inn to start collecting your donations at 11:30 am.  Receipts available on request.

Contributions to the clothing drives have been dropping off in recent years, so we urge you to take a good look in your closets and put those little-worn outfits to good use.  At CWIT, women can visit the “Wardrobe for Work” and are assisted in selecting several outfits that can be worn for interviews and work attire.  Your generosity could be the difference in some woman feeling more confident and getting a job.

May 1, 2013  12:00 pm

Jane Ewing will present “The Fine Art of Calligraphy—Now and Where it is Heading in the 21^st Century.”  After a PowerPoint presentation, she will give a personal demonstration of calligraphy. Jane has served on the executive boards of numerous guilds, has published in Letter Arts Review and Calligraphers Engagement Calendar, and has taught Western calligraphy to university students in China.

To make or cancel reservations, call or email Martha Roldan: 616.607.9205, keltyroldan@msn.com

Simply pay the $11.00 luncheon fee at the door.  Reservations are due by noon the Monday prior to the luncheon.  Please note: Counterpart is charged for each luncheon plate ordered. Once you make a reservation, payment for your meal is due even if you cannot attend the luncheon.

April 3, 2013  12:00 pm

Darla Parks, an internationally acclaimed quilter and owner of  Elegant Stitches Long Arm Quilting, will talk to us about the art of quilting and show some of her quilts.

To make or cancel reservations, call or email Martha Roldan: 616.607.9205, keltyroldan@msn.com

Simply pay the $11.00 luncheon fee at the door.  Reservations are due by noon the Monday prior to the luncheon.  Please note: Counterpart is charged for each luncheon plate ordered. Once you make a reservation, payment for your meal is due even if you cannot attend the luncheon.

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Counterpart is switching to a one-meeting-per-month format starting in April. Regular luncheon meetings will be held on the first Wednesday of the month in the same great location — The Spring Lake Holiday Inn — and will continue to be catered by Jack’s Restaurant.

March 6, 2013  12:00 pm

Wally Ewing will tell us about “Icons of the Past.” Using images from his collection of local postcards, he’ll talk about the buildings and sites that became so familiar to us in our youth that we could call them “icons.” Our reminiscing will take us to the Fruitport Pavilion, McLellan’s Dime Store, the Federal Building, South Pier, the Oval, Duncan Park, and many other places. We’ll have an opportunity to share our memories. What do we remember? Be thinking.

March 20, 2013  12:00 pm

Mary Mitchell from Fat Chix Coffee will tell us about the value of community, illustrating her talk with the different projects she has promoted to boost that value in Grand Haven and particularly on the east side of Grand Haven — the Beechtree Street corridor. Join us!

To make or cancel reservations, call or email Martha Roldan: 616.607.9205, keltyroldan@msn.com

February 6, 2013  12:00 pm

Professor Steve Platt will present his program on hydrogen, the perfect fuel. Could we be making and storing energy in our own backyards?

February 20, 2013  12:00 pm

Join us to hear about the P.E.T. Project in Holland.  P.E.T. is a part of an international non-profit organization that builds and provides hand-cranked tricycles to children in poor and undeveloped countries.  These special tricycles go where wheelchairs can’t and are given at no cost to the recipient, built by volunteers, and paid for by donations at a cost of $250.00 each.  There are some amazing stories here and this program promises to be an inspiring one! For more information, visit www.petmiholland.org.

January 2, 2013  12:00 pm

Stacie Stevens-Venhuizen, Development Director of AgeWell Services of Western Michigan, will focus on the multi-agency senior service and activity center at Tanglewood Park in Norton Shores.  She will also explain the four nonprofit agencies that are available at Tanglewood Park. For more information about the Services, visit  www.agewellservices.org.

January 16, 2013  12:00 pm

Members and guests are invited to bring their favorite teddy bear, doll, or collectible to be displayed during lunch.  The program will consist of stories and memories of the displayed memorabilia.

December 5, 2012  12:00 pm

Tim Trombly will describe his 27-year career as a Special Agent in the United States Secret Service.  Tim was commissioned in Detroit and he served our country in and out of Washington D.C.; Anchorage, Alaska; Spokane, Washington, and the Grand Rapids Field Office.  He is now retired, and he and his wife Pat make their home in Spring Lake.

December 19, 2012  12:00 pm

The Grand Haven High School Choral Ensemble, under the direction of Shirley Lemon, will share their gifts of music with us in their traditional Counterpart holiday program.

November 7, 2012  12:00 pm

Maestro Scott Speck, Music Director of the West Michigan Symphony, will give us an abbreviated version of his 2010 Hackley Distinguished Lecturer talk entitled Music as an Agent of Change. Says Scott, “Music has been crafted by composers – often forcefully, sometimes very subversively – to try to change their world. Music transforms not only those who hear it, but especially those who perform it. And the flow of music shows us that growth and progress in our lives are possible only through real change. My artistic life has been organized around all three of these principles.” In addition, Scott is the Principal Conductor of the Joffrey Ballet in Chicago and Music Director of the Mobile (AL) Symphony.

November 21, 2012  12:00 pm

Lt. Mark Bennett of the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Department will talk about scams and how to protect yourself against them.

October 3, 2012  12:00 pm

Bonnie Bierma, Program Director and Announcer on WBLV Blue Lake Public Radio, will talk about her work at the radio station.

The Center for Women in Transition will be collecting gently-used clothes and accessories for the Fall Clothing Drive.  CWIT will have a van at the entrance to the Holiday Inn to start collecting your donations at 11:30 am.  Receipts available on request.

Contributions to the clothing drives have been dropping off in recent years, so we urge you to take a good look in your closets and put those little-worn outfits and accessories to good use.  At CWIT, women can visit the “Wardrobe for Work” and are assisted in selecting several outfits that can be worn for interviews and work attire.  Your generosity could be the difference in some woman feeling more confident and getting a job. CWIT is also in need of personal care products and gently-used towels.

October 17, 2012  12:00 pm

Ann Tabor of the Grand Haven Area Community Foundation will update us with information on the Foundation work in our area.

September 5, 2012  12:00 pm
Local historians Dr. Wallace Ewing and Marjie Viveen will introduce their new book, Local Legends.  The book will highlight locals who find themselves in extraordinary events and circumstances.
 
September 19, 2012  12:00 pm
Ellie Hulst of the Bookman will introduce us to many new and exciting books that are now very popular in our community.