Day Nursery Auxiliary upcoming events

Friday, December 11 3:00-5:00 RESCHEDULED to December 18.  Watch for a postcard in the mail.

Due to the passing of Shirley Romine’s mother on November 20, this event is being rescheduled.  I will post the new date when it becomes available. Holiday open house at the home of Shirley Romine. providing the program.

Friday, May 7, 2010 10:30 am Board Meeting, 11:15 Luncheon

Join us for our annual meeting and luncheon at the Meridian Hills Country Club.  We will honor members for years of service and elect new officers.

Friends gather for holiday tea

Thanks to Day Nursery Auxiliary President Shirley Romine and her husband for opening their home last Friday for a holiday tea. It was fun to see many Auxiliary friends (and also to see Shirley’s extensive Santa collection).  Happy Holidays!

L to R Anne Schuster, Marilyn Halbrook, Shirley Romine, Carolyn Klinger, and Mary Catherine Lotti

In Memoriam

Auxiliary member Mary Jane Summers passed away November 21, 2009.  She was a life member of the Day Nursery Auxiliary joining in 1951.  She served as Auxiliary President in 1956-1957.   

Family and friends will gather from Noon until 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at the Leppert Mortuary, Nora Chapel, 740 E. 86th Street, Indianapolis. Funeral services will be private. You are invited to visit www.leppertmortuary.com

You can read her obituary in the Indianapolis Star.

In our thoughts

I have just received word that Shirley Romine’s mother passed away on Friday, November 20, 2009. Services are being arranged and I will pass on more information when it becomes available.

Update: Calling for Shirley’s mother, Ruth Cole, will be Saturday, November 28 in Bloomington, Indiana.  Here’s a link to the obituary in the Indianapolis Star.

Reminder of fundraiser to help member Debi O’Malia

Debi O’Malia started her own company, Crown Jewels, selling fine jewelry last year. She has invested in a large inventory and now diagnosed with Stage 4 Breast Cancer, she is undergoing a very challenging battle. In an effort to help with her finances, her friends are hosting a jewelry party to sell her accumulated inventory. It will be held  this Sunday, November 22 1:00-5:00 O’Malia’s Fireplace Shop 115 Medical Dr Carmel   You are welcome to bring a friend/s! Reminder-Cash or Check only

2009 Auxiliary Style Show was a success!

The Annual Day Nursery Auxiliary Style Show and Luncheon was held October 2, 2009 at Oak Hill Mansion in Carmel.  This event is the major fundraiser for the Auxiliary, whose mission, since 1938 has been to support the Day Nursery Association through service and fundraising.  This year’s event, Precious as Gold-Children Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, was co-chaired by Jenny Rosebrock and Marianne Stout. The fashions were provided by Lilly’s Boutique of Zionsville, Day Furs and Mary & Martha’s Exceedingly Chic Boutique of Carmel.   Day Nursery Auxiliary members who modeled were joined by a special guest Indianapolis First Lady Winnie Ballard, who also served as honorary chair. Leslie Olsen of WISH TV 8 returned this year as the M.C. Our special guest was Danielle Smith, who attended the Day Nursery Ruth A. Lilly Center on Central Avenue.  She shared her memories of Day Nursery and talked about how her early discoveries of color and art at Day Nursery lead her on a career that lead to her current position teaching fashion design at the  Art Institute of Indianapolis. Auxiliary President Shirley Romine presented a check for $10,000 to Carolyn Dederer, Executive Director of the Day Nursery Association prior to the luncheon. The event was generously supported by Digestive Health Center Gastroenterology of Indianapolis; Anthem; Benefit Associates; Johnson, Grossnickle and Associates; Clarian Health; Ernst & Young; Baker & Daniels LLP and Greenwalt, Sponsel & Co.

Style Show Photos

Auxiliary volunteers help prepare family lending libraries

According to research done by the United Way of Central Indiana, the typical middle-class child is read to for nearly 1,500 hours before entering 1st grade, whereas a child from a low-income family is read to an average of just 25 hours. Thanks to the Arthur Jordan Foundation, Day Nursery is now able to provide  more access to great books and more family reading time. Their generous funding created a series of Preschool Lending Libraries for several Day Nursery centers. Filled with books for children of all ages as well as parent resource books, these libraries provide the children with many hours of important and fun opportunities for literacy development and family engagement. Today, Day Nursery Auxiliary volunteers came to the Day Nursery administrative office to help prepare new lending libraries for the Day Nursery Federal and Day Nursery State Center families.  Each library will have 250 new books which can be checked out by parents to take home and share with their children.  Here are a few pictures of Auxiliary volunteers helping out. Click on each picture to see a bigger version.

Auxiliary member Spencer Scott

Each family lending library contains 250 books for parents to check out and read at home with their children

Auxiliary member Joan Lyday

Auxiliary Past President Dotty Reehling

Day Nursery Executive Director Carolyn Dederer (left) with Auxiliary Past President Sally Anderson

Melanie Esselman, Day Nursery Auxiliary Treasurer

September 11, 2009 Meeting

The first meeting of the year was held Friday, September 11 at the Meridian Street United Methodist Church.  President Shirley Romine and Anne Schuster were the hostesses.  The meeting was our annual salad pitch-in and the food was delicious.  We caught up with what everyone did over the summer and got up to date on the plans for the October 2 Style Show at Oak Hill Mansion.  Here are a few pictures from the meeting.  The next regular meeting is Friday, November 6 at the Day Nursery State Government Center.

Members brought lots of yummy salads to share at our annual pitch-in luncheon meeting.

(L to R) Auxiliary officers Melanie Esselman, Treasurer and Shirley Romine, President pause after the meeting for a picture with Actives Mary Catherine Lotti and Debbie Dewees.

Auxiliary volunteer opportunity at Holiday Mart

 

For the fourth year in a row, we again have an opportunity to raise money for the Day Nursery Auxiliary, help another volunteer organization, and have some fun at the same time!  The Junior League of Indianapolis hosts the Holiday Mart every year at the Toyota Blue Ribbon Pavilion at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.

 

The Holiday Mart brings together vendors from around the country offering holiday and other items for shoppers to purchase.  This year’s Holiday Mart is from Wednesday, November 4 to Sunday, November 8, 2009.  Holiday Mart hours are Wednesday 6:30 pm to 10 pm, Thursday 9 am to 8 pm, Friday 9 am to 8 pm, Saturday 9 am to 6 pm and Sunday 11 am to 5 pm. 

The vendors need assistance selling the items at their booths during shopping hours and we can earn money for the Day Nursery Auxiliary by serving as paid volunteers.  The vendors pay $10 per hour for us to help at their booths, and the money is donated to the Auxiliary.  A minimum shift is four hours but more hours are available.  And paid volunteers can shop before or after their shifts without buying an admission ticket.

For more information or to sign up for a shift, please call DNA member Margie Galloway at 844-5884 (home), 850-2598 (cell) or email mgal410@hotmail.com   Thank you!

Volunteer opportunity

School picture days are coming up at the Day Nursery centers.  We could always use an extra hand to help escort the children from the classroom to the photographer and back.  The time is 8:30-11:30am.  We have a variety of locations and dates from the end of September through the end of October.  If this sounds like something you are interested in, call Susan Davis at the Day Nursery office for more info at 636-9197 ext. 227.