Mark your calendar: OFRW FALL CONFERENCE SEPTEMBER 18 at the Embassy Suites. Friday is Board Meeting and Saturday is conference. The Conference will include workshops, auction, keynote speaker Johnathan Gormley (political director for the Ohio Republican Party), individual district meetings, entertainment by award winning singer/songwriter Andrew Dean, and much more.
    Club Presidents, please remember it is your responsibility to make sure all your members get a copy of the Fall Conference invitation that is mailed to you. 
    Marilyn Clark is asking, if your club brings a basket for the fund raising, that you call her with the value, what is in it, and the theme of the basket (Fall, Christmas, Halloween, or ??). Fall is always a great time for baskets with the different holidays coming up. 
    You may register for the conference on this website by clicking HERE or clicking on the "Upcoming Events" tab at the top of this page.
    The Ohio Federation of Republican Women held their summer Board meeting recently. We are so happy that all of our post cards for the Justice Lanzinger and Justice O’Connor campaigns are in the mail to the Club Presidents all over Ohio. Presidents, these are to be given to all your club members. The members are to sign them, add a line if they wish, put a stamp on them and send them to their neighbors, family and friends. We need to really thank our office secretary Helen Hall for a huge job of counting them all, putting them in boxes and sending them out.Thank you Helen!!
    Membership chair Mary Anne Christie has been working with Parliamentarian Ann Brown and committee members Lyn Bliss and Carol Salmon to draft the By-laws for the new Ohio on-line club. This can also now be viewed and joined on-line by clicking on the "On-line Club" tab at the top of this page, or click HERE. CONGRATULATIONS!! This is the first statewide on-line club in the U.S.
    The OFRW will be setting up Constant Contact at the office, so those OFRW members with email will receive their newsletter that way. If you have not given your email to your club president and want to receive information being sent by OFRW, you need to call or email the OFRW office. For the office's email address and phone number click HERE (or click on the "Contact" tab at the top of this page).
    Caring for America chairs Linda Burke and Donise Pick, stated that so far they have collected $780 for the USO. This has come from four clubs.  All checks should be made out to the USO and sent to Linda Burke. For further details, click HERE. Good job ladies!!
    The new Leadership Chair Jayne Neal will be getting some training in Charleston, S.C at the NFRW board meeting in September. Happy to have you on board Jayne.
    The following OFRW ladies are now serving on NFRW committees:

• We are proud to have Carol Salmon serving as the new NFRW Fundraising Chair,
• Marilyn Clark and 
• Anne Patram serve on the fundraising committee, 
• Lyn Bliss serves on the Program Committee, 
• Linda Burke serves on the Protocol Committee, 
• Mary Anne Christie serves on the Membership Committee, 
• Jayne Neal serves on the Leadership Development Committee and
• I serve on the Board as President of Ohio's Federation of Republican Women. 

    Hope to see you all at the fall conference.

Respectfully,

President

Ohio Federation of Republican Women

OFRW on the Move

Summer Board of Director's Meeting