Author: Sharise Plescia

It is hard to believe this is the May newsletter and after the May luncheon, we will be taking our three month summer recess until September. We may have a meeting recess, but we have a very important Primary Election on June 26 and an even more important election in November. Your candidates will need your help.  Let’s put our best foot forward during this campaign season, so we don’t have an ugly primary. Wayne Williams is facing a tough race for Secretary of State and George Brauchler for Attorney General – hop on board with one or both of them and let them know you are willing to volunteer. As announced, we will have an auction at our October meeting, and hope to raise enough money to make a…

We had asked that you save the date of May 19th, for the CFRW District VI meeting; however, we find there are several things that conflict with that date that could possibly keep our attendance down.  We have rescheduled the meeting for June 2nd, with it still being a lunch meeting at the Valley Country Club, further information will be forthcoming. We all survived the Caucus and the County Assembly meeting in March we now have one more hurdle prior to the June primary and that is our April 14th State Assembly at the Coors Event Center in Boulder.  Congratulations to those of you who were elected Delegates and Alternates to the State Assembly.  If you have never participated at either of these levels, I recommend you attend the State…

We started the year with our Gubernatorial Forum.  We had approximately 80-85 people there, many of whom would have never heard all the candidates except for that forum.  As women and Republicans, we have so much to offer and it is our responsibility to go into our communities and educate and fight for our principles.  We need to let people know what we stand for, speak with our own message and broadcast our Republican values.  The more there are of us the easier that job will be. Every time we turn on the TV or pick up printed material, we hear and read about infrastructure.  We need to think about our own DCRW infrastructure: do we increase our membership, so there are more of us to work for our candidates…

2018 is here and while I say, ‘Thank You’ for the confidence you have shown in me by electing me to serve as your President for the next two years, I also have confidence that all of you will be working alongside me and the newly elected officers to accomplish all we have in front of us. At the February meeting, our donations will go to Project Sanctuary. Each month, watch our new abbreviated newsletter for the recipient of these funds. Project Sanctuary is a therapeutic military family program that focuses on the needs, challenges and concerns that our military families face every day, taking military families from BATTLE-READY to FAMILY-READY. The Board vets any charity who receives our donated funds: Project Sanctuary is rated a Four Star Charity by…