Category: President's Letter

With the departure of the snowbirds, hopefully the roads will become more passable this summer. This is our trade-off for hotter temperatures.

I want to thank Jammie Wolfe, our speaker at our March meeting from the Englewood Fire Department. In a male dominated occupation, Jammie has shown to have the “right stuff” physically and mentally to be past battalion chief in Nokomis and an Instructor for the fire department. Her story and attitude are an inspiration to all.

We will not have a regular monthly meeting in April. Our next event is our Meet and Greet on Tuesday, April 22nd at Artur’s Restaurant from 5:30PM to 7:30 PM. We will have heavy appetizers and soft drinks, which will be complimentary. A cash bar will be available for our guests and members. We are asking our members to come up with at least 5 names and emails so that we can share our Flyer for the event. Meggen Urka has volunteered to send out emails inviting people that you want to invite. Her email is This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Meggen, a new member, has volunteered to help grow our membership. As mentioned, this is an all-hands-on deck event. We will have raffles and some networking fun.

If we are able to have at least 40 people attend, and we obtain 5 to 10 new members, this will make us all very happy.

To register, the invitees can use our website, Facebook page or call Sue Hogrefe - 941-350-2894.

I hope to see all our members and lots of guests at the Meet and Greet.

Respectfully Submitted,
Sue Hogrefe, President of BPWEV