The Gaylord Area Council for the Arts invites you to come in and see our Winter Wonders Show and Sale featuring beautiful gifts for Christmas.

The art and jewelry are all original pieces provided by our local artists.

Shop locally - it's a good feeling.

We are located at the Community Arts Center, 123 E. Main Street, next to the Barber Shop. Hours: Tues.-Fri. 11-3,

Sat. 11-1. Arts Line 989-732-3242

Drop off your confidential documents at Crossroads during the week after Thanksgiving and we will shred the first 50 lbs. for free! If you would like to watch your material be shredded, please call to make an appointment.

Tickets are now on sale for the BIG Christmas Giveaway. Only 100 tickets are available. The raffle will take place Tuesday, Dec. 20th at 9 AM on Eagle 101.5. Tickets are $100 dollars and can be purchased by calling Big Brothers BIg Sisters at (989) 732-7780 or going to our website. Drawing will be for 18 prizes totaling close to $10,000 dollars! 100% of the proceeds sponsor the programs of Big Brothers Big Sisters, serving children in need in Otsego and Crawford counties. BBBS is a 501(c)3 charity and donations are tax deductible.

25 Days till Christmas: A Charitable Shopping Event

Getting all your holiday shopping done in two hours may seem impossible. However, on Thursday December 1, 2011 from 5-7:30pm several independent sales consultants will gather to sell their wares under one roof offering shoppers a large variety of gift ideas. This is not an ordinary holiday shopping opportunity. It promises to be a fun evening of women supporting women. Shoppers will not only be supporting area independent business owners, they will also be supporting the local community. Each of the vendors has promised a percentage of the sales will be donated to the Zonta Club of Gaylord Area’s annual scholarship through the Women’s Resource Center to help an Otsego County woman return back to school.

The list of vendors includes: Shawn Ferens with Tupperware; Deborah Berger with Thirty-One www.mythirtyone.com/86468; Nancy Vermette with Tastefully Simple www.tastefullysimple.com/web/nvermette; Barb Schram, Shaklee Independent Distributor www.teacher.myshaklee.com; Julie Werlein, Independent Partylite Consultant www.partylite.biz/Juliew; Independent Consultant Tiffany Lawrence with The Pampered Chef www.pamperedchef.biz/tlawrence; Sharon Bolinger of Sharon Sell Bags a Miche consultant www.my.michebag.com/Sharon_bolinger; Brandy Riopelle with Mary Kay www.marykay.com/briopelle; Monica Graham with Lia Sophia www.liasophia.com/sites/monicagraham; Bethany Hesse of It Works Global-Home of the Ultimate Body Applicator www.ReviveIn45.com; Stephenie and Tammy LaBouef of Chocolate Sisters www.Dove-Chocolate-Discoveries.com; and Liz Mench with Avon http://emench.avonrepresentative.com.

The December First Shopping Event will take place at the Gaylord Guardian Gals Headquarters, 400 West Main Street Suites 114 & 115 of the Alpine Executive Center behind Subway and Brother’s Coffee and Tea. Light refreshments will be served. There is no admission fee. However, shoppers are asked to bring canned goods for the Women’s Resource Center’s Safe Home. A complete list of the Safe Home needs can be found at www.wrcnm.org.

This past March, on International Women’s Day, the Zonta Club of Gaylord Area hosted a Women At Risk International Jewelry Party with great success. Over two thousand dollars were raised to support women who have been rescued from human trafficking. This Charitable Shopping Event was created in an effort to help local women who have been rescued from abuse.

As a Thank You and in preparation of the event, Zonta members along with Guardian Gals board members, the Guardian Gals themselves as well as their parents and AAUW members will be breathing a fresh breath of life into the conference and reception areas of the Guardian Gals Headquarters. The painting party will take place Friday November 18th (5pm-7: 30pm) and Saturday November 19th (9am-11:30am), food will be served. Anyone interested in helping should contact Amber at 989-731-1841.

The Zonta Club of Gaylord Area meets the second Monday of every month, 5:30pm at the Otsego County Library. Zonta International seeks to advance the status of women worldwide by improving the legal, political, economic, educational, health and professional status of women at the global and local levels through service and advocacy. With the generosity and collective action of Zontians and friends around the world, Zonta International has supported projects in 46 countries, provided scholarships and awards to women around the globe, and been a powerful advocate for change in our local and international communities, thereby transforming the world and women's place in it. For more information visit www.Zonta.org, www.Zonta15.org, or www.GaylordZonta.org.
 

If you are interested in the outdoors, photography, and would like to learn more about land conservation, please contact Kristy Mortham at 989-731-0573 for more information. Meetings start at 4 pm at the HeadWaters Office in downtown Gaylord.We will briefly discuss our previous photo submissions and then head out to the Kassuba Farm for a photo session.