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May 2012

Thanks to you, we have nearly completed another year with Potomac Chapter of Hadassah. From our monthly Book Club (thank you Cynthia, for running this for us), to our most recent 5th Annual Mah Jongg tournament, we have continued with our Potomac Chapter traditions, including our monthly Training Wheels program, held at Shaare Shalom in Leesburg, Virginia.

Thanks to all of you who attended our programs and events, and especially to those who helped with the planning and running of these, with special thanks to Sue Benezra, Amy Carp, Cynthia Hausdorff, Carol Khalsa, Rebecca Krasnegor, Amy Rubin, Jane Torman, and Laura Zelman.

During the 2011-12 calendar year, we welcomed 40 new members into our Chapter, meeting our membership goal for the year, and, in 2012, we already have 8 new members!

For the coming year, we already have individuals volunteering to assist in future programming and we welcome your suggestions to assist in planning the coming year. We are also looking for women interested in serving on the 2012-13 Potomac Chapter Board. Available positions include Vice Presidents of Programming, Education, and Fund-Raising. Please contact me if you are interested in any of these.

Once again, thank you all for your support during the past year. I hope to see you soon.

Beth Edelheit
President

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