Ladies of Philoptohos Society - St. Barbara #1033

"Get to Know Us"

With this Web Page, we hope that you will not only 'get to know us' but you will also 'come and join us.' We are The Ladies Philoptochos Society `St. Barbara' of the St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Piscataway, NJ. We bring the ladies of our community together--our membership presently numbers 181. As a philanthropic organization, we are available to assist anyone in need. A dedicated and vibrant group of ladies, we are very active throughout the year. The following are some of the many programs that keep us busy:

National and Diocese Philoptochos: Along with our per capita remittance mailed to National and Diocese Philoptochos, we support their many programs and needs with our annual monetary obligations.

Community of St. George, Piscataway: Vasilopita, Lenten Luncheon, St. George Celebration, St. George Festival, Host the Coffee Hour during August, Visitations to Shut-Ins, Community Welcome Letter, Bone Marrow Drive, Community Christmas Card, Christmas and Easter Bread Sales, Host coffee hour following religious lectures in October, Provide a luncheon following the Orthodox Clergy meeting, Provide assistance through the Philoptochos Needy Cases Fund.

Greater Communities of the Middlesex, Somerset and Hunterdon Counties: Cooking for the Homeless, Warming of America, Blankets for Babies with Aids, Samaritan Homeless Interim Program, Good News Home for Women in Flemington and Ronald McDonald House.

2009 - 2010 Officers

President: Pegi Zajac, 908-788-9667

First Vice President: Effie Bouziotis, 908-725-6744

Second Vice President: Anna Kalogridis, 732-985-0688

Recording Secretary: Stella Tsinetakis, 732-356-2448

Corresponding Secretary: Malvina Wilkins, 732-254-7492

Treasurer: Georgia Peterson, 732-752-6426

Assistant Treasurer: Artemis Pappas, 732-873-5053

Chairman of the Board: Eleni Andronikou, 908-218-5073

2009 - 2010 Board of Governors

Liberty Alfieris, 732-422-9187

Anastasia Ballas, 908-756-0031

Mary Boulegeris, 908-722-9640

Christine Colitsas, 732-238-0845

Niky Gerondelis, 732-356-5844

Nickie Kopanakis, 732-777-7309

Christine Koumarianos, 908-439-3075

Evangelia Manolakis, 732-257-605

Eleni Parlapanides, 908-753-0078

Ann Stevens, 732-297-0156

Effie Voloudakis, 908-526-4129

Philoptochos Fund Raisers Gift Matching and United Way Programs

The Ladies Philoptochos Society 'St. Barbara' asks that our St. George parishioners and friends consider participating in the following employee/employer programs:

Employee Gift Matching. When you make a charitable donation to the Philoptochos and are employed by a major corporation with a Gift Matching program, please ask your employer for a Gift Matching form. Fill in the employee's section and forward the form to the Philoptochos. The Philoptochos will complete the form and mail it to the proper gift matching department. By doing so, your corporations will match your charitable donation and send the money to the Philoptochos for their Needy Cases Fund.

United Way. Your United Way payroll deduction may be given to the 'St. George Needy Cases Fund' which is a Philoptochos fund for helping those in need. It is very simple. All you have to do is contact your payroll office and request to have your contribution forwarded to the St. George Needy Cases Fund. Our United Way Reference Number is 032224. Many of our parishioners have already made these arrangements and you, too, may also consider having your United Way Payroll deduction forwarded to the Needy Cases Fund.

Questions and Inquiries. If you have any questions on either Employee Gift Matching or United Way Donations or require additional information, you may contact Mary Boulegeris at 908-722-9640.

2009-2010 Meeting Dates

Saturday, September 26, 2009 11:00 a.m. Memorial Room	Saturday, February 27, 2010 11:00 a.m. Memorial Room
Saturday, October 24 2009 11:00 a.m. Memorial Room	Saturday, March 27, 2010 11:00 a.m. Memorial Room
Saturday, November 21, 2009 11:00 a.m. Memorial Room	Saturday, April 24, 2010 11:00 a.m. Memorial Room
Saturday, December 19, 2009 11:00 a.m. Memorial Room	May meeting combined with the April meeting
Saturday, January 23, 2010 11:00 a.m. Memorial Room	June Luncheon June 13, 2010 after church services

Please attend our meetings so that we can all participate in the many activities that are our responsibilities.

Religious and Social Events (2009-2010)

September 2009	- Cooking for the Homeless on second Thursday of each month. - Keeping America Warm throughout the year.
October 2009	- Baby Blankets.
November 2009	- Thanksgiving Visitations to shut-ins, before Thanksgiving. - Needy Cases/Christmas Card Donations, every Sunday in November, following church services. - Baklava/Kourabiedes preparations, Nov.17, selling on November 22
December 2009	- Christmas Card Stuffing/mailing - St. Barbara's Icon Decoration, Dec 3 - St. Barbara Liturgy and Artoklasia Dec. 4 - St. Barbara's Luncheon, December 6, Sunday following church services - Christmas Bread Sale, Dec 19 & 20 - Christmas Visitation to shut-ins, before Christmas, wk. of Dec.14th.
January 2010	- Vasilopita, following the Divine Liturgy, Sunday, January 3.
February 2010	- Membership Brunch, after the Divine Liturgy, February 7 at the Ahepa Hall. Membership Drive month, every Sunday - Memorial Service for our deceased members, Orthodoxy. Sunday, Feb. 21 - Lenten Luncheon Feb.21 following the Divine. Liturgy, Orthodoxy Sunday Feb. 21 at Ahepa Hall
March 2010	- Easter Visitations to the shut-ins before Holy Week 3/28 - Easter Egg dying, 3/25 & 3/26, (us Friday) - Tsourekia Sale (Palm Sunday), March 28
April 2010	- Easter Sunday, April 4 - St. GeorgeCelebration, April 23 - St. George Vespers, April 22, followed by a coffee hour
May 2010	- St. George Festival, May 14-17
June 2010	- June Luncheon, Sunday June 13, following Church services
August 2010	- Host the coffee hour, following the Sunday Divine Liturgies and The Assumption of the Virgin Mary Liturgy, August 15, 2010

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