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ORGANIZER;CN="Mary Abshier":MAILTO:info@hfcw.org
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SUMMARY:Holiday Fun Comes Wednesday
DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM DETAILS\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Snowflakes\, Icebreaker Questions\, and a New Recipe. Our holiday gathering will include some hands-on magic when we make it snow! You will learn how to create a six-pointed snowflake as we share our answers to some jolly icebreaker questions. Most people make paper snowflakes with four or eight points (Those look like doilies). Real snowflakes in nature form with six points. Don’t wait for Houston to have any of the white stuff. You’ll need to bring a Pencil\, Eraser\,and Small Scissors (bring extras if you have them). Paper will be supplied. \nAlso take a trip through your recipe box and select one card to go in the drawing. At the end of our meeting everyone will draw a card. The “chef” will tell us about it\, and you’ll come away with a new recipe. \nBRING: \n*  A guest. \n*  $95 dues check. \n*  Recipe card with one of your recipes for the drawing. \n*  Pencil \n*  Eraser \n*  Small scissors + extra scissors if you have them. \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				ABOUT THE SPEAKER\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Arranged by Mary Abshier\, Leigh Owen\, and Jeanne Perdue
URL:https://hfcw.org/event/holiday-celebration-2/
LOCATION:Sorrento Italian Restaurant\, 415 Westheimer Road\, Suite 106\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States
CATEGORIES:Celebration Gathering,Monthly Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260128T111500
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SUMMARY:The Surprising Story of the White House
DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM DETAILS\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				On November 1\, 1800\, President John Adams became the first resident of the White House. Since then\, every U.S. President has lived at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington D.C.\, each adding a new chapter to its history. \nThe People’s House has been through two total destructions. In 1814\, the White House was burned by the British Army. The rebuilt executive mansion was actually considered unsafe in 1848. It was then demolished for the second time and rebuilt during the Truman Administration. \nYou will learn that future Presidents and First Ladies have added their touches to the structure\, design\, and furnishings. You’ll discover that the West Wing was added by President Theodore Roosevelt and the Oval Office was first occupied by President William Taft in 1909. \nCarolyn will share the story of the beautification\, preservation\, understanding\, and appreciation of the People’s House. \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				ABOUT THE SPEAKER\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Carolyn Tucker Myers is originally from Memphis\, Tennessee. In 1951\, her parents opened a hardware store in Pasadena. \nCarolyn graduated from Pasadena High School in 1955 and the University of Texas\, Austin\, in 1959. Newly married she lived in Morocco while her Air Force husband was stationed there. \nIn 1977\, she moved back to Pasadena with her only child\, a son. She joined the family business where she worked for 34 years. \nInternational secretary of Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority\, Carolyn also served as president of Soroptimist International of Pasadena. She was recognized as a Woman of Excellence by the Federation of Houston Professional Women. She has recently been accepted into the DAR\, Daughters of the American Revolution\, Lady Washington Houston chapter. \nCarolyn will now share her fascination with The People’s House…The White House.
URL:https://hfcw.org/event/story-white-house/
LOCATION:Sorrento Italian Restaurant\, 415 Westheimer Road\, Suite 106\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting
ORGANIZER;CN="Mary Abshier":MAILTO:info@hfcw.org
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260225T111500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260225T130000
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SUMMARY:Treat Yourself to Simple Pleasures
DESCRIPTION:Program \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				We are commanded at every turn to pamper one’s self. Self-care\, self-care; everywhere. The best definition of self-care is actually found by recognizing the simple pleasurers around us. You’ll discover self-care brings you comradery\, support\, wisdom\, laughter\, sympathy\, empathy\, and joy. You’ll come away after learning how to fold a little folder. Also\, you’ll receive some pocket-sized lists of simple pleasures. \nTreat yourself to some self-care on February 25. \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				About The Speaker\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Leigh Owen is a connector. She is passionate about matching people with other people\, organizations\, and resources. She is a past president of the Federation of Houston Professional Women\, Houston Focus on Concerns for Women\, and the FHPW Educational Foundation. She served 20 years on the UH Friends of Women’s Studies board and is a zealous supporter the UH Rare Books Collections. \nLeigh is a member of the Houston Book Arts Guild\, Houston Calligraphy Guild\, and the Houston Visual Journalers. She is a lifetime member of Women in the Visual and Literary Arts and chaired their advisory board. She loves collage\, journals daily\, and writes personal essays and haiku. \nShe is a new member of the Lady Washington chapter\, the largest DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) chapter in the world. She is a new member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Her genealogy studies revealed that her great\, great\, great uncle William E. Summers fought and died at the Alamo. \nA graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University\, her first job was in book publishing and it became her lifelong career. Leigh has three decades of book publishing and marketing experience. She began by designing books and handling their printing for Gulf Publishing Company then focused on marketing books and educational training for Vickie Milazzo Institute. \nLeigh and Tim\, both native Texans\, live in a brick bungalow in the Houston Heights. Avid birders\, they love traveling Texas back roads. Their marriage has been celebrated together at the Menger Hotel in San Antonio for 44 years in an unbroken line. \nLeigh is often told\, “You know things!”
URL:https://hfcw.org/event/simple_pleasures/
LOCATION:Sorrento Italian Restaurant\, 415 Westheimer Road\, Suite 106\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260325T111500
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SUMMARY:UH Cullen College of Engineering: Growth and Goals
DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM DETAILS\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				US college engineering enrollments have declined since 2020\, and now are half what they were in the mid-1980s. In fact\, international engineering students greatly outnumber domestic students in the US\, particularly in graduate programs. Fortunately\, the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering has a new dean with a big vision and specific goals\, which he shared at a recent Executive Leadership Board meeting. HFCW member Jeanne Perdue represented the UH Petroleum Engineering Advisory Board at that meeting. She took copious notes (of course)\, and will share some of the more interesting quotes and numbers on Cullen College’s path to improvement. \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				ABOUT THE SPEAKER\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Jeanne Perdue grew up in LeRoy\, NY (where Jell-O was invented)\, and earned a BS in Chemistry at State University of New York at Albany. She worked in the Texaco research labs as a chemist for 9 years and as a librarian for 4 years. She then became Senior Technology Editor for Hart’s E&P magazine and later launched the award-winning Upstream Technology magazine. She then spent 14 years as Technical Writer at Occidental Petroleum\, where she taught her Oil Patch Writing class and hands-on Innovation Workshop. Since retiring in 2024\, she teaches her writing class for PetroSkills and has published a book of poetry and a children’s book titled Dillon the Dawdler. \nA past president of Houston Focus on Concerns of Women\, Jeanne serves as Secretary of the University of Houston Petroleum Engineering Advisory Board and Chair of the HCC Petroleum Technology Advisory Board. She is President of the Federation of Houston Professional Women (FHPW) and serves on the FHPW Educational Foundation Board.
URL:https://hfcw.org/event/growth_and_goals/
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CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260429T111500
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SUMMARY:Mastering Your Second Act: A Soulful Approach to Retirement
DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM DETAILS\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Crystal Lynn Garrett will discuss her book “the Next Chapter”. \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				ABOUT THE SPEAKER\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Crystal Lynn Garrett
URL:https://hfcw.org/event/mastering-second-act/
LOCATION:Sorrento Italian Restaurant\, 415 Westheimer Road\, Suite 106\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting
ORGANIZER;CN="Mary Abshier":MAILTO:info@hfcw.org
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260527T111500
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SUMMARY:TBA
DESCRIPTION:Program \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				TBD (speaker Missy Bosch)  \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				About The Speaker
URL:https://hfcw.org/event/tba-4/
LOCATION:Sorrento Italian Restaurant\, 415 Westheimer Road\, Suite 106\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting
ORGANIZER;CN="Mary Abshier":MAILTO:info@hfcw.org
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260624T111500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260624T130000
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SUMMARY:TBA
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://hfcw.org/event/tba-5/
LOCATION:Sorrento Italian Restaurant\, 415 Westheimer Road\, Suite 106\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting
ORGANIZER;CN="Mary Abshier":MAILTO:info@hfcw.org
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260729T111500
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SUMMARY:TBA
DESCRIPTION:Program \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				TBD (speaker Linda Percell) \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				About The Speaker\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Linda Percell
URL:https://hfcw.org/event/tba-6/
LOCATION:Sorrento Italian Restaurant\, 415 Westheimer Road\, Suite 106\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting
ORGANIZER;CN="Mary Abshier":MAILTO:info@hfcw.org
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260826T111500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260826T130000
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SUMMARY:TBA
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://hfcw.org/event/tba-7/
LOCATION:Sorrento Italian Restaurant\, 415 Westheimer Road\, Suite 106\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting
ORGANIZER;CN="Mary Abshier":MAILTO:info@hfcw.org
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260930T111500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260930T130000
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SUMMARY:TBA
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://hfcw.org/event/tba-8/
LOCATION:Sorrento Italian Restaurant\, 415 Westheimer Road\, Suite 106\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting
ORGANIZER;CN="Mary Abshier":MAILTO:info@hfcw.org
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261028T111500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261028T130000
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SUMMARY:TBA
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://hfcw.org/event/tba-9/
LOCATION:Sorrento Italian Restaurant\, 415 Westheimer Road\, Suite 106\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting
ORGANIZER;CN="Mary Abshier":MAILTO:info@hfcw.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261125T111500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261125T130000
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SUMMARY:NO MEETING
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://hfcw.org/event/no-meeting-2/
LOCATION:To Be Announced\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting
ORGANIZER;CN="Mary Abshier":MAILTO:info@hfcw.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261202T111500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261202T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T193635
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SUMMARY:TBA
DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM DETAILS\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Holiday Gathering \n  \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				ABOUT THE SPEAKER\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Arranged by Mary Abshier\, Leigh Owen\, and Jo Rosenbloom King
URL:https://hfcw.org/event/tba-10/
LOCATION:Sorrento Italian Restaurant\, 415 Westheimer Road\, Suite 106\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States
CATEGORIES:Celebration Gathering,Monthly Meeting
ORGANIZER;CN="Mary Abshier":MAILTO:info@hfcw.org
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20270127T111500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20270127T130000
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SUMMARY:TBA
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://hfcw.org/event/tba-11/
LOCATION:Sorrento Italian Restaurant\, 415 Westheimer Road\, Suite 106\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting
ORGANIZER;CN="Mary Abshier":MAILTO:info@hfcw.org
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