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President's Message

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Dear Members,
Even though we don’t meet as often in the summer, the summer managed to fly by. But with only one regular meeting back at Rock Creek Country Club, we still kept busy with the garage sale in July, the Wine Social in August, the Membership Social also in August and our Candidates Banquet and District 1 Luncheon, both in September.

What a team I have. The members led by Ways and Means really stepped up to our Garage Sale again this year pulling in just short of $2000. And what about Gary’s book sales of over $1000, all donated to the Club. Barely rested from the Garage Sale, we took a break to have a new social event, complete with souvenir wine glasses. Even though it wasn’t intended to be a fund raiser, we managed to raise a few hundred dollars. Holly’s backyard made for a beautiful setting for this event.

In August, we held our Annual Membership Social. No shortage of meatballs and other great food at this one. Once again, Laurel was an awesome hostess. We had almost as many guests as members and managed to sign several of these up for membership.

September was a particularly busy month. First, we participated in the annual District luncheon where our own Melissa Laird was elected as District Director. This was immediately followed by our annual Candidate Banquet. During the Banquet, we added a Dessert Dash to the festivities and along with the calories, it brought in quite a bit of money. The Candidates had a lot to share and it was inter- esting to hear what Dallas Heard had to say about his vision for the ORP. The fol- lowing week, several of use went to Florida for the Biennial NFRW Convention. What an uplifting experience that was! It really gave us hope for America.

Fourth quarter has a lot to look forward to as well. First is our OFRW Convention in Bend in mid-October. Of course we will have luncheons in both October and No- vember and our holiday event in December. In between all that, we will have Officer Elections and a vote on our updated By-laws. You just can’t slow us Republican women down.
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Juanita
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​RECENT OREGON/NAT'L REPUBLICAN WOMEN COMMUNICATIONS:

2021 SCHOLARSHIP ESSAY CONTEST
Due: November 24, 2021
Winner announced: December 14, 2021
Scholarship  distributed: January 20, 2022
Details click here

MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS and OTHER BHRW EVENTS
​Our usual monthly membership meetings are on the third Thursday of the month from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM, location TBD.  

Our December 16 meeting will be a holiday lunch for members only.  Cost will be $20 with RSVP on line.  We will install our 2022 officers, have a gift (~$10-15) exchange, and enjoy each other's company.    Details to be announced.
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BHRW held it's November 18 monthly meeting at Forest Hills Gold Club in Cornelius.  We heard from two candidates for Oregon Governor - Kerry McQuisten and Bridget Barton.  Our speakers were Washington County Sheriff Pat Garrett and District Attorney Kevin Barton.  They spoke of the progress they have made protecting public safety in the county as well as the challenges they face. In May DA Barton will run for reelection.
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BHRW's October 21 meeting was, again, at Rock Creek Country club with 50 attendees!  Three gubernatorial candidates spoke: Nick Hess (VoteHess22), Jim Huggins (jim.huggins.52), and Marc Thielman (marcforgovenor).  The speaker was Suzanne Gallagher of Parents' Rights in Education who reviewed key issues facing Oregon schools and urged attendants to get involved to make changes.  
For other past events, please go to More/Newsletter tab on this website

Other Upcoming Events: 

BHRW Red Shoe Book Club usually meets on the 4th Monday at 11:00 am at Café Murrayhill in Beaverton, 14500 SW Murray Scholls Dr #103, Beaverton, OR 97007.  Our next meeting is January 24, 2022 when we will be discussing Rigged : How The Media,Big Tech, And The Democrats Seized Our ElectionsMollie Hemingway.   Please RSVP to Alison  alisonkett123@yahoo.com
and MORE...
October 15-17: OFRW Convention and we get three delegates.

Where does our money go?
BHRW funds, after expenses, go to a variety of charities including scholarships, library support, Caring for America, Honor Flight, USO, Lines for Life and WA Co Community Action. If you would like to donate, click the button below.  Note that your donation is not a political donation and will not meet the $50 deductible qualification.

For more information : 2ndvicepresidentbhrw@gmail.com
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Why join Federated Republican Women
  1. The BHRW is your local branch of the National Federated Republican Women. We are a collective force to positively impact the direction of our nation and advancing the power of women through political access and participation. We support grassroots efforts to elect Republicans.
  2. We stay informed on legislation, elections and political news through our newsletters, email social networks, digital publications and web site.
  3. We participate in our community service programs which promote Americanism, the Armed Services, literacy, private sector initiatives, volunteerism and more. 
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