Have fun while raising funds! In exchange for a generous donation from the ASICS Falmouth Road Race, WHWC has provided volunteers for the past 5 years to staff the tables where numbers are handed out to runners in the days leading up to the Road Race. This year’s race takes place on Sunday, August 17th. Number pickups take place in the Falmouth High School gym.

Date, Time, Number of Spots to Be Filled:
Thursday, August 14, 11:30 am to 3:30 pm, 7 volunteers needed
Friday, August 15, 11:30 am to 3:30 pm, 5 volunteers needed
Friday, August 15, 3:15 pm to 7:45 pm, 5 volunteers needed
Saturday, August 16, 9:30 am to 12:30 pm, 5 volunteers needed
Saturday, August 16, 12:15 am to 3:30 pm, 7 volunteers needed

Pre-race spirits are high, and it is fun to participate in the energy. Volunteers work in pairs. You can ask a family member or friend to sign up to volunteer with you if they are at least 18 years old. IDs will be checked. When you register, remember that you are working for a group and select WHWC.

Each person registering must have their own email address. Two people cannot use the same email address because this is how the registration program “Bloomerang” identifies you. You can sign up for multiple shifts. But, if you would like to sign up for two consecutive shifts, please let Kerry know because “Bloomerang” will not let you do this.

Family members younger than 18 can sign up for other jobs. They too should remember to select WHWC when they sign up.

Handing out numbers is the most sought-after job! Sign-up is open now and closes August 6th. Signing up benefits WHWC and the Road Race Committee. They hope to fill the slots with participating organizations like WHWC. Please sign up as soon as you can.

Sign up here (The Google Chrome browser works best. NOTE: Some have had difficulty signing up using their phone, so we suggest you use a different device). Be sure to select WHWC as your group so we get credit for your participation. Directions for signing up can be found here.

Questions? Please contact Kerry Walton <kerry.walton@gmail.com>

The Woods Hole Woman’s Club has awarded scholarships to seven Precinct One high school seniors. Gabriella Jurczyk, Maggie McLean, Eleanor Rosenthal, and George Weiffenbach will graduate from Falmouth High School. Cecilia Palanza will graduate from Sturgis Charter School, Natalia Traykovski from St. John Paul II school, and Lucia Gomez-Ibanez is completing her studies in Norway at United World College.

Club members extend sincere congratulations to these outstanding students, all of whom have strong academic records and a wide variety of achievements. Five of the seven were honored at the Club’s Scholarship Tea on May 6 and spoke with members, one sent a video acceptance that was shown to the group and the seventh sent a written statement to share.

Recipients of Woods Hole Woman’s Club’s 2025 Scholarships at the presentation tea on May 6. left to right: Eleanor Rosenthal, Maggie McLean, Natalia Traykovski, Marysol Jurczyk, Cecilia Palanza. Not pictured: Lucia Gomez-Ibanez and George Weiffenbach. (Nancy Walbek)

Read about each student here.

Have fun while raising funds! In exchange for a generous donation from the ASICS Falmouth Road Race, WHWC has provided volunteers for the past 4 years to staff the tables where numbers are handed out to runners in the days leading up to the Road Race. This year’s race takes place on Sunday, August 18th. Number pickups take place in the Falmouth High School gym.

Date, Time, Number of Spots to Be Filled:
Thursday, August 15, 11:30 am to 3:30 pm, 4 volunteers needed
Friday, August 16, 11:30 am to 3:30 pm, 5 volunteers needed
Friday, August 16, 3:15 pm to 7:45 pm, 4 volunteers needed
Saturday, August 17, 9:30 am to 12:30 pm, 4 volunteers needed
Saturday, August 17, 12:15 am to 3:30 pm, 5 volunteers needed

Pre-race spirits are high, and it is fun to participate in the energy. Volunteers work in pairs. You can ask a family member or friend to sign up to volunteer with you if they are at least 18 years old. IDs will be checked. When you register, remember that you are working for a group and select WHWC.

Each person registering must have their own email address. Two people cannot use the same email address because this is how the registration program “Boomerang” identifies you. You can sign up for multiple shifts. But, if you would like to sign up for two consecutive shifts, please let Kerry know because “Boomerang” will not let you do this.

Family members younger than 18 can sign up for other jobs. They too should remember to select WHWC when they sign up.

Handing out numbers is the most sought-after job! Sign-up is open now and closes August 5th. Signing up benefits WHWC and the Road Race Committee. They hope to fill the slots with participating organizations like WHWC. Please sign up as soon as you can.

Sign up here (The Google Chrome browser works best. NOTE: Some have had difficulty signing up using their phone, so we suggest you use a different device). Be sure to select WHWC as your group so we get credit for your participation. Directions for signing up can be found here.

Questions? Please contact Kerry Walton <kerry.walton@gmail.com>

As in previous years, WHWC is offering several $1000 scholarships to graduating high school seniors who live in Falmouth’s Precinct 1 and will be pursuing further education.  Applications may be obtained from school guidance offices and completed and received by the scholarship committee no later than March 11, 2024. The application form is also available here.

Beginning in 1927, the Woods Hole Woman’s Club has presented scholarships as a part of its community service.  Scholarships have been awarded every year since 1980 to a total of 146 graduating seniors from Precinct 1.

The WHWC Thespians delighted members with readings and recitations in a program titled Deep Seas: Poetry, Tales and Songs of Sea and Shore. Despite the chilly temperatures and icy conditions, the Parish Center was filled with members looking forward to a beloved annual event.

The tone for the performance was set with a choral reading by Mary Swope and Carol Casey of John Masefield’s “Sea Fever.” Ellie Armstrong followed with a reading of an episode from her own collection of memoirs, “Sailing in a Pea-soup Fog,” remembering a teenage adventure sailing in becalmed Vineyard Sound.  The audience listened with rapt attention as Gloria Borghese read “The Eye,” a poem she wrote in response to a work of art created by her grandson.

Next up was Rhona Carlton-Foss reading a childhood favorite, Lydia Huntley Sigourney’s 19th-century poem “Indian Names.” Lee Drescher read from the children’s book “The Good Giants and the Bad Pugwudgies,” which recounts a Wampanoag legend about the creation of Buzzards Bay, Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard, and the Elizabeth Islands.  She followed this up by performing “Rolling Waves, ” a song she composed to the tune of “This Land is Your Land,” encouraging the audience to join in the refrain as Mary Swope accompanied her on guitar.

Nawrie Meigs-Brown delved into the waters of Stellwagen Bank with a reading of Mary Oliver’s “Humpbacks,” then led the audience in singing a traditional folk song “Eddystone Light,” popularized by Burl Ives in the 1950s with the lively refrain “Yo ho ho! The wind blows free; Oh for a life on the rolling sea.”

The program was closed by readings of two short poems by Irish poets.  Lalise Melillo read “Postscript” by Nobel Prize-winning Seamus Heaney. A consummate teacher, Lalise enlightened us on the uniqueness of the words Heaney used to capture a moment of heart-stopping beauty. Mary Swope then read William Butler Yeats’s “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” set in an idyllic place of natural beauty.

The program was dedicated to Thespians San Lyman and Jeannette Fullerton, who could not perform this year, and to the memory of Olivann Hobbie, who passed away in December.

George Scharr, Falmouth Academy (F.A.) chair of the Arts Department, dedicated the already-scheduled performance by F.A.’s String Ensemble and International Ensemble to Olivann Hobbie, who passed away unexpectedly on December 4^th. Olivann was one of F.A.’s founding faculty and was the school’s first Arts Chair. She was a mentor and an inspiration to Mr. Scharr and many others. She also taught history.

Norma Stiner, Director of String Ensemble, conducted the student musicians through a set of traditional Christmas and Hanukkah tunes, followed by an impressive Tchaikovsky Humoresque. Before student pianist Xuanyu “Genie” Chang performed Chopin’s Nocturne in C Minor #21, Mr. Scharr gave a touching tribute to Olivann. The International Ensemble of 2 violins, guitar, and piano then performed John Lennon’s Imagine, Toreador Song from Bizet’s Carmen, and Nat King Cole’s  It’s a Wonderful World. Over forty WHWC Club members enjoyed the December 12th performance and appreciated the opportunity to honor a lost club member and contributor to the community.

Students Xuanyu “Genie” Chang, Alex deChiara, Marcus Greco, Miguel Gomez-Ibanez, Junke “Kelly” Lin, Faye McGuire, Luke Okoshi-Michel, Gabriela “Gaby” Otoni, James Riddiford, and Robert Ronan performed.