General Meeting Minutes
Sun City Lincoln Hills Needle Arts Club
General Meeting Minutes
Sun City Lincoln Hills Needle Arts Club
June 9, 2026
Sun City Lincoln Hills Needle Arts Club
June 9, 2026
Meeting called to order: by Cindy Nelson at 12:30 pm.
New Members and/or Visitors: Five people were introduced.
Business:
• The General Meeting Minutes from April 14th, 2026 were approved as posted.
• The May 12th Spring Fling was in lieu of a May meeting. Cindy presented a slide show with music showing pictures of the event.
CHAIR REPORTS:
Community Service: Bev Johnson and Clareen Bolton
• Fifteen new mothers received baby quilts, mom’s quilts, and burp bibs at Beale AFB.
• Christmas Quilts for Recovery needs quilts (no flannel or fleece) for burn patients in hospitals locally, UCD, Shriners Children’s Hospital, and other north California hospitals with burn units. They will bedistributed around Christmas.
Membership: Bev Jones reported that we have 169 members.
Retreats/Sewing Room, Pat Barnhill: The June 6th - 7th In-house Weekend Retreat was full and the participants had a wonderful time. The next one may be in July. In-house retreats are limited to 8 people because of limited space.
Socials, Cindy Nelson: Plans for the holiday luncheon in the Ballroom have begun.
Window Display: Fran Swart will be placing military red, white and blue items in the window today.
Workshops, Leslie Sheets:
• Brenda Wright’s June 15th workshop on making rope bowls is full, but there is a wait list.
• Bev Jones’ workshop on making earrings is coming up.
• Go to the website or email Leslie to sign up.
Calendar, Leslie Sheets: We can now scan the QR code on the calendar on the outside window of the Sewing Room door to get to our website.
PROGRAM: The owner of Cali Quilt Company, Tayva Singer, presented the engaging and humorous story of her company from its’ inception through their move to Roseville. She recommended the book Winning Every Day by Lou Holtz for an uplifting perspective for success.
Show and Tell: Six members shared their creations.
Cindy discussed the generous donation to Needle Arts club.
Meeting Adjourned at 2:01 pm.
Next General Meeting will be on September 8th.
Minutes submitted by Carol Hughes, Needle Arts Secretary