The more we get together, the happier we’ll be!

By Susan Pittelman, WCA Publicity Coordinator

What a year it has been for WCA members, filled with social, educational, physical and cultural activities.

With COVID-19 winding down and the opening of the new Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center in January, WCA was able to begin programming “full steam ahead” this past season. Women got together for our Speaker Series, card games and mahjong, golf, biking, bocce, pickleball, birding, field trips, art tours, book clubs, brunches, lunches, and much, much more!

Thanks to the Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center, finding venues is no longer a challenge, and with more and more members volunteering to be liaisons, run programs and create new events, 2023-2024 promises to be our busiest year ever.

Don’t miss out! Renewing your WCA membership (or joining WCA for the first time) is easy. Just watch our e-newsletter and your email for a renewal reminder or simply go to WCAnaples.org and click on membership.

You can renew your membership beginning July 1. The 2023-24 membership year begins Friday, Sept. 1. After that date, only paid members will receive WCA communications. Don’t wait to renew or you might risk missing a WCA e-newsletter or registering for WCA’s wide variety of interest groups and

Whether you are in Greater Naples year-round or have returned north, we hope you are enjoying your summer. We look forward to seeing those of you who are in Naples this summer and to having many more opportunities for all WCA members to get together during the coming year.

Your friends are my friends and my friends are your friends …

The more we get together, the happier we’ll be!

WCA members had numerous opportunities to get together this year!

This was a popular year for sports

Golfers gather at Valencia Golf and Country Club for a Chanukah “shotgun event.”

WCA women have a ball playing bocce together.

Pickleball drew many women.

WCA South and WCA North each had many activities

WCA North Canasta Day

WCA South’s brunch at La Travola on Marco Island

There were many Special Events this year

WCA members modeled at the fabulous Fashion Show in January (Event Chairs Darlene Muller and Debbie Lurie on the far right)

Thanking volunteers at the WCA Appreciation Brunch

Judit Price organized many opportunities forWCA art lovers to see outstanding art collections

Art Glass tour at the home of Bonnie Marx

Members of the WCA Couples Group hosted“Shabbat at Home” Dinners

Shabbat Dinner at the home of Sally Ann Endleman and Bruce Cassell

WCA offered a wide variety of “field trips” this past season.

Edison Ford Estates

Marie Selby Gardens

With our new Federation building, many morewomen can now participate in card games.

NextGen members playing mahjong