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As an American living in Canada, I have always enjoyed celebrating both Canadian Thanksgiving (Columbus Day weekend) and American Thanksgiving in November. It’s a chance to spend time with family and indulge in turkey, stuffing, pumpkin pie, and all that comes with a big dinner. It’s an opportunity to give thanks twice for all the blessings in our lives.

Speaking of blessings, I feel especially grateful to be part of the Catholic Writers Guild. As I was telling someone recently, I believe that the Guild is responsible for any success I have had as a writer and author. The overwhelming benefits of Guild membership convinced me to want to give back, so I joined the CWG Board in 2010 and currently serve as the President. However, as a democratic organization, we still need to hold elections.

Most of the members of our current board are willing to remain in our current positions. Don Mulcare will be running for Committee Coordinator (replacing Karina Fabian).

Here is Don’s short biography: Donald J. Mulcare, PhD, Biology Professor Emeritus retired from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in 2003. During his university career he participated in the American Society of Zoologists and the Society for Developmental Biology. He served as the founding president of the UMD Club/Chapter of Sigma Xi and twice represented the university as a delegate to the national meeting. He directed the Gerontology programs and represented the university as a delegate to the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education. He moderated the Newman Lecture Series and co-chaired the Premedical Advisory Committee. Upon retirement, he taught in two Catholic high schools for a total of six years. Don currently contributes to the CWG Blog. His website is: https://dmulcare.wordpress.com/

The other candidates are all current board members:

Ellen Gable Hrkach – President
Jennifer Fitz – Vice-President
Ann Lewis – Treasurer
Dave Law – Secretary

If you are a member of the CWG, we will soon be sending you a link to the polls.  Please vote anytime before November 30, 2013.

As always, feel free to contact me if you have any concerns or questions: president(at)catholicwritersguild.com

In Jesus and Mary,

Ellen Gable Hrkach
President, CWG

Ellen Gable Hrkach is an award-winning, Amazon bestselling author. Her five books have been downloaded over 620,000 times on Kindle. Currently, she works as the Marketing Director for Live the Fast, a non-profit Roman Catholic apostolate based in Boston. She does freelance writing and editing for a variety of other websites, she blogs at "Plot Line & Sinker" http://ellengable.wordpress.com and is also self-publishing book consultant and a publisher. She and her husband are the parents of five sons ages 16 to 28 and live in Pakenham, Ontario. In her spare time, Ellen enjoys playing board games with her family, watching classic movies on TCM and reading on her Kindle.

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