Douglas County Charter Chapter
Douglas County ABWA
Douglasville, GA
ph: 404-245-9535
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DR. Maggie Mercer Makes Top Ten
Each year, ABWA recognizes members nationally for exceptional achievements by being selected as the Top Ten Business Women of ABWA. These women were nominated by their local ABWA affiliation after having filled out an extensive comprehensive application that details their career, their education, their community involvement, personal goals and ABWA history. To achieve Top Ten status, they have excelled in meeting career goals and enhancing their education. These ladies give back tirelessly to their communities and are committed to the mission of ABWA. These women also strive to achieve a balance among their career, activities and family. The Top Ten represent our Association's image of success as well as that of our culture and serve as important role models for our members.Marcita Scharnhorst, vice-President of Human Relations at GreystonePower EMC was named the chapter's first Top Ten Business Women of ABWA in 2008. She was honored at the National Conference in Greensboro, NC with a formal introduction, special luncheon and a commemorative award.Since that time, Marcita has returned to our chapter and been a shining star showing direction and guiding others on how to be awesome every day in our community, in our careers, and in ABWA.This year, Dr. Maggie Mercer, owner of Douglas County Animal Hospital, was named a 2010 Top Ten Business Woman of ABWA. Dr. Mercer moved to Douglasville in 2002 when she purchased the veterinary practice located on Highway 5. Within the first six months of that purchase, she moved the hospital into a double-wide trailer which sat on the front lawn and oversaw the building of a 4,000 sq ft facility. Being a business owner has certainly expanded her horizons and enabled her to learn new skills: such as wiring lighting ballasts, planting really hardy landscapes, digging ditches, and handling burst pipes on Sunday, April 1st. (No, this was not an April Fool's Joke!)She joined ABWA because she wanted top get to know other women in business who could provide links in areas she was not schooled. And, she wanted a national organization that provided business orientated training. Although, she had completed her formal education, she felt that she could never learn too much about how better to be a business owner. The better the business runs, the better it can be an asset to the community.After joining ABWA, Dr. Mercer also gained the invaluable friendship of many women and that fleeting feeling of sisterhood. Even though half of practicing veterinarians are women, men still dominate the industry as practice owners and office holders in state and national organizations. She was able to gain valuable insite into how to play by the rules in a man's world. Dr. Mercer feels that without ABWA and the attached friends, she would not be the successful business women she is today.Dr. Maggie Mercer was officially recognized at the ABWA National Leadership Conference (abwa.org) in Kansas City September 24-26, 2009.Dr. Mercer now joins Ms. Scharnhorst in an elite group of women known as the 'Forever Tens', but our chapter already knew they were tens.Please, contact Dr. Maggie Mercer and congratulate her on her significant accomplishment.Installation of New Officers
July 28, 2009
The Douglas County Charter Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association held its installation of new officers for the coming year at its July 28th meeting.New officers are as follows: Lucie Castro, president; Janet Crowe, vice president; Joyce Maxwell, recording secretary; Diane Miller, corresponding secretary; and Marcita Scharnhorst, treasurer.
Guest speaker was Anne Pasquini, owner of Cloud 9 Tea, a purveyor of premium loose teas and tea accessories, Atlanta Area Council Chairman and President elect of the Executive Business Express Network in Gwinnett County, Georgia.
The chapter supports the Gift of Love Services with a special Christmas gift drive as well as co-sponsoring the MadHatter’s Tea Party which includes a round of flamingo croquet, sing-a-long music and storytelling sessions, an egg hunt, more games and gift bags, a children’s tea party lunch and a luncheon for their mothers and grandmothers.
The American Business Women’s Association is a nationwide professional organization. The Douglas County chapter meetings are held in Douglasville, GA on the fourth Tuesday of each month. They include networking, dinner, guest speaker, special programs and business meeting.
For details or to join, call Ms. Lucie Castro directly at 404-245-9535.
Douglas County ABWA
Douglasville, GA
ph: 404-245-9535
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