WIC Week Proclamation

It’s official!

NAWIC Boise Chapter 245 met with Governor Brad Little and signed the proclamation recognizing the week of March 6th-March 12th, 2022 to be Women in Construction Week!

March General Meeting Recap

March’s general meeting had 22 Members and 4 Guests in attendance.

Our guest speaker was Wayne Hammon, CEO of Idaho AGC. He spoke on the topic of “What is happening in the political world of construction this legislative session” We learned how the Idaho AGC and it’s team work on advancing, tracking, and opposing all different types of legislation to the benefit of the construction industry. In addition to legislation about money for transportation, building, workforce development and workforce housing, they are working to fix the transient personal property tax issues that they’ve heard about from their members that creates such an impact in dealing with the county assessors in the last year. They play defense on the side of contractors everyday down at the statehouse.

We installed 4 new members. Welcome Kristie Chavez with Young Elevator, Britney Elliott with Sherwin Williams, Melissa Anderson with Forge Building Company, and Sandra Wilkinson with Summit Wall Systems, Inc. May your NAWIC membership bring you everything you need and more.

Our business meeting consisted of reminders about WIC Week and upcoming events:

NAWIC Online Auction March 6th - March 18th

Women in Construction Week - March 6th - March 12th

Regional Forum hosted by Boise this year, April 7th-9th at Hilton Garden Inn, downtown Boise

February General Meeting

We had a great turnout for our February General Meeting. We welcomed 2 guests and 4 new members.

Dawn Brubaker, our president set a theme for the her term. “She believed She could so She did”. In keeping with that theme, we started off with a Congratulations to Rhonda Miller for meeting her goal that was set back in October at the beginning of our year.

The speaker presentation was our very own Brenda Smith from PayneWest Insurance.

She presented the book: GRIT, The Power of Passion and Perseverance , By Angela Duckworth

· How Gritty are you?

· What is Grit and why it matters?

· Growth Mindset vs Fixed Mindset

· Four Keys to Grit

We took the Grit Scale to learn about our level of Grit and how it compares to others: https://angeladuckworth.com/grit-scale/

2021 Christmas Charity

NAWIC Boise is proud to have meet our goal of collecting goods for Stuffed Stockings for 2 retirement homes in the outlying communities. With amazing donations from our members and extra help from the wonderful staff and crew at Outback Steakhouse in Boise (where we hold our general meetings) we filled 60 stocking last night. Thanks to Ruth Fritts for suggesting this as our Holiday Charity for 2021 and for handling the delivery

December Holiday Mixer & Gift Exchange

For December we concentrated on Food & Fun.

With 6 guests and 20 members in attendance we enjoyed a wonderful selection of Hors D’oeuvres provided by Louie’s Pizza & Italian Restaurant.

A bit of business was discussed in the form of a list and description of upcoming events scheduled for 2022.

We then had our annual gift exchange. This year’s theme was Stuffed Stockings.

A good time was had by all.

See you in January!

Sponsorship Opportunities are available for Spring Forum in Boise ID

Boise Chapter 245 will be hosting Spring Forum 2022.

Why be a sponsor?

Your sponsorship of this NAWIC event provides the opportunity for your company to demonstrate its commitment to NAWIC's core purpose of enhancing the success of women in the construction industry. Additionally, it allows women to develop their skills and gain knowledge that will be put into practical use at their companies.

Women from Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Guam and Northern California will be in attendance. Our diverse network includes tradeswomen, owners, contractors, architects, engineers, and many other construction-related profession