PAST EVENTS

Bleeding Pines of Turpentine

Lunch ‘n Learn: Bleeding Pines of Turpentine

Ray Owens of the Arts Council of Moore County presented this program on October 30 on saving the longleaf pine in North Carolina.

Table of Five Friday October 18

Dale Kresh, Pat Solar, Mary Glass and Sandra Fisher attended a lunch at The Sandhills Woman’s Exchange thanking them for their participation in the Unspoken Voices discussion.

Lunch ‘n Learn: Annie Oakley Meets Pinehurst

Julia Hans, author of the Hidden History of Pinehurst presented this program at the Sandhills Woman's Exchange on September 25, 2024 to a sold out audience.

Table of Five Local Garden Clubs

Table of Five with Pinehurst Business Partners Board Members

Pinehurst Business Partners Board Members 'Table of Five Fridays' lunch included (left to right): Holly Kirk, Kirk Tours & Limousine; Jackie Cornell, The Care Group- Moore Buddies Mentoring & Moore County Literacy Council; Katrin Franklin, Bump & Baby; Amanda Jakl, Purple Thistle; Laura Byers, Discovery Map of the Sandhills; and Judie Wiggins, SWE board member and hostess.
Pinehurst Business Partners

Table of Five Local Garden Clubs

Table of Five with Presidents of Local Garden Clubs

SANDHILLS WOMAN'S EXCHANGE invited Presidents of local Garden Clubs to a complimentary TABLE OF FIVE FRIDAY lunch on March 22. Each month, the historical cabin Board Members invite a community group for this event to thank them for their local service. Board member Anne Wright, left, was the hostess for these garden club representatives whose members have provided flowers, donations and volunteer work to the SWE. Continuing around the table from Anne - Nancy Oakley, Seedlings Garden Club; Marcia Kuzniar, Pinehurst Garden Clubs; Barb Summers, Loblolly Garden Club; Joan Owen, CCNC Garden Club; Alice Romans-Hess, Botanicals Garden Club; and Victoria Adkins, Garden Club of the Sandhills. The volunteers and Board look forward to hosting the Pinehurst Business Partners for the lunch in April.

Table of Five Local Garden Clubs

Table of Five Local Garden Clubs

Drop Dead Disco

Drop Dead Disco March 6

Photos from Drop Dead Disco March 6, 2024 at Pinecrest Inn.

Talking History

Talking History

The Sandhills Woman’s Exchange hosted a group of historians for the monthly ‘Table of Five Fridays’ lunch on Friday, November 3. Shown left to right: Kathy Bundy, Raleigh writer-in-residence at Weymouth Center; Ariel Matthews, archivist of the Moore County Historical Association; Sandy Gernhart, historian for SWE and archivist at Weymouth Center; Abigail Martin and Kalei Woodford, both UNC Interns with the Moore County Historical Association.

Talking History
Preservation Conference

Preservation Conference

Sandhills Woman's Exchange Co-President Marie Carbrey and Member Susan Taylor-Schran, along with members of the Pines Preservation Guild, spoke at the Conference on Grassroots Preservation Efforts outlining the steps these organizations take to preserve the historic communities and properties of Moore County.

Table of Five with Sandhills Habitat for Humanity

The Sandhills Woman’s Exchange hosted several staffers from Habitat for Humanity of the NC Sandhills for their complimentary ‘TABLE OF FIVE FRIDAY’ lunch on September 22nd. Each month the SWE is open during their 200th year of the 1823 log cabin, different community leaders are asked to come for a Friday lunch while learning a little more about the historical gem in the Village of Pinehurst. A Board member of the SWE is always the host for the lunch and provides a homemade dessert for the group. Shown left to right are: Lamia Haitoti, Barb Frohock, Christy Brewster, Farrah Newman, Janet B. Lowry, Executive Director Amie Fraley and Board member Judie Wiggins.

Past groups entertained by the non-profit included The Pilot, Pinehurst Police, Pinehurst Fire Dept., Howell Masonry, Sandhills Community College, First Health Nurses, Pinehurst Village Council, Rotary Club of Pinehurst, Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railroad, Taylor Town Leaders, Pinehurst Public Services Dept., United Way and Moore County Chamber of Commerce. The log cabin Artisan Gift Shop is open through mid-December each Monday –Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with the Cabin Café serving lunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. 910-295-4677.