Altrusa Newsletter, Issue No. 32, January 20, 2017
If you have not completed the mid-year survey, please do so soon. We have had an overwhelming response, but would like to get to 100% (or close) so we can find out how to best serve our members. You can click the link to locate the survey. Your input is valued and it will take less than five minutes to complete.
Our Conference Packet for the District Nine Conference in Waco can be accessed by clicking n the link. There is a ton of information including the schedule of events. Please complete the registration form and send it in if you are planning on attending. This conference is being sponsored by Temple Altrusa so you know it is going to be an exciting and fun event. There are still rooms available so make your reservation if you are planning on staying in Waco a night or two.
Thank you to all who signed up to read at Ralph Wilson Youth Club.The list of readers is almost full! When Altrusans find out about a need...they show up in droves...that is simply AMAZING!
Our program for our Tuesday meeting is going to be one you will not want to miss. Becky Ann Garth with the Bell County Minor Sex Trafficking Board will be sharing information on Traffick 911. Please join me for an outstanding program.
Altrusa International of Temple, Tx, Inc. brings the Art and Poetry Exchange for students
and participants of the Cultural Activities Center.
THE ART AND POETRY EXCHANGE is the first Interactive Exhibit of handmade Chapbooks made by St. Mary’s students from their own works of art and poetry. This exhibit installed in the front lobby of the CAC provides a venue to then share these original works through exchange with the community. Guests can take an artwork home, but we ask that they leave one in its place.
Whether it is a simple jotting of thoughts on the back of an envelope or an elaborate no boundaries work of art and word…it is up to the endless imagination of the poet/artist.
Remember the "100 for 100" challenges ...100 hours of personal service through Altrusa projects and fundraisers or other community service performed while wearing your Altrusa logo or pin? AND the donation of 100 books to our community? Well...here's an update...
We have donated over 400 books to our community through our Make A Difference Day Project. And Chip has an ever growing list of Altrusans who have reached the 100 hours of community service already.
Please continue to log your hours with Chip and his team so we can meet this goal for our district. Can you imagine all of the wonderful things we are accomplishing by simply giving back to our community through literacy and service!
If you would like to contribute to Club 21 (Altrusa Foundation), Kathy Folley is still collecting. Club 21 is an awesome way for us to donate just $21 each year to the Altrusa Foundation. The money we donate goes into a fund that is distributed back to Altrusa Clubs all over the World for worthy projects. Altrusa International of Temple, TX. Inc. has been a recipient of one of those grants with Camp Dreamcatcher a couple of years ago. Your dollars are tax deductible if you choose and you can be well assured that your hard-earned money is going to a good cause. AND besides all of that, you get a really cool Club 21 pin to wear.
Please consider a contribution. It is not mandatory that you contribute each year, but once you see all of the worthy grants the foundation funds, you will more than likely want to continue. THANK YOU for your consideration in support of this worthy foundation. Kathy will have forms at our meetings in October, but I have attached the link to the form if you want to print it and bring it to a meeting with your $21.
The 2016 Fall Leadership Event(FLE) is right around the corner (Saturday, November 5th). Registration is still open and you can get with Barbara Pearcy for housing and carpooling details. Click this link to open the packet of information.
