As many of you know, I lost a dear friend this past week. My Mother, 92 years old, passed away at Scott & White with congestive heart failure. She was the absolute matriarch of our family and was loved by so many. I am going to miss her dearly!
There is not much activity...the new year is just beginning. However, we have our District Conference coming up in April so we need to begin planning on who is going to attend and who our delegates and alternate delegates will be. Because of the size of our club, we have the opportunity to have five delegates at conference.
Another course of business in the next few months is to see where our nominating committee is in coming up with officers for Theresa's year. I am so very excited about Theresa's incoming presidency. Not because I am going out, but because she will be an awesome president and leader for our club. If you have not had an opportunity to complete the mid-year survey, please take a few minutes to look at it. The results will allow us to set our goals for next year and see any changes YOU want to make.
Remember, if you have service hours or community hours to go toward our goal of 100 hours for each Temple Altrusan, please email those hours to Chipby simply clicking on his name and emailing the hours. How easy is that...no muss no fuss...no form to fill out!
I wish each one of you the Happiest of New Years. I expect 2017 to be an absolutely awesome Altrusa year.
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.
