Events

Greeter for Altrusa Meeting

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Set up and decorate Christmas trees for Chrome and Carols, United Way's annual fundraiser. Volunteers may come and go from 11:00 am through 4:00 pm. 

Volunteers are needed to sell raffle tickets at Chrome and Carols, United Way's annual fundraiser. This is a fun event - dress festive! Dinner is provided. 

First of all, THANK YOU for your most recent financial support of the Hilltop Recovery Ministries most recent addition to their service to the Temple Community.....Residential Support for the homeless women of the Temple Community.  

The staff of Hilltop Recovery Ministies would like to invite all Altrusans to come this Monday evening, December 9th  from 5-7 pm to help decorate and furnish the bedrooms and Craft area with items that we purchased with the $2,000 project money. They are extremely grateful for the support that Altrusa Temple has provided over the last year to this most needed addition to the homeless community.

If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact Pam Abernathy, Debbie Fendrick or Beverly Luedke.

Christmas Pajama Party!  Members only event.

Beef and chicken fajitas, tea, water and Wassail provided.  Members please bring beverage of choice.

Wear your favorite Christmas pajamas and slippers!

Cost: $20

Carpool if possible

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Altrusans will meet at Central Texas Christian School in the cafeteria at 8:30 AM. We are asking for volunteers to help oversee the students as the assemble and prep the bags for delivery.

The tentative plan is to the leave the school around 9:30-10:00 AM and head to the Belton Community Center. Afterwards, we will head to the Belton Senior Center to drop off the assembled bags.

Unfortunately, Belton Senior Housing has requested that we just drop off the bags. No person-to-person delivery will be happening.

Please join us at 11:00 on January 14th, prior to our next club meeting, to help label the Dragoo books for our big project in March.  We have quite a few left to label, so your help would be greatly appreciated!

~ The Dragoo Crew

The first meeting of the planning group for the extension of Altrusa into the Brazos Valley (Bryan/College Station) will be held on Wednesday, January 15th at noon, at BJ's restaurant (the sun room area in the north side). Any member who is  interested in helping on the project is invited to attend and share your ideas.  Please let Debbie Mabry know if you plan to attend so we can get a large enough table. Debbie's email is tdmabry@yahoo.com

Happy Holidays!

Remember that very generous and AWESOME project we approved for the Temple Community Clinic???  Well, we are ready to offer another hands-on opportunity to see our Health Literacy Project in ACTION!  We would like to see as many members as possible come out and support the Kick-Off Event on January 21st. (Flyer attached) Invite your friends, family & neighbors.

There are several ways you can help:

Help set up the booths the night of the event

Make snacks for the event (sign-up link to follow)

Attend the Event 

Please join us for a night filled of valuable information and a great bonding experience for newer members to see first-hand our partnership with the Temple Community Clinic this year!

Have a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

Love & Hugs to you all!

Julie

Please join us for our January Social.  We will meet at the Bold Rebuplic Brewery located at 7070 Stone Hollow, Temple 76502. In addition to Beer and Wine, Snacks,Sandwiches and Salads are also availble for purchase.  Hope to see you there!

Debbie Mead

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New, current and future members are invited to learn more about what becoming an Altrusan means and how we can help you get involved. 

Join us on Thursday,  January 30th at 6pm on the campus of the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor at Farris Hall Commons Room.  Farris Hall is located at 904 University Drive, Belton, TX 76513 directly across from the stadium (four-story apartment building).  Park anywhere in the parking lot and come through the center courtyard where we will greet you. 

Refreshments will be provided.

Snacks and non water beverages requested for the Caring Ball volunteers/work crew.

Separate sign up sheet to follow.

Thank you.

We are back with another session of our Clubrunner Training.

If you missed the first one, we will review basic functions. We will also dive deeper into all of your questions and help you with hands-on assistance.

Please bring your laptops and open, happy minds!  We will move at the pace of the group and will have plenty of helpers to guide each member through this very valuable tool.

For those who are interested, we will head over to Clem Mikeskas on 57th for dinner after the session (dutch treat).

Please join us before the meeting to help our Days for Girls team bundle over 1,000 items in preparation for kit assembly.  Kit assembly date will be set for sometime in late March or early April.

The Dragoo Goes Pop! workday is here!!

We need many hands to help get this project ready to go to the schools. Come for as much of the time as possible.

You are welcome to bring snacks and drinks to enjoy and share.

We will organize/package the following by grade (K and 1^st) for each campus:

• Toilet paper rolls
• Microwave popcorn
• Red, yellow and orange tissue paper
• Green paper
• Large green pom poms
• Small green pom poms
• Self-stick googly eyes
• Tacky glue
• Enrichment activity sheets
• Staff t-shirts
• Posters

Please register so we have an idea of how many volunteers we will have.

Happy Valentine's Day!  We are practicing at our ClubRunner 102 Training!

Well, the schools asked for SPECIFIC times to make deliveries of the Dragoo supplies, so I'm asking for last minute help.

Volunteers need to have SUVs or trucks and will be asked to make ONE delivery. Supplies will need to be picked up MONDAY, February 17th, after 3pm...into the evening is fine. I will do the heavy lifting.

I can't figure out how to manage slots in Sign-up Genius, so I'm listing the time the supplies would need to be delivered to each campus. Please CALL or TEXT me if you are able to take a delivery, please. 254-715-9987 "First call/text, first to get the delivery." (You can't use the register links below...must call or text me.)

Please join us for the Living Well in Bell Lecture Series the 3rd Tuesday of every month.  

Please join the Service Group for a lunch social.

Dutch Treat.  Lots of Laughs=free

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The Dragoo Crew is still needing Altrusans to help on the Dragoo Goes Pop! presentation days. The primary volunteer responsibility will be to help direct students’ attention to the program…basically, crowd control.

Time critical--All Altrusa volunteers must complete a security clearance with TISD. Use the following link to complete the background check as soon as possible. Be sure to have a photo of your driver's license ready to upload. It takes 7-10 days for TISD to process your application.

https://www.tisd.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=357620&type=d&pREC_ID=773157

Note that there is a back-to-back (same campus) opportunity on March 7^th. If you sign up for one of those dates, it would be helpful for you to sign up for both presentations on that campus on that date. Also note that there is an afternoon presentation at a different campus on March 7th also.

USE THIS LINK TO REGISTER FOR SPECIFIC TIME SLOTS:

https://altrusatemple.org/event/dragoo-goes-pop--school-presentations/

It is that FABULOUS time of YEAR!!!  Time to start "ALL THINGS CAMP DREAMCATCHER"!

Please join us with your creative hearts and hands!  We will be working on all the decor that will bless the Dining Hall area that the campers spend a good bit of time. We will also be prepping the craft that will be completed during the camp week and chatting about other needs moving forward with camp prep.

I will have a few munchies for the group.  Please come dressed like you are working on craft projects and comfortable shoes.  We will have jobs that are sitting and standing.  I think if we have 10-12 volunteers present - that will be great!!!

For our new members - if you do not know about Camp Dreamcatcher here are a few links you might want to take a peek:

https://youtu.be/aCWux0wwtDk?si=rxgdglvzm0xvG0cj - 2023 Video/slideshow

https://youtu.be/2VTVdwQEJ4c?si=LljQ1xcHPn_mJ1Dm  - news story about DC

Can't wait to share this project with each member!

Julie

Jamey Secrest, JD will present "FAQs About Estate Planning & Probate".

See the attached flyer for details. Hope to see you there!

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B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O  and bingo was the game-o!

Bring your beverage of choice and a snack/appetizer.

Bingo prizes to be awarded.

Please help us support Ralph Wilson Youth Club by volunteering to work their upcoming Clay Shoot.  We will be provided breakfast, lunch and a TShirt. Please register if you would like to assist with this project and we will then reach out to the volunteers to get your T-shirt sizes.

I am attaching a flyer with details and will update the event on CR as needed. 

The Altrusans will be putting various spice items into bags for Helping Hands Ministry of Belton.  These bags will be placed in their food store for anyone who needs them.  If your schedule permits, would love to have you participate.

Thank you.

We will be bagging items for 250 hygiene kits.  

More Details Soon!

Come meet up bright & early for coffee and pastries at the 1914 Coffee House, a few blocks from Scott & White, if you're an early bird!

Please register to attend no later than Tuesday, April 15th.

The Altrusan of the Year luncheon will be Tuesday, April 22nd at RWYC.  I know you will want to be present to see who receives this award.  RWYC staff will be preparing a fajita lunch for us.  The cost of the lunch is $25 per person.  You may pay me with cash or check at the next meeting or the day of the event.  Please register so we can get a good count for the meal.

Looking forward to seeing you there to celebrate with us.

Diana Zaremba

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Last 5th Tuesday of the Altrusa year & you don't want to miss it!  Join us at Oscar Store in Temple for a fun time of laughter with your fellow Altrusans.  We will provide appetizers, water, and tea.  You will just need to buy any alcoholic beverages or additional food.  Some may want to stay longer and have dinner... it's been known to happen.  Always a casual atmosphere.  See you there!

A Committee of Altrusans will be providing a Ladies Tea for the women who reside in the VA nursing facility.  Altrusans will arrive at 2pm and the Tea will be at 3pm.  We have limited space but, if you would like to be involved, please email Debbie Fendrick.  Thank you to the committee for responding:

Debbie Fendrick, Chelsey Pierce, Julie Ruiz, Sylvia Winkler, Leticia Caraveo, Beverly Luedke, Pam Abernathy, Carol White, Michelle DiGaetano, Traci Squarcette, Susie Dawson, Sharon Folks, Debra Hicks, Marlene King, Tammy & Charlene Tapman, Jane Gibson, Andrea Coffee, Sherry Woodard.

Please join us for the service committee meeting and bring your fabulous ideas. Due to the holiday, May's meeting will be on the second Tuesday. In June, we will shift to the 4th Monday of each month. 

Topic: May Service Committee Meeting  
Time: May 19, 2025, 05:30 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
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Julie Ruiz is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: May Service Committee Meeting
Time: May 19, 2025 05:30 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
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Join us for another jam packed work evening for Dreamcatcher!  We will have several tasks that need to be completed by the group.  I will have a light dinner ready for all those who join us.