SI Chico E-blast news & more |
Feb. 1, 2022| Volume 22 Issue 23 |
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Please take the time to read this week's E-Blast so you can stay up-to-date on happenings in our club, around the Region and around the world.
What's New: President Sara's Message, Coffee Fundraiser Pick-up, Door Greeters Needed, GTKU Update, Member of the Month, Roster Changes
What's Happening this week: Business Meeting
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Message from President Sara Beacham |
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Greetings!
It’s hard to believe that January is already gone. It seems like just last week we are getting ready for our birthday party and Proclamation, and here we are, again, getting ready for another business meeting on Wednesday. That’s right, we are getting back to business.
Even though the club didn’t meet this past week, many committees met and were working hard on moving forward to get club business done. We also had our District 1 meeting on Zoom on Saturday. SI Chico had quite a turnout with 12 members in attendance. I will leave the district meeting report to the delegates, but I will congratulate Lupe on her gift card win! Way to go!
This month is full of exciting meetings and awards presentations. Some of you have expressed interest in helping me get the President’s Project – Believe to Achieve, an evening with community leaders and mentors – off the ground. I am happy to report that I have secured our keynote speaker but need lots of help in other areas. Can you join me Saturday, February 5th at 10:30 am at The Grateful Bean for a planning meeting?
Later in the month, we have our first awards presentation. The Giving committee has been working very hard to make this a special day for our awardees, their guests, and our members. Hope you can join us in person or via Zoom.
See you on Wednesday!
President Sara
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Wednesday Door Greeters Needed
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The SI Objectives Committee are looking for greeters for our Wednesday lunches. All we need is 20 minutes of your time and a smile to greet our members and guests as they walk through the door.
WE NEED YOU! Only a few members have signed up for the upcoming months, some have signed up multiple times. It's only 20 minutes of your time and no training needed.
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Catalyst Wish List
Catalyst (one of our Hands-On projects) has asked us to help with bed linens (sheets, pillows, and blankets) for twin beds, any color or pattern is fine. We encourage white because, if soiled, they can be bleached.
There are 3 ways to participate:
· There will be a bag or box behind the lunch table for your gently used linens or hair supplies until the March 2 Business Meeting
· Call or email Carolyn if you need items picked up
Monetary donations:
· A check or cash donation is always useful. These will be pooled to purchase twin bed sheet sets. Make checks out to SI Chico. There will be an envelope near the collection bag.
They also requested shampoo, conditioner, hair accessories. Please no travel sizes.
Thanks for your assistance!!
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Our Getting To Know Us (GTKU) for this Friday has been CANCELLED
We are still looking for prospective new members.
If you know someone that is interested in finding out more about our club and joining our mission, please contact Bonnie Chapman at the email address below.
Thank you,
Bonnie Chapman, Membership Chair
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February Fur Baby and Member of the Month - Audrey & Jeanne Smith
If you don’t know me yet, I’m Jeanne Smith and I really enjoy being a Soroptimist! This year, 2022 will be my 5th year; and it has been eventful! I’ve met so many new friends and been involved in so many ways to help our community! I even was able to bring dresses with me to a school in Africa! Every member is unique and gives their best to our goals.
I grew up in Orange County CA, but have been in Paradise and Chico for 47 years! So this is home. I have 2 kids of my own and my husband Don brought 2 more into my life. We share 3 amazing and driven grandchildren. We also share our home with a 3 year old, “Golden Girl” feline “Fur Baby” named Audrey! I enjoy traveling, and have been fortunate to have seen much of the world. Also, I like to gamble, any party is good, gardening, cooking, reading and believe it or not. LAUNDRY!
Here’s a little about our darling “Fur Baby”, meet Audrey!
She came to our family as a lost 5 week old Orange Tabby. It actually was the same day as the Camp Fire started! Our granddaughter Kristin and fiancé Chris found her hiding under a car on the CSUC campus. Her’s is the classic rags to riches story, she was so dirty when the kids found her; they thought she was a Gray Tabby, but a bath revealed bright orange fur. She is special in many ways, but mainly in the fact that she is a girl, only 20% of orange cats are female! I know right?
Audrey loves to sport seasonal collars, play with her toys, especially her unicorn that requires human interaction, hanging out in her cat tree which allows her to keep an eye on her “squirrel friends” and the birdies, treats and following us around the house and yard. She listens carefully when we talk to her and responds with a knowing meow. She loves her people whom she sleeps between every night, humans who come to visit, and 2 dogs Sid and Daisy.
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SI Chico Roster
I have made a few changes to our roster this year. First of all I have added your SIA membership number in front of your name. You will need this number when logging into the Soroptimist International of the Americas website (SIA). Second if you have joined our club, then left our club and then re-joined our club, that information is also in the roster. Example: Joined: 2006-2010 Rejoined May-13 - If you have joined and rejoined our club, please let me know. If you have joined and rejoined more than once, I need that information as well. Example: Joined: 1984-1989 Rejoined: 1994-2003 Rejoined: Sep-2018.
Please take the time to look at your information in our roster to make sure we have your correct address, email, phone number, and birthday. To keep up to date with SIA and SNR news, make sure you let them know of any changes. Here is the link to our roster:
Please email me with any changes or if you have any questions.
Thank you,
Joyce Brown
Roster Coordinator
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Dress a Girl .....…. We plan to get together at Cathy’s Sew&Vac as soon as it’s safe (those nights are so fun & productive!), but with the recent wave of Covid in Butte County, we feel it would be safer to start by individually making some dresses at home.
Let’s get started!
Please let us know how many dress kits you’d like (or if you have supplies to make them on your own, we can send you the instructions).
If you have extra fabric to donate to this worthwhile project (or if you know any seamstresses/quilters), they are always welcomed!
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If you would like to host an “after hours” event to showcase your business please contact:
Shari Maxson Hopper at:
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Remember all articles need to be emailed by 5pm Sunday to:
Joyce
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