SI Chico E-blast news & more |
Oct. 19, 2021 | Volume 22 Issue 10 |
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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, Retreat Photos, SNR District 1 Fall Meeting, Save the Date, Business After Hours, Butte Humane Society Grand Opening
What's Happening this week: Program - CHAT
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Message from President Sara Beacham |
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Greetings!
It is the end of the day on Saturday as I write this. Several words come to mind. Exhausted. Excited. Energized. Hopeful.
Today was the club retreat. We had a wonderful turnout, and the events committee outdid our expectations. If you missed the retreat and want some of the information distributed, I would be happy to email over any of the PowerPoints.
Part of my plans for this club year include setting up the Dream It, Be It (a SIA Signature Program) as a one-day conference. We are working with SI Bidwell Rancho to put this event together. Our first planning meeting is Friday, October 22, 2021, at 12:00 pm at La Comida. All are welcome; send me an email if you plan to attend so I know to expect you.
I am also putting together my ad hoc committee for my President’s Project – a one evening live event to connect the women leaders in our community with the twenty-somethings in our community. I am bringing in a keynote speaker and a panel of women business leaders and educators. If you are interested in joining in the planning process and learning how this helps our club meet SIA’s Big Goal of helping half a million women and girls gain access to education, send me an email. I am really excited to see how this transpires.
See you all on Wednesday.
President Sara
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Leslie Johnson is an attorney who worked for the Butte Superior Court doing legal research for the judges for 28 years before retiring in 2017. Leslie, along with Robert Trausch and Sheldon Praiser, was part of the original group that started CHAT in 2013 to discuss solutions to the problem of homelessness in our community. At present, Leslie is president of the Board and Executive Director of the CHAT organization. |
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Retreat photos
Thank you Events Committee for putting on a great retreat
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Events Co-chairs Kris & Jackie with Sue and Nancy |
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Roseann, Jackie, President Sara, and Carla |
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District 1 Fall Meeting
When: October 30, 2021
Time: 10 AM
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Fall Bistro Bag Now on Sale
Pesto Fettuccine with Sous Vide Bistro Steak or Marinated Chicken – Meal Kit for 2
Enjoy a meal of fresh Fettuccine with house-made pesto, served with your choice of marinated Sous Vide Bistro steak or chicken – ready to be grilled or pan-seared to perfection by you.
This exquisite meal, designed exclusively for the Soroptimist Fall Bistro Bag by Bacio Culinary Director Angel Lang.
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The Fall Bistro Bag will be available for curbside pick-up on SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6th. Pick up location: Bacio, 1903 Park Avenue in Chico between 11:00am – 2:00pm. PICK-UP WILL BE ON E. 19TH STREET SIDE! Remain in your car and we will deliver the bag to your car. Soroptimist International of Chico thanks you for your support! LAST DAY TO ORDER THE FALL BISTRO BAG: OCTOBER 29th! Questions? Email bistrobag@sichico.com
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CHRISTMAS IN NOVEMBER
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 17, 2021
PERFECT TIME TO SHOP FOR GIFTS
We are looking for wonderful donations from you, our members, to make this a successful event.
We do need some special items, experiences or services to be part of our Live auction (minimum value $100.00).
Please consider putting together a group of things in a basket, cute box, or perhaps use a base item such as a platter or large bowl and then add additional small things that are part of a similar theme, all wrapped in cellophane, with a festive bow.
If you can offer a gift of an experience or service, that would be most welcome.
TIMELINE
BY NOV 10: Please bring your item to club or request that we pick it up from your location.
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Business After Hours
Hosted by Kim N. Huber, CFP with Embrace Wealth Management
Join us on Tuesday, October 26, 5:00-6:30 pm at Kim's new office at Stoble Coffee & Workplace (418 Broadway Street, Chico). The evening will include a tour of the Stoble facilities, followed by a brief presentation on Kim's passion for helping women build wealth and sustainable investing.
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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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Next Business After Hours
Hosted by Billie Araiza
Hear about Arbonne: Healthy living to improve MIND, BODY, and SKIN with a holistic approach to beauty, health, and wellbeing.
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Butte Humane Society Grand Opening
When: November 6, 2021 from 12 PM - 4 PM
Where: 13391 Garner Lane, Chico, CA (next to Down Range)
Since this is a four hour event we are looking for more volunteers. We are asking volunteers to work 2 hour shifts. If you volunteer for the Bounce House, you must attend the training on Friday, Nov. 5 at 5 PM.
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Wednesday Door Greeters Needed |
The SI Objectives Committee is looking for greeters for our Wednesday lunches. All you need for this job is to greet everyone with a smile as they arrive.
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October SI Chico Fur Baby (and Member) of the Month!
We are pleased to introduce the club to Foxy Lady and Lucy, Joyce’s fur babies. Foxy Lady, aka, Miss Fox is a Pomeranian and is approximately a year and a half. Foxy Lady was lost on the streets of Chico and came to live with Joyce as a foster on Thanksgiving Day last year. Foxy Lady wasn’t wearing a collar and hadn’t been chipped. After no luck in finding Foxy’s humans, Joyce knew she couldn’t live without her, so on Christmas Day, Joyce decided to be her fur-ever mom. Joyce named her Foxy Lady because she looks like a little Fox. Foxy’s new sister is Lucy. Lucy is a 4-year-old Pom/Chi that needed to be re-homed. We did a meet and greet July 21, and it was love at first sight for both fur babies. They are now inseparable. It was hard for Lucy’s past parent to re-home her, but after seeing her with Foxy, he knew he had found the right home for her. Foxy Lady and Lucy have brought so much love and happiness back into Joyce’s life after losing Rudy last year who was her fur baby for 12 years.
Besides being a dog lover, SI Chico Communications Committee Co-chair Joyce keeps busy with her business, Joyce Brown Marketing Online Consultant. She maintains SI Chico’s website, is Editor of our weekly Eblast, Editor of our quarterly newsletter the Snail, Roster Coordinator, creates all our Evites, Sign ups, Surveys and other activities as needed. She is active in the Chico Elks Lodge #423 and is a Past Exalted Ruler (PER) of Murrells Inlet Elks Lodge #2797 in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. Joyce has one daughter, 3 granddaughters, 2 great-granddaughters, and 1 great-grandson that all live in Merced.
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SI Chico! Get ready to recruit
Next GTKU will be on October 29
time and location TBA
2021 is going to be a banner year for our club to boost our club in every way. Women in our community are more ready than ever to reengage and plug-in to volunteering and socializing.
SHARE THE LOVE Membership Drive!
Contest? Prizes? Lots of fun new members? Yes, Yes and Yes! Introducing the Share the Love membership drive running September-December 2021. There will be a monthly drawing for a lucky winner and also a grand prize in December for the person who sponsors/brings in the most potential new members. There are plenty of opportunities to earn entries to win, getting your name in the monthly hat –
Bring a friend to a meeting or event; 1 entry
Sponsor a new member; 5 entries
Post sharable information about joining our club on your social media (coming soon); 1 entry
Work at a member recruitment table in community at an event (info coming soon); 5 entries
*Each member is responsible for telling Bonnie about their earned entries. These tickets will also be available at each club meeting.
Prizes will include all things that will show our current members the LOVE and pampering we all enjoy. Thank you all in advance for helping to grow our beloved club, making it better than ever. Contact Bonnie 228-1724 or email bkchap2@yahoo.com with any questions or other recruitment ideas. |
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