Today's meeting was opened by President Shelly and our invocation was read by Lydia and focused on the power of words and the importance of joy, unity of purpose and supporting one another. Let your words be good, positive and healing.
Sunshine goes out to: Helen and her family,
Shelly's niece's baby boy, Karen on her shoulder recovery and Lois's daughter Brittany
Today was our monthly business meeting and, as such, items were discussed, voted on and reported.
We received thank you notes for our participation and monetary support for
Sober Grad Night
Bread and Broth
Catalyst Community
Soroptimist International Mineral County
Karen H. for flowers
Our numbers are in and we had a great fundraiser with the Mad Hatter Tea Party and our online auction. There are still some unsold items on the Auction website, so check them out and buy them at their newly reduced prices.
Our club is participating in the 4th of July Parade in South Lake Tahoe. Contact Jeanne or Paula to help decorate and/or participate on the day of the parade. This year's theme is "Red White and Service"
If you'd like to help our club with the concession booths we support at the Celebrity Golf Tournament, please reach out to Paula. Feel free to forward your sign-up emails to super reliable family and friends.
We began discussions about participating in the Sierra House Back to School night. We also discussed possible participation in Earth Day as a way to get our name out and increase membership. We believe our club could benefit from some fresh ideas and energy.
10 of our members participated in the SNR conference in Reno last week. See photos below.
The new SNR board members are:
Governor, Kathy Dunbar, SI American River
Secretary, Maureen Mason, SO Carson City
Treasurer, Evie Wright, SI Davis
Our own Jeanne Prestella is the appointed SNR Election Coordinator. Congratulations!! Thank you for your hard work as treasurer the last several years. You will be missed in that position as you move on to bigger roles in our amazing organization.
Our club won several awards this year:
President Shelly was recognized for her role as club president this 2023/2024 year! We all appreciate the wonderful job she has done for our club, including making sure we applied for some of the awards below.
Soroptimist Celebrating Success:
Membership, 3rd place
Public Awareness, 2nd place.
SOLT:. Evelyn Holland Recognition For Education in Soroptimist:
3rd place
Our Live your dream recipient, Astraea Marion, won the Past Governor's Dream Fund award
Our ladies were also very lucky in the basket raffle this year, taking home 4 gorgeous baskets, 2 of them went to Andie! Lucky lady!
Committee reports:
Education Committee:
Thank you to all who helped with the summer reading program distribution of books for kids. Cookie is the backbone of this program but she couldn't do it without all our help!!
HWHW:
Our Bread and Broth participation as volunteers as well as our "adopt a day of nourishment" contribution was such a big success. Thank you to all that helped out.
Due to our participation in the Golf Tournament and the 4th of July Holiday, we will be DARC for the first two weeks of July. The next business meeting will be on July 18th. We may be in a new location, so keep your eyes open for an email about that.
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