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SEPTEMBER 2020 NEWSLETTERSEPTEMBER 2020 NEWSLETTER

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

By Michelle Bell

Wow! What an incredible month we have had. I can't wait for you to see all of the serviceproject updates below in this newsletter. I am so proud of what we have been able toaccomplish during the COVID-19 quarantine to support our community members in need.

This month we will have our New Members Orientation. We hope that all members will be ableto join the online Zoom meeting to share your experience with our newest members. I lookforward to the day when we can all meet our newest members in person.

Thank you to Melinda Aguirre, our District Eleven Governor Elect, for joining us at our Augustmeeting. We appreciate your time, feedback and encouragement. The District Eleven updateswere great too.

I love that our little club is growing in membership, service projects and spirit. Thank you forall you do everyday for our community and each other.

LEADING TO A BETTER COMMUNITY

UPCOMING EVENTS

NEW MEMBER INTRODUCTION

With Gratitude,

Michelle

We believe that everyone is able to make a positive difference to the world around them. Wecan each volunteer our time, or donate our money, towards worthy causes. Our individualefforts are small, but they matter.

We can achieve even more when we bring people together. For over 100 years Altrusa clubshave collected members from varying occupations and lifestyles, all sharing an interest incommunity service.

We enjoy the friendship, fun and satisfaction that comes from working together for the bene�tof others. Each club develops a program that is tailored to local needs, undertaking a varietyof hands-on service and fundraising projects each year. One of our shared goals as anorganization is to improve literacy, which we believe is the key to opportunity.

Through Altrusa activities we develop our leadership skills in a supportive environment. Wewelcome new ideas and aim to provide enough �exibility so that our members can give theirtime in a way that works for them.

September Regular MeetingWednesday, September 2, 2020

Service Committee MeetingOctober 2020 - TBD

Finance Committee MeetingOctober 2020 - TBD

October Regular MeetingWednesday, October 7, 2020

Cabin Fever Casino Fest FundraiserSaturday, October 24, 2020

SERVICE PROJECTS

FILL-A-BELLY / ADVENTCHURCHThank you to Colucci for putting together these hygiene bags todonate to our homeless community served out of AdventChurch. You inspire us every day by your commitment to serveour homeless community. Thank you for leading this serviceproject.

Welcome Judi Hanson! She joined our club on July 30, 2020 and will be initiated at theSeptember 2, 2020 meeting.

OPERATION HOPEOn Friday, August 28th, Brenda and Jan took our club donated items to the Operation Hopeshelter to ful�ll their wish list. Once again, Altrusa members, friends and neighbors stepped upand contributed a tremendous amount of items on the wish list. Operation Hope ServiceCoordinators, Aeriell, Stephanie and Grace, were most appreciative and where there to help usunload the donated items. These wish list items will help support the facility while taking careof approximately 30 women, children and families living at the shelter. Donations included tri-fold paper towels, assorted paper products, cleaning supplies, trash bags, soap, lotions, toothpaste and toothbrushes, so many other items we cannot list them all! Thank you Altrusan’s for“Doing All The Good We Can”. Thank you to Brenda for all of your hard work coordinating thisproject. More information about Operation Hope can be found here.

BREAD OF LIFE

STITCHES OF SUNSHINEThank you to all of our members for offering to help with thisproject. We now have a lot of yarn available for our knitters andcrocheters. Spread the word! We were able to provide JeffersonElementary with various colors of heavy stitching thread whichcan be used for craft projects. Julie is giving looming a try andmade her �rst hat using the yarn and kit pictured.

On August 25, 2020, Brenda and Jan delivered dinner for approximately 30 people to the Breadof Life Homeless Shelter on Apple Street in Oceanside. Pastor Tim and Jim were happy andmost appreciative to receive the food that had been purchased for the 6:00 pm dinner. Fooddelivered included lasagna, salad greens, Texas Toast and chocolate chip cookies. “ThankYou" to everyone for your support!

ADOPT-A-SCHOOL: JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY,CARLSBADWe are so excited to begin our new partnership with Jefferson Elementary and schoolprincipal, Carla Bos. On August 28, 2020, Pat delivered the loaded pencil cases, white boardskits and various other supplies. Thank you to all members for your enthusiasm in supportingJefferson. Special thanks to Colucci and Tracy for your personal donations. We created thisspecial page to highlight this �rst project.

COMMITTEE UPDATESMembership Committee: The Membership Committee met on July 30, 2020. Some of theitems discussed were new member binders, new member orientation, start a "Talent Bank" andclub monthly newsletter.

Communications Committee: The Communications Committee met on August 10, 2020.Some of the items discussed were the newsletter, social media, website and assisting othercommittees.

Service Committee: We will be having a Service Committee Meeting in October, date TBD.

WORD SEARCH - ALTRUSA SDNCC

INTERNATIONAL / DISTRICT ELEVEN

Finance Committee: We will be having a Finance Committee Meeting in October, date TBD.

" If you don't like something, change it.If you can't change it, change your attitude"

Maya Angelo

We hope that you enjoy reading these publications:

The Altrusa Compass:

ASTRA Newsletter: August 2020

OFFICERS

MEETING LOCATION

District Eleven Governor Pat's August Newsletter

District Eleven Newsletter Summer 2020 - District Eleven DSB

Altrusa International Foundation - The Impact Newsletter, Volume III

Altrusa International and District Eleven websites for your review:

Altrusa International District Ele… www.altrusadistricteleven.org

Altrusa International – Leading t… www.altrusa.org

President - Michelle BellVP - Colucci RedmondSecretary - Jan Riggins

Treasurer - Debbie DeWireDirector - Joyce Richardson

Director - Pat MitchellDirector - Judy Wangerin

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