Altrusun Newsletter 2010 12

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THE ALTRUSUN

VOLUME 34, ISSUE 5

DEC EMBER 2010

WEBSITE:

ALTRUSA.BLOGSPOT.COM

Published MonthlyAltrusa International, Inc.

Of Montrose, Colorado

PO Box 3184Montrose, CO. 81402-3184

Betty Lundgren

Editor & [email protected]

970 252-3610

Kaye [email protected]

970 249-7929

Diane Winger

President [email protected]

970 765-8885

Linda Riba

First Vice [email protected]

970 240-5489

Ginny Spaven

Second Vice [email protected]

970 964-4379

Lorie [email protected]

970 249-6823

Allison [email protected]

970 240-3091

Roberta HoeyPast [email protected]

970 249-3873

Martha Dusio

Director/[email protected]

970 249-7469

Lita [email protected]

970 417-1145

Hello Altrusans:

I cant believe that the holidays are upon us and my term as president is halfway over. I

am so thankful for our committee leaders and our faithful board. The ongoing serviceprojects and fundraisers always come together and Altrusans do QUALITY work.

Did you know that as a sponsor for a new member that you are in charge of ensuringthat your new member is involved in the club happenings? Please invite them alongwith you, let them know that you want them to participate. As an Altrusan, we get togive back 25 hours to our community per year. This is the main reason I joined Altrusa.I wanted to not just attend another meeting and socialize. I wanted to be a part of mak-ing our community a better place. As you are counting your service hours please includedrive time, our weekly meeting, time spent on the phone or on Altrusa business, and anyvolunteer time you may do on your own. It is important to give of your time and countthe time given.

I want to acknowledge Betty, Diane, and Elaine HaleJones for putting our newslettertogether every month. Elaines Page from the Past has been a delight to read. Theseladies all work hard to get articles and pictures into Betty for formatting. Thank youteam!!

Thanks also to our Holiday Festival Crew that was led by Nancy Morton-Kaiser. Shewill report on the Festival earnings in January, but preliminary numbers show that wemade about $15,000! There was a great deal of time and energy put into this yearsfestival. Thanks to all of the food preparers, servers, ticket takers, and decorators. Somuch goes into this fundraiser hats off to the committee for making it happen.

Please enjoy the holiday season. I will see you in 2011. I am looking forward to theSpring Luncheon, new service projects, and our conference. Rest up! We will need tohave our game faces on and be ready to roll in the new year.

Happy HolidaysKaye

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page 2 & 3 November Business Meet ing Minut esPage 3 Decem ber /January Bir thdaysPage 4 Speaker s Bureau Form ed, Good Shop to earn $ for Alt rusaPage 5 Init iation, Apple Award & Upcoming EventsPage 6 Page from the PastConference 1998 & Service Com mit tee Mid-

Year Repor tPage 7 Holiday Fest ival A Success!

President s Repor t

by Kaye Hot senpiller


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Club Business Meeting MinutesNovember 16, 2010

President Kaye Hotsenpiller called the meeting to order at 12:05 pm. A quorum was present as evidenced by

Attachment A.

GUESTS/MEMBER NEWS/BRAGS/ANNOUNCEMENTS:Ginny Spaven introduced guest Darcy ArnoldKylee Smith announced that Keller Williams open house will be held Thursday, 11/18 from 4-7pm

all are invitedJudy Copeland bragged that her son Scott was recently married and she now has two new grand-

daughtersKylee Smith reminded everyone of the Turkey Trot at Oak Grove School on ThanksgivingMarge Keehfuss reminded everyone that after the Turkey Trot they should plan on attending the

Thanksgiving Community Dinner that is open to all. Bring pies if at all possible the morningof or night before to Friendship Hall

Kaye reminded everyone that there is no meeting next weekNancy Morton-Kaiser advised the club that Holiday Festival is ready for the event Friday, November 19. The bank is decorated

and looks great.

Jeanne Kuchynka reminded members that she is collecting the money pledged for appetizersLynda Wareham advised that the Salvation Army Bell Ringing is scheduled for December 4 there are 17 slots still available.

Be sure to sign up today or at the meeting on November 30Lynda Wareham also reminded everyone that the club Holiday Party is scheduled for December 14 from 11:30-1:00 at the Elks

Lodge. In addition to bringing canned goods, members are encouraged to bring an item for the Baby Boutique at LifeChoices Center

Elaine Moore reminded everyone that Seasons Readings is kicking off this week

SECRETARY REPORT:The minutes of the October 19, 2010 meeting were approved as corrected.Correspondence included a Thank You notes from Delta Altrusa Club, Norm and Lexy Stevenson, Montrose County School

District and Bosom Buddies

TREASURER REPORT:Allison Nadel presented the Treasurers Report and Financials for October 2010. The Financials will be filed as presented.

FOUNDATION REPORT:Foundation Financials presented by Alice Vest. Susan Woody asked if there was a specific purpose for Restricted Funds Liter-acy Donation and also what the Montrose Community Foundation Restricted Funds were to be used for. Alice was not awareof any specific project for Literacy. She had checked her records for Montrose Community Foundation and they did not specify.Kaye Hotsenpiller will check with Melanie at Montrose Community Foundation for information. Foundation Financials will befiled as presented.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:PROGRAMS Diane Winger

11/23/10 No Meeting12/7/10 Boys and Girls Club Keystone Conference Attendees1/4/11 All Points Transit1/25/11 Love Hug Bears

MEMBERSHIP Linda RibaNew Member Recommendation for Darcy Arnold of All Points Transit, sponsored by Ginny Spaven, Lita Sargent and Karon

JacobsResignation of Cindy Donohue

Linda Riba MOVED that due to Cindys financial hardship and relocation that her accumulated dues be waived. MO-TION PASSED.

3) Current membership is at 85 including Darcy Arnold.

SERVICE Ginny SpavenThere were no requests for funds to consider


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Altrusa Speakers Bureau FormedBy Lita SargeantChair

READ TH IS BEFORE YOU DO AN Y ON LINE H OLIDAY SH OPPIN G!

Please make every gift count this holiday season. You can find coupons at more than 1,600 top stores(including Amazon, Macy's, J.Crew, Toys R Us, Best Buy, Gap and more) AND a percentage of virtu-ally every sale will be donated to:"ALTRUSA INTERNATIONAL - MONTROSE COLORADO FOUNDATION"

YOUR cost doesn't change at all by shopping this way -- but Altrusa benefits from using GoodShop.

Just go to www.goodshop.com, designate us* as the cause you support and then click over to your fa-vorite store and shop away!.

Or, add our toolbar to your browser at http:/ / www.goodsearch.com/ toolbar - and your purchaseswill earn a donation for us even if you forget to go to GoodShop first!

There's no easier way to support us this holiday season! Please spread the word.

* You can easily locate our foundation by typing "Altrusa Montrose" in the search box under thequestion "Who do you support?" or "Who do you GoodSearch for?" The full description GoodSearch& GoodShop use for us is "Altrusa International - Montrose Colorado Foundation".

You may ask.what is a Speakers Bureau? It is simply a group of folks that

make themselves available to speak to others about a particular topic.Since there are many people who do not understand Altrusa and we have somuch great information to share, the Altrusa International, Inc. of MontroseSpeakers Bureau will take on this task and be instrumental to the Clubs futurecommunication and public relations efforts.

Examples of the groups the Altrusa Speakers Bureau has initially targetedinclude Rotary, Montrose City Council, Newcomers Club, Montrose CountyCommissioners and Kiwanis.

Approved as a permanent Committee under Communications, the Altrusa Speakers Bureau will strive toaccomplish several goals through its ongoing interaction with the community such as:

Attracting interest from prospective Members Strengthening fundraising efforts through Sponsors, as well as event participants Generating more partnership opportunities with other organizations Identifying new Club service projects

The initial Altrusa Speakers Bureau Committee includes Lita Sargent (Chair), Molly Feddersen, Elaine Moore,Allison Nadel, Ginny Spaven, Sandra Tyler, James Wilkinson and Diane Winger. Stay tuned as this exciting newCommittee gets off the ground in 2011!


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T I D B I T S

November Apple Award: from left, Cara Godbe,Principal of Northside Elementary; Lorie Bollig,Altrusan; Lynn Neal, Award recipient.

New Member InitiationNovember 30, 2010From left, Darcy Arnold (Initiate),Karon Jacobs, Lita Sargent (AltrusaSponsors) and Ginny Spaven(Initiation Committee Chair)

For all the latest on whats happening in our Club,visit http://altrusa.blogspot.com

Mark Your Calendar For These Upcoming Events

December 4th Salvation Army Bell RingingDecember 5th 4:00 ASTRA Installation Olathe Community Center 115 Main StreetDecember 5th, ASTRA Clubmake wreaths, 11 - 1 & 1 3, TEI Rock drillsDecember 10thUN Human Rights Day 2010Step Up and Stop Discrimination

December 14th

@ 11:30 Holiday Party for all AltrusansElks Club

LAST MEETING FOR 2010 IS DECEMBER 14th (the Holiday Party).THE FIRST 2011 MEETING WILL BE JANUARY 4th ENJOY THE HOLIDAYS!


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Page From The PastBy Elaine Hale-Jones

The Montrose Altrusa Club

hosted District Ten

Conference in May 1998

with the theme of

'Springtime in the Rockies.'

The Keynote speaker was the

late television and motion

picture star (and Ridgway

resident) Dennis Weaver, who

discussed one of his favoritesubjects -- the environment.

Service Committee Mid-Year Report

Recently amidst the preparation for Thanksgiving - I stopped to think about the daunting responsibility ofour Service Committee. We are tasked with making recommendations about how the clubs undesignatedfunds will be spent. The term hard earned money is overused and often tossed around lightly. But anyonewho has worked on a Holiday Festival, Spring Luncheon or Golf Tournament knows what it takes to generatethese funds year after year after year.

Over the past six months Carolyn, Dorinda, Dorothy, Erin, Joyce, Karen, Linda, Lita, Lorie, Marge, Natalie, Patand Roberta have worked together with me to make sure that your hard work and fund raising efforts actuallytranslate into Building a Stronger Community. I am thankful to have each of these Altrusans on the Servicecommittee. And, to each of you, I send a huge thank you for being there at the table with me each month!

We began the fiscal year on June 1, 2010 with a nice round number - $8977! (Dont ask you had to be there!)

We have responded to eleven funding requests in our first six months, totaling $3,888 or just over 43% of ourbudget. Surprisingly, the depressed economic times have not translated into a flood of requests for thecommittee. As a result, this position will allow us to respond to requests from our community in a similarmanner going forward.

Thanks for placing your trust in us and we pledge to be good stewards of your very hard earned money in the2011. Happy Holidays!

Ginny Spaven, Chair Service Committee

Pictured with Weaver (from left to right) are Altrusans Alice

Vest, Connie McIntire, Jolene Stott, and Dorothy Causey,


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All the numbers are not in yet, but it looks like our Club will net nearly

$15,000 from our Holiday Festival! Thanks go all Altrusa members whodecorated, sponsored, made food, donated funds and generally made

the event a success once again!

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