Membership MattersLate Summer/Early Fall • August —September 2019

The newsletter for women making a difference together in Baldwin County

A Word From Ann pg. 2

•May 7 Member Orientation —

Not Just for First-Timers!pg. 2

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Your board has been very busy this summer! As we discussed plans and goals at the July Board Retreat, we first listed our strengths. Number one on the list was “Our 503 Members.” So, please, let me say “thank you” to each of you for bringing your strength to Impact 100 Baldwin County.

This summer, we’ve had the opportunity and pleasure to see firsthand some of the work Impact 100 Baldwin County grant recipients are doing. We attended the Fairhope/Point Clear Youth Rotary Club gym dedication, presented the check to Big Fish for the purchase of their new home for women, hefted a shovel at the Miracle League of Coastal Alabama’s groundbreaking, and watched with pleasure as construction of the South Baldwin Literacy Council’s new classrooms neared completion. Seeing all the smiles and knowing we are playing a part in making Baldwin County a better place to live is so rewarding!

Our Focus Groups are hard at work selecting the finalists for 2019. Executive Summaries will be coming to you in October. Save November 4 for our Annual Meeting! See you there, Ann

A Word

Ann Rumley Impact 100 Baldwin County President 2019

Annfrom Make your annual membership

donation in installments and ease the impact on your budget

Don’t forget that Impact 100 offers an installment option for your 2020 membership dues. It’s a great way to budget and spread out your $1,000 membership contribution.

For many of us, it is easier to make smaller payments throughout the year rather than one lump sum. (Especially around Mardi Gras and tax time!) The installment plan provides an easy and affordable way for you to budget your membership dues. For instance, with eight months left in the 2019 membership year, your $1,000 payment would be only $125 a month. Paying by installments is easy to set up and ensures that your membership payment will be completed by the March 31 deadline. You choose how and when you want to pay: Check or credit card or bank draft. Monthly, quarterly, or some other frequency. Your choice.

There are several ways to take advantage of the installment plan: You can set up automatic payments through your bank. You can charge them to your credit card (earn ‘miles,’ too!) or you can write periodic checks. You decide the best method for you.

There are only two rules: (1) Your initial contribution must be $100 or more and (2) your $1,000 membership contribution must be paid in full no later than the March 31 membership deadline.

The installment plan is offered in addition to our usual payment methods of cash, credit cards, PayPal, and gifts of stock.

To take advantage of the payment plan, click here to go to our online application form.

It’s official! Thanks to your membership, a new women’s residential home has opened in Baldwin County. Our 2018 grant of $92,000 provided a down payment on the house and 6-acre property located in lower Baldwin County. Through the purchase, Big Fish Ministries will meet a growing need among addicted and homeless women. This is the only long-term women’s residential home in Baldwin County. The house has gone through extensive refurbishing and will house up to 18 women. Comfortable and stylish, the building has a remodeled kitchen, living room, porch, and bedrooms with bunk-beds. The wooded lot has fruit trees, rows of grapes, a small creek and outbuildings which will all foster healing, peace and solace.

The long-term residential program, “Pathway to Purpose,” for women age 18 years and older is designed to address addiction through ‘Christ-centered healing and transformation.’ The program is open to all women —whateve r their affiliations or beliefs. Residents are provided with recovery classes, individual and group mentoring, case management, life-skills training, legal and educational advocacy, and employment readiness training.

Isaac Stooksberry, Executive Director of Big Fish Ministries, says the program asks for only $500.00 at in-take. “If they don’t have it, we will find a way. No one is turned away.” Stooksberry also noted that the two Big Fish thrift stores located in Foley provide an oppor-tunity to learn job skills. “By working at the thrift stores, residents can obtain valuable job experience. And, work therapy is an important part of the recovery process.

“These women will embark on an incredibly difficult, exhausting, but rewarding journey to reclaim their lives. Everybody needs a second chance at mercy and we are giving them that chance.” said Stooksberry. Filling this need for an affordable recovery program for women will have a long-term impact on Baldwin County. —Amanda Green Mitchell

Global Conference: Happening Soon October is near at hand and that means that the Impact 100 Global Conference is taking

shape. Conference topics will include Communications and Public Relations, Grant Finalist Selection, Developing Leadership, and many others as well as break-out sessions.

Join your colleagues and forge new friendships with women from the 70+ chapters around the world at the 2019 Global Conference. It’s all happening in Pensacola

from October 27-29th at the Hilton Pensacola Beach. Click here to learn more: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2019-impact-100-global-conference-tickets-55917815692

Grant Recipient Results— Big Fish Ministries

Your grant dollars at work!Construction on 2017 Grant Recipient South Baldwin Literacy Council’s new classrooms is almost finished, which will bring that grant cycle to a successful close.

Meanwhile, the 2018 recipients are in full swing of realizing their projects.

On August 1, Impact 100 Baldwin County President Ann Rumley (right, below) and Grant Chair Sandy Stepan helped break ground on Miracle League Park, where people with special needs can play side-by-side with friends and family.

Member Spotlight—Judy Thompson: She’ll Give You Good Advice, But Not Unless You Ask For It

What led you to support Impact 100?I was looking for an organization where I could donate

money and actually see the end results of my donation. I saw a poster for Impact at Windmill Market and checked it

out. I attended the kick-off meeting and joined that night.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island with your basic needs met,

what would you take for fun? Maybe something to paint with. I’m not a painter at all,

but maybe I could learn if I didn’t have anything else taking up my time.

What’s your best piece of life advice?If someone didn’t ask for your advice, don’t give it.

What one thing do you think Impact 100 Baldwin County needs to do to make

the most impact it can?Continue to get the organization’s name out there—so we

can get more members and be able to give more grants.

What’s your favorite guilty pleasure?Watching sunsets, and planning small dinner parties that

I never get around to having.

Judy Thompson joined Impact 100 Baldwin County in 2014 and is currently serving her first term on the board.

Katherine Allen Judy Barlow

Suzanne BarnhillAmy Katherine

Bennett Karen Billups Necie Borroni

Moren Braswell Barbara Brown

Mary Calvin Carol Cleverdon Elizabeth Cole

Beverly Courington Janine Crocker

Ann Davis Deborah Donghi Heather Drago

Pam Ewell Wendy Feuss Kim Gibson Linda Glaze

Carol Gordon Sarah Gordon Debra Grear

Carolyn Green Sheila Hale

Abby Hamilton Dale Hansel

Abigail Hardin Melanie Harris Susan Hassler Valerie Head Sue Heatter Katie Herrin

Beth Holman Anne Irving

Ashley Jones Davis Catherine Kiser Hope Knobler

Miki Kohn Kristen Koppen Maureen Krison Monica Leonard

Barbara Levitt Lenise Ligon

Nancy Lindsay Nora Mandoki

Karen Matthews Melissa McCarty

Carol Motley Carson Nicolson

Amy Norris Melanie O’Donnell

Nickie OlsonMichelle Orr

Margaret Pace Brenda Parnell Anne Pearson

Stephanie Purdy Teri Reddoch

Dee Ann Reed Katrina Renfroe

Betty Riley Brenda Rogers Rachel Romash

Lynn Ross Miranda Schrubbe

Janel Smith Lucia Andrews Smith

Lucy Smith Sandra Stewart

Bailey Stitt Janie Stone

Susan Storey Rosalie Stromme

Suzanne Thornburg Elsa VanEysbergen

Sara Walker Elaine Waller Lee Welch Chan West

Vickie Weyand Casey Williams

Dora Willis Savan Wilson Cindy Zebryk

Thanks to our members serving on Focus Groups 2019

Many thanks to our corporate donors!

PATRONS

Corporate donors help cover our administrative expenses so that

every dollar of your membership donationscan go into the community through grants.

PARTNERS

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Impact 100 Baldwin County

Board of Directors2019

Ann Rumley, President

Suzanne Thornburg,Vice President/President ElectNancye Wolfe,

Membership Secretary

Barbara Levitt,Recording SecretaryElsa VanEysbergen,

TreasurerElizabeth Cole,

Assistant TreasurerNecie BorroniDeb Carlson

Sheila DodsonCarol GordonSheila Hale

Abby HamiltonVeronica Herndon

Anne IrvingNancy Lambe

Susan LoveladyJerry Ann McCarron

Jan PruittLucy Smith

Sandy StepanJudy Thompson

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September 10 – NOONTIN TOP

6232 Bon Secour Hwy Bon Secour

September 24 – 4:30pmFall Social Couples Event

BLUE GILL3775 Battleship Pkwy

(on the Causeway)Spanish Fort

October 16 – 5:00pmGREEN GATES MARKET

(downtown store)150 North Section Street

FairhopeSip and Shop, 10% off.

Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres.

Hostesses: Cathy Brumback, Rebecca

Canale, Sharon Dearing

November 12 – 4:30pmPIGGLY WIGGLY

WINE TASTING ($20)Food, fun and wine, hosted by

Susan Cox86 Plantation Pointe

Fairhope(We must have at least

20 people, maximum of 42. This is a lot of fun and

Susan does an excellent job.)

December 6 – NOONCome Celebrate

the Holidays!FAIRHOPE YACHT CLUB

101 Volanta AvenueFairhope

If you plan to attend, please let

Jerry Ann McCarron know so there will be enough

seating. Email her at

jerryann470@gmail.com or call/text her at

251-510-6790. We will try to accommodate

last-minute guests, too.

No rules. No agenda. Just fun!

Join us for Just for Fun,

Impact’s monthly social get-togethers. These events are for current members, guests and 2020

member prospects. Bring a friend and join in.

Save the DateMark November 4 on your

calendar for the annual grants awards meeting.