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The Soroptimist Development Retreat, also known as SDR, will be held on July 27 and 28 at the Atlantis Casino Resort in Reno. For the first time two regions are collaborating to present the retreat. Our 2019-2020 Board of Directors (who will be announced on Wednesday) are encouraged to attend. There will be over 20 workshops to choose from including Demystify the Treasurers Job, How to increase the impact of your club in the community, how to Outsmart the Work-Life Balance, Truth or Dare—Leadership.
Mark your calendars!
Five of us (Roberta Benvenuto, Louisa Boone, Pat Disney, Lee Moisio and I) attended the region conference in Reno April 26-28. It was a wonderful opportunity to bond with each other and with the other 295 Soroptimist members who attended. We heard from SI President Mariet Verhoef-Cohen about her President’s Project: Women, Water and Leadership; keynote speaker Dr. Ciriaco Pinedo, president/CEO of Children’s Fund in San Bernardino, CA, about its mission of giving vulnerable children support, opportunity, and hope by breaking destructive cycles of poverty, abuse and neglect; and keynote speaker Ruby B. Johnson, a mining engineer and founder/editorial director of STEMher by Ruby B. Johnson Magazine. Ruby has used her education and pageant titles to advocate for the recruitment and retention of women and girls in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects. Ruby is also the founder of When You Believe Foundation, an organization committed to the empowerment of girls and women in all walks of life.
Our three delegates all voted as directed by the SISLT Foundation voting “yes” on the six proposed SNR Bylaw amendments. In addition, we were introduced to the Region Ruby Award winner Sharon Behrens—that was a real tear jerker! We also met six Live Your Dream Region winners.
I encourage members interested in taking on a leadership role in our club to attend Region conferences! Not only will you have fun, but you will learn how the various levels of Soroptimists work.
I want to thank all of our members who assisted in any way to make my President’s Project an overwhelming success. The Gift of Literacy event took place on April 26 when 280 first-graders from all the elementary schools in South Lake Tahoe and Zephyr Cove Elementary School gathered at Lake Tahoe Community College for an introduction to the college including a visit to the Biology Lab where they put together bones to make a human skeleton, a visit to the Library where they did a short writing assignment (What I like most about the Library?) and story time when they were read one or two books. The highlight of the day was a presentation by children’s book illustrator Rafael Lopez who entertained the kids on the ukulele, singing and drawing. Kids, teachers and volunteers all seemed to have a great time! Each of the kids received a backpack full of goodies donated to us and a new hardcover book with a label that included their name. For some of these children, this is the first new hardcover book they have ever had.
In particular, I want to thank the following people:
Rose Marie Ottman for taking the lead on obtaining donations for the backpacks
Roberta Mason for her generous monetary donation to the project
Cindy Archer, Rose Marie Ottman, Peggy Blowney, Chandler Monroe and Pat Disney for their monetary donations to the project
Jenn Lukins, of Lukins Brothers Water Co., for the donation of items for the backpacks
Pat Disney for all her help gathering donations and organizing our “fill the backpacks” meeting
All of our members who helped fill the backpacks, label the books and put them in the backpacks
All of our members who volunteered at the event including Lee Moisio, Roberta Mason and Aletha Nelligan (readers); Donna Sohan and Cindy Archer (guides); Natasha Schue Louisa Boone, Pat Disney, Velma Schnoll, and Carolyn Meiers (set-up and student seating); and Natasha Schue, Rose Marie Ottman, Peggy Blowney, Ellen Palazzo, Mickey Madden and Vicki Gonzales (lunch supervisors).
The event was a huge success and I hope our club will consider continuing to support it in the future.
No actions were taken at the Board and Business meetings.
April has been another busy month for our club. The Nominating Committee has been busy putting together the ballot for our 2019-2020 Board of Directors. You should have received your ballot through email. Please return your completed ballot by Tuesday to have your vote counted. The winners will be announced at our meeting next Wednesday. If you did not see your ballot (from Brooke Laine) in your inbox, check your Spam folder—that’s where mine went.
Several of our members attended the 46th Annual SNR Conference in Reno (see a brief summary of the conference below).
We were also busy stuffing backpacks for the Gift of Literacy project and volunteering at the event (see below).
Our year is coming to an end so the Budget Committee is now busy putting together a budget for 2019-2020. The proposed budget will be presented to the Board for approval at the May 28 Board meeting and to the Foundation on May 29 for ratification. As always, everyone is invited, and encouraged to attend our Board meeting.
5/8 — Luncheon – Electronic Smoking Devices: Why should we care? Christy White, El Dorado County Health & Human Services (Natasha Schue) @ Harrahs.
5/15 — Luncheon – Meet Barton’s New Female Executives (Diane Roeser-Kinney) @ Harrahs
5/22 — Luncheon – Scholarship Awards Meeting (Janey Roeser) @ Harrahs
5/28 — Board Meeting @ Lake Tahoe Community College
5/29 — Luncheon – Business Meeting (President Pam) @ Harrahs
Happy Birthday May!
Which dragon will you feed?
Where will you plant your seeds?
Will fear be your talk?
Or will Love & Kindness be your walk?
Will you allow each moment to be its own choice?
Will you allow your presence to give yourself a voice?
Love, Lucie
By: Linda Mendizabal
Our event is scheduled for Friday, November 1 at Harrah’s. Please start passing the word to friends and business associates to Save The Date. Please try and not schedule trips out of town until November 2 if possible. We really need your help and support for our only large fundraiser this year. We will have a large item raffle, a cork raffle and also an old fashioned silent auction. The silent auction will be smaller than what we used to have in the past but it will return by popular demand from our guests that like the social aspect of it. Also, we will have more highboy tables with chairs to sit at than what we had in the past. The wine committee is pleased to return the event to this larger and quieter venue. We hope this helps you sell lots of tickets this year.
Colleen Manzer
Our month starts out with several members having issues. I’m sure they would love to hear from you! Just go to our site; sislt.org to find their address and/or phone number!
Cindy Archer was admitted to Barton Hospital for two days with an unexpected health issue. She is now resting at home and recovering nicely.
Rosemary Ottman got the BAD FLU infecting her terribly! She was back at our meeting and is working again albeit, with low energy…
Kris Keesling’s mother passed away in March and Kris is recovering from many trips back and forth to Southern California to be with her during her last days!
Pat Gottschalk had surgery for macular degeneration at U.C. Davis Medical Center. She will have a second surgery on April 16. She is staying in Davis and can be reached by phone.
Betty Mitchell’s celebration of life will be on June 5 (would have been her 97th birthday). It will be held at Valhalla from 3 – 5
Mickey Madden announced that the memorial for her recently deceased husband, Doug, will be held in June. The date and time will be posted next month.
Taking the time to send or card or make a phone call is so appreciated by those suffering in distress. It takes so little time and can mean so much!
Mary Lou Whitcomb
Chair
Support Plus Committee
I would like to thank everyone for your kind words and support these past two weeks! It has been a great start to the adventures we will be embarking on, should you elect me your President (haha). I am especially thankful for your patience as I navigated through my first board and business meeting.
As we gear up for this summer, I would like to encourage everyone to participate in any of the club activities we have going on. The socials are a great way to get to know your fellow Sorop-a-sisters. The Gift of Literacy Program and Rock Tahoe Marathon fundraiser will get us out in our community!
We are still actively searching for a Club Treasurer for next year. The ideal candidate is good with numbers and wants to get involved at the board level. Bonus if you have QuickBooks experience but it isn’t necessary, we will train you! The previous overwhelming workload associated with this position has been greatly dispersed amongst the Financial Services Committee. For more information about this position get a hold of Brooke.
Have a super April everyone!
Jennifer Lukins
President Elect
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