Altrusa International of Dallas, TX, Inc. June Newsletter

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ALTRUSA INTERNATIONAL OF DALLAS, TEXAS, INC.

DISTRICT NINE JUNE 2014

I am so incredibly honored to be leading our Dallas

Club this coming year. I am also very appreciative

to those who have accepted leadership positionswithin our Club. Thank you to our new 2014-2015

board of directors. I look forward to our year work-

ing together and I am grateful for your commitment

to Altrusa in accepting your jobs. Thank you also to

our new committee chairs. We all recognize how

essential these jobs are and the large commitment

made in accepting them. In so many ways, you are

the platform upon which everything we do is built.

Our Club has a long and storied history, almost as

long as Altrusa itself. This year we will be honoring

our history with the theme Principles and Respon-

sibilities. Mamie L. Bass wrote our principles in

1921, yet they are still applicable today. We are

Builder of Women and we are Good for Some-

thing. So many of these Principles are values we

should strive for not only as Altrusans but simply as

people. The first meeting of each month we will fea-

ture one of the twelve Altrusan Principles and re-

mind ourselves who we are and what we stand for.

Do you remember the old American Express ad

campaign? Their tag line was always Membership

has its privileges. As Altrusans, membership not

only has its privileges, it has responsibilities as well.

The second meeting of each month we will be re-

viewing one of the twelve Responsibilities of Mem-

bership as written in the Altrusa Encyclopedia. I ask

you to remain mindful and try to live the principles

and fulfill the responsibilities of Altrusans so we can

each share in the joy of knowing we are the best

community servants we can be. In your gift bag,

you will find a small booklet containing our Princi-

ples and Responsibilities and space to write down

thoughts concerning them. I encourage you to re-

view this monthly so you may enhance your Altrusaexperience.

As we pay homage to our past we will also be mov-

ing toward our future. This year we will see change

in our meeting format. The purpose of this change

is to streamline our meetings making it easier to

digest our material while creating interesting and

informative programs. We all know change is hard,

I ask you to keep an open mind and from time to

time step out of your comfort zones a bit. I think

you will find the period of adjustment to be com-

pletely worth the effort.

As we work together I ask you to remember our sec-

ondary theme for this year, kindness matters. Our

work will show us the beauty of kindness to our

community, our environment, and the world. Equal-

ly important will be remembering kindness mat-

ters when dealing with one another. Many of us

are strong, driven, goal oriented women and conse-

quently we miss opportunities to share the small

kindnesses with our peers. In the gift bag you re-

ceived you will see a small glass canister. The can-

Presidents Message

Deborah Hecht2014-2015 President

Altrusa International

of Dallas, Texas, INC.


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THIS MONTHJune 3

Regular Board meeting

5:30 p.m. Whole Foods

Regular Club Meeting

6 p.m., Whole Foods

Committees meet from 6-630 prior to

regular meeting

Presentation of Budgets and Programs

Jan Howell, Program Chair

June 17

Regular Club Meeting

6 p.m., Whole Foods

Honoring Lou BoucherFrances Maloney, Program Chair

June 19

Called Board Meeting

6 p.m. Central Market Preston Royal

Foundation

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO

Jan Howell ............................................... 6

Jackie Robertson.20

Michelle ONeil................................... ...27

Kind hearts are the gardens, Kindthoughts are the roots, Kind words arethe flowers, Kind deeds are the fruits,Take care of your garden And keep outthe weeds, Fill it with sunshine kindwords and kind deeds

ister is filled with kind phrases and compliments you

encouraged to share with your fellow Altrusans. Ple

make every effort to empty your jar by giving these sm

kindnesses either verbally, or anonymously, to your A

sa sisters. These acts of kindness will foster a more p

tive attitude and will hopefully build the esteem of the

cipient. In a small way, they will help you to be a bui

of women.

At our planning meetings for this Altrusa year we reviewthe Club goals. Our goals are ambitious yet achievable

addition to the goals set for our committees, which

specific and measurable, we have goals for our C

which are more abstract, yet still important. Our gen

Club goals are to embody the Altrusa Principles and

up to the Responsibilities of Membership, to foster an

mosphere of kindness matters, to have an environm

of cooperation between members and committees, to

greener, and to streamline meeting agendas. Toget

as we work toward our goals we will all share the joy

giving, a sense of accomplishment, lessons in leaderswarmth of friendship, and pride we have served our c

munity and our world.

We have before us a year filled with opportunity and pro

ise. I ask you to work together living the Principles of

trusa and fulfilling the Responsibilities of Altrusans. As

meet our goals together we can take pride in our acco

plishments together. I wish you all a fantastic year

thank you for the support, friendship, hard work, and k

ness Im certain will be shared.

The 2014-2015 Board of Directors

Those who are happiest are those who do the most for other

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COMMITTEE

NEWS

Communications

If you are reading this, you are readingyour Clubs first newsletter of the 2014-

2015 Club year! Stay tuned for more infor-

mation so that all members can stay con-

nected.

Membership Development

We are planning many great events for the

club year. Our first is attending the SMU

Bar None event on June 11 at 7:30.

Please contact LaTonya Spencer for more

information.Service

We had a very successful service commit-

tee meeting to start our new club year.

Due to having less money to spend during

this year, weve voted to cut back some of

our existing projects and added some fun

new projects that should cost less money

and involve more hands-on service. If the

club approves, we plan to buy books and

make trick-or-treat safety bags for the chil-

dren at MLK, with the safety bags beingour project for Make A Difference Day. We

want to buy books for the dyslexia class at

Scottish Rite and continue tree-trimming

during the holidays. We hope for many of

our members to spend some hands-on

time helping with the library and donating

books for the schools in West. We plan to

make cosmetic baskets for the young

women of Our Friends Place. We want to

have small groups visit DCAC to spend

some play time with the kids and help or-

ganize the clothes closet. We plan tomake Good Night, Sleep Tight bags con-

taining a blanket, stuffed animal and other

comforting items for the child refugees at

Mosaic Family Services. And we will con-

tinue collecting Pop Tops for Ronald

McDonald House. It should be a fun year

with service projects that appeal to every-

one!

United Nations Observances

World Environment Day (WED)

is the United Nations princi-

pal vehicle for encouraging

worldwide awareness and ac-

tion for the environment. Over

the years it has grown to be abroad, global platform for pub-

lic outreach that is widely cel-

ebrated by stakeholders in

over 100 countries. It also

serves as the peoples day for doing something positive for

the environment, galvanizing individual actions into a collec-

tive power that generates an exponential positive impact on

the planet.

In support of the UN designation of 2014 as the Internation-

al Year of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), WED this

year will adopt SIDS in the broader context of climatechange as its theme. Our objectives are to help build mo-

mentum towards the Third International Conference on SIDS

in September and encourage a greater understanding of the

importance of SIDS and of the urgency to help protect the

islands in the face of growing risks and vulnerabilities, par-

ticularly as a result of climate change. We believe WED will

be an excellent opportunity to raise a call for solidarity with

the islands.

Planet Earth is our shared island, let us join forces to pro-tect it.UN Secretary General Ban Ki moon at the launch of the2014 International Year of Small Islands and DevelopingStates

2014-2015 Planning DayOur club's planning day at Deborah's home was very produc-

tive. The committees planned their programs for 2014-

2015. Deb talked to us about some changes she is planning

which will help update our communications practices. I am

looking forward to less paper, although I don't think any of

us will ever be paperless! Sure would be nice, though.

Please use the reply function on the evite notices to let us

know whether you are going to attend the meeting men-

tioned in the invitation. I need to turn in the quantity of food

we need by Friday noon, so I would like for you all to reply

prior to that. If you have questions on this, please call Deb

or me.


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MEMBER NEWSGillian Allen and her husband, Cliff, have been

chosen Couple of the Year in the GWRRA Texas

Chapter R motorcycle club and now District Couple

of the year! They ride a Honda GoldWing triked

up motorbike, and Gillian reports they have great

fun. Congratulations, Gillian and Cliff!

arolyn Rash beautiful mother, Marilynn Bell,passed away on May 8, 2014. She was a Past

District Eight Governor. Memorials can be made

to the Robert W. Bell Scholarship at the University

of Arkansas, Altrusa International Foundation, the

Fayetteville City Hospital Auxiliary. She was a

mother to many Altrusans and will be dearly

missed.

2014-15 Proposed Service Projects COMMITTEE NEWS

CONTINUED

Finances

After all of the other committees met the Finances

Committee met to develop the Club and the Foun-

dation budgets based upon the committees in-

put. We were able to develop both budgets with a

couple of possible adjustments based upon total

Members who renew and the final decision on the

Foundation insurance. We were successful in allo-

cating the requested funds and have a little left

over for before mentioned adjustments.

Other topics discussed were new member pricing,

dinner pricing, how to handle the bank cards, filing

taxes, audit, and updating the reimbursement

form. All Members should remember that all re-

quests for funds must be accompanied with the

proper paperwork and approvals to the correct

Treasurer on a timely basis. With our new bank

relationship changing new signers annually will be

much easier. Phyllis will ensure that Deborah is

added. The assignments for the four meetings

were assigned to the committee members and

they include: Ways and Means, Scholarship night,

District visitor, and an Altrusa You. These are all

very informative and fun meetings so everyone

should plan on attending from the people in their

circles.

LOU BOUCHER ROCKSby Jan Howell

Lou Boucher is joining the SWDC. She has been an outstanding member of the Altrusa Club of Dallas

forever, it seems. She is very dignified, knowledgeable about many things (especially law and Altrusa),

and fun, to boot! I remember attending past conferences and conventions along with Lou. She always

did everything she could to make this club function properly and to ensure others, especially new mem-

bers, felt comfortable. I don't recall Lou ever turning down a request for help for the club or any of our

members. Our loss is SWDC's gain. Sure will miss her!

Martin Luther King School

Books and Trick or Treat Bags for MADD

West Schools

Books

Mosaic

Good Night Sleep Tight Bags

ASTRA

Dallas Childrens Advocacy Center

Play time with kids

Organize clothes closet

Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children

Books for the Dyslexia Class

Holiday Tree Trimming

Our Friends Place

Cosmetic bags

Person to Person

Pop Tops for Ronald McDonald House

International Project

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Altrusa International of Dallas, TX, Inc. June Newsletter