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January 2010 Soroptimist International of North San Mateo County ConnectionS Page 1
Calendar
NEXT BUSINESS MEETING
January 11, 2010
6:15 pm
(arrive by 6:00 pm)
2010 MEETING & EVENTS SCHEDULE
Business Meetings are held at Marie Callendars
Serramonte Shopping Center
January 11, 2010................... Business Meeting
And National Sex Trafficking Awareness Day
January 15................................ “Hi 5”, 6:20 am
February 8............................. Business Meeting
March 6........................................................ SOS
March 8.................................. Business Meeting
March 19..................................Step Into Spring
March 26-28 ........................S Club Conference
April 12 .................................. Business Meeting
April 23-25.. Sierra Pacific Region Conference
May 10 .................................. Business Meeting
June 14 .............Awards & Installation Dinner
July 7-10 ...........................SIA Convention - SF
Board meetings are the 4th
Monday of the
month.
Soroptimist International of North San Mateo County
CONNECTION Ed
January 2010 Editor: Sylvia Payne Volume 6, No. 6
Check out our new Website:
www.soroptimistnorthsanmateocounty.org
PRESIDENT’S
MESSAGE
President Kelly
Happy New Year! It’s hard to believe that it’s
2010 already! I don’t know about you, but 2009 seemed
to pass far too quickly for me.
My goal as President in 2009 was for
Soroptimist to be a fun group in which to belong...my
hope is that you all feel that we accomplished that goal.
I know I had fun at the club yard sale, Day in the Park,
Bingo, at our monthly meetings and especially at the
annual holiday party, thanks to Sylvia P., Cheryl, and
Liza. Marc and I truly enjoyed this year’s annual
holiday party.
Another very rewarding experience for me in
2009 was being able to adopt several CORA families
and 21 women at Safe Harbor Homeless Shelter.
Special thanks to Gayle Pietras for helping to put it all
together, and to our shoppers Patricia, Sylvia W.,
Barbara, Jeannette and Gayle; and also thanks to
Margie, Jo, and Dorothy for making the gift boxes for
our Safe Harbor gifts.
Not to worry, the fun is not over; we have
another rewarding, fun and educational year ahead; on
January 15, 2010, we will all meet in the parking lot of
Marie Callendar’s at Serramonte at 6:20 a.m. to show
our dedication to the Soroptimist campaign to Stop
Human Trafficking. I know you’re probably thinking
that getting up early enough to be at Marie Callendar’s
by 6:20 a.m. doesn’t sound like much fun, however, I
am confident that it will be once we’re there, and it will
be rewarding because it will give us an opportunity to
get the word out about human trafficking. (Con’t Page 2)
January 2010 Soroptimist International of North San Mateo County ConnectionS Page 2
JANUARY 2010 BIRTHDAYS
22 ..................... Geraldine
CHAMBER EVENTS
January 14 ....Mixer at SSF Women’s Club January 22 ....... Annual Installation Dinner February 11 . Astound Mixer at Thai Satay
RECLAIMING THE DREAM
The following information was taken from Vol. 83, No. 1, Sept/Oct/Nov, BEST for Women SIA publication
2009 Soroptimist Women’s Opportunity Award Federation Recipients -
• Lisa Wuthrich Curless, Bountiful UT
• Xiu Man Huang, TaiChung County Taiwan, and
• Miki Kitamura, Shiga, Japan
2009 Soroptimist Violet Richardson Award –
Stephanie Davis, Bridgeport, CT
2009 Soroptimist Ruby Award: For Women Helping Women* -
Edelvira Goes Ramos, Parana, Brazil
*The Soroptimist Ruby Award: For Women Helping Women
The Soroptimist Making a Difference for Women Award has a new name – the Soroptimist Ruby Award: For Women Helping Women. The new name recognizes and honors the first federation president, Ruby Lee Minar. Also, a ruby is a deep red gemstone associated with wisdom, importance, vitality, strength, vivacity, power and love: all words embodying the strong and compassionate women who receive this award. Beyond the new name, the award remains the same. It continues to recognize women who work to improve the lives of women and girls through their professional or volunteer work. During this transition phase, when referencing the new award, it is fine to say “formerly the Soroptimist Making a Difference for Women Award.” New publicity materials are available at Soroptimist.org.
Con’t from Page 1: President Kelly’s Message
At our February meeting we will focus on the
details and assignments for Step Into Spring and in March we will hold our annual Step into Spring
Fundraiser being chaired by Dee Anne. Remember she will need everyone’s help, so
please make sure to see Dee Anne about getting
your assignment, if you have not already done so. We will begin this year with our program
meeting on January 11. Sister Caritas Foster will speak about the tragedy of human trafficking
and how we, as a group and individually can make a difference.
Hope to see everyone at the next meeting.
Membership
Barbara Irli
Region Membership Team
“Each one Bring One”
Remember the Region Membership slogan “Each one
Bring One”? The intent of this was that each member of a
club brings in a new member during the biennium. Well,
Jeannette Holt has done her part; she’s brought in two
members during this period: Pat O’Kane and Flor Nicolas.
We’ve had Judy Lewis transfer and Oranee Daniels renew her
Soroptimist membership after moving to our area.
Dee Anne solicited club membership at an event
sponsored by the City of South San Francisco in November
and I have just contacted 5 of the prospective members that
indicated they might be interested in joining us.
We have done extremely well at continuing to bring in
new members. Let’s not become stagnant and be satisfied
with the amount of members we have.
We do have a wonderful group of women, but think
how many more there must be out there just like us? Let’s
try for at least two more members by June 30th
. It would
make your Membership Team very happy.
January 2010 Soroptimist International of North San Mateo County ConnectionS Page 3
DECEMBER 14, 2009 HOLIDAY DINNER – DOUBLETREE HOTEL, SFO
(l) Kelly
(r) Richard Holt,
Jeannette, Rom
Braschi, Shirlee
Hoch and Marc
Teglia
(l) DeeAnne,
Judy, and Glyn
Lewis
(r) Oranee,
Frances and
Loretta
(l) Cheryl and
Gayle
(r) Jo, Earsie
and Margie
(l) Rich Fraser,
Jaye, Ken
Buhagiar, Bill
Zemke (standing)
and Dorothy
(r) Nenar
Nicolas, Flor and
Liza
January 2010 Soroptimist International of North San Mateo County ConnectionS Page 4
(l) Patricia
and Sylvia
(r) Rom
Braschi and
Shirlee
Hoch
(l) Richard
Holt and
Jeannette
(r) Marc
Teglia and
Kelly
(l) Sylvia
and Earsie
(r) Earsie,
Judy,
Cheryl,
Gayle, Liza,
Oranee,
Kelly, Flor,
Patricia,
Jeannette,
Sylvia W.,
DeeAnne,
Jo (hand
only) Jaye,
Frances,
Dorothy,
Margie &
Loretta
(l)
Loretta
and Jo
As you can see from all the pictures, the
Holiday Dinner was a big success.
Cheryl creatively personalized an
amazingly fun story for our traditional
“Right–Left Gift Exchange Game”. And
the photo on the left shows the cutest-
ever collection of Teddy bears that were
donated. We even managed to take a
group picture (above) for the Hi-5
Flyover in case the event is cancelled due
to inclement weather.
January 2010 Soroptimist International of North San Mateo County ConnectionS Page 5
2009-2010
Officers
President: Kelly Teglia
Vice President: Dee Anne Paron
Treasurer: Jaye Fraser
Recording Secretary: Margie Casagrande
Correspondence: Earsie Johnson
Community Ambassador: Frances Luster
Directors: Gayle Pietras and Jo Zemke
Soroptimist International of
North San Mateo County PO Box 5554
South San Francisco, CA 94083 www.soroptimistnorthsanmateocounty.org
Membership
Barbara Irli: 650.588.0661, or Dorothy Buhagiar: 650.589.5597
Newsletter Contributions
Sylvia Payne: [email protected]
Improving the lives of women and girls, in local communities and
throughout the world.
STEP INTO SPRING
DeeAnne held the first Step Into Spring committee
meeting on December 10 at Hope Church. The status of
each subcommittee was discussed.
So far the subcommittees are chaired as follows:
• Flyer....................................................... Gabriele
• Tickets .................................................... Barbara
• Invitations ...................................................Gayle
• Donation letters*
• Exhibitors*
• Silent Auction............................... Margie and Jo
• Programs
• Decorations.......................................... Geraldine
• Registration ..................................Jaye and Chris
• Food.......................................................... Cheryl
• Beverages ...................................Sylvia and Liza
• Public Relations*
• Entertainment*
• Facility*
• Helium Balloons*
The next meeting is January 21, 6 pm, Hope Church, 115
El Campo Drive. Hope you can make it!
*Still needs a subcommittee chair.
LAST REMINDER
JANUARY 15, 2010
6:20 AM
CBS 5 (KPIX-TV) - EARLY EDITION
HI-5 FLYOVER
Meet at Marie Callendar’s Parking Lot
Dress warm, wear something bright and be ready to wave.
