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Please take the time to read this week's E-Blast so you can stay up-to-date on happenings in your club and around the region.
Committee Meetings at a Glance
2nd Tuesday of the Month:
Director Delegates
4th Wednesday of the Month:
Communications Committee
- Noon at Downtown Tri Counties
Events Committee
- Noon at various locations - see calendar
Giving Committee
- Noon at CHC, 25 Jan Ct., #130
Fundraising Committee
- Noon at Leon Bistro
- Sept. 13th & Sept. 27th
- Every Thursday in October
- November 1st
SI Objectives Committee
- Noon at Farmers Skillet
- 4th Thursday of the month (EXCEPT October & November)
- October and November 3rd Thursday of the month
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In case you missed an email that was sent out to you on Wednesday, Sept. 5th here is the link to volunteer to be a door greeter at our Wednesday luncheons:
Thank you,
Gayle Aylward & Sandi Decker
Co-Chairs SI Objectives Committee
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Fall District 1 Meeting
Saturday, September 15, 2018
The Fall District 1 Meeting will be
at the Hilton Garden Inn from 10am-3pm in South Redding. Below are the official invitation, agenda, registration, and sales display table registration.
See you all there,
Lisa Fitzgerald
District 1 Director
AND, don't forget our Friday Night Flamingle..more flashing flamingo pins to those flamingling. Rooms at the Hilton Garden Inn will have 2 queen beds; perfect for two or 4. Special Soroptimist rate of
$124 and you can make your reservation directly through them.
Our code is:
1SOROP /SMERF
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After Hours 
When: September 24, 2018 @ 6:30pm
Address: 2255 Fair Street
(In the Chrysler Training Room)
Join us at the WTC and find out all about what they do.
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Jesus Center Servers Wanted
On Thursday, Sept. 6th you received via email a new sign up for volunteering at the Jesus Center. In case you missed it, here is the link to sign up:
Jesus Center Sign Up here
Thank you,
Amy Hawes
Jesus Center Coordinator
a_planner@yahoo.com
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Special SUDS Get Together
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When: Oct. 4th, 2018
Time: 5ish - 7pm
Where: Kathy Erickson's
Our Texas Soroptimist, Marilyn Ey is coming to town so we're having a SUDS get together. Come see what Marilyn's been up to.
Bring something to nibble on and BYOB.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
SAVE THE DATE
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NEWBIES NIGHT OUT
When: Thursday, May 2nd, 2019
Time: 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Place: TBA
The Newbies Night Out will be in honor of all new members (and their sponsors) that have joined from 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019 Club years. All Soroptimist members are welcome to attend. This will be an evening of fun and friendship with the opportunity for new and old members to connect. More information to come!
Submitted by:
Billie Araiza, Vice President
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| Ann Leon thanks for all you do!
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Meet our Sponsors that help pay for our weekly E-blast
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Member Center
Quick Links....
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Message from President
Bonnie Chapman
Greetings Soroptimists!
What do you call an alligator wearing a vest?
An investigator!
I felt so pleased with the wonderful turn out for our first meeting of the year. Thanks for attending and helping to jump start this season of Soroptimist with eager enthusiasm! Let's keep it up!!
This week, those of us who went to Japan are looking forward to sharing our experience with all of you with a special presentation. We have a few surprises in store so don't miss club this Wednesday!
We had several more people join our SI Chico team for the Walk to End Alzheimer's this week. Hooray! Our team is getting larger and our impact will be greater with every person who is part of the effort. See the link in the e-blast to get yourself signed up and be part of this journey.
Tickets for our Dueling Pianos event will be available to club members this week AND be sure to catch myself and Dawn Fedeli on the noon news broadcast today (9/11) as we begin promotion of the fundraiser!
It's another great week to be a Soroptimist.
Soroptimist International of Chico
President, 2018-2019
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This Week's Program
Join us this week to hear all about the Japan experience with Bonnie, Carrie, Natalie, Gayle, and Joan. They have a special presentation and a few surprises in store.
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Hands on Service Projects - Process Updated!
All proposed Hands on Service Projects will need to be sponsored by a club member and brought forth to the Business Meeting for membership approval. So that members have sufficient information to make a decision, sponsoring club members will complete a Nomination Form (attached). This form will be included with the motion form and shared on Eblast prior to the Business Meeting.
Hands on Service Projects that the club has participated in the past will NOT automatically roll over and will also need to be approved by the membership.
We know that many of you are involved with other nonprofits that do good work throughout the community. If you feel that our club members can help your nonprofit in some "hands on", please let us know. We welcome fresh ideas! First nominations are due by
September 24
for consideration.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact any of the Giving Committee Co-Chairs.
Marge Rivas, Miles Berdache Lynk, Kim N. Huber
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LOOKING FOR MONEY TO HELP SUPPORT YOUR EDUCATIONAL
GOALS?
- Are you a woman who provides primary financial support for yourself and your dependent(s)?
- Do you have financial need?
- Are you enrolled in a vocational/skills training program or an undergraduate degree program?
- Are you motivated to achieve your goals?
You may be eligible for a Soroptimist Live Your Dream Award to help offset tuition costs, pay student loans, or find reliable childcare so you can worry less about how to pay your bills and focus on reaching your dreams.
Soroptimist International, Chico will be awarding two Live Your Dream Awards in the amount of at least $1,000.00. each. One winner is eligible for further awards at our regional and international levels, up to $10,000.00.
DUE by November 15, 2018
Rosie Potestio
SI Chico Live Your Dream Coordinator
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Our Corresponding Secretary isn't able to fulfill her duties, with that said, we are in need of a new Corresponding Secretary.
The Corresponding Secretary duties are:
- collect and distribute mail
- check e-mail and forward appropriately
- handle all official club correspondence properly that are not the responsibility of other officers or committee coordinators
- Keep a chronological log of all correspondence
Please contact Bonnie Chapman if you are interested in this position.
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Looking for Program Suggestions
Hello Soroptimists,
Please contact Roseann Bradley with any program suggestions you may have
for the upcoming 2018-2019 SIChico year.
Please keep in mind relevance of the topic to SIChico.
Roseann Bradley
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Here's some more information on navigating through our new website,
SoroptimistChico.org . The Members Only page has lots of information. Not only does it contain our roster, it contains our handbook, hands on service project form, master motion form, region and federation forms, the Diamond Campaign, Recognition and Branding tools. The PW is the year we were chartered.
The side bar widget News and More you can comment on the President's Message and on the Soroptimist Having Fun. To comment you must be a member of our club and need to log in. To log in your userID is: your first initial and last name, all lower case, e.i. jbrown The PW is: Soropti-Sisters (case sensitive). Once you have logged in you will be able to leave a comment. You can also change your password. In the upper right hand corner you will see your name, hover the mouse over your name and you'll see "edit my profile", click on that and you can change your password. Make sure you hit "update for your new PW to take effect. Then once done don't forget to logout.
You comments are always welcome.
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SI Chico!
Below is the link to our team page. You can join the team here by pressing the Join Team button. Jody said that you should go ahead and join the team whether you plan to walk or volunteer. You can also simply donate to our team if you like on the same page. I hope many of you feel moved to join me on October 13 and that will also join in on helping to raise funds for our SI Chico team.
Thanks everyone!
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Please email your articles or announcements by 5pm Sunday to our new email address at:
I will still be checking the other email address at
eblast@sichico.com
for a period of time.
Joyce Brown
Editor
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