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SI Chico E-blast news & more
June 23, 2020 | Volume 20 Issue 45
Greetings!
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Thank you,

Gayle Aylward
Treasurer Elect
Message from President Elect
Billie Araiza
Hello Soroptimist Sisters,

We have officially made it through another unprecedented year, thanks to COVID-19. This leaves me wondering what fun adventures are ahead for my year as President. We had President Bonnie, leading us through the Camp Fire and President Carrie during the Toilet Paper Hoarding Craze, AKA Coronavirus Quarantine. I must admit ladies, that is a tough act to follow. No matter what lies ahead, I know we will face it together, united as a club! I have wonderful and supportive Board Members, Committee Chairs, and Club Members. Therefore, I have no doubt we will persevere through it and come out stronger at the end. This is my final correspondence as President-Elect. I hope all of you have a fun, fabulous summer and I hope to see all of you at our Installation/Summer B-B-Q in August.

With Gratitude,


Billie Araiza
President-Elect





HOT OFF THE PRESS
6-17-2020 Business Meeting Motions PASSED

COMMITTEE STRUCTURE 2020-2021
NOTE: We had to move some committee members around, so please check out this committee structure for next year by Clicking here.
Fundraising Committee 2019-2020 Year End Recap by Co-chair Lupe Medrano

E-blast Schedule for July & August

July 1, 2020
  • SIC President 1st Message
July 21, 2020
  • Info on 46th Biennial & H&G
August 4, 2020
  • Reminder of upcoming Installation
August 18, 2020
  • Installation/Summer picnic

Resuming back to weekly Sept. 1, 2020

Backyard morning coffee:  
July 1 – Coffee @ 9:00, Bonnie Chapman’s backyard - 4166 Augusta Lane - read more about our summer get together's below

Summer Socializing with SI Chico

Hello Soropti-sisters!

We are going to shake up our usual practice of summertime drop-in lunches in light of COVID-19 and hope that we can still socialize through the months of July and August comfortably. As you may know, we usually alternate through the list of member owned restaurants each Wednesday at noon through the summer, allowing members who are inclined and available to meet up with others and enjoy lunch while supporting our member's businesses. With social distancing and varying levels of comfort with dine-in, we decided to change this plan for summer 2020.

We will alternate take-out lunches and meeting at local parks with backyard morning coffee gatherings. ( Summer schedule below)

See you all this summer

SI Objectives
Backyard morning coffee:  Some of our members have offered their backyards for these (socially distanced) morning gatherings. Please plan to bring your own coffee (or other beverage) and a chair. Enter directly to each member's backyard. It will be great to hang out together. (9:00 a.m.)

July 1 – Coffee @ 9:00, Bonnie Chapman’s backyard

July 15 – Coffee @ 9:00, Carol Burr’s backyard

August 5 – Coffee @ 9:00, Jeanne Smith’s backyard

August 19 – Coffee @9:00 Carrie Pavis’s backyard
Take-out lunches:  Our schedule will list the "suggested" take-out restaurant for each of these and then designate a shade covered picnic area in one of our parks for the lunchtime meet-up. Brown bagging is always an option. (noon)

July 8 – La Comida – Pick up lunch and eat at Wildwood Park

July 22 - Spiteri - Pick up lunch and eat at Wildwood Park

July 29 – SOL – Pick up lunch and eat at DeGarmo Park

August 12 – Cozy Diner – Pick up lunch and eat at Wildwood Park

August 26 – La Hacienda – Pick up lunch and eat at DeGarmo Park
As you may have suspected, The 2020 Home and Garden Show will not be taking place as originally planned. Instead, it has been rescheduled to the new dates of July 25 and July 26 . Our obligation and schedule will remain the same, however we will start over with a new sign-up genius. We realize it's difficult to know what our plans will be in July, but please go ahead and sign up and each of us can easily change our chosen shift if needed at a later date.


Thank-you everyone!

Bonnie Chapman & Lupe Medrano
Co-Chairs Fundraising Committee
Sign Drop-Off
We are so happy you all loved your sign surprise recently!! The signs are a gift and absolutely yours to keep. Some of you may not want to store/keep it forever though, so we wanted to offer the option to return your sign for future use. If you would like us to store the sign, please drop it off on either Bonnie's (4166 Augusta Lane) or Billie's (24 Upper Lake Court) front porch anytime from now until the end of June. * note, if dropping at Billie's do not confuse Lower Lake Court . Thank-you!
SAVE THE DATES
Installation/Summer Picnic:
August 23rd at Merlo Park, Stirling City
Installation at 11 AM
Summer Picnic to follow

Click on Momma Duck or her Ducklings below to see video of this beautiful park
Retreat
September 14, 2020 from 5 to 9 PM
Canyon Oaks Country Club
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Thank you,

Babette Maiss
SI Bidwell Rancho President
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From my desk to yours
I want to thank you for allowing me to be your editor again this year. It has been a year to remember while exploring new things. Hopefully next year we can go back to a more normal way of life. What we knew as normal will never be the same again.

I am happy to announce that I will be your E-blast Editor again next year, 5 years and going, but who's counting?

I hope you all enjoy the new format that I have developed this year.

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Joyce Brown
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