keeping with guidelines to protect our communities, SITS will be meeting on Zoom until further notice.
Regardless, life goes on and we
SITS-ters carry on!
Hello!! President Janna led us all in another Meeting on Zoom (
or 'Zooming' as I like to call it!). We saw 25 of our lovely club members' smiling faces...as well as Janna's guest, Meryl... lovely Zoo-meet you ... (
see what I did there.. to meet you.. Zoo-meet you... ;)
Invocation - Lydia reminded us that, despite the global situation at the moment, it is even more important than ever before to take care of each other in these ever increasingly difficult times... thank you Lydia
This week's 'Zooming' (remember.. meeting crossed with Zoom... keep up..) was dedicated to committee chairs making a short presentation about all that their committee does and is hoping to do in this coming new Soroptimist year. That's right our New Year has just started.. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
Now, please bear in mind that, some of our committee activities may be furloughed/adapted/postponed or generally turned upside-down. However, one thing you can be sure of in these unprecedented times (I've heard that word a lot lately but sorry it just fits) is that our SITSters will make the best of whatever they are faced with!
Committees - We have a number of committees in our club that perform a variety of services, to our club internally as well as providing services to our community. Each member is encouraged to join at least one technical and one service committee. Members are encouraged to try a few out and also to help out ad hoc when they are busy.
Technical Committees:
These are the committees that ensure the smooth running of the club on a day to day basis:
Breakfast - We are all taking care of our own breakfasts currently on Thursday mornings ... we haven't yet figured out to have our amazing breakfast crew be in 25 kitchens all at once.. but when we are back to our normal meeting venue we look forward to the amazing job they do of getting everything ready for us!
Presentations - Hellen, we thank you for taking on this most important role of arranging all our fascinating speakers that join us to...umm well.. speak to us. She is already on a role with July and August pretty much booked out but if you know of anyone wanting to tell us all about what they do for our community then send us an email at
[email protected]
Retention and Recruitment - Wendy David is our recruitment guru so, once she has you in her sights to join our club... look out!!
Cultural and Social - This is the committee that makes sure we have fun. Currently our predicted fun will be mostly of the outdoor/social distancing variety.. but we are talented ladies and can walk AND talk at the same time.
Attendance - These lovely ladies make sure we are all present and correct and generally keep us all in line. I'm sure they find it much easier to count us all in our Zoom tiles (a la Brady Bunch) than chasing us around a room like herding cats...Thank you ladies!
Financial - a crucial part of how well our club runs. Our treasurers work so hard to make sure that we account for our funds correctly and efficiently. They even make sure we spend it... which apparently is harder than it sounds.. go
figure! (little accountancy pun there ..)
We wouldn't be able to survive without them!
ALL COMMITTEE BUDGETS NEED TO BE WITH JEAN BY JULY 31ST!!
So below is an overview of what each committee strives to do each year. It is not an exhaustive list as that would take FAR too long - for all the details
click here to go to our website (thank you Lisa, our Communications Chair)
Service Committees:
Economic and Social Development: This committee generally help people lift themselves up. Family Resource Center, Choices for Children and Juvenile Service Council among others.
Educational committee: Very active committee.
Lake Tahoe Education Foundation. BATS (Bringing Arts To Schools). Backpacks for children in need before school starts.
Their signature and biggest project: Free books for all kids in Kindergarten to eighth grade to take home at the end of the school year. That's about 3,500 books!! Boys and Girls Club and Live Violence Free also benefit.
Youth Enrichment and Scholarship (YES) - During the year work with Mount Tallac with a monthly student award as well as scholarships and funds throughout the year. Yearly scholarships that go to local High Schools and Middle Schools for achievement and recognition. This committee truly supports the youth in our community.
Healthy Women Healthy World - Promoting physical, mental and emotional health. This year will feature as much as they can with the great outdoors. Encouraging us all to be healthy ourselves. (Again where the walking AND talking comes in) This committee supports organisations that support the health of the world in general.
One Voice: Support organisation locally and internationally. Zawadisha, Kellerman, St Joseph Land Trust, Awaken. Disaster relief as and when needed. Grants to Tahoe Magic and scholarships to a Kenyan school have featured on their docket this past year.
Project Middle School (PMS) - One of our signature projects. Hands on meetings with Junior S Club in the past have helped support these young women in their own volunteer endeavors. STEM projects are also focused on as well as financial support for Girls Empowerment projects.
Awards: GIVE (Girls into Volunteer Experiences) Award. Celebrating young women who are venturing into the world of volunteering. 'Live Your Dream' award empowering young women to reach their full potential.
Dream it Be It: A committee that works with the Soroptimist International signature project h
elping girls to live and be their best. A hands on program taking girls through a program of self discovery and the benefits of support. Creative, fun and nurturing.
Elegant Evening:
A very big part of our focus as this, in the past, has been our one annual fundraiser. With everything changing we are looking to make the best of everything as usual.. so watch this space!
Annual Retreat - August 5th at 5.30 - 7.30pm - Zoom details to come!
All of our committees will be having to work 'around' some of their usual programs/meetings due to COVID 19 but we will prevail!!
General Announcements: We have some members who we haven't seen on our weekly zoom meetings. Miyera has extended an offer in case your reluctance is the technology. She has an amazing IT guy and Karen J can attest to how wonderful he is. Get a hold of Miyera or call Lisa or Mandy. Thank you to Julie who will CHAIR the Project Middle School Committee. We appreciate you stepping up. We will know more shortly of the plans the schools are laying out for the next school year. We'll keep you posted.
trouble knocked at the door but hearing laughter walked away
Please continue to be smart and safe for the health and economy of our community.
Local teen, Maddy Moody 
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