November 2020 Newsletter

October 5, 2020

Message from Our President

Hi Ladies,

We were excited to see our members and got great information from Dr. Presser at our meeting in October! The next meeting is November 19th at Benedict's Plantation from 11 am to 12 pm. Our meeting will be giving back to our Community Partners. Each year in November our members buy items for our Community Partners and members wrap the presents at the meeting. Please check the information below to sign up for the items you would like to buy. This year we will bring the tape, scissors, and wrapping paper to get the gifts wrapped. Following the meeting we will have a lunch bunch gathering at Cucina Cangemi.

I hope to see you at the meeting, and if not Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Thank You,

Julie Taylor

President

juliemactaylor@yahoo.com

November 19, 2020, Giving Thanks

10:30-11:30

Our November Meeting will be spent collecting and wrapping gifts for our 2020 Community Partners. Please use the following link to see and sign up to provide gifts to help our community.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B044CA4AF29A2F58-wipgiving

If you cannot come to the November Meeting, you can either:

bring your gifts to the Mandeville branch of Hancock-Whitney Bank at 3201 Hwy 190 in Mandeville (across from Whole Foods), or
let us know at womenofinfinitepossibilities@gmail.com and we will arrange to pick up your gifts.

Please email us or drop off your gifts before November 17th

If you are coming to the meeting, just bring your gifts. WIP will provide the wrapping paper, tape, etc.

Also, please respect the social distancing and mask requirements!

Our Lunch Bunch will be heading to Cucina Congemi after the meeting

Not a member? Attend your first meeting free of charge. Return guests pay $10 at the door. Annual membership dues of $60 cover your cost of all meetings and as well as low cost or no cost entry into some of our special events. Find more information and join our organization online at https://www.womenofwip.org/

Do you have questions? Contact us at womenofinfinitepossibilites@gmail.com.

Join or Renew Today!

SAVE DATES to your calendar from our

"EVENTS" links on Facebook!

https://www.facebook.com/pg/WomenOfInfinitePossibilities/events/?ref=page_internal

Updates will also be posted on our interactive calendar at

Community Partners

Congratulations to our 2021 Community Partners:

We have accepted five this year instead of four, since 2020 is so very strange!

Art of Hope - November 2-5, 2020 - Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center will host a virtual auction featuring patient-inspired art pieces created by local artists. We hope you will join us in sharing this fun new virtual event with colleagues, family and friends!

Visit the Art of Hope virtual art auction website: www.marybird.org/artofhope
Check out the Art of Hope feature in the Sept/Oct issue of Inside Northside Magazine
Join the Art of Hope Facebook event

News From: Staci Schwittay <staci@jamessamaritan.org>

Check out some of what we have going on!

Open Table provides relationship support for transition youths and at-risk parents. 5-8 individuals form a village (Open Table) around a young person to help them navigate life. They meet for one hour a week for one year. This program has been very successful. We are always in need of individuals to sit on these Open Tables that we form.
We are at the very beginning of a new program to provide cars for transitioning youths. A lack of transportation is one of the key areas that causes these youths to fall through the cracks. They cannot get to education and job opportunities. We have recently donated our first car and want to create a continuing program. We need committee members to help with the design and operating of the program.
With COVID ramifications challenging this special event, we are in need of assistance to plan and carry out our annual Christmas party at the James Samaritan Center.
Help us spread the word about our virtual online shopping for kids clothing. Follow the link to shop: https://well-dressed-wolf-wildling-omi-jo-sale-for-charity.cheddarup.com

News from Lise Naccari

CBIB, Compassionate Burials for Indigent Babies, is a 501c3 non-profit organization founded in 2007 to provide dignified burials for abandoned or indigent babies in our area. Our dedicated team assists in the funerals and burials of the babies, bringing comfort and closure to their families. We have buried almost 200 babies - our most recent burial was a victim of Covid-19. As we all know, funerals can be expensive. Even a small donation would be appreciated so we can continue our mission. Please check out our website: http://www.cbibinc.com/ for additional information.e. Be sure to make the articles short and concise as people tend not to read much more than a couple of paragraphs. Place article copy here.