SI Chico Weekly E-blast

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SI Chico E-blast news & more

Sept. 28, 2021 | Volume 22 Issue 7

Please take the time to read this week's E-Blast so you can stay up-to-date on happenings in our club, around the Region and around the world.

What's New: President Sara's Message, Survey, GTKU

What's Happening this week: SI 100-Year Celebration Oct. 1st thru Oct. 3rd

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Message from President Sara Beacham

Greetings!

Happy Fall 🍁!

I am loving this nice cool weather. How about you?

There is no lunch meeting this week, but a few committees are meeting. There is an unveiling of the stained glass at Pine Ridge School in Magalia on Wednesday at 12:00 noon. Hope you can come.

Also happening this week is the Girl Scouts of Northern California Pavilion Project Groundbreaking. Join us Saturday, October 2nd at 5:00 pm. This is the moment we have been waiting for, and all Soroptimist International of Chico members

are invited. The groundbreaking will happen at their new location on Floral Avenue. The CEO will give some remarks, a few troops will be there, and the Chico State Women In Construction will be on hand, too. We will have a photo opportunity and get to meet the young women whose lives will be changed thanks to Soroptimists and Girl Scouts. Hope to see you there!

This week the Soroptimist International 100-Year Celebrations are happening. Did you attend the SIA 100-year celebration this past weekend? Will you join Soroptimist International this coming weekend? How about a quick drive downtown? Have you seen our banner? SI Chico partnered with SI Bidwell Rancho to get a banner hung downtown at 1st and Main Streets. Drive by and take a look. It will be up for three more weeks. And there’s more! Our billboards

will be going up soon, too. If you see one, stop and take a pic with it and send it to our communications committee or to me. #Soroptimist100 #Soroptimistsatwork

See everyone next week for our business meeting!

President Sara

President Sara displaying SIC/SIBR Downtown Banner

Girl Scouts of Northern California Pavilion

Groundbreaking Ceremony Saturday, Oct. 2nd at 5pm

Girl Scouts of Northern California Pavilion

No Club Meeting This Week

Hello everyone,

The stained glass for the Pine Ridge School in Magalia has been installed and is ready for the BIG unveiling! You are all invited! Soroptimists sponsored this project with Camp Fire funds. It will be on Wednesday the 29th at noon since we don’t have a meeting that day. It will be a fun excursion.

The address is

13878 Compton Dr.

Magalia 95954

The students were involved in the design.

Article Submitted by: Shari Maxson Hopper

Here is just a teaser

We have been using Survey Monkey in the past for all of our surveys for free. This was working fine for many years. As of January 2021 they have changed their policy on free accounts and limit the responses to only 40 responders unless you have a paid account which would run about $50 per month.

I am happy to announce that starting this week we will be using Google forms. They are part of our Google Suite, which is totally FREE to nonprofits. The responses are unlimiited. On Thursday, September 30th you will be receiving an email from Kathy Erickson, our lunch lady, from her new email address, kathyerickson@sichico.com. You will be asked to fill out the form with your name, if you will be having lunch, attending facility only, or will NOT be attending. There will also be a notes section where you can state your reason for not attending or if you will be joining us on Zoom.

Kathy is trying to retire as our lunch lady, so if you are interested in becoming our new lunch lady, please let Kathy know. She will train you.

If you have any questions regarding this change you can contact me, Joyce Brown, at joycebrown@sichico.com

We still need Guest Speakers for:

Oct. 13, 2021

Dec. 15, 2021

Mar. 16, 2022

May 18, 2022

If you would like to host an “after hours” event to showcase your business please contact:

Shari Maxson Hopper at:

Sm123hopper@gmail.com

Soropti-wear

We will be selling new micro fleece Soropti-wear jackets ($45) and vests ($40) and the classic, perhaps vintage older shirts (on sale $10) and vests ($15) at our next business meeting, Oct. 6th from 11.30 to noon and after meeting for 15 minutes. Cash (exact amount please) or check accepted.

Questions: Text Maureen 530 520 3282

HAPPY $$$$

Don’t forget we will collect Happy $'s at all our lunch meetings

Hope you have things to celebrate and share.

Wednesday Door Greeters Needed

The SI Objectives Committee is looking for greeters for our Wednesday lunches. All you need for this job is to greet everyone with a smile as they arrive.

Click here to sign up

Our next new member Getting to Know Us will be held Friday, October 8 at 4:00 p.m. at Wine Time (26 Lost Dutchman Drive). If you have someone you would like to introduce to our club, let me know!! Let's share the love of our club.

Thank-you!

Bonnie Chapman and SI Objectives.

SI Chico! Get ready to recruit

2021 is going to be a banner year for our club to boost our club in every way. Women in our community are more ready than ever to reengage and plug-in to volunteering and socializing.

SHARE THE LOVE Membership Drive!

Contest? Prizes? Lots of fun new members? Yes, Yes and Yes! Introducing the Share the Love membership drive running September-December 2021. There will be a monthly drawing for a lucky winner and also a grand prize in December for the person who sponsors/brings in the most potential new members. There are plenty of opportunities to earn entries to win, getting your name in the monthly hat –

Bring a friend to a meeting or event; 1 entry

Sponsor a new member; 5 entries

Post sharable information about joining our club on your social media (coming soon); 1 entry

Work at a member recruitment table in community at an event (info coming soon); 5 entries

*Each member is responsible for telling Bonnie about their earned entries. These tickets will also be available at each club meeting.

Prizes will include all things that will show our current members the LOVE and pampering we all enjoy. Thank you all in advance for helping to grow our beloved club, making it better than ever. Contact Bonnie 228-1724 or email bkchap2@yahoo.com with any questions or other recruitment ideas.

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