Altrusa International of Tidewater, Inc.

Tidewater Altrusan Newsletter

September 2022

Important Dates / Information

September 14: Board Meeting via Zoom @ 5pm

September 19: Program/Business Meeting @ 6pm, JoKell. Social @ 5:30pm; Meeting Begins @ 6pm. JoKell, Inc. | 628 Innovation Dr., Chesapeake. 23320

October 12: Board Meeting via Zoom @ 5pm

October 17: Program/Business Meeting @ 6pm, JoKell. Social @ 5:30pm; Meeting @ 6pm

October 22: Area III Workshop (Virtual) hosted by Capital City. More info will be sent regarding registration.

April 2023 - District Two Conference - Tidewater, VA

September Meeting Location

President's Message

Well it's back to business for us Altrusans. The two months with no business has passed. I hope you all were able to have some vacation this summer.

We're looking forward to our Fall Workshop, Saturday October 22nd. It is virtual and more information will be available soon.

I have some exciting news! We have the potential to have three new members very soon. Make sure you attend our September 19th meeting for more information from Marcy Royal, our Membership Chair.

See you then!

Sherral

Zoom Link for Altrusa Meetings:

Click here to join all scheduled Altrusa Zoom Meetings. The password is the same with a capital first letter.

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Greetings Altrusans!

I hope this message finds you all doing well. September is here and marks the beginning of pumpkin spice, autumn leaves, and cooler nights! Well, I have tasted some pumpkin spice, smelled my autumn leaves candle, but the cooler nights have yet to show up! I am certain Fall is right around the corner. I always look forward to September; to dust off all my sweaters and warm socks, and prepare for my favorite time of year! Most importantly, school is back in session and we can start counting down the days until Thanksgiving and Winter Break!

As Altrusans, September holds a date of much importance. September 21st marks the International Day of Peace. This year’s theme arrives with perfect timing, considering the unrest that remains in our country, as well as, other countries around the world. The title of the theme is “End Racism, Build Peace”. The International Day Of Peace was established in 1981 to show unity and empathy to all cultures around the globe. Please see the link below for more information:

https://www.un.org/en/observances/international-day-peace

Please enjoy this beautiful month and I look forward to seeing all of you soon.

All the Best,

Tracey

International Day of Peace | United NationsThe purpose of the day is the pursuit of peace as a fundamental human right.

Committee Reports

Service Committee: Joanne & June, Co-Chairs

Service Hours: If you like to submit your service hours as you do them, Shari has added an updated form for this 22-23 club year. Service completed from June 1, 2022 to May 30, 2023 can be submitted on this form. You can access it from the website menu or click here.

LIteracymonthlittle free library.docx

Schools Supplies donated at our August Picnic.

SOCTOBER IS COMING!

The month of October our club will be participating in a campaign to collect socks for our local homeless population. Soctober is a nationwide effort to collect and donate new socks to those in need. Our efforts will benefit Stand Up For Kids Hampton Roads, an organization that supports unsheltered and runaway youth.

Members are encouraged to reach out to their friends, neighbors, local churches, work associates, etc to garner contributors to our campaign.

Nicole Pixler, Executive Director of Stand Up For Kids will be our guest speaker at our October meeting and will receive our donated items. Those items donated after our meeting will be picked up by members of the service team and brought to Stand Up For Kids. If anyone cares to make other donations, the organization also needs new men’s knit boxer briefs and young women's panties.

So let’s get busy and make this an awesome campaign!

June and Ellen asked for new socks from their sorority sisters! These have already showed up!

International Project Update: Barbara Speight provided an update at the May meeting. Schools in the Philippines are opening up slowly, at half-time. We will be moving forward soon on the final part of this project.

Reminder! Club 21 dues must to be paid online. Use this link to update your personal Club 21 dues to support International Foundation.

Want to order items from Amazon for Hope Village and other service projects? Check out this wish list created by Joanne (with a little help from her sister, Karen)!

Joanne's Altrusa List

Environmental Ideas

The Environmental Committee is collecting empty pill bottles with the label removed for the Humane Society in Chesapeake.

Finance Committee

The Finance Committee met on Saturday, September 3, 2022 and prepared the 2022-2023 budget. Those present were: Kathy, Sherral, Joanne, and Shari.

Fran was out of town. The budget will be presented to the board and to members at the September monthly meeting. Please take time to review the budget; any issues or concerns can be addressed at the September meeting.

Kathy Dalby, Chairperson

22-23 Budget - Sept 3 2022.pdf

To view Tidewater's Strategic Plan (working copy), click here.

Program/Business Minutes: August 2022 (from August Family Picnic)

August 2022 minutes.docx

Treasurer's Report: September 2022

TREASURER'S REPORT SEPTEMBER 2022.docx

Congratulations Tidewater - Distinguished Club for 2021-22

September

September 9 - Barbara Duke

September 13 - Chris Stevens

September 14 - Sherral Nelson

September 22 - Jennifer Kates-Lilly

Days for Girls

Family Picnic

July Social/Add an Altrusan Day - Welcome Becky and Mauria!

Members enjoying the July Social / Add an Altrusan Day at Sherral's home.

Ellen completed her basket.

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Tidewater's Member Update

Sherral and Kenneth vacationed in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina for a week, then spent the next week in Jacksonville, Florida visiting daughter Kendra and family.

Barbara and Don enjoyed time with Lucy and celebrating her first birthday in Sonoma.

James Warwick Jones took this photo of Judy at the opening of Glen McClure’s Spotlight 100 Exhibition at Gallery 21 Saturday, Aug.27. She was one of Glen’s 100 subjects for his yearlong project involving using old- fashioned tungsten spotlighting and included a short biographical sketch introducing each of the subjects.

Tracey enjoyed a summer trip to Massachusetts & Connecticut.