October Newsletter from Joanne

 

Delta Fundraiser at Culver's

Here is a picture sent by Kris of four of our Delta sisters working the first shift at Culver's last night.  It was a blast!  Thank you to ALL the workers and to those members who came to dine and support us. It was another fun night and hopefully a lucrative one. Left to right are Carol Ross, Sue Talarczyk, Kris Bauer, and Mary Thompson.  This was a fundraising event for our Scholarship Fund.

State Board Meeting, October 2024

Our first Board Meeting of the year was this weekend, starting with Policies and Procedures yesterday afternoon, and continuing this morning.  We started with generous treats from Carol.  Here is Marilyn smiling at how delicious the goodies look.

There was a pretty display in honor of our Founders.

Marilyn outdid herself with these darling table favors!

The reading was her intriguing Reflection for the Day.

Jan did our Fraternity Education and it was so fun!  It was a quiz "What's on Your Cell Phone?"  It was similar to the old shower game of 'what's in your purse?' You can imagine the giggling and cross-talk while we figured our points, not to mention the tech learning.  Here's Theresa, our winner.

And a closeup of the Fraternity Education idea.

Here we are at our working lunch.

Several thank-you notes were read. They were from Angela Steinmetz, Nu Chapter, for the Excellence in Education award,

Ann Ainslee, our Regional President,

The Longest Day,

and the Southwest Wisconsin Community Action Program.

It was a very productive two days.

State Board Meeting to Revise Policies and Procedures

We survived the Policies and Procedures meeting, and we’re still smiling! Joanne really runs an efficient and productive meeting, and the positive energy continued through dinner at Buck & Honey's.

Starting with Nikki (center front) and going clockwise around the table, are Nikki, Marilyn, Jan, Mary, Arlene, Joanne, Kathy, Kim, Theresa, Marlea, and Ruth (right front).

Therapy Team Guest Speaker at Nu Chapter Meeting

Nu Chapter had as their October meeting guests, Laurie Nowak and her dog, Bently.  They are a therapy team that goes to schools and hospitals to give a few minutes of dog therapy to those who need that extra touch.  Laurie explained what it takes to train to become a therapy team, and how to maintain that status.  Everyone was delighted by their visit.