Dear fellow members,
I hope you’ve been enjoying some relaxing and peaceful summer days. It’s hard to believe August is upon us and the new school year will begin soon.
I hosted a board meeting on July 10. We had great conversation and discussion on many topics to include upcoming program speakers, membership update, a member business directory, service opportunities to explore as a group, and more luncheon planning. The Cabi stylists stopped by to meet us as well.
On behalf of the board members, we are excited to report great progress on our plans for our Annual Luncheon, Fashion Show and Auction. The invitations were mailed on July 27 to all members and all guests who attended last year; seven weeks in advance of the event. We printed extra invitations to have available to mail to your family and friends. If you’d like me to mail you some I will. OR, please email me, and I’d be happy to mail them for you.
To date, we’ve collected $3,850 in cash donations, $11,485 in auction item value, and $3,500 in table sponsors for a total of $18,835 to date. This represents 42% of our $45,000 overall goal for the event.
We are very grateful for each of our event co-chairs and especially Karen McCoy who is chairing the auction for us this year. For those of you who missed the July meeting, we announced that Cabi will be our fashion partner this year; Gina Miller and Susan Smoot will be our independent Cabi stylists. They are both very excited to share their fall fashions with us. I’ve invited them both to be my guests at the August monthly meeting to share a preview with you all.
Also announced at the July meeting is that the Vanderbilt University Club will be closing December 31. So this means that our remaining meetings there are August 15, October 17 and November 14 (changed from November 21 due to it being the night before thanksgiving day). Please note, there is no regular meeting in September or December.
September 15 is the luncheon and December is our Christmas party at a member's home.
We are soliciting your thoughts and ideas for new venues for our monthly member meetings. A task team has been formed to identify viable options based on our member preferences. We will begin talking to, visiting and comparing viable choices in August.
A quick shout out and thank you to Frances Rogers and Goldner and Associates. She designed and printed our new letterhead for us. After Barbara Esteves-Moore designed our luncheon invitations, Frances printed those for us as well. We hope she will decide to join our membership soon.
Enjoy your summer days with family and friends. And, don’t forget to follow up on your auction items. If you need help with picking up items, please email either Karen or me.
See you at our next meeting on August 15.
Gratefully,
Debbie
