ESA Wonderful Wednesday - August 28, 2013

Happy Wonderful Wednesday Everyone!

I decided to look up the real meaning of Labor Day here in the U.S. Because Wikipedia is the “renowned” online literature resource in some circles, I went to see what it had to say:
“Labor Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September that celebrates the economic and social contributions of workers. It was first nationally recognized in 1894 to placate unionists following the Pullman Strike. With the decline in union membership, the holiday is generally viewed as a time for barbecues and the end of summer vacations."

When we hit Labor Day, the winter holidays are not far behind. While the weather may still be on the warm side, school has started, sales are increasing, wearing white is not done, football season has started, and I am beginning to plan for Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas... we overlook New Year's Eve! Now one might ask, how does Labor Day coming annually affect Texas ESA? Well, first in my mind is the November Craft Fair associated with our November State Board Meeting. Second will be the First Holiday Sweater Contest during the have thought of some “rules”… Here they are:

1.   Safety first – no electrical supported sweaters; in other words, participants cannot be connected to an extension cord.

2.   Cordless battery operated designs are allowed.

3.   Sweaters must be worn by the participant, no hanging the sweater on a hanger and must be worn during the craft fair to allow those in attendance to view and vote.

4.   All participants must take their sweater home at the end of the competition… I have plenty of my own!

5.   Pictures taken may be posted on our Texas State Council Web Site, FaceBook Page, ESA Wonderful Wednesday Blog/Email, TESAN and/or Jonquil.

6.   Categories and prizes are under development. Just know that monetary prizes are not available…

We are looking for fun, creativity, cute, ugly, outlandish, colorful, and interactive between members… and so much more! PLEASE let me know if you are planning to enter the contest. Just send me an email with your intentions to wearing a Holiday Sweater. This will help me prepare for voting and results tabulation.

Care Connection is no longer being over-sighted by the Senior Past President of IC, which this year is our own Rose Pasillas. Apparently, this function of contact and communication is through ESA Headquarters. When submitting your request for assistance, please contact ESA International Headquarters at 970-223-2824. Ask for Tracy Swanson, Membership Director, or Charlotte Carloni, Philanthropic/Communications Coordinator.  When a request comes in, they will get you in touch with the State President or Care Connection representative for whatever state you are located. In our state for this sorority year, our Caring and Sharing Team Advocate for Care Connection is Monica Childs. Her demographic information is in our current State Roster.

Warm Welcome Advocate of the Caring and Sharing Team, Donna Carter is a Project Linus Blanketeer. A local McKinney Project Linus group is working on a special project to publish a recipe book for sale. If you want more information, please contact Donna. Give her an opportunity to respond, she does go camping for a few weeks at a time. So it may take her several days or so to respond. She did tell me that some companies do support Project Linus through donating money based on the volunteerism by their employees.

The November Board Meeting will be supporting our US Troops. With that said, our Caring and Sharing Team Advocate for the Hope for Heroes Program, Joyce Kotzur. When we have more information to share, I will post in my weekly Blog/Email. Stay posted.  

Convention City has asked me to pass along this directive when submitting your checks for May 2014 Convention Registration. Checks must be made out exactly like this – “Texas ESA State Convention”. The financial institution requires this to process the checks into the Convention City bank account. District Presidents, please pass this requirement onto the members of your district. A corrected form has been submitted for posting on the Web Site and in the TESAN.

Now for our IAWL Trivia Question: The actor played a police officer in the movie. Who is he and what was his character’s name? The same actor went on to play in a classic and popular television series. Can you name that show? He also, starred with John Wayne in westerns, war, and drama/romance (believe or not) movies. I know who he is… Do you?

Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday to the following sisters for the next week:

Joyce Kotzur – August 29 of Kappa Kappa, District 4. Joyce is our Caring and Sharing Hope for Heroes Advocate.

Vicki Huff – August 29 of Sigma Epsilon, District 6

Linda Bomar – August 30 of Theta Phi, District 11 and one of our Past Texas State Council Presidents

Renae Campbell – August 31 of Kappa Beta, District 1

Kay Guynes – September 2 of Lambda Nu, District 5

Kelley Miller – September 2 of Pi Delta, District 1

Please, everyone have a fun and safe Labor Day weekend!

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Remember, ESA's . . . A Wonderful Life!

Love and hugs to all Every Day Angels,

sue ann

(aka – susieQ)