In the last month, I found this quote on FaceBook….
“Volunteerism is a two-way street and benefits everyone. What benefits do you see from volunteering? What does volunteering offer that applies to the work you do every day? Do you have any tips in how to begin to volunteer?”
As ESA’ers, we volunteer! Boy, do we ever, as it is our nature to be helpers to others every day. We volunteer in our chapters to do educational programs. We volunteer to serve others within ESA and to those outside to our philanthropic organizations. We volunteer to prepare for social events and rush events. We volunteer to be leaders in our chapters, districts, state, and international councils. We volunteer to help others volunteer. Volunteering is the root to what we are as an organization and who we are as individuals. Looking at the questions within the quote, let me add one more, how do we help others volunteer? These questions may be helpful for you to discuss at your upcoming meetings or as a district leadership topic. Just thoughts I had to share!
Now for the IAWL Trivia Question from last week… Believe or not, the theme or premise of “It’s A Wonderful Life” had been used for other film and television programs and projects. There is a relationship between our beloved Danny Thomas and IAWL. Can you guess what that might be? I have given a bit of a clue or hint! Did you guess? I did not hear from anyone…. WOW! There was a made for television movie, “It Happened One Christmas”. The characters were the same, but the roles were different. Mary Hatch Bailey played the part of working with Uncle Billy in the Building and Loan, and in trouble with Mr. Potter over money lost. George Bailey was the stay at home type father. If memory serves me, the made for television movie was released in the 1970’s. It is very difficult to get a copy, but believe or not, I do have one from a copy from a copy! Now, the real answer, what was the relationship to our beloved Danny Thomas??? Marlo Thomas played Mary Hatch Bailey in the program! Wayne Rogers (from MASH) played George Bailey. Orson Welles played Mr. Potter. And Cloris Leachman was Clara Oddbody! Look it up on the internet movie database!
Do not forget to send your registration to District 6 for the November Board Meeting. It is coming up in just a few weeks. In addition, Donna Carter will be collecting any blankets you may have been making to donate to Project Linus. So bring them along, Donna will be happy to take them to our area Project Linus group.
I have been visiting several districts in the past weeks. It has been wonderful! One of the items of discussion has been “troopons”. I asked Joyce Kotzur to give me the information about how to the do the coupons for the military families so I could post here in case you have not gotten them as yet. So here is what Joyce sent me today:
1. Cut out coupons from your local newspaper or elsewhere as long as they state
"Manufacturer's Coupon" on them. Please do not use store coupons, such as Target,
Walmart, etc., and no restaurant coupons, or internet coupons, and NO FOOD
STAMPS.
2. Sort coupons into 2 piles by status: Expired (not more than 6 mos.) and Unexpired
coupons, then
3. Sort each of the 2 piles into four piles by type:
a. Food items
b. Nonfood Items
c. Baby food/items
d. Pet items (such as dog & cat food, treats, toys)
4. Stuff into plastic baggies (depending on size of the pile) sandwich size, quart or gallon
size
5. Make Identifier cards for each of the 4 above categories and status (expired &
unexpired)
6. Total the retail savings of each baggie and write it on them. If coupon is valued at $1.00,
$0.50 cents, etc.). This helps Support Our Troops to track value or the overall program.
7. Mail them to: Support Our Troops
P. O. Box 70
Daytona Beach, FL 32115-0070
Be sure to keep track of your time, clipping & sorting the coupons, mileage (if any) and total $ of the coupons to add to your service report.
Additionally, based on a question from District 3, how are the coupons distributed once received in Florida? From what we understand, the coupons are distributed to commissaries in the US and overseas, where military families can pick them up to utilize for their shopping savings. Joyce will try to gather some more information. As soon as she knows more about the distribution process, we will let you know! Thank you Joyce! You have done a good deal of work to get this together for us!
Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday to the following sisters for the coming week!
Nancy Becknell – October 19 of Alpha Tau, District 6 and
Sherrel Condit – October 19 of Gamma Phi, District 4.
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Remember, ESA's . . . A Wonderful Life!
Love and hugs to all Every Day Angels,
sue ann
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