Executive
Board Members
2007-2008
President -Elect
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Birthdates and Anniversaries:
Birthdays:
13. Laurie LoFranco 21. Denise Seinturier
23. Amy J. Brown
24. Lou Sanderson
25. Sylvia Fleming
27. Jeannie Nugent
3. Valerie Rucinski
11. Karen Spiegel
21. Linda Holmes
21. Anita LaVelle
Anniversaries:
April
4. Cyndi Monroe
8. Ellie VanDoornum
10. Kristi Kenney
25. Anita LaVelle
May
6. Karin McGee
8. Kim Tayloy
19. Deanna Marie Andrews
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Conference Dates and
Locations
June 5-7, 2008
Spring Conference is at the
Wild Horse Pass Resort in Phoenix, AZ, co-hosted by SI Big
Bear Valley, Inc., SI Kachinas, Inc., and SI Happy Valley. The
Conference Chair is Carole Reid from SI Big Bear Valley,
Inc.
2008 Leadership
Training
June 27-28, 2008 has been set for the 2008
Leadership Training in Phoenix, AZ. The location will be the
Embassy Suites (44th St.) in Phoenix, AZ.
SIA 40th Biennial Convention
July 16-19, 2008 Taipei, Taiwan
2009 Spring Conference
May 14-16, 2009 Spring Conference is at the
Hyatt Regency in Albuquerque, NM, hosted by SI
Albuquerque.
2010 Spring Conference
May 20-22, 2010 Spring Conference is at
LaQuinta Resort & Club. SI Palm Springs and SI Palm
Desert-Sunrise will co-host the conference. The Conference
Chair is Pam Field from SI Palm Desert-Sunrise.
Plan now to attend them all!
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President's Message
This year is going so fast...
and it is exciting to see how much we are doing at our
club. We just had another two months of a very full and
interesting program. On February 13th Baxter Miller from
BMLA (Baxter Miller Landscape Architects) gave us a very
informative presentation on environmental issues:
workplace recycling programs, how to reduce water
runoff, how to use energy efficiently, he also gave us
residential quick tips to save water and energy and left
us with great resources to learn more about this
subject: (www.bewaterwise.com, www.epa.gov, www.discovercorona.com, www.energystar.com, www.wm.com,
www.usgbc.org) you can also visit
www.bmla.net.
On February 27 we had an
excellent 61st birthday at TAPS planned by 1st year
Director Shawn Dredla. Her theme was "Tiptoe Through the
Tulips", all the way from the invitations, the program,
the center pieces and the cake we saw the beautiful red
tulips, we were all dressed in red, black, and white.
Beth Groves gave us wise words of inspiration which you
must read if you were not there (click
here). Cyndi Monroe entertained us with a
humorous story, the food was yummy and the highlight of
the event was the presentation of Marsha Calvert's
President and Life Member pins to Joyce Pavez. Joyce was
happily surprised and overwhelmed. (Birthday
Photos)
Now let's go to our signature
service project, Dreams and Decisions workshop on March
1st, Hey Girl What's Your Dream? "XDREAM Makeover
Edition" was the title of the workshop this year, and
what a turnout that was, we had close to 300 girls. With
Teresa Costa and Julie Fredericksen's innovation and use
of multimedia they moved this event to a more modern
level that the girls appreciated. We had various
presentations throughout the day on topics such as: My
Space, Healthy Relationships and Taking Good Care of Me.
The panelist gave the girls a pretty good idea of how
the different choices affect your future drastically,
and among the new items incorporated this year we had
the workshop for moms headed by Judy Horan which it was
a huge success; the new logo designed by Teresa Costa,
Mark Costa and Paula Montanez, and the new web site that
I developed so the girls can go there over and over to
learn more about different topics related to their age
and growing process (click here
to visit the D&D web site).
Congratulations and thank you to everyone who
participated and volunteered on this day.
On March 5th we dedicated our
meeting to the International Day of the Woman. Irena
Leigh Norton prepared a presentation about the plight of
women and children in Sierra Leone and Kenya and I
presented the information on The Global Resources and
Opportunities for Women to Thrive Act (GROWTH Act). As a
result of this presentation we have a volunteer, Jane
Lavin, studying the documentation on The GROWTH Act to
participate in it. Thank you Jane. (click here
to see the presentation).
MADFW and Women of Distinction
Award Luncheon was on March 26th and again, Corona was
impressed with our service to this community.
Co-chairs,Valerie Rucinski and Karen Spiegel where able
to surprise the recipients and you could see and hear
through the room the tears, the laughter and all the
emotion displayed this day. (Photos).
On April 2nd we had a visit
from Gowri R. Rocco, M.D. who spoke about menopause and
shared great information. You can contact Dr. Rocco at
951-351-1346.
Just last week on April 9th we
had our Spring Auction where we met our goal of $1000.
Not only that, but with Cyndi Monroe as the auctioneer,
this was nothing but laughs and a great deal of fun. We
had a great turned out of items from our members plus,
we also received five cute summer outfits with gorgeous
matching jewelry from the DIVAS for a CURE and a very
nice set of books from the 100 Mile Book program.
See how busy we have been? But
I am not finished with my report yet. Here is some
bragging...and no, I am not paying $5 for it! We
received several certificates from SIA: On Soroptimist
Celebrating Success! 2008, we are one of the three
finalists in the Fundraising category, one the three
finalists in the website category and a semi-finalist in
the Membership Enhancement/Retention category with our
E-Newsletter. YEAH Corona!!!!
We have also inducted six new members since our
last newsletter: Anita LaVelle
(sponsored by Judy Horan), Laura Janik,
Antoinetter Piscitelli and
Deanna Andrews (sponsored by Sylvia
Fleming), Karin McGee (sponsored by
Shawn Dredla) and Melissa Cutter
(sponsored by Cyndi Monroe).
I know this seems like a long
report, but how do I summarize so much fun?
Thank you for reading and for making this
newsletter a success.
Marcy Decato, SI Corona
President 2007 - 2008
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The Latest - by
Marcy Decato
At our
Soroptimist birthday party in February, Ellie
VanDoornum broke the wonderful news about her
pregnancy, and guess what? It's not one, she is
expecting two!
Amy
Brown got us a great fundraising opportunity:
SI Corona was invited to be one of three charities to
benefit from a pre-opening fundraiser party at The
Counter.
The Counter opened at The Promenade Shops at Dos
Lagos and on Saturday, March 1st hosting a "training
party" as a practice run for their employees. They used this
party to also raise funds for three non-profit
organizations, United Way, Fender Museum and Soroptimist
International of Corona. Thank you
Amy!
On April
23rd Debbie Miller will be receiving an
award from NAWBO (National Association of Women Business
Owners) as Soroptimist International of Corona "Woman of
The Year". Congratulations Deb!
Judy
Horan scared us a few weeks ago when she got
hospitalized with supposedly a congested hart failure.
This week Judy gave us the great news that the
diagnostic was wrong and nothing is wrong with her hart.
As I told her that day; her only problem is that her
hart is so big it doesn't fit in her body.
Matti
Ameli is coming to visit from Spain! She will
be here from July 25th to August 15th. I will inform you
of where and when we are getting together to welcome
her.
We have a
new grandma at SI Corona! Lorie
LoFranco just came from visiting her daughter
in Arizona who just had a beautiful baby girl. Little
Jordan weight 3lbs. 2oz.
Our upcoming president Seema
Lechner spent two weeks in India visiting her
family. Unfortunately she lost her 97 year old grandma
who had a great life. Seema had the opportunity to visit
with her family whom she had not seen some for decades.
God has ways to put us back together one way or another,
don't you all
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Treasurer's
Notes...
If you had been searching for the
"finest business women's club" in the area, I believe
you have found it at Soroptomist Int'l of Corona. With
an average attendance of 33 ladies on Wednesdays, and 11
new members (thank you Shawn!), we can confidently say,
"We are having a record-breaking year".
Our commitment to a fiscally strong
SI Corona club is ongoing. As we are head towards the
latter part of our fiscal year, it is of utmost
importance that we remain attentive to our monthly
membership dues. Our new system of "invoicing" per month
seems to be transitioning effortlessly. Also, in
just a short time, you will be receiving our annual dues
of $155.00 for our upcoming year. Please address
them immediately as they are due no later than May 30th.
. If Kim and I can be of help, please do not hesitate to
call on us.
Now, imagine escaping to beautiful
Phoenix and attending our 30th annual Spring Conference
June 5th-7th at the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort! We
currently have 10 ladies attending. If you would like to
be a part of a great educational and fun experience, you
will want to sign up by April 18th.
As always, you allow me grace when
it is needed, and are supportive to keeping our Club
strong, healthy, and wealthy.
Paola
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MADFW
Awards Luncheon - by Valerie
Rucinski
Well our MADFW program is over for another year.
What a great day it was. The house was full and we did
surprise a lot of beautiful women.
And the winners are:
~ Making a Difference for Women: Kristi Camplin
~ Advancing the Status of Women: Divas For A
Cure
~ Women of Distinction:
*Economic &
Social Development: Barbara Barker
*Education: Sharon
Martinez
*Government: Jerilyn
Medina *Health: Kara
Lubin
*Human Rights Status
Of Women: Bette Schultz
*International Goodwill
& Understanding: Linda Siems
I want to thank everyone that helped with the
program; it takes all of us working together to make our
programs work. Next are the Scholarships, so help Lou
out!
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Soroptimist
International
2007 -2011 Quadrennial
Project
Project Sierra is a four year
partnership between Soroptimist International and Hope
and Homes for Children that will transform the lives of
deprived women and children in Sierra Leone, West
Africa.
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