President’s Message • Volunteer Service Hours • UFO Updates • Other News
Remember that your attendance can pay off! For each meeting attended, you are entered in the end of the year drawing for one year’s paid membership. And as a bonus this year, anyone with perfect attendance will receive an extra chance in the drawing. Keep coming to the chapter meetings, even if you are stitching something besides the program project.
Get ready for April’s meeting. We plan to continue the wonderful bookmark program. And this year, one of our members, Jennifer Tom, has graciously offered to design another pattern for us.
Also, the Pacific Southwestern Region Seminar is just around the corner! Our chapter is hosting the Region Meeting on Sunday, June 5. All members are needed to make the meeting a success. Please help by participating in the White Elephant Sale (May 30), volunteering during the meeting, helping to put together favors, etc. See any of the board members for volunteer opportunities.
Happy Stitching!
Karen
Be sure to turn in your volunteer service hours to Ina Gibson, our Regional Rep. These hours are vital in helping EGA maintain its non-profit status. All volunteer hours count, even if for an organization other than EGA.
Thanks to everyone !!
Tamara Willis has established the following categories for Un Finished Objects 2005 Program.
Older Projects (started prior to 1998) (4 pts) Old Projects (started prior to 2005) (3 pts) New (started and finished stitching in 2005) (1 pt) Group Correspondence Course (2 pts) Outreach bookmarks (2 pts) New Technique (2 pts) Chapter Programs (2 pts) Model for Chapter Programs (2 pts) Finished (2 pts) Seminar / ANG / CATS (2 pts)
- April’s program will be a Jennifer Tom original bookmark design. This will be a wonderful project that all of us can stitch up for our public library Outreach program. Please visit our Programs page for a supply list.
- This month’s member spotlight is on Ruth Wallis.
- Grab a bite with other members before the monthly meetings, at Troy’s restaurant in the Clairemont Square Shopping Center. Troy’s is at the end of the driveway in front of the Community Room, on the opposite side of the driveway.
- Don’t forget the upcoming 2005 Pacific Southwest Region Seminar! Stitchin’ on the Dock of the Bay runs from May 31 to June 4, 2005 at the Hyatt Regency Islandia in San Diego. It offers two-day or four-day classes, banquets, and tours of America’s Finest City. Can you submit a project for the Exhibit? Please see Karen for details or to offer a piece.
- Coming up on May 30th–another White Elephant Sale! Mark your calendars for a day of fun picking up stitching supplies and patterns for super low prices.
- Don’t forget to support the businesses that advertise in our chapter newsletter! Let them know you are a member of Muchas Manos and appreciate their support. In this month’s newsletter, our advertisers were: Fabrication, Framesmith, Needlecraft Cottage, Needlepoint of La Jolla, Sandy’s Finishing Touches, Stitcher’s Treasures, and The Black Sheep.