Game Night

Hello, CHILD! On Thursday, September 18 we met for Game Night, and it was definitely a good time. Britney opened the meeting with a welcome and Tiffany gave a quick overview of many of the service opportunities that we, CHILD members, will be a part of this year.

Tiffany provided a great handout with contact information, dates, and the titles of the programs that we plan to help out with. The organizations include: mentoring students in the Pre-College program, writing for the Women's Issues magazine, working in Hendersonville encouraging minority students to go to college, helping with an all-girls' robotics club at Cullowhee Valley Elementary School, participating in Peace Jam, and helping with the new Western Carolina University after-school program. Dr. Jamel Anderson-Ruff is helping us with these activities, so THANK YOU, Dr. Anderson-Ruff! Anyone interested in more information or volunteering with any of the programs, please contact Tiffany by e-mail (tbprickett1@catamount.wcu.edu).

Tiffany also briefly discussed Relay for Life and our team participation. The event is scheduled for April 17-18, 2009. We will need to think about establishing our own team this year, aside from the Fighting Octopi. Thanks for your help and dedication in the past, ladies.

Britney discussed our new webpage and pulled it up for all of us to see. It is fantastic, and we are very grateful to Mr. John for helping us out!

Please sign up to bring baked goods to the October 30 bake sale, and be sure to see Reida's post, outlining the volunteer schedule to work the event.

Also, remember that the Cullowhee Valley Fall Festival will be on Friday, September 26. I am sure that they would love to have as many volunteers as possible!

Remember to keep up with your service hours and report them at meetings. As Tiffany said, we love to hear what you're doing and your service counts towards your CHILD participation.

Our next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, October 2 at 6:30 p.m. Hope to see you there!

Thanks and have a lovely weekend,

April H.