June 15th

Capital City Club
RSA Tower

5:45 PM Dinner
6:30 PM General Membership Meeting

Parking is available on the street or in the parking deck across the street from the RSA Tower.

Hope to see you there!

 Treasurer's Report

Balance as of
June 12, 2000

General Fund - $ 1,011.11
Special Project Fund - $ 1,885.83

From the President's Pen

As we start the new millennium, I am excited about taking on the reins as your new president for the Year 2000. I have big shoes to follow and hope that I can fill them half as well as those who came before me as president. Thank you for the confidence you have placed in me by electing me as your president. I promise you that I will do the very best that I can to lead our club in the coming year. I also promise you that I will be calling on each and every member to help me in this task. Thanks to all the members who said "YES" when I called on them to serve as committee chairs. We have a great leadership team for the coming year. It is extremely important that you make every effort to attend our June Planning Meeting. Hope we can have 100% participation. We will be gathering in committees during our business meeting and finalizing our goals and the strategies needed to achieve those goals. We will also be discussing activities that our club will be involved with in the coming year. See you at the planning place in June.

Kathy

Happy Birthday
to:

Ada Kate Morgan - June 10
Amy Creel - June 16

Altrusa Principle #6
Altrusa commends its members an active interest in public affairs, realizing that the State is but the individual writ large.

June Funny
"You must be the worst caddie in the world," said the dejected golfer after a disastrous afternoon on the links. "I doubt it, sir," replied the caddie. "That would be too much of a coincidence."

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death.
--John F. Kennedy

June Meeting

General Membership Meeting & Committee Meetings. This is your chance to help brainstorm ideas for new projects with your committee-we need your input!

May Meeting

Altrusa had its Membership Tea in lieu of the regular Program/Business Meeting. Thanks to all who brought the delicious goodies.

International Relations Committee Project

Kay Miller, Committee Chair, contacted International about sponsoring a club in Cairo. The reply was that the International Board has to first approve Cairo as an area for Altrusa clubs. Since we had already agreed that we would sponsor a club there, Kay wrote the necessary letter to the International Board asking that Cairo be approved.

Get Involved In Your Community

Become a foster parent to one of the many abused animals found in a recent puppy mill raid. Call the Montgomery Humane Shelter if interested.

The Montgomery Community Dispute Resolution Program is sponsoring Basic Mediation Skills training where participants will become certified mediators. This training is very beneficial in ALL professions (as well as in everyday life) as it exposes participants to an alternative approach to solving problems. If anyone is interested, see Katie Rotton.

DISTRICT NEWS

The following information was brought back from District.

*Altrusa Pin should be worn on the left side, close to the heart.

OBLIGATIONS OF ALTRUSA MEMBERSHIP

SHARE YOUR TIME - Be committed to attendance at meetings, to serving Altrusa in planning and implementing club projects, and to promoting sisterhood. Serve as officer and committee chairperson.

SHARE YOUR TALENTS - Offer your special talents in full-filling your responsibilities to the club and in representing Altrusa in the community. Seek opportunities to serve both your club and community.

SHARE YOUR RESOURCES - Pay yours dues on time. Be prompt and accurate in meeting your financial obligations in club projects, fundraising, and in social and business activities.

SHARE IN SISTERHOOD - Participate in active concern for sister Altrusans in times of need and on occasions of job. Attend Altrusa fellowship functions.

SHARE WITH OTHER ALTRUSA CLUBS - Support neighbor clubs in their projects and inter-club fellowship events. Attend District Four Area Workshops and Conferences and International Conventions when possible.

SHARE YOUR VALUES - Practice the ideals, principles and objectives of Altrusa.

SHARE ALTRUSA INFORMATION - Know Altrusa Bylaws and Policies. Keep informed on Altrusa at all levels reading local, District Four and International publications. Promote Altrusa in the community.

SHARE OPPORTUNITIES OF ALTRUSA - Recruit new members.

Club Member News

Dr. Tom Boozer had open heart surgery on May 25. He had been hospitalized recently for a heart problem.

Callie Locke continues on life support at Jackson Hospital after a critical surgery involving her brain. Please keep both Callie (who will soon be 96 years old) & Tom, as well as their families, in our prayers.

Pat Morgan will have both of her nine-year old granddaughters (one from B'ham and one from Atlanta) for two weeks. Pat & John also participated in the AL and W. Florida Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church which met at Frazer for three days.

Happy Anniversary to Joyce & Pep who recently celebrated 49 magical years together! And they are still strutting their stuff on the beach!

Dates to Remember

July: CITY Graduation Reception

September 8: Literacy Day

July 2001: International Convention in Dallas, TX

Historic Highlights

1922: First Altrusa magazine published, quarterly.
1924: Vocational guidance adopted as Altrusa's national policy for its clubs. The Vocational Committee established.
1925: Altrusa Key and Altrusa's Ideals adopted.

ALTRUSA is the key to: Talent-Talent needs recognition. No matter how great a person's ability may be, it never reaches its most effective level unless it is understood, encouraged and developed. Altrusa encourages the expression of Talent.

L....Listening
E....Envisioning
A....Assessing
D....Delegating
E....Empowering
R....Recognizing
S....Seeking
H....Hearing
I....Inspiring
P....Planning

Leadership Responsibilities…
Coming Together is a Beginning
Keeping Together is Progress
Working Together is Success
--Source Unknown

Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all-the apathy of human beings.
--Helen Keller

A daddy was listening to his child say his prayer "Dear Harold". At this, dad interrupted and said, "Wait a minute. How come you called God, Harold?" The little boy looked up and said, "That's what they call Him in church. You know the prayer we say, "Our Father, who art in Heaven, Harold be Thy name."