March 15th

Capital City Club

5:45 PM Dinner
6:30 PM Program

The Capitol City Club is located on the 21st floor of the RSA Tower. Parking is available in parking deck, on the street or underneath the RSA Tower building.

Hope to see you there!

 Treasurer's Report

Balance as of
January 17, 2001

General Fund - $ 784.10
Special Project Fund - $ 2,236.16

From the President's Pen

The New Member Tea, held at Deer Creek Clubhouse, was a great success. We had 9 prospective members attend and they all represented different classifications. Thanks to Jo Coleman and her committee of Caroline Bartmettler, Nell Sellers and Liz McCurdy. All of you did a great job. The one thing I didn't do at the Tea was thank these ladies - they made it a most enjoyable evening.

Thanks to everyone who has been out there selling those Bahamas Cruise tickets for our club. We have sold almost 500 tickets, which is great for a club of our size.

Kathy

Happy Birthday
to:

Ashley Thomas - March 3
Joyce Cobb -March 16
Mary Frances Porterfield - March 17

March Program

Our Literacy committee is excited to announce our speaker for our March meeting is Joan Scum. Joan represents "HIPPY" (Home Improvement Program Preschool Youngsters) which is an eight-year, non-profit program here in Montgomery. Joan has won several national awards with this program.

FUND RAISING UPDATE
Cruise Raffle Sales

Keep up the good work on selling our Raffle tickets for the Bahama Cruise. You can turn your ticket money (cash and checks) into Linda Haigler and your ticket stubs can be turned into Kathy Alred. Almost 500 tickets have been distributed for sale, with Success-by-Six receiving 50 tickets to sell. The minimum amount that our club will donate to Success-by-Six at this time is $6,000, but it could be more with additional sales of tickets. Keep up the good work!

Remember that all tickets must be sold by April 1st and the winner will be chosen at our April meeting. Especially thanks to Alabama World Travel and Amy Daniels for getting our club chosen as the beneficiary of the cruise show.

Nominating Committee:

Nell Sellers and Robin Jones will serve on the Nominating committee.

The committee members will be contacting club members in the next few months. Members are urged to respond positively when called by the committee.

DISTRICT CONFERENCE
Guntersville,AL

The club voted to send four (4) representatives from our club to the District Conference on April 26-28 in Guntersville, Alabama this year. This is a great opportunity and if you are interested in attending, please contact Kathy. If you have never attended, please consider doing so - it is a great way to learn more about Altrusa and meet members in our sister clubs in Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana.

Altrusa Principle #3
Election to Altrusa is an evidence of confidence which imposes upon recipient the obligation to strive to be true to the highest standards of life in personal and business relations.

Club Member News

Robin Jones' new email address: Robin88@bigfoot.com

Our Thoughts and Prayers:

Amy Creel suffered a light stroke a few weeks ago and doctors are trying to find out why. Please keep Amy in your prayers as she deals with this, school, family and work.

Marsha Mixon suffered a stroke and has been moved to HealthSouth Rehab Hospital (think it is on Narrow Lane Road across from Baptist Hospital) and she is in Room 106A. She cannot have visitors until after 3:30 each day because of the rehab she will be undergoing. Kathy saw her yesterday and she seems to be much better. Please keep Marsha and her family in your thoughts and prayers.

Upcoming Events

April, 2001: District Conference in Guntersville, AL

July 6-10, 2001: International Convention in Dallas, TX

SPRING YARD SALE: Time to start spring cleaning and thinking about our Spring Yard sale, which will be discussed at the March meeting.

REMINDER: Call your prospective members and invite and encourage them to attend our March meeting.

Blast From the Past
- March,1992

***** FIVE "STARS " OF ALTRUSA *****

The basis of membership in Altrusa Is CLASSIFICATION.

The price of membership in Altrusa in ATTENDANCE.

The joy of membership in Altrusa is FELLOWSHIP.

The Obligation of membership in Altrusa is SERVICE.

The privilege of membership in Altrusa is YOURS.

(from Rotary International Newsletter)

AN IRISH BLESSING

May there always be work for your hands to do.

May your purse always hold a coin or two.

May the sun always shine on your window pane.

May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain.

May the hand of a friend always be near you.

And may God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY
MARCH 17