District 15

Women of Today

A lot of life I see in

the perspective of my job. I

provide family childcare for

families in my community.

I find myself reminding the

kids to let others know

their wishes. You always

hear parents and caregiv-

ers using the mantra “use

your words”. This impor-

tant lesson is good for all of

us to hear. If we don’t say

we are sinking it’s not al-

ways going to be apparent

to others. I take this idea

and go a bit further, ask.

When I say ask it

seems pretty basic. If your

chapter is stretched thin,

ask a friend or coworker to

join Women of Today.

Many hands make light

work. If you are unable to

make all the necessary

phone calls for a project

ask for help. Blooming

Prairie did just that, they

were in need of workers for

a bingo project at their

town celebration. They

asked for help and got it!

This enabled them

to celebrate with

their families and

friends and still

complete the project.

{Blooming, I ask you for

cooler weather next time!}

Although the weather was

not the most ideal I was

amazed at the turn out

they received.

DOTS {District

Officer Training} will be in

Blooming Prairie this year

from 9-11:30 at the city

center. I ask you to take

advantage of this. This

event is a great opportu-

nity to get plenty of infor-

mation to help you in your

positions. It is geared to-

ward LPM, {Local Program

Managers} DPM {District

Program Managers} and

board members both local

and district; however I feel

everyone can walk away

with something they can

use so take the opportu-

nity.

Our District Director, Barb Kyllo

Upcoming Dates to

Remember

July 21—Isaac’s Journey Walk/

Run

August 1—LPM & DPM Fast

Starts due to the appropriate

SPM, state vice president, and

district programming vice

president

August 1—Success system &

all certifications due to appro-

priate SPMs

Programming is Shining Bright!

My theme this year is “Star

Light, Star Bright, Pro-

gramming is Shining

Bright in District 15”. I

hope you and your chapters

will take advantage of all

that programming has to

offer throughout the year!

There are nine program-

ming areas we participate

in from the state and the

national areas fall under

them as well. The areas

are: Living & Learning

(open), NEWSLET (open),

Public Relations (Brenda

Newell), Records & Recog-

nition (Heather Muhs),

Ways & Means (Mary

Schneiter), Isaac’s Journey

(Stephanie Putzier), Com-

munity Connections

(Shelah Heien), Women’s

Wellness (Lisa Leisen-

heimer), and Youth of To-

day (open). As you can see

there are a few areas

open—taking one is a great

way to learn as you share!

Amy Pumper

iGive/Good Search,

Isaac’s Journey & Per-

sonals

2

Youth of Today & Fall

State Convention

3

Women’s Wellness 4-5

More Personals &

Meet your State Secre-

tary

6

Living & Learning,

NEWSLET & USWT

competition info

7

Proposed Budget,

Isaac’s Journey Cook-

book order form &

Community Connec-

tions

8-9

June Meeting Minutes 10-

11

Inside this issue:

Get Your ASK in Gear:

The In Gear

July 2012 Volume 1, Issue 1

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DPM positions—I know each of you

will do a fantastic job!

Amy

iGive.com/GoodSearch

Personal Messages:

of 2008, the Foundation has donated

more than $75,000 to the University

of MN to strictly fund Childhood Can-

cer Research! Because we believe that

the only way a cure can be found is

through the advancement of research.

The vision of the foundation is to

find a corporate sponsor(s) that will

display on their products the Gold

ribbon symbol giving the visibility to

childhood cancer that it deserves in

HOPES to educate all people across

the world.

Visit their website at http://

www.isaacsfoundation.org or like

their Facebook page “Isaac’s Founda-

tion.”

Submitted by Stephanie Putzier

The Isaac’s Journey…”where

HOPE begins” foundation was

launched in January 2008. Isaac’s

Foundation developed from the pass-

ing of cancer patient Isaac Matthew

Lieser (June 22, 2005 – January 23,

2008).

Isaac’s Foundation is a 501c3 non-

profit organization operated 100% by

volunteers with ZERO administrative

costs and ZERO employees. Since the

Isaac’s Foundation began in January

About Isaac’s Journey by Kelly Neu, State Program Manager

Page 2 The In Gear

Isaac’s Foundation is based in

Sauk Centre, Minnesota

Shop & a portion goes to our or-

ganization!

Glenville WT-Thanks for hosting all of us “hobos” for the summer dis-trict meeting! It was wonderful!

Angie Jensen

Lisa L., Barb K., Amy P., Melissa K., Laura B., and JoAnn M., Thank you for your help with the Dis-trict Budget! Steph

Cindy G. – safe travels and keep us

in your mind. You will be terribly

missed. Carlos O’Kellys will not

quite be the same without you.

Barb

Amy P., Thanks for keeping me so informed on Programming information! Steph

Blooming Prairie – Congratulations

on your Bingo success. What a fun

project. Barb

What activities does your chapter have planned for Kids Week, Aug. 18-25? If you need ideas, please see my

MN JOTS CIP. I look forward to hearing about them! My first trimester chapter challenge is for at least 3

members to complete the US WT Family Week certification form. Participating chapters will have their names

in a drawing for a Party Pak at Fall State Convention. Don’t forget to send in a Project of the Trimester nomi-

nation! I have already received one from Mary S. from the Byron chapter!

Angie

Have you made plans to attend Fall State convention? We sure hope so! We are going to

need everyone’s help to make this a success! Thank you to those who have already signed up

to help! Remember, we are asking for at least 5 members from each chapter to help us that

weekend. The areas we need help with are: 9/14—Chapter Information Stuffing 10:30 am to

1:00 pm (Have Linda Kral & Heather Muhs and need at least 4 to 6 more), Registration 7:30

to 10:00 pm (Have Heather M, LeAnn Bieber & Mary S and need 1 more), Service Project

10:15 to 11:00 pm (Have Steph Putzier and need 1 more); 9/15—Registration 8:00 to 10:00

am (3 needed), Business meeting ticket takes 10:15-10:40 am (Have Lisa L & LeAnn B and

need 2 more), Lunch ticket takers (Have Melissa Karst and need 3 more), Banquet ticket

takers (Have Melissa K and need 3 more), Party ticket takers (Have Lisa L and need 3

more), Brunch ticket takers (Need 4).

Our Saturday night party committee has some great fun planned and if you were at the last

national convention held in Rochester, you know our DJ is a blast—you won’t want to miss

it! Also, the service project, pending Ronald McDonald House approval is bags of goodies for

the kids that are staying there. Everyone gets involved putting the items in the bags—we

would also like to ask that members bring pop tabs for the Ronald McDonald House that

weekend. More on this soon!

A date will soon be set for the next committee meeting. Be watching email for that—we do

want your help and we will be determining some dates to get together to make the programs

and table decorations. We would like to thank our committee for all they have been doing

and will be doing—JoAnn Miller, Barb Kyllo, LeAnn Bieber, Heather Muhs, Cindy Golbuff,

Lynn Borchert, Brenda Newell, Steph Putzier, Michelle McGowan, and Angie Jensen!

Amy Pumper & Shelah Heien, Co-chairs

Youth of Today

Fall State Convention 2012—September 14-16

Volume 1, Issue 1 Page 3

“Live it Up”

Women’s Wellness District Program Manager

Lisa Leisenheimer

Dear Members of District 15,

There is so much happening in the area of Women’s Wellness! Tracy Shaffer the WW State Program Manager has a

lot of things she is promoting:

March of Dimes Trail Mix Fundraiser

Information & order forms were in the MNJOTs Chapter Information Packets. This fundraiser ends on August 13th.

All orders with payment need to be postmarked by August 15th.

MNWT Women’s Wellness

8-Week Healthy Living Weight Loss Challenge

10/1/12 - 11/25/12 Earn points just by eating breakfast, keeping a food journal, drinking water, exercising, losing or maintaining

weight

Prizes will be given to the Chapter with the Highest Point Percentage and the Individual with the Highest Point Total at Winter State Convention

All Chapters participating will be recognized in the Winter State CIP

Join the Minnesota Women of Today Women’s Wellness Facebook Group for tips and encouragement

Team Captains will receive Weekly emails with Chapter Team Point Totals

Challenge will be in the Fall State CIP & at Fall State Project Fair or register your Team before Fall State and re-ceive it via email!

Form your Chapter Team, choose your team captain and register the members of your chapter team to ww@mnwt.org by 9/30/12

Contact Tracy Shaffer, Women’s Wellness SPM with questions at ww@mnwt.org or 763-789-473

MNWT Healthy Living Women’s Wellness Event

Saturday, November 17

See Flyer in this newsletter for all the details. You will want to sign up for this event early

as there is only room for 60 participants!

Also – This winter (January or February) I will be planning a relax-

ing day of activities for members of District 15 that may include fa-

cials, hair, massages, pedicures, manicures, movie, wine and cheese.

Details will be coming!

MNWT Healthy Living Women’s Wellness Event

Saturday, November 17

9am – 4:00pm

Rasmussen College – Blaine

Join us for a fun day of Speakers, Activities, Prizes, Lunch and Zumba!

Jumpstart Your Metabolism – Nutritional Weight & Wellness

(Dishing Up Nutrition on myTalk 107.1 on Saturdays)

Is it harder for you to maintain a healthy weight or lose weight than it once was?

Have you tried several diets, but had trouble keeping the weight off? Do cravings sabotage your good intentions? Nutri-tional Weight & Wellness has a healthier, saner approach for lifelong weight control. Learn how eating real foods in bal-ance can help you lose weight, eliminate cravings and increase energy. This interactive class explains how your food choices, blood sugar levels and essential fatty acids affect your energy and your ability to lose or maintain weight.

Zumba® Fitness – Are you ready to party yourself into shape? That’s exactly what Zumba® is all about. It’s an exhilarat-ing, effective, easy-to-follow, Latin-inspired, calorie-burning dance fitness-party™ that’s moving millions of people toward joy and health. Join the Party! Bring or wear comfortable work-out clothes & shoes.

8:45 Registration

9:15 Welcome 9:30 Jumpstart Your Metabolism 11:30 Lunch

12:15 Vision Board

1:15 Facial Scrub Make & Take

2:15 Break

2:30 Zumba

2:30 Flip Flop Craft (non-Zumba option – bring flip flops to decorate)

3:30 Raffle Prizes & Wrap Up

Chapter______________________ District#: ______

Name, Email and phone number of each person attending event:

____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

Advance Registration is $15.00 per person (postmarked by October 22, 2012)

Late Registration is $20.00 per person (postmarked after October 22, 2012)

Make checks payable to: Minnesota Women of Today (please write one chapter check)

Send Registration form and payment for each person to:

Tracy Shaffer Women’s Wellness SPM

3744 2 ½ ST NE

Columbia Heights, MN 55421

Contact Tracy Shaffer with questions at ww@mnwt.org or 763-789-4730

Lynn B. Thanks for hosting DOTS Barb

Lisa L., Barb K., JoAnn M.,

Congratulations on your Key Awards!

Angie Jensen

Amy P., Thanks for keeping me so in-formed on Programming infor-mation! Steph

Glenville – Your hobo theme was so

much fun! You have such a creative

chapter. I really enjoyed hopping that

train with you. – Barb

District Program managers

– wow you all were so pre-

pared at the district meet-

ing. I am completely im-

pressed! You are each a

huge bonus to your areas! –

Barb

Linda K.,

Your MVP challenges to chapters is awesome! Keep up the great work!

Angie Jensen

Lisa L. Congratulation on your key

award, very well deserved! Barb

District 15 Board,

Thanks to all of you for serving as our district officers this year!

Angie Jensen

Amy P. & Shelah H. – Thanks for all

of you hard work organizing the state

meeting. What great teamwork! –

Barb

“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.” ― Dr. Seuss

More Personal Messages

Hi, everyone! I thought I’d take this opportunity to let you know what I’m doing in Women of Today this

year. I was honored to be asked to serve as your state secretary this year by our new president, Nicky Ander-

son. It’s proving to be a challenge, but I LOVE a good challenge. I’m learning Microsoft Publisher as I

publish the Chapter Mailing Highlights (CMH). These are published nine (9) times a year, and are mailed to

each chapter, chapter president, chapter state delegate, and to all Executive Council members. If you’ve

never seen one, ask your president about it. It contains short articles from each of the state staff members

and each of the State Program Managers (SPMs). I am always looking for short poems or other items to use

as filler in the CMH, so if you have something that you think would be of interest to other Women of Today

members, please send it to me at secretary@mnwt.org or bwtjomiller@yahoo.com.

I am also serving as Records and Recognition (RR) Local Program Manager (LPM) for the Byron chapter

this year. Having served as the SPM for RR last year, I felt I would enjoy submitting Success this year in-

stead of verifying everyone else’s submissions.

I think this will be a challenging, but fun, year for me and for all the Women of Today members. We need to

grow our organization throughout the year, so go out and start finding those new members! I hope everyone

had a safe and happy Fourth of July and that I’ll see many of you at the Fall State Convention that District 15

(that’s us!!) is putting on in Rochester on September 14th through 16th at the DoubleTree Hotel!

JoAnn Miller

Byron

Meet your state secretary:

Page 6 The In Gear

“Striving for excellence motivates

you; striving for perfection is

demoralizing.”

Dr. Harriet Braiker

Our state program manager, Wendy

Homyak has a goal of receiving at

least 120 completed certifications in

Living & Learning, Personal Develop-

ment, and Health & Wellness this

year. The certification forms can be

found at www.mnwt.org.

The Women Who Impact Award is

given each year in three categories:

Non-profit (community service,

volunteer, spiritual)

Youth Outreach (special educa-

tion, education,

mentoring youth, , 4

-H, Scouts, working

with youth under

the age of 18)

Women’s Advocacy

(women’s shelters,

business, govern-

ment, adult educa-

tion, healthcare)

Chapters can submit

just one entry per cate-

gory. Consider nomi-

nating someone in your

community this year!

Impromptu competition will be held

at Fall State. Registrations will be

taken up until Fall Sate conven-

tion. The entry fee is $3.00 and you

can send your registration to

Wendy—include your name, phone

number, chapter, district and ad-

dress. Try it—it is a great way to

enhance your speaking skills!

include your name, ad-

dress, phone number,

chapter/state and title of

speech. The entry fee is

$5 and you must attend

the Mid Year meeting.

The Writing competition

also has a $5

entry fee and

needs to be 600-

800 words, dou-

There is an important deadline

already coming up on Septem-

ber 1, 2012. This is for the Writ-

ing and Speaking competitions

for the Mid Year meeting! The

theme for this competition will be

“Where in the Galaxy do I wish I

could be? “ For the speaking

competition your speech should

be 4-6 minutes in length. You

need to send me a Stat Sheet to

ble-spaced and single sided. You need

to include the same Stat Sheet infor-

mation. You do not need to attend the

Mid Year meeting to compete. USWT

Personal Development PM

Joyce Harpster USWT Personal Development PM PDPM@uswt.org

Living & Learning—area is open

From the USWT Personal Development Program Manager

National competition

information!

This could be you in the im-

promptu competition!

this year. The cost is just $2.00 per-

message for up to 25 words. These

are due to Tari Sieler by September

21st. See her CIP for the address.

You can also submit articles to the

district newsletter. There is always

room for personal messages, articles

about your chapter, your program-

ming area, fun facts, recipes and

more—you could

even be the one

that puts it all

together and

sends it out. Let

Amy Pumper

know if you

would like the

opportunity to

serve as the DPM for this vital area!

Did you know that you can submit

articles to the state NEWSLET that

goes out to each member 4 times a

year. If you want to submit a picture,

there is a $5.00 fee for doing so. Arti-

cles for the next edition are due Sep-

tember 7th. It is a great way of shar-

ing that project that went so well with

others throughout the state. There is

also the option of purchasing personal

messages called “Make it Happen”

NEWSLET—area is open

You could be the

person putting

the next

newsletter

together—try it!

Volume 1, Issue 1 Page 7

District 15

2012-2013 proposed budget

INCOME:

Budget

starting balance ( June 23, 2012) $409.85

District Dues (4* $75) $300.00

District Fundraisers $380.15

Fall State Convention $7,500.00

Total Income $8,590.00

EXPENSE:

DPM Expenses (9 * $15) $135.00

District Awards $180.00

Communications: Postage/Copies $40.00

Mid-Year Exec $95.00

MNJOTS Registration $0.00

DD Badge $10.00

District Excitement (3 * $15) $45.00

District Newsletter Expense $10.00

District POA $75.00

Speaker Fund $80.00

Programming VP Awards $20.00

Membership VP Awards $40.00

Women's Wellness Retreat $50.00

District Orientation $60.00

Donations-State poa-$25.00; State pres-$10.00 $150.00

Miscellaneous Expenses $100.00

Fall State Convention $7,500.00

Area Meeting $0.00

Pep Course $0.00

Total Expense $8,590.00

First order is due to Stephanie Putzier by August 1 so that I can send it in to the State

Program Manager to be picked up at the State Committee Meetings.

Isaac's Journey Foundation Cookbooks

Order Form

Name Phone #

# Ordered ($20 each) Paid

Community Connections:

My theme for this year as Community Connections District Program Manager is “Hang ten in Community Connec-

tions”. My goals this year are 1) Have 50% of the district chapters to submit trimester reports. 2) Have two Commu-

nity Connections award nominations from our district. 3) Submit 4 newsletter articles sharing ideas and information

with the chapters.

The State Program Manager, Barb Berndtson, is hosting the Friendship Ventures boathouse painting on July 28 be-

ginning at 8:15 AM. She encourages taking your significant other. Please contact Barb B as soon as possible at

barbberndtson@gmail.com.

She is also having a collection box at the Project Fair held at Fall State to collect glue sticks, colored pencils, and

crayons. I will have four incentives for the following: the chapter with the most collected of each of these items and

for the most items collected overall.

Another incentive I will be giving at our next meeting is for reporting. Did you know you could submit your program-

ming reports online? You can! Go to www.mnwt.org, hover over members on the right hand side of the website, in

the drop down click on the book of forms, on the left click on officer reports and you will see the LPM reports. Click

on Online/Original and fill in the blanks. Submit this report and include my email skaeheien@gmail.com and you

will receive a cool gift from me to you!

DISTRICT 15 SUMMER MEETING, Sat. June 23, 2012, Glenville, MN Community Center

Meeting was CALLED TO ORDER by District Director Barb Kyllo at 9:30 AM

INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS: Tracy Shaffer, Women’s Wellness (WW) SPM; Vicki Rockwell, MN WT Adminis-

trative Vice President (AVP) : Shelah Heien, Records & Recognition (RR) SPM; Angie Jensen, Youth of Today (YT)

SPM; Amy Pumper, USWT Past President

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE led by Linda Krall, Glenville

USWT CREED led by Melissa Karst, Byron

INVOCATION by Barb Kyllo, Byron

ICEBREAKER: If you were to jump on a train, where would you go?

PARLIAMENTARIAN REPORT: Shelah Heien, in Lisa Leisenheimer’s absence

Orders of the Day were read

Roll Call was taken: Blooming Prairie-0, Byron-10, Glenville-10, Straight River-0

Quorum has been established

SPEAKER: Tracy Shaffer, WW SPM

8-week Healthy Living Weight Loss Challenge 10/1/12 – 11/25/12; both individual and chapters

-send chapter captain and participating member’s names

March of Dimes Trail Mix Fundraiser – 50% of profits to March of Dimes

SECRETARY’S REPORT was given by DD Barb Kyllo, in LeAnn Bieber’s absence

Approval of Winter District Meeting minutes as printed in district newsletter

TREASURER’S REPORT - Stephanie Putzier

Checking Balance: $409.85;

Pending transactions: $85 deposit and $40 for Vicki R.’s mileage to district meeting

District Dues

District Budget Review meeting: date and time To Be Announced

Motion by Stephanie Putzier to donate $25 to State Ways & Means; second by Shelah Heien; motion

passed

PROGRAMMING VP REPORT– Amy Pumper

Thank you to new DPMs and gifts given

DPM areas available: youth of Today, Living & Learning, NEWSLET

DPM Role

LPM & DPM Fast Starts due Aug. 1st

LPM Reports due to DPM by Aug. 24th

DPM Reports due to SPM by August 31st

Submit reports online! At www.mnwt.org

DPM REPORTS

Public Relation (PR): Brenda Newell

See NEWSLET for her contact information if you have any questions

Blooming Prairie chapter sponsoring July 4th Bingo event

Increasing PR could increase membership!

Ways & Means (WM): Mary Schneiter

Founder’s Day July 1st; WT founded in 1985; celebrate your chapter!

Promotionals: Pyrex Bakeware and MNWT clothing; logo is MNWT Est. 1950

Top Ten Reasons to Participate in State Ways & Means Promotionals

LPM Fast Starts and Trimester reports due Aug. 1st

Records & Recognition (R&R): Heather Muhs

SPM Shelah’s theme is “Helping Hands”; reviewed her goals

Working on goals

Complete R&R programming review due Aug. 31st; available on-line

Join R&R Facebook group

Women’s Wellness (WW): Melissa Karst gave report in Lisa Leisenheimer’s absence

Goal: visit each chapter at least once this year

Pamper Day: TBA this winter

Promoting information and fundraisers from SPM

Priority Area Isaac’s Journey: Stephanie Putzier

Reviewed mission

Stated her goals

Motion by Stephanie to have a basket for Lucky Buck auction at Winter District Meeting with all

proceeds to Isaac’s Journey, second by Shelah; motion passed

Motion by Stephanie to sell Isaac’s Journey Foundation cookbooks for $20 with all proceeds going to

Foundation; motion passed (Cookbooks made available for review)

Passed around sandpail for donations

Chapter Challenge: chapter raising most money will receive party pack at Spring District meeting

LPM Challenge each trimester

Thank you gift to Melissa Karst, LPM from Byron

Community Connections (CC): Shelah Heien

SPM trimester emphases is Friendship Ventures; 8 people needed to paint boathouse on July 28th

Collection taken at Fall State for Camp Friendship: glue sticks, crayons and colored pencils

Challenge: collect these items! Incentive to chapter that collects the most of each item

and the highest number of items collected

LPMs: Introduce yourself to Shelah for Fast Start

Youth of Today (YT): Report given by Angie Jensen, (no DPM)

Kid’s Week is Aug. 19-25th

Chapter Challenge for 1st Trimester: complete & submit at least 4 USWT Family Week Calendars

Promoting education and fundraising for Prevent Child Abuse MN (PCAMN); see CIP

Living & Learning: Amy Pumper

SPM Wendy promoting 4 Ls of You: Live, Laugh, Love & learn

Certification challenge: drawing each trimester for 50% or more of chapter members

certifying in L&L, USWT Personal Development and Health & Wellness

Personal Enrichment Effective Speaking: Impromptu competition held at Fall State; sign up!

NEWSLET: Amy Pumper

Submit items for district NEWSLET by July 10th

SPM Tara sends NEWSLET 4x/year

Chapters to send her their newsletters each month

Personal messages – “Make it Happen” for sale $2/message; helps offset printing costs

Ads can also be submitted

MEMBERSHIP VICE PRESIDENT REPORT: Linda Krall

Membership Incentives/Awards

Early Bird Renewals due posted July 16 to Chapter Service Center (CSC)

New Member Adds (NMA) due by midnight Aug. 31st to CSC

Membership Challenges: chapter receives $15 rebate for 80% retention and signing 3 new members

$40 for 100% retention and signing 5 new members

Linda’s Challenge: $10 for 100% retention and $5 for 80% retention

DISTRICT ENRICHMENT COORDINATION: no report

DISTRICT DIRECTOR REPORT: Barb Kyllo

District Awards from Annual Convention 2012: Membership, 78% Year-End Retention, Growth +3

Lisa Leisenheimer, Silver Key; Barb Kyllo, Silver Key; JoAnn Miller, Silver Key

Third Trimester Membership Awards: Byron, 88% Retention, Growth +1; Year-End: 89% Retention, Growth

+5

Third Trimester Individual Awards: Brenda Newell, Cindy Golbuff, Stephanie Putzier,

Project of the Trimester: Byron – Sandfill; May Baskets - Glenville

Editor: Amy Pumper

510 3rd Ave SE #319

Rochester, MN 55904

July:

14—DOTS (District Officer Training Session) - training for

chapter and district officers and local and district program

managers. Will be at the City Center in Blooming Prairie

beginning at 9:00 am.

21—Isaac’s Journey Walk/Run—8 am Registration 9am Run

West Union MN (Near Sauk Centre)

Isaac's Journey HOPE Run, Bike, or Rollerblade. For

more information visit http://www.isaacsfoundation.org/

30—Membership Monday—make plans to hold a membership

event on Membership Monday & let the state MVP know

what you have done!

August:

5—USWT Friendship Day—plan an event to celebrate the

friendships you have in Women of Today!

9—MNWT Foundation meeting at Billy’s in Anoka at 6:30 pm

11—Future Directions, Membership Management &

Marketing Committee Meetings at Billy’s in Anoka be-

ginning at 10:00 am

19-25—Kid’s Week—Have a fun event for the kids in

your community!

September:

9—Day at the Diamond—Join other members of the MN

Women of Today at the Twins games. Ticket orders are

due in August—see your CIP for details

14-16—Fall State Convention at the Doubletree Hotel in

Rochester—you don’t want to miss this one! Be there to

help out and have fun!

23-29—Women of Today Week—Make plans to celebrate

our week!

Phone: 507-285-3177

E-mail: butterflyamy@q.com

Get your Ask in Gear.

Upcoming Events to participate in:

District 15 is a part of the Minnesota Women of Today and consists of the following member chapters: Blooming Prairie, Byron, Glenville, and Straight River. The purpose of Women of Today is to encourage, foster, and support the growth and establishment of Women of Today chapters in Minnesota and throughout the United

States.

Our state creed: We, the Women of Today, are service, growth and fellow-ship. We believe that through us great lessons can be learned, worthy deeds performed and a hand of fellowship extended to millions of women everywhere. May we leave the world a better place because we lived and served

within it.

District 15

Women of Today

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Women of Today at

www.mnwt.org