December 2018

Altrusa International of San Antonio Texas, Inc

IN THIS ISSUE

Board of Directors 2

President’s Message 2

Happenings/Events 3

Altrusa : Local, District Nine

and International 9

Important Days 10

Calendar 11

Merry Christmas

and Happy Holidays

to all

May the New Year be

the Best yet for ALL

2018 – 2019 Officers

President

Rita F. Corey

President Elect

Sylvia Mendez-Smith

Vice President

Carol Fochler

Treasurer

Diane de la Fuente

Secretary

Carmen Drury

Past President/

Parliamentarian

Kimberly L. Glodich

Directors 2017-2019

Susan Celaya

Susan Even

Directors for 2018-2020

Jackie Fremming

Gloria Sams

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President’s Message

Hello Everyone,

As I sit in front of the computer screen, I am trying very hard to write words

with grand ideas and thoughts. Well I’m not succeeding. All I can think of in

this early month of December, are all our accomplishments that occurred

during this year. There were many as you know because you were the part

that enabled us to succeed. I also think of the joy we had when we worked

as a team and when we sat back and relaxed. Some of our meetings were

that relaxing as were the Fifth Tuesdays. The gift wrapping fun we are about

to embark on should also be enjoyable and our final fundraiser. That will

really put us into the Christmas spirit. Oh, don’t forget our Christmas Party

on December 16th at 2pm. I am hosting the party which will be at the home

of Carol Fochler. Carol volunteered her house because she is super nice and

knows that my house can hold about six people comfortably. It would be a

standing room only party for seven or above . Watch your emails or texts for

more information about the party.

Now for 2019, we have some volunteering to do. Your Club needs you. We are

going to elect new Officers. We need a new Vice President, Secretary, and

Treasurer. We are blessed because we will have Silver (Sylvia Mendez-Smith)

as our President. Give this thought because you are needed. Just remember

You Never Walk Alone.

Also, the District Nine Conference will be in April. Plans are already in the mix

as to what we will do on the Friday Party at Conference. Volunteer your time

to go to the Conference, learn more about Altrusa, District Nine and each

other. Scary, isn’t it?

Well that’s it. There are no more words to come out of my mind. I am a part of

the reason that our December Newsletter is late. The words did not want to

leave my brain until now. See you at our Christmas Party.

Your President,

Rita

Page 3 Events

Membership

Featuring one of our San Antonio Altrusans..

Gloria Jakubisin

Gloria loves her grandchildren, all 3 are at the wonderful ages,

James at 6 , Dezmond at 3 and Ava at 1…

Gloria became an Altrusan in 2017 and has been a great member ever

since. In her spare time Gloria enjoys working with stained glass and

mosaics art. Gloria is a member of Cornerstone Church and ALS. She

especially enjoys working with our childen projects.

Let's all welcome Gloria into our Altrusa family!

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Finance Committee The Barns & Nobles Fundraiser for the Club is coming fast. If you missed the Bow Making party on

Thursday the 29th then you missed lots of good fellowship and fun. There were also sign-up sheets

for the Barns and Nobles fundraises at LaCantera on December 14th, 18th and 20th , the time slots

are from 10AM to 10 PM. The other one is at the San Pedro location where we have been the last 2

years, on December 19th and 22nd with the same time frame 10 AM to 10 PM. If you haven’t signed

up yet, contact Carol Fochler for info on time slots still in need of volunteers. Our members have

found this to be a fun time working together to support our Club.

Having fun selling our wares @ Helotes Market Days 1 last

time…

Page 4 Events continued

ASTRA Aspire Academy Middle School Installation for 2018-2019 The installation of the ASTRA officers November 28, 2018 by Sylvia M-S, Rose S. Sylvia Z. and

Diane dlF

President: Jazmin Chavarria, V. President: Sofia Ibarra, Secretary: Pablo Guerrero, Treasurer:

Bernardo Magallanes, Directors: Arcelia Nino, Philip Linan, Estaban Lopez, Jacob Jaen

There are a total of 15 ASTRANS. They will have a program on

December 12 Holidays Around The World –

Need volunteers to speak about Kwanza, Hanukkah, Feliz Navidad, etc.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so here are a few words about ASTRA.

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Events continued

Service Committee

We have Red Rover, Dual Language, Days for Girls, Soldiers’ Angels, Little Libraries,

ASTRA and more.

Check out what they are doing here in the Newsletter and on our new Face Book page.

Be sure to keep Silver updated on events.

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Communication Committee Webpage in progress

www.altrusasanantonio.com District

…. On Facebook use Altrusa – San Antonio

We need our members to submit a picture of your self that can be used in

The 2018-2019 yearbook which is high on our list for the next project.

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District Visitor, Governor Moore

We were very honored with the presence of our District Governor Linda Moore at our

November Business Meeting. Governor Moore not only passed along much great

widsom, she boosted us up with her acknowledgement of our success as a Club. She

was present for the presentation to our Veteran Jackie Fremming that we honored.

Governor Moore was also a part of judging the final winner of our grant project, “The

Storybook Character Pumpkin Project “ where the students had made pumpkins to

match the character in their storybook.

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Page 7 page 6 Events continued

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Red Rover The Readers, Sylvia Garcia, Susan Even, Connie Quintanilla, and Sylvia Zamora will be

going into the 2nd Grade classrooms once a month, on the 2nd Tuesday,

This is the eighth year the Program has been implemented at Bob Hope Elementary,

: We made our monthly visit in November. We will make our next monthly visit in

December where we will present the students with Reindeer Candy Canes.

The next online Red Rover trainings will be Jan.23-Feb.13 and Mar.19-Apr.9. It is a self-

paced program. Cost is $79 and is reimbursable by the Club. For information contact

Sylvie at txtopaz50@aol.com

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Days for Girls San Antonio Altrusans are working with the group to help make all of this happen, so if you want

to get more involved, They are also involved in collecting canned food so if you would like to

help, Rita Corey can update you.The November 15 meeting involved packing kits, going to a

women’s prison and to Kenya. Rita, Irene, Carmen, Carol and Sylvia helped pack 50 kits.

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Page 7 Events continued

Dual Language Our Dual Language program will be on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at BHE. It will be

held at 11:00 AM. The Altrusans working with this program are Diane Castillo, Gloria

Jakubisin and Susan Even.

We went November 27. We read "The Tooth Fairy and El Ratoncieto Perez". It was

about the traditions of the tooth Fairy in English speaking countries and Spanish

speaking countries. Diane C and I did not know anything about El Ratoncieto Perez. It

was very interesting. We missed Gloria as she was unable to attend.

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The Soldiers’ Angels

Remember we can collect and bring items to each

meeting. They had their 15th Anniversary

recently, I hope all of you saw the

wonderful email from Amy Palmer that Sylvia Z.

forwarded to us. Here is just 1 little section from it,

A thank you from one of the many that receive items from the Soldier’s Angels.

"I have been receiving the most wonderful packages for over a month now from

Soldiers' Angels and I just want to say that it truly is a blessing to open the cards and

the letters and all of the boxes. I love the letters. They make me soo happy. I even got

birthday cards for my 19th b-day in the mail! It almost brought me to tears." –

PVT Cassandra”

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Altrusa: Local, District Nine and International

Conference Corner -- the challenge is still on.. Check out District Nine web page and face book to keep abreast of what is

happening

For all of the San Antonio Altrusans planning to attend the District Conference on

April 26th to 28th, 2019.

Many of our members are planning to attend the Conference, so many of us will be able

attend the Governor’s Banquet on Saturday’s evenng.

If you haven’t started to make your plans so we will have a great turn out next

April at the next District Nine Conference -- April 26th to 28th , 2019 in Dallas, Texas

Altrusans, start saving and make plans to attend and maybe we can break our record for

attendance at the Conference.

Please note the following

The Conference Packet will be out in January 2019 with registration forms

and other information pertaining to the conference. Note....There are 3

different registration forms this year....Members, Guests and Astra

Members.

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Altrusa International Convention

The next Altrusa International Convention -- July 17 -20 2019

Grand Sierra Resort and Casino, -- Reno, Nevada

After you attend the District Nine Conference at the end of Altrusa

year 2018-2019, start the new Altrusa year of 2019-2020 by

attending this convention. You will meet Altrusans from around the

world and learn so much more as to what Altrusa International is all

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Page 9

Page 9 Important Days for Our

Altrusans

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALTRUSA MEMBERS

Johnnie M Gregg – December 22 Gloria E. Sams – December 26

Carol Fochler – January 8 Susan Celaya – January 15

Diane de la Fuente – January 21 Vera King (E) – January 25

Important Days for December 2018 and January 2019

Observe

Human Rights Day on December 10.

International Holocaust Rememberence Day onJanuary 27, 2019

Check the calendars or with the chair of the committees or the

project you are serving with to make sure you have

all the dates you need marked on your personal calendar.

Christmas Party December 16, 2018 at Carol Fochler’s home.

President Rita Corey is sponsoring this party and will furnish info.

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Observe Human Rights Day on December 10.

Page 10

Monthly Calendar

12 ASTRA, Christmas Around the World

10 Human Rights Day

12 ASTRA’S Holiday Program

16 Christmas Party

25 Christmas Day

31 New Year’s Eve

1 New Year’s Day

4 Altrusa Board Meeting

9 Finance Meeting

11 Altrusa Business Meeting

15 Martin Luther King Day

27 INT’L Holocaust Remembrance Day

30 5th Tuesday

We try to put all important days on the calendars, but this isn’t always possible

for different reasons. So please check with the coordinator or chair of each

project or committee which you are signed up with. Also, please make me

aware of any information and hopefully we can get it into the Newsletter for all

members.

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Altrusa International of San Antonio

P.O. Box 100961

San Antonio, TX 78201-8961