sim newsletter jan-feb 2014

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Hafa Adai SIM Members,To start the New Year, we held our first business meeting at

the new venue Papas Restaurant located in airport road.

The beautiful establishment has been very accommodatingas it is only open during lunch hours for our SIM meetings. Special thanks to

the General Manager Frank Toves for being a true friend of SIM. We reallyappreciate your support throughout the years.

January brought us our 11th annual Wine, Dine, Bid & Win Silent Auction

Event. The food was wonderful, the prizes were fantastic and the 80s music

brought back so much memories. Im pretty sure that the Marriotts ballroom still

has a hole on the carpet floor from my dancing shoes.

In February, we held our 28th Charter Celebration at the Sheraton Laguna

Resort & Spa. SIM has worked so hard to continue helping women and girls onour island to reclaim their dreams through the Womens Opportunity Awards(WOA) program, Violet Richardson Award (VRA) and ourSIM Scholarship

Program for women attending the University of Guam, Guam Community

College and Pacific Islands University. In addition, the Ruby Award was

presented to a very special woman who has dedicated her time and efforts toimprove the lives of women and girls through her professional and/or volunteer

work.

So I continue to challenge you, my fellow Soroptimists to become involved. Notjust in your donations, but to passionately share your talent and skills through

extended service. We are already off to a great start by inducting 2 newmembers during our charter celebration. I encourage everyone to continue tobring one person to a meeting each month and to live a life of service, chair an

event, or participate in a committee whether it is in Programs, Fundraising,

Public Awareness, or Membership.Jessica Castro, 2013-2014 SIM President

Presidents Message

BIBA! FAMALAOANJ A N U A R Y & F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 4

ME E T IN GS

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UPCOMIN G

E V E N T S:

February 9:

Charter Celebration

February 25:Business Meeting

March 11:

Business Meeting

March 25:

Program Meeting

Passionate About Making A Difference!

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member if you are

interested in

participating in

ANY way - start

your fundraiser,

head an existing

event, contribute

to the newsletterand more! Be a

part of the action.

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P A G E 2J A N U A R Y & F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 4

First SIM Meeting of 2014 at Papas Restaurant

January

Fundraiser

11thAnnual Wine, Dine, Bid & WinBack to the 80s

Date: January 9, 2014Chair: Carmela RapadasVenue: Guam Marriott Resort & SpaTime: 6:00PM


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January Program Meeting

On the island of Guam, many women are homeless or addicted to substanceabuse with little to no hope of ever rising above their circumstances. Withunemployment on the rise, these women are drastically limited in theiropportunities to provide for themselves and their children. Without options, manyturn to drugs, alcohol and prostitution to escape the reality of their lives.

Oasis Empowerment Center exists to help these women experience freedomfrom their life controlling addictions. A team of caring staff and volunteersprovides the counseling and training that they need to find inner healing, break thechains of addiction and give them practical job skills with which they can liveindependently.

Guest Speaker Holly Rustick discussed the growing scope of Oasis programs that

are woven together to Inspire Success-filled Living for the women and familieson Guam. She also discussed the new Dream Project, funded by the

Administration for Native Americans Social and Economic DevelopmentStrategies grant, to provide workforce and micro-enterprise training and start-upgrants for women in need on Guam.

Guest Speaker: Holly RustickTopic: Oasis Empowerment CenterDate: January 28, 2014Venue: Papas Restaurant

Left to Right: Kallen Perez, Nolan PerezBamba, Holly Rustick


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SIM Celebrates 28 Years

Date: February 9, 2014

Chair: TE Ramona McManus

Venue: Sheraton Resort & Spa

Time: 11:00AM2:00PM

Entertainment: Talent Box Keynote Speaker: First Lady Christine M.S. Calvo


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Locally Owned and operated, B & G

Pacific is available for all of your

catering needs.

Services include: Product launches,

all celebrations, training session and

corporate catering.

Contact us at:

[email protected] visit us

atwww.bgpacific.com

Office: 646-BOKA Fax: 649-BOKA
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P A G E 7

BIRTHDAYSJanuary: Anna Aflague (1/5), PP Victoria

Borja (1/7), PP Taling Taitano (1/9),

Yolanda Bordallo (1/14), Loling Field (1/15),

Jacqueline Hocog (1/16), Annette Santos

(1/20), Dina San Nicolas (1/22), Dave Bero

(1/24), Deborah Hack (1/27), Carmelita

Gogue (1/28)February:Christina Thai (2/10), JesraeRabe (2/23), Leticia Bamba (2/26)

ANNIVERSARIESJanuary: Amy Aguigui (2011)February:Dave Bero (2001)

2013-2014 SIM BOARD

Jessica Castro PresidentErlinda Alegre President-Elect

Wayne Santos Vice PresidentEmily Hernandez SecretaryLoling Field TreasurerRamona McManus Treasurer-ElectLillian Reyes Immediate Past President

SOROPTIMIST PLEDGE

I pledge allegiance to Soroptimist and to theideals for which it stands; the sincerity offriendship, the joy of achievement, theintegrity of profession, the love of country, Iwill put forth my greatest effort to promote,uphold, and defend these ideals for a largerfellowship, in home, in society, in business, forcountry and for God.

Hafa Adai! I am happy toserve as your SIM newsletterchair this 2013-2014. You

may contact me [email protected].

We welcome any commentsor suggestions :-)

Biba! Famalaoan

Eileen gahan

J A N U A R Y & F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 4
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