ALTRUSA INTERNATIONAL OF CORVALLIS, OREGON
PO BOX 1573
CORVALLIS, OR 97339
Email: [email protected]
December 2013
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The holiday season is upon us with all the bustle of activities that come
along with it. Plans are set for the Altrusa International Inc. of Corvallis
Business meeting and Holiday party on December 4th at the Holiday Inn
Express at 5:30 p.m. As part of our new meeting format we are visiting
different meeting spaces and utilizing various caterers during this Altrusa
year of 2013-2014. While we have enjoyed many years meeting at the
Corvallis Country Club for our noon time meetings, we members decided
to mix things up this year. So the move was made to an evening meeting
that includes some social time and invitations to possible members who
can’t get away for a noon meeting. So far everyone seems to like the opportunity to visit before we start our business meeting. We even had an interested young lady
join us because of our Facebook page. I know the Membership committee of Carolyn Powers,
Carla Allen and Bettina Schempf have worked very hard to find affordable options for us as we
try to use the ‘Power of One’ to bring in new members.
The Pecan fundraiser for our operating expenses has begun. This year our chair of the Pecan
committee, Julie Livingston, was able to leave town on a well deserved vacation just after ordering the pecans. Being the efficient organization we are, Helen Kupeli, Jeannette Maier, Sharon
Emenegger and Tammy Skubinna stepped in to help get the pecans out of Julie’s office and into
Seriously Sassy and the Hair Palace beauty salons. Those members that pre-ordered in November should have their orders delivered by now. Those of you that didn’t place your order last
month, please contact Julie or Helen. We have been invited to attend the Dec. 10th Altrusa International Inc. of Albany Holiday party with the offer to sell our pecans to their members. Anyone
interested in attending please contact me.
Once again it is again with heavy heart that I announce the passing of another of our dear
friends and Altrusa members. Molly Bloomfield passed away on Sunday, November 24th after a
very long and challenging battle with cancer. Molly was a very special lady, a dedicated golfer
and true friend to many members. Please keep Molly’s family and friends in your prayers.
This time of year brings many emotions into our lives. My hope is that all of you will recall the
fond memories of holidays and friends past while also enjoying the treasured moments of the
people in your present. We all have a purpose while here on this planet. May it be one that
brings love, joy and friendship to all you meet. Because you are the ‘Power of One.’
Yours in Altrusa,
Kristy Pribyl
INDEX
Page 1 Presidents Message
Page 2 Business Meeting Minutes
Page 3 Board Meeting Minutes
Page 4 Points of Interest
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Page 5 Special Memories / Latest on Our Ladies
Page 6 Latest on Our Ladies / Dates to
Remember
A LT R U S A M I N U T E S
Officers
President
Kristy Pribyl
541-753-1603 (W)
[email protected]
President-Elect
Helen Küpeli
541-753-4468 (H)
[email protected]
Vice President
Carolyn Powers
541-207-3556 (H)
[email protected]
Secretary
Priscilla Greig
541-967-0345 (H)
[email protected]
Treasurers
Operations
Karen Grant
541-745-7979 (H)
[email protected]
Foundation/Service
Bettina Schempf
541-207-3054 (H)
[email protected]
Directors
Carla Allen
Julie Livingston
Mary Lou McLocklin
Past President
Elizabeth Groner
Newsletter
Karen French
[email protected]
Evelyne Hendrix
[email protected]
Business Meeting: Nov. 6, 2013’
Corvallis Country Club, . Members' attendance was recorded on the dinner
tally sheet.
Called to order at 6:30 pm by President
Kristy Pribyl. Opening prayer and pledge
recited. Raffle won by Janet Magedanz.
No guests in attendance.
Correspondence was read by President
Kristy. A motion was seconded and
passed to adopt the College Hill gift
bags as our December project. A thank
you from Evelyne Hendrix for the flowers at Guy's Memorial service was
shared. A email was shared by Carolyn
Powers from Room At The Inn,
Women’s Shelter, asking our club to
consider helping one week this winter.
No additions to the agenda. Minutes
accepted as printed. Tammy Skubinna
noted that this year she was not in the
group that traveled to our Sister City,
however has traveled there in the past.
Evelyne presented the Altrusa Accent.
We celebrated Tammy Skubinna’s November birthday. An update was given
on the history or our Foundation.
Sharon Emenegger has specific information. She met with the gentleman for
about a year in 1993 to get his donation all set up.
F. Elephant Ear: Waiting to hear from
Southside RV concerning the repairs.
We may donate the remainder of the
tortillas to the Philomath Food Bank.
G. Pizza Party: Priscilla had the first
batch of tickets along (thanks to the
talents of Karen French) and they were
being sold by committee members
Karen Grant and Lorraine Beyerlein.
H. Magazine Rack: New chair for this
project at the Bus Stop is Cicily Feudo.
Please bring your magazines.
I. Celebrate Corvallis Nominees: No
names were mentioned.
J. Holiday Meeting: Being organized by
the Membership committee of Carolyn
Powers, Carla Allen & Bettina Schempf
to be held December 4 at the Holiday
Inn on 2nd Street .Dinner cost is $20.
Fun...Fun…Fun-Yes, bring a friend.
K. Kristy has info on a video offered to
the public on Human Sex Traffic. Contact Stella Guenther for more information.
Program Part I: District Twelve Conference Update from Bettina Schemp (1st
Vice-Governor of District Twelve and
Executive Committee Member assigned
to our club for our annual
visit), Also a member of our club! Big
theme for this year is "The Power of
One”. If every club adds one member
Club Business
over last year membership count the
A. Operations: Karen Grant reported
that a donation was made to Salvation organization will grow by 1000. Meaning if we lose two we need to add 3.
Army in memory of Guy Hendrix.
She encouraged us all to think about
B. Membership: New addresses were
attending the Conference in Idaho next
noted for Molly Bloomfield and Hilary
Gaylord. Also Bardon Maginnis reported Spring. The theme is “IMAGINE.” Also
on his visit to Portland to visit Molly
share our Facebook page with all your
Bloomfield.
friends. A donation of $50 will be
C. Career Closet: Mary Lou passed the mailed to the Altrusa International
clipboard for Sat. work hours.
Foundation, Inc. in honor of Bettina's
D. Baubles, Bangles & Beads: Met at "visit".
Carolyn Power’s place for a first meet- Program Part II: Hilary Gaylord gave
ing. Next meeting will be at Ruth Ander- an update on the 53rd Altrusa Interson’s . Watch for e-mail with dates and national Inc. Convention held in New
times and also cleaning instructions
Zealand this summer. Hilary and her
and items to bring.
husband attended. Her mother was
E. Pecans: Ordered and soon to arrive.
the International President. Hilary had
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a Power Point photo presentation. Also noted was the fact that Adam, her husband, ended up being a
major part to the welcoming celebration at the opening of the convention. Adam completed his studies at OSU and received a job offer in Clark County, Washington so they have relocated.
Brag Basket was passed and a special thanks given to Bettina for doing a terrific job on our 20132014 yearbook.
Submitted by Priscilla Greig,
Secretary
Santa has been very busy with all
his lists. Board meeting minutes
will have to wait until next month.
See you then.
Santa’s Helper
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POINTS OF INTEREST
Pecans and Pizza Party Tickets are Here!
Holiday Party donation for College Hill
It was suggested at the November 20th board of
director meeting that the pecans and Pizza Party
tickets be made available at our December 4th
Business meeting/Holiday party. So please plan
on bringing a little extra cash to purchase this
year’s crop of fresh pecans. The supplier, Mascot
Nut, is selling these gems at a sizeable profit to
the Chinese market. They are considered a delicacy even in the Orient. So supplies are limited!
And you might as well get some early Christmas
shopping done by purchasing Pizza Party coupons for our February 25th fundraiser at Woodstock Pizza. Carolee Woodstock refunds all coupons turned in during that day back to Altrusa
International, Inc. of Corvallis. For more information about this fundraiser contact Priscilla Greig.
Just a reminder that we agreed at our November business meeting that the recipient
for this year’s Holiday Party giving recipient
will be College Hill High School. Below is the
email request we received from the school’s
staff. Please bring your donated items to the
Holiday Party. If you are unable to attend the
Holiday Party and wish to donate please
leave your donation at the home of Bettina
Schempf before Dec. 4th. She is also taking
donation at her office at Old Mill Center for
Children & Families. Bettina will deliver the
donated items after our Holiday Party. And
thank you as we try to support the students
from this alternative high school.
New Magazine Rack Chair
The board of directors of Altrusa International,
Inc. of Corvallis wants to thank one of our newest
members, Cecily Feudo, for volunteering to fill
the void left by the passing of Bev McNeil earlier
this year as our chair for the Magazine Rack
fundraiser. A new lock was purchased and installed as we were not able to locate the original
keys. Cecily will be checking the rack and giving
us an update on the need for replacement magazines. So remember to save your old magazines
to replenish the magazine rack at the bus depot.
Please bring them to the January 8th Altrusa
Business meeting.
Dear Altrusa members,
We are putting together a Christmas gift bag
for our students at College Hill and wondering if your group would be willing to donate
items to make these bags for our students. We have 98 students this year and
would like items to put in the gift bags ( a
pair of socks, water bottle, gum, granola
bars, roll of mints, chap stick, microwave
popcorn, hot choc packs, Gatorade, small
bag of chips, Pringles, etc). Our dream is to
have a $10 gift card to Fred Meyer or Grocery Outlet for each student as well.
Debbie Zuidema
College Hill
542-757-8075
Baubles, Bangles and Beads Update.
Janet Magedanz ,Tammy Skubinna and committee members are hard at work getting the ground work laid
for this new Spring fundraiser. So as you meet up with relatives and friends over the Holiday, ask if they
have any jewelry they would like to donate for this event. It’s amazing how many ladies will say, “Why yes I
do have some jewelry that I didn’t know what to do with.” Again it is amazing what the ‘Power of One’ question will generate.
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SPECIAL MEMORIES
Thoughts of Molly Bloomfield.
As many of you know Molly Bloomfield has been battling melanoma cancer for many, many years.
She tried every new treatment and opportunity that she was offered to try to combat this terrible
disease. Unfortunately the cancer moved into her brain. Molly left us on Sunday, November 24th.
Her dear friend and fellow Altrusan Lynda Warren along with her daughter, Becca Davis, have
kept us informed of Molly’s last weeks. Molly recently moved to Portland to be nearer to her family. Lynda emailed Becca’s mailing address to members recently. If you did not receive that email
and would like to send a card please let me know. Below are some of the comments we’ve received as of November 27th about the impact Molly had. We will miss her! Kristy Pribyl
I met Molly through 4-H, when she was a 4-H Horse Club leader. Both her kids
(Becca & Jonathan) were in 4-H. Molly invited me to lunch and told me all about Altrusa. She was very passionate about the organization and, of course, I joined in
1986. Ever since then Molly has been an inspiration to me and to all of us in Altrusa. When Molly was Altrusa President (1988-89) she was a great leader. The lasting impact she made on our club was to change the way we handled our funds and
budget. She suggested we base our service budget on the funds we made the previous year, not the current year. We have been doing that ever since and we have
been solvent since then. Most of all I will remember Molly as a gracious, brilliant,
kind, positive woman who touched all the people she met. She always looked to
make things better for our Altrusa club, her profession, her family and her friends.
Her courageous fight against cancer was done with determination and grace. She
will always be my role model for how to live life and face death. I will miss her.
Tammy Skubinna
“As the song says…”I can only Imagine”… Molly now knows …
Praise God she is free and at Peace by His Grace.” Julie Livingston
“Thanks to all of you for your thoughts and prayers. Molly fought a long and courageous battle that resulted in her survival way beyond expectations for what was possible. She just never gave up. Her sister and I were laughing yesterday, through our
tears, that we are certain Molly arrived at the pearly gates with a long To Do list so
we pity the poor angel who first encountered her! Molly was an incredible person,
and I shall miss her every day for the rest of my life.” Lynda Warren
Molly’s celebration of life will be held on Sunday, December 15th from 5 to
7pm. It will be in Corvallis at the Chintimini Senior & Community Center at
2601 NW Tyler Ave., Corvallis, OR 97330
Borrowed photo from Molly’s
facebook page. - Karen French
“ L AT E S T O N O U R L A D I E S ”
Tammy Skubinna and Dana Poling took another trip to Mexico, this time to Loreto to celebrate Tammy’s birthday
in November. Their resort was on a beautiful bay that was also a nature preserve. They learned to paddle board
and also used a glass bottom kayak to see colorful fish. It was great to enjoy perfect weather, nice people, the Sea
of Cortez and the pool.
Jeanette and Bill Maier were pleased to have their foster daughter Lola and her husband join them for Thanksgiving. Lola was 15 when they “adopted” her while they were living in Roseburg and she has continued to be part of
their family. They now live in Nampa, Idaho with their daughter Storm, who graduated from high school this spring
and is now working.
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Carolyn Powers was in Torrance, California with her son Matt and his family. She came to stay
with her granddaughters while her son and his wife went to a business conference in Florida and
then stayed on an extra week. She says that it was fun to be part of their lives, going to soccer
games, music lessons, helping with homework etc. She also spent time on her computer with the
other Altrusans from the membership committee conferring about the gala holiday meeting at the
Holiday Inn on December 4. They have a fun evening planned and hope everyone will consider
bringing at least one guest. It will be a good way to share Altrusa with prospective members. The
cuisine furnished by Forks and Corks promises to be excellent, the entertainment delightful and all
of the Altrusans in their holiday sparkle will give a great boost to the beginning of the holiday season.
Bettina Schempf made her visit as First Vice Governor to the two Altrusa clubs in British Columbia
earlier in October. She used public transport via train, bus, sky train and ferry for most of her trip.
An unplanned missed connection in Vancouver B .C. on the way back added an overnight stay in a
hostel and some time to tour the city. Ask her for details.
Bardon Maginnis is avoiding the Holiday routine that Lupe and he followed, in hopes that it will
make it easier to cope with the Holidays without her. He is going to Orange County, CA for Christmas and New Year where his two sisters and many relatives live. For Thanksgiving his daughter
Amy and her Pat cooked dinner and fed eight. Bardon is gearing up to expand his CPA practice in
2014. 2013 has been an amazing transition year for him. He is thanking the Altrusans for helping
him.
Submitted by Evelyne Hendrix
Newsletter Deadlines:
Please have all articles, event dates, committee meeting dates and other information to the editor
by Dec 27, 2013
Latest on our Ladies to Evelyne by Dec 20, 2013
The Altrusan Accent is published monthly just prior to the first meeting of the month. Newsletters
are distributed by email in PDF format or by mail upon request.
DATES TO REMEMBER
December 4 - Holiday Party - 5:30 pm @ Holiday Inn Express
Don’t forget your goodies for College Hill and cookies
for our entertainment!!!!
December 18 - NO Board Meeting
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December 25 - Merry Christmas
January 1, 2014 - HAPPY NEW YEAR!
January 8 - Business Meeting - 5:30pm @ Corvallis Country Club
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