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Year: 2008
Number of Members:
69
Dues $5.00
Meeting Place:
South Austin Senior Activity Center
Officers
President: Mary
Ragland
Vice President:
Ed Gonzales
Secretary:
Margaret Rightmire
Treasurer:
Marcella Sawyers
Board Members:
Ray Vaughn, Barbara Newman, Mary Harrington, Pat Thomas
Financial Report:
Beginning Balance:
$514.54
Ending Balance:
$1200.21
Financial
Contributions:
$50.00 Fan Drive for the Elderly
$100.00 Blue Santa
$100.00 Brown Santa
$50.00 Capital Area Food Bank
$10.94 Other Community Service Activities.
Fund Raiser for
Community Service:
The Chapter conducted a raffle for a net profit of $708.42.
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2008 Community Service Activities
April: Chapter 2426
hosted a Community Conversation on Health Care and Financial Security at SASAC
on April 12, 2008
April: Members
brought bingo prizes for ElderHaven Adult Day Care Center, which provides
services to individuals with Alzheimer’s disease.
May: Chapter members
baked cookies & delivered baskets of cookies to fire and police stations
and medical centers on National Day of Service.
July: The Chapter
held a “Victorian Tea Party” for Alzheimer patients at Elderhaven, an adult
care center. We entertained about
40 patients and staff, and provided refreshments.
November: 10 Chapter
members volunteered to serve the Thanksgiving lunch at SASAC
December: Chapter
2426 sponsored a lunchtime choir concert at SASAC by the Ann Richards School
for Young Women Leaders. Choir
members were given bags of homemade cookies after the concert.
December: Members filled
baskets to be delivered to HAND (Helping the Aging, Needy and Disabled) for
some of their clients.
Total Number of Volunteer Hours
Reported by Members: 4329
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Chapter Awards
Received
Texas “Platinum Award”
Members Nominated
for Andrus Award
Pat Thomas & Ray
Vaughn
Members Nominated
for Community Service Award
Ed Gonzales
Other Activities
11 Chapter leaders attended Chapter Leadership Training on
January 15, 2008
2 Chapter representatives distributed Divided We Fail
material at the site of the Obama-Clinton debate on February 21, 2008
12 Chapter members attended AARP Heart Healthy Texas, an
all-day health activity, on February 23, 2008
A committee met on March 28, 2008 and conducted an
evaluation of Chapter 2426, using “Chapter Checkup” developed by AARP State
Support and Volunteerism Department.
The chapter attained a score of 117 out of a possible 150, placing the
chapter in the “Very Good” category.
Membership and Governance were the 2 areas most in need of improvement.
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