l. Upcoming Events
California State Employees
Charitable Campaign (CSECC) kickoff event – August 22, 2012
Heifer will
be represented at a booth on the west steps of the State Capitol from
approximately 10am–2 pm by John Brewer, Laurie Heller, Pat Sayer-Handley,
Teresa Fung, Cheryl McKinney, Judy Grimshaw, and Susan Sundell. Susan will
bring the canopy. And estimated 2,000 state employees are expected to attend
seeking information about charitable organizations. Cheryl McKinney created and
added an insert to the Heifer brochure with contact information for materials
and speaker requests from our local volunteer group. In addition, Teresa Fung
sent an e-mail to the event chair for the California Department of
Transportation (CalTrans) of our local volunteer group and our availability for
presentations.
Davis Farmers Market - June 18,
2012
Susan
Rumberg and Judy Grimshaw will set up and staff the 7:30 am -10:15 am shift and
JoAnn Peter and Susan Sundell will take the 10:15 am -1:00 pm shift, including
clean-up. Volunteers are needed for the September 15th and October 20th shifts.
You can sign up with Susan Rumberg or on Google Docs. At one of the upcoming meetings, late in the
year, we will assess whether we want to continue our booth at the market.ll. Speaker Requests
Matsuyama
Elementary on Woodbridge Drive is requesting a school assembly after their
donation of a goat and chickens to Heifer. More information will come about the
date and other details.
St. James Women’s Guild – More details are needed, but the date will probably be August or early September.
lll. Jill
Kilty-Newburn to visit at September 10
meeting
Jill will be
sharing, among other things, experiences on her recent study tour to Heifer
projects in Kenya. She will also be answering any Heifer related questions or
concerns volunteers might have. She may have more information about the
transition of the Heifer’s Ceres
property to EcoVillage Farm group.
lV. Team
Heifer
Plans are in
the works for fund raising activities by Heifer volunteers, all in an attempt
to reach our goal set for $10,000. We are hoping to post our progress on the
Team Heifer website but will also keep a running account in the monthly
minutes. For example, over $800 was donated to Heifer in honor of Amy Flindt at
a going away party at JoAnn Peter’s house this summer. We are off to a good
start! Pat Sayer-Handley is considering
a hiking activity in the spring and John Brewer has a “Fun Raising” event in
mind. Judy Grimshaw will be inviting Dr. Elizabeth Erickson from CSUS to
explain and identify how students in her “event planning” class might partner
with us on fund raising events in the future.
V. Updates
on Recent Events
Alpha Kappa Alpha Convention,
July 23 –26, the Moscone Center in San Francisco
John Brewer
and Sue Bennett helped at the Heifer booth. John reported that it was a great
event with thousands of women in attendance. AKA is partnering with Heifer
International this year. A study tour to Ecuador was raffled off at the
convention. The AKA convention is held every other year in various places
around the country.
Post-meeting note: There is a Sacramento chapter of this
group. From their website: "The
women of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Eta Gamma Omega Chapter, of
the Sacramento area strive to improve the many communities in which they
live. The chapter has been established
in the community since 1958 and that long-standing history has brought many
changes by the organization, with the collaboration of others, for community
improvement. Our vision is to deliver valuable services that strengthens our
community and encourage positive social, educational and economic
development."
United Methodist Conference,
June 20 –23, Sacramento Convention Center
Volunteers
worked the booth during the lunch break 11:30 –1:30 pm. Although we hoped for
more activity at the booth, it is important we are there because of support of
UCM to Heifer over the years.
Tour to Chaffin Farms
We are
waiting for a response to our inquiry regarding a visit.
Vl.
California Proposition 37
There was
discussion regarding official support for this proposition, which would require
many foods sold in California to be specially labeled if they were "made
from plants or animals with genetic material changed in specified ways,"
according to the California's official ballot summary.
On Tue, Aug.
7, 2012 at 8:19 PM, Jill Kilty Newburn
wrote:
Thanks for
sharing on this one, Suellen. I have noticed lots of discussion amongst Slow
Food and organic farming folks around this issue!
While Heifer
does support the notion of open source seed populations, and the concept that
small scale is part of our solution for ending hunger and poverty, I would be
very surprised to see the organization step up and endorse a specific piece of
political legislation, as it 'can' put a 501.c.3 tax exempt status in jeopardy.
VII. Organizational Items
Sacramento.heiferblog.org
Teresa Fung
will post articles or event photos contributed by volunteers about Heifer
activities on our local blog. She has been posting the monthly notes from
volunteer meetings and reposting press releases from headquarters. She will be
posting an article from the Sacramento Bee about a 6 year old girl, Patricia
Bigge, from St. Andrews United Methodist Church who was inspired to ask the
congregation to help her raise money to donate a cow through Heifer
International. Cheryl will be sending the church a thank you note and
information about our local volunteer group.
National
Heifer blogs
http://www.heifer.org/blog/
Posts can be
read in chronological order – or in topic groups, such as “blog series: from
the ceo” or “where we work: the Americas.” The blog is dynamic and shows the
latest happenings and issues.
http://heifer12x12.com
"A
global blogging adventure to visit Heifer International projects in 12
countries in 12 months in 2012."
Great photography and interesting posts by Betty Londergan, who is
currently visiting her seventh country: the USA. She is covering the Seeds of Change projects
in Appalachia and Arkansas. Fascinating.
Volunteer
Hours
Teresa Fung
will work on revamping the accounting system for volunteer hours to make it
easier to use and less time consuming. We will ask Jill for input at the next
volunteer meeting.
VllI. Next
meeting Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, Campus Commons Board Room 6:00 pm.
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