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Newsletter ~ Heart of the Umpqua Artists ~ Myrtle Creek, OR
An Oregon Chapter of the Society of Decorative Painters
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Volume 6, Issue 10 ~October 2009
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I’m both happy and sad to be sending this message. I did not expect a news letter to go out this month because our news letter editor was supposed to be away on business. I am extremely saddened that she has had more unhappy days to cause her pain and grief. I always love having Jamie around but would not wish her to have any more sadness in her life. Thank you, Jamie, for taking time for us in your own time of need. You are greatly appreciated.
I am ready to move forward with chapter business. We will be holding elections soon. The board will be getting together and choosing a nominating committee. I hope you are all willing to take on the task if called upon. I also hope that you will all think seriously about taking an active role in the chapter this next year. We have some great opportunities. We have struggled through personal illness, trials, and loss. We will come back strong. I am looking forward to seeing the members who are signed up for the October seminar with Donna White. It’s a beautiful project.
Until then, sit back and watch the trees change color, the howling of the wind, and maybe a black cat crossing the street at twilight. The moon has been beautiful and the silhouettes’ of the hills and trees under it, amazing. Don’t forget to take time to truly enjoy the changing of the seasons. (After all, we need the rain, and we are Oregonians aren’t we.)
Barbara Steingrobe
President, Heart of the Umpqua Artists
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If you have something for the newsletter or website...
1.) Please contact Jamie at editor@heartoftheumpqua.com.
2.) Please put the word: “Newsletter” somewhere in the subject line, (thank you!).
3.) Please let Jamie know if you have any problems accessing the website or if you have any suggestions, tips, info or other news for our newsletter.
4.) Please remember, this newsletter goes to other chapters, SDP and up on our website. Thank you for getting your information to me as soon as possible.
5.) Chapter Newsletter Editors: To cut costs our newsletter is emailed out each month, if you would like to be on our mailing list, please send us an email to let us know; please put “Newsletter Editor Mailing List” in the subject line. Thank you.
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Upcoming Newsletter Deadline:
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October 25th
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Advertising rates for up to ½ page in our newsletter and on our website:
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$60.00
for one year.
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$45.00
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$30.00
a year for 3 lines in the newsletter and website.
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Jamie Mills-Price
Editor, Newsletter/Website, Heart of the Umpqua Artists
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HEART OF THE UMPQUA ARTISTS CHAPTER MEETING
DATE-9/19/09
PLACE: TRI-CITY CHURCH
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 10:00 AM
PRESIDENT- Barbara Steingrobe made motion to except the minutes as written in August newsletter,
Jean excepted it and Jamie 2nd. it. Barbara started meeting by telling chapter she was holding a check in her hands for $582.95 for the fund raiser at the rest area, Barbara said they had a lot of fun and found the it was great giving back to the community, she said they felt safe and never worried, talk to a lot of nice people and people thanked them for being there, very rewarding, looking forward to doing it again with more chapter participation, she also said that with this monies we should be very close to last year’s dollar amount.
She thank everyone who helped and donated product, we spent less than $100 on expenses. Great Job to all that were there.
Phyllis let us know that 16 people signed up for Donna’s seminar in October, if there is not enough
people she asked if the chapter could pay, to make up the difference, Jeanne made a motion and Barbara said with a raise of hands, if this is okay. It was.
Teacher from Australia- Karen vote on having her for 1 or 2 days, due to the price Phyllis said it was
about $40.00 a day per person ( it could be less). We will open it up to other chapters so the price stays
down plus you can use your points. With a show of hands we will have her for 2 days. (She is coming
pretty far, we should take advantage).
TREASURE-Stormy Speaker let us know there is $1157.51 in checking and $4100.03 in money market
acct. Change bucket is back and it is on the back table and comment box is with Barbara.
V.P- Mary Meyer let us know that we have Sue Eakin in November and Nina Daniels in January.
No class in December it is our Christmas party.
Jeannie Swanson is now doing points.
Jeannie said we have money left for memory boxes and wanted to know if she should return it to the chapter or use it for more memory boxes, Helen Fortner made motion to keep it for boxes and with a show of hands everyone was in agreement.
Meeting ended at 10:30 am
Ronnie Gobel,
Secretary, Heart of the Umpqua Artists
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If you have changed a phone # or email address, please be sure to let me know.
Current Checking Account Balance: $2,059.21 - Current Money Market Account Balance: $4,102.69
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Report Prepared by: Stormy Speaker Prep Date: 10/18/09
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Income Summary
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YTD TOTAL
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Members Dues
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80.00
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Seminar/Workshop Income
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710.00
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Actual Cash Income
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710.00
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Ways and Means Totals
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1,673.69
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Monthly Drawings
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764.00
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Fundraisers (Coffee, Misc)
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684.55
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Trunk Fundraiser
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206.00
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Spare Change
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19.14
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Donations
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88.11
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MISC / Other
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67.00
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TOTAL Income
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2,618.80
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Deposits - Account Transfers
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0.00
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Expense Summary
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YTD TOTAL
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Newsletter Totals
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0.00
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Ways and Means Expense
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284.24
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Memory Box - Postage
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25.23
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Memory Box - Supply
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75.00
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Charitable Donations (eg.- Clothe a Child)
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184.01
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Fundraising Supplies
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0.00
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Workshop and Seminar Expense
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1,073.12
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Monthly Workshop Total
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318.12
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Monthly Teacher - Fee
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240.00
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Monthly Teacher - Printing / Supply
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19.87
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Monthly Teacher - Pattern Pkts
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58.25
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Special Event Seminar Totals
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755.00
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Spec. Event - Artist's Fees
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725.00
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Spec. Event - Expense (surface, refund etc)
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30.00
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Rent - (not related to special events)
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0.00
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Expense Subtotal Page 1
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1,357.36
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Expense Summary - (Continued)
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YTD TOTAL
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Programs Expense
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233.52
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Holiday Dinner - (Not Decorations)
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200.00
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Historian
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0.00
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Themed Party
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7.99
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Sunshine Fund (Cards & Postage)
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0.00
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Hospitality (Coffee - Creamer etc.)
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25.53
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Postage (not listed elsewhere) / Web Exp
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114.95
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Postage (not listed elsewhere)
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0.00
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Web Related Expense
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114.95
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Bank Charges
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0.00
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Misc. Operating Expense
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205.28
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Liability Insurance
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0.00
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SDP Dues
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0.00
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Annual Charm Awards
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179.30
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General Supplies (not listed elsewhere)
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25.98
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PETTY CASH
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0.00
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OTHER Misc Expense
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0.00
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Expense Subtotal Page 2
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553.75
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Expense TOTALS
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Expense Subtotal Page 1
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1,357.36
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Expense Subtotal Page 2
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553.75
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TOTAL EXPENSE
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1,911.11
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Account Transfers - Withdrawals
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0.00
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Time has flown and it is renewal time once again - I will have 2010 membership forms available at our October seminar for those that can't print off the web site. We voted to increase to $25 effective for 2010. Please remember that if your dues for SDP and HOTUA are not paid by 12-31-09 you will forfeit your remaining points for 2010. Looking forward to seeing everyone.
Stormy Speaker
Treasurer, Heart of the Umpqua Artists
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Members:
It is time to pay your dues...
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2010 SDP Membership Dues
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2010 HOTUA Membership Dues
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October 2009
I just wanted to let the members know how we did at the rest area coffee booth. WONDERFUL! I was not sure what to expect since this was our first time with this sort of fundraiser. I was hopeful because I had heard from others who had done the coffee booth that they did well. I was very pleased. We earned around $500 net. We also had a pretty good time. We served about 900 cups of coffee, tea, water, or hot cocoa. We met some pretty interesting people and some PRETTY INTERESTING people. It was all good. There were many people who were very grateful that we were there with coffee, just before they fell asleep at the wheel. It really makes you feel like you are providing an important service. We may have even kept someone from having an accident. I would gladly do this again. I hope you will join me. (Oh, I really loved the guy who asked me, “Why are you giving away free coffee?”. He had a very heavy Australian accent. Then he wanted to know. “What is an Umpqua?”) It really was a lot of fun.
MORE PHOTOS
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I will let you know when the next coffee booth will be.
HOTUA Members
Ways & Means, Heart of the Umpqua Artists
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OCTOBER Seminar with Donna White
"Molly" the Horse
Taken from Bitterroot Backroads 6 by Glenice Moore taught by Donna White
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*Click here for more info*
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October/Novermber 2009
Members will receive one free table drawing ticket the month of their birthday. To receive your free ticket, be sure to see the table drawing person any time before the drawing begins.
*current as of 12//08 roster
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10/02
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Jamie Mills-Price
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10/4
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Belinda Legg
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10/13
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Kathryn Hardy
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10/15
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Ronnie Gobel
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10/27
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Phyllis Lynch
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11/?
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Linda Jones
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Please remember, our chapter is very fortunate - we do not have to pay any fees to use the Tri-City Church of Christ facility. In 2009 let’s continue to show our appreciation and help support their church pantry.
In the bag, please put a list of the items you bring and their est. cost, thank you!
The totals for the food pantry for this month are:
August: 26 itmes for a total of: $23.40.
September: 74 items for a total of: $73.60.
Donna White,
Mother’s Cupboard Food Pantry, Heart of the Umpqua Artists
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The members of Heart of the Umpqua Artists wish to say a very special Thank You to Umpqua Bank for stepping up and sponsoring our Memory Box Project. Please visit their website and see why community matters and it is the “World’s Greatest Bank”! www.umpquabank.com
Carol Swanson & Linda Jones
Memory Box Program, Heart of the Umpqua Artists
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In Memory: Imy Rains
Our fellow chapter member and painting friend Imogene (Imy) Rains, passed away on August 26th...there was a lovely memorial for her at Evergreen Park on August 27th. She will be missed...
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Congratulations!
Josephine County Fair Results
Nina Daniels won 1 Blue Ribbon (1st place) and two Red Ribbons (2nd place)
Carol Swanson won 2 Blue Ribbons (1st place) and one Red Ribbon (2nd place).
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A letter from the SDP Board of Directors went out on April 16, (Keep Our Society Strong-KSS), sharing honest information about the Society’s current financial situation and asking our members to help out by pitching in any way that they can.
The response has been overwhelming and heartwarming! We would not expect anything less from our wonderful members. Out of the hundreds of emails we received, two were from Chapters who wished to challenge their sister Chapters to support SDP. Those challenges are reprinted below. We would be so grateful if you would take a moment to read the challenges, share them with your Chapter members, and consider accepting one of these challenges.
From Leah Luper, President of The Idaho Chapter of Heritage Artists
The Idaho Chapter of Heritage Artists is donating $500 to the KSS effort and is challenging ALL the other Chapters of SDP to do the same! We had our monthly meeting today, discussed the email and voted 100% in favor of sending the donation. When we discussed all the things that National does for us, and how our lives have changed because of Decorative Painting, there was no other option than to support our National organization and issue this Challenge for other Chapters to do the same or more!!
We understand that Chapters come in many sizes and that a $500 donation is a lot of money! We are equally grateful for any gift you can give, and want to share the approach that another Chapter has taken. Here is the other challenge that we were asked to send you:
From Gloria Falk TDA, President of Gateway Decorative Artists of Greater St. Louis , Mo.
Since the news came out that SDP could sure use some extra funds, we brought it up at our meeting last Sunday. The Chapter voted to send a donation to SDP. Someone spoke up and said, "What if every member here today would donate a $1? That would be easy on everyone and it would help SDP." We passed the hat and everyone chipped in. We'll do it again at our next meeting with a goal of raising a nice sum to send in from the chapter. We would like to challenge every chapter to do this! If everyone who attends chapter meetings donates just $1 it will make a difference. For without SDP, we wouldn't be where we are today. Will you send our CHALLENGE out to the other chapters?
Thank you, again, for your consideration.
Together we will get through the tough times the way we always do: as a family!
The Board of Directors and Staff of the Society of Decorative Painters
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Please support our members and supporters!
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Belinda @
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Treasures of the Heart
119 S Old Pacific Hwy, Myrtle Creek, OR 97457
1-888-346-0614 - treasuresoftheheart@hotmail.com
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Donna @
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Donna White Classes:
dustnpant89@netzero.net
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Don @
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www.ValhallaDesigns.com
122 Fir Street - Myrtle Creek
(541) 860-5551 don@valhalladesigns.com
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Jamie @
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www.BetweenTheVines.com
129 First Street - Myrtle Creek
1-888-813-8463 info@betweenthevines.com
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Judy @
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Etcetera Needlework Shoppe
120 Main St. – Riddle
(541) 580-9179
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Linda @
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Ye Olde Art Shoppe (new location)
106 NE Oak St. - Myrtle Creek
(541) 863-6843
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Judy @
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J&J Fabrics
413 SE Main St – Canyonville
(541) 839-4319
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Rosemary @
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Over The Hill Ceramics
400 SE Lane - Roseburg
541 672-5515
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Ronnie @
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Taco Bell...thanks Ronnie!
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Phyllis @
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Phyllis Maurer, CDA - Classes
295 Foots Creek Rd, Gold Hill, OR 97525
(541) 582-3363 Email: phylar@charter.net
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