District One Fall Workshop hosted by Altrusa of Carroll County

     On Saturday, November 2, our club hosted the Altrusa District One regional Fall Workshop at the Madison Elementary School in Madison, NH. The theme of the day-long workshop was "Harvesting Ideas to Share" and covered fundraising and name recognition strategies.  Sue Hawes presented new mentoring ideas with efforts to encourage leadership.  The special guest speaker was Marion Posner, a native Briton who makes her home in Tamworth, NH.  She is a teacher and presently the Director of the Chocorua Public Library.  A colorful storyteller, Marion entertained the 70 attendees and addressed the many faces of literacy.
     Many thanks to the members who decorated, baked, prepared served a wonderful lunch and snacks to the 70 women attending.

Marion Posner, Special Guest Speaker

      Our special guest speaker at the Fall Workshop last Saturday was Marion Posner, a native Briton who makes her home in Tamworth, NH.  She is a teacher and presently the Director of the Chocorua Public Library.  Marion is a colorful storyteller who uses a range of accents to capture her audience and is greatly enjoyed by children as well as adults.  Marion's stories are both humorous and profound, weaving truth with fantasy about life in the British Isles.  Marion and her husband Richard started a small independent school in Tamworth, The Learning Circle, design "walking through history" trips in Europe.  More recently they have started a children's theater in Tamworth.  We enjoyed Marion's stories illustrating the many kinds of literacy.

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk raised $2,730

For the second consecutive year Altrusa of Carroll County has encouraged 100% participation from its club members in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk.  And we did it again!!  Every member of our club contributed in some way to this great event held in North Conway on October 20th.  We had a total of 20 walkers on our team, an increase over previous years.  We also had club members who were on the organizing committee, assisted with registration and greeted walkers as they arrived, were guides along the route and assisted with both set-up and clean-up.  As a group we raised a total of $2,730.00 to support those struggling with this disease and to promote research to fight breast cancer.