Altrusa Elves travel to the North Pole!

On Sunday afternoon, Dec. 1st, a group from Carroll County Altrusa and friends traveled to the North Pole (in Intervale) to volunteer for the Believe in Books Literacy Foundation as Elves, welcoming families who traveled on the Polar Express.  Our group, about 20 strong, quickly changed into our Elven clothes and magical glitter, picked up our lanterns and followed the path down to meet the train as it steamed into the North Pole Station.  We welcomed children and their families as they climbed off the train, chatting about our jobs as Elves in Santa's workshop, our ages (most elves are over 100-years-old!)  and sharing our excitement about meeting Santa.  We enjoyed the performance and the reading of The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg.  I think we all had as much fun as the wide-eyed children did and loved sharing in the magic of the afternoon.

Marcia, Rachel and Cindy waiting for directions from the Head Elf.

Pat M., Kathy M. and Cathy B. ready to help Santa.

Pam and Nancy grinning for the camera.

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.

Day at Wells Beach

On July 18th a large group of club members joined Lorraine for the day at her summer get-away in Wells Beach, ME.  We all trouped to the beach with coolers, umbrellas, towels and sunscreen on a hot and sunny day - perfect weather for the beach. 

Merchant Clipper Tea House lunch

On June 28th, 8 of our members enjoyed a delicious lunch and trip to the Tea House in Limerick, ME.  The food was great and we had fun looking at the charming Victorian decorations in each of the different rooms of the home.

We welcome 3 new members and 2 Board members to our Club!

On Monday, June 10th, we had fun at our year-end cookout at Cathy's home in Tamworth.  We enjoyed delicious pizza, salads and conversation.  It was also a good opportunity to initiate our three new members, Cathy Sholtanis, Melinda Fallen and Betsy Lloyd and welcome them into our busy group. Also, Barb Kennett and Terry Packard were welcomed as new Board members.  Plans were also made for summer social events which we are all looking forward to.

Barb and Terry welcomed by Cindy as Board members.



Melinda and Cathy were welcomed as new members.