Save the Dates!

• Sunday, November 23rd.  Stocking for Soldiers packaging. Delivering our cards for the soldiers. White Mountain Hotel 1 pm
• Sunday, December 7th.  Elves gathering at the Polar Express to support Believe in Books Foundation.  4:15 at The Theatre in the Woods, Glen
• Monday, December 8th.  Christmas Party at Lorraine's home.  A batch of cookies for the nursing homes is your ticket.
• Saturday, December 13th.  DCYF Christmas Party for foster families of Carroll County.  2 - 4 pm at Madison Elementary School gym.

District One Workshop

On November 1st approximately 75 members of Altrusa, District One attended a day-long workshop hosted by the Portland club.  Topics covered included focusing on the strategic plan to help members choose specific service priorities.  Club members then shared ideas of ways to market our Altrusa name to the public.  The keynote speaker, Pat Gallant-Charette, was inspiring.  She began marathon swimming at age 46 and now at age 64 holds 3 world records for marathon swimming, recently swimming the English Channel. Her story can be seen at patgalant.blogspot.com

Pat Gallant-Charette

Nine members from Carroll County Altrusa attended the workshop, and enjoyed the ideas, good food and camaraderie.

Fabulous Flatbreads Fundraiser!

Last night, Thursday, October 23rd, was a busy night at Flatbread Company restaurant in North Conway.  Many of our members came from near and far with friends and family to enjoy pizzas at this popular restaurant.  Not only did we have a delicious dinner, but Flatbreads donated 10% of the pizza sales to our club for our literacy programs.  And our raffle wizard, Nancy, sold $200 worth of raffle tickets for the 50/50 raffle!  The winner kindly donated a portion of her winnings back to our club programs.  The beautiful banner was created by Holly for the event, and can be used at future events.  Many thanks to our wonderful members for their enthusiastic support and large appetites.  Also, thanks to Tara Eames Murphy for displaying her beautiful jewelry.

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer

Sunday, October 19th, 2014.. .What a Day!

Our Altrusa Team joined the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk in North Conway at Whitaker Woods on a beautiful sunny Sunday morning.  We had 16 members, including cancer survivors, attend the event as walkers and as workers on the registration and hospitality tables and in directing traffic.  We felt that this was a powerful event to raise awareness and funds to end breast cancer.  Making Strides walkers turn awareness into action and help to raise more than $60 million to save more lives from breast cancer.  What a day!

Making Planters

On Saturday, September 13, Marcia, Kathy, Diane and Marsha gathered in Tamworth with a group from the Bear Camp Valley Garden Club to learn how to construct natural-looking planters from concrete, peatmoss and perlite.  It was a learning process for all of us, but we left with 8 planters some of which we plan to sell at our June plant sale.  It was fun and we had great team work!

Make a Difference Day Plans

October 25, 2014

The fourth Saturday in October is designated as Make a Difference Day.  This is the day when we all come together at the same time to make a difference in our communities on a national day of helping others.  Founded by USA Weekend Magazine and its partners, Make a Difference Day is a national day of doing good... a celebration of neighbors helping neighbors.  Altrusa, as an international organization, has participated in Make a Difference Day activities since 1997 and has been the recipient of a $10,000 cash award on two separate occasions.  By participating in Make a Difference Day we hope to create a community awareness of Altrusa and to show Altrusa's focus on literacy.  This year we are planning potential projects at Children Unlimited in Conway and at Cornerstone Christian Academy in Ossipee.

Summer Fun!

A Day at Wells Beach

Dinner and a cruise on Lake Winnipesaukee

Our group enjoyed many social events over the summer months, including a cruise on the MS. Mt. Washington, a trip to Wells Beach, a cooking class at Stonewall kitchen, and an hilarious play at The Barnstormers.  There were also kayak trips and golf games in between to round out the summer fun.