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Dear Alpha Sisters,
A special thank you from the Strenghthen Our Sisters committee, Kim, Cindy, Evelyn ,Suezette, Tammy, Jennie and Laura, for your generous contributions to our boutique gift bags. More than forty bags were packed with special items that were lovingly selected for these sisters in need. Jennie volunteered to deliver all these bags to the West Milford shelter and she was pleased to see how happy and overwhelmed the director was with all the bags. What a special moment it was to be part of Alpha sisters helping to fill the bags. Thanks again for making this Holiday season a special one for those who really need to know someone cares. Laura. Perrius Thank you to everyone, especially Jennie, Kristin, Joan, and Theresa, for the lovely meeting on Saturday, December 9, 2023. We missed all those who were unable to attend and we welcomed two guests. Kritin's program made it easy for all of us to get to know each other a little better. We are a really cool bunch! Thanks to everyone who made donations. Laura took lots and lots of full gift bags up to Strengthen our Sisters and I am sure it will make their holidays a little brighter. We also collected toys because Patti Caruso said her daughter was doing a toy drive. Well, here's the result. Her daughter is Detective Kendall Caruso of the Glen Ridge Police Department. We contributed, through them, to the PBA annual toy drive. The toys will go to Franciscan Charities Newark.
 Other items of information: Our next chapter meeting witll be on February 10 in Butler at the First Aid building (9:30 - social). The Program planned is Educating Beyond These Walls - Unveiled Truth: Lessons I Learned Leading the International School of Kabul with award-winning author Gail Goolsby. This was the DKG Educator's Book Award in 2020. ( I read it several years ago and found it very interesting). And more for your reading pleasure: The two books for book talks at the DKGNJ Convention in April (12-14, 2024) are The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
 There will be more information about convention coming out soon. As it becomes available, it will be linked to the state website under What We Do -> NJ State Convention. The hotel information is already there. You should definitely know that we have a keynote speaker! Dr. Ammeraal Furlong is a Jersey Girl and teaches at Georgian Court. Her book,Voices of Newcomers: Experiences of Multilingual Learners, is the DKG Educator's Book Award this year. More information about her is on the state website. I hope to see you all in February,
Jan Paxton Alpha Webmaster |
