meeting update

we had a room to read meeting last night at kathy's and i wasn't too jazzed on going, mostly because the last meeting ended up being just kathy, polly and i. not that i mind seeing them and talking to them etc it's just that sometimes it's nice to stay home if you can! but we ended up having 3 new people at the meeting so it was well worth it. and everyone kept telling me how cute my hair was so clearly that was worth a night away from home. ha.
we have a meeting on august 28th with an old friend of john wood's who's agreed to host a fundraiser in his giant home on november 11th. i don't really have any purpose at the meeting other than i asked them if i could come as a learning/networking experience and they are going to let me! it's fun to be part of this process and learn new things.

Volunteer opportunity...

Hello Rebuilding Volunteers,

We are contacting you about another exciting opportunity to rebuild in your communities.

On Saturday, October 4th RTMD is holding our Fall Rebuilding Day and will rehabilitate up to 20 homes in that one day.

We need numerous (over 100) volunteers to join teams of approximately 25 who will complete a home in one day.

To register access your volunteer application through out website www.rebuildingdenver.org and update this by choosing “Assign me a Team” under the project drop down bar.

By early September I will be in contact to confirm your commitment and assign you to a team.

Due to our sponsorship model we are not able to assign coworkers to the same team as a group! Our apologies and for the year to come we are developing new opportunities that broaden our range of engagement.

We hope you will continue to join us on the path of helping low-income homeowners! If not this time, sometime in the future!

Best regards,

“Volunteering can be an exciting, growing, enjoyable experience. It is truly gratifying to serve a cause, practice one’s ideals, work with people, solve problems, see benefits, and know one had a hand in them.”

Lone Tree Barnes and Noble Room to Read Event

Hi everyone,
Check out the Save the Date below and join us at the Lone Tree Barnes and Noble for a Room to Read event! It is painless... stop by the Lone Tree Barnes and Noble on Saturday, June 14 between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm. Shop for Father's Day and all of your summer reads, and a percentage of your sale will be donated to Room to Read!
Simply print out this email and bring it along so that you can present the voucher to the cashier, or stop by the Room to Read table and pick up a voucher before you make your purchase. As long as you mention Room to Read to the cashier, we get the credit!
While you are at it, help us to promote this event by circulating this email to as many folks as you can, especially those in the south metro area. The more they sell, the more we make!
Many thanks and we'll see you on the 14th!
Denver/Boulder Chapter
Room to Read

an email from polly....

Folks,

After much consideration, we’ve decided to put our Literacy by Designers event on hold and therefore not have our meeting tomorrow night. We’ve come to this decision collectively and independently. We’re still very excited about an event that encompasses local designers to benefit our global cause. We are just not satisfied that the event as we’ve envisioned it will come together in a manner that will raise the funds that we hope to raise – with the amount of effort required.

There are many other exciting events happening throughout the chapter – starting with a fun event at Barnes and Noble on June 14th. All of these events require us to help and/or get other volunteers to help make them happen. Given this – we’ve decided to focus our 2008 efforts on (in no particular order) 1) recruiting new volunteers 2) recruiting new corporate sponsors 3) putting on events that have higher projected revenues for our efforts 4) holding a spectacular fall event in Boulder with John in attendance 5) developing our relationship with Barnes and Noble in Colorado and 6) coming up with a great auction item for the RtR international chapter auction.

Finally, we’ve got a meeting of the Denver/Boulder chapter scheduled for Thursday, June 5th from 7:00 – 8:30. You are all welcome to join us at that meeting, where we will be focusing on the remaining ½ of the year and brainstorming about what we can do – and how we will do it.

Thanks for all of your efforts and time on this event. Please know that it hasn’t been wasted. It has been a necessary step towards getting us to where we are now.

Any questions or concerns? Please let me know.

Kind regards,
Polly

i think the end may be near.

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