Job Well Done! Christmas Box Report

Another great year for Sr. Beta and Operation Christmas Child. We turned in 40 boxes to bring joy to children around the world this year. 9 of those boxes will be tracked. I look forward to your reports at a future Beta meeting.

November Meeting - Operation Christmas Child

November is the month where we annually have our Operation Christmas Child Service Project. Our meeting day is Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 1:15 at the Hope School Office. I will provide the wrapping paper and labels. All you need to bring is a shoe box, items to fill the box, and $7 or a prepaid label (details will follow).

Here is the website for more information: www.samaritanspurse.org/occ.

OCC is doing something a little different this year. They have, on their website (listed above), an EZpay option, where you can pay in advance via debit or credit card, and preprint your mailing label at home. Bring this label with you to Beta Club and attach it to your box. We will bring the box to the drop off location with the others. One advantage of the EZpay Option is that you will receive emails following your box to it's destination overseas. I will have the traditional labels too, so if you prefer to pay the $7 for shipping, that will work also. If you are going to share in making a shoebox gift, please bring at least $3 so that we can cover the shipping costs.

For suggestions for what to pack in the shoeboxes, please check your email or the website. Also, plastic shoeboxes are for sale at numerous retailers in our area.

Beta's October Service Project

Thank you to all who worked on our October Service Project for our troops overseas. There are pictures to post and they should be up soon. The packages were delivered to the local chapter of Blue Star Mothers. There are very grateful to us for thinking of their family members.

Policys and communication

Our dress policy will be distributed at the meeting. If you belong to other clubs, this is the same policy that you have received in those clubs.

Please use good manners and put your cell phone away during Beta. Please....no texting. If you have to text your parents, please go outside. Thank you.

If you are not receiving email communications from me, please let me know at the meeting. General info is on the blog, but I do use email for specific items which may list names or require a response. Several of these specific emails have been sent, and I am missing several email addresses.

Beta Tshirts

If you want to purchase a Beta Tshirt, please bring $15 for the cost of the shirt to the October or November meeting. The shirts will be very similar to the ones we have now. We will place an order as soon as we have 24 Tshirts sold. Please give the money to our treasurer, Joshua Blackwell.

Meeting this Thursday, Oct. 1 to Support our Troops

Our October meeting is this Thursday, October 1 at 1:15 at the Hope School. We will be doing our annual service project to support our troops. We will be working with the local chapter of the Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc. Some items that they have requested thus far, in addition to what we have done last year, is something to keep them warm in the cold months there, such as blankets and pillows. If anyone has any extra fleece material, please bring some. Other items are snacks, such as beef jerky, crackers, and mints. Toilet items such as combs and toothbrushes. Please do not send soaps, because the fragrance tends to absorb into the food items. You may also bring notepads, pens, game books. We will also make cards, and I will have the materials available to make them.

Remember if you have not paid your new member dues by Thursday, it increases to $25 for new members. Returning members dues remains at $7, and will increase to $10 in the 2010-2011 school year.

Please keep an eye on this blog over the next few days as I will be posting details on additional items to bring for the service project, our attendance and dress policy, and info on purchasing Beta Tshirts.

First Meeting this Thursday

Hi Beta Members,
This Thursday, Sept. 3rd, is our first Beta meeting at 1:15 at the School Office. It will be our introductory meeting to meet our new members. Dues is $20 for new members and $7 for returning members. Beginning Oct. 1 dues increases to $25 for new members. Look forward to seeing you on Thursday.