August President's Letter

Happy summer ladies,
Summer is finally here and the weather has been great. We have been spending a lot of time at the park or in our back yard. I hope you are all enjoying it. First, I wanted to thank everyone for the help and support they have given to Ali M. We have set up meals to be taken to her twice a week until the baby is born. I have had the chance to visit her and talk with her on the phone and she is so very thankful for everything. This is what MOMS Club is all about, supporting one another in time of need or any time. It is great to see we can come together as a group and make a difference in someone's life. The activities committee has come up with a great calendar this month again. We have a ton of outdoor activities going on. Park days will be on Wednesdays all month, and we have a water park day and a sprinkler day, too. Hopefully this great weather will stick around for that!! We will also be having playgroup sign ups at the August Meet & Greet. We did this a couple of years ago and it worked out great! Everyone picks a number and goes in that order to sign up. Playgroups are a wonderful way to get to know members and have your kids interact with other kids, something they don't always get with us staying home. I have participated in playgroup for about 2-1/2 years and it has been great for me and my boys. I hope you are all having a great summer, and I look forward to seeing you at this month’s activities.
April B.
President

July Presidents Letter

Hi Moms,
First, I want to thank the outgoing board for a great year. It was great serving on the board with them. Also, thank you to those that came to the End of the Year Banquet and saw the changing of the board. We had a wonderful turnout. I am so excited to have the chance to be president. I will be working with a great board this year. We also have a lot of people who have volunteered to be "chairmoms" or help out with committees. MOMS Club is completely volunteer based and the more people that we have involved, the better we can be. Every person involved can bring
new ideas that another person may not have thought of. Thank you to all of those who have decided to volunteer.
We have a great calendar for July. We have a trip to Point Defiance Zoo and Northwest Trek, along with hiking at Mt. Rainier. We also have several park days throughout the summer. I look forward to seeing a lot of you at activities this summer.
Thank you for the opportunity to serve you as president this year.
April Bankord

Service Projects Update

What a great baby shower!!! We delivered two trunks full of items to Care Net. On top of items our moms brought in, we had $40 in gift cards and cash given so April and I went to Wal-Mart and picked up many packages of diapers and some outfits too. Thanks to all the moms who donated items. They were greatly appreciated.
-Kerry

This year was a great success for the March of Dimes walk. We raised $977 in total. The snow may have scared a few people away, but we did have some very dedicated walkers. We had Mandy Huffman and her husband Evan, Heidi Sweet with her 3 kids, and myself with my husband and two boys. We also had a non-MOMS club member walk on our team this year and raise $700 on her own. Tonya R. (a personal friend) received a $500 donation from her work Pierce Commercial Bank and an additional $200 from her coworkers. Thank you Tonya and everyone else for coming out and helping us raise money for this great cause.
- April

Thanks to everyone who participated on service projects this year and helped to make them a big success!