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President's Letter
March 2011
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Spring, being the time of so many renewals, seemed the perfect time to launch the
new format of the CAFFA newsletter. I am happily booted to the second page where
I belong. We have brought our feature article front center and we now have the
capability to add clearer graphics and pictures. Most importantly, we can provide our
membership with a more professional, update design using a software that is easier
to manipulate. Thank you Jeani McAleer and Rachel Schick Siegel for working so
diligently on this very big project. We hope you enjoy the many new features and
updates.
I want to take this opportunity to thank all those who worked so hard to make our
conference a success. We had record attendance, over 250 attending the various
workshops. Our next event is our Third Annual Fundraising Garage Sale on May 21st
in La Grange. The money raised is used to help offset the some of the costs of our
upcoming events and we’re working on a terrific line-up. Here’s a sneak peek on what
the board is planning:
A Family August Event
Fall Educational Workshop
November Adoption Month Celebration
Keep us in mind as you are spring-cleaning your closets, toy bins, bookcases and
kitchens. Unfortunately, we can not take large furniture, computer screens, computer
hard drives and stuff animals. These items are just too hard to dispose if they do not
sell.
At the conference, I was approached by a few wonderful parents that wanted to take
a deeper role in CAFFA. We have board meetings every month at a board member’s
house. You can find the listing of 2011 board meetings on our website or later in this
issue. If you are interested, I encourage you to make a meeting and see what the
board is about and how we work for you, our membership. We have a few board
positions coming available at the end of this year (ahem ahem ... mine included) so we
could really use some volunteers to join the board. These meetings are fun and great
friendships are formed on this board. We also have a need to better understand and
reach the "Foster to Adopt" community. If you are fostering to adopt or fostering a child,
please consider coming to a board meeting and sharing your expertise.
As I said at the conference, thank you for supporting CAFFA through membership and
keeping this organization strong.
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