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Submitted by Sonja

TKGV Minutes – Aug 2010

Date: August 2, 2010

Meeting called to Order by: Pam St Clair
Time: 7:18

President's Comments: Everyone was welcomed. We have 2 Guests today. August Birthdays were recognized.

What did the President do this month? Lots and LOTS of knitting. Pam is enjoying making different shawlettes to get a head start on Christmas Gift giving.

Minutes of the July meeting were posted to the TKGV blog and accepted as presented.

Treasurer's Report – taken from the June Newsletter
    * General Fund: $3,024.64
    * Charity Fund: $151.83
    * Grand Total: $3176.47
Treasurer's Report was accepted as presented.

Committee Reports:

Programs: Trink Dahl-Prince

• August – Charity Knitting. Tonight's Program will be more in depth information about St Mary’s. Many Guild members help to support St Mary's and create and donate wonderful knitted items to the folks at St Mary's. We will also discuss other Charity Projects and ideas.
• September - Yarn Sale Deux and Book Swap – We'll be back again with more from the stash!! Just in case you have a change of heart and want to dive deeper into your stash – or perhaps you will have a “Stash Intervention” …. now you can bring more to trade or sell!!  Bring a book that you no longer want and then you will take a number and get a swap with someone else who has a book.
• October – Yarn Dyeing – Trink would like to put some folks together who are interested in Yarn Dyeing, so please contact Trink if you have an interest so we can put together a program on yarn Dyeing.
• November - Election of Officers
• December - Holiday Party

Charity Projects: Jackie Scott.

• Please put any items to log on the back of the attendance sheet and Jackie will make sure Debbie Henderson gets the activities.

Charity Log Sheet: Debbie Henderson.

* Not present, no update.

Welfare and Calling Tree: Karen Richardson

* Will send card and flowers to Joanne Fischer. We are thinking of Joanne and hope Joanne is back in full swing soon!

Community Events: Linda Johnson.

• Not present, no updates.

Newsletter and Publicity: Sonia Barisic.

• Newsletter is online. Another BEAUTIFUL Newsletter!! Thank you Sonia. On the website, there is also a link to the newsletter archive.
• Please get the items to Sonia by the 15^th of the month so the newsletter can get out earlier.

Ways and Means: Angie Harris, Eleanor Cavin and Cheryl Cauthen-Bond.

• The yarn for the raffle came from Knit Wits this month. Vickie donated two books for the raffle. Jean donated magazines for the raffle.

New Membership Committee: Angie Harris.

• Not present, no update.

Historical Knitting: Karen Richardson.

• Thank you Karen for another great Historical Knitting section.
• Anyone with ideas for the Historical Knitting section of the newsletter or just some knitting history they would like researched, please call Karen and let her know. Karen enjoys doing the research and writing the articles.

Old Business:

1. Any interest in going back to Westminster Canterbury? Some members have expressed an interest. The view is great and the chairs are all set up. Carolyn Cox volunteered to talk to one of the residents about sponsorship and get information about who to contact for details. Thank you Carolyn.
2. Knitting Needles were given to the Guild from Westminster Canterbury. Members were asked to think about what the Guild should do with the needles. Suggestions:
1. Cancer Support Groups – provide a diversion while undergoing treatment
2. Give to Knitting Teachers – to help children or parents as children learn to knit.
3. Tabled....Send to Romania or other countries in need – to help children or parents as children learn to knit.  All ideas are good, except sending to a country like Romania requires money for postage and someone to find a good place to send them, so this idea was pushed to the back.
4. Pam will bring the needles next month and Carolyn is going to call the Girl Scouts and Karen will take some to the knitting teachers.

New Business:

• Jackie – going to be Christmas before we know it. Do we want to do the Hat contest again? $25 gift certificate for 4 categories. Hats have traditionally gone to Caps for Kids in Norfolk.
• 4 Categories are: Technical Merit, Originality, Best in Show and Most Submissions
• Motion was made and seconded to repeat the Holiday hats program with the guild providing the 4 prizes of $25 each at the December meeting. 
• Motion carried.

• September Meeting – The first Monday in September is a Holiday so the September meeting will need to be moved. Members decided to hold the September meeting on the Second Monday, September 13, 2010.

Raffle: Lucky raffle winners picked from a variety of yarns from Knit Wits.

Show and Tell: Members showed many knitted garments and works in progress.

August Program: Charity Knitting

Melanie Perez-Lopez

Sonja Barisic

At first, St. Mary’s was a home for young children with no homes of their own or who needed a temporary place to stay while their mothers were at work at war plants. Over the years, the Home evolved into a home for children and young adults with severe disabilities, changing its name and moving into a new facility in the 1960s and then into its current, state-of-the-art building in 2005.

St Mary's is now a long term pediatric care facility located in Norfolk next to St Mary's Church. Up to 92 children live there, all in the range of severly mentally challenged. Many have physical challenges as well. There are 8 classrooms; 24 kids can go out to school from preschool to highschool.

Couple of events coming up:

Homeorama Showcase of New Homes – The Showcase is in East Beach, Norfolk this year. This Fall Homeorama has selected St Mary's for the first time. When the house is sold the proceeds will go to St Mary's.

5K Walk – Also at East Beach, in October. Some of the kids from St. Mary's will be in the Walk.

Funding: Largely funded by Medicaid. None of the parents have a cost associated with placing their children at St. Mary's. There is a gap between what is funded and what it costs to run the facility. This difference is received as grants or donations from individuals, corporations, and fund-raising appeals.

Next Meeting Date: Sept 13, 2010

Meeting Adjourned Time: 8:55 pm

Respectfully Submitted,
Peggie Meyer