Date: May 6, 2009

Location:  Amy Goodove’s Residence, Virginia Beach

Start: 7:00PM

End: 8:00PM

 Present: Laurie Glick, Mandy Berkowitz, Reva Stein, Sue Ellen Teach, Allison Kimnach, Beth Sinnard, Elise Berkowitz, Judy Nachman, Melissa Sullivan, Emily Nied, Shaye Arluk, Sandy Mendelsohn, Marilyn Kayer, Stacie Caplan, Megan Zuckerman, Amy Goodove, Sarah Breeden

1.  Welcome 
   • KD Mission Statement:  The King’s Daughters, founding organization of the Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters, promotes superior pediatric wellness through dedicated volunteerism in partnership with Children’s Health System. 
   • Meeting Quote:  You will find it easier to do a single, small piece of a large project than to start on the whole job. – Brian Tracy 
   • King’s Daughters Fun Fact:   the King’s Daughters began in 1867 with $602.06 of “voluntary contributions” and hired a nurse, Miss Edith Nason who traveled on foot her first year and still managed to make 1,771 visits!
   • Past Kings Daughters Fun Fact:  Legislative Advocacy
2.  April 2^nd meetings approved 
3. Treasurer’s Report – $11,601.68
   • Dues are due for next year’s membership. Please send a check to Allison Kimnach for $25 ($20 donated to CHKD and $5 goes into our circle account) Mail to 3720 Rockbridge Road, Virginia Beach 23455
4.  Old business
   • Wine and Dine Wrap up
     1. Final Tally: Brought in $12,031/Profit $8,671
     2. Thank you notes – Contact Mandy if you need some sent to you.
     3. Donation in Burtons Grill name – We’ll present at the KD connect meeting next month.
     4. The event was a huge success! Silent auction and raffle tickets brought us in extra donations for the evening. Burton’s wait staff was very accommodating and the generosity of Burton’s with the gift certificates that we raffled off. Rodney Strong was very generous with the wine as well.
     5. Season Roberts from KD’s home office joined us for the evening with her husband and sent Mandy a very nice thank you letter!
     6. Next year’s dinner, we need to consider positioning the sound system a little bit better and will try a different restaurant possibly. 
   • Jim White Fit for Life: 
     1. Raised over $1200! 
     2. Read letter from VBPL
     3. This event was turn key in that Jim talked for free and the space was donated by the Central Library. 
   • Due to major budget cuts, The King’s Daughters is in need of  extra hands around the hospital.  If you have time to donate, call the office at 668-7098.  These hours are kept by KD office separately from your Circle volunteer hours.
   • Canisters – If interested, contact Elise Berkowitz. She’s already collected and sent a check for $72.01.
   • Toiletry donations – as you are traveling this summer or hitting Target or Wal-Mart, think about picking up little travel size toiletries.  We can donate these to the hospital to be given to adult guests who are there staying with their children and don’t get the opportunity to clean up at home.
5. Projects Committee Report
   • CHKD Thrift store Drive- We had a truck load (literally!) of goods to go to the CHKD Thrift Store in Larkspur Meadows Circle’s name.  Sarah Breeden brought her empty SUV to the meeting we filled it up!  She will be accepting donation bags until Sunday May 17^th.  Please leave them at her garage door with a note as to how many bags you donated if you are interested in receiving a donation receipt.  You can email Sarah at sjbreeden@me.com or call her at 215-5681 if you have any questions.
   • Memories Cookbook- time to get cooking on this project!  Please type on an email your recipes and email to JoAnne Lindholm jalindholm@wgnttv.com.  Feel free to add why this recipe means so much to you, who it reminds you of, or who gave it to you.  We aren’t sure if all “stories” will make the book or if the publisher can handle extra content, but it might be nice to have some of this additional “flavor”. We would like to have this put together before the holidays so we can sell them at the Holly Ball and other holiday events!
   • Re-usable Grocery Bags- Mandy and Beth working on this. Planning on printing “Go Green for the Kids” with the KD logo. They’ll be large bags and will try to sell for $3/piece.We will sell at other KD events throughout the year!
   • Goodove Oral Surgery Family Day: June 20^th.
     1. This event is for Dr. Goodove’s staff and doctors that he works with. A “Dunk the Doc” booth will be setup and donations will be taken. He will then match the amount that he raises and donated to CHKD. Volunteers from our circle are needed to help with event. Contact Amy Goodove if you’re interested.
6. Run/Walk:  June 13^th. 
   • Sign up at www.runwalkforthekids.org and be sure to choose our teams name.
   • Prices go up 5.15.09
   • Jim White is also printing up team shirts for this event. Shirts are $5 or $6/each.
   • If you are signing up for the 8K, they ask that you be a runner rather than a walker. If you rather walk, sign up for the other races instead.
   • If you don’t want to walk or run, donations are always accepted!!!! 
7. Tour de Cuisine:  May 31^st, Talbot Park, Norfolk
   • Sue Ellen to organize shifts for this event. Please contact her if you’re interested in volunteering. seteach@msn.com
   • Here is the current volunteer schedule:
     • 12:30p-3:00PM – Elise, Sandy, Beth, Sue Ellen
     • 2:30P-5:00PM – Mandy, Sarah, JoAnne
8.   KD Name Badges for Sale –
   • King’s Daughters name badges are now available for order through May 31st.  Each name badge has magnetic closure and can be personalized with a name, circle name or both.  All name badges will have The King’s Daughters’ official logo, your Circle name and your full name.  Badges are $10 each and can be ordered online at http://www.kingsdaughters.org/downtowncircle/.  Circles are encouraged to order badges to wear at King’s Daughters events such as Circle projects, Annual Recognition Meeting and other KD Connect meetings, Major Projects, Circle meetings, etc.  This fundraiser is brought to you by the Downtown Circle.  Questions can be directed to Buffy Barefoot at 624-2989 or buffy.barefoot@bankofamerica.com.  Also, attached is an order form you can bring to your next Circle meeting to discuss ordering them for your Circle members. Deadline for orders – May 31, 2009
9.   KD Office is going green:  invitations, e-circular are being emailed rather than mailed
10. Future Meeting/Event Dates:
11. Moe’s Night! Tuesday May 19^th 5-8P Moe’s at The Market Place at Hilltop
    • You gotta eat so do it for a good cause!  There is no obligation to stay the entire 3 hour period. During this event, 15% of the sales will be donated to LM Circle.  Open to the public, no RSVP needed. Please send info to all your friends, family and co-workers!
    • May 31^st:  Tour de Cuisine
    • ****Tuesday June 2^nd, Joint KD/CHS meeting…this is where we’ll give our annual donation to KD…please try to attend this meeing. ****
    • -Thursday June 4^th, noon meeting:  Moved to a dinner after the
    • June 2^nd KD meeting
    • - June 13^th:  RunWalk
    • Hospital Tour/Social:  TBD
    • September Meeting – TBD