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From: ESA Headquarters
Date: 10/12/2016 7:04:02 PM
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Subject: October ESA News: How to DOUBLE Your Chapter!
Fun For All Ages Community Walks
Host a walk/run event in your area before May 31, 2017. Choose a cause, create a walk/ run event in support of the cause, invite your entire community to join you, and include a fabulous after-party where you can mingle with participants and welcome them to ESA. Team up with other chapters in your area for even greater impact. CLICK HERE for info (no log-in required) Walk theme ideas and everything you need for your members to do it up big!
October is Recuitment Month
"Our Chapter Just DOUBLED!"
Beta Nu of Prattville, AL did recruitment month up big, going from seven to seventeen members this week. Member Lynda Edwards explains, "As SERC President, I've made room on the agenda at the Richmond conference for a brainstorming session about membership because our SERC membership statistics were really sobering last year at IC convention. But I knew I can't ask everyone to work on something unless I committed to do it too. So Beta Nu decided to have a recruitiment party in October for Recruitment Month."
The chapter invited 8 younger guests, a group of friends who already enjoyed volunteering together, one of whom is Jennifer Middleton, daughter of Beta Nu member Deb Middleton. Deb shares, "These ladies already love helping people and work well together. They were really enthusiastic when we explained that ESA is a great framework to be able to make an even bigger difference in our community together. They ALL joined, we are so excited! We even have 2 reinstatements that also came to our party. These new members are already helping with our Belk Stores charity event for St. Jude. We are a blended chapter, us long-timers and this wonderful group of new members. We'll work on some of our favorite traditional projects, they'll be working on some new ones and we'll support each other! We don't know exactly where this will lead all of us, but we are really looking forward to what Beta Nu becomes together, we'll figure it out! The important thing is they are part of ESA now and our organization is stronger because of them."
Legacy Memberships
At the recent MARC conference in Minneapolis, ESA HQ Executive Director Charlotte Carloni spoke about the opportunity ESA has to grow this year through Legacy Memberships. Encourage members to take advantage of the Legacy program and welcome members of their own family to our ESA family. Close relatives of currently active members join at a reduced rate ($49 Legacy vs $69 regular). This is something even individual members/MALs can do to help ESA grow. You may sponsor a relative who lives anywhere in the country, Pat Howerton of Washington sponsored her daughter and granddaughter in Oregon (Omega Mu, Albany OR).
Consider creating a statewide push for Legacy members this year. Perhaps a celebration of new Legacy members in the form of a family fun day, special trip, or other statewide celebration would be a good way to encourage participation.
Note: Legacy members need to join via paper application, available on theRecruitment page of the member center, because the online system only accepts $69 for new members. CLICK TO REQUEST A PAPER APPLICATION VIA EMAIL
Kaycee presents Madison with her lamp pin
Pat Howerton (Alpha Theta, Naselle WA) shares, "I have to credit the legacy membership program with getting my daughter Kaycee Headley and granddaughter Madison into ESA. I was able to originally enroll them without any effort on their part. At first, it was a way to get them involved in what I was doing; then after a little while, they each started coming into their own with ESA."
Read more on page 7 of the Fall JONQUIL.
Hope For Heroes Season is coming up in November. For project ideas click here!
Updated Soldier List for Care Packages available including several soldiers stationed in Afghanistan and elsewhere abroad. REQUEST THE LIST TO SEND CARE PACKAGES
WE DID IT!!
ESA exceeded our Silver Level Partner fundraising goal of $75,000 for the 2016 St. Jude Walk Run to End Childhood Cancer thanks to all of your hard work!
You can still donate through December 31st
Click here to donate to Team ESA!
ESAMC Board Elects New Members
The ESAMC Board is excited to announce its two new members, Audrey Kidwell (MAL, FL) and Brian Haug (non- member, KS)!
Audrey is a life-active member and former Indiana collegiate member, and currenty works for Volunteer Florida as the Volunteer Generation Fund Program Manager and holds a master's degree in Community and Social Change.
Brian works for the CBS affiliate WIBW in Topika, KS where he is their National Marketing Director. Brian serves on a number of boards and was named as part of Topika's "20 Under 40" for his professional and community work.
The ESAMC Board wants to thank Rosalie Griffith and Pat Griffin, who will be retiring from the board in 2017. They are the last two members of the original board and will always be remembered for their serviice to ESA.
2017 Leadership Conference
February 2-4, 2016
Registration for ESA's 2017 Leadership Conference in Denver, Colorado is now open! Anyone can attend this conference. Don't miss out on all of the valuable information presented and of course ESA fun and friendship.
Registration is open click here for the form!
ESA Gifts:
ESA Hearts St. Jude Magnets
Specs:
- Wooden
- Full Color
- 3.5 inches diameter
- 1 for $6
- $5 ea. for 2 or more
ESA Merchandise
ESA Coil Bracelet $28
It's gift season, pick something nice for your Secret Santa or yourself! CLICK HERE visit the online store.