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1 BLUE STAR MOTHERS OF AMERICA, INC. October 2019 From the desk of the National President: Dear Sisters, Thank you for all the wonderful messages to the Board and myself. We have all felt your love and support. This year is going to be a busy one. This is a governing doc- ument year, and we anticipate changes to our governing documents; hopefully, not too many. I wanted to tell you a little something about me. I am a Blue Star Mom. I am your Blue Star Sister. My son Brad gave me that privilege in 2002 when he joined the United States Air Force. I began my journey with Blue Star Mothers in 2004, and it has been amazing. My son is still in the Air Force and looking to retire in three to four years. I am very proud of him, but I am also very proud of all your sons’ and daughters’ service to our nation. Thank you for raising children who were willing to step up and serve. I also have a beautiful daughter, Tiffany, my mini me I’m told, who blessed us with our grandson Tyler boy eight years ago. He is our star hockey player, and I’m thankful I like the cold! My hope is that this year we can all concentrate on the mission and work through differences with respect; it’s alright to disagree, but we need to settle matters as ladies. Ms. Anne had a motto for her year, and it was respect. I am asking all of you to embrace this year with respect; accept your fellow sisters for who they are; and, realize that our very important mission cannot move forward without cooperation from all of us. We are Blue Star Mothers because of our children’s service, for no other reason. Our children, many of whom are in the Sandbox, expect us to act appropriately while serving them, Veterans, Wounded Warri- ors and Gold Star Families. I have a project for you: I ask you to answer this question “What does the mission mean to me?” I would love for you to send your response to our 2nd VP and allow us to put it in our newsletter. My President’s project this year involves Homeless Veterans. I ask for you to make donations to your lo- cal VA hospital’s homeless veteran fund or send funds to National to be used for Homeless Veterans Pro- jects in varying locations (one location will be the VA domiciliary in Detroit, Michigan where I have been volunteering for many years). This has always been very close to my heart, as well as my son’s. He al- ways says, “Mom, don’t worry about me. Please help the veterans who are homeless.” So, I have made it my mission! With that said, what does the mission mean to me? The mission means doing something greater than myself with sisters who understand the circle of support needed for our Deployed, Veterans, Homeless and Gold Star Families and that that circle is completed by all of us, because no one person can do it alone. Thank you for what you do, and hugs to you all. Carla Brodacki National President

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BLUE STAR MOTHERS OF AMERICA, INC. October 2019

From the desk of the National President:

Dear Sisters,

Thank you for all the wonderful messages to the Board and myself. We have all felt your love and support. This year is going to be a busy one. This is a governing doc-ument year, and we anticipate changes to our governing documents; hopefully, not too many.

I wanted to tell you a little something about me. I am a Blue Star Mom. I am your Blue Star Sister. My son Brad gave me that privilege in 2002 when he joined the United States Air Force. I began my journey with Blue Star Mothers in 2004, and it has been amazing. My son is still in the Air Force and looking to retire in three to four years. I am very proud of him, but I am also very proud of all your sons’ and

daughters’ service to our nation. Thank you for raising children who were willing to step up and serve. I also have a beautiful daughter, Tiffany, my mini me I’m told, who blessed us with our grandson Tyler boy eight years ago. He is our star hockey player, and I’m thankful I like the cold!

My hope is that this year we can all concentrate on the mission and work through differences with respect; it’s alright to disagree, but we need to settle matters as ladies. Ms. Anne had a motto for her year, and it was respect. I am asking all of you to embrace this year with respect; accept your fellow sisters for who they are; and, realize that our very important mission cannot move forward without cooperation from all of us. We are Blue Star Mothers because of our children’s service, for no other reason. Our children, many of whom are in the Sandbox, expect us to act appropriately while serving them, Veterans, Wounded Warri-ors and Gold Star Families. I have a project for you: I ask you to answer this question “What does the mission mean to me?” I would love for you to send your response to our 2nd VP and allow us to put it in our newsletter.

My President’s project this year involves Homeless Veterans. I ask for you to make donations to your lo-cal VA hospital’s homeless veteran fund or send funds to National to be used for Homeless Veterans Pro-jects in varying locations (one location will be the VA domiciliary in Detroit, Michigan where I have been volunteering for many years). This has always been very close to my heart, as well as my son’s. He al-ways says, “Mom, don’t worry about me. Please help the veterans who are homeless.” So, I have made it my mission! With that said, what does the mission mean to me? The mission means doing something greater than myself with sisters who understand the circle of support needed for our Deployed, Veterans, Homeless and Gold Star Families and that that circle is completed by all of us, because no one person can do it alone.

Thank you for what you do, and hugs to you all.

Carla Brodacki

National President

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Contact Information for

National Executive Board

President:

Carla Brodacki ~ MI

[email protected]

1st VP: Stacy Anders ~ CA

[email protected]

2nd VP: Paula Lombardo ~ OH

[email protected]

3rd VP: Teri Reece ~ VA

[email protected]

4th VP: Kathleen Fowl ~ TX

[email protected]

Recording Secretary:

Rebecca Stafford ~ MO

[email protected]

Financial Secretary:

Genevieve Schindler ~ CA

[email protected]

Treasurer: Diana Evans Vance ~ OH

[email protected]

Page

President’s Message 1

Index 2

PNP Anne Parker & VAVS 2

New Chapter Corner 3

2019 Convention Highlights 4-14

1st VP-Memberships 15

2nd VP– Yearbook Info 15

3rd VP– Blue to Gold 16-17

Webmaster 18

Index

PNP ANNE PARKER

I again want to thank everyone

who made my year as National

President so special. The De-

partment of Minnesota and all of

the elected and appointed officers

who worked so tirelessly were

nothing short of amazing. We

noted accomplishments of public

awareness and fundraising ideas

to the chapters as well as ex-

panding the mentoring program

to all chapters with a 100% com-

pliance. Unfortunately, chapters

closed but new ones

opened. We are busy at work on

a new website and the word RE-

SPECT was talked about a lot.

I have served this organization in

four different elected offices as

well as National Historian and Fi-

nance Committee Chairman and I

have seen a lot of changes, most

of them for the good of the organ-

ization; I am confident that our

new National President and her

board will lead our organization

forward.

I have resumed my position as

National VAVS Representative

and look forward to expanding

our organization's participation at

the VA Hospitals. This is a part

of our mission and I urge all

members to see how they can be

a part of the VA System.

As your National Chaplain I invite

you to send me names of veter-

ans with whom you are acquaint-

ed who have passed away during

the year and we will include in

next year's memorial service. I

ask that you only send names of

veterans with whom you have a

personal connection, not names

that you see in the newspaper,

etc.

The outgoing National President

of the American Legion Auxiliary

said last week, "I am tired and I

think I will go home." I rather will

say, "I have had a great experi-

ence serving this organization for

a number of years and I am going

to travel."

Anne Parker

Proud Blue Star Mother

VAVS Deputy Doreen Berggren

A note from your VAVS Team:

We are looking forward to a great year of service to our veterans. Start the

year with new knowledge. Visit our national website, www.bluestarmothers.us,

and click VAVS. There you will find the updated Training / Guidelines plus a

power point presentation. If you have questions please reach out.

Monthly you will find a new article from VAVS in the newsletter as well as a

Friday facebook post too.

If you are interested in more information, after reading the guidelines, please

contact vavs.bluestarmothers.us to become a Representative or Deputy.

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Since our National Convention, the following Chapter has been Chartered within our organization.

Please welcome:

WA 7

Please see below, details regarding Western Washington BSMA.

WA7 - Western Washington Blue Star Mothers of America - Chartered Friday, August 9, 2019 Serving: Bellingham - Burlington – Sedro - Woolley - Mt. Vernon Areas President: Rochelle Pittis [email protected] 1VP: Kathy Augir [email protected] Recording Secretary: Tracy Diehl [email protected] Financial Secreatry: Mia Bacco-Guidroz [email protected] Treasurer: Maggie Potter [email protected]

WA7 Western Washington Blue Star Mothers of America

225 N Walnut St Burlington, Washington 98233

Description: WA7 meets on the 2nd Thursday every month (except December) at Secret Harbor offices, 225 N Walnut St, Burlington 98233 @ 6-8 PM.

Email [email protected] Phone (360) 466-8281

NEW CHAPTER CORNER!

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2019 CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS

Paula Lombardo National 2VP

On the next few pages we have compiled several Minnesota Convention pictures.

There was no shortage of comradery between sisters. If you weren’t able to at-

tend this past year, perhaps we will see you in 2020!

2019-2020 National Executive Board

2019-2020 Big Dipper Board

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2019 CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS

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2019 CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS

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2019 CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS

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2019 CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS

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2019 CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS

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2019 CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS

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2019 CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS

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2019 CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS

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2019 CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS

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2019 CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS

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NATIONAL 1ST VP

Stacy Anders—Membership

I would love to say a huge Thank You for al-

lowing me to be your 1vp for a second term.

Working with members is the number 1 reason

I wanted to be on the board. With that said,

here are a few items we need to go over again:

Dues that have not been renewed are now

past due. All dues expired August 31, 2019.

All past due members and associates will be

moved to lapsed January 1, 2020

If you still need to pay due’s, please do so ASAP.

If you need help with your username and pass-

word, please email webmas-

[email protected] or

[email protected]. Please DO NOT

JOIN AGAIN. We will be happy to help you

renew.

Presidents - please make sure your Member-

ship or Financial Secretary file all chapter dues

renewals under the chapter profile, so all re-

ceipts are under the chapters profile and not a

member’s profile. If you need help with your

chapter profile username and/or email, please

let us know. I have been receiving numerous chapters and

Dept Dues renewals and as I change the dates

it will not let me save them without an email

address. I believe this is a new required Field

and will not save without it.

Please have all members and associates

check to make sure they have email address

otherwise I will not be able to save them or up-

date them.

If you are sending in applications, please read

it over to make sure it is complete and reada-ble. If I cannot read it or it has missing infor-

mation, I will send it back to you.

Please feel free to email me or call any time if

you have membership questions or anything. If

I don’t have the answer, I will find it.

Stacy Anders [email protected]

831-236-9625

NATIONAL 2ND VP

Paula Lombardo — Newsletter & Yearbook

Dear Sisters, it is my honor to serve you all again

this year as National 2VP.

I can’t begin to tell you how much I enjoy compiling

the Monthly Newsletter and getting to know so many

of you through this journey!

I’m also looking forward to the 2020 YEARBOOK.

Now’s the time for everyone to start working on that

special group picture!

IMPORTANT NEWSLETTER CHANGES! Over

the last several years the newsletter deadline has

been the 15th of the month, with the newsletter

getting out by the end of that said month (the

newsletter was also “named” for that current

month).

After discussion with President Carla, it was de-

cided to keep the deadline as the 15th of the

month.

HOWEVER the newsletter will now be put out

within the first week of the next month, and be

titled accordingly.

For instance, in order to make this happen im-

mediately this current newsletter had to become

the OCTOBER Edition.

What does this mean to you for the next newslet-

ter edition?

PLEASE turn in all pictures, articles, etc…

by October 15th for the NOVEMBER Newslet-

ter.

Going Forward: Any articles turned in after the

15th of each month, are subject to being held until

the following edition. Also, — Please put your chap-

ter number in the subject line of your email.

Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have ANY

questions.

Paula Lombardo

[email protected]

Phone: 614-827-5362

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NATIONAL 3RD VP

Teri Reece— Blue to Gold Liason

National 3rd Vice President: BLUE TO GOLD PROGRAM

DoD CASUALTY NOTIFICATIONS It is with great sadness that the DoD has reported the loss of service members during the later Month of July and August 2019: SSG William Edward Friese, 30, Rockport, West Virginia; West Virginia Army National Guard (7-18-19) – KIA Kuwait; Gunnery Sergeant Scott A. Koppenhafer, 35, Mancos, Colorado; USMC (8-10-19) – KIA; Aviation Electronics Technician 2nd Class Slayton Saldana, 24; US Navy (7-30-19) – Non-Combat Over-seas; PFC. Brandon Jay Kreischer, 20, Stryker, Ohio; US Army (7-29-19) – KIA Afghanistan; Spc. Michael Isaiah Nance, 24, Chicago, IL.; US Army (7-29-19) – KIA Afghanistan; Specialist Clayton James Horne, 23, Atlanta, Louisiana; US Army (8-17-19); Master Sgt. Luis F. DeLeon-Figueroa, 31, Chicopee, Massachusetts; US Army (8-21-19) – KIA Afghanistan; Master Sgt. Jose J. Gonzalez, 35, La Puente, California; US Army (8-21-19) – KIA Af-ghanistan

Our thoughts and prayers are with their families of these brave Service Members.

SSG William Edward Friese Gunnery Sergeant Scott A.

Koppenhafer Aviation Electronics Technician

2nd Class Slayton Saldana

PFC. Brandon Jay

Kreischer

SPC. Michael Isaiah Nance Specialist Clayton James Horne

Master Sgt. Luis F. DeLeon-Figueroa Master Sgt. Jose J. Gonzalez

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NATIONAL 3RD VP

Teri Reece— Blue to Gold Liason

BLUE DAISY

It is with great sadness that I report the loss on August 1, 2019 of Gold Star & Blue Star Moth-er, Jan McCurdy, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Jan was a Member of Chapter LA1. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family and with her fellow Members of Chapter LA1.

.

September Webmaster article

It is my honor to be the new Webmaster for

the Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc!! I

have learned so much about the website.

I want to say that the “Forgot password” and the “forgot user name” are non-

functioning at this time. Please email me if

you need to have your password reset

([email protected])

I have uploaded some documents from

convention for you to share with your

chapter mates that were not able to make it

this year (once you are logged in to the

website go to 2019 Convention tab on the

left all the way at the bottom.) The Officer

presentations, the presentations the speak-

ers gave and handouts are there for you to

upload.

Stay tuned for some more informational

items to be uploaded on the website!!

*Brenda

WEBMASTER

Brenda Ternullo

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NATIONAL 4TH VP

Kathleen Fowl—Compliance

It’s that time of Year Again

We all look forward to Compliance Time. Right? Not so much!

It really shouldn’t be something that is dreaded, just needed. Our compliance guide has been

revamped to help you work through the process step by step.

Please use it, you will find it on the Forms & Reports page of our website. Remember to use

your chapter profile to file your chapter reports (rather than your personal profile). Every chap-

ter officer can access the Forms & Reports page using the chapter profile. Please be sure to la-

bel anything your upload with your reports with your Chapter Number (ie: TX7).

If you need your Username & Password, send me an email and I will get it to you. And we are

here to help you, so if you are having a problem or need some assistance, please send me an

email and I will get you the help you need. Let’s work together to get 2019 Compliance behind

you and free you up to do the things you love to do.

Thank you so much to all the chapters that have already been working so hard to get it done on

the early side. Please don’t wait until the last minute, because if you run into a problem then –

you are too late to get it resolved before falling into the incompliance category.

On a couple of other notes:

Chapter Mentors – We have a wonderful group of experienced, knowledgeable ladies who are

working as mentors for each and every Blue Star Mothers Chapter. They are there to help

every member of your chapter (not just your chapter officers) – so if you have a question,

concern or need, please contact them and they will be glad to answer your questions and/or

get you the help/guidance you are seeking. If you do not know who your chapter mentor is,

please let me know and we will put you in contact with her.

@bluestarmothers.us Email Addresses: We are able to set up chapter emails for all the of-

ficers of your chapter (as well as other non-elected positions, such as; parliamentarian, histo-

rian, etc.) We highly suggest that you use these emails, keeping all your communication in

one email account for each office/position, ready to pass on to the new officer after each

year’s elections. This keeps all the history for each office in one place, no more hunting for

info in some past officer’s personal email. If you do not have your chapter emails set up,

please email me to get them set up.

Remember, we are here to help you. Please send me an email any time.

Blessings!

Kathleen Fowl

Nat’l 4VP

The deadline for compliance is December 1, 2019.

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DEPARTMENT OF MN

Dept. President Lucie Cutts

Well, as you all know, the 2019 Blue Star

Mothers of America, Inc., National Convention

was held here in Minnesota. I’m a little biased,

but I think it went pretty well! We are very glad

that you all came to visit, we all learned a lot

and had a lot of fun too. We wish we had more

time to show you more!

On Tuesday, August 27th

, it was Military Appre-

ciation Day at the Minnesota State Fair. We had

a Department information table that was

‘Womaned’ by members from all over our State,

and we broke the total attendance record this year too! We also marched in the Military pa-

rade in the afternoon – one of our favorite

things – although this year as we were lining up

– the Sky’s opened up and we got soaked and

also hit by hail! It stopped as quickly as it

started, and the rest of day was wonderful.

We have also been holding our 2019 – 2020

term elections – wonderful women are being

elected to guide and lead our chapters.

We are now preparing for our Department Fall

Convention at the end of October and planning

this next year’s activities!

As promised at the National Convention –

please find attached the recipe for Chicken

Wild Rice Soup – my all-time favorite!

Respectfully,

Lucie L. Cutts

President Department of Minnesota

Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc.

763-442-3217

EDITORS NOTE REGARDING SOUP: If you came to the Minnesota

Convention, there’s a good chance that you had a bowl of

FAMOUS MINNESOTA CHICKEN WILD RICE SOUP!

I can tell you that I had several bowls. The hotel served it in the

restaurant and I could have grazed on this soup for days! If I had-

n’t been in public view… I probably would have licked the bowl

clean! We also had it served at one of our lunches and I felt

butterflies inside when I saw it.... Kind of the way you

feel when you meet someone and it’s love at first sight!

This recipe that Ms. Lucie has shared with us is a keeper!

I’ve already made it and can’t wait to make it again.

Sincerely, Paula Lombardo National 2nd VP

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DEPARTMENT OF MN

Chicken Wild Rice Soup

From the Kitchen of Lucie L. Cutts – Department of Minnesota

½ Cup plus 2 Tbls Butter 1 Finely Chopped Onion

½ Cup chopped Celery 1 1lb bag frozen mixed vegetables

¾ Cup all-purpose flour 9 cups Water/Chicken Broth

½ Cup Wild Rice ½ Cup White Rice

1lb Chicken Breast ½ Teaspoon dried Parsley

Seasoned Salt Ground Pepper Garlic Pwd Onion Pwd

2 Cups half-and-half

Optional: ½ pound fresh Sliced Mushrooms, 1 Cup Slivered Almonds, 3 TBLS Sherry

Directions: Slow boil in a large saucepan, (at least one hour) Chicken Breast in 9 cups of

water, seasoned with Seasoned salt, Garlic Pwd, Onion Pwd and Ground Pepper.

After chicken is cooked remove from pan and cut into small chunks. Set aside. Take out

2 1/2 cups of the Chicken broth and put in another saucepan and bring to a boil, add a 2

TBLS of butter, and a pinch of salt, add all of the rice, stir and return to a boil, stir. Then

turn down to a low simmer, cover and cook rice for 30 minutes (wild rice takes longer to

cook than white). Check after 20 minutes and if moisture gone, but rice not quite

cooked add ½ cup water and a little butter, cover and continue cooking.

Sautee chopped Celery, sliced Mushrooms, and chopped Onion in ½ cup butter on very

low flame for about 5 minutes, add in flour and stir well. Gradually add the rest of the

Chicken Broth while stirring continuously. Bring to a boil and then simmer on very low

heat. Add the chopped Chicken, Mixed Vegetables, Parsley, Almonds, Sherry and

Cooked Rice. Mix thoroughly. Stir in 1/2 & 1/2 and simmer on low for an hour or two.

Do not bring back to a boil or you will break the Roux (thickening). Serve with a side

salad and a Croissant - Enjoy!

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NM 6

BSM Valencia County – NM6

NM6 had a whirlwind 2019 Summer! From The Memorial Day weekend through September, chapter members and associates were busy supporting our troops and our veterans at airport homecomings, celebrations of life, parades, fundraisers, a packing, and the State Fair, etc. while supporting one another. The new board was elected in September, and NM6 moms (and dads) look forward to continuing to serve with our community.

Trophy winner:

charitable organization

NM State Fair:

Remembering our

fallen

Raffle: recording & drawing winners

Quick Pack

New Board: Thanking past president, Annette Arellano (center)

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WI 2

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CA 30

Our 7th Annual Gold and Blue

Star Mother’s Day Luncheon

on April 28th focused on our

partnership with different or-

ganizations including the

American Legion, All American

Riders, National Charity

League, Elk’s Club of Corona,

Inland Empire Gold Star Moth-

ers, the Corona Rotary and the

Chamber of Commerce.

Several board members spoke about their connection to

the different organizations. Board Members present are

from L-R MaryAnn Sherman 2ndVP, Moira Fisher 1stVP,

Veronica Wheeler President, Teresa Bullock 3rdVP, Geni

Kromberg Secretary and Lorraine Camire Financial Sec-

retary (missing Kandie Phelps Treasurer).

Elks Citizen of the

Year Award March

2019

Paul Harris Fellow Award

from International Rotary

Foundation

2019 Woman of the Year for

the 60th Assembly District of

California

2nd Vice President MaryAnn Sherman

was named 2019 Woman of the Year

for the 60th Assembly District of Cali-

fornia by Assemblywoman Sabrina Cer-

vantes. MaryAnn is pictured with her

husband Tom, a Vietnam veteran,

when she received the Elk’s Distin-

guished Citizenship Award for 2019

and the Paul Harris Fellow by Rotary

Foundation International.

We are fortunate to have such a dy-

namic and caring woman on our

board!

MaryAnn and Tom’s son, Col. Thomas

Sherman, is the commander of Wright

Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton,

Ohio.

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MI 191

Michigan 191 was pleased to have a

very successful July Golf Outing!

LA 7

Visiting the VA in New Orleans to play Bingo

with our Veterans—August 10, 2019

Induction Ceremony during our monthly

meeting. August 12th 2019

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I know there’s LOTS of activity going on within our Chapters and Depart-ments…..so please make sure that someone is capturing your events and special moments on camera (or phone)! Do you have a Chapter Historian? This would be a great time to appoint someone if not. All they have to do is send in those great pictures and tell a little bit about the event.

Your special events and activities can be shared in the National BSMA Monthly Newsletter and/or in the National BSMA Yearbook. We love seeing what our sisters are doing in other parts of the country!!

Pssst.... Don’t

forget to renew

your member-

ship.

2019 YEARBOOKS—Yes these are still available!

If you would like to order a 2019 yearbook you may do so through the TreeRing Website or from the BSMA On-line Store.

If you order from TreeRing you can still customize 2 free pages with your own personal pictures.

If that doesn’t matter to you… then you might as well order from the On-line Store.

Please contact me if you would like to go through TreeRing and I will send you the information and/or help you place the order.

Paula Lombardo [email protected] Phone: 614-827-5362