Dear Members,
After two
vacations with various children and grandchildren I’m back at work on upcoming PAA
events. We have a busy schedule for the second half of 2017.
The next
event is the Second Annual Summer Garden
Party which will be held on August 26th. Last year we had about 60 people and enjoyed
a beautiful warm summer evening in a lovely backyard. We hope to duplicate and enlarge on the idea
of a party with food and drinks but dedicated
to raising funds for the Association of Auxiliaries special project this year, “Talk, Read, Sing”. Last year we raised about $6000 from the
silent auction and we hope to do even better by increasing from 60 to 80 or
more guests and also giving people the chance to make direct donations (especially if you don’t need any more
stuff.) We’ll even have a raffle for those who make a direct donation that
night. Contact Sarah privately for more information.
If you need a
ride or can offer another member a ride, please let me know. Some of our
members don’t drive after dark.
The most
popular auction items are vacation homes, sporting events, theater or dinner
tickets and personal services. We would love to have more of these to offer as
well as special beverages and unique items to add to our themed baskets. Good
items in the auction help boost our attendance! I can take your donations until
the 17th or even later but please let me know what’s coming. If you
need to have anything picked up, please call me by the 17th.
Another
recent event this past week was the Restaurants with Heart Luncheon at the Blue
Garden Café at Allied Arts. Despite some problems with delays and orders, we
had a good turnout and the gardens were beautiful. Blue Garden gave us all of
their walk-ins which helped make it a strong financial success for PAA, despite
only serving lunch. Thanks to all who helped, especially Karen and Bob Stevens
and Ginny Wilson.
In August on
the 28th and 29th, we will visit MacArthur Park in Palo
Alto for dinner only. Please see our
website for details. Did you know that the famous woman architect Julia Morgan
designed the building which opened in 1918? Eating in an historical landmark is
enough for me to want to come, let alone the wonderful menu including BBQ and
Mud Pie.
Of course,
the Restaurants with Heart project can always use more help. Let me know if you
are willing to be a hostess or to coordinate a month or do one of the smaller
jobs needed each month.
Mark your
calendars for our next general meeting on
MONDAY, September 18th at
the Foundation office at 1 PM. We decided to try a Monday to allow some of
those who always are busy on Tuesdays to join us. We’ll see if it works. We plan to have a speaker but remember to
bring toiletries, and new or used books for children if you can.
Also save
the date for our tour of the new hospital on Tuesday, October 24th. More
information will be available at our September meeting.
Other
auxiliaries are busy, too but Charter has had to close due to road construction
so don’t take them contributions at the moment.
I hope to
see many of you in August on the 26th or at RWH on the 28th
or 29th and many in September on the 18th also.
Sincerely,
Sarah Beetem
PAA
President
