We are very happy to announce that our speakers on Friday, March 19 at 11:30 will be Drew Williamson, Director of Shelter and Housing Services and Jenny Santiago, Case Manager for Transitional Living Program. They are planning a 15-20 minute presentation and then time for questions. Have them ready.
To RSVP, click the link below. We’ll look forward to seeing everyoone there.
Diann and some of the board will be there ahead of our speaker to highlight upcoming events, but our focus will be on sharing information presented by our guest speakers.
Other Important Announcements:
Easter Baskets
Please help us to make Easter a special time for the Cypress House and the Nest:
With Easter on Sunday, April 4, plans are underway for our wonderful Easter basket program. This year we will provide ten baskets for the girls at Cypress House and four for the children at The Nest.
With no in-person meetings, Leslie Walker has once again offered her covered entryway as a pick-up and delivery site for the Easter basket items as she did for Christmas gifts. Suzan Huntington has made a beautiful wreath with tags for Cypress members to access. The baskets will be filled with a variety of candy, craft and writing materials, and personal products along with a few new items. Each tag will also show quantities needed. As in the past, we are grateful to Connie Taylor for her ongoing support and all that she provides.
Important Dates
- Friday, March 5 – Tags will be available for Auxiliary members to select in the Walker covered entryway.
- Thursday, March 18 – Final date for items to be delivered to the Walker home. Baskets will be assembled the next week and delivered to corporate headquarters.
As always, we appreciate the generosity of the Cypress membership for giving these young people such a happy, fun holiday experience. The filled, beautifully wrapped baskets show these young people that others care.
Update on Cypress Dinners
The Board of Directors has provided dinners for Cypress during the months of January and February. We are in need of other members to team up and volunteer to prepare simple dinners for the following open dates April 21, May 5, May 19, June 2, June 16, and June 30.
Dinners are to serve 10. They don’t have a lot of room for leftovers, so we shouldn’t make large amounts. Dinners have been an entrée, maybe a salad or other side dish and, dessert.
Dinners are to be dropped off on the Cypress House front porch between noon and 4:00 p.m. There is a cooler available on the porch. Put dinners in the cooler, ring the doorbell, and you are done! Everything has been going very well so far.
If you have any questions or want to volunteer for a dinner date, please contact Jan Bliss at (503) 539-9095 or email her at jantbliss@aol.com.
Share Your “COVID Vaccine Story” (Updated 2/24/21)
We recently introoduced this new a fun project for us all to enjoy — “Share Your COVID Vaccine Story” so we can anticipate getting back together sooner than later. Share your COVID Vaccine story at the following link. So far, we have over 25 members who have their first vaccine and 7, their second.
https://cypressonline.org/sharing/share/
Note: We were originally going to track this information and report those results but there was concern about sharing too many specifics. This was explained in an updated email on 2/24/21 to all members.
30th Anniversary Video
Click here to view the anniversary video when you have a 20 minutes to check it out. It includes a very nice sooundtrack. A lot of work and thought went into it.
See everyone on March 19th!
Sincerely,
Diann Harland
President, Cypress Branch
Boys & Girls Aid