President’s Message
The Siouxland Friends and Neighbors motto, “Bloom Where You Are Planted”, is what initially attracted me to this organization. My husband’s career “planted” us here, we’d just had our first child and I wanted very much for our family to “bloom” here. Blooming however, whether figuratively or literally, requires roots. Siouxland Friends & Neighbors helps us establish roots by providing opportunities to form personal relationships as well as opportunities to invest in our community.
When I first heard about Siouxland Friends and Neighbors I was actually a little thrown by the charitable aspect of the group; it seemed superfluous. But over the years I’ve come to eagerly anticipate the charity section of each newsletter and now understand how vital investing in my community is to my ability to feel connected and “rooted” here. We try to introduce our membership to new non-profit organizations each year through our monthly monetary donations, our volunteer efforts and our annual holiday dinner fundraiser. We may not all be in a position to give individually, but when we combine our resources, time & talents we can really make an impact. Please know that simply by paying your SFN dues and being a participating member in our organization, your impact is already being felt in our community.
Our membership is 100+ women strong this year. I encourage each of you to join together again to make an impact this November 20th at our holiday dinner fundraiser. The proceeds from the auctions & raffle will benefit the up & coming Children’s Museum of Siouxland (http://www.childrensmuseumofsiouxland.org). We’ll also be collecting supplies for the Sioux City Ronald McDonald House that night (http://www.ronaldhouse-Siouxcity.com/donations/wishlist.htm ), So bring your contributions to the dinner. You can find all this information, and more, on our website;http://SiouxlandFriendsandNeighbors.com – I look forward to seeing you at the Dakota Dunes Country Club on Thursday, November 20th!!
Melanie Swain
President
“After the verb ‘to Love’,’ to Help’ is the most beautiful verb in the world.”
Bertha von Suttner
November Events:
Friday, Nov. 7th is Playgroup at Long Lines
Saturday, Nov. 8th is Movie Club at the Promenade
Wednesday, Nov. 12th is Scrapbooking
Thursday, Nov. 13th is Bunko
Friday, Nov. 14th is TGIF
Saturday, Nov. 15th is Ladies Night Out
Thursday, Nov. 20th is Daytime Book Club
Thursday, Nov. 20th is the Holiday Party Fundraiser
Monday, Nov. 24th is Lunch Bunch
All details regarding these events (e.g. time, location, description) can be found in your November Newsletter!
