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President’s Message Howdy Aggie Moms!
Fall is in the air…classes are well under way at A&M (it’s
hard to believe the semester is half way over!),
hopefully by now our Aggies have settled into the
routines of college life and the Aggie football team is
6-0 after a hard fought 2OT win over Tennessee.
Whoop!! After a much needed week off, the team rolls
in to Tuscaloosa to take on ‘Bama on October 22.
BTHO ‘Bama!
As always, the fall semester for CCAM is a very active
time of year! Membership is a primary focus for us as
well as several fundraising activities. Thanks to all who
have paid your membership dues—new, returning and
associate members! If you have not yet joined for this
year, NOW is the time to do so. You are encouraged to
pay your dues by the October 17 general meeting so
you can continue to receive our emails and newsletters
and to ensure you will be listed in our membership
directory which will be distributed at our November
general meeting.
Speaking of the directory, advertising in the
Membership Directory is a great way to support CCAM.
Ads placed in the directory help off-set the cost of
printing and we encourage our membership to support
those businesses that advertise. If you or someone you
know may be interested, artwork and payment are due
no later than October 21.
Have you turned in your Pecan order? Pecan sales are
underway and orders are due at the October 17 general
meeting. There are several pecan choices to choose
from: 1 and 2 lb bags of halves, 2 lb bag of pieces, 13
oz bags of flavored pecans, a 13 oz sampler and new
this year, a Texas-shaped Aggie inspired gift tin.
Poinsettias Sales begin October 17 also! These
beautiful Aggie grown Poinsettias are available in red,
white, and pink and are perfect for holiday decorating
and gift giving. Contact your family, neighbors, and
friends and help us raise funds for scholarships and
student organizations at A&M.
As you can see, this year is in full swing…We welcomed
over 80 new Aggie moms at our News Moms Tea last
month and we
had a great
turnout for our
first general
meeting of the
year. Shopping
at Rally House
was our first
Aggie Moms
C o n n e c t i n g
event for September and you won’t want to miss this
month’s event—a brewery tour at Franconia Brewing
Company in McKinney. Goodie Bag pick-ups, Scrip gift
cards, Aggie Angel sign-ups and a book signing by our
October general meeting speaker, author Melissa
Shultz, will all be available at our October meeting.
Please plan to join us October 17 at our general
meeting…a great place to get to know new moms,
renew friendships, make new friends, and be a part of
great traditions!
Thanks & Gig ‘em!
Suzan York ’86
Mom of Elise ’16
C o l l i n C o u n t y A g g i e M o m s C l u b
Volume 33 / Issue 2
October 2016
Aggie Moms Connect ing
C o l l i n C o u n t y A g g i e M o m s C l u b
Inside this edition... General Meeting—October 17
Pecans Sales
Poinsettia Sales
Scrip Gift Cards
Membership
Aggie Moms Connecting Upcoming Events
Name Badges
Aggie Angels
New Moms Tea
Silver Taps
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Fundraising While Shopping! Online Scrip Gift Card Program Now is the time to log on to the website at
shopwithscrip.com to browse the participating retailers
and set up your online account. There is no additional
cost, they never expire, and the Collin County Aggie
Moms club receive the rebates right away! CCAM
receives a percentage of each purchase at the amount
listed. Average amount is 5-7%
We have prepared instructions on how to use the
program and how to sign up for purchasing items online
by linking your bank
account which are all
available on our CCAM
organization website.
Check it out now!
Stop by our Scrip Gift
card table at the
October General Meeting. We will have plenty of gift
cards for sale that you can buy. Bring cash or check
only please! We will also accept orders using the hard
copy forms for pre order a few times this year. If we
don’t have what you need, just fill out a form and
pickup at the next meeting! Please take a few minutes
to learn more about this easy fundraising program that
requires you to sell nothing!
*** The deadline to preorder for the
holidays is November 12. ***
Your SCRIP gift card coordinators are here to help,
contact Tracey Koerner at [email protected] or
Jenny Secrest at [email protected] if you have
questions.
Silver Taps
We extend our deepest
sympathy to the family of
Collin County Aggie Mom,
Troie Burch ‘77 (former CCAM
President and Federation
President, 2015-16) on the death of her husband,
Steve Burch, DDS ‘77, on October 3, 2016.
Aggie Moms Connecting
Upcoming Events
Brewery Tour
When: Saturday, October 22, 11 a.m.
What: Franconia Brewing Company
Where: 495 McKinney Pkwy, McKinney
Husbands and or significant others invited! Alabama
game-watching afterwards; location TBD
Private Shopping Event at
Kendra Scott Jewelry
When: Tuesday, November 8, 5-8 p.m.
What: Kendra Scott Jewelry
Where: Shops at Legacy (Legacy at
Bishop, Plano)
“Kendra Gives Back” donatuions to CCAM!
Holiday Cookie Exchange
Save The Date!
When: Sunday, December 1
What: Cookie Exchange
Where: To be determined!
Signup Today! As Collin County Aggie Moms,
you have two opportunities to
easily support our club. The first
is by signing up for the Good
Neighbor Program through Tom
Thumb by linking your Reward
Card to CCAM.
The second is by enrolling in the
Community Rewards program by
l inking your Kroger Plus
Shoppers card to CCAM.
Information for both of these
programs will be available at our
General Meeting October 17.
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General Meeting
October 17 Melissa T. Shultz is the guest speaker at the October 17
General Meeting. She is the acquisitions editor for Jim
Donovan Literary in Dallas and has written about health
and parenting for The New York Times, The Washington
Post, The Dallas Morning News, Newsweek, Readers’
Digest, The Huffington Post, Next Avenue, Scary
Mommy, Babble, and many other publications and
blogs.
Shultz is the mom of two sons. She was born and
raised in Washington, D.C. From Mom to Me Again:
How I Survived My First Empty-Nest Year and
Reinvented the Rest of My Life is her first book. The
book is based on a year-long series she wrote for
the Huffington Post about her struggle with the empty
nest and the transformation of her marriage,
friendships, career, and ultimately herself. She found
that while women may read everything they can get
their hands on to prepare for their pregnancy and to
help raise their children, they do very little to prepare
for the day their children are no longer at home. And
so, the project was born.
Part self-help, part memoir, the book is filled with
advice from experts (including writers and journalists
such as Jane Pauley) as well as short stories that speak
to the universal truths of motherhood (and of course,
that means some laughter and some tears). It is also
much shorter than War and Peace!
Copies of Melissa’s book will be available for purchase
at the meeting for $15, with signing at the meeting
also. Melissa’s book makes a great gift for Friends and
Family and of course for yourself!
*** Cash or Check only, please! ***
Our general meetings are held at The Gallery Event
Room 6837 Coit Rd, Plano, TX 75024 (just south of
Legacy).
Volume 33 / Issue 2
To our Veteran Moms…
Aggie Angel Moms Needed An Aggie Angel is a veteran Aggie mom who is matched
with a New Aggie Mom and acts as a Big Sister/Mentor.
As Aggie Angels, we try to help New Moms by
answering any questions they might have and helping
them adjust to having a college student at Texas A&M.
It is super easy to be an Aggie Angel! Some of the
following are examples of what to do for your New
Aggie Mom:
Call
Text
Get together for coffee/lunch
Direct her to the proper person for things you do
not know about
Offer to take her to meetings/events
Sit with her at meetings
You get the idea! Let her know that Aggies are special
and as an Aggie Mom, she is even more special!
We also have monthly Aggie Angels dinners where the
Angel Moms and New Moms have a chance to meet as a
group. It’s a great way to meet new friends!
The signup form is available at this location:
http://goo.gl/forms/9OXOmOJ1Zo
Leave no fish behind… pay it forward!
New Aggie Moms… Sign up
for an Aggie Angel Do you have questions or concerns? Aggie Angels are
here to help. An Aggie Angel is a sophomore, junior,
senior, or alumni mom who has "been there" and is
available to answer your many questions concerning
your student's first year at Texas A&M.
Once you sign up, we will match you with an Aggie
Angel and she will reach out to you. You will also be
invited to monthly Aggie Angels dinners where all of the
Angel Moms and New Moms have a chance to meet as a
group. It’s a great way to meet new friends!
The signup form is available at this location:
https://goo.gl/forms/Bj703AdU2Gw4f7zC3
Volunteers needed for
CCAM Positions! Please consider volunteering for one of the following
board positions that are currently available:
Boutique
Raffle
Programs Assistant/Grad Gifts
If interested or if you would like additional information,
please contact Suzan York at:
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CCAM Name Badges Name badges have arrived! If you ordered your name
badge at the New Moms Tea or the September
General Meeting, please stop by at the Membership
table to pick up your name badge at the General
Meeting on October 17.
If you have not yet ordered a name badge and would
like to, orders may still be placed. Order forms are
available on our website and at the general meeting.
Cost for name badges is $9. Questions? Contact Maria
Betten at [email protected].
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Volume 33 / Issue 2
2016 New Moms Tea!
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Pecan Sales — Order Now! The pecan sales are almost over! We offer delicious Texas Grown Pecans that are great for baking, cooking,
snacking, and freezing. Sell to your friends and family. Put them in the new Aggie Tim we have available and give
them as gifts! This is our major fundraiser for the year, so don’t pass on selling pecans thinking you will help with
the next fundraiser! The pecan order forms are available on our website at:
collincountymoms.aggienetwork.com/pecans/
We offer the following pecan choices:
1 lb. Pecan Halves $12
2 lb. Pecan Halves $20
2 lb. Pecan Pieces $18
13 oz individual flavors: $14
* Cinnamon spice
* Milk Chocolate
* Praline
Trouble deciding? A 13 oz. Sampler of four flavors (pictured) is available for $15. The four flavors in the Sampler
include Milk Chocolate, Praline, Honey Roasted, and White Chocolate. Yum!
All pecan orders and money are due at the General Meeting on October 17. The pecans will be here in time for
Thanksgiving! Pecan bagging will be on Saturday, November 5 and Pecan Pick Up is November 6. Please contact Kim
Hagerty at 469-939-8376 or Sonia Chase with any questions at 972-978-8048 or [email protected]
Help us continue to give back to the students and student organizations at Texas A&M through the proceeds from
our annual pecan sale. Happy selling!
Left to right: Andi
Rosenfield, Kathy Steele,
and Cheryl Bellamy setting
up snacks at the September
General Meeting! Yum!
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CCAM Membership Are you a new Aggie mom and haven’t joined yet?
Are you a returning mom and haven’t renewed your
membership for 2016-17?
Join the Collin County Aggie Mom’s
club for the 2016-17 school year.
Membership registration is currently
underway for new and returning Aggie
Moms.
Annual dues are $25 for new and
renewal memberships. Ring of Honor
memberships for mom’s of graduated
Aggies is $12.50.
Join the club by the October 17
deadline to be included in the annual
CCAM membership directory.
Membership forms are available on
our website and at the October 17
General Meetings. Click on the
following link and complete the
membership form:
http://collincountymoms.aggienetwork.com/wp-
content/uploads/2016/07/Membership-Form-2016-2017
-REV.pdf
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Artwork by Benjamin Knox
2016 Poinsettia Sales Deadline to order is November 17 Poinsettia Color Choices: Red, Pink and White
Cost: $12.00 (save $2.00 on each
when you purchase 5 or more)
Pick up: To be determined
What a gorgeous way to begin your
Holiday decorating and gift giving.
These Aggie-grown Poinsettias are fresh, full, beautiful,
and last beyond the Holiday Season. In addition to
adorning your home, purchase some for your family,
friends, church, and co-workers. Pass along this
opportunity to others for their Holiday Decor.
We will have 400 Red, 50 Pink, and 70 White Poinsettias
available to order! Quantities are limited, so don’t wait,
get your order in early!
Poinsettia Trivia
There are many varieties of poinsettias...over 100
actually. Poinsettias account for one-third of sales of all
flowering potted plants every year. More than 65 million
Poinsettias were sold last year!
Julia Hoxie and Suzan York
shopping at the Rally House
event in September!
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Volume 33 / Issue 2
CCAM Board Members
2016-17
President
Suzan York
VP at Large Christy Kinnaird
Secretary
Pam Mapes
Historian
Vicki Reitinger
Parliamentarian
Sonia Chase
Federation
Representative
Troie Burch
1st VP Membership
Martha Champion
collincountymoms@
aggienetwork.com
2nd VP Projects
Jennifer Flatt [email protected]
3rd VP Socials
Andi Rosenfield [email protected]
4th VP Programs
Barbara Vanikiotis [email protected]
5th VP Publications
Susan Gullord
Treasurer
Sue Burke
Email Coordinator
Sherry Bryant
collincountymoms@
aggienetwork.com
Webmaster
Lynette Duval
Newsletter Susan Gullord
Collin County Aggie Moms Connecting — October 2016
CCAM Weekly Emails and Newsletter Weekly emails are sent on Wednesdays. Please send brief and specific
information by Tuesdays that you would like included in the weekly email to:
Monthly Newsletter: Articles for the November newsletter are due on Saturday,
November 12. Send your articles and Aggie Br’Ags to [email protected]
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Cheryl “Action” Jackson Guest Speaker at
November 21 General Meeting Cheryl Jackson is on a mission to reinvent how the world treats families that need
something as simple as their next meal.
Jackson is passionate about fighting hunger, so passionate
that Essence Magazine featured Jackson in a four-page spread.
She has inspired, educated, and entertained thousands of
adults and children with her unique blend of keynote
presentations regarding hunger.
Jackson is a celebrated author, motivational speaker, and a
voice for the hungry. Governor Rick Perry and Phil Dyer, Mayor
of the City of Plano, have honored Minnie’s Food Pantry,
named after Jackson’s mother, Minnie Ewing, for their extensive work on fighting
hunger.
Jackson has used the local and national media to echo her voice of reducing hunger.
She was a contributor on WFAA, Good Morning Texas and a writer for the Dallas
Morning Newspaper. Jackson’s notable achievement was meeting Oprah Winfrey and
receiving a one-on-one interview. The following year she was chosen to play Oprah
for fifteen minutes in front of the entire Oprah show audience.
Through the leadership of Cheryl “Action” Jackson, Minnie’s Food Pantry has been
on The Talk, ABC World News with Diane Sawyer, Ellen, ABC, NBC, and all local
media channels.
We “CAN” Make a
Difference! At the November 21 General Meeting to honor our
guest speaker, Dr. Cheryl Jackson, we ask that each
Collin County Aggie Mom bring a nonperishable food item (or items) to the
meeting to donate to Minnie’s Food Pantry.
Minnie’s Food Pantry provides food assistance to children and families in need in
our community. Hunger is a growing epidemic and it continues to affect hundreds
on a daily basis. Please consider donating to Minnie’s Food Pantry.