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Membership MattersLate Summer/Early Fall • August —September 2019
The newsletter for women making a difference together in Baldwin County
A Word From Ann pg. 2
•May 7 Member Orientation —
Not Just for First-Timers!pg. 2
Help Select the Grant Finalistspg. 3
Your board has been very busy this summer! As we discussed plans and goals at the July Board Retreat, we first listed our strengths. Number one on the list was “Our 503 Members.” So, please, let me say “thank you” to each of you for bringing your strength to Impact 100 Baldwin County.
This summer, we’ve had the opportunity and pleasure to see firsthand some of the work Impact 100 Baldwin County grant recipients are doing. We attended the Fairhope/Point Clear Youth Rotary Club gym dedication, presented the check to Big Fish for the purchase of their new home for women, hefted a shovel at the Miracle League of Coastal Alabama’s groundbreaking, and watched with pleasure as construction of the South Baldwin Literacy Council’s new classrooms neared completion. Seeing all the smiles and knowing we are playing a part in making Baldwin County a better place to live is so rewarding!
Our Focus Groups are hard at work selecting the finalists for 2019. Executive Summaries will be coming to you in October. Save November 4 for our Annual Meeting! See you there, Ann
A Word
Ann Rumley Impact 100 Baldwin County President 2019
Annfrom Make your annual membership
donation in installments and ease the impact on your budget
Don’t forget that Impact 100 offers an installment option for your 2020 membership dues. It’s a great way to budget and spread out your $1,000 membership contribution.
For many of us, it is easier to make smaller payments throughout the year rather than one lump sum. (Especially around Mardi Gras and tax time!) The installment plan provides an easy and affordable way for you to budget your membership dues. For instance, with eight months left in the 2019 membership year, your $1,000 payment would be only $125 a month. Paying by installments is easy to set up and ensures that your membership payment will be completed by the March 31 deadline. You choose how and when you want to pay: Check or credit card or bank draft. Monthly, quarterly, or some other frequency. Your choice.
There are several ways to take advantage of the installment plan: You can set up automatic payments through your bank. You can charge them to your credit card (earn ‘miles,’ too!) or you can write periodic checks. You decide the best method for you.
There are only two rules: (1) Your initial contribution must be $100 or more and (2) your $1,000 membership contribution must be paid in full no later than the March 31 membership deadline.
The installment plan is offered in addition to our usual payment methods of cash, credit cards, PayPal, and gifts of stock.
To take advantage of the payment plan, click here to go to our online application form.
It’s official! Thanks to your membership, a new women’s residential home has opened in Baldwin County. Our 2018 grant of $92,000 provided a down payment on the house and 6-acre property located in lower Baldwin County. Through the purchase, Big Fish Ministries will meet a growing need among addicted and homeless women. This is the only long-term women’s residential home in Baldwin County. The house has gone through extensive refurbishing and will house up to 18 women. Comfortable and stylish, the building has a remodeled kitchen, living room, porch, and bedrooms with bunk-beds. The wooded lot has fruit trees, rows of grapes, a small creek and outbuildings which will all foster healing, peace and solace.
The long-term residential program, “Pathway to Purpose,” for women age 18 years and older is designed to address addiction through ‘Christ-centered healing and transformation.’ The program is open to all women —whateve r their affiliations or beliefs. Residents are provided with recovery classes, individual and group mentoring, case management, life-skills training, legal and educational advocacy, and employment readiness training.
Isaac Stooksberry, Executive Director of Big Fish Ministries, says the program asks for only $500.00 at in-take. “If they don’t have it, we will find a way. No one is turned away.” Stooksberry also noted that the two Big Fish thrift stores located in Foley provide an oppor-tunity to learn job skills. “By working at the thrift stores, residents can obtain valuable job experience. And, work therapy is an important part of the recovery process.
“These women will embark on an incredibly difficult, exhausting, but rewarding journey to reclaim their lives. Everybody needs a second chance at mercy and we are giving them that chance.” said Stooksberry. Filling this need for an affordable recovery program for women will have a long-term impact on Baldwin County. —Amanda Green Mitchell
Global Conference: Happening Soon October is near at hand and that means that the Impact 100 Global Conference is taking
shape. Conference topics will include Communications and Public Relations, Grant Finalist Selection, Developing Leadership, and many others as well as break-out sessions.
Join your colleagues and forge new friendships with women from the 70+ chapters around the world at the 2019 Global Conference. It’s all happening in Pensacola
from October 27-29th at the Hilton Pensacola Beach. Click here to learn more: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2019-impact-100-global-conference-tickets-55917815692
Grant Recipient Results— Big Fish Ministries
Your grant dollars at work!Construction on 2017 Grant Recipient South Baldwin Literacy Council’s new classrooms is almost finished, which will bring that grant cycle to a successful close.
Meanwhile, the 2018 recipients are in full swing of realizing their projects.
On August 1, Impact 100 Baldwin County President Ann Rumley (right, below) and Grant Chair Sandy Stepan helped break ground on Miracle League Park, where people with special needs can play side-by-side with friends and family.
Member Spotlight—Judy Thompson: She’ll Give You Good Advice, But Not Unless You Ask For It
What led you to support Impact 100?I was looking for an organization where I could donate
money and actually see the end results of my donation. I saw a poster for Impact at Windmill Market and checked it
out. I attended the kick-off meeting and joined that night.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island with your basic needs met,
what would you take for fun? Maybe something to paint with. I’m not a painter at all,
but maybe I could learn if I didn’t have anything else taking up my time.
What’s your best piece of life advice?If someone didn’t ask for your advice, don’t give it.
What one thing do you think Impact 100 Baldwin County needs to do to make
the most impact it can?Continue to get the organization’s name out there—so we
can get more members and be able to give more grants.
What’s your favorite guilty pleasure?Watching sunsets, and planning small dinner parties that
I never get around to having.
Judy Thompson joined Impact 100 Baldwin County in 2014 and is currently serving her first term on the board.
Katherine Allen Judy Barlow
Suzanne BarnhillAmy Katherine
Bennett Karen Billups Necie Borroni
Moren Braswell Barbara Brown
Mary Calvin Carol Cleverdon Elizabeth Cole
Beverly Courington Janine Crocker
Ann Davis Deborah Donghi Heather Drago
Pam Ewell Wendy Feuss Kim Gibson Linda Glaze
Carol Gordon Sarah Gordon Debra Grear
Carolyn Green Sheila Hale
Abby Hamilton Dale Hansel
Abigail Hardin Melanie Harris Susan Hassler Valerie Head Sue Heatter Katie Herrin
Beth Holman Anne Irving
Ashley Jones Davis Catherine Kiser Hope Knobler
Miki Kohn Kristen Koppen Maureen Krison Monica Leonard
Barbara Levitt Lenise Ligon
Nancy Lindsay Nora Mandoki
Karen Matthews Melissa McCarty
Carol Motley Carson Nicolson
Amy Norris Melanie O’Donnell
Nickie OlsonMichelle Orr
Margaret Pace Brenda Parnell Anne Pearson
Stephanie Purdy Teri Reddoch
Dee Ann Reed Katrina Renfroe
Betty Riley Brenda Rogers Rachel Romash
Lynn Ross Miranda Schrubbe
Janel Smith Lucia Andrews Smith
Lucy Smith Sandra Stewart
Bailey Stitt Janie Stone
Susan Storey Rosalie Stromme
Suzanne Thornburg Elsa VanEysbergen
Sara Walker Elaine Waller Lee Welch Chan West
Vickie Weyand Casey Williams
Dora Willis Savan Wilson Cindy Zebryk
Thanks to our members serving on Focus Groups 2019
Many thanks to our corporate donors!
PATRONS
Corporate donors help cover our administrative expenses so that
every dollar of your membership donationscan go into the community through grants.
PARTNERS
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Impact 100 Baldwin County
Board of Directors2019
Ann Rumley, President
Suzanne Thornburg,Vice President/President ElectNancye Wolfe,
Membership Secretary
Barbara Levitt,Recording SecretaryElsa VanEysbergen,
TreasurerElizabeth Cole,
Assistant TreasurerNecie BorroniDeb Carlson
Sheila DodsonCarol GordonSheila Hale
Abby HamiltonVeronica Herndon
Anne IrvingNancy Lambe
Susan LoveladyJerry Ann McCarron
Jan PruittLucy Smith
Sandy StepanJudy Thompson
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September 10 – NOONTIN TOP
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September 24 – 4:30pmFall Social Couples Event
BLUE GILL3775 Battleship Pkwy
(on the Causeway)Spanish Fort
October 16 – 5:00pmGREEN GATES MARKET
(downtown store)150 North Section Street
FairhopeSip and Shop, 10% off.
Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres.
Hostesses: Cathy Brumback, Rebecca
Canale, Sharon Dearing
November 12 – 4:30pmPIGGLY WIGGLY
WINE TASTING ($20)Food, fun and wine, hosted by
Susan Cox86 Plantation Pointe
Fairhope(We must have at least
20 people, maximum of 42. This is a lot of fun and
Susan does an excellent job.)
December 6 – NOONCome Celebrate
the Holidays!FAIRHOPE YACHT CLUB
101 Volanta AvenueFairhope
If you plan to attend, please let
Jerry Ann McCarron know so there will be enough
seating. Email her at
[email protected] or call/text her at
251-510-6790. We will try to accommodate
last-minute guests, too.
No rules. No agenda. Just fun!
Join us for Just for Fun,
Impact’s monthly social get-togethers. These events are for current members, guests and 2020
member prospects. Bring a friend and join in.
Save the DateMark November 4 on your
calendar for the annual grants awards meeting.