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My Sisters!
We are now into the second quarter of this club year. My how the time does fly! As the year progresses let us all be mindful of the Continental Pledge (our promise) “to do all within my power as a member. . .to observe and execute the objectives. . .pledge my wholehearted support of the programs of the group. . .serve my chapter. . .abide by the laws. . .endeavor at all times to make myself worthy of membership. . .
Although we are off to a good start, I encourage every sister in the Mid-Atlantic house to assist your chapter in planning and implementing meaningful pro-grams for our children. Your chapter needs you, your region needs you. When we work to-gether we not only solidify the future of our children but also for our organization. Roll up your sleeves and join us in this year’s Red Ribbon Week and Anti-Bullying events. I guaran-tee it’ll make you feel good to give back to the community and your sisters will welcome you
From the Desk of the Regional Director
NEWSLETTER OF THE CONTINENTAL SOCIETIES, INC. ® MID-ATLANTIC REGION
‘OUR CHILDREN, OUR COMMITMENT, OUR CONCERN’
P. O. Box 6732 Virginia Beach, VA 23456
Webpage: www.midatlanticregioncontinentals.org Nonmember Email Address: [email protected]
The Mid-Atlantic Gazetti
with open arms. Speaking of sisters, I must thank you all for sending in photos of Continental Sunday celebrations. You all looked beautiful! Is there anything better than sisterhood? Not where I sit! We have to con-tinue to lift each other up, embrace our Continental Virtues, and let our governing documents be our guide as we continue on this jour-ney. Lastly, our 36th Regional Meet-ing promises to be a GREAT one and I look forward to meeting and greeting each of you there.
Sisterly & Sincerely,
Myra
Volume V, Issue 2
DUES PAYABLE PERIOD IS NOW!!! July 1st-December 31st: Membership Intake Period October: National Bullying Prevention Month
October 15th: Dues are to be submitted to National Financial Secretary by this date; late fees incur past this date October 23-31: Red Ribbon Week. (send pictures and the report card to 1st Vice RD Cin-dy Smalls and copy the RD) November 1: Membership Intent forms due to 2nd Vice Regional Director November 8th-9th: National Board Meeting; Peachtree, GA January 1st: Special permis-sion required for Membership Intake beginning this date through June 30, 2020 January: Scholarship applica-tions due this month February 15th: HEER reports due to 1st Vice RD; Mabs Kemp Essay Reports due to 1st Vice RD. March 13th-14th, 2020: 36th MAR Meeting. Newport News, VA; Mathews Chapter, co-host.
Service
Greetings, Continental Sisters! The members of the Mathews, VA Chapter look forward to welcoming you to Newport News, VA on March 13th and 14th. You don’t want to miss Regional Meet-ing 2020!
Regional Meetings Chair,
CS QuoVadis Washington-Brown
Look for additional information to come out on these current and upcoming programs/projects: —Anti-bullying Month is here! —Red Ribbon Week is October 23rd-31st —HEER + Arts and Humanities Programs. The goal is to have every chapter send in at least one report in one of the components. —Work Smart! Integrate the national initiatives in your HEER Programs or combine two or more into one project. Exam-ple: Include the Healthy Eating Initiative with Oral Health; a one day STEM Project can become your CAMP Report. Not to mention that ‘A Basketful of Books’ can satisfy your Educa-tion component. —The Mabs Kemp Essay Con-test will get underway soon. —The MAR Program Commit-tee will meet on Thursday, Octo-ber 24th!
Cindy L. Smalls, 1st Vice RD
The spirit of sisterhood permeated the first meeting of the MAR Membership Committee! —Special prayer was conducted for our Wilmington sisters who are going through trying times —Continental Sunday Celebrations were shared —Please send in your Membership Intent Forms —Please encourage all to pay dues —Information regarding Distinctive Years of Service and Unsung Sister-hood Awards will be forthcoming —Project: 3R3 is rolling with 75% of chapters participating in varying stag-es of the membership intake process —The MAR Membership Committee will meet on November 6th.
Nieta Scott-Dunmore, 2nd Vice RD
Upcoming Events
Scholarship Sisterhood
The ‘Call to Action’ for the 2019 Scholarships is on its way! —It is imperative that each chapter send in the name and contact infor-mation for your scholarship chair. —The Scholarship Committee will meet Monday, October 21st. Addi-tional information will be forwarded to you. —We encourage all chapters to seek out scholars to apply for the regional scholarship. A copy of the scholar-ship will be forwarded to all chap-ters and can be downloaded from our regional website. —Proceeds from the Red, White and Green Ball determines the amount of our scholarships and the number of scholarships that we are able to give to children. Please support our efforts. Thanks!
Rosa Nolen, Scholarship Chair
Coordinators -A Basketful of Books -Shoes and Socks Plus for the Journey -CS Cassandra Conover and CS
Pamela Woods, respectively.
Kudos to Charleston Chapter and to Roanoke Chapter who completed their 990s perfectly on the first submission, no revisions!
Shout-out to Tri-Cities Chapter for a successful ‘Sundresses and Sounds’ event on, August 18th.
Looking good! The Richmond Chapter and the Wilmington Chapter sent in awesome pictures from their chapter retreats. Check them out on our website!
Kudos to Charleston Chapter and New Bern Chapter who are in varying stages of the Membership Intake process and Norfolk-Virginia Beach Chapter who has recently been approved. Stay tuned for news from other chapters in the ’Meet and Greet’ stages.
A joyous time was had by all in attendance at the Goldsboro Chapter’s recent Membership Induction Ceremony. The hard work of the Goldsboro Chapter paid off and it showed from the ambience of the facility and hospitality and sisterly spirit of the Goldsboro members!
Continental Sunday 2019! From the Mountains of Virginia to the Shores of North Carolina to the South Carolina Low Country, the Sisters of the Mid-Atlantic Region showed up and showed out for Continental Sunday with 11 of 12 chapters participating and donating a total of $1,575.00 to our local communities. Check out the regional webpage for additional photos from Continental Sunday!
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Chapter Celebrations
A Blend of the Old and the New
Oh Happy Day!
From the Mountains of
Roanoke
To the Shores of Wilmington
To the Charleston Low Country
Thank you to CS Christine Moore who continues to do a FANTASTIC job overhauling our regional website. If you have not visited our site, please do so. It would make you proud to be a member of the Mid-Atlantic Region. Google Mid-Atlantic Region Continen-tals or use your browser and key in the address: www.midatlanticregioncontinentals.org
Thank you National President Robin T. Browder for motivating our Regional Executive Board by extending greetings and well wishes at our first board meeting. We appreciate you taking the time from your busy schedule. Your region is so very proud to call you our own!
Our well wishes are with CS Hiawatha Jones on Election Day, October 8th in Goldsboro, NC! Sister Hiawatha is a candidate for City Council! Talk about Community Service!!!!
CS Gail Anderson (above, right) ‘dropped the mike’ when she serenaded our new sisters at the Goldsboro Chapter’s Installation Re-ception. Beautiful voice!!!
Please send congratulations and a hearty welcome to our new sisters (see page 2) of the Goldsboro Chapter. They are (left to right):
Christina Allen [email protected] Thelma Black [email protected]
Jeannette Dixon [email protected]
Tonya Sampson [email protected]
Amber Sutton [email protected]
. . .and who is this picture perfect pair of sisters? Well, you’ll have to call around the region to find out and the first sister who sends in the correct information gets special seating and recognition at our 36th Regional Program & Awards Luncheon on March 14th. Send the sisters’ names and the name of their chapter to [email protected]. Sorry, the sisters in the picture and the chapter members of this awesome pair are not eligible.
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The Red, White and Green Stay at Home Ball is a regional fundraiser for our scholarships and HEER programs. Please donate and/or solicit funds. Categories are as follows:
Red: $25.00 - $50.00
White: $51.00 - $75.00
Green: $76.00 or more
CS Comatha Jones, Chairperson
20 for 2020 Fifteen members representing nine (9) chapters in the region paid the $20.00 at 2019 Conclave. Please participate in this national fundraiser. A portion of the funds comes back into the chapters. Coordinator, CS Michelle Holston.
This is a regional project that raises funds for underprivileged youth in Third World countries. A little goes a long way. Please donate. The devasta-tion in island countries like The Baha-mas, the lack of clean drinking water in African villages, etc. Think about how you can help benefit a child’s life. Donated funds should be channeled and receipted through local chapters, then forwarded to MAR for additional track-ing. Further directives are forthcoming. We appreciate your participation. All donors will be recognized at Regional Meeting.
THE CONTINENTAL MEMBERSHIP PIN
The pin is an adaptation of our national symbol cast in gold. Below the hand are three stones: a Ruby, a Pearl, and an Emerald. The red, white and green stones represent our national colors. The official colors of the Continental Societies, Inc. are red, white and green. RED: Symbolizes our friendship and love for children and all humanity WHITE: Symbolizes our sincerity of purpose and our desire to aid children uncompromisingly GREEN: Symbolizes fertility and our prayer that our programs will grow in structure of purpose, enriching and development of children and youth. The pin should be worn over the heart with the chapter name bar fastened to the left. The pin should be worn at formal Continental sessions, services, and meetings. (Manual of Standard Operating Procedures, 2019, Appendix V Protocol pages 4 and 5)
NOTE: The pin is not worn on tee-shirts and other casual attire. The pin is worn on your left.
Recreation is one of the components in our Five-Point Programmatic Thrust. . .Soooo. . .Let’s Play! Here’s how it works! The first Continental Sister who sends in the correct answer to the following trivia question will get special recognition in each 2019-2020 issue of The Mid-Atlantic Gazette, recognition on our regional website, and special seating/recognition at our 36th Regional Program & Awards Luncheon. Send your response, cited reference, along with your name and your chapter’s name to [email protected]. Ready? Here we go. . .
Three chapters of this great organization collectively designed the official symbol of the Continental Societies, Inc.®. Name the three chapters, describing each chapter’s contribution along with its symbolic meaning. Good Luck!!! (No one sent in the correct answer from the last issue, ready to try again?)
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE
MAR
Our Children
Particularly Protocol
Sisterhood
Historical Hallmarks
Our Commitment
Our Concern Commitment to sisterhood is being emotionally bound to our sisters. Our commitment to sisterhood began when we signed the pledge at our Membership Induction ceremony and became a member of Continental Societies, Inc. A commitment to sisterhood is working hard to attain and sustain a rela-tionship with your sisters through the good times and not so good times. We commit ourselves to serving as a leader when it is time to lead and a follower when it is time to follow. Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo break down. Oprah Winfrey
Optimism and sisterhood go hand-in-hand. Being optimistic is having the type of attitude that keeps us focused on the positive characteristics of a person. Optimism is a conscious selective focus on the good. When we are optimistic we are happier, better sisters and we help others be happy and hope-ful, too. Over and over you can be sure There will be sorrow but you will endure Where there’s a flower, there’s the sun and the rain Oh and it’s wonderful they’re one and the same Joy and pain are like sunshine and rain. Frankie Beverly and Maze