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Did you know that an estimated one billion valentine cards are sent each year, making Valentine's Day the second largest greeting-card-sending holiday of the year? Valentine's Day (February 14th) is a celebration of friendship and love. It is a special day to let someone know you care.
AWG members are caring. We care about our loved ones, family and friends. We also care about women and children - strangers, near and far, that could use some help...and it is for this reason that AWG is involved in charities around the world.
It came to the board's attention last month that not all of our members are aware of all of our charity involvement and donations. It is true that for the past two years we have not had a charity coordinator, chair or committee but that does not mean we have not been involved in charity efforts nor does it mean we have not made charity donations. In fact, over the past two years AWG has donated over 3,000 euro to six different projects and there is more donation money promised to at least one other organization! We have also donated goods (household items to La CLE, used greeting cards to CSF, infant items and clothing to Restos Bébés, and scarves to the Restos Bébés mothers). In addition, AWG has three members who volunteer weekly at Restos Bébés, several ambassadors for the Americans Overseas Domestic Violence Crisis Center (AODVCC) and at least two members have attended the Cancer Support France Languedoc (CSF) active listening training seminar. (If you would like a more detailed report of AWG's recent charity and fundraising efforts please refer to Scriveners for a recent posting on this topic.)
Coordinating our charity and fundraising efforts is not easy without a chair or committee and we are still looking for someone (or several members) to take charge of our charity research and development. However, AWG members should be proud of the high level of AWG's involvement in charity projects both locally and internationally and the fundraising efforts behind our donations.
Speaking of fundraising, don't miss out on February's Mardi Gras fundraising dinner and raffle of traditional Mardi Gras goods (see FF article for details). Looking ahead, please mark your calendars for our FUNdraising BINGO Bonanza scheduled for April 28th.
Happy Valentine's Day and Happy Mardi Gras!
Kim
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24 th January 2012.