November President's Message!
By Debby Phillips

Some Thanks to Give…

For Love, Compassion, Serenity, Understanding, Sympathy, Patience, Integrity, Dedication, Honesty, Confidence, Strength, Pride, Intelligence, Sense of Humor, Hope, Appreciation, Dreams, Goals and Happiness.

• Thanks for sharing your talents and the opportunity to exploit them to their utmost by volunteering whenever you can.  It’s great to have new people step forward to shadow some of our members who have been volunteering in the same position each year.  Organizations need new blood and ideas.

• Thanks for your attendance at our Art Alliance and Museum events.  The Inland Empire Weekly named RAM as the Best Museum in the Inland Empire in their “Best of… issue”.  And, it was wonderful to see so many members help during the successful Off the Wall.

• Thanks for giving of yourself to financially support the Art Museum.  With tough economic challenges facing us, we are fortunate to have a great local art museum.  We need your help to find or recommend sponsors for our banners so we have a successful fundraiser!  See the “Top Ten Reasons to Buy a Banner” list inside.

• Thanks for your friendships.  It’s the great friends in an organization that keep it alive.  Plus, friends want to have fun together.  At our November meeting, our Fun Chair Kathi Fraser will present several activities and we’ll choose a Fun Event for early 2009.

Thanksgiving is not just this month.  It should be everyday, just by using what we have been given to the best of our abilities.   Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!

Debby Phillips
President 2008 - 2009