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Imagine yourself as part of a group of caring people with the opportunity to decide how best to use funding that benefits people in need and your community. Imagine being able to increase the impact that money has through community involvement, awareness, and additional funds raised through the activity of the caring and work of many hands! This year Canyonlands Chapter will have dispersed over $18,000.00 in benefits. These funds were distributed to the purchase of a lift chair for a handicapped person, help individuals defray medical costs, helped four home owners replace flood damage from the Santa Clara Spring flood, supported other environmental issues, supported Boy Scout Troops, and other Christian Auxiliaries, such as Dixie Care and Share, and will purchase gifts for homeless youth during the Christmas Season.
Since the beginning of the New Chapter organization established by Thrivent Financial in 2003 you local Canyonlands Chapter has had the privilege of dispersing over $36,000.00 dollars in benevolent funds through fund raising activities, and Thrivent Financial supplemental funds program. It’s a great feeling when someone comes to us with a problem and we can provide assistance to them and help restore their life. If you would like to join our Canyonlands Chapter and help in our programs, contact our Vice President John Mogren by Phone (435) 635-7708, or E-mail ( emogren@sginet.com) or slow mail at (PO. Box 965. La Verkin, Utah 84745-0965).
Thrivent Financial set aside six million in matching funds for their members to contribute tothe disaster fund, and two million dollars for chapters to have activities for matching funds. When I called Thrivent Fraternal the first week of October to find out how the forms were to be made out, I was told “Great news! All the funds have already been spoken for, and we still have a big box of form to process in our office.” I think that speaks to the success of the Thrivent Organization’s Fraternal program. You can still send your donations to the Disaster Relief of your denomination, it is just that there are no longer any supplement funds available.
Chapter leader elections are just around the corner and we have vacancies on the Chapter Leadership Board. Board members only serve one year at a time and must be reelected each year. A Board member can serve only four years in succession, and then must take two years off. Most of our present members have reached their third year of service and next year will be our fourth. This means after that it will mean finding a mostly new board. To eliminate the problem of having to elect a total new slate of Board members at one time we would like to fill three offices with new members for the year of 2006. Our chapters three vacancies for the year of 2006 are “Vice President, Congregational Service Team Director and Assistant Financial Director.
Vice President This position supports the President in times when the president is not available. The duties of this position are parallel to the Presidents duties and the two are a vital team to the life of the Chapter.
PRESIDENT Lee Hughes (435) 674-0044 1828 Red Mountain Dr. Santa Clara, UT 84765-5266
This newsletter was written and edited by volunteer leaders of your local Thrivent Financial for Lutherans chapter to keep you informed of chapter news. If you have any questions and/or comments about the content of this newsletter or would like to learn more about chapter activities being planned in your area, please contact one of your chapter leaders. To access you chapter leader contact information, go to www.thrivent.com; Members/Chapters; Information About My Chapter; View Leadership/Activities/Website; Chapter Leadership Board.
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