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As your chapter President to see your copy! |
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Booklet | | | Thrivent Night at the Ballpark! |
It’s back, and it’s time to start swinging the bat to get your members excited about the ballgame! This year’s ballgame will be held Saturday, August 1st at 4:10 between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Kansas City Royals. Tickets will be $17. $3 of every ticket will go to Luther Springs Camp and will be supplemented by funding provided through the Care Abounds in Communities program of Thrivent Financial. You can use the attached bulletin inserts, order forms, informational sheet and poster! If you have any questions, please call Darlene Kaiser at tollfree 866-733-3990. See you at the ballgame!
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| | 2008 Volunteer Excellence Awards |
| Monica Folk – Families with Children Category | Danielle Kearney – Adult Category | Ausma Mursch – Retired Category |
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Monica, Chapter President of the Osceola Chapter, serves members at Trinity Lutheran Church, fellow Lutherans and the community. Monica has a “can do” attitude and pays close attention to detail to ensure that activities run smoothly and efficiently, all with a loving and caring touch. She is also very involved with supporting and promoting their Thrivent Builds Home. | Danielle served as Financial Director of the East Hillsborough Chapter. She ensured that good financial records were kept and checks written on time. Danielle was very conscientious of our member funds and worked hard to build the Hillsborough Chapter. Danielle was involved in promoting their Thrivent Builds Home and is involved with Kay Prox Food Bank through Our Savior Lutheran Church. | Ausma’s smiling eyes and energetic voice that says “I have an idea” alerts the Sarasota County Chapter board to new and challenging ideas that are to come! Ausma not only inspires the board members and delegates responsibility for parts of the project to members, she leads by example, enthusiasm and hard work. Her dedication to Thrivent, and her concern for the way Thrivent funds can be used for good is an inspiration to each member. Ausma is very active with several other organizations including Wheat Ridge Ministries, Lutheran Social Services of New York and Ammerman Center for Creative Aging Services. Ausma also led the effort for their chapter’s first Thrivent Builds Home this past year. |
| Lindsay Greer – Youth Category | 
| Lindsay is an active volunteer within Reformation Lutheran Church, Orlando, the Orange County Chapter and Boone High School. Lindsay serves on the church council and is the Head Leader for the youth serving as Acolytes, Crucifers and Banner Bearers in their services. Lindsay has been part of Thrivent work projects assembling backpacks with school supplies and also working on Thanksgiving baskets for those in need. |
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Congratulations Deanna!! |
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Each year, a Florida Financial Representative is selected for a Volunteerism Award. This year the award goes to Deanna Edwards, Financial Associate for the North Central Florida Group of Gainesville.
Deanna has provided overall leadership to the Gainesville chapter for the past three years. She actively participates in Care Abounds in Communities activities and congregational events.
With this award comes a $1000 grant to a charity of Deanna's choice. Deanna has selected Lutheran Services Florida for her donation.
Congratulations Deanna
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Chapters of Excellence Award – Lake-Sumter and Miami-Dade |
The Lake-Sumter Chapter and Miami-Dade Chapter were both awarded the 2008 Chapter of Excellence Award for achieving top honors for their work in the community and in their congregations. Both chapters have been very involved with the Thrivent Builds Home program, have built great relationships with their congregations and congregational coordinators and continue to look for ways to grow their Thrivent membership and help their communities! Chapter leaders were presented with special Chapter of Excellence shirts at our regional gatherings. | | | 2009 Chapter of Excellence Forms | | | Forms | | | | |
| | Take a trip. Experience a new culture. Change lives. |
Throughout the world millions of families are living in substandard housing. You can help change their lives through a Thrivent Builds Worldwide trip.
Currently there are TBW trips originating from the Florida region in 2009.THRIVENT BUILDS WORLDWIDE TRIPS AVAILABLE
• Help a family’s dream come true by helping them build a decent home
• Experience the joy of serving while creating lifelong friendships
• All skill levels of volunteers are needed.
• Team size is limited to first 15 registrants.
• Come and help change some lives - including your own! • Zambia – July 24 - August 7; Team Leader – John Schultz (877-682-0370, john.schultz@thrivent.com).
• Key West – September 21-27; Team Leader – Darlene Kaiser (866-737-3442, darlene.kaiser@thrivent.com). If you have any questions, would like to discuss, or want to register for one of these trips, please contact the Team Leaders or John Schultz at 1-877-682-0370 or john.schultz@thrivent.com. For further information on these trips, go to lutheransonline.com/rfo190. For more information about the Thrivent Builds Worldwide program, go to www.thriventbuilds.com/worldwide. |
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Who is Thrivent Financial for Lutherans? |
View this brief presentation about the unique nature of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, its heritage, and the many ways it helps Lutherans meet their financial goals and mobilizes member volunteer activities and giving. (To advance from slide to slide, click on your mouse button.) | |
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