I'm so proud!

This weekend was Spring Conference for CT Junior Women (CJW), the parent club for my local Juniors club, Shoreline Community Women (SCW). I have been the president of the club for the past 2 years. Here's our 2-minute "elevator blurb": We are a dynamic community service organization made up of women age 18-180 who embrace the motto, "to grow, share, give and care" as we serve our communities and state. We are currently partnering with Covenant to Care for Children as our State Project. We provide placement packs for children who are being taken from their homes, backpacks for back-to-school, work with social workers to provide needed items for families in their caseload. In addition we have adopted a local family, supported the Shoreline Food Pantry, baked for AA meetings and blood drives, educated parents about the need for identification for children's car seats, provide scholarships and citizenship awards, make Christmas dinner for senior citizens and have a mission to send packages from home to servicemen and women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan until all troops are home. At any rate, this weekend was when we meet up with members of all the clubs from around the state and receive recognition for our work during the year. On Friday 5 of us drove up to Bristol, CT for "girls night out". We went out to dinner and then spent a few hours playing "Apples to Apples" in our pajamas. Saturday was the actual conference and Shoreline was recognized as the best overall mid-sized club for the 2nd year in a row. More importantly, Sam the Bear, the award for the club who has shown the most support for our troops, has come back to us. I'm just so proud of my club members who have worked so hard.  I also accepted a position on the CJW Board. I'm going to be the District Rep for the S.H.O.R.E. District. I think my first duty will be to find out what S.H.O.R.E. stands for.