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San Diego Miniature Crafters
February Newsletter
Our next meeting will be held on February 23 at 9:30 Don’t forget !!! We will be meeting at our new location this month: St. Andrews Lutheran Church 8350 Lake Murray Blvd. San Diego 92119 Refreshments will be provided by Jeannie and Cindy
Show Thanks Only six weeks after Christmas, SDMC once again hosted a successful miniature show and sale. Certainly, it takes a special enthusiasm and dedication to pull off an endeavor of this magnitude only weeks after the holiday season. Thank you to Jeannie J. for chairing this year’s committee and leading the club to another wonderful weekend. The committee worked hard this year to begin implementing updates to publicity, including an email blast by Debi & a news stomp by Diana; in addition to, shed cleaning, equipment updating, kit making, fire permit getting, dealer mapping...all while smiling and welcoming new and returning miniaturists. To those who exhibited this year, your projects were very well received and we appreciate your participation. Planning ahead is critical, but it was the willingness of our SDMC shift workers that really made the difference. ‘All hands on deck’ is the only way to take an empty building, and in only four hours, turn it into a miniaturist’s paradise; volunteers are the only way to admit guests, offer hospitality, supervise exhibits, fulfill our philanthropic goal, introduce kids to our craft. . . . Thank you to those who worked their shifts, and especially those who worked extra shifts as well. I have it on good authority that before our regular club meeting, next years show is already being thought about and plans are beginning to be made - Feb. 5 & 6, mark your calendars now! Philanthropy Clearly, Mini Crafters have long had a giving heart and our philanthropy projects are proof of that. We know the success of our participation with Hidden Valley House and Toys for Tots giving insured that dozens of children had something new for the holiday. Lori is going to have some wonderful news on the giving front as a result of our show activities; thanks to the generous estate gift and the activity of the “Kids Only” sales table SDMC will be able to make a generous gift to the Polinsky Children’s Center! AGRC Update Not much to say here, in nearly two months the promised meeting has not been scheduled and communications are not returned. Soon the city will be embarking on the new budget and clearly stone walling us is a tactic to continue to try to remove us from the agenda. March 1 at 7:00 pm in the Allied Gardens Rec. Center will be the Recreation Council Meeting at which there should be a report of the committee that was assigned the task of assisting SDMC and volleyball in a plan to stay at the center. At this point that meeting has not taken place, or it took place without including us. This will be a critical meeting and an important report. I know these meetings are dry, but I would appreciate SDMC attendance. If you are able to come to the meeting please do, I will ask that you be able to slip out after our agenda item. If I learn more I will email updates, otherwise please plan to attend. Leslie Projects Everyone should bring their basic tool box, white glue, a small paint brush and some small container to hold water.
Show and Tell Let’s have Show & Tell based on our recent show. Bring and share some of those “must haves" that were purchased at the show. Your treasures can be of any size: 1/4, 1/2 or 1".
Happy February birthday to Sandy Williams (10), Betty Hayward (27) & Jackie Burton (28).
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