President's Message

Every other month a Bamboo Telegraph (BT) is delivered into your mailbox. Sometimes, it seems it doesn’t quite make it for one reason or another. After much discussion, we have decided that to better ensure you receive your BT, we will be changing from the plastic packaging to a paper envelope. We feel that this will be more eco-friendly, better for the environment and hopefully ensure more timely deliveries. In March our nominating committee, led by Caitlin Fry, will be working on the slate for the 2020-2021 AWA Board. While some board members will be staying active, we do have some positions opening up. If you have been wondering about how to get more involved, how to meet like-minded people, or how to give back, I highly encourage you to volunteer with the AWA. We would love to have you join us at our Leadership Coffee on Monday March 9th from 10:30am-12:00pm, where you can meet current board members and learn more about the upcoming opportunities and board positions that we have to offer. April brings us the highly anticipated Fashion Show on Friday April 17th. The Fashion Show committee is led by Yvonne Blackwood, with support from our Major Events Chair Venta Norvilas, who has been an active part of the fashion show for several years. Joining Yvonne on her committee are Marcela Dragoiu-Luca and Melissa Marshall, who are coordinating all the behind-the-scenes activities. Cindy McCullough and Yamile Sain have been busy scouting out the designers and scheduling the fittings, while Erika Masiero and Sabrina Sikora have been working with our very own AWA Mel Rice AWA President

member/models on how to walk the runway. We can’t put on a fashion show without giving you the opportunity to shop, so many thanks to Emily Ludwick, our Corporate Relations Manager, who has selected some fantastic vendors to be at the event. Tickets are on sale as of March 1st and this event WILL sell out!! The health and well-being of AWA members is important to us, and the AWA will continue to follow the recommendations of the MOH in planning our future events. Please make sure that you have joined the AWA Members Community group on Facebook so that you can monitor our most up-to-date policies, as we are checking the official government site every day for updates. Stay healthy :)

Your President, Mel

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