Riddle: What's better than RECYCLING??

UPCYCLING!! The term was first used by William McDonough and Michael Braungart in their book Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things. McDonough and Braungart compared upcycling to the "downcycling" of recycling a plastic, for example, into a lesser grade plastic. To put it simply, downcycling reduces the quality of the materials, while upcycling maintains or improves the quality of the materials.

Wanna know how you can get in on the good work? Shop for TerraCycle products in your local Wal-Mart this April. Check out http://www.terracycle.net/system/brigade_files/0000/0108/TerraCycle_Promotional_Flyer.pdf for more information. Until then, know that:

- There are new TerraCycle products
- The products are available in every Walmart across the United States (only)
- The products are available during the month of April (only), in honor of the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day this year

Happy UpCycling!

Shirts

Thanks Ladies for helping with the shirts, if I get them in can everyone meet at the church Thursday at 7pm for a quick photo shoot as well as pick up your shirts???

I have Melanie with 3 shirts
Sarah with 1 shirt
Lela with 2
Penny with 2
Jaime with 2
Pam with 2
Amy with 1
Sandy with 2

Lela I need $1, Mel $30, Sarah $10, Penny $22, Jaime $20, Amy $10, Sandy $21

If you have anything for the Tall Oaks basket bring it with you....

Lela said she would help work the tables on Oct. 4
Pam the 11
Melanie the 4
Jaime the 11
Penny the 11

Can anyone else help with the table these 2 days??

If someone wants to pay please let them, remember S-XL is $10 XXL $11, XXXL $12
There is a sign up list in the C3 box in the office.

Thank you Ladies!!!!

Meeting on September 10

Good Morning ladies,
Thank you to the ladies who were at the meeting last night, we got a lot accomplished and I appriciate it!!!

First on the agenda was a new book for November's study, yes November, there are some slow readers and I want to make sure everyone has a chance to purchase the book and get it read by the time we review it. It will be Just Between You and Me by Jenny B. Jones.
We will select a book every few months so if you have one you would like to throw in the mix do bring it so we can look at it.

Secone was we are going to order T-Shirts for our group to advertise and sell to the church with the money raised going to HOMe Mission. I hope to have board approval on Monday and will place the order Tuesday, send me your shirt size and if you want Blue or Gray or both and I will get the order placed. They are $10 a shirt.

Third was Events: Cops on Top is September 19 at Krispy Kreme on Metcalf to raise money for Special Olympics. We are also working on collecting Art Supplies for MOCSA, I will deliver the first load next week so bring me what you have Sunday to church or call me and I will stop by to pick it up before I go. Another activity we are planning is helping Raymore Animal Control by collecting pet food, blankets, leashes and the like. Watch the bulliton for more details on that. Ladies Day at the K is September 24, let me know if you are interested so we can purchase tickets.

Our next meeting is October 8......

Ideas, Ideas, Ideas!!

Here's a section to post all of your great ideas (yours or borrowed from someone else) or questions about new ideas you come across.

Events & Activities!!

Just like the "Deals, deals, deals!!" thread, I thought it'd be great to have an event and activity thread. I'm often out of the loop on what's going on around town, but thought if we all post under this thread I-and you--wouldn't miss out. So please be sure to post your activities here. Be sure to mention links or other information that will be helpful to our readers. Thanks in advance for your posts!!

Deals, deals, deals!!

I'd like to start a new thread where we can post "deals" going on that we come across. So many times I've made phone calls or sent emails to friends and family when I found out about a sale that was going on or clearance items I've found...only it would have been great to call--or in this case type--just one time and it benefit everyone. Sure, I could email everyone, but we all get so much email already. So I'm going to post deals/clearance stuff/sales under this thread and hope others will too. That way you can check the thread when you want a deal.

Thoughts!!!

Good Morning Ladies!!!
Mom and I had a discussion last night about a book study. She said that the turn out was great when we had a discussion on The Shack. Mom is reading a very good book called between you and me by Jenny B Jones, it is a novel about losing fear and finding God.

Is anyone interested in reading the book and discussing it at a future meeting?

Is anyone interested in maybe finding a few books to read and discuss for future meetings?

I am game for anything that will get you ladies excited and coming to every month's meeting!!!

SMILE :):):)