Last night Mike and Donna hosted a social/meeting at their house offering HLAA members dinner.  We were supposed to eat outside in the nice summer weather but an oncoming thunderstorm chased us inside.

A few of us brought kids who were thoroughly entertained in the play nook under the stairs.  We visited with one another and shared news over a nice meal.

Afterwards we had a meeting, CART was provided. Thanks Julia!!!

During the meeting portion we elected a new president to the chapter, Chelle George.

The outreach committee outlined their efforts; creating this website/blog and a FaceBook page to which many will get a invite to over the next few weeks or so.  They also want to get together some published material to handout in the future.  The program committee reported on our next meeting.

We discussed a request by Utah-CAN coming up for help with printing materials for outreach. A budget will be coming soon for us to vote on.

After business was concluded, we hooked up this website to the large TV to share with everyone for the first time.

Before we left, we had a group picture taken. Don’t you just love the smiling faces?

Back row: Mike, Kristen, Chelle, Kathy and her husband Fred, Linda. Front row: Donna, Kristel, Helen, Julia.

Our next meeting is September 14, 2013 from 9 a.m. to 11:00 at the Sanderson Center.  Our topic: Don’t Let Yourself be a Victim (Crime Prevention; Family Abuse Prevention; Invisibility Prevention /advocating for self). Please mark you calendars and we hope to see you there.