HEART TALK
Mended Hearts - Chapter 12 - Temple TX
January 2021
January 28,2021 Meeting Notice Date: January 28, 2021
Program: What’s up for 21?
Time: 6:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Via Zoom (Mr. Jeffries will send link to the meeting)
Pandemic guidelines still prohibit face to face meetings, so we will gather together for the first meeting of 2021 via zoom. Hopefully the spring will bring a change and we can meet together face to face again. ********************************************************************************* Chapter News and Updates:
- Voting for Mended Heart National and Regional officers is occurring at this time. Rick Whitney is the election chair and has sent ballots to chapter members. Please reply with your vote to Rick. Our chapter president Lloyd Jeffries is a candidate for Southwest Region Director. We want to support him.
- Cardia Nurses at BS&W made a $400 Christmas donation to our chapter to help support our pillow program. It was a generous gift and so very much appreciated.
- A second donation was also made to support our pillow program. Elka Belfer of Elkabees Fabric Paradise donated heart-themed fabric to be made into heart pillows.
- Thanks also go to Rick Whitney who has taken responsibility for keeping the heart pillows supplied to ICU and the cardiac floor.
- Chapter 12 has donated $100.00 to the Share your Heart contest sponsored by Mended The donation will be used for contest prizes.
Mended Hearts Cen-Tex Chapter 12 October 22, 2020 Meeting Minutes
Mended Hearts Chapter 12 met Thursday, October 22, 2020, at the home of Millie Henn Attending the meeting were Rayleen Jeffries, Tracy and Sam Kaiser, Mary Myers, Dale Whitney, John Hasandras , Lyna Pitts and Millie Henn President Jeffries called the meeting to order and welcomed everyone at 6:30 p.m. The minutes from the September 24, 2020 meeting were approved. The treasurer’s report was accepted. Chapter 12 has a balance of $2,422.32 with $955.49 restricted for use by the heart pillow project. Mr. Jeffries reported on the upcoming regional meeting: the Southwest Region Fall Virtual Expo, November 11, 6:00 pm for all Chapter/Group Leaders and November 12, 6:00 pm, for the full membership and guests. Mr. Jeffries will send instructions on how to join the zoom meetings. Mr. Whitney provided Support postcards for members to distribute. The meeting adjourned at 7:00 and the members participated in the first 2020 heart pillow stuffing event. In less than two hours, the 9 members present stuffed 131 pillows. Mrs. Kaiser took 25 pillows home to stitch up.
There will be no regular meeting in November due to Thanksgiving.
Mended Hearts Cen-Tex Chapter 12 Executive Board Meeting Minutes
December 11, 2020
Mended Hearts Chapter 12 Executive Board met Friday, December 11, 2020 via Zoom at 2:00 p.m. Attending the meeting were Mary Myers, Rick Whitney, Letty Rucker and Millie Henn. President Jeffries called the meeting to order and welcomed everyone at 2:00 p.m. Mrs. Henn announced a donation of fabric from Elkabees Fabric Paradise to Chapter 12’s heart pillow project. Elka Belfer , owner of the fabric company learned about our pillow project from her brother in law Bob Hoffman who is currently national vice president of Mended Hearts.
Mr. Jeffries announced that current treasurer Letty Rucker will resign the position at the end of 2020.
Mr. Jeffries thanked Mrs. Rucker for her outstanding service as treasurer. He announced the appointment of Mary Myers to fill the position of treasurer for the current term which ends in 2021. It was moved by Millie Henn and seconded by Rick Whitney that the appointment be accepted and that Mrs. Myers become a signature on the Mended Hearts Chapter 12 bank account as of January 1, 2021. The motion carried. Mr. Jeffries reviewed the changes national Mended Hearts has made that impact local chapters. National will: (1) pay postage on printed materials ordered; (2) process all memberships; (3) send 25% of chapter member national dues to the chapter; (3) chapter and group dues are eliminated.
National president Ron Manriquez wants all chapter leadership to have access to website’s live reporting. National is offering webinars on how to complete annual reports, December 1, January 5 and January 19. Mr. Jeffries made annual report assignments: Mary Myers and Mr. Jeffries will complete the financial report; Rick Whitney and Mr. Jeffries will complete the visiting report; Millie Henn and Mr. Jeffries will complete the progress report. Deadline for reports is February 15, 2021.
National has designated two new annual awards: Heart Hero of the Year Award and Cardiologist of the Year. Elections will be held in January and Mr. Jeffries designated Mr. Whitney the election official for Chapter 12. He will solicit the vote of chapter members and submit the results to national. Each chapter may cast one vote for each office. Southwest candidates will meet with southwest region members via zoom on January 7 at noon and p.m. central time. A Share your Heart photo contest is being sponsored by national, asking members to submit their heart story and a photo to national. National is also planning a newsletter honoring members.
As a result of questions raised during this meeting, Mr. Jeffries notify chapter 12 members about Mary Myers’ appointment as treasurer; he will inquire from national if membership dues percentage will be sent in the form of a check or directly deposited to chapter bank account; will both Mended Hearts and Little Mended Hearts members be allowed to cast a vote for both the Mended Hearts and the Mended Little Hearts candidates?
Mrs. Rucker and Mrs. Myers will meet prior to the change in treasurer position to discuss the job responsibilities.
Meeting adjourned at 3 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Millie Henn
Secretary
Happy New Year!!!