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Monthly E-Newsletter
for
December
2009
Dear Friends,
We
hope you enjoy reading this latest news from TIHAN, and
discover at least one way you can make an important difference
in someone's world.
1. Reminder: Your
donation to TIHAN will be DOUBLED if received by December 31,
2009
2. Join Us for a Holiday
Open House Potluck – Tuesday, December 15 from 4:00-7:00pm
3. Urgently Needed –
Toiletry Items Needed for Care Packages
4. Help Shape TIHAN's
Educational Efforts!
5. Annual Volunteer
Satisfaction Survey
6.
Volunteer Spotlight: Don Wenig
7. Join us on Facebook
8. 2010 Annual Meeting
Nominations
9. Wish List
10. TNT – Make
Friends, Have Fun, Make a Difference!
11. Database Maintenance
Guru Needed
12.
We're Bonkers about Jenny Hartung
1.
Reminder: Your donation to TIHAN will
be DOUBLED if received by December 31, 2009
You may have heard our
very exciting announcement: if you make a contribution to
TIHAN before the end of December, your donation will be
matched dollar-for-dollar, doubling the impact of your gift!
Please take a
moment now and write a check (or
click here to make a gift through our secure online donation
site) to offer your gift in support of those living with
HIV/AIDS, and the amount of your gift will be matched and
DOUBLED. How is this miracle happening that your gift is
matched? It is because a special group of TIHAN donors,
volunteers, and staff are putting forth extra funds because
they believe so strongly in the mission and programs of TIHAN,
and want to encourage you to give as generously as you can!
Note: If you would
like to check how much you have contributed to TIHAN this
year, please contact Scott Blades, Executive Director, at
299-6647 or scott@tihan.org
for an update on your contribution history.
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2. Join
Us for a Holiday Open House Potluck – Tuesday, December 15
from 4:00-7:00pm
On Tuesday,
December 15 TIHAN will host a Holiday Potluck for all of
our volunteers, donors, and friends. Please stop by for an
hour or two (or even a few minutes) between 4pm and 7pm to mix
and mingle with TIHAN volunteers and staff. If you can, please
bring a dessert, snack, or appetizer to share. We will also be
collecting holiday gifts ($10-$25 range) to be distributed to
our clients at our holiday party Poz Cafe, as well as items
for our care packages (see below). For
more information or to RSVP, contact Katelyn McDonald,
Volunteer Resources Coordinator, at (520) 299-6647 or at katelyn@tihan.org.
We hope to see you there!
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3.
Urgently Needed – Toiletry Items Needed for Care Packages!
As
the economy continues to impact those we serve, TIHAN's care
packages continue to be of great importance. It can be
difficult to fit some critical items into an already-stretched
budget—things like toothpaste, toilet paper, soap, razors,
and lotion. With your generous donations of these items (which
our CarePartners cannot purchase with food stamps), we are
able to create care packages to give to our CarePartners to
help them through the month. Please drop off your donated
toiletry items at the TIHAN office. We especially need items
before our next Poz Cafe (Thursday, December 17), as our
pantry is currently empty. Thanks for all of your
support!
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4.
Help Shape TIHAN's Educational Efforts!
After
a bit of a hiatus, TIHAN's Education Committee is up and
running again, and we would love to have you join us!
Join
us for our next meeting on Tuesday, January 12 from 3:45-5pm
in the TIHAN Conference Room. If you'd like to be involved but
can't attend this meeting, please contact Natalie with
suggestions of better meeting times and dates for 2010.
Contact Natalie Brown at natalie@tihan.org
or 299-6647 with any questions.
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5. Annual
Volunteer Satisfaction Survey
If
you haven't already, please take a few minutes to complete our
Annual Volunteer Satisfaction Survey. Your input will
help us assess our strengths and determine the areas where
improvement is needed. Also the survey is completely anonymous
so please be as thorough as possible and do not put your name
on the survey. The Volunteer Satisfaction survey is available
to be completed on-line or you can stop by the TIHAN offices
to fill out a hard copy. Please click on the following link to
take the survey online: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?
sm=Ux0Xo4xcK2at7BpZ8P7G_2bw_3d_3d
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6.
Volunteer Spotlight: Don Wenig
Don
Wenig, an Iowa native, grew up in Dallas and moved to Tucson
after a stint in the Army during the Korean War. He attended
the University of Texas, but finished his education at the U
of A. After a couple of years with an advertising agency in
Dallas, he returned to Tucson where he worked with the Red
Cross blood program before managing the ski area on Mt. Lemmon
early in the 1960's. Don says he thinks he was trying to
figure out what he wanted to be when he grew up, but knew he
wanted to live in Arizona.
He
eventually settled on teaching elementary school in Tucson. By
1982, he and his wife, Doris, decided to retire to Patagonia
where they remodeled an old adobe and ran a B&B for 10
years. He was active in the community and served on the
community clinic board, the endowment committee for the Public
Library, the Senior Citizens board and helped to establish a
butterfly garden in the town park. At the advice of a friend,
Don began volunteering in the office at TIHAN and now drives
from Green Valley each week to work as a Data Entry Team
member—cleaning up the mailing lists, entering donation
information, adding people onto the mailing list, and
otherwise being an asset to the office, enjoying the amazing
and wonderful staff and volunteers of TIHAN.
We
are all better for your work here—thanks, Don!
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7. Join us
on Facebook
Did
you know that TIHAN is on Facebook? Join our group to get the
latest news on upcoming events and volunteer opportunities.
The group is private, and our membership list is only visible
to other group members to protect the confidentiality of
everyone involved. Click here to join us on Facebook
(http://www.facebook.com/home.php?
#/group.php?gid=138297872926)
and find out what this whole social networking thing is all
about.
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8. 2010
Annual Meeting Nominations
Planning
has begun for the February 2010 Annual Meeting. Please
stop by the office to fill out nomination forms for TIHAN
volunteers, local businesses, faith communities, and
organizations who you think should be honored and recognized
at TIHAN's Annual Meeting in February. Forms will also be
available soon on the TIHAN website (www.tihan.org)
under the "Volunteer Tab." For more information or
to request that a form be mailed or e-mailed to you, please
contact Katelyn McDonald, Volunteer Resources Coordinator, at
(520) 299-6647 or katelyn@tihan.org.
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9. Wish
List
Little
things make a big difference here at TIHAN. This holiday
season, why not add us to your list (don't forget to check it
twice) and give us the gift of some much-needed office and
cooking supplies? Here's what we're hoping to find in our
stockings:
-
a
Cuisinart food processer
-
warm
coats and blankets for our CarePartners during these cold
nights
-
large
Post-it style easel pads
-
1-inch, white, 3-ring
binders
-
44¢
stamps
-
greeting
cards, especially thank you cards and sympathy cards
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10. TNT
– Make Friends, Have Fun, Make a Difference!
Come
join us every Tuesday evening from 5:30pm to 8:00pm for
TIHAN's weekly drop-in volunteer night. Tuesday Nights at
TIHAN is a great opportunity to come out and meet new people,
or better acquaint yourself with the ones you already know!
Unlike
many of our other volunteer opportunities, no training is
required for individuals who want to volunteer at TNT. Feel
free to bring friends and family who want to help out! If you
are interested in attending TNT, please contact Katelyn at
(520) 299-6647 or at katelyn@tihan.org.
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11.
Database Maintenance Guru Needed
TIHAN
is loosing one of our key volunteers this month. Ian Biehler
is graduating from the U of A and moving on to life out in the
real world, so we have some awfully big shoes to fill.
The
database maintenance volunteer should be familiar with
Microsoft Access. This volunteer will be responsible for
designing queries, modifying tables, and performing some data
entry. The volunteer will need to complete our volunteer
orientation and must follow client confidentiality procedures.
Schedule is flexible, depending on the volunteer's
availability. If you're fluent in Microsoft Access and would
like to volunteer your time and talents to TIHAN, please
contact Katelyn McDonald, our Volunteer Coordinator, at katelyn@tihan.org
and let her know your availability.
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12.
We're Bonkers about Jenny Hartung
Jenny
Hartung is a dedicated and generous TIHAN volunteer who is
involved in our monthly Poz Cafe lunch program. Jenny has
extensive volunteer experience and through her church, started
as a congregational volunteer at Poz Cafe. She found working
at Poz Cafe to be a very rewarding experience and went through
TIHAN's orientation and training so she could get more
involved. Jenny is also active as part of the TIHAN newsletter
mailing team. She is a talented gift wrapper who especially
enjoys wrapping presents for the children at this month's
TIHAN/SAAF holiday party for people living with HIV and their
kids. Jenny, thank you for your talents and generous
contributions—we are BONKERS about you!
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