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Amy Turner (972) 394-8787
ajturnerrn@aol.com
Please update your CECPTA Directory: Lee Trimble’s new email address is lee.trimble@verizon.net, and her new mobile phone number is (214) 682-3499.
We have several new families to welcome!
Edna Garcia & Fernando Davila
18880 Marsh Lane #1503
Dallas, TX 75287
(972) 306-9951
Email: ednapatricia55@hotmail.com
Children: twins Valeria & Fernando Davila, 5/21/02
Deb & Matt Hester
1621 Piedmont Pl.
Carrollton, TX 75007
(972) 245-6321
Email: dhester@glazers.com
Children: Nicole, 4/26/00
Mitchell, 3/5/03
Alanna & Patrick Lewallen
2523 Lawnview Dr.
Carrollton, TX 75006
(972) 416-4634 – hm
(972) 816-9927 – mob
Email: pall23@attbi.com
Children: Larsen, 3/1/00
Landrie, 2/6/02
Tricia & Tad Stephens
1217 Cambridge Dr.
Carrollton, TX 75007
(972) 242-3152 – hm
(214) 213-1427 – mob
Email: tricia.stephens@verizon.net
Children: Grant, 7/1/00
Justin, 11/24/01
Mauri, 10/9/85
Kristi & Jeff Swearengin
1601 Cecil Dr.
Carrollton, TX 75006
(972) 245-6680
Email: jeffandkristi@hotmail.com
Child: Landon, 12/20/02
IT’S EARLY BIRD RENEWAL TIME!
We all need to renew our annual memberships soon, with the only exception being new members who have signed up since March 15th. The 2003-04 CECPTA Application is included with this newsletter for your convenience. All you will need to do is fill it out and send in the form along with a check for $25 (remember, $12 for Grandparents or Alumni) to the address on the bottom of the form. Please have it turned in to me by the end of August because the Early Bird Deadline is at the beginning of September. In order to receive the Early Bird Award like we did last year, we will need to have 75% of our members renewed by the beginning of September. The final deadline is October 1st, and if you choose not to renew this year, your membership will expire on October 15th. Again, please call me if you have any questions at all about membership renewal.
GRANDPARENTS & ALUMNI
Grandparents are always encouraged to join our PTA. Annual dues for grandparents is only $12, and participating in activities is a great way for grandparents to spend time with their grandchildren! So if your parents live nearby, please encourage them to join as well. If you would like them to receive an application in the mail, please email their address to AJTurnerRN@aol.com. Even if they are unable to participate in activities, grandparents are still welcome to join just to support the CECPTA. Also, if you know of any grandparents who care for their grandchildren during the day, please let them know about this opportunity because they may wish to join and take advantage of the playgroups, etc.
As in the past, CECPTA Alumni may renew their membership for $12. This would apply to anyone whose children have outgrown our age range (over 6 years) but would still like to participate in activities such as Bunco, Scrapbooking, Book Club, etc. Just fill out and return the application as usual, but check “Alumni” in the checkbox and make your check out for $12 instead of $25.
“INVITE-A-FRIEND” POOL PARTY & MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
This year’s membership drive will be a Pool Party at Rosemeade Wading Pool. Everyone is welcome to attend – old members, new members, people thinking about joining, and guests. It will be a good opportunity to get to know the other families in the CECPTA. The membership drive is also a good time to turn in your 2003-04 renewal form. Please bring a friend, neighbor, or acquaintance with small children and be entered in a drawing to receive your 2003-04 membership for FREE! Details are in the invitation that is attached to this newsletter. We hope to see all of our members there, as well as plenty of new faces!
WORKING ON DIVERSITY
Have you noticed that there are so many families in Carrollton who are from other cultures and speak languages other than English? The CECPTA is working on becoming more friendly and welcoming and encouraging these families to join in and be a part of the community and our PTA. Victoria Hubbard has agreed to be our Spanish-language contact person, which will be very helpful, because now Spanish-speaking parents will be able to call her and find out about all of the great activities we offer. Victoria is also helping to translate our membership application into Spanish. In addition, new member Edna Garcia is taking on the task of translating our CECPTA
brochure into Spanish as well, so that Spanish-speaking families will be able to get lots of information about our organization just by picking up the brochure at one of the locations around town where they are kept. Many thanks to Victoria and Edna! Their work will help to make many families feel more welcome in Carrollton.
If you speak a language other than English and wouldn’t mind helping with this effort, please let me know. It would be great if new members who aren’t fluent in English could be buddied up with a member who speaks their native language. Also, I would like to have the information in our CECPTA brochure available in as many other languages as possible, so if translating is something you could help with, please let me know that as well. Contact me at (972) 394-8787 or AJTurnerRN@aol.com.
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