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Welcome to the only official web site of Altrusa International!
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Altrusa in Pictures |
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 6/20/2008 - Teamwork in Action. Enterprise, AL Altrusans, from left, Nancy Garner and Mary Griffin accept a shipment of nearly 700 books from Mildred and David Meder, who delivered the books from Pennsylvania on behalf of Altrusa International of Blair County. For more information go to: http://www.eprisenow.com/ent/news/local...
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 5/29/2008 - Members of the Saginaw, Michigan Club showed off hand puppets during a special tour of the Mid-Michigan Children's Museum. The Mid-Michigan Children's Museum opened Sunday, June 1, 2008. During the planning and construction phase, Saginaw Altrusans set aside money each budget year to assist with a special project. The Club has plans to maintain the puppets and books as an ongoing service endeavor.
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 5/29/2008 - District Ten Conference attendees volunteered their time to repack beans for family boxes at the "Altrusa founded and sponsored" Food Bank of Eastern New Mexico. The Food Bank serves nine counties covering approximately 20,000 square miles in Eastern New Mexico and West Texas. The Food Bank has two refrigerated trucks that deliver commodities, bread, pastry and produce into 42 volunteer sites that in turn distribute the food to the local families in need.
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 1/14/2008 - Altrusa International of Yaquina Bay is working to improve dental health in Lincoln County through a project called, "Something to Smile About". With a vision of providing access to dental services for children living in poverty and educating children about proper dental care, Altrusa is distributing dental kits to every student in the Lincoln County School District.
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Altrusa in the News |
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Altrusa Service Projects
Altrusans have always been involved with various service projects
that help the community. Here are some examples:
- County Fair Parade (Hermiston, OR)
- Ice Cream Social (Artesia)
- Dogs for the Deaf (Ayr, Scotland)
Please visit our Altrusa Service Projects page for more information
and a complete list.
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Updates |
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At
the July 2001, International Board of Directors meeting, Literacy was
adopted as the charitable focus of Altrusa International. If your club
is already doing a literacy project send an e-mail to literacy@altrusa.com
and tell us about your project. We will post a summary of your
project (send pictures please!) in our new Literacy sections, which
will be open shortly.
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News for Clubs and Members |
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Latest items posted:
The following forms are now
available:
Members need to
Login for the following:
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2006-2007 Foundation Annual Report
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Become a Member! |
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If you are interested in becoming a member of Altrusa International, then please send an
e-mail to membership@altrusa.com ... be sure to include your name, address, phone number and e-mail.
When we receive your e-mail, we will contact
you and send you the contact information for a club in your area.
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2007-2009 International President
Zaida Perez-Mendez
Embracing the word means extending our hands to hug the world, to willingly
accept our purpose of serving our communities without prejudice to race,
religion or ethnic differences. Love and understanding our fellow members
will enrich our lives, our Clubs and Altrusa International, Inc. To
promote our mission, attract new members and retain our current members to form
new Clubs and ASTRA will ensure our future as an organization.
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Vamos a extender nuestra manos para abrazar el
mundo, para aceptar nuestros propositos de servir a nuestros
propositos de servir a nuestras comunidades sin prejuicios de raza,
religion o diferencias etnicas o culturales. Amor y
entendimiento hacia nuestros miembros enriquecera nuestras vidas,
nuestros Clubes y por ende a Altrusa Internacional, Inc.
Promover nuestra mision, traer nuevos miembros mientras retenemos
nuestra membrasia formar nuevos Clubes y nuevos ASTRA nos asegura el
futuro de nuestra organizacion.
Welcome!
Altrusa International is an international
association of professional women and men who volunteer their energies and expertise in
projects dedicated to community betterment.
Altrusa is also a community service
organization that espouses volunteerism, service and fights for literacy and against AIDS.
Assistance is given to projects emphasizing
literacy through the
Altrusa International Foundation, Inc
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Doc Morgan
Altrusa Merchandise
The
Doc Morgan web-site is now available for ordering
all of your Altrusa image building, public awareness products, Altrusa
jewelry and accessories.
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Altrusa International, Inc., of Rincon, Puerto Rico takes part in
International Literacy Day.
- 1/14/2008
