2006 National Calendar

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Hope everyone had a safe holiday

season!! I'm here to remind you that we need your

calendar updates for 2006. Chapter, District events

for Spring, Fall and everything in between.

The News I know of ...

District Directors(DD) and National Executives(NE)

will be having a conference call January 8, Sunday.

Feel free to email your district directors with any

concerns for 2006 (Don't shoot me DD's). For a list

of DD's in your area please go to

www.lpaonline.org/local and regionals.

Membership Dues are annual depending on the last time

you paid. Please pay your dues so that the following

funds, district and chapters will have your support.

If you don't know when you paid last, your district

director should have this information. You can also

send an email to Maureen at info@.... All

District 13 members(TN, AL, GA, MS) can contact

Cricket at cricketlynch@... (NEW EMAIL). It's

also on your label of the last newsletter in December.

If you didn't receive one, it came back!

Did you know that we have many more funds that need

your help? Adoption funds are always in high need of

extra funds to help families find a " little-littles "

and defray the cost of adoptions. Can you believe we

used that years ago? I kind of like it, until you get

to be 5. Who remembers?

Remember, applications for Scholoarships, Medical

Funds - Bach and General, and Kitchens Travel Fund

will be going out soon to your district directors and

chapter presidents. Some have deadlines in April, and

travel arrangements need to be made. All expenses may

or may not be paid, depends what funds are available

and how many applicants we have this year. More

details can be obtained by visiting the LPAONLINE.org

site. VP of Programs will be evaluating and awarding

all funds.

NOTE: Scholarship funds need to have either a chapter

officer or district director recommendation attached

with the application, so if you don't know them, but

get a letter out or introduce yourself at the next

meeting/regional!!

Camp Little People will be doing their annual event

June 9-11 in Pennsylvania. Limited space is

available. You can find their website via

lpaonline.org for applications and what to bring.

Big Event this year is the National Conference in

Milwaukee, WI. June 30 thru July 7-8, 2006. You can

get more information from District 6 website at

www.lpad6.org. They do have an " official " conference

website. If you are in need of a room mate, start

getting the word out.

2007 National Conference is in Seattle, WA. June

29-July 6-7, 2007. Official website should be up by

years end if not before. You can contact, District

Director 11 for more information. www.lpad11.org.

Have you ever taken a train ride? Amtrak has a

great trip running through the northwest from Chicago

to Portland. Seattle was one of the stops. I would

only recommend one-way, or alternative train route

back home. It was neat the first time out, then I was

kind of bored on the way back. I was able to catch up

on the sleep I missed at conference though.

Have a prosperous 2006,

Cricket

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