Chapter Dinner Meeting

On Thursday I went to a Chapter Dinner Meeting. This is a meeting were lunch ladies gather for, of course, dinner, and someone usually speaks about a topic relating to what we do, and some entertainment.

I wanted to go because I do enjoy going to these meetings, plus I wanted to pass out some of my "story request letters". I made up a letter with my web addresses which are my blog and my youtube which I have a video on.

We got there early and filled out the paperwork since we decided to join the Chapter which gives you some benefits like discounts on conferences and things like that. I asked the woman in charge if I may pass out my letter and she said "yes, would you like to speak about it to everyone"? Wow, how nice was that. She didn't know me and I appreciated her trust. However, I didn't think I was comfortable speaking in public like that.... yet.... I went around to each table and handed out some letters and spoke to the wonderful women attending. Everyone was very receptive and thought it was a great idea. I already got a story emailed to me. I am very grateful for that and for the opportunity to spread the word.

The dinner theme was Middle Eastern. I don't know how many people were there but it was well attended. One school district had (I think they said) 34 people. That is awesome. They said their school district pays for their dinner to attend which makes a big difference. They had someone speak to us about child nutrition and then had a belly dancer give us some instruction. She had some hip scarves which we used and they showed us some moves. If you can imagine 50 0r so lunch ladies shaking their groove thing. It was great fun! My friend got some pictures that I will use on my power-point for our end of the year breakfast.

I am glad I went. We have another one to go to in Feb. I am looking forward to that one too.

It was a good week at work too. All is well.