The Next Green Face of LUSH 2008

So I need everyone to vote for me in this contest. It's with my
favorite cosmetic company called LUSH. I have recently switched to all
their natural haircare and skincare products because I've always wanted
to and I finally decided that it was just better for the environment
& me! So everyone you know needs to vote for me .... please!

I forgot to include a few things that we do at home for being as
green as can be. So I wanted to add them here in case anyone needed
more of a reason to vote or tell everyone they know to vote as well.

I've exclusively breastfed Shane (saves on waste, carbon production, and water consumption)

At Shane's first birthday we expressly requested no new gifts. If
people wanted to get him something I suggested going to a second hand
store or looking on freecycle or re-gifting an old toy (several of are
friends did this!!!)

I take Chad to the train station instead of him driving into the city for work OR Chad will work from home most of the time.

For my garden in the spring I will have a rain barrel that will
collect the raifall and I'll use that water for the garden instead of
the hose.

We as a family are always trying to find ways to be greener. I hope
you think I'm worthy of your vote. If you don't care . . . vote anyway!
Follow the link and begin voting on April 7th through May 11th. You can
vote once a day . . . so if you don't want a daily reminder email from
me clogging up your in box remember to vote! I recommend setting the link as your homepage so you don't forget :)

We are recognizing Janis Menges for her energy, passion and leadership in our chapter and for representing us to the NPC chapter of the Northwest Sububrbs. 

The dinner will be Wednesday, April 30th at    6:00pm

The Wellington Baquets & Dinning, 
Arlington Heights, IL

2121 South Arlington Heights Rd.

Tickets are $35 (checks made out to CNWSAP)
Raffle tickets are $1 each or $5 for 6 tickets

You can mail the check to Janis at her addresss:
145 Cloverhill Lane
N. Barrington, IL 60010

Suzanne's cat Ziggy is participating in Chicagoland's cutest cat Petpalooza in honor of National Pet Week. Please follow this link to vote for Ziggy at the Chicago tribune's website. Scroll all the way down to Ziggy as the last cat.  Click the radio button to select him and the click the "vote" button.  Voting is from May 13-20.

At our May meeting we had our usual yummie spread of food. Thanks to Janis for hosting and to everyone that brought a dish. There was plenty of time to catchup with sisters that we haven't seen in a while and we even had a new alumnae join us for the night. She found our chapter through the website (hooray!). We hope to see more of her in the fall.

We decided to have our officer installation at our first meeting in the fall after we voted on the new slate. Mary decided to step into the president position for the McHenry Chapter and out of president for our chapter. We still twisted her arm to keep her as VP of membership though. I agreed to serving as president for our chapter. I will continue to maintain the website with this new position.