YMSL - Legacy Chapter

• Moms Meetings

• Boys Meetings
• Hours Update
  
• Membership Drive
• Ultimate Gift Report

January 14th

• Country Place clubhouse at 3600 Country Place Drive, Plano, Tx.
• Our speaker will be Ms. Jamie Antignani. She is a Certified Fitness Trainer and Certified Health Specialist/Natural Health Specialist and will be speaking on fitness, wellness and essential oils.
• Pizza and salad will be provided by Napoli’s. Bring wine to share if you'd like!
  
• Please RSVP NOW so we can get an accurate count for food.

February 11th

• Annual Chili Cook off
  
• Country Place clubhouse
• Bring "mom drinks" to share if you'd like!
  
• We'd like to have at least 8 contestants.
  
• Prizes for the best tasting, spiciest and most creative.
  
• If you would like to participate (and possibly have bragging rights for the coming year), please contact April Seeds at aprilymartinez@hotmail.com.

January 26th

• Mark your calendar and RSVP right away
  
• RSVP is mandatory in order to verify attendance
• Please note the later date due to Winter and MLK holidays.

February 23rd

• Mark your calendar and RSVP
  
• RSVP is mandatory in order to verify attendance

• 2020 - 671 hours 25 active members
• 2021 - 1061 hours, 34 active members
• 2022 - 504 hours, 15 active members
• 2023 - 1036 hours - 32 active members

REMINDER- To stay in good standing, both moms and boys MUST have 50% hours completed by Feb. 1st, 2020. If you have any questions please contact Kim Reichmuth at kreichmuth@hotmail.com

Do you know a mom of a current 8th grade son who would make a great addition to our chapter? Share the rewarding experiences you’ve had with your son through YMSL, and encourage them to consider joining us! We will be welcoming the class of 2024 9th graders this spring!

The membership drive dates are as follows:

• January 14th - a brief Sponsor Workshop will be held during the January Mom’s Meeting
• February 11th - Prospective Member Informational Meeting will be held before the Mom’s Meeting AND Sponsor Forms will be due on this date.
• February 15th - 28th - Current Member re-enrollment
• March 2nd - Letters of Intent Due from prospective members
• March 4th - New Member Selection, lottery if necessary
• March 5th - Acceptance emails sent to new members. Also, declination emails will be sent if we have more applicants than available spots in the class.
• March 31st - Enrollment deadline for new members

Calling all Legacies! If you have a current 8th grader, please sign the “Legacy Log” at the January Mom’s Meeting on January 14th or contact Celeste DeLuca before January 17th. It is important that we have an accurate count of our legacies as we begin our membership drive!

If you have questions about sponsoring new members or your legacy son, please contact Celeste DeLuca at delucacc33@yahoo.com. We are looking forward to a successful membership drive!

Highlights

• 77 members served 235.5 hours!
• You donated $1605 in gift cards that were used to purchase landscaping supplies and kitchenette items.
• You donated many items for the kitchenette including pots, serving utensils, knife sets, paper goods, iced tea mixes and a wall mounted fan.
• Our Ultimate Gift Chair Irene Ramirez and President Becki Girouard presented gift items to staff and residents at Plano Community Home’s Thanksgiving Feast.

Landscaping

• Cleaned out 20+ beds, 2 large raised beds, created several new beds, pulled weeds, pruned existing shrubs and removed dead shrubs, planted 24+ flats of flowers and several plants and shrubs and filled several new pots. Loaded wheelbarrows multiple times making many trips to spread mulch and landscape rocks.
• Cleaned four bus stop areas.
• Volunteers brought their own garden tools, wheelbarrows and work gloves. Thank you!

Community Room

• Cleaned, reorganized and laid shelf liners in all cabinets and drawers in the kitchenette.
• Sanitized all tables and chairs in the Community Room and Craft Room.

Residence Hall

• Sanitized handrails on all 3 floors.
• Sanitized exercise equipment.

Craft Room

• Reorganized of all videotapes and DVDs.

Library

• Began alphabetizing and organizing current book collection.
• Watch for special opportunities to complete this project.

THANK YOU!

• Thank you to all who served.
• Thank you to all who donated supplies, gift items and gift cards.
• Ultimate Gift committee Irene Ramirez, Michele Zrno, Julie Lozano and Amy Witherel.

Share your pictures & video! Please send to Irene Ramirez at Ramfamily1@sbcglobal.net

or 214/543-4996.

Documenting our time with YSML is extremely important!. We need your help! Please take pictures at any of the events you attend throughout the year and UPLOAD them onto the YMSL website. This could be volunteer opportunities, boy meetings, mom meetings, and special events. Organizing the photos will also help your class when it's time for the Senior Slideshow!

NOTE: High resolution pictures from your camera or phone are much better quality than photos pulled off of Facebook!!

The folders are ready for you now. Happy uploading! Here is how you do it:

Login into YMSL website

Click “Photo” tab on the top bar. On the right side scroll down and click on the appropriate folder. Please include events, volunteer activities & boys meetings that only pertain to a specific class year.

• Class of 2020 Pictures 2019-2020
• Class of 2021 Pictures 2019-2020
• Class of 2022 Pictures 2019-2020
• Class of 2023 Pictures 2019-2020
• 2019-2020 Mom Meetings and Mom Events - Please include Mom Meetings and Mom Special Events that include all grade levels
  

Title photo - if possible, label pictures as follows:

• CO202X Activity Name Event Date (ex. CO2023 Bedstart 08242019)
• X – Class Graduation Year
• Activity Name – such as BedStart, Friday Night Friends, etc
• Event Date – ex. 08192019 (Aug 18, 2019)

Caption - list names in pictures if known

Upload - Photo file

Save Photo

Thank you for your help in documenting this awesome YSML Chapter!!

Please take a minute to update your profile. You can add a picture of you and your son as well as make sure your phone numbers and email addresses are up to date.

Our chapter website is also the best place to find the following:

• Sign up to serve
• Check calendar opening dates
• RSVP for meetings
• Log your hours
• Connect with members
• Purchase YMSL Merch

Having trouble logging hours? Here are a few tips:

• Be sure to log your hours as soon as you have completed your service. If you don't, you will receive a reminder email and you can do it then. If for some reason you missed your assignment please do not log hours. A new procedure on how to address missed hours is coming soon.
• When logging your hours, be sure to log the actual number of hours served. If no number is entered the entry will not be accepted.

If you need help, please reach out to our website coordinator, Jami Gray at jamigray@yahoo.com

Philanthropy Hours for Moms and Sons

If you cancel within 48 hours of your shift and there is not a wait list, you are responsible for finding your replacement. If you do not find a replacement, you will receive a penalty of 2 hours.

9th - 11th Grades

• Minimum of 20 approved philanthropy hours each.
• Member Mom & Son must complete 10 philanthropy hrs together.
• 9th Grade Provisional Member Mom & Son must work a minimum of four different philanthropies

12th Grade

• Minimum of 15 approved philanthropy hours each.
• Member Mom & Son must complete 7 philanthropy hrs together

Meeting Requirements

• Moms: Minimum of 3 meetings
• Sons: Minimum of 5 meetings
• Senior Sons: Minimum of 4 meetings

If the minimum number of meetings are not attended, the member mom and/or the son MUST complete an additional 2 philanthropy hours for each meeting missed. These hours must be served after February 15th. If you have any questions about hours requirements reach our to our Parliamentarian, Kim Reichmuth at kreichmuth@hotmail.com

Please reach out to any of these ladies if you have any questions or need additional information.

VP Boys Laura Frawley laurakfrawley@gmail.com

VP Boys Elect Kristen Glasscock kglasscock@msn.com

2023 Karen Linsteadt klinsteadt@msn.com

2022 Kay Scanlon Kay.scanlon@gmail.com

2021 Jenny Van Cleve tjvancleve1@verizon.net

2020 Melissa Garcia melissalgarcia@gmail.com

All contents of this newsletter are to the best of the knowledge of those collecting it.

If you have any questions or need additional information, please email the contacts above

or Lianne Boone at lianneboone@att.net