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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Don't forget the Retreat this Thursday!

The retreat is Thursday, August 20th, at 5:30 pm at the Tri-Cities Business & Visitor Center building (where TRIDEC's office is located) right next to the Convention Center in Kennewick. We'll be discussing everything from our meeting schedule, to our past service projects, to how the FNO money should be divided (or should it be divided at all????) We'll also be presenting the survey results.

If you can, bring a potluck item to share, but please come even if you can't bring anything. Your participation in helping shape our 2009-2010 year is most important!

Hope to see you there!

Happy Birthday, SIPK!

August 19th is the club's 61st birthday! Wow!!!

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

SIPK Wins the Federation Best Practices Award!

We just received official notification from SI that our project "Restorative Dental Services for Uninsured Women" was the winner for our Federation for Objective 3 "Ensure access to health care for women and girls." You may recall that our club won the Region Celebrating Success award last April. This is an award on the international level!

For those of you that are new to the club, the dental grant was originally awarded to the club by SIA. During 2007-2008, SIPK partnered with Grace Clinic to provide restorative dental services to women that had severe dental problems that were preventing them from gaining employment. Together, SIPK, PDQ and Grace Clinic provided mentoring, counseling and of course, the dental services necessary to help the women continue their life in a positive direction. It was a true team effort that had a major impact on improving the lives of the women that participated and completed the program. Congratulations to everyone!