Minnesota Women of Today Fundraiser

Looking for flowers for this spring? Help support the state ways and means AND raise money for your chapter! BUY ALL THE FLOWERS!!! Below are the details. Fundraiser goes until April 30th! For every purchase made by clicking the link below, Flower Power Fundraising will give 50% profit back to Minnesota Women of Today. Of this, your chapter will receive 20% of the profit in the form a check from MNWT; chapters are responsible for placing catalog orders online. Items ordered online will be shipped directly to you. Help the state! Help your local chapter! It's a win-win and you get flowers! FundraiserLink

Join Our Book Club!

Below are the 2018 book club selections. These look like really good books. Too many good ones to pick from! Hope to see you at the next book club meeting!


 May 10th - The Book Thief – Markus Zusak

 July 12th - My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry: A Novel – Fredrik Backman

 September 13th - Neither Wolf Nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder – Kent Nerburn

 Nov 8th - Drop Shot (Myron Bolitar Series #2) – Harlan Coben

 Jan 10th, 2019 - The Light Between Oceans – M.L. Stedman Happy Reading!!

Twitter This!

A Tweet may contain photos, GIFs, videos, links, and text. The screen will look different depending on what platform you are using (android, apple, personal computer, etc.)

How to Tweet.

• Type your Tweet into the compose box at the top of your Home timeline, or click the Tweet button in the top navigation bar. 
• You can include up to 4 photos, a GIF, or a video in your Tweet. Click the Tweet button to post the Tweet to your profile 

What is a Retweet? 
Someone else Tweet that you share publicly is known as a Retweet. This is a great way to pass along news and interesting discoveries on Twitter. You have the option to add your own comments before Retweeting. When using Twitter's Retweet icon, your Retweet or Quote Tweet will reference the Tweet you are sharing. When someone replies to your Retweet, the author of the original Tweet will not be automatically added to the conversation. If you want to include the author of the original Tweet, you will need to mention their username. In addition to sharing other’s Tweets on Twitter, you can Retweet your own Tweet. This function is particularly useful when you want to re-post one of your older Tweets because it is relevant again.

How to use hashtags.

• A hashtag—written with a # symbol—is used to index keywords or topics. This function was created on Twitter, but has crossed over and can now be used all over the world of social medial, including YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram. 
• People use the hashtag symbol (#) before a relevant keyword or phrase in their Tweet to categorize those Tweets and help them show more easily in Twitter search. Our chapter hashtag is #NHWT 
• Clicking or tapping on a hashtagged word in any (social media) message shows you other Tweets that include that hashtag. Hashtags can be included anywhere in a Tweet. 

How to protect your Tweets. 
When you sign up for Twitter, your Tweets are public by default. Public Tweets, are visible to anyone, whether or not they have a Twitter account. Protected Tweets, may only be visible to your Twitter followers. Should you choose to protect your Tweets, you can do so through your account settings.

• Go to your Privacy and safety settings. 
• In the Tweet privacy section, check the box next to Protect my Tweets. 
• Click the Save button at the bottom of the page. You will be prompted to enter your password to confirm the change. 

Women's Wellness

Meditation for Beginners will take place again on Wednesday, March 21 from 6 pm to 7:30 pm (I suggest arriving a few minutes early) Bonnie & I attended last month and it was a fun event! Where: Golden Valley Library 830 Winnetka Ave N. (The meeting room is just inside the front door on the left.)

We will also have a Lunch & Walk (typically called “Walk on Wednesday”) on Monday, April 23 at Ridgedale Mall. Meet at Macy’s at 11:45 am for lunch and we will walk in the Mall afterwards. RSVP with Delores (d2hoseth@q.com). Let’s walk the 5K Route like we did last year! This is the week prior to the 5K on Saturday, April 14 at 11 am. After the walk those interested will go to Byerly’s on Duluth and Hwy 100 for lunch. RENEE W will co-chair with me! The location to meet will be determined prior to the date.

Thank You! Delores H, Women’s Wellness LPM

March Math Square Answers

Amazon Smile

DO YOU SHOP ON AMAZON? 

Here is an easy way for you to support the MNWT Foundation while you shop Amazon. Go to AMAZON SMILE, select the Minnesota Women of Today Foundation as your charity and Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible Amazon Smile purchases to the MNWT Foundation. How easy is that?! Yes, it can be used with Prime. 

HAPPY SHOPPING!

A March Note from President Carrie

Hello ladies!

How is it mid March already?! Not that I mind, because that means planting season is upon us! While I have been thinking of my veggie garden and all the pretty flowers I want to grow, I'm also thinking of how can we grow our chapter. How can we get that spark back to do more for our community? I can't do it alone, nor can the board. We need you! We need your ideas, big or small. It doesn't hurt to try something new! When you do, you usually end up learning new things! While I'm on the topic of new things.... Have you ever considered a board position? We need you!! We are hoping to get some new members on the board. It's really hard to run a chapter without a board! So please, please think about taking that little step outside your comfort zone...I did!! It has been a true learning experience for me, and opened my eyes towards personal development. We are having a late start (time got away from us!!) in recruiting, and we should have a new board ready to go at our APRIL meeting....so lets get our chapter growing, in membership and in personal growth. Lets finish the year out strong!

Much love, Carrie

March General Meeting Invitation

Date: March 26, 2018

Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm General Meeting (snacks and beverages will be provided)

Location: Holy Nativity Lutheran Church in New Hope - 3900 Winnetka Ave N.

The New Hope Women of Today General meeting is open to the public. Guests are always welcome. For more information, contact us at Membership@NewHopeWT.org.

Personal Enrichment Course

Personal Enrichment Course: Lead Out Loud

This will be a fun evening learning about leadership at Carrie’s house. There will be a video and discussion with refreshments. Guests are welcome to join us so invite a friend!

The course will be on Thursday, March 22nd at 6:30.

Come join us and learn more about being a leader! Your Living & Learning LPM, Rita

2018 NHWT 5K!

The 2018 NHWT 5K registration is now open! 

Once again, this year the beneficiary is The 30 Days Foundation. The 30-Days Foundation a Minnesota only a 501c3 charity assists people in real-life financial crisis with a one-time financial grant made payable only the to service provider. 

I encourage you to register for the 5K by March 31st, if you are not one of the 10-12 volunteers we need. Please let your family and friends know about our 5K. I also ask if you use social media that you share any posts that you see. 

Do you have an item, service or product you would like to donate for the silent auction or runner bags? Please contact Teri Burkstrand or Cassie Leoni. Visit the 5K website for an updated list of silent auction items so far.

March Math Square

Try to fill in the missing numbers.

Use the numbers 1 through 36 to complete the equations.

Each number is only used once.
Each row is a math equation. Each column is a math equation.
Remember that multiplication and division are performed before addition and subtraction.