UPCOMING EVENTS
Email addresses and phone numbers are in KCMSA directory, which will be given to all members who have paid their dues. An electronic copy is available on request. For more information on any eventplease email: info@kcmsalliance.org
CHARITY BALL: Saturday, February 4, 2012. THIS YEAR WE WILL BE AT THE GRAND RAPIDS ART MUSEUM. DINNER IS CATERED BY RAMONA'S TABLE. We can enjoy ART for an entire evening while we have a strolling dinner and purchase some great charity baskets.
February 14, (Tuesday) BOOK CLUB at the back room of Schuler's Book Store. Our book is PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce. We will meet at Noon. This book will be discounted at Schulers Book Store the month before our meeting.
February 25 Gourmet Club.
March 13th (Tuesday) HAUENSTEIN NEUROSCIENCE CENTER TOUR: 220 Cherry Street SE Grand Rapids, MI 49503.Time:11:00am For More information you can contact Barbi Sink phone: 245-4959 or 648-4959 e-mail: barbisink@yahoo.com
The Hauenstein Center is the newest building to open its doors on the Saint Mary’s Health Care campus in Grand Rapids. This $60 million facility brings together all outpatient and inpatient neuroscience services under one roof for maximum patient convenience and physician collaboration. It also houses a new critical care unit, a new expanded emergency department and Level II trauma facility.
March 20, Tuesday. BOOKCLUB at Schulers Bookstore on 28th street. We meet at 12:00 noon in the back room. This month our book is: BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP by S. J. Watson
April 13, 2012 Friday. Surf and Turf Sale 11:30 – 2PM. Check "Fundraising Events" on website to download the orderform.
April 14, (Saturday) Surf and Turf Dinner Party 6:00 Social Hour, 7:30 Dinner
Place: Noto's Old World Italian Dining, 660 28th St. in Grand Rapids. Lobster and/or Steak dinner with cash bar and drawing with proceeds going to the KCMS Alliance Foundation to support mini-grants.
April 17 (Tuesday) BOOKCLUB will meet and discuss THE WOMAN WHO HEARD IN COLOR by Kelly Jones
April 24, 2011 (Tuesday)
Spring Luncheon and Installation of Officers
Cascade Country Club
12:00 Noon, $25
Collection for Judge Gardner's Closet
The KCMS Alliance, through its Charitable Fund Committee, selects one or more charities a year to be the major recipient(s) of the funds raised through the Charity Ball. Applicants must be 501(c)3 organizations and provide services within Kent County. The Alliance Charitable Fund Committee gathers information and reviews data from organizations which have submitted grant applications. Applicants must demonstrate how the grant will benefit children and strengthen the Alliance's presence in Kent County. The Charitable Fund Committee then recommends applicants to the KCMS Alliance Board and membership for final approval. At
www.KCMSAlliance.org go to KCMSA Foundation and you can print Charity Ball for Children Grant Application or e-mail
grants@kcmsalliance.org for more information.
The deadline for grant applications for the 2013 Charity Ball for Children is January 15, 2012.
MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY: We are in the process of completing the directory at this time, so if you haven't sent in your dues, please do so. We don't want to miss anyone; if you have a friend who would like to join, please encourage him or her to do so now.
Membership Dues for 2011- 2012:
Membership fees are due by July 1st 2011, however we welcome your membership anytime during the year. Please send your check payable to KCMSA with your name, address, phone number and email to:KCMSA Treasurer 3840 Foxglove Ct. NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49525. You can download membership form from membership link on this website.
Kent County (KCMSA) membership is $20. $5 is the price for the spouce of an intern or a resident. We encourage you to also purchase a state membership for $32 and a national membership for $50. For membership questions contact KCMSA Membership Chair, at
membership@KCMSAlliance.org
Volunteer Opportunities:
Hope Day Care Center Shopping,
Rays of Hope for Haiti,
Charity Ball,
Community Involvement.
E-mail the alliance for further information:
info@kcmsalliance.org
Medical Supply Pickup
KCMSA members will be collecting medical supplies including rice, beans and personal items on an ongoing basis rather than once a year as in previous years. Supplies will be delivered to Rays of Hope, a non-denominational organization that sends medical supplies to Haiti as well as other locations.
Volunteers are needed to help with sorting medical supplies on Tuesdays between the hours of 10am and 3pm at the Medical Donation Resource Center which is located at loading dock 6, 4th floor, 446 Grandville Ave SW, Grand Rapids. No medical experience is needed but it is helpful! For more information or to let us know you can help us help others, please contact Rays of Hope at (616) 633-4258 or Kathy Kendall.
Later in the year we will have a "work day" for members. Stay posted!
Special Interest Groups:
Alliance Musings
Lunch or dinner meetings for a discussion of current events and scintilating chitchat. Meeting place will rotate at 11:30 am unless otherwise noted. RSVP each month to Eileen Brader
KCMSA Book Club
12:00 Book Discussion
Schuler’s Café on 28th Street
Unless otherwise noted. Books are
available, 20% off, at Schulers ONLY the month before our meeting date. If you would like to urchase the book earlier, sign up to receive Schuler's weekly e-mail and visit their web page at www.schulerbooks.com . They joften offer coupons for 20% off a single selection.
JANUARY 17: CLARA AND MR. TIFFANY by Susan Vreeland. THIS MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE AT LITTLE MEXICO RESTAURANT.
FEBRUARY 14: PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce
MARCH 13: BEFORE I GO SLEEP by S. J. Watson
APRIL 17: THE WOMAN WHO HEARD IN COLOR by Kelly Jones
All discussions begin promptly at noon in the cafe at Schuler's Bookstore on 28th Street. The exception will be our January 17 discussion which will be held at Little Mexico Restaurant after our tour of Catherine's Care Center. Little Mexico is located at 401 Stocking Ave NW (corner of Bridge St and Stocking). I anticipate we will arrive around 12:30 pm if you plan to meet us there. I would appreciate RSVP's for this event so that the restaurant can be prepared for us.
One final piece of business is our Family Fun Auction Basket for the KCMSA Charity Ball on February 4. I will list the items I have already collected or that I have been told would be donated below. Please consider making a donation to make our basket a best seller! I believe Kathy Kendall is also collecting for a book basket- I'm not sure whether we are going to try to combine the two or have two separate auction items, but I'll let Kathy fill us in on the details.
Bridge Club
We welcome players at all levels, espcially newcomers. Meets the fourth Monday of each month at various homes.
Contact: Marianne Delavan
Gourmet Club: We meet a few times a year for dinner in member homes. A theme is selected and recipes assigned.
Contact: Mary Crawford & Lisbeth Vortuba
Gavel Club: Annual luncheon for past presidents. Time and place is announced by invitation.
Contact: Sue Van Tuined
Board Meetings:
Event: KCMSA BOARD MEETINGS
First Tuesday of the Month except January which will be January 10th.
LOCATION: KCMS/KCOA Office
233 East Fulton, Suite 222 Grand Rapids. MI (Masonic Temple)
Phone: 616-458-4157
TIME: 9:30AM
May New Board Old Board Meeting – May 1, 2012: Time and Location to be announced.
Event: KCMSF BOARD MEETINGS
Time: 12:00 noon, October, November, January, March and April
LOCATION: KCMS/KCOA Office
233 East Fulton, Suite 222 Grand Rapids. MI (Masonic Temple)
Phone: 616-458-4157