My transition out of the Presidency position has given me an opportunity to serve as the POC for the Global community initiatives this year (it’s one of the 3 communities Tau Theta is trying to get started). In case you’ve forgotten, the three communities are:

Local: Service in the local community (Adopting a nurse or nursing home)
Global: Global service (Heifer International, Habitat for humanity, Orphanage project)
Professional: Promoting nursing (speaking in schools, mentoring nursing students)

Last December, five Tau Theta members at USU contributed money to Heifer International in lieu of giving holiday gifts to faculty & staff. With our combined dollars, we purchased a Water Buffalo, a Pig, 10 Tree Seedlings, a Trio of Rabbits and a flock of hope (chicks, ducklings and goslings). We then sent out an email message stating that our holiday gift to the USU community was to help feed and nourish individuals in the US and around the globe.

This year, we are extending an invitation to any Tau Theta member interested in joining us in this global service effort.

If you would like to make a tax deductible donation to the 2007 Tau Theta Global Service Project: our 2007 Heifer International gift, please send our treasurer (he was just elected to the STTI board as their treasurer – congratulations Ric!) Ric Ricciardi a short email (rricciardi@usuhs.mil) so we know approximately how many donations to expect in the mail. Then please send a check (any dollar amounts appreciated) made out to Tau Theta to

Tau Theta Chapter

20203 Goshen Road #294

Gaithersburg, MD 20879

I know it’s a lofty goal, but perhaps, this year we could collect enough to buy an Ark!

Check out the website http://www.heifer.org

Happy Holidays, everyone!

Diane

Project: Adopting a local school of nursing

Overall POC: Reyn Mosier reynold.mosier@amedd.army.mil

• Assistance to Associate Degree POC: Diane Padden dpadden@usuhs.mil

• Assistance with writing skills POC: Rod Hicks rodhicks@aol.com