Meetings, Membership and Mitzvah

​Last Thursday's meeting was very interesting - Dr. Kleinbrodt was a very good speaker - very informative, and humorous too.  We very much appreciate the women who pitched in to make the event a success, particularly Robyn Blachman, who shopped for those great decorations, baked the foot cookies, made the chocolate candy feet (YUM!) and more.  It was a great success.
Speaking of meetings, the next one is only 2 1/2 weeks away, because it is our Sukkot celebration, and Sukkot is the first week of October.  So mark October 5 on your calendars.  It will be at Jo Schwartz's house.  A flyer is attached for your refrigerator or bulletin board.
Membership packets were mailed out and you should have received yours already.  Did you like the calendar magnet?  If you didn't receive you packet, let us know (even if you already paid) so we can make sure you get your magnet.  We tried to mark everyone who paid as paid on the invoice, but we missed a few - Sorry! Don't stress if yours doesn't say you paid and you know that you did.
We also need to work on how to invite our Temple husbands to become Friends of Sisterhood.  We definitely welcome and want their support, but haven't quite figured out how to configure the packets to express that.  So if you could help out by encouraging men to become our Friends, we would appreciate your assistance!
Apologies for the length of this email, but we thought you would like to know that we're sending almost $500 in gift cards to Temple Emanuel of Beaumont, Texas to help them recover from Hurricane Harvey.  They are a small but over 100-year-old congregation.  Thanks to Mel Birken for facilitating this effort.  We will repeat this next month to a Temple in Florida. 
Went looking for hurricane humor in honor of the resourcefulness of Texans and Floridians and found a half-dozen different images of signs with the following message: