Mission Statement We educate and support caregivers through community awareness, identifying needs and filling gaps in service. Meeting Minutes Tuesday, March 10th, 2015 at St. Joseph’s, New London Attendees Darlene Kramer, Debra Brunner, Jennifer Schimmelpfenning, Jennifer Schwirtz, Julie Hert, Kay Edlebeck, Melanie Draska, Sarah Halstead, Tammy Malewski, Tiah Gretzinger, Hannah Gutho, Gidget Blank Minutes: Welcome/Introductions All present introduced themselves. Review of February Minutes There were no corrections to the minutes which were sent out to the group. Old Business Homework review Coalition members were asked to think about the following question: If you were to sum up the Caregiver Coalition in 15 words or less, what would you say? Discussion on this was moved to after the committee time. Members were also asked to bring names of newspapers, radio and other resources. Ideas shared: WDUX Tina Genlie, WinTV – – Josh Werner, Waupaca Co. Post Angie Lansverk – New Business Committee meeting time Committees met for one hour and then reported back to the larger group. Committee reports and discussion Marketing Committee Update – See committee meeting notes, attached. As the brochure was discussed, the larger group revisited the idea of a tagline or short summary of what our Coalition is. Many reported that our mission statement was a concise description of who we are and what we do. We bounced around some variations of the Caregiver Support Group message and most thought the for for “You’re there them; we’re here you” phrase worked well. All will continue to think about this before the next meeting. Education Committee Update See committee meeting notes, attached. Event Committee Update See committee meeting notes, attached
Mission Statement We educate and support caregivers through community awareness, identifying needs and filling gaps in service. Meeting Minutes Tuesday, March 10th, 2015 at St. Joseph’s, New London Attendees Darlene Kramer, Debra Brunner, Jennifer Schimmelpfenning, Jennifer Schwirtz, Julie Hert, Kay Edlebeck, Melanie Draska, Sarah Halstead, Tammy Malewski, Tiah Gretzinger, Hannah Gutho, Gidget Blank Minutes: Welcome/Introductions All present introduced themselves. Review of February Minutes There were no corrections to the minutes which were sent out to the group. Old Business Homework review Coalition members were asked to think about the following question: If you were to sum up the Caregiver Coalition in 15 words or less, what would you say? Discussion on this was moved to after the committee time. Members were also asked to bring names of newspapers, radio and other resources. Ideas shared: WDUX – Tina Genlie, WinTV – Josh Werner, Waupaca Co. Post – Angie Lansverk New Business Committee meeting time Committees met for one hour and then reported back to the larger group. Committee reports and discussion Marketing Committee Update – See committee meeting notes, attached. As the brochure was discussed, the larger group revisited the idea of a tagline or short summary of what our Coalition is. Many reported that our mission statement was a concise description of who we are and what we do. We bounced around some variations of the Caregiver Support Group message and most thought the “You’re there for them; we’re here for you” phrase worked well. All will continue to think about this before the next meeting. Education Committee Update See committee meeting notes, attached. Event Committee Update See committee meeting notes, attached
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