10/31/2008

The following is an excerpt from a letter I received from Martha Lanier.........

I thoroughly loved speaking and sharing the time with all of you. I will always remember the warmth and love each of you extended to me. I am still blown away by the generous donation for the Atlanta 2 Day Walk for Breast Cancer. So many women will benefit from this. Another member also gave me a check before she left which brought the grand total to $808! I am still in shock! Since posting your donation, I am currently in first place for receiving the highest amount in total contributions!
Those adorable little pink and white running shoes are hanging on my whiteboard as a daily reminder to keep walking. I have not taken off the Courage/Strength bracelet since I put it on Tuesday night. What a beautiful and special reminder of my new Women2Women friends! In addition to the gorgeous flowers, the surprises kept coming as I discovered the gift card. You can be assured I will use it to buy something special to remember the day.
Please share my appreciation with everyone who gave so generously and let me know if there is ever anything I can do for you. I feel blessed that our paths have crossed and I look forward to growing our friendship!
Your new friend,
Martha Lanier



10/22/2008


WHAT A TERRIFIC DAY!!!

We were so blessed to have Martha Lanier come to speak to us yesterday. It was a much anticipated event that turned out to be even better than our expectations! Martha spoke to us from her heart about facing her fears, having a plan, and how to make lemonade when life throws you lemons.

Attendance was high- as I expected we had a crowd of about 60! What an accomplishment for us for only our sixth meeting! I was so proud to see all of the new faces, as w
ell as the familiar ones. Thank you for everyone who came to make today such a success. It isn't MY meeting..it's YOUR meeting! Together...we help each other grow.

I was proud to introduce our Founders Committee Members. These ladies have helped me grow the group into the success we are experiencing. Please get to know these ladies and feel free to contact them with questio
ns or ideas you may have concerning the group.



We were so proud to present Martha with a check for our fundraising efforts in the amount of $783.00! This money was to kickstart her 2009 "2 Day Walk" Campaign. Martha was not expecting this, and was clearly in awe and total suprise. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this effort.

I heard nothing but praise from everyone about how wonderful Martha was, and although I can speak for the group I thought it would be so much more inspiring if some of you would send her a card personally. Her address is:

Martha Lanier

4990 Magnolia Creek Drive

Cumming, GA 30040


Let’s let her know how much we appreciate her gift to us, and hope to be able to have her back again sometime next year.


Again, thank you to everyone who took time out from your busy day to come and be with us. And thank you to the ones who brought guests with you as well. Congratulations to Sandra Glass on her win for the beach condo in Destin! Sandra, you have earned this one!


I hope that we all came away with a new outlook, a new perspective, and a renewed hope in our souls that we are going to Rise and Shine in 2009! Networking works if you work it! I look forward to seeing you all in November!


Please post your comments here, and I will forward this site to Martha!


Sincerely and from my heart…


Kimberly