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AS I SEE IT. . .

Time to Say Thank You

by Leanna Lindquist, DTM—District Director

One of the are responsible for supervising, inspiring,
greatest strengths of the Toastmaster Program and making sure your Area Director has the
is its volunteers. Every member is a volunteer information needed to be effective in the role.
at one time or another. Volunteering starts at They make sure there is a Division Contest and
the club level when someone signs up to give club officer makeup training. Directors commit
a speech or serve as a functionary. People who to a full year of volunteering. Some drive 100
wish to take their volunteerism to the next miles one way to visit their clubs. Directors are
level become club officers. When you walk into the people who help guide our ship. Thank you

THANK YOU!

a club meeting and the roles are filled, the to all our Directors.
agenda is printed and the room is set up, you If you have attended TLI, walked in the door,
can thank a volunteer. registered, and grabbed a hot cup of coffee you
If you have attended an area or division can thank a small army of volunteers. They
contest, thank your Area Director. Area Directors are at the front door at 6:00 am schlepping in
serve as liaisons between the club and the District. equipment, arranging chairs and putting out
During the area visits they share deadlines, food. Connie Smith, our Hospitality Chair,
conference and training information. unloads her car stuffed with bins of cups, plates,
Area Directors are required to visit clubs twice silverware and yes, that hot coffee I mentioned
a year. Many visit clubs multiple times providing earlier. Prior to TLI, presenters have been
training and support to strengthen the club. recruited, facilities secured, and the word has
Dawnette Hale is the Area Director for Rose City been spread. Thank you to our Program Quality
Toasters, a prison club. Read the follow up to her Director and team.
recent article in this issue of Voices! See how she If you have attended a District conference you
goes above and beyond to help her clubs. Thank can thank a conference chair and another small
you Dawnette. army of volunteers for showing up at the door at
If you have attended makeup training you can 6:00am. Registration has been expertly handled
thank your Division Director. These volunteers by P. J. Kleffner for as long as I can remember.

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