Its the time of year where we start planning to host our annual holiday party at Sam Rosen Elementary in Fort Worth and Webb Elementary in Arlington.

Year after year our Volunteers have a great time sharing the spirit of the season with two great groups of kids.

Here’s the schedule:

Dec 8 (morning) Party Prep at Sam Rosen

Dec 9 (all day) Party at Sam Rosen

Dec 15 (morning) Party Prep at Webb

Dec 16 (all day) Party at Webb

Natalie Parish is the volunteer coordinator for Sam Rosen

Vince Heimann is organizing workers for Webb.

Even though the parties last all day, you are welcome to work only part of the day if that is what you can do. In addition to volunteers, we collect donations to support the cost of the party.

All volunteers must be approved in advance by the district. Click here for a copy of the Arlington ISD volunteer form Please fill out the form, attach a copy of your ID and forward it to Vince, his fax number is 817-273-5913.

The Fort Worth ISD volunteer form is one page, be sure to copy your I.D. on to the form and fax to Raymond at 817-882-0136.

If you were a volunteer at Webb last year, we ARE able to use last year’s background form provided your name has not changed and your I.D. is still valid.

The deadline to submit the background form is November 20th. If you are recruiting volunteers from your credit union, you may also want to plan in advance for substitute volunteers by having them fill out the form as well.

If you need directions to the schools, click on their names above.

Our annual golf tournament to benefit TCULPAC is Wednesday, August 12th at Fossil Creek Golf Club.

The early bird deadline for registration is August 6th. More information and a copy of the registration is available here.

First off, congratulations are in order for our own Pamelas Stephens, President of Security One Federal Credit Union who has just been named “Alumni of the Year” by the Southwest CUNA Management School Alumni Association.

Second (but no less important), a big “Thank You!” to everyone who contributed items or shipping money for the USA Home Team and the 10th Combat Support Hospital, Baghdad. This was our third year of conducting a drive and again we topped the previous year’s donations. I just got the following message from Colleen Canion our contact:

“Please give my sincere thanks again to all the members of the Ft. Worth Chapter of Credit Unions for their donations to the 10th Combat Support Hospitals in Baghdad and Tallil. I have copied our current Points of Contact in Iraq so they will know of your generous gifts of cash for postage and “Wish List” items which are or will be on the way soon to their hospitals.

God Bless Americans wherever they are serving our country!”

DFW Airport Administration, the DFW USO and North Texas Commission will celebrate the 5th Anniversary of the U.S. Military arrivals and departures through DFW Airport on Tuesday, June 16, 2009.

In support of the of the celebration, the Fort Worth Chapter of Credit Unions will take part in a Greet the Troops visit at DFW Airport, Terminal D, Gate 22 on the Arrival Level, Tuesday, June 16, 2009. We welcome volunteers to meet and greet the troops. The flight is scheduled to arrive at 9:30 a.m. We encourage you to be in the terminal by 9:00 a.m. To check the approximate arrival time, you are encouraged to call the Hotline number at 972-574-0392 around 7:00 am on the morning of the flight.

The Fort Worth Chapter is 2007 Chapter of the Year in the Group 1 asset category ($1 Billion +). To be eligible for this honor, a chapter must score in at least five of the seven performance categories and post a points total of 500 or more. The Fort Worth Chapter scored in ALL seven performance categories, posting a point total of 980!

Well done!

Winners will be formally announced in tomorrow’s Leaguer. And, a “2007 Chapter of the Year” logo will be posted on the Fort Worth Chapter page on the TCUL web site to commemorate your achievement.

Thank you for all you do. Keep up the great work.

Dean Borland Director, Chapters & Councils

The Fort Worth chapter will be hosting our annual golf tournament benefiting CULAC & TCUL PAC on Wednesday August 13, 2008.

This year’s tourney will be held at Fossil Creek.

NOW TAKING REGISTRATIONS! Download or view the registration information here.

For more information, contact Ron Fox at Fort Worth City Credit Union.

Donating blood is always a great idea, but the chapter board is encouraging our members to make a special donation.

Many of you are aware that our CMN coordinator Suzanne Fusaro and her family are going through some challenging times. Suzanne’s husband Lou has been in need of weekly transfusions.

Donations in Lou’s honor can be made at any Carter BloodCare location. The sponsor number you should provide is SPON046349

Enterprise Car Sales has introduced an exciting promotion for our member credit unions.

Enterprise will make a $100 donation to Children’s Miracle Network for every referral from a DFW area Credit Union that produces a sale in the month of April 2008.

Credit union marketers can click here to obtain the PDF promotional flyer.

As the year is quickly drawing to a close, the board would like to remind you of several actions/activities between now and the end of the year.

TCUL PAC – we are still behind our goal. If your credit union has funds from employee contribution or candy sales, be sure to get that sent in before Christmas

School Parties – We are currently collecting information on volunteers. There was an error on the letter sent to credit unions. Sam Rosen background forms should be faxed to Raymond Shands, his correct fax number is 817-882-0136. Background forms for Webb should be faxed to Vince Heimann at 817-273-5913.

Cookbooks for Kids – Due to a printing delay, we now expect delivery the first week of December. If your CU ordered books we will be contacting you about a pick-up date and time.

Chapter Dinners – The notice for our November 27th meeting (Robbery) is out. Remember to get your RSVP in before heading off for Thanksgiving. Also, we will be having our Christmas dinner at the Petroleum Club on December 3rd. The full notice will be out next week.

We are getting closer to the Christmas Carnivals at Sam Rosen Elementary (Wednesday, December 12th), and Webb Elementary (Tuesday, December 18th). In addition to all the fun we have planned for the children, we are trying to make sure we have plenty of winter coats to donate to the children that need them.

Over the years we have had hundreds of coats donated by our Credit Unions and Preferred Partners. These special gifts have been both very much appreciated and very much needed. Many of these children do without things we all take for granted, and the coats are one way to help make a difference in their lives.

We are in need of NEW coats that will fit elementary children up to grade 6. We need coats for both boys and girls.

Some Credit Unions and Preferred Partners are accepting cash donations from their staff and membership. With the funds they collect, they are purchasing coats. Others are just asking that new coats be donated. Either way is great!

Once you have collected the coats, please contact Vince Heimann to make arrangements to have them picked up.

If you have any questions, or need more information, please contact Vince at 817-273-5910.