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Anoka 'Women of Today City of Ramsay 15153 P. 0. Box 564, Anoka. W~,~ ~5303 Ryan Schroeder, Cie), Admin~.s~_a~o.-~ ~ ~ Jessie Hart, Finance Conuni%tee Chairperson subject: Ramse5, Women of Today Dso of Community Room Dear Ryan and Jessie, I am wr!uing you on behalf of a new community group being formed in the city of ~amsey. This group is the Women of Today, a community service and leadership training organization with over 150 chapters in Minnesota, and chapters im 15 s~ates across the Nation. The Women of Today execute ~any community projects, offer personal enrichmen~ courses, and do programs in conDunctiOn with several major foundations such as ~arch of Dimes, Kidney Foundation, Cys%ic Fibrosis, and more. This group is being extended by %ha'. Anoka Women of Today, a very stable and lo'Dj-standing chanter. Just a fa%: of %he projects sponsored by the Anoka chapter each year are the annual Bunny Brunch and Egg Hun% at a local elementary school, funding 2or an Anoka Youth Athle%ic Association Softball teamb activities for senior ci%izens, and are leaders in "Toys for Joy" with the Anoka County Chris%mas Conu~ittee. Dona%ions have been given %o the local:high school senior party, the city library, books for Learning Cen~er, F~D, D~E, and a scholarsb, ip for an outstanding high school student. We are active participants in %he Anoka Chamber of Commerce, and we work together with the high school u~i!izing s~udent volunteers. Dsing %he leadership skills gained in the Women of Today, our members have gone on to be leaders in our organization and in the community as school board members, coordinators of major community projects, and as State Staff 'officers for the Women of Today. Our hope is that in establishing a chap%er in Ramsay, these members will reach out to make Ramsay a bezt~r place to live. Unfortunately, we have encountered an obstacle in getting this chapter off the ground - finding a per, anent meeting location. We need a space for lO-20 people to meet once a month for a couple cf hours. In searching throughout Ramsay, it seems that the commun~ity room a~ City Ha!! would be an ideal location. Bowever, we cannot afford t-ne fee that is charged. We Cry %o keeo o~.r dues to a minimum,, so that a. nyone can afford to join. Ways and F~eans pro.jeczs ~.:i!l be done %o cover such items as postage for the monthly newsile%~er, printing costs, and other expenses. We would be %~il!ing %0 put do'~n a reasonable deposit, but the mon~h!y fee currently required woul~ make the use of this roor~ totally unobtainable.