Spring Luncheon 2014 is on its way!

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Tickets are now on sale for Altrusa's 26th Annual Spring Luncheon to be held on
Saturday, March 22, 2014.

Delicious lunch, fashion show, live auction, door prizes, shopping boutique -- don't miss out! Tickets often sell out quickly.

Tickets are $35 each - call Bonnie at 216-0051 to reserve yours.

Support our community & lend your name to a great event

Altrusa's annual Spring Luncheon is just around the corner -- March 22, 2014 -- and we need YOU. As a sponsor of this very popular event, your business name will be recognized as one that truly cares about our community.

Your participation is critical to Altrusa’s continued efforts to better our community. You can be assured that your sponsorship dollars will go toward individual grants and service projects where local Altrusans unite their varied talents in service to others, and achieve as a group what individuals cannot do alone.

Without generous sponsors like you, the Montrose Altrusa Club would not be able to fulfill the needs of so many. We hope you will commit to one of our Sponsorship Opportunities so we may include you as one of our supporters this year in helping make our Annual Spring Luncheon a success.

For more details on becoming a sponsor of Altrusa's 2014 Spring Luncheon, please CLICK HERE. We are also looking for donations for the live auction as well as applications for Vendor tables in our Shopping Boutique. Note that many levels of sponsorship and support are available, so this opportunity is open to businesses large and small (and to individuals as well!).

Altrusa thanks our generous Montrose community for your support over the years. Together, we are building a stronger community.

2011 Spring Luncheon details announced

Altrusa's signature fundraiser event -- our 23rd Annual Spring Luncheon -- will usher in Springtime with a musical flair on Saturday, March 26, 2011.

Join us for fun,delightful food, an outstanding shopping boutique, a fashion show featuring local businesses, and much more. The support of the people and businesses in Montrose is always greatly appreciated, and makes it possible for Altrusa to provide scholarships, grants, and numerous services to our community and beyond.

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Tickets are $35 per person. Please contact Ginny Spaven at 964-4379 to reserve yours.

Tickets available for 2010 Spring Luncheon

Come to our Garden Party on Saturday, March 20, 2010 and enjoy a fashion show, entertainment, a live auction, an exclusive shopping boutique, and -- of course -- a wonderful meal at beautifully decorated tables in the Montrose Pavilion.

Best of all, when you attend this annual fund raising party, you are supporting the many projects and scholarships which our local Altrusa Club provides to our community.

Tickets are $35 per person and available by mail only. Send check or money order, a self-addressed, stamped envelope and Attendee’s name for each ticket ordered to:

Altrusa Luncheon
PO Box 3184
Montrose CO 81402

For ticket information, please call Marge Keehfuss at 249-8298

Download the 2010 Spring Luncheon flyer.

Would you like to help even more?  Consider sponsoring one of our decorative tables!  Download a Luncheon Table Sponsorship form.

Altrusa of Montrose especially wants to thank our major sponsors for this event:
Alpine Bank - Diamond Sponsor
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage - Emerald Sponsor
Flower Motor Company - Ruby Sponsor

Spring Luncheon photos

A good time was had by all at our annual Altrusa Spring Luncheon fundraiser, so we'd like to share some of the fun with everyone.

Table decorators transformed the Pavilion with their creative talents.

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After:
Dessert was truly a work of art.The Shopping Boutique was a big hit.

Money raised at this and other Altrusa fundraisers helps us to provide scholarships, grants, and numerous service projects to our community as well as internationally.

Looking for more photos?  Watch here, or click the image below for a larger version:

Celebrate! – Tickets for Annual Altrusa Luncheon Now On Sale

Altrusa of Montrose now has tickets available for one of its most popular fundraising events of the year – the Altrusa Spring Luncheon. On Saturday, March 21, 2009, the 21st Annual Altrusa Spring Luncheon will be held at the Montrose Pavilion.  

Every year, creative Altrusans and other members of the community, decorate  Luncheon tables following the theme selected for the year.  This year’s theme is Celebrate! and should create a festive and fun atmosphere for Luncheon guests as table decorators create 29 unique Luncheon tables portraying a variety of joyous things to “CELEBRATE,” such as “Mardi Gras”, “Man’s Best Friend” and “Babies” in their own artistic way.

On March 21st, the Altrusa Spring Luncheon event will begin at 9:00 am with an exclusive Shopping Boutique in the Montrose Pavilion Lobby and Senior Center areas, as well as Luncheon Table viewing for ticket holders.  With over 20 vendors, the Shopping Boutique will be open from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm.  Seating will begin at 12:15 pm for the elegant luncheon meal, served by members of Altrusa.  A runway fashion show featuring local clothing stores, as well as a live auction, musical entertainment and door prize drawings, will also be included as part of the event.  

 

The entire community is encouraged to attend this fun Altrusa fundraiser.  Proceeds from the Altrusa Spring Luncheon are invested back into the Montrose Community - for a variety of worthwhile programs, student scholarships and community services undertaken or supported by Altrusa throughout the year.  

Tickets for the Luncheon are $30 and are available by mail only. Those interested in purchasing tickets may do so by sending a check or money order, a self-addressed, stamped envelope and the Attendee’s name for each ticket ordered to:

Altrusa Spring Luncheon
PO Box 3184
Montrose, CO 81402

For information on Luncheon tickets, please call Sally Senger at 249-7824 or Roberta Hoey at 249-3873.  For information on the Luncheon event call Lita Sargent at 417-1145.

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Help support our community projects even more by becoming a Sponsor of this event.   Download Sponsor information and Sponsor Forms here.

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Celebrate!

Committees report on their activities

At our December 9 meeting, Altrusans were treated to an impressive series of reports from several of our committees on their accomplishments so far, and plans for the rest of our fiscal year.

Jeannie Kuchynka (Members Issues) reported that 27 Altrusans participated as volunteers for the Bosom Buddies Walk/Run fundraiser. The committee has provided school supplies to local students, scholarships to help children participate in extra-curricular activities, and 4 DVD players (plus a DVD library) to the San Juan Cancer Center for patients to use while undergoing lengthy chemotherapy.

Lita Sargent (Spring Luncheon '09) seems ready to issue a challenge with our 2nd biggest fundraiser, declaring that the committee has a goal of raising $13,500 this year -- nipping at the heels of our #1 fundraiser, the Holiday Festival. This year's theme: "Celebrate." The committee has several ideas for ways to enhance the function, including getting table sponsors, handing out "goody bags" with items from sponsors, and offering more auction items.

Cheryl Gibson (Environmental) outlined a very impressive list of projects that committee is undertaking. Adopt-a-Highway may be enhanced with recycling efforts, more "Flowers by Altrusa" will be planted at Cerise Park, and they'll be putting on an Earth Day luncheon and "green" fashion show (zero waste, of course!). They are also expanding the composting school lunch program at Passage Charter school to Northside (which serves about 10 times as many lunches). The Environmental committee also plants to continue volunteer work at the annual e-Waste event (electronics recycling), and begin some new ongoing projects such as a bike riding challenge (promoting bicycle usage at Columbine and Centennial), and Wild Bird Education and Protection brochures. Wow!

Susan Woody (Literacy) reported that we won't need to sew additional Buddy Bags this year, but will continue to fill them with items for children. Season's Readings book collections are going well, and the committee is buying Spanish and bilingual books to add to the items to be handed out by Health & Human Services. For Make a Difference Day, the committee donated books and gift bags for students to receive from teachers as rewards to Passage Charter school.

All of us at Altrusa congratulate these committees for their impressive work. Thanks to everyone involved!

Of course, if we tried to hold a single meeting to hear reports on projects from all our committees, we'd need to schedule an entire day!

Spring Luncheon 2008

A great deal of time and effort by members of the Spring Luncheon committee resulted in a very successful event. About 90% of our membership participated in putting on this fundraiser, including organizing or modeling in the fashion show, arranging for entertainment, food preparation and serving, publicity, ticket sales, table decoration, and organizing vendors. Committee Chair Bobbi Brown reports a projected net profit of just over $12,000.

All funds raised by the Spring Luncheon and our other fundraisers are used to help our local community as well as broader-based Projects of our Montrose club. Altrusa of Montrose thanks everyone who sponsored, participated, or attended this event for their support which enables us to help others.

"All Around the World" fundraising luncheon

Altrusa of Montrose is pleased to announce the theme of this year's annual Spring Luncheon is "All Around the World!" The Luncheon will take place on Saturday, March 29, 2008.

This year's event promises to be another fun, festive, and flavorsome affair. Table viewing and a Vendor Fair will run from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM. Altrusans and other creative folks will have set and decorated a number of tables based on the international theme of the event. (For some photos of tables from last year's event, click here). Vendors offer such items as jewelry, crafts, and gourmet foods.

Luncheon seating will be at 11:30 AM, and the menu this year is also international in flavor.

Our guest speaker is Enda Junkins, MSW, LCSW, LMFT. Enda will get us all laughing with her presentation, "Reducing Stress with Humor."

Attendees will also be treated to a fashion show, a live auction, and door prizes.

Tickets are $30, and available starting February 15 by mail only. Send check or money order, a self-addressed, stamped envelope, and the Attendee's name for each ticket ordered to:
Altrusa Luncheon
PO Box 3184
Montrose, CO 81402

Funds raised at the luncheon support our many projects and make a real difference in our community. Altrusa International of Montrose Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)3 foundation.

Help spread the word -- a Poster for this event can be viewed/printed here.

Photos from Spring Luncheon

Here are a few of the decorated tables from this year's Spring Luncheon, our annual fundraiser held April 14, 2007.

We hope to see you at next year's gala event!

Fundraising Projects

The services Altrusa provides to our Montrose community and to communities around the world are made possible by funds raised by several annual fundraising projects:

• Festival of Trees
• Golf Tournament
• Spring Luncheon

In addition, our Bequests and Grants committee identifies Altrusa projects in need of funds to enable enhancement or expansion of projects. This committee researches availability of grants, compiles data required by grants, writes and submits grants.