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OCTOBER 2008
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
For
King's Daughters and Sons from across North America who attended the 48th
General Convention in Williamsburg, VA, the networking and fellowship
was grand. Members gathered to celebrate the work which is accomplished
every day by this extraordinary membership.
A highlight of the convention was Dr. David Craig, Director of The King's Daughters' School in Tennessee who spoke about the work being done with autistic children. Also, members had the opportunity to hear Pat Alspaugh, a King's Daughters and co-founder of Families of Autistic Children of Tidewater (FACT), speak of her experiences and drive to educate the general public about this disorder which affects 1 in every 150 children.
Besides autism, the Order adopted literacy as another focus. Mary Ann Burritt, a retired educator and a Circle leader, reported startling facts about the effects of literacy on a person's economic status, health, and, of course, education. Following her remarks, members gathered nearly 300 books which were sorted and put into bags. These books were distributed to children in shelters and children in areas where horrific storms had taken away their homes.
Two organizations which receive assistance from The King's Daughters and Sons are Operation Christmas Child and Heifer International. Representatives from both groups spoke at the convention. Members donated hundreds of items to fill 57 shoeboxes.
At the final banquet, the following retiring officers were honored for their years of service: Carole Babel, Sara Companik, Walt Laude, Ida Lyons, and Millie McRae.
As ideas were shared
and friendships forged, members left Historic Williamsburg renewed with
enthusiasm for the work ahead. As Peggy Powers, the Order's poet wrote
in a poem, With God All Things Are Possible, "Look forward to that
which is to come, the future holds many things."
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