SAGE Newsletter 2005-11-09

General News

  1. ATTENTION: Effective immediately, we have a new permanent email address : sage@mnsu.edu
    Please direct ALL inquiries to this new address.  If you know of someone who is not receiving this SAGE Newsletter, please direct them to the signup form on http://krypton.mnsu.edu/~sage/
  2. We would like to officially welcome Matthew as our new interim Vice President.  Matthew has been involved in SAGE since the beginning of this year and will be filling in for Anne while she tends to other commitments.  Matthew will also continue to maintain the SAGE website.
  3. In our Monday meeting, 11/7, we discussed volunteer options.  We need ideas for what you want to do for volunteering in the community.  If you have any suggestions, please e-mail us at sage@mnsu.edu .  We will compile ideas and vote next week , so this will be an important meeting to attend !

Volunteer opportunity ideas currently include:

  • Adopt a Highway
  • Read to school children
  • Family services
  • Campus kitchen (delivering dining-hall food to shelters, etc)
  • Food shelf (volunteer at food shelf or host food drive)
  • Nursing Homes
  • Thrift Stores (MRCI, etc)
  • Giving Tree (establish our own, or donate to local established trees)
  • Merely Players Community Theatre (ushers, etc.)

Events
  1. Matthew will update the events page by Friday, 11/11/05.  http://krypton.mnsu.edu/~sage/events.htm
  2. SAGE has had several successful events this year, including Queer Bowling night last Monday.  We had a good turnout and had an amazing time.  Scores ranged from 36 to over 155.  We hope to have another night like this soon. 
  3. Monday's booth at the Student-Organization Fair was a great opportunity for outreach and visibility.  We sponsored two massage therapists who gave out about 25 five-minute chair massages.  Unofficially dubbed “Feeling good about LGBTQ”, Participants had fun picking and answering questions related to Queer history/trivia.  Thanks to Jen, Dustin, Julie for signs and all those tireless volunteers who helped provide a visible face. 
  4. The next SAGE Dance is December 2, 2005!!! 
  5. The Youth Dance has been temporarily postponed. 
  6. Please Email SAGE with any ideas you may have for future events.  (For example, we can't wait to go sledding and/or skiing!, watch for more details on the website)