Attendees:    Rose Burrows, Donna Sanchez, Janet Smith, Elsie Clare, Ruth Lee, Adrian O’Neill

Today we welcomed a new member , Adrian O’Neill. Adrian is a Doctor of Oriental Medicine and has graciously offered her services to the committee. We are grateful for her help. We were also honored to have Donna Sanchez join us today. Fresh ideas always help us so much.

Sept. 17th, from 9 to noon, Ben Archer is having a health fair at the Youth Center. The committee decided to have a booth and pass out information about the task force, much as we did at the hospital health fair. We anticipate a bigger crowd, and thus hope to get the word out to more people. Elsie will purchase candy to be given to the children attending. She and Ruth will set up at 8am and man the booth until 10. Adrian and Rose will be there until noon and break down.

Our T-shirt project is going well. We just picked up another order from Desert Graphics and now have all sizes from small to 2X. Others can be ordered from Elsie Clark at: 744-5765. Gretchen Campbell, owner of Coldwell Banker, purchased a large number for her agents. Thanks Gretchen! Adrian is contacting the City Offices and Forest Service for their orders. We plan to have a booth at the Sierra County Fair and offer a free T-shirt with a $20.00 donation. Destination Sierra County is Sat., Oct 1st, and Adrian is checking to see if we can have a booth there also.

Rose will be delivering the T-shirts to the winners of the coloring contest and getting their pictures for the paper this week.

Adrian has offered to write weekly articles for the newspapers and public service announcements for the radio station. These will not only be informational, but will be asking for help and expertise from the community. Right now, we need the specific measurements of the pool, and she will contact the City Building Inspector regarding this.

Our next meeting is noon, Wed. Sept. 7th. 511 Van Patten. All are welcome. Next general meeting in the 3rd Thurs. of the month, Sept. 15th, 5:30 at the computer lab.