REMINDER: Heart to Heart April 18th

REMINDER: Heart to Heart on Apr 18th View this email in your browser Heart to Heart Reminder April 18th, 2017 Hi Monica, I am on vacation but I am working, working, working! Clients always seem to need me when I am away but it is a good thing that I can work as long as I have internet and I have the support of my office as well. Also, I figured I better get this newsletter out while I am at my computer. I have raised the prices of the Member of the Month feature and our Spotlight Tables in the Northend group. I have not received enough paid memberships to cover my expenses so there is still a discount if you are a paid member but just not as much as it was before. It really helps support our group if you pay your yearly dues. Many thanks to those of you who already paid! :) I have been toying with the idea of getting rid of our Facebook page and turning it into a Facebook Group instead. It will take a bit of work to get it set up and running as I need some volunteers to help me admin/moderate the group but I think it will be more community building and easier to share things between the members. Let me know what you think! ~Monica~ EASTSIDE April 18th Meetup RSVP EASTSIDE May 2nd Meetup RSVP Barbara Kempf with Tupperware - Shop online, date a party, fundraiser, kitchen org, meal prep, storage  NORTHEND Apr 24th Meetup RSVP NORTHEND May 8th Meetup RSVP - BUNCO ANNIVERSARY Amy Best-Moreley with John L. Scott - Priced Right The First Time!   MORE INFO & NEWS VENUE UPDATES NORTHEND The venue at Shawn O'Donnell's has some changes coming up in the new year. Starting in January, the cost for the buffet will now be $18 and that includes your meal, dessert, a non-alcoholic beverage, tax and tip. They also will no longer be able to accommodate us ordering off the regular menu unless it is a dietary necessity. We will now have a standard meal at every meeting which will be a salad bar with grilled chicken. You will be able to build your own meal and there will be a pasta salad, fruit salad and cookies as well. I had very good feedback from our last meeting so please let me know if this will be an issue for anyone moving forward. Please support our venue by purchasing the buffet when you attend! We had a suggestion offered at the meeting in December and that was to change the menu for the buffet every quarter. AMY LINDSAY-EELLS was our winner for the first drawing! I will select another winner from the people who have paid their dues through May 8th at our Anniversary party. EASTSIDE Starting on March 7, we will be meeting at Café Veloce in Kirkland, just off of I-405 in Totem Lake. It is just off Totem Lake Boulevard, so hopefully will be very easy to come to. Italian food and wines -- so this should be fun. I know it is hard to go down 520, to get to the Family Pancake House sometimes in the evenings. http://www.cafeveloce.com/ 12514 120th AVE NE Kirkland, WA Phone : 425 814 2972 MEMBER OF THE MONTH In order to utilize our website more, I have decided to offer a "Member of the Month" featured article. You provide me with an article about you and your business that we can publish on our website. You can use 500-1200 words, up to 5 images, and unlimited text links. Content is subject to approval. This is great for SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and will remain on the site indefinitely. Your blog post will also be shared on Facebook and highlighted in our monthly newsletter as well. As an introductory offer, I will start this program for just $35 (or $25 if you paid your yearly dues)!    Eileen Paul - April Member of the Month Here are the current Members of the Month scheduled for the next few months: SEP: Monica with Anywhere But Here Travel OCT: Sandee with Gourmet Temptations Gift Baskets NOV: Kate with Northern Lights Life Coaching DEC: Laura with Key Oils JAN: Molly with Carefree Beauty Permanent Makeup FEB: Deborah Lobe, Makeup Artist & Stylist MAR: Sandee with Gourmet Temptations Gift Baskets APR: Eileen with The Pampered Chef MAY: Kathy with The Miller Connection JUN: Heather with Usborne Books JUL: OPEN AUG: OPEN Sign Up for the next Member of the Month! SAVE THE DATE - BUNCO ANNIVERSARY PARTY We just celebrated our 7th anniversary as Heart to Heart Networking and to celebrate, we are hosting a special networking meeting of brief introductions and then we will be playing bunco! We had a great response to last year's event that we decided to make it an annual event. You don't need to know how to play as we can teach you when you show up. It will be on a regularly scheduled NORTHEND meeting date of Monday May 8th @ 6:30pm. We will still have the buffet so please plan on purchasing dinner at this meeting. There is no cost to attend other than the buffet dinner as usual. If a member attends who hasn't paid their yearly dues, there will be a $5 cost for this meeting. We will give out cash prizes and some other goodies so make sure to attend! RSVP for Bunco Anniversary Party! NORTHEND SPECIAL SPEAKER Coming up next is Linda Deppa with Uncluttered Professional Organizing on June 12, 2017. She does personal and business organizing plus families too. Please let us know what organizing topics you want to hear her speak about the most. Finally, our last speaker scheduled for this year is Morgan Oaks (aka Dr. Mo) with An Evolution in Chiropractic on Oct 23, 2017. He recently had a TedX talk about "Learning the Language of Dude" where he shared his life story and experiences and how it allowed him to listen more deeply to himself and the world around him. We are still working out the details of the exact subject of his presentation so stay tuned! Do you have someone to recommend or a topic that you want to hear about? Let us know!  ADVENTURE OUTINGS Kim and Stephanie have stepped up to lead a monthly H2H Adventure Outing where we plan to meet and spend $30-40 per person on a fun activity or event. Some ideas that we have been tossing around were karaoke, a mani/pedi day at the spa, wine tasting, solve a puzzle room, etc. Send your ideas of fun activities to do to Kim or Stephanie. We took an informal poll at one of our NORTHEND meetings about who is interested in taking a self-defense class. We had a lot of interest so let us know if this is something you are interested in as well. Our next door neighbors at Active Martial Arts (Monica's daughter takes classes there) would love to put something together for us so we are just waiting to hear when and how much it will cost. We will be a pilot program for them so we just have to wait for them to get an instructor set up to help us out. Would you like to take a self defense class? Please let us know if this is of interest to you and we will get you more information and schedule a class soon! SPOTLIGHT TABLES - NORTHEND To have a table, you must have attended a meeting within the last 3 months. You will get 7 minutes to present about your business and/or passion. The cost for a Spotlight Table is $25 or $20 if you are a PAID MEMBER. If you want to sign up for a table, you will have to go online and sign up for a table. Payment will be required within one week or your spot will be cancelled and opened up to someone else. Here is the schedule for the upcoming months:  4/24/17 - Nancy Lewis with Paw Tree and Amy with Beautycounter  5/8/17 - ANNIVERSARY PARTY - BUNCO!  5/22/17 - Diana with FIBI&CLO and OPEN  6/12/17 - Linda Deppa - SPEAKER  Sign Up for Spotlight Table SPOTLIGHT TABLES - EASTSIDE We have our Eastside meetings every 1st & 3rd Tuesday. We meet at Cafe Veloce in Kirkland and and Kristina McCrady is leading that group. There are no Spotlight Tables until we get enough people attending each meeting. Right now, we have plenty of time to give everyone 2-3 minutes to talk about their business and have a roundtable discussion focused on a business topic. Make sure you attend and get the lowdown on everything she has planned. Monica, Your Travel Gal saves you time and money PLUS alleviating the stress and frustration of planning your next trip! Monica specializes in luxurious vacations, extravagant honeymoons, multi-generational trips, corporate incentive/reward travel and bucket list destinations. Remember to go online to LOOK ... But contact Monica to BOOK! 425-772-7819 ~ monica@goabhtravel.com Website Facebook Meetup Twitter Email Copyright © 2017 Monica, Your Travel Gal, All rights reserved. Just a reminder that you have been added to our mailing list because you have attended one of our meetings AND you are NOT a member of our Meetup group. If you are getting our messages in both places and would rather just get it in one, please unsubscribe to the duplicate mailing. I don't want to spam anyone and we make a point of mentioning this at every meeting so I am just trying to be mindful of our rules. :) Our mailing address is: Monica, Your Travel Gal 19410 Hwy 99, Suite A119 Lynnwood, WA 98036 Add us to your address book