Member Newsletter - May 2024 Volume 4, Issue 5

A Message from Jen Belnap, CRWF President Happy Mother’s Day! Mothers and women have unique characteristics that serve us as we fulfill our important roles in society and in our homes. Mother’s nurture, strengthen, and prepare their children for life into adulthood. If you help to raise children in your home or children in the community, you are contributing to the success of our nation, especially if you have and give love to grandchildren! Remember, a mother’s work is never done! Thank you for executing the role of motherhood so well. In Service, Jen Belnap President, CRWF

This month, we have the opportunity to share some love with community members in Vista who attend classes and community events at the Pathway Health Clinic. Please bring your Investing in Our Future items to our meeting om May 28th. We will present Pathway Health Clinic with a donation check from our club, through our Caring for America Committee. Club member and Pathway CEO Leslie Salazar-Carrillo will take all of your donations back to her clinic. As a reminder, the following items are needed at the Pathway Health Clinic: Preschool-aged reading books, coloring books (in English and in Spanish), crayons, Lego sets, arts and crafts, puzzles, small journals, pens and stickers.

Carlsbad Republican Women Federated Invites you to attend our next meeting Tuesday, May 28th Doors open at 10:30 am - Event begins at 11:00 am HOLIDAY INN 2725 Palomar Airport Road, Carlsbad, CA  CRWF Members (including Spouse and Associate Members): $39 Non-Members: $44 CLICK HERE to make a reservation and select your entree Reservations must be paid by credit card. Reservations deadline is Noon - Tuesday, May 21st If you have questions, email CRWFEvents@gmail.com or call Joy Noonan at 714-390-7662 *****************************

CRWF Welcomes two exceptional Republican Speakers! At the May 28th meeting, Carlsbad Republican Women (CRWF) welcomes two exceptional Republican speakers. Dan McAllister, San Diego County Treasurer-Tax Collector, will address housing, property tax issues and the local economy. Aaron Byzak, candidate for the Tri-City Healthcare District, Zone 5, will speak to his highly regarded qualifications for the Tri-City board. Please join us for a lively and informative meeting! CRWF will also present a much-deserved donation to Pathway Health Clinic (PHC). PHC provides essential services for at-risk women in the Tri-City area. CEO and CRWF member, Leslie Salazar-Carrillo, will accept the donation on behalf of Pathway.

DAN McALLISTER McAllister was elected San Diego County’s Treasurer-Tax Collector in November 2002 and re-elected to his sixth term in June 2022. McAllister oversees the collection of over $7 billion in property taxes each year, the management of $12.3 billion in the County’s Investment Pool, and the administration of the County’s $1.5 billion defined contribution program. He has worked extensively to improve customer service, enhance communications and outreach, and assure fiscal stability. He is also a strong advocate for diversity, a value reflected in his staff who come from all walks of life and backgrounds.

AARON BYZAK Byzak has distinguished himself as a transformational and influential healthcare leader. He spent seven years providing direct patient care on an ambulance, seven years advising state and local elected officials on health policy, and fifteen years serving as a healthcare leader for both Tri-City Medical Center and UC San Diego Health. He is an advocate and health policy expert, a talented communicator, and the creative designer of multiple best practice public health, advocacy, community relations, and workforce  development initiatives.

It’s May - Spring is in the Air! Andrea Ryon, Membership Co-Chair May is here and we’re looking forward to our May 28th luncheon meeting this month! Hope you’ll be there! If you know of anyone interested in joining the Carlsbad Republican Women, please send Nancy White, CRWF Membership Co-Chair, their name, phone number and/or email and she will contact them. Nancy can be reached at nancytwhite@yahoo.com. She will promptly let them know about our club and all that we do to elect Republicans. 2024 Member Renewals and New Members As of May 9th, 162 or 80 % of our year-end 2023 regular members have renewed for 2024! And we are very happy to have 6 more new members since the April 2024 newsletter! Please welcome Jennifer Barber, Darcy Eaton, Tamera Hodges, Shanna Johnson, Nancy Shearer and Barbara Wilmot as NEW members! TOTAL FULL MEMBERS SO FAR in 2024 = 197 members (162 renewals and 36 new members). We also have 9 Associate members and 20 Spouse members in 2024. Please welcome Royal Barber (husband of Jennifer Barber) as a NEW Spouse member. Member Gifts We have some very generous CRWF members! As of May 9th, we have received a total of $728 in donations from renewing and new 2024 members! THANK YOU! If You Have Not Renewed Your Membership If you still have not renewed your membership, please do so ASAP! We can still accept renewals from 2023 members! CLICK HERE to complete your membership application online and pay by credit card. If you have questions about the categories, please contact Membership Co-Chair, Andrea Ryon, at CRWFMembership@gmail.com or 760-518-8238.

A Giant Thank You! Judy OConnor, 4th VP – Election Integrity / Voter Registration Terry Carpenter, Volunteer Coordinator THANK YOU to CRWF volunteers who helped at the Encinitas and Carlsbad Street Fairs; Judy Rees, Andrea Ryon, Terry Carpenter, Cathy Dudding, Jennifer Barber, LaJoyce Robinson, Susan Miller, Jeordie Fellner, Teri House and Tracey Bondi Pear. As always, all had a great time but more importantly, it was time well spent. We all spoke with countless people about the best people to support in the November election. People appreciated being better informed. Signatures were collected for 2 causes. 436 people signed to get the proposition Protect Our Kids on the November ballot and 276 people signed to recall Gavin Newsom. Our CRWF was promoted; 48 potential members signed up for our newsletter.

What are the next steps? Plans are being made to have a tent on the boardwalk in Carlsbad a few times over the summer. Watch your emails for opportunities to get involved and help promote our Republican values. Mailing Party on May 28th There will be a mailing party after the May 28th meeting. This is an easy way to get involved, chat with fellow Republicans and help a cause. It’s in the same room as the lunch from 1:00 to 3:00 pm. Many hands lighten the workload so please consider helping. Click here to join the mailing party!

Gearing up for the General: Growing CA's Election Integrity Operation Judy Rees – Voter Registration and Election Integrity San Diego County Election Integrity with the CAGOP has been a work in progress and has finally come together, and with “gusto”.  I hope you were able to see the recent Zoom instruction on “Voter Center Observing” with the CFRW and Krista Pittman, Deputy Executive / political Director at California Republican Party. She and her Election Integrity Team have put together a “bullet proof” program that I am passing on to you. This EI Program, “Protect your Vote” has been passed down from the RNC and is in preparation for the most important Presidential Election of the century. Voting starts the week of October 7, 2024, when ballots are in the mailboxes and people begin to vote. If CRWF does their job, you will have already met the best candidates and had a thorough review of what is on the ballot, then people will VOTE the very day they receive their ballot and TRACK their vote. Keep up to date on Election Integrity in San Diego County Today, training is available online and volunteers are to go to https://cagop.org/election-integrity-training/ and sign up to take training on these four sessions: Election Integrity Community Organizing Training Bank Your Vote & Protect Your Vote Training Ballot Harvesting & Curing Training Poll Observer Training Save the Date!! This is all in preparation for the August 6, San Diego County session of:  Gearing up for the General: Growing CA's Election Integrity Operation Training for San Diego County This effort is a continuing operation through the summer ... Krista Pittman will be a speaker at our CRWF meeting, June 25. She will give us an update on the project. So, get signed up now for your training and be ready with questions for her. https://cagop.org/election-integrity-training/ “I must say that, I saw Laura Trump on TV promoting the NRC and saying the Election Integrity Program is the best and Donald Trump calling it “To Big to Rig”, along with the influx of illegals that will be trying to vote, this leads me to believe that Election Integrity is going to be a “Big Deal” this year and we must be READY!” Questions? Contact Judy Rees – Election Integrity Officer San Diego County Republican Party. jayare@sbcglobal.net - 619-997-2912 

HAPPY MAY CRWF BIRTHDAYS! Nancy White, Membership Co-Chair  May 4 - Sissy Stone May 7 - Pam Palisoul May 8 - Linda Bibbins, Angeli Forster May 9 - Mary Tornborg, Christina Kitto  May 11 - Anne Kramer, Carol Sciotto, Mo Muir May 12 - Phyllis Hall, Kathy Osborne May 15 - Patty Mudgett May 16 - Becky Bates, Elise Cooper May 17 - Patty Gray May 18 - Audrey Wickstrand May 19 - Fran Sesti May 21 - Kimberly Heitchew May 23 - Patricia Fields May 25 - Susan Hargis May 26 - Mary Huber May 28 - Diana Costantino

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