The Vanilla Bean Lives in it's new name & business!!!

Ladies,

I found out this morning that The Cookie Factory (Basically all of the Vanilla Bean Bakers started their own business, we already knew that because of the mismanagement of the V.B.) carries all our favorites from the Vanilla Bean!!! So even though the name says "The Cookie Factory" don't be fooled! They also do all our favorite cakes!!

The Cookie Factory is located on Rt. 2 or Congress Street and a little past 15th Street driving up the hill on the right.

The Cookie Factory
520 Congress St
Troy, NY 12180
(518) 268-1060

Pampered Chef

Ladies,

Due to the fact that this event involves a vendor, if there is a lack of attendance to this event, I will open the event up to all participating ladies to your friends and family who may be interested.

Thanks.

Fairfield, CT Red Dress Gala

The Fairfield County Alpha Phi Alumni Chapter invites you to attend the first annual Red Dress Gala, a benefit dinner to support the American Heart Association and the Alpha Phi Foundation.

Date: Saturday, February 9^th, 2008

Time: 7pm-Midnight

Location: Villa Capri

906 N. Colony Road

Wallingford, CT 06492

Price: $65 for one ticket, $120 for two tickets. A portion of every ticket is tax-deductible.

Details: Event tickets include a cocktail hour with butlered hors d’ oeuvres, a four-course sit down dinner, five hours of top-shelf open bar, dancing, and a silent auction. Please choose one of the following entrées: Chicken Marsala, Roasted Sirloin or Atlantic Salmon Filet. Cocktail attire required. Red attire encouraged.

R.S.V.P.: January 31, 2008. Please complete response sheet* and enclose with check or money order for the appropriate amount and mail to:

Fairfield County Alpha Phi Alumni Chapter

Red Dress Gala

c/o Shari-Lynn Cuomo

77 Cynthia Drive

West Haven, CT 06516

Please contact Shari-Lynn Cuomo, (203) 809-2555 or SMC77777@aol.com, with any questions.

*If no response sheets are available, please provide the following information: (1) contact e-mail address, (2) number of guests, (3) each guest’s name, (4) entrée selection(s).

SUNY Albany Facilitator Volunteer Needed

Ladies,
The Executive Office is still looking for a volunteer to facilitate
SUNY Albany chapter's based intiative for the Leadership
Initiative. I do this for the SUNY Plattsburgh chapter and have had
a great experience with it. To learn more about this program, you
can go to
http://www.alphaphi.org/Leadership%5FInitiative/

Each chapter does 4 sessions a school year, each session about 2
hours a piece, you schedule them with the chapter according to your
and their schedules. Its really not a huge time commitment and its
pretty fun!

If you have any questions about facilitating, please feel free to
contact me directly at drm1731@hotmail.com.

If you are interested in doing this for SUNY Albany, please contact
Stefania Rudd at srudd@alphaphi.org. The chapter is really missing
out by not having a facilitator!!!

Thanks and Happy Holidays to all-
Danielle Miller

CDCG Bowl-athon

Sorry but the Capital District Community Gardens Bowl-athon has been cancelled due to a lack of interest!

Anthony Boudain

Anthony Bourdain from the Travel Channel will be at HVCC on Fri. April 4, 2008. Tickets are going fast so if you're interested tickets are available at www.hvcc.edu

To see more about Anthony http://travel.discovery.com/tv/bourdain/bourdain.html

Events Update

Ladies,

I wanted to make sure you see that I changed January's Happy Hour/Dinner to Thursday, January 17th. Also, sorry to bombard your e-mail accounts with so many evites but my schedule has gotten a lot tighter so the longer leeway I have the better I can schedule the events.

I look forward to meeting you all and hope you can come! Enjoy!