Sunshine Club
Sunshine Club – Birthday and Well Wishes Club
The Sunshine Club was created to uplift our Mid-Day Women’s Alliance members and let them know how
much they matter with a simple gesture of a Well Wishes card. These Well Wishes included but were
not limited to; Birthdays, Promotions, New Careers, Births, Weddings, Illnesses/Surgeries/Injuries, etc.
Funerals, and a few other life events as they came up. Shannon Attreed and Lisa Herrmann were the
first Co-Chairs, which began in the summer of 2014.
Birthdays
Sue Tomko would provide the list of members to Shannon and Lisa that would include their birthdays
and addresses.
Lisa would prepare the cards a few months in advance and take a photo of the front of the card and
inside of the card and share those with Shannon. A note in pencil was written on the back of the
envelope with the birth date so Lisa knew when to mail the card. She created a monthly system in her
online calendar so she knew when to mail the cards so they would arrive timely. Simple erasing of the
penciled birth date, stamp the envelope and mail on the appropriate date. Voila – a smile was sent in
the mail.
Shannon would take the photos and upload them to the Mid-Day Women’s Alliance Facebook page.
Shannon was able to upload several and schedule the photos in advance to be posted so she did not
have to monitor them.
Other Life Events
Word travels, and all members would keep the Sunshine Club informed of any member that had an
event that the Sunshine Club would need to be aware of to send out the Well Wishes card.
Keeping It Under Control
While we would love to acknowledge all our members on everything in their lives, that just was not a
possibility. Therefore, sending out cards for events other than listed above were discussed among the
team to determine if a card should go out or if we should just give a hug when we met with our MDWA
member. Many times that was all she needed.
Supplies
Birthday cards were purchased many times at the Dollar Store. Shannon worked hard at trying to not
select duplicate cards so each member received one unique to them. When it was on an as-neededbasis, many times Lisa would just pick up the appropriate card and send it to the MDWA member as
well as provide a photo to Shannon. NOTE – this was also discussed by the Sunshine Club team before
posting. In some situations it was determined that privacy was necessary and that our Well Wishes
were enough. That was on a situational basis.
Stamps were purchased in rolls of 100’s.
All supplies were reimbursable. A form was provided by the MDWA, Lisa or Shannon simply sent the
form in with the receipts and by the following month they were reimbursed.
This was a great opportunity be a part of Sending a Smile to someone deserving. The MDWA is a
closenit group of women, and we are proud to have been the first Co-Chairs of this wonderful club.