{"id":120,"date":"2026-10-01T21:30:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T21:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtlemmonwomansclub.org\/?p=120"},"modified":"2026-10-20T00:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T00:55:11","slug":"we-are-strong-and-sustainable-because-of-our-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtlemmonwomansclub.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/we-are-strong-and-sustainable-because-of-our-members\/","title":{"rendered":"We are Strong and Sustainable Because of Our Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h3><strong>We are Strong and Sustainable Because of Our Members<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>by Christina Grossman, MLWC President<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-p1\"><span class=\"gmaildefault\">We are strong and sustainable because of our members.\u00a0 We are practicing the model of mentoring the next chairwomen who will lead in committees and projects.\u00a0 As a club of multi-generational women, we wear many hats in our own lives and we should support each other for our own sake and wellness at MLWC.\u00a0 The result is providing the cabin tours, the holiday brunch, the parade, Dress a Girl, the Ice Cream Freeze Off,\u00a0 and continuing to make a positive impact on our community. We decided to sponsor the Ice Cream Freeze Off for next year with Jennifer Schacter as chairwoman!\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"gmail-p1\"><span class=\"gmaildefault\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"gmail-p1\"><span class=\"gmaildefault\">Relating to impact, there will be an electronic form sent out to our members and the community to recruit for volunteer participants in Dr. Combrink\u2019s research of the Cordilleran Flycatchers.\u00a0 This is a continuation of the late Dr. van Riper III\u2019s research on Mount Lemmon.\u00a0 It is important to us to help with the conservation of the flycatchers who call our mountain home.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"gmail-p1\"><span class=\"gmaildefault\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"gmail-p1\"><span class=\"gmaildefault\">Literacy is also important, as we had Douglas Meredith as our September speaker discussing his children\u2019s series \u201cGeneration Mars\u201d. The series elevates the capabilities of children in a world of science-fiction that is too close to what the reality could hold in the future.\u00a0 If you have gifted young readers, this will not disappoint.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"gmail-p1\"><span class=\"gmaildefault\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"gmail-p1\"><span class=\"gmaildefault\">The next meeting is set for October 17<sup>th<\/sup>, 2026, both in-person and Zoom.\u00a0 The entire community is invited to attend our October Speaker Series at 2:30pm at the MLCC.\u00a0 Dr. Henry Johnson will present on the Birds of Costa Rica. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"gmail-p1\"><span class=\"gmaildefault\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"gmail-p1\"><span class=\"gmaildefault\">For questions, or to learn about membership, email us at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:mountlemmonwomansclub@gmail.com\">mountlemmonwomansclub@gmail.com<\/a><span class=\"gmaildefault\">.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are Strong and Sustainable Because of Our Members by Christina Grossman, MLWC President &nbsp; We are strong and sustainable because of our members.\u00a0 We are practicing the model of mentoring the next chairwomen who will lead in committees and projects.\u00a0 As a club of multi-generational women, we wear many hats in our own lives [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lightning_design_setting":{"layout":"default"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2026-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtlemmonwomansclub.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtlemmonwomansclub.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtlemmonwomansclub.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtlemmonwomansclub.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtlemmonwomansclub.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtlemmonwomansclub.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtlemmonwomansclub.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120\/revisions\/121"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtlemmonwomansclub.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtlemmonwomansclub.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtlemmonwomansclub.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtlemmonwomansclub.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}