The 2017 installation meeting was a celebration of our 35^th Anniversary.  Several founding and long-time members were in attendance.  As the 70^th chapter of National Assistance League we continue to grow and meet the needs of our community through our philanthropic programs. Operation School Bell expanded to include a partnership with Fallas Department store.  Payless shoe cards are once again available.  Young Authors continues to grow with more schools participating and the number of bears and assault survivor kits we provide are sufficient.  We are in the fourth year of our five-year strategic plan.  We continually strive to increase our membership, are developing qualitative and quantitative measurements for our philanthropic programs and we maintain sufficient funds through our ongoing fundraisers, generous donations and a very productive thrift shop.  In the final year of the annual Make a Difference book drive we exceeded expectations by collecting over 3000 books for local school libraries.