Fran Harris-Shaffer will be headed to Denver Colorado for the ESA Leadership Conference.  This is to help future State Presidents be more prepared for our positions.  Fran will be State President starting in June 2013.  Very Exciting!!  She is busily putting her Board together at the present, too!  Everyone is being so wonderful about "volunteering" when she asks them to be on my Board for next year.  :) 

Xi Chi is very busy supporting our troops in 2013.  We just received a donation of some lumbar pillows and DVD's that our State Hope for Heroes Coordinator, Chip Shaffer, is packing up to send to Afghanistan.  We also just donated 8 baskets to Minds Eye for their annual Fundraiser.  Some of our members will be attending a Trivia Night to support Hope for Heroes.  We get to play this time!!  Chip has put together 10 baskets for a Chinese Auction for the Trivia Night.  We are also busy with finishing up our 6 Educationals for the year.  During one of these Educationals, we'll even learn how to make Boo-Boo Bunnies! 

The Illinois State Council's Winter edition of the ESA'ly Yours Newsletter was just completed by Co-Editors Fran Harris-Shaffer and Deb Kehrer.  Our next issue's deadline is March 25, 2013.