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Hi Everyone!
Many SRDs are over - with just a couple being held this month. For those states that have already held their SRD, thank you for your warm hospitality. What a wonderful job you did to honor your winners. I’m anxiously looking forward to those that will be held this month.
Please take time to share your weight loss successes with everyone you meet. It’s amazing what great “secret keepers” we are when it comes to telling others about our wonderful organization. With each trip that I have taken this year, I was able to tell someone about TOPS®. On my most recent flight home from Texas, I was able to share TOPS®with a gentleman whose wife was on a liquid protein diet for a second or third time. (Which tells me, of course, it’s not been too successful!). He was going to tell his wife about TOPS®as soon as he got home to California. Let’s seize every opportunity we have to tell others we are there for them.
The following is a message from our President, Barbara Cady
“I am so glad so many of you are joining us at this wonderful event in Chicago, Illinois where the first TOPS®international convention was held in 1953. Few other cities are as accessible by public transportation. Buses and trains (as well as planes to the two major Chicago airports) offer Chicago as a primary destination and are wonderful choices. Relax and enjoy the trip. Celebrate the wonderful weight losses of our members at the Sheraton Towers and take in the Taste of Chicago and a marvelous fireworks display as a bonus. Register for IRD by May 10th so that you do not have to pay an additional fee. This can be done conveniently on line through the TOPS®Store using a credit card. Then, check the housing link to reserve a room at the headquarters hotel. Find out details on housing, sessions and activities and register for TOPTOPS®Sixtieth Anniversary IRD on line by clicking here http://www.TOPS®.org/ReadArticle.asp?articleId=1733
I too am hoping that many of you are able to join us for IRD this year as we honor our winners (several from our area).
Your chapter should have received the April mailing of Chapter Programs along with a special offer to order a “free” copy of the newly revised CHOICE IS MINE. Don’t forget to send in the order form (green paper) for your chapter’s free copy – to be shipped around June first. This offer expires July 31, 2008. Watch the TOPS®News for a special promotion coupon offering The Choice is Mine, rev at an introductory price of $10 each when ordered in groups of six or more plus shipping. What a great tool this is for all of us.
Have a wonderful May and remember –
I’m Here for You! Bev Staniak – TOPS®Regional Director
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