Altrusa International, Inc. of Martinsville and Henry County

Strategic Long Range Plan

Long-Range Plan

Membership

Goals

• Increase membership to charter strength
• Develop and promote ideals of Altrusa
• Provide opportunities for personal and professional development

Objectives

• Retain new members
• Educate members regarding Altrusa goals and objectives
• Continue commitment of current members
• Increase satisfaction with benefits of membership

Strategies

• Expand our age range of membership; seek members of varied backgrounds
• Develop workshops /meetings to promote ideals of Altrusa and to education members about Altrusa
• Plan recruitment events
• Use newsletter to promote Altrusa
• Relate our activities to the goals and objectives
• Develop formal mentoring system for new members
• Telephone calls as meeting reminder and member check-up after missed meetings
• Provide personal development and leadership training programs for members
• Continue "icebreaker" exercise at meetings and other opportunities for members to interact

Service

Goals

• Promote literacy
• Improve quality of life in our community
• Provide a variety of service opportunities for members

Objectives

• Sponsor a project that involves all members each biennium
• Support community services in Martinsville and Henry County
• Continue and expand the partnerships with Henry County Schools
• Develop an international service project

Strategies

• Assign each committee member to a literacy project
• Continue projects for "Make A Difference Day"
• Assist with the book fair at Carver Elementary School and provide financial aid for needy students
• Collect labels for education
• Support Books for Babies
• Sponsor "Phill-Up The Bus" Service Project
• Support reading efforts at Collinsville Primary School
• Respond as resources allow to requests for community efforts
• Continue readers' of the month luncheons at Irisburg Elementary School
• Continue to support CAFV/SPCA/Salvation Army
• Continue to support agencies by monetary donations, collection of supplies at meetings, etc.
• Plan partnership-school luncheon

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Goals

• Increase name recognition and awareness of Altrusa in the community

Objectives

• Publicize club activities through local media
• Develop club's own publicity materials

Strategies

• Develop club brochure and web page
• Distribute brochures at events where Altrusa is involved; have member distribute brochures when selling items
• Publish reports of meetings in newspaper
• Provide a history of the local club for the newspaper and for the yearbook
• Secure publicity for club events
• Place stickers on items the club sells and distributes
• List meetings in the newspaper calendar of events
• Provide volunteers for "Cook of the Week"
• Provide speakers for local civic clubs
• Participate in community events

Organization

Goals

• Maintain leadership and financial resources to accomplish all goals and objectives

• Maintain a sound fiscal policy

Objectives

• Provide appropriate transitions for club officers and committee chairs

• Ensure involvement with District Two and International

• Continue fund raising projects to support club activities

Strategies

• Strengthen each member's participation in fund raising projects

• Audit financial records

• Continue to have District and International information in each newsletter

• Nominate at least one member for District office

• Encourage members to attend District Conference

• Report on District Two Conferences and Area V Workshops