Jacki Hunlow Receives Honor
Pictures and Winners The following winners from the Evening of the Arts will go on to Nationals.
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Reflections from our2009 Mothers by Melanie Henstrom The national convention was amazing. I so enjoyed every part of it.
Thank you to all who put this together and obviously spent sooo much time. I especially enjoyed making friends with the other young mothers. It was so amazing to get to know them and their stories they had to tell. I was honored to be among them. Michele came to my home in May and we held a literacy night. Michele taught us about how we can help our young readers. It was amazing. I wished I would have learned this information earlier in my life when my children were all young. I would think it would be very beneficial, if at all possible for Michele to do a write up about what she taught us and insert that into our AMI newsletter. Invaluable information. THANK YOU MICHELE for coming and serving us that night! The Oregon City Parade was a lot of fun. We were fortunate enough to have a handcart to sit in and my husband and Michele's son-in-law pulled us through the entire parade. My children and a couple of Michele's children and grandchildren walked the parade with us. We threw candy and had a great time. The theme of the parade was pioneering and we actually won the theme award.
On Mother's day we
went to the Grotto
and were very much
treated to a special
day. They took great
care to make us feel
special by giving us
a flower and special
name tag. We were
asked to sit up on
the stand and
participate by
bringing the
sacrament up.
Michele gave a
The service I have chosen to do is to help babysit at the homeless shelter in Tigard while the parents attend life skill courses. I have gone a few times and have been very touched by the people I have met. The lady that I am helping babysit with is nearly 80 years old and has been doing it for years. She has such a kind heart and you can tell she loves these little children she is trying to help. I have loved getting to know her and have felt good about helping the children to have a good time for the few hours that I have them.
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On
October 10th, Jacki was one
of 4 women who received an
award from the Worldwide
Organization of Women at
their national conference
held at BYU and Weber State
University. The Award was
titled "Women and Their
Worldwide Influence For
Good." Her category was In
Education through her work
on the Mothers Legacy
Project. The other women
were: Asha Hagi Elmi from
Somalia for her work in Save
Somali Women and Children,
Charlotte Hamblin - Founder
of "No Poor Among Us" a
Humanitarian Foundation in
Mozambique and Ramita
Shrestah form Nepal,
established literacy and
technology centers in her
villages. It was a
wonderful enlightening time
to be with these women and
hear their stories. 
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wonderful speech and
I was glad that it
wasn't me speaking
in front of hundreds
of people. The
Catholic church made
us feel very special
and honored us by
naming everyone
there and what honor
we had been given.
It was a very
special day. ( My
husband has some
great pictures that
I will send within
the week)
