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Blood Drive in San Diego - DCS 2008 The PWCI Activities Committee is coordinating a much needed blood drive opening day of the DCS Conference in San Diego, CA on 9/3/08. Please consider giving the gift of life and look for the information at the conference registration desk. More information will be available as we get closer to the conference date.                                                                                   What a great event. The Blood Drive was a huge success. We potentially saved over 120 lives. We had 40 pints of blood donated by the time the event concluded. We owe a great deal of thanks to the sponsors. Judy and Dennis Hammond with Debt Connection Symposium, Janis Boyd with Nationwide Credit, Tami Birner with FMA Alliance, and Roxanne Bartley with Bartley Ventures, without their support the drive never would have happened. The Red Cross continues to need our support. Blood levels are at a critical stage. Hosting a blood drive is not as difficult as you would think. Contact your local Red Cross and they can either pull up an RV and take donations or set up a donation station within your call center or office building. The Red Cross can even set up a scheduling system so that you can be better prepared to move folks through the process as efficiently as possible. It generally takes between 35 and 40 minutes per person. I don't know if you or a family member has ever needed blood but it would be devastating if there wasn't any available to save a loved one's life. We had several first timers who had never given blood before and not one of them had an adverse reaction. Most indicated it was no big deal and would give again. If you are a donor already thank you and please give often. If you have never been one take a friend or a family member and go to a local donor facility and try it. It really does make you feel good. The life you save may be your own. We have t-shirts available to send to anyone who would like to host a Blood Drive remembering the PWCI. We will be happy to send them for the volunteers to wear during the drive. These t-shirts are limited but we offer them while supplies last for the remainder of the year. If you have questions regarding hosting or for t-shirts you can contact Beverlyholohan@cox.net or your local Red Cross. Some Members in New Orleans Beacon of Hope New Orleans NCCR 2008 Our vision statement calls for us to make a difference for our families, companies and communities.  This March, a non-profit group called Beacon of Hope received 24 volunteer hours from our network.  Twelve members spent hours planting trees in the areas impacted by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.  Way to give back!

NARCA Meet & Greet In Seattle - Spring 2008 Thanks to the last minute planning by Debbie Gatti and Valerie Santoro, an extremely successful PWCI Meet & Greet took place at the NARCA Spring Conference in Seattle! There was a better than anticipated turn out – 31 women including 10 new members!  Many had not heard about the group, but excited to find out.  Thanks again to Beverly, for getting the flyers out and promoting the event. The group went through introductions and had some laughs!  Each attendee was asked to share a little about themselves and we found out that we have some great talent among our new members. We have a professional opera singer, a singer in a band and a self defense instructor in our midst! With such a strong turnout, it is clear that NARCA is a great venue for more PWCI activities.  Some of the suggested topics for future discussions were “women managing women – issues & input”, “managing paralegals”, “cross training & work flow processes”, “time management” and “networking.”  We may even have some potential speakers lined up. For all of you ladies that do attend NARCA please be on the look out for the PWCI meeting at your next event.  If you are interested in volunteering or helping to plan the event, please email the Activities Committee at Janice.boyd@ocwen.com to find out how you can help. Roundtables at CRS 2008 Our meeting at CRS was fabulous!  Because of Judy Hammond’s generosity we had a wonderful room and a great buffet of delicious and healthy food.  Three round tables of Professional Women in the Collections Industry met, ate, relaxed and discussed some relevant topics.  We chose three topics to discuss: 1 - What’s the difference between Aggressive and Assertive?  How to avoid conflict. 2 - How to Dress Professionally in all situations.  3 - How to keep Passion from being confused with complaining. These round table discussions allowed us to get to know the people at our tables better.  They allowed us to discuss the topics within a small group and share our thoughts and experiences.  They allowed us the opportunity to talk about topics that are truly relevant to us on a regular and even daily basis.  At the end of our gathering we were able to share some of the best suggestions, thoughts and recommendations.  We all walked away knowing a few more people and a few more things! These round table discussions allowed us to get to know the people at our tables better.  They allowed us to discuss the topics within a small group and share our thoughts and experiences.  They allowed us the opportunity to talk about topics that are truly relevant to us on a regular and even daily basis.  At the end of our gathering we were able to share some of the best suggestions, thoughts and recommendations.  We all walked away knowing a few more people and a few more things! These round table discussions allowed us to get to know the people at our tables better.  They allowed us to discuss the topics within a small group and share our thoughts and experiences.  They allowed us the opportunity to talk about topics that are truly relevant to us on a regular and even daily basis.  At the end of our gathering we were able to share some of the best suggestions, thoughts and recommendations.  We all walked away knowing a few more people and a few more things!