ONS-SA Chapter President's Message

Dear ONS San Antonio Members,

On behalf of the ONS Board for San Antonio’s Chapter, I am pleased to use this electronic

communication to stay in touch with you and share information that may be of interest to you.

Our Program Coordinator, Lilia Cenedoza, has worked diligently to get commitment for dinner meeting

support through July this year. We welcome all of your comments on the evaluation at the conclusion of

our dinner meetings to guide our decisions about what to offer to keep you up to date and interested in

providing excellent oncology nursing care.

Our raffles that are the held at the conclusion of each dinner meeting are the time for fun and

camaraderie among members. If you have any items that you would like to donate to the raffle, please

give them to a Board Member. Remember that we have a special raffle going on for the beautiful

handmade quilt top until October for SLEW. The tickets for this SLEW project are $5 each.

Our chapter is able to offer scholarships for our members to attend ONS national meetings for Congress,

Fall Institute of Learning, and the scholarships for nursing students. We would like to encourage

applicants to write the Nominating Committee their letter stating their educational goals and need for

these scholarships. The Nominating Committee members are: Judy Motzagamba, Patricia Wolfe,

Jackie Kemp, and Jill Dickerson.  .

Our most exciting upcoming event is the 2008 Relay for Life, which will be held on May 16 and 17^th  at

Jose Lopez Middle School.  The location is 23103 Hardy Oak Blvd., which is north of 1604, off of Blanco

Road.  Map quest gives excellent directions.  Dianne Hallworth has already paid the fee for our team,

but if anyone wants to donate they certainly can. Details of events planned will be released soon.

In short, this is an exciting time to be part of the San Antonio ONS. I look forward to communicating with

you regularly as we work together to raise the profile of oncology nursing.

Sincerely,

Barbara Owens

Last updated April 15, 2008.