Tennessee Has Successful Convention

Tennessee Has Successful Convention
By Ruth Cushenberry
NAPS Cotton Belt Area Vice President

Greetings from Tennessee! It is a beautiful time of the year here in middle Tennessee with flowers and trees blooming and wonderful temperatures. Still, we have had record rainfall here this spring; many res-idents continue to feel the effects of flooding.

I have attended every NAPS Branch 32 meeting, selling 50/50 tickets for SPAC since last year’s national convention. We just completed our 85th State Convention, held in beautiful, historic Franklin, TN. We had a record 53 attendees, including four visitors. The convention also set a record with 15 first-timers attending.

I helped at registration, distributing name tags, bags and other con-vention materials. This gave me an opportunity to sell SPAC 50/50 tickets to everyone as they registered. SPAC contributions of $2,100 also set a con-vention record.

The convention theme was, “Every Piece Matters,” which is like a jigsaw puz-zle. Everyone got to help in completing a giant puzzle of the convention logo. NAPS President Ivan D. Butts, with National Auxil-iary President Laurie Butts, represented NAPS Headquarters.

Presentations were made by Southern Region Vice President Jaime Elizondo Jr., who spoke on staffing complement, and Ken Bunch from Michigan, whose presentation on at-tendance control was well-received.