The new year for the AUSNA started off with a bang. Our second meeting of the year was attended by over 100 members. Preliminary plans for Project Underpants (PU), T-shirt and sweatshirt design, State Convention, National Convention, and Committee of 19 were discussed. Final plans for all of these will be discussed later, but here are some highlights for now.

Project Underpants will go international. A portion of the PU donations will go to an orphanage in Africa. Dr. Constance Hendricks made a

presentation to AUSNA and asked for our support. The membership voted unanamously to support the project in Africa. This project will begin on October 4th and continue until Thanksgiving break. The T-shirt and sweatshirt designs were a big hit in the meeting. In the meeting the design for the T-shirt was voted upon and was decided that we will have an orange shirt with blue lettering. Florence Nightengale will be on the back of the shirt with part of the Auburn creed underneath it. The sweatshirt will be navy blue with a Vera Bradley print on the front in orange. Both the T-shirts and the sweatshirts will be available for sale in the upcoming months and will be announced. The State Convention this year for nursing will be held in Auburn! War Eagle! The convention is on October 20-21st and will take place in the Auburn Hotel. The National Convention will be held in Pittsburgh which will take place in the month of March. Details regarding both conventions will be coming soon. Ashley Bett also spoke at our previous AUSNA meeting about the Committee of 19 which fights for the war against hunger taking place all over the world and what the AUSNA and other people can do to help. We will be collecting food for the Committee of 19 on October 19th in honor of World Hunger Day.

Our next meeting is on October 4th at 6 pm in Miller Hall and we will be kicking off our Project Underpants campaign. Pizza and soft drinks will be served.