SCUPA Holiday Party

Please join us for dinner, laughter and cheer while we celebrate the holidays and the coming New Year! You are cordially invited to SCUPA’s 4th Annual Holiday Party Friday, December 13th at 7 o’clock in the evening Runway Café 21 Airport Road Ext, Greenville SC 29607 The holiday party is open to all current SCUPA members. Each member may bring one guest. Please RSVP to Karen Hall at karen@skinnerlawfirm.com by TODAY, December 6th at 5:00 p.m.

SCUPA PRO BONO EVENT

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND SCUPA’S FIRST ANNUAL CASINO NIGHT An event to support Harvest Hope Food Bank Saturday, November 9, 2013 6pm-9pm Messiah Lutheran Church 1100 Log Shoals Rd. Mauldin, SC RSVP BY THIS FRIDAY NOVEMBER 1 TO: probono@scupa.org Poker Craps Black Jack Roulette Music Food and Drinks Door Prizes Generously Provided by: The Preserve at Verdae The Peddler Monica Parkkonen Photography Polished Salon at Greenridge Mr. Knickerbockers Cork & Tap Adams’ Bistro Bin 112 Strip Club 104 Steakhouse AND MORE!!! Bring 25 non-perishable food items and enjoy an evening with friends and colleagues!

Social Event: Casino Night

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND SCUPA’S FIRST ANNUAL CASINO NIGHT An event to support Harvest Hope Food Bank Saturday, November 9, 2013 6pm-9pm Messiah Lutheran Church 1100 Log Shoals Rd. Mauldin, SC We will have Poker, Craps, Black Jack, Roulette, Music, Food and Drinks! Door Prizes Provided by Local Businesses Bring 25 non-perishable food items and enjoy an evening with friends and colleagues! This will be an adults-only event, please no children. No Alcohol will be served or allowed on the premises.

Social Event

The SCUPA Social Committee invites you to come out after work on

Monday, July 22^nd from 6pm until…

and join your fellow SCUPA members for a social hour at

SIP Tasting Room and Rooftop Lounge, 103 N. Main Street, Greenville SC

Feel free to come alone or bring your co-workers, a friend or significant other.  This is a great opportunity to develop new contacts and mingle with your fellow SCUPA friends in a laid back environment. 

No need to RSVP – just show up!  J

March Lunch Meeting

REMINDER: Our next SCUPA lunch meeting is scheduled for Thursday, March 14, 2013, beginning at 12:30 p.m., at the Poinsett Club, 807 East Washington Street, Greenville.  Please RSVP to Sarah Garst (mfbpar@bellsouth.net), with your menu choice, by Noon today, Monday, March 11, 2013.  

Our speaker is Ms. Malinda McAleer Pennington, Esquire and her presentation is entitled “Virtualization: An advancing business paradigm that improves business efficiency and employee satisfaction.”

With today’s growing technology, small and large firms alike are becoming more virtual.  Paralegals and attorneys all over the country are leaving their suits hanging in their closets and working in pajamas at their own kitchen tables.   Is this really what a virtualized law firm or virtualized employee looks like?  Ms. Malinda McAleer Pennington will give an in depth look at what it takes to virtualize some or all aspects of a law firm.  She’ll show how a firm can drastically cut overhead while still maintaining an extremely professional appearance to its clients.  In short, she’ll show us how to have our cake and eat it too.

The menu choices are as follows:

1.       Southern fried chicken (Need I say more?)

2.       The Original Cobb Salad (Iceberg lettuce topped with grilled chicken, tomatoes, avocado, bacon, hard-boiled egg and blue cheese and served with the Brown Derby’s red wine vinaigrette)

3.       Grilled Mediterranean vegetable sandwich (Seasonal vegetables, marinated and grilled, and served with Manchego cheese and a creamy herb spread on ciabatta bread)

  

The cost for members is $15, student members are $13.50 and non-members are $20.  Please remember that if you respond and are unable to attend, you are still responsible for your payment, as SCUPA must pay the Poinsett Club based upon RSVPs received. 

Our March service project will be a small one for Easter. We will be preparing an Easter basket (or two) for the United Way's "Be a Bunny" for a very special and deserving 4 or 5 year old child at SHARE-Easley Bridge Road Center.

Easter Baskets for the United Way

The Pro Bono Committee will be preparing an Easter basket (or two) for the United Way's "Be a Bunny" for a very special and deserving 4 or 5 year old child at SHARE-Easley Bridge Road Center. We just need to fill a basket or two with items such as:

Coloring books

Educational toys

Bubbles/sidewalk chalk

Small toys

Stuffed Animals

And don’t forget the Easter Goodies!!!

Jessica Ethridge will be collecting everything at the March Lunch meeting. The baskets have to be turned in by that Friday, March 15, 2013. If you can’t make it to the March Lunch and want to donate, email info@scupa.org and someone will be in contact with you to arrange a pick up. 

Seminar Comittee Meeting

Melissa Gregory, Chair for SCUPA’s Seminar Committee, will be holding our first Seminar Committee Meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, March 4, 2013 at Embassy Suites located at 670 Verdae Boulevard in Greenville.  We will be meeting in the bar area of the hotel.  In our first meeting Melissa would like to discuss possible speakers and topics.  We will need lots of suggestions.  If you would like to participate but cannot attend the meeting, send Melissa an email at info@scupa.org with your comments and suggestions.

We look forward to seeing you all there!