A Package to the Girls on "The View" has has been delivered this  morning from the Red Hat Society!

Why?  Last week on The View the ladies were talking about hats and if they were relevant to today’s woman. They each asked each other if they still wore them and most agreed that they did from time to time.  This week, Whoopi decided to wear hats EVERY DAY to showcase the fact that women are still embracing hats. 

 So,  we put together a box of red (and one pink for Elizabeth) hats for the ladies and we made them honorary members.  We hope to see them wearing them on the show this week.  Whoopi’s production office was called to ensure that she knew they would be arriving. 

This is where you come in.  Nothing would make RHS happier than having The View’s comment box online be bombarded with letters sharing why you believe that hats are relevant and how the Red Hat Society has 70,000 members to prove it!  I would like to encourage them to wear their hats on the show tomorrow!

If you wouldn’t mind clicking on this link and letting them know why you would want them to wear those red hats that were delivered today, click here:  theview.abc.go.com/contact_us

The Red Hat Society is Coming to a TV Near You!
 

On Wednesday, November 17, we were visited by a very special crew: Paul A. Facey (producer), Tony Borrello (news cameraman), and Stephen Whittaker (journalist), from the CBS Evening News!  That’s right, Hatquarters and a slew of fantastic Hatters are going to be featured on CBS!
 

We’re hearing that the episode will air next week; check your local listings for the correct channel and time for the CBS Evening News! We’ll post information to our Facebook Fan Page as soon as we know when we’ll be on TV!

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Red Hat Society is delighted to participate in a study, beginning this October, with The Pennsylvania  State University , a prestigious academic institution.   You must sign up right away if you are a Supporting Red Hat Society Member who wants to participate in the study. Please read and apply to the link listed below if you are interested in participating, but be sure you can dedicate the necessary time to this very important project.  We were originally part of an earlier study by Penn State in 2004. That study found that Red Hat Society does a great deal of good for women including helping them make friends, enjoy life and have fun, and providing a venue for dealing with multiple stressors. Now Penn State would like to extend the initial study to look more specifically at how Red Hat Society contributes to women’s health and well-being.  This is very exciting!  We’ll have scientific proof to share with the world what we already know,  Red Hatters Matter!   Yeah for us!

A Message From Penn State:

** WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE PART OF ADVANCING SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE ON WOMEN’S HEALTH AND WELL-BEING IN LATER LIFE? **

 

** WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES AS A RED HAT SOCIETY MEMBER? **

 

If so, please consider being a participant in our research study.

 

Hi, my name is Careen Yarnal and I am a faculty member at The Pennsylvania State University.  My research team is conducting a study to investigate the ways the Red Hat Society might contribute to the health and well-being of its members. For the study to be a success, WE NEED YOU!  Please consider donating your time to be a part of this groundbreaking study.

 

If you are interested in helping us you should be:

 

1. A Red Hat supporting member or a Red Hat supporting Queen age 50 or over
2. A supporting member during the entire study
3. Have access to a computer and the Internet
4. Be willing to make a full commitment to filling out all the on-line questions for the duration of the study

 

There are two possible levels of participation. You can select to participate at Level 1 only. 

Or you can select to make a bigger time commitment by participating at BOTH Level 1 AND Level 2.

 

We can only accommodate 1000 members at Level 1 and 1000 members at Level 2.

If more members want to participate than we can accommodate, we will select participants to get as global and diverse representation of membership as possible.

 

Participants in Level 1 of this study will be willing to:

 

• Complete ONE 30-minute survey online
• The total time commitment for Level 1 is about 35 minutes.

 

Participants in Level 2 of this study, in addition to completing Level 1, will be willing to:

 

• Check email at least once daily for updates and additional information for the entire year of the study
• Complete a questionnaire online once every month for the entire year of the study (25 minutes every month)
• Complete an end-of-study questionnaire online (30 minutes)
• The total time commitment for Level 2 is ONLY about 5 1/2 HOURS over the entire YEAR.

 

To submit as a possible Level 1 and/or Level 2 participant, please click on the following URL:

 

www.surveymonkey.com/s/rhssignup

 

The URL will be open until September 17^th, 2010. We will notify you by email if you have been selected for the study or not by September 27^th, 2010. The study will begin on October 4^th, 2010.

 

After the study is completed, to thank you for participation, we will email you general results within six months of completion of the Level 2 study.  We also plan to share general results with the scientific community and with the media.

YOU are what will make this study a success. We are truly appreciative of this wonderful opportunity.

 

 

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