 Kelly Watercott, the new director of the Volunteer Network has
an invitation for all Sertomans that Gary Walters would like to
encourage us to accept. One of her duties in her new job which
she started January 3rd was to plan Volunteer Day which will be
held on July 10th at Brainerd High School. Gary would like to
see 50-80 Sertomans turn out for the luncheon paid for by the
club which will be held from 11:30 to 1:00 p.m. with special
guest speaker Dr. James Gambone. Dr. Gambone is an
internationally recognized resource on intergenerational
relationships who has written two books and produced several
films. All of us should certainly be interested in hearing about
“refirement” rather than “retirement”. Kelly shared her duties
which include coordinating jobs for volunteers like Sertomans,
and generally working to make these relationships work smoothly.
She encouraged those of us who make use of volunteers to
consider nominating them to be featured on her monthly
television program on Lakeland Public Television or to be the
recognized volunteer in the Brainerd Daily Dispatch column that
comes out in the middle of each month listing volunteer jobs and
celebrating those who have contributed to the Brainerd Lakes
efforts. She talked about Martin Luther King Day and the Spring
Fling Boogie that brought together seniors and kids to learn old
time dancing. She told us that President Bush’s goal for
volunteerism is 4 hours a week which would amount to 4,000 hours
in 20 years. She is also coordinating the Opportunities Fair,
which will present job opportunities at Mississippi Horizons on
Tuesday, July 23, from 3:00 to 7:00 P.M. Her long range goals
for her program which is currently funded by a grant is to have
an actual volunteer center. She also had a very significant
quote, “The best way to motivate people to volunteer is to ASK.
This brought Mike Howard fas 829-7761 Rod Converse to his feet
again, to ask that people sign up for the Saturday takedown of
the quilters show. |
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Photos from the Mariucci Fiesta |
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| Announcements |
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June 20 - Pipe and Drape for Quilters Show Set Up at High
School at 10:00 a.m. Take down is June 22 at 4:25 |
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June 25 - Breezy Point Pipe and Drape set up at noon. Take
down is noon on the 26th. |
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July 2-3 - Sertoma Brat Sale at County Market-see George
Moore to sign up to help. George gave a presentation at today’s
meeting. He is looking for an assistant to help organize this
event and at least 24 people to work the two days. We are looking
for people who can work during the day. We need this sheet filled
up by next week also. |
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July 27 - Relay for Life, starts Friday night at 7 p.m. See
Lori Abear Anderson if you wish to participate or donate |
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Aug 2 - Camp Sertoma Golf benefit at the Vintage organized
by Gayle Grossman includes dinner. Call Dave Burggraff for more
details. |
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Sign up with Lori Abear Anderson for the Relay for Life.
She is looking for 15 people to be part of the Sertoma team. |
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FAS: Kari Robinson reads her newsletter and collected her
FAS money. Brian Skogen did not this week. |
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Laura Beilke |
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Remember: Be there
by 11:45 and call somebody if you can't. Call Jeff Birks @
820-5544 if you can't make it.
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Tami Webb, Kristine Welle,
Kevin Wroolie |
| July 3 |
No Meeting |
| July 10 |
Meeting at the Brainerd High
School, no greeters |
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Sertoman of the Day
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Thank you’s were flying through the air at Sertoma today. Chuck
Bartels got up to say how overwhelming the response was from
Sertomans on Friday to help with the Mariucci Fiesta. He gave
special kudos to those wonderful
 St. John’s kids who were willing
to pitch in on Thursday and make breadsticks. Jeff Olson also got
up to thank everyone. He apologized for the poison ivy trail from
his house to the lodge. He is certain the fund raiser has topped
the $70,000 goal which is very good news since this is a very lean
year for Camp. He was pleasantly surprised to have Lori Redmond
who is chair of the sponsorship committee hand him an additional
check for $3000 to help with the shortfall. If you want to see the
pictures fas 829-7761 Jinny Haugen from the Mariucci Fiesta as
well as the golf and fishing tournaments they are at
http://community.webshots.com/user/campconfidence. |
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Jenny Bailey was a special guest today to give us an update on
Camp Sertoma which starts next Sunday. She is very excited about
the international group of counselors she has gathered including
one from Russia and one from Sweden. She encouraged Sertomans to
come out and visit especially on the Saturday when the open house
will see many of the speaking parents of deaf children finding out
what goes on at camp. She is also still looking for volunteers for
food service, fishing |
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Your prayers and thoughts should be with Lynn Franz who is back in
the hospital with an infection after her recent knee surgery. |
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DETAILS ABOUT THE SERTOMA GOLF TOURNAMENT
Dave Burggraff introduced Jenny Bailey and explained that Camp
Sertoma is still short funds to pay for this year’s camp and hopes
to make up the deficit at the first Camp Sertoma Golf Tournament
held at the Vintage Golf Course in Staples MN (218-894-9907) It
will include pre-golfing games at 10:30, shotgun start at noon
with 4 player teams and best fall format and a grilled turkey
dinner after golfing around 6:00 p.m. Trophies, $2,000 in prizes
and door prizes will be awarded. Cost is $100 per individual
golfer with corporate sponsors for teams and holes encouraged.
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Find a Sawbuck Corner:
The FAS Program was designed to encourage people to read the newsletter. Even those who attend the meeting can benefit from reviewing the announcements etc. If you find the letters FAS followed by your name, you must call the number provided and just leave a message that you called and attend the next meeting to collect your money. Simple--however 90% of the people never respond. |
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Photos Photos Everywhere New photos go up almost every week on our new MSN Community homepage. This community is for the club, easy to join and gives you the opportunity to add edit or delete any photos that are posted as well as leave messages for fellow Sertomans. It is a good way to thank someone for doing a good job or give them some positive feedback for a big event in their life. If you wish to view the current photographs or check out the new online directory go to:
http://communities.msn.com/BrainerdNoonSertoma/_whatsnew.msnw
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Pipe and Drape |
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2002 Pipe and Drape Schedule |
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Congratulations |
| CONGRATULATIONS Karen Owen on being
named Camp Confidence Volunteer of the Year, a much deserved
honor. Sertoma is proud of you. |
| CONGRATULATIONS Les Franz: Les was
the lucky winner of the boat and trailer given away in the Classic
Booster Ticket prize drawing. |
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