 Bridges of Hope Executive Director Tami Lueck was planning on
letting the television do her talking for her today, but our busy
meeting and our enthusiastic sergeant limited her time at the end
so she shared her personal experiences with Bridges of Hope
including some heartfelt stories about people who have benefited
from their program. This organization was established in 2002 with
the goal in mind of combining the efforts of human services,
churches, and businesses to provide community support and
resources to those in need in the Crow Wing County community. They
extend themselves to help strengthen, stabilize and support
families whenever they are needed. The staff links resources to
people and follows up to make sure that referrals are successful.
They create partnerships, linking parents and children, provide
education and work with volunteers, do home visits, and provide a
crisis nursery program. Bridges of Hope provided services to 1100
people this past year. For more information go to
www.bridges-of-hope.net to learn how you can get involved, how to
refer someone, or to send them information about a community
activity that fits in with their program. She also invited us to
the Summer Garden Tour for Thursday, July 12 beginning at the
Lutheran Church of the Cross at 8 a.m. It also includes lunch at
Grandview Lodge. Price is $45 and proceeds go to support Bridges. |
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Thanks Nanci Hallam from Super Eight for taking notes. |
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| Announcements |
| Friday, June 29th 6-9 p.m. Ag Education
Picnic at the Fairgrounds. |
| Tuesday, June 19th 7 a.m. Regular Board
Meeting at TJ's Log Cabin |
| Relay for Life is Scheduled for
July 27th. Beth Burnard is again offering the opportunity
to become involved by buying luminary bags for survivors and
lost loved ones. Cost is $10 per bag. Two other events are
scheduled to contribute to this cause. A brat sale that
is either drive up or stay and picnic at Memorial Park is
being held on Saturday, June 2nd. Proceeds from the
Father's Day Buffet on June 17th at Timbermist will be
donated to the Relay. Two of the teams involved are
coordinating this effort. |
| July 7th Jaycees Annual Barbecuing Contest. A
Sertoma team will participate--see President Mau if
interested. Thanks also the the Jaycees for their contribution
of $3300 from the Fishing Contest to help with the Winter
Wonderland Project. |
| Wednesday, June 27th Camp Confidence
Officer Induction. Time will be announced later |
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Brainerd Area
Sertoma Club Calendar
Got a big event coming up—want to let everyone know?
Go to
the
interactive calendar and post it for all
to see. |
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| Pipe and
Drape Schedule |
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| Ceiling Dates |
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The rookie team '06 is looking for a few good volunteers. |
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Blue Ticket Winner |
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Cathe Picek |
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| Pot-O-Gold
Winner |
| Would have been Rick Cole |
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| Attendance |
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 Guests: Tami Lueck from Bridges of Hope, Sharon Skluzacek from
Optimum Communications Corporation, and Gabriel Olson, Scholarship
winner who plans on attending Universal Technical Institute in the
Automotive Technician Program. He is pictured with Steve Mau at
the Awards Ceremony. |
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| *Everyone is encouraged to bring potential
members to a Sertoma meeting with the Club picking up the cost.
However, you will be billed $9.50 for any other guests. |
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| Greeter
Schedule |
| Remember:
As greeter you have several duties. You need to arrive about 10
minutes early. It is your job to greet people, help them find
their badges and sell them a ticket if they wish to participate.
The money collected must be divided by the Greeters equally--half
goes to the Current Club Treasurer for the social committee and
half goes to the Club President along with the bucket of tickets.
Be there by 11:45 and call somebody to substitute for you if you
can't be there. |
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| June 20 |
Art Becker, Laura Beilke, Rick Besmehn |
| July 4 |
No Greeters |
| July 11 |
Dale Bolt, Sandra Bonde, Chuck Brenny |
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| Sertoman of the Day |
 Darwin Larson who recently joined Sertoma was sponsored by Darren
Larson. Darren and Darwin met at a Chamber function and Darwin
introduced himself and asked about Darren's family since he has
over 100 first cousins, many of whom he has not met. Darwin is
Senior Financial Advisor at the Cornerstone Group which is located
in Baxter and Wayzeta. The company includes 3 advisors and 2 staff
members and they deal with retirement planning, financial planning
and asset management. Darwin has thirty years of experience in the
field but joined this organization last summer when he moved to
the Brainerd area. Darwin has something in common with Gary
Walters in that he has been active in the Kinship program along
with parenting his three daughters. He does have some previous
experience in Sertoma years ago in the Fairmont Chapter where he
was a charter member in 1974. He firmly believes in the Sertoma
motto of having fun while giving back to the community. He likes
golf, biking, boating, traveling to warm spots, and casual fishing
(see rumor corner for definition). His personal history includes
growing up in the sixties when it was fun to be a kid, college
basketball and a stint in Vietnam. Welcome to Sertoma Darwin. |
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Of
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Row 1 (Left to right) Darwin Olson
(The Cornerstone Group, Nancy Williams (Chocolate Etc.) Anna
Gorecky (Snap Fitness),
Row 2 Doug Campbell (Positive Realty), Jeff Fitch
(Mid-State Refrigeration),Kathi Nagorski (Brainerd Dispatch),
David Pundt (KLakes Radio) and President Steve Mau |
Pictured at TJ's Log Cabin Tuesday evening are these seven newly
inducted Sertoma members. Welcome to the Brainerd Noon Sertoma
group. |
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Rumor Corner
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Casual fishing is a great way to describe catch and release
because you don't like to clean fish.
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Happy fines abounded today. Bonnie Cumberland thought she had
been stood up by her 18 year old lunch date but he did come in
late. Laura Beilke announced her new job at Northway
Construction.
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We thought that the flags were all covered until Paul Heinlein
had to announce that no one wanted to help Bill Goers. Two fine
upstanding Sertomans did volunteer to suffer through take down
with our illustrious sergeant.
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Dave Pundt is finally an inducted Sertoman again. He threatened
to quit and start all over again. He must like planning rookie
parties!
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Gary Walters has 65 more pounds to go.
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It was Joyce, Joyce, Joyce, Joyce and rejoice today. Joyce
Mikesh is joining and was sitting with Ms. Anderson and Frid. Of
course someone named Raboin jumped in there too but he likes to
pay his fines.
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Doug Campbell is giving gigolo lessons to Greg Straka.
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Charlie Bartels has been promoted to Poor Gary's Bait Boy
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Fiesta Oles abounded today--President Mau decided Ole was Ok
cause you could eat pasta while drinking a Corona to make it
work.
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It was I love My Cub Day--Bryan graciously acknowledged the
thanks but reminded us that we really need to thank the person
in charge--so if you see Steve Quisberg, voice your appreciation
as a member of Sertoma and/or supporter of Camp Confidence.
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Congrats to Chuck Brenny and Dave Burggraph on becoming mutual
grampas. In their honor, every grandpa had to pay a fine today.
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Our SOD has a nickname he inherited from his grandpa. We now
have Uncle Art and Uncle Jack.
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Shaving off your hair is not a recommended way to lose
weight--especially not with Sergeant Bryan on the case.
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Photo's |
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Photos
Photos Everywhere New photos go up almost every week on our new
Sertoma Photo Gallery.
http://sertomaphotos.brainerd.com |
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| FYI |
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If you are not receiving the newsletter notification or the
emails announcing special events, please contact Pam Sachs
either at 218 829 7761 or
eglponys@brainerd.net. |
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Sandra Bonde (ehrichappraisals@charter.net) is in charge of the
Sertoman of the Day schedule. Contact her to take advantage of
this great opportunity to share your story and get some free
advertising (and no fines for the day). The form is also
available here on our website.
Kari Barnes and her assistant Cathy Picek are the go-to folks
for Pipe and Drape information.
Need awards? Did you lose your pin? Tami Webb (tjwebb61@yahoo.com) is the person
in charge of awards and meeting paraphernalia. |
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