 Kathy Stephen, new director of the Crisis Line visited with Sertomans today. Although the group has spoken to us in recent months, she felt it was important to return and ask for help. She explained that she felt Martin Luther King Jr.'s philosophy was important here,
"Everyone can be great because everyone can serve,"  They need a 60 person base of volunteers to make the Crisis Line work and they are currently at 26. She also said that they were $25,000 under budget. The Chocolate Lovers Extravaganza and United Way are there major funders, but
they are looking for more donations from local civic groups. The important thing to remember is that the Crisis Line provides all the training you need and you can do this from home at your own convenience.
Crisis Line's goal is "empowering people through support and encouragement to deal with their problems on their own". It was founded in 1988 due to the increase in the number of suicides locally and now serves 6 counties. Most of the calls are informational or referrals and there is a crisis team that takes over in emergencies. Kathy laughed when she explained that she had a call from someone this weekend wanting to know how to get rid of a tick!
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June 2
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Rookie Party Committee Meeting Noon at Paul Bunyan Sports Bar |
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June 7
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Charity Sponsorship Meeting following regular noon meeting |
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June 10
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Steak Fry at Milo's 6 p.m. start, come at 5 if you want to go on the cocktail pontoon run. Entertainment provided by Sertoma Band. The Band will play for at least an hour and then music will continue for dancing. Steaks and beverages will be provided by the club, everyone else who is coming is encouraged to sign up for a pot luck item. Milo is located north on 25, go past the Memorial Gardens and take the first right on the Ebinger Road. |
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June 15
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Food prepping in the afternoon getting vegetables ready and precooking some items. |
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June 16
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Fiesta starts at 6:00 p.m. at Camp Confidence. Food preparers and servers, bartenders, drink ticket salespersons, and live-silent auction workers needed. |
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| Farmer Paul Koering (Would like this winning
tradition to continue through the election.) |
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| Would have been Loann Reponen |
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by 11:45 and call somebody if you can't.
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| June 7 |
Mike Boen, Dale Bolt, Erik Bonde |
| June 14 |
Pam Braland, Joe Brenny, Dave Burggraff |
| June 21 |
Art Becker, Kathy Bittner Lee, Beth Burnard |
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 Brian Swerine was today's Sertoman of the Day. He moved to Brainerd 3 years ago to take a position with the Boy Scouts. He was born and raised in Minneapolis and likes golf and anything outdoors.
Brian and his wife Lori have 2 boys and girl along with a stepson. He has college degrees from both Augsburg and Hamline. He joined Sertoma in 1998 and his sponsor was Reed Campbell. He received his Gem Award in 1999 and ended his speech with a quote familiar to any Trekkie fan,
"Live long and prosper".
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Pipe and Drape Needs You - Sign up and Help Mike Howard and the club |
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New Members: remember to help with greeting if the assigned members are not available. Pam Sachs and Colleen Smith are looking for 2 more volunteers to take notes at the meetings. Kim needs to start her secretary elect duties. See Pam if interested--remember it would only be once every 4 months. We are also looking for sponsorships and a team captain for our Relay for Life Team--see Milo.
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