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Winter Wonderland Sign-up has begun.
Cathe Picek has committee charts--at this
time please indicate which area or areas you
can work with. Also if you could step in as
committee chair, please attend one of the
next meetings at Lord of Life Church at 8
a.m. on Friday morning or contact Cathe if
that isn't possible for you. |
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Cathe also informed us that our quarterly
report has been submitted. Since we now
are classified as a 501c because of the
merge of the Foundation and Sertoma
International, we do have to prove our
status. We do this by turning in our
voluntary hours--please fill out the cards
monthly and DON'T FORGET YOUR NAME!! If you
bring a non Sertoman to help at a volunteer
project-just turn the card over, put down
their name and hours and you will get the
credit for that time worked. |
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Curling Open House--join the Sertoma
team. Saturday, October 11 from 10-6 at the
Crosby Arena. |
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Thanks from Bob Ehrich for the great
response to the need for volunteers at
Forestview. He has filled his two day shifts
and will be calling the volunteers to
confirm. |
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The football flags were very
impressive again this year. President Korte
thinks this should be a permanent addition
to our flag schedule. Thanks to those who
helped put up the flags for the big game. |
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October 24th Tent City ( a program to
help the homeless) Needed 5-10 volunteers to
help with activities. Call 454-0464 for more
information. For more details about the
program watch your email. |
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October 15th-16th Kinship Partner
Unicycle Event High School track field
after the Wednesday game. Come and help Gary
support Kinship. |
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Thanks to all who participated in the
Ditch Pick last week. It was a beautiful
day, Rick Besmehn was a gracious host, and
the food was delivered hot and delish from
TJ's Log Cabin. Thanks to social director
Nanci Williams also. |
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The
Sertoma Program focused on two causes again this
week. The group was privileged to view the "pudgy
guy" and his unicycle. Gary Walters is very
passionate about his work with Kinship Partners and
very appreciative of the spirit of adventure that it
has imbued in his life. He has swam, biked, walked
and sat to raise money and promote mentoring with
Kinship. His current effort which he hopes will
raise about $20,000 is a 24 hour unicycle marathon.
Since his unicyle skills are very limited and not
likely to get any better by Wednesday, October 15th,
this is labor of love and humor. Gary encourages you
to join him at the high school track after the
football game. Saturday the 16th is unicycle day
where people will be encouraged to try unicycling
and the area will be open for bicycles and roller
bladers as well. Anyone who donates $100 will
receive a t-shirt. Gary remarked, "For the last six
years I have gotten to do the coolest things ever."
He hopes the community will continue to be generous
in these difficult times.
Justina
Richter is a spokeswoman for the Eating Disorder
Association of Central Minnesota. Her primary
purpose in speaking to the group was to raise
awareness of the serious problems of eating
disorders. One out of every five women will have an
issue with food. Overall the statistics are rising
and including 10 million women and 1 million men in
the United States who are currently suffering from
one of three major eating disorders. She explained
the difference between anorexia, bulimia and binge
eating. She also answered questions and was able to
provide her personal insight into the problem. She
is totally recovered from her high school bout with
anorexia. One of the problems of the disease is the
lack of treatment facilities locally. Her
association started a support group in 2001 that
works with both supporters and sufferers. They meet
the first Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. At Lord
of Life Church in Baxter. Justina blames a great
deal of the problem on the media and the skewed view
most people have of their body because of media
influence. She quoted from their brochure which
states. "The average American woman is 5'4" and
weighs 140 pounds. The "ideal" woman portrayed in
the media is 5'11" and weighs 117 pounds.
Our
Prez bowed to the dog pound today. They were quite confused
about their duties which included starting the meeting and
ringing the bell!