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November
25, 2002
A
total of 43 attended.
PROGRAM
Part I
–Garry Spotts with his assistant gave a
presentation on our tree lot operation.
We started selling Christmas trees in 1955 and in 1963 we
moved to the Clubhouse. We
are known as the place in Boone County to buy a real Christmas
tree. In 1987 we
began selling Koeze nuts. Today
our tree lots are open 560 hours for our selling season. That means that every member should sign up for at least 2
shifts to fulfill the time requirements needed to make this a
successful event. If
you need training on the cash register or the tree lot, just tell
the lot captain and free and easy training will be provided.
Another added feature this year is to involve young people
that benefit from our proceeds.
On Saturday evening a person from the Columbia Football
Program will be at the Grand Avenue lot to thank our customers
for buying our products and showing them how our Club’s
donation has benefited their program.
Part
II –Joe Reardon introduced Dr. John
Yonker of the First Christian Church, Disciples of Christ in
Columbia. For a
Thanksgiving thought, Dr. Yonker reminded us that “thanks” is
one of our best words. No person is totally a self-made success and people need
people. Sometimes it
is hard to say “thanks."
However, everyone knows someone that
deserves to hear it. Valerie
presented an Optimist pen as a thank you to Dr. Yonker.
Monday, November 18, 2002
A total of 86 attended.
PROGRAM
Youth Appreciation, presented by Ed Musterman and Jim
Silsby.
Club Mentors
were recognized: Neil Sprick,
Brian Hudspeth, Garry Spotts, Valerie and Rich Goodin, Kevin
Roberson and Jim Pinkstaff.
Front Door Students
received the Mentor Appreciation
Certificates from their the Club.
The students recognized were Derrick Barrett, Brandon
Avery, Tim McWilliams, Mike Suitt and Anthony Wilson.
The Youth Appreciation Award for 2002 was
presented to Robert Jones, while his mother Seritah looked
on. Robert was chosen for his excellence in education, with
the example given that he made all A’s at the end of last year
at Hickman High School, and has maintained outstanding grades and
attendance this year.
We closed with the Creed at
1:00 pm
Monday,
November 11, 2002
A total of 68
attended.
PROGRAM
Pat Brown introduced Major Tim
Scherrer, U.S. Army Intelligence Officer and Assistant
Professor Military Science at MU.
Major Sherrer has a B.A. and Master from Truman State
University and is currently working on a PhD in History at MU.
“Every Generation has its heroes” was the theme of his speech.
He talked about the Generation X-ers in the U.S. Army now and the
successes and bravery of the past generations. He also talked about the past events from the military point
of view, starting with September 11th through the
latest events of today. It
was a moving speech that at times you found yourself holding your
breath to shedding a tear. Personally, as the daughter of U.S.
Army Ranger who served in WWII and Korea and the wife of a USAF
Vietnam veteran, it brought back memories of watching my dad leave
for Korea and my husband leave for South East Asia. I could tell that his speech brought back memories for many
in the audience.
Pat Brown presented the Creed
plaque to Maj. Scherrer.
We closed with the Creed at 1:00 pm.
Monday, November 4, 2002
A total of 65
attended.
PROGRAM
Steve
Meyerhardt introduced Cindy
Mustard, Assistant Director of the Voluntary Action Center (VAC).
It was refreshing to listen to her enthusiasm about her
job! You could tell
she really enjoys her work! VAC has been in existence since 1969
and she’s been the Assistant Director since 1991.
It is a central agency to coordinate volunteers &
organizations plus information with people who need help.
They became part of the United Way in 1972. She said VAC is the “hub of all social services in Boone
County area.” And that they “link people to services available
in the community.” Their
“goal is to get people independent and self sufficient.”
She had many stories that she shared with us about the many
different ways they are called upon to help people. They
saw 28,000 people last year and 99% were from Boone County. There are 1,130 families to serve for Christmas this year,
and she asked us to encourage our businesses to help by adopting a
family this year. She
also encouraged us to volunteer to help VAC, and to watch for her
‘Volunteer” column in the Columbia Missourian and the Columbia
Daily Tribune.
Jake
Jolley presented the
plaque to Cindy Mustard.
We
closed with the Creed at 1:00 pm
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