Guest Lowell Peachy, President/CEO Mennonite Friendship Communities
Guest John Young, St. Francis Community Services, todays program presenter
January 30, 2015 is the fifth Friday of the month and BIG HAT DAY. The Big Hats conduct the meeting. Big Hats present: Stan, Doug, Duke, Brad, Tony, Jeff Brewer, Jay, Doyle, Steve Conner, and Guy sans hat.
After we enjoyed a very nice breakfast, Big Hat Sergeants were compelled to fine people for deeds both good and bad. Much laughter and good cheer filled the room and smiles were everywhere. When their tour of duty ended all the members appeared satisfied.
Big Hat President Duke Wiggins conducted the official meeting.
The agenda included: Discussion on new models of Amtrykes for kids with disabilities. Regional Meeting in May. Atta Boy for Jay Pitzer and Casino dealers conducting games to fund the clubs out reach programs in the community.
The Program was presented by the aforementioned Guest John Young, St. Francis Community Services. The organization serves about 9000 people in Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma. The organization does many things in order train foster parents and care for children without parents and adoption services. It is a faith based organization non-profit with 501 c3 designation. About 2,300 foster kids in the Hutchinson area are in the care of St. Francis. There are forty licensed homes in Reno County. St Francis cares for kids up to age 18. www.st.francis.org john.young@st-francis.org cell phone 620-615-1063 business phone 866-999-1599
T-shirt Plans: The NJCAA tournament is coming soon. First of all an inventory is planned for February 20th and we need counters. The inventory needs to be analyzed to determine what items are salable in order to place an order. Also we need a plan to increase sales with some marketing ideas for team sales.
Lucky Ace drawing, Tom Hymer drew the eight of clubs and won $5. The pot increases to $116. Newsletter drawing, Andrew Parr could have won $75 but he was absent. For the meeting of February 6, 2015 win $80 if your name is drawn and you can name the presenter from St. Francis.
Upcoming programs and events:
February 6, 2015 Craig Smith, Fire science
February 13, 2015 Update on the new Jail
Tom Hymer, Editor