GUESTS: Mikayla, Sandra and Jacob Milburn; Sophia and Stacy Rose; Maggie and Candace Davidson-guests of Kathy Hanks.
SGT. REPORT: Ole Sarg was not present and was greatly missed!
CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CASINO SURVEY RESULTS: President Simmons reported on the casino survey. The results were quite mixed. The club will continue with 3 to 4 casinos per year until a majority of the club membership direct otherwise. The Board will address establishing a committee for operation of the casinos.
YP MINGLE: The Hutchinson AMBUCS will be sponsoring a Young Professionals Mingle at the Kansas State Fairgrounds in August to increase awareness and visibility for the chapter. Look for future announcements of the date and time in the newsletter.
CLUB OFFICERS FOR 2017-18: Are you interested in serving as an officer or a committee chairman during the next AMBUC year? Contact Thad Bartley to volunteer and register for the Regional Conference in Dodge City for training. You would have received the registration materials for the conference in an earlier e-mail.
NJCAA National Basketball Championship March 20-25, 2017, Hutchinson Sports Arena: Members, please clear your calendars to volunteer at the T-shirt booth at the Tournament. Darren Wicks will have a schedule available in the very near future. Sign up and take a look at the renovations in progress for the Arena.
PROGRAM: Save the Elephants, a local fundraising effort by fifth-graders from Plum Creek Elementary, Mikayla Milburn, Maggie Davidson and Sophia Rose was our program. The ladies raised donations to save African elephants from poaching for their ivory tusks. $1285.01 was raised with 100% of those funds going direct to Save the Elephants. The hat was passed; and AMBUCS added $102.00 to the cause.
MARCH 3 PROGRAM: Jesse Brothers-videographer.
NEWSLETTER QUESTION: Doug Foss won. (But he doesnt think $10.00 is enough!)
LUCKY ACES DRAWING: Darrin Wicks-$5.00 for the 4 of clubs.
NEWSLETTER DRAWING: What month are we sponsoring the YP Mingle?