MEETING: Friday June 1, 2012 EDITOR: Tom Hymer
WELCOME GUESTS: Jim Unruh with Circles of Hope, guest of Doug Foss.
SERGEANTS: Ward Davis and his son Colby took the traditional route of fining the President right off the bat. With stealth intel Larry Sloan was busted for his daily 3PM ice cream snack. In the category fined because of the accomplishments of your children John Knipp and Dennis Reiser paid for their kids going to Boys State and Girls State, respectively. Eye docs Vern and Tony also were fined for their accomplishments in the optometry profession. Colby made up some stories about a few members resulting in some laughs and more revenue. Double secure sergeant dirt hotline is ambucs.dirt@gmail.com Here you can rat-out other members and they wont even know your name.
PAID ANNOUNCEMENTS: 1. Doug Foss commented on the effective use of mosquito nets in Africa and donating to send more nets to save the lives of little kids. 2. Tom Hymer, Newsletter Chairman, appealed for one more editor to complete the schedule. The commitment is to write for 10 weeks, specifically August 17TH through October 19TH, thymer@cox.net . 3. Chuck Peterson made a pitch (pun intended) for the Hutchinson Monarchs baseball games and urged people to go see a game. http://www.monarchsbaseball.net/
NEW PRESIDENT Darren Wicks offered an ata boy to outgoing President Curtis Mitchell and his leadership. There are 62 current members and Darren set a goal of one new member each month to bring up the membership to 74. Talking about a new Ice Cream Parlor, Amanda Boyd has been contracted to write grants for funding. Amanda will be attending a meeting(s) to better understand the Ambucs Ice Cream Project.
BOARD MEETING Friday June 8TH at 6:15AM.
PROGRAM: Jeff Roberson introduced todays program Circles of Hope speaker Jim Unruh, Pastor of Faith Mennonite Church. Circles of Hope is a targeted system to guide people out of poverty. It is based on allies, also referred to as role models, who have various skill sets such as, managing money, getting a better job, how to shop wisely, how to apply for employment, and setting realistic goals. Getting Ahead Classes take place over 18 months. To volunteer for Circles of Hope contact Jill Foss at Trinity United Methodist Church djfoss@sbcglobal.net (620) 665-5547. http://trinityhutch.org/templates/System/details.asp?id=25323&PID=898104
50/50 DRAWING: Steve Conard won the 50/50 pot of $20 and donated the money to Circles of Hope. NEWSLETTER DRAWING: Randy Hendersons name was drawn but he was not present to claim $15. For $20 who is the Pastor at Faith Mennonite Church?