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THE BLUEBILL

FLYER

A monthly Publication of the Olympic Peninsula Bluebills Bluebills is a Boeing-supported Volunteer Program

October 2007 Editor: Cynthia Ann Joyner

Betty Faulkner, Beryl Denison and Dick Ostlund

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We also have 250 new backpacks. We want to fill as many as we can with a specific list of school supplies. Members of the community have been asked to provide the supplies and at this time we have about enough things to fill 70 backpacks. Some of our members, like Marv Segar, bought enough things to fill an even dozen. The folks from Brinnon, under the urging of George Sickle,.

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Betty Faulkner loads a box of pens for one of the schools.

In July Bluebills rented a storage unit and began stockpiling schoolsupplies from our monthly World Vision pickup. The warehouse is now practically full and we plan to make an October shipment to each of the14 eligible schools in our area. (Eligible schools are those having morethen 70% of the students on a free or reduced price meal program.) There is still a lot of work that needs to be done to get ready for delivery.Among the items in stock are 29 boxes of ball point pens. Each box hadabout 200 pens but each pen in the box is personalized with thename of a person. Our job was to mix up these names so that each school received a box of pens with various names on them. We have accomplished this, sorting 5768 pens into 14 boxes, each having 412pens.

ed another 30. At the Bay Club cocktail party, Valeria Vogt tributed 30 backpacks to be filled. This is a work in progress and willntinue right up to delivery

October 2 we will pick up another load of items from World Vision.ce they are added to the inventory a list of available supplies will be ered to the eligible schools. Our GIK coordinators (Larry Lang, Edrthiaume,and Valeria Vogt) work directly with the schools.

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miles between these places. suppl And a lot of thanks

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Betty and Beryl

delivering supplies to the schools. The schools way from Shelton in Mason county to Queets est coast of Washington. There is about 400

b delivering the elping load and unload.

stlund, who is the Bluebill coordinator for the

Our drivers do a great jo

tochool and, on occasion, to ride with the drivers to help

with deliveries.

Help is still needed in October. Volunteers are needed to help load andunload trucks, help with inventory, assist in putting together the load deliver to each s

3ct Dick Ostlund. 437-7747. e interested in helping

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The School Supply Distribution warehouse. ll of these items will go to schools. Not in the

warehouse are 175 backpacks and 5000 pens.

If you are interested in helpingse contact Dick Ostlund. 360-437-7747.

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AT THE BAY CLUB IN PORT LUDLOW Vince Pace

will be playing our favorite Bavarian songs

OKTOBERFEST IS THE 23RD OF OCTOBER 4PM TO 7PM

We will be serving up a Bavarian menu that includes the following: Bratwurst, brockwurst, red cabbage, German potato salad and desert with assorted beverages, coffee and tea.

We will also have a guest speaker. His name is JohnBraasch. He is President of Voices for Veterans. He aretired submarine veteran. Voices for Veterans is a non-profit dedicated to assisting homeless veterans, and needyveterans and their families on the North OlympicPeninsula. We do this via events we call "stand downs" inPort Angeles and Forks. We would like to open out to theeast end of the peninsula and put on an event in JeffersonCounty at some point. He will be informing us as to how we might assist.

Jack Hawker with some of the kids who picked up 787 gliders

and pencils.

FIRE DEPARTMENT SAFETY FAIR

Bluebills were invited to participate in a Safety Fair put on by the Port Ludlow Fire Department. We were one of about a dozen agenciesand organizations who were emphasizing safety and emergencypreparedness. Our table focused on the Independent LivingProgram, showing grab bar installation and a model ramp. We also had brochures on the Lifeline program, which we are now installingwith referrals from Catholic Community Services. Jack Hawker and Myron Vogt staffed our table and we met many interested people as well as some neighbors and agency friends. We had 787 gliders, Bluebill pencils and some Boeing stickers to hand out so most of the kids stopped by.

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HAPPPY OCTOBERBIRTHDAYS !

Ken snider october. 1

Glora morris October 1 Bill anstiss October 2

Barbara shain October 8

Dick ostlund October 20 Roberta enders October 23 Jack james October 26 Dracula October 31

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Thanks for the treasure trove of Gifts-In-Kind items, We deeply appreciate all these gifts that assist us in carrying out our mission of ending homelessness in Clallam County. Serenity House of Clallam County

GIFTS-IN-KIND THANK YOU LETTERS Bluebills receive numerous thank-you notes and letters each month. To repeat each one in full would take up too much space so here a some exerpts:

Thanks very much for the office supplies you delivered on Tuesday. All articles are distributed to clients of the Brinnon Food Bank. We serve an average of fifty-five families each week. They are delighted to receive these items and are putting them to good use. Brinnon Food Bank

We, the entire staff of the Quilcene School District, would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the generous donation we received last week. All these items are used daily in a school setting and your generosity allows the district to spend its limited funds on books and technology instead of routine supply items. Quilcene School District No. 48

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The Kingston Food Bank would like to thank you once again for the wonderful donations you have brought us. Keep up the good work. Kingston Food Bank, Kitsap County

Thank you so much for all yourhard work! We appreciated being included in your program. Max Hale Center-Bremerton

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Thanks for the items you donated to our program. Big Bothers Big Sisters currently serves 98 children in Eastern Jefferson County. The office supplies and furniture are used by our staff and the toys and games by the children. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Jefferson County

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Thanks so much for the donation of office supplies. Providing these items help us lower our costs and focus the money saved on serving our clients. First Step Family Support Center-Port Angeles

We, here at Quilcene Community Center, thank you for the generous contribution through theGifts-In-Kind program. We want you to know that these donations are going to needy families and individuals. Quilcene Community Center

lthy Families sends a most ere thank you for the donation of ks and personal supplies. All tributions help our budget so thank again for participating in this derful program and allowing us to efit. lthy Families of Clallam Co.

I would most sincerely like to thank you for the office gifts received through World Vision’s Gifts-In-Kind program. Your generosity in providing these items help us to serve our community better. Catholic Community Services-Kitsap and Jefferson Counties

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The above thank you letters are from some of the GIK program members that we serve in Kitsap, Jefferson and Clallam county. Although they read much the same they demonstrate the breadth of this program. Bluebills currently have close to forty agencies, churches and schools in our GIK program. In addition we have fourteen schools in our School Supply Distribution Program. Special thanks to all the Bluebills who pick up the goods from World Vision in Kent, help distribute to the GIK members in Jefferson, Kitsap and Clallam Counties, the warehouse crew who unload and inventory all the items and then pre-sort and help load the goods going to each GIK member every month.

Last, but not least

Thanks to our county coordinators who interface with all the agencies, churches and schools and come up with a list of just what each member wants. In all there are nearly 30 Bluebills who contribute to keeping this program going. The above thank you letters are meant for each and every one of you.

There is no way to sufficiently express our gratitude for your most generous donation of a wheelchair. It is a wonderful gift for us. We are a all-volunteer organization dedicated to helping the homeless and needy veterans of our county. Voices for Veterans, Clallam County

On behalf of Samaritans Purse and Operation Christmas Child I wish to thank you for the recent donation.The items will be used to in our organization and as an addition to our Christmas shoeboxes. we appreciate you thoughtfulness in keeping this program going and helping us meet out needs.. Samaritan’s Purse, Kitsap County

Gifts-In-Kind Clientsby Val Vogt

As you all know, once a month our Gifts-In-Kind program transfers goodsfrom the World Vision warehouse in Kent, WA to our Boeing Bluebills Gifts-In-Kind warehouse in Chimacum. We then distribute these goods to manyclients in Jefferson, Kitsap and Clallam Counties. We thought that maybe youwould like to know just who these clients are and what they do. So, wedecided to highlight some of our clients so that all of our members would havea better idea of what this program is all about and who benefits from it.

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Meet Dr. Holli Hinkle, the licensed Psychiatrist at JMHS. She was recently recognized nationally by

NAMI as one of 18 of the nation's exemplary psychiatrists. We're so glad to have her here in

Jefferson County.

Some of our clients are pretty much self-explanatory. You all know about Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse of Jefferson County. We've had Cheryl Bozarth, the director of that program speak at one of our socials. Also, we give goods to churches and schools. One of the programs we don't know much about is the Jefferson County Mental Health Services. So, this month we'll give you just a short description of their services. Jefferson Mental Health Services (JMHS) is a private, not-for-profit organization. They are licensed to provide evaluation and treatment services to Medicaid and other publicly funded service recipients, as well as to those seeking treatment through insurance or other private finding means. They provide services through the following programs:

• Crisis Services Crisis intervention and emergency response services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to anyone in East Jefferson County having a need.

• Triage Program Assures that appropriate services are provided clients. Clients seeking mental health services are briefly screened when they call to identify need. Assessment is performed by a trained and experienced Mental Health Professional so that the nature of the problem can be identified.

• Outpatient Treatment Services

1. Community Support Services Program delivers support services with severe and persistent major mental illness and a history of in-patient psychiatric hospitalization.

2. Adult & Older Adult Treatment Program provides an array of services for adults from 18-60 years and older with a mental or emotional disorder.

3. Child and Family Program delivers services to children (through age 17) and their families. JMHS also offers the Discovery School program developed in conjunction with local school districts to provide education and treatment services to severely behaviorally disturbed children unable to be served in their district's programs.

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4. Medical Services Program includes a licensed Psychiatrist, ARNP, RN and LPN, all with extensive experience in the treatment of mental illness and evaluation for prescription, medication, and medication monitoring as well as consultation with the patient's primary care physician.

If you have any questions about JMHS or it's programs, you can contact them at 360 385-0321. Their crisis hotline is the above number or 1-800-659-0321.

We cannot do great

things. We can only dosmall things with great

love. Mother Teresa

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Marvin Segar,Ed Hughes,

Jack Hawker and

Jack Randall handled the “scooping”

duties.

HERE’S THE SCOOP Bluebills recently gave COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT ALLIANCE(CEA) a hand at their annual ICE CREAM SOCIAL. Proceeds from the social go the CEA scholarship fund. Bluebills helpedby scooping ice cream and MIKE GRAHAM put on the clownsuit. In addition to the help, we handled out 787 gliders to children and others. A good time was had by all and we are always happy to assistour CEA partners who do so much for the community. CEA is also a major contributor in helping Bluebills provideChristmas gifts for the families in the Domestic Violenceprograms.

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MIKE GRAHAM DONS THE CLOWN SUIT

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JACK HAWKER takes a break and

samples the product.

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Here are some pictures I took at the latest ramp we built here in Brinnon. Also, attached is a copy of the Thank You Card I received from Duane and Ardella Barney for the construction of the ramp. - George Sickel

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Oct 2 - GIK

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and SSD Pickup in Kent.

Oct 8 - Leadership Team Meeting Bay Club, 9:00 to 10:00. Oct 9 - Central Leadership Team Meeting in Seattle- 10:00 to 11:00

ber-Dates to be determined: hool supplies to 14 schools Jefferson, Clallam and unties. ill be needed.

Oct 23 - October Fest Social Bay Club, 4:00 to 7:00

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We haven’t done much lately in ourEducation Program. Here is another opportunity to get involved in helpingthe Chimacum students. Bert Goldstein introduced me to theChimacum Science Olympiad a fewyears ago and I have participatedevery year since. It is a lot of fun,doesn’t take much time (about 6hours), and you don’t have to know a lot about science. Everything is prepared for you in advance. You simply proctor the tests and gradetheir papers with a supplied answersheet, total the scores and reportthem to the office. There is a largechoice of experiments and tests that you may choose from. The event takes place on one Saturday. There is usually a brief orientation meetingfor volunteers one evening inadvance. Contact Dick Padilla for more information

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We had 33 volunteers in August

contribute 578 hours. That makes 5,912 hours

year-to-date!

From Jack Hawker

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Mike Graham Chair 360-437-5052 michaelg@cablespeed.com Dan Nordmark First Vice-Chair 206-855-8055 nordmarkdanpat@msn.com

Independent Living All Counties Myron Vogt - 360-437-4055 vogt@cablespeed.com Larry Elton – 437-0758 elton@cablespeed.com Clallam County: Howard Schaible 437-0756 h6565@cablespeed.com Kitsap County: Dan Nordmark 206-855-8083 nordmarkdanpat@msn.com Social Howard Schaible 360-437-0756 hrs@cablespeed.com

Ed Berthiaume Second Vice-Chair 360-437-0423 eberthiaume@cablespeed.com Jack Randall Chairman Emeritus 360-437-2539 zjemrandall@msn.com

2007 OFFICER

Bicycle Recycling Program George Ansley 360-385-1954

COORDINATORS

OLYMPIC PENINSULA BLUEBILLS LEADERSHIP

jansley@olympus.net Hospital Equipment Repair Ed Berthiaume 360-437-0423 eberthiaume@cablespeed.com Food Bank Unloading Ken Snider 360-437-9165 kesnider@earthlink.net The FLYER Cyndyann Joyner 360-385-2580 cyndyann1@mac.com Web Site Ted Muralt 360-640-0686 bluebill@clallambay.net Membership Eleanor Roden 360-437-2354 rodenem@olypen.com

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