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ARE A BOEING-SUPPORTED RETIREE AND FRIENDS VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.

JULY, 2014

EDITORCYNDYANN JOYNER

I Think most of you know about the weekend feeding program for kids. The umbrella program is known as “Back Packs for Kids”. In short, some kids don’t always get lunch at home on weekends and this program provides a bag lunch for the two days. The program wasn’t started by Bluebills but when JACK RANDALL brought it to our attention we decided to support it where we could. I think we have helped to expand the program in Chimacum and our Quilcene Bluebills, led by BONNIE DOUGLASS, implemented it in that school last January. The program is already in effect in Port Townsend. Brinnon is the only School in Jefferson County not offering these lunches to those studentswho need them. I think I know every Bluebill in Quilcene and Brinnon. And I know that they do a wonderful job of supporting their communities. I’m going to make it my personal goal to organize these “get-her-done” members in setting up the weekend feeding program for Brinnon. I’ll be calling on them for help. Myron

The Student Week-End Feeding Program - Brinnon

YMCA SUMMER FEEDING PROGRAM

Last year Bluebill volunteers helped with the YMCA summer feeding program.This year we are also committed to organizing the week and presenting aproject each day.  We  can still use some volunteers to fill out theschedule for the week. Here is the proposed schedule for summer feeding program projects: First, we will have Boeing tee shirts for all the kids (I have 50 size small)There will be Boeing Volunteer Tees shirts for any of us who want to wear one.  Here is a tentative schedule of events: Arrive at the site (Chimacum Elementary School, 91 West Valley Road) at 10:00.We have 45 minutes for our activity which will be from 10:30-11:15 (or so). Monday, July 7:Building birdhouses:  20 kits are ready to build.Each child will get to keep the birdhouse plus get a certificate.Volunteer Leader:  Myron Vogt.  Volunteers: Jennifer Molloy, Justin Molloy, Jessica Molloy (daughter and grandkids).Could use a couple more. Let me know if you want to help.We need at least 15 hammers so think about that. Tuesday, July 8:Flying Rubber Band Airplanes;Each child gets to keep the airplane. Maybe prizes for longest flight or something. Volunteer Leader: Myron Vogt.Volunteers: Same Molloy family per above. It takes a little assistance to assemble these planes and getting them to fly right.  Again, additional help can be used. Wednesday, July 9:Wooden Race Cars:Each child gets a race care to assemble and race down an inclined plane. Child keeps the car. Maybe some prizes if we can think of some.Volunteer Leaders: Dave Ditzler and Ken EmersonVolunteers: TBD. Contact Dave Ditzler if you can help. 437-0792 Thursday, July 10.BingoWe play Bingo. So that the game moves along, when you have filled10 squares you can pick a prize. Everyone keeps their card and the game continues until everyone has won. Volunteer Leader: TBDWe need to get some prizes: what I suggest is that we ask everyone to look through their cabinets for stuff that their grandkids used to play with but have outgrown. games, books, puzzles, etc. Friday, July 11Activity to be determined. Give me some suggestions. 

To volunteer with the above activities, Contact Myron Vogt.To help with the overall feeding program contact Barbara Berthiaume.

SARAH BARTON JULY 24ROBERT BROWN JULY 23LISA KENNEDY JULY 12CHARLES LAMADUE JULY 15CHARLIE MAYFIELD JULY 7BONNIE MILLER JULY 22RAY MORRIS JULY 23LAURA PAUL JULY 15DOUG RITTENHOUSE JULY 7BILL SCHAEFER JULY 21MARVIN SEGAR JULY 16

Here is another nice ramp build by our Clallam

County volunteers,Doug Rittenhouse, Dale Blankenship,

Anita Knapp, Charlie Johnson and Rod Harp.Took this crew

about 44 crew-hours.Myron

Tuesday, July 1Deliver World Vision goods to Kitsap Co.

Thursday, July 3Leadership Team Meeting

Beach Club, 3:00-4:00

Friday, July 4thIndependence Day

Monday, July 7-Friday, July 11. Help with YWCA feeding program.

See article for details.

Tuesday, July 8Pick up goods at World Vision

for Clallam Co. Be at W/V warehouse at 9:00.

Tuesday, July 8Unload Food Bank Truck

Tri Area 8:00-9:00

Tuesday, July 8Central Leadership Council Meeting

Seattle, 10:00-11:00

Monday, July 14Bluebill Golf/Social

Port Ludlow. See article for details.

URGENT Dove House is in need of paper products and cleaning supplies. Toilet paper, paper towels, baby diapers, laundry detergent, dryer sheets, dish washing liquid soap,

mops, broomswould all be appreciated. Please

call Betty Faulkner at 360-437-5116 or email bettyfaulkner6@gmail.com

(new address!) for drop off directions or pickup.

For golfers (and want to be golfers) we will have a four person scramble. Trophies

for men’s and women’s teams. Some flexibility if

couples want to play together. If you are playing

golf we assume that you are coming to the

BBQ. You don’t have to play Golf to come for the BBQ

starting at 4pm.

PLEASE JOIN US

Golf starts at 11:00. Contact Michael Graham to sign up.pljmikey@gmail.com  360-316-1126. Please RSVP by July 7.

Please RSVP for the BBQ to:Kathy Roden- kroden0408@aol.com

 

 

The fact of the matter is that  members like to support their communities. Our Clallam County members have been doing a great job of this and you should know it. Here is what they do. I’m going to start with Ted Muralt. Our Bluebill in Clallam Bay. Ted started our website and maintains it. That’s plenty right there.  However, we deliver World Vision goods and school supplies to Clallam Bay and Neah Bay. This is a long trip to make from our warehouse in Chimacum so Ted lets us use one of his storage units in Sequim. We put the stuff there (often a couple of pickup-truck loads) and he arranges delivery.

Speaking of World Vision, Larry Lang has been our World Vision Distribution Coordinator for Clallam County for as long as I can remember. This job requires allocating  the goods we have to distribute.  Probably more importantly, Larry knows the agencies who he is dealing with and in many cases has to make sure they have received his message and have a chance to respond. This requires lot of personal knowledge about his W/V members. Larry then has to provide the paperwork to select the goods and give the guys delivery instructions. The World Vision goods we distribute are stored in a W/V warehouse in Fife.  We have to pick them up each month and distribute in our area. Again, our Clallam County volunteers

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make the pickup from Fife and do the deliveries in Clallam County. Rod Harp, Dale Blankenship,  Charley Johnson,  Anita Knapp, Ken Orth and John Meyer are some of the drivers and helper

If you need ramps built, grab bars installed, steps repaired, handrails added or any number of fixes that make your home safer and easier to access, the Clallam Builders are the crew you want.   Special thanks to Ken Mellott and Gifford Asher who are now “retired” but worked on these jobs for years and helped to break in the new crew members. The Clallam County Catholic Community Services Representative, Teri Wensits, does a great job working with our crews in lining up clients, providing insurance coverage and coordinating payment for the material. We probably have a few other volunteers such as Mary Pouge, who volunteer with churches, schools and agencies, that I’m not aware of.  Thanks to all of those as well. Myron

               

Doug Rittenhouse                Brian Giles                John Meyer

                Dale Blankenship                Anita Knapp                Rod Harp                Mike Zaspan                Ken Orth

                Charlie Johnson

So far this year these arethe members who have worked on projectssuch as these:

Hi Cyndyann, Here’s the volunteer hours for May:     200 members      36 reporting    644 hours reported    18% reporting Hope June is better.

Judy

JUDYMcCAY

VOLUNTEER HOURS CHAIR

The big news this month is the P.T. Rotary donated 18,000.00 to the P.T. Food Bank for a walk in Refrigerator.

Now we just have to work with the city as to where in Mt View we are going to put it.

Shirley, Director Food Banks

NOW DON’T FORGET TO HELP FILL IT UP WITH FOOD OR DONATION.

ESPECIALLY TRY TO HELP THE SENIORS STUGGLING TO FEED THEIR DOGS AND CATS.REMEMBER FOOD BANK FUNDS CANNOT BE USED FOR PETS.

GIVE FOOD, ACCESSORIES, TREATS, OR MONEY.

CYNDYANNBLUEBILL FOOD BANK VOLUNTEER

Dove House & Healthy Families Betty Faulkner bfaulkner2@q.com

Christmas Giving Larry Elton lmelton@q.com

Food Bank Truck Ken Snider kesnider@centurylink.net

Fall Prevention Marvin Segar msegar@q.com

Web Site Ted Muralt bluebill@clallam.net

Social Kathy Roden, Laura Paul rlplep@yahoo.com

Membership Eleanor Roden rodenem@olypen.com

Publicity Barbara Berthiaume berthiaume@mail.com

The FLYER Cyndyann Joyner blueberry@olympus.net

Photography Peggy Lee Flentie the pegster@cablespeed.com

Historian and Chairman Emeritus Jack Randall zjemrandall@msn.com

Volunteer Hours Judy McCay jmmccay@cablespeed.com

Eradicate Hunger Barbara Berthiaume berthiaume@mail.com

Eradicate Hunger Quilcene Bonnie Douglass lbdouglass@wildblue.net

Builders Myron Vogt vogt@cablespeed.com

Clallam Co. Rod Harp harpalong@gmail.com

Jefferson Co Myron Vogt vogt@cablespeed.com

World Vision Programs Myron Vogt vogt@cablespeed.com

Kitsap Co Ed Berthiaume eberthiaume@gmail.com

Jefferson Co Erika Mayfield emayfield@q.com

Clallam Co. Larry Lang parkbear47@yahoo.com

Hood Canal Bonnie Douglass lbdouglass@wildblue.net

Golf Tournaments Michael Graham pljmikey@gmail.com

DICK OSTLUND

2ND VICE CHAIR

DICKOSTLUND@GGMAILCOM

BARBARA BERTHIAUME437-2877

VICE CHAIRMANBARBARA.BERTHIAUME@GMAIL.COM

MYRON VOGT437-4056

CHAIRMAN VOGT@CABLESPEED.COM

O beautiful for spacious skies,

For amber waves of grain;

For purple mountain majesties

Above the fruited plain!

America! America!

God shed His grace on thee,

And crown thy good with

brotherhood,

From sea to shining sea.