June 2024
Please join us for the final meeting of this year!! The meeting will be held on Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 80 Main. Doors will open at 5:30 and dinner will be served at 6 pm. We will be having a buffet including a variety of sandwiches and salads. The cost will be $25.00. Please make your reservations with the Telephone Committee by Thursday, May 30, 2024 before 7 pm. Hostesses will be Stacy Giansante and Anna Beth Kinyon.
Our speaker in June is Stacey Neri, a Recovery Coach with the Save the Michaels of the World Branch located in Lockport. Save the Michaels of the World began as a grassroots effort to bring attention and awareness of the opioid crisis of addiction in this country, including the over-prescribing of addictive medications by the medical profession. The local chapter is located on Main Street here in Lockport and provides resources for families during their loved one’s journey through addiction and into remission.
The Community Resources would be grateful for donations at their drop-in center and suggests packaged snacks, Solo cups, paper plates, plastic silverware or any new or used clothing for men and women.
Our Scholarship fundraiser “Sunday for Scholarship” was a big success! It was a baskets were amazing!! Thank you to everyone who contributed baskets and gift cards. The profit from the Basket Raffle was $1,225.00. Donations from members totaled $ 2,591.00. The overall profit from the Fundraiser is $4,382.00. Our Scholarship has benefited from the support of members, family and friends of College Club, local businesses and charitable organizations. Thank you to Daniele Priest and Shirley Frombgen for being Ticket Co-chairs and to AnnaBeth Kinyon for her help with the Basket Raffle and work as treasurer!!
At our May Banquet, we met our two Scholarship winners – Alexia Kilroy and Alexis Runfola. Alexia is planning to pursue pre-med with a future goal of oncology. She is the Valedictorian of this year’s LHS class. Due to the issues with the FAFSA application, she has not yet determined where she will be attending college. Alexis has plans to attend the State University at Buffalo to major in exercise science. Best of luck to both of our winners. Thank you once again to the members of the Scholarship Committee – Daniele Priest, Megan Menges, Ann O’Byrne, Nancy Fischer and Val Hamluk for all of their hard work.
We also celebrated with three 50 year members – Gail Marshall, Lucille Cannata and Patricia Russell. The Club is grateful for their contributions over these many years.
The Board of Directors is looking for new members to step into Board and Standing Committee positions. If interested, please let Patty Russell or any other Board member know. Volunteering is a great way to meet new people and to help with our fundraising efforts. There are positions with the Directory Committee, The Scholarship Fundraiser and the Basket Raffle. Thank you to Darlene Loffredo who has volunteered to take over the Sunshine Committee responsibilities. If you know of anyone who could use a card, please contact Darlene.
The next Board of Directors meeting is scheduled for June 13, 2024 at the home of Anna Beth Kinyon, 117 Windermere Road, Lockport. The meeting begins at 7:00 PM. Please let Anna Beth know if you are unable to attend. Thank you to Patty Russell as always who has been our tireless leader for yet another successful year. Looking forward to seeing everyone at the June meeting.
Unfortunately this meeting was cancelled.
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