Steve Stauffer called the meeting to order
Kevin Courtney offered the prayer and led the pledge to the flag
Announcements:
photo credit - Barry Davis
A good time was had at the Savannah Bananas game on Wednesday June 12. Jennifer Stupica enjoys a Bananas Serenade
June 25 will be a joint board meeting at 5:15 Mangiamo's
June 29 is Founder's Night at the Sonesta Resort. Please RSVP to invitations which were sent out.
Tim Ridge filled in for Sergeant at Arms Alicia Powell. Collected Happy $$
photo credit - Barry Davis
Bruce Yeager inducted new member Laurie Doscher. If you have not met Laurie yet, make sure to meet her and welcome her to the club. Welcome, Laurie - so happy to have you join us.
Ivan Bennett updated us on Exceeding expectations event. We have $2000 in the budget which has been used for field trips, this year went to Gulfstream which was very successful. Also had a camp with motivational speakers - it has been a great three years.
Speaker:
Cynthia Jenkins, the Executive Director of Neighborhood Outreach Connection was our speaker.
photo credit Barry Davis
The mission of NOC is "To help all individuals in the community achieve the 'American Dream' - economic independence and personal fulfillment" NOC has six learning centers: two in Hilton Head, two in Bluffton and two in Beaufort. NOC has always helped children of the communitey, Cynthia focuses on work force issues and helping the adults - the parents of the children. She works with tech schools and small businesses to bring "old school" back - where the importance of 1 or 2 years degrees and technical school certifications are valued. NOC is about the whole community - children and adults. The organization has many accomplishments over the years: - make sure children improve math and science skills (90%) - have teachers helping with that; 75% meet state standards in reading and math; better self esteem; parents are more involved (85% involved). In the past VLR donated $75,000 to NOC - $50,000 for a building and $25,000 for computers.
