Alice's Corner 7-30

Congratulations  to Dan Contorno for a great Poker Night.  Still counting but the last amount of funds raised is $1350.  It  for a great Poker Night.  Still counting but the last amount of funds raised is $1350.  It  announced that it might become a quarterly event.

Linda reported that the Heritage Dinner is a go.   The silent auction will be eliminated.  Instead of the auction we will raffle a large gift.  We will be able to sell tickets prior to the event.  We are looking for corporate sponsors.  We are inviting other organizations to join us in our endeavors.  If we can get the chamber of commerce and the school district on board we will have more outside ticket sales.

We met our new exchange student Pedro Acosta.  He looked a little over whelmed.

Our speaker was Terry Hinko President of the board of directors for Youth On Your Own.

The statistics he shared with us were alarming.

Arizona is first in the nation for school drop outs.

There are over 4000 homeless youths in Arizona

Uneducated youth become uneducated adults.

YOTH started in 1986.  The students range in ages from the 8th grade to the age of 21.  At the present time the graduation rate is 93%.  They are to be congratulated.

Pam Beine will head a committee to help YOTH.  Thank you Pam.

Don't forget the fellowship dinner in honor of Nancy Cassel on August 5th.  She will visit our club on the following day the 6th .  Be on your best behavior.

Going back one week we had Dr. Emil Tompkins.  He started "Stuff the Bus".  He saw a need for class supplies in the Marana School District.  In the ensuing years his idea has grown into literally stuffing a school bus with school supplies.  The bus is stationed in front of Walmart on Arizona Pavilion Drive.  The response if phenomenal. 

Yours truly was out there for seven hours.

The club welcome our newest member  Roy Morris