Pilot club of the halifax area 9 2013 newsletter the breeze

Busy! That word sums up the month of August for the Pilot Club of the Halifax Area. For

starters, we were thrilled to contribute to the Ponce Inlet Lighthouse, and may

embrace a great new member as a result. The Lighthouse Board has been suppor#ve of

our events over the years. Come join us, Mary Wentzel!

Our Chinese Auc#on on 8/27 was a great success. Marsha Lewis and Marsha Douglas

did a great job. It is amazing what we can make by cleaning out our closets and sharing

our treasures! We had six guests that we hope to see again!

Thanks to Diane Welch, our yearbook is close to press ready. This will be our most

professional effort to date, and it is filled with Ads and ACCURATE informa#on about

our Club and organiza#on. We are grateful to Shirley Popowski, Pat Masse (AKA Eagle

Eye), and Diane Dunn for all their help.

Our conven#on reports were well received. Many members told me this was the first

#me they heard about what actually occurred at conven#on. Thank you Sylvia

Popowski, Pat Masse, Shirley Pyle, Diane Dunn, and Leanne Hansard for sharing with

our Club.

There is so much yet to happen in September! The Garage Sale on 9/28 is gaining

momentum. We will be vo#ng for a Club Sweetheart on 9/10. Charly Pon#atowski will

also be installed as a new member on 9/10. We look forward to hearing from Veronica

Oxford, Associate Director of the DSC Center for Women and Men on 9/22.

It is a great #me to be a member of the Pilot Club of the Halifax Area!

Pilot Peace and Love,

JoEllen Salce Rogers, President

The Halifax Breeze

“Friendship & Service” Volume 312

September 2013 President’s Piece

2013 – 2014 Officers

President

President Elect

Rec. Secretary

Corr. Secretary

Treasurer

1 Year Director

2 Year Director

Past President

JoEllen Salce-Rogers

Sylvia Popowski

Diane Welch

Eva Williams

Alonia Gainous

Pat Masse

Maria Long

Hilary Reilly

Holly Ingle*

Joyce Conger

Special Appointments

Chaplain

The Breeze

Historian

Parliamentarian

PI Grants

Photographers

Sunshine

Lunch Coord.

Yearbook

Presidents Book

Maureen Durham

Diane Dunn

Leanne Hansard

Diane Dunn

Shirley Pyle

Shirley Pyle

Diane Dunn

Dot Moore

Leanne Hansard

Pat Masse

JoEllen Salce Rogers

Diane Welch

Diane Trask

Pilot Club of the Halifax Area, Inc. * Phone: 386-566-7622 * [email protected]~

What ;me of year is it?

It’s ;me for our annual Garage Sale, September

28, so start going through your closets and look

under the bed for those pescky items that don’t

fit or just isn’t your style any more! Those are

the perfect items for this fun-raiser! It will be

held at Saint Diane Welch’s house again, she

will be handing out signup sheets for the week

before September 23-27 for us to come over

and get it organized! Remember it takes all

Pilots to keep “Pilotsville” going strong!

Pilot Club of the Halifax Area Inc.

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Chinese Auction WOW!!! What a fantastic Chinese Auction. Hats off to Marsha Lewis and friends from the Lighthouse for setting up a spectacular arrangement of treasures that netted $432 in profit. We budgeted $350

so we already have exceeded the budgeted goal for the first Fundraising event of the Pilot year. Laurie Kaye from Boca Raton was a guest at our Chinese Auction.† She enjoyed herself and even won one of the raffles, actually she made a very special trade with Diane Trask, when they discovered they wanted each other's items.. Thanks to everyone who brought in items and to the members and

guests who supported the auction.


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Membership

"A ship in the harbor is safe, but that's not why ships are built!"

Sail Pilots!

Chaplin’s Corner Have you checked out the Florida District website?

There is a vast amount of informa;on to be found there,

check it out: www.piloDlorida.org and sign up your

e-mail address.

Next on the horizon is the Garage Sale. This will be a LARGE sale and we need all hands on deck to help during the week before (Sept. 23 – 27) and the big day. Our goal is $1,173.97. I am con.ident that we can make at least this amount. Sign-up sheets will be on the tables for volunteers to help in the evenings and on the big day. Please keep in mind that this is “free” money for our budget. Actually the cost is about $100.00 for the ads placed in the Pennysaver and News-Journal. Bring your sale items any evening to my home. If you need me to pick up large items, Tony’s cousin, Edward will be coming that week and has a pick up. We can pick up your large donations on Tuesday evening (Sept. 24). The other great news is that the Junior Class from Father Lopez High School will be joining us. They are bringing things to sell to earn money for the Junior Class. The best part is that we will have the “man-power” we need to get set up in the morning and countless other shoppers that day. Collector of Dollars for Pilot, Diane Welch

Fund Raising

We are star#ng the 2013-14 year with a bang by

installing three members! Tony Welch, husband of

Diane Welch, and a familiar voice in broadcas#ng in

Volusia County, joined the club on July 23rd. Laura

Yard, M.D., an Addic#ons and Wellness Specialist,

also was installed on the same day. Meg Doherty, a Registered

Professional Nurse became a member on August 13th.


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Pilots Shar Barron & Cindy Watkins a*ended The

Great Gatsby Celebra;on on August 23, for the

Grand Reopening of the newly renovated Olds

Hall living room, built in 1922. In honor of this

event food & music from this era were

enjoyed as many of the guest a*ending the

fes;vi;es dressed in 1920s costumes and cars

from this era were on hand to view.

September is Pilot Interna;onal Founders Fund Month.

End each year Pilot clubs throughout the

organiza;on nominate a Pilot Sweetheart from

within their club’s membership. The Pilot that is

elected is one that club members feel truly

represents the Pilot Spirit of Working together in

Friendship and Service and an individual that

par;cipates in the Founda;ons focus project of Brain

Related Disorders. A contribu;on will be sent to the

Founda;on and the recipient’s name will be printed in

the January/February Pilot Log. Members in

a*endance will vote for their selec;on at our

September 10th Program mee;ng and the nominee will

be announced at our September 24th Program

mee;ng; which will be hosted by the Pilot

Interna;onal Founders Fund Area.

September is Founders Fund Month

Yearbook Update

As far back as I can

remember in my “Pilot

World” I have had an

apprecia;on for the

person(s) who put

together the club

yearbook. This year I

can report that the apprecia;on has grown

exponen;ally especially when I have loss of sleep over

“the book”.

A huge thank you must be given to the team of

members who have ;relessly worked to be certain that

there are as few errors as possible. We know that even

though we have been over the pages countless ;mes,

there will be mistakes.

A second thank you must be given to Tony and Bill who

have managed to secure ads that will total nearly $900.

With the prin;ng cost at approximately $500 (give or

take a few dollars), we will be in fine shape with a book

we all can be proud of.

A third thank you must be given to Leanne and others

who supplied new pictures. Through their pa;ence, I

have learned to import photos, adjust, crop, rotate,

resize and sharpen these images.

A final thank you goes to the club who entrusted our

team to produce the finished product. I expect to have

the copy material delivered to the printer by the end of

next week so hopefully we will have the books in our

hands by the program mee;ng of September. Please

let me know if you think you will be wan;ng to have

more than one book. The current plan is that the order

will be for approximately 150 books. Each member

automa;cally gets one copy and every other copy aPer

that will cost $5.00.

Pilot Love,

Diane W. (Assistant to Bill and Sylvia)

Pilots Rock!Pilots Rock!Pilots Rock!Pilots Rock!

Pilot Club of the Hali fax Area Inc .

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PI is still providing help for the “Safe Harbor Fund” for our Pilot sisters & brothers that were effected by Super Storm Sandy. If you wish to send

help, please forward your check payable to “Safe Harbor Fund” to Pilot International Headquarters 102 Preston Court, Macon, Georgia 31210 or

visit the Pilot Int’l website www.pilotinternational.org and click on the orange “Donate” button. Choose Make A Donation. On the donation form,

under “Select Purpose,” choose “Disaster Relief.” Your contributions will make a difference in the lives of your fellow Pilots. Pilots DO more. Pilots CARE more. Pilots ARE more… for each

other and for the world. Donate to the Safe Harbor Fund and help a friend in need today.

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Keeping Up with our Scholarship Girls….

Julia Schap, our Pilot Scholarship House

resident is back in school for the fall semester.

She has reported that our “House” is in great

shape and that she just loves her new

roommate. All of the houses in Gainesville had

their “back to school” get together last weekend

so they could meet and greet new residents.

Ka;e and Pam Ingle* are in other houses

but have the same protec;on and care we

give our Pilot House girls.

One of the great things about the scholarship

houses is that these young ladies and gentlemen

are learning things they could never possibly

learn outside of this environment. First hand

they are learning responsibility, ethics, sharing,

and being a team player. Every resident in our

three houses could not have the college

experience in these great universi;es without

our con;nued support and help.

Very Proud Aunt Diane Welch

Sunshine Report

Please keep in your prayers, the following Pilot’s

♥ Dot Moore

♥ Alonia Gainous

♥ Kathy Keshvari

♥ Shirley Pyle, recovering

♥ Hilary Rielly

♥ Cindy Watkins Mom, Pat, recovering

♥ Flo Griffin, recovering

♥ Minnie Harris, recovering

♥ Renata Bradley Pilots are special and we care about each one. If you have information about a Pilot in need, please email Pat Masse, [email protected]

Greetings Pilots… Hats off to Marsha Douglas and

Marsha Lewis for chairing our first fundraiser of the year!! The Chinese Auction was very successful, raising $432. The Certificate of Deposits interest balance in the

Regions Bank Money Market Account has been transferred to Gateway Bank Money Market Account to earn the higher interest return.

REMINDER!!!!

If you will not be attending the Pilot Meetings please ensure that you cancel your meal before the Friday’s deadline. Once we have given the caterer a total of meals needed we are unable to change that number and we are still responsible for payment of that meal. We are continually paying for too many meals for members who

don’t show and do not cancel in time. Alonia Gainous

Treasurer

Dollars & Cents

September 2

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Do you have your club shirt?

They are s#ll available,

get with Diane Welch

at the next mee#ng.

Laurie Kaye from Boca Raton, a very special Pilot, came

to our Chinese Auc;on and spent the weekend in

Ormond Beach, and several of us who know her well,

joined her and her friend Amy for lunch at AGAVE

Mexican Restaurant in Ormond Beach.

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What’s for What’s for What’s for What’s for

lunch…lunch…lunch…lunch…

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9/24 9/24 9/24 9/24 ----

Vegetable Lasagna Vegetable Lasagna Vegetable Lasagna Vegetable Lasagna

9/3 Exec Board Mtg 5:30 JoEllen’s Office 116 Bay Street, DB 9/10 Business Meeting 12-1 Palmetto Club 9/23-27 - Garage Sale - Evening Setup 9/24 Program Meeting 12-1 Palmetto Club 9/28 Garage Sale, 81 Dianne Dr. OB

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Remember Pilots…….If you will not be attending a meeting, please remember to cancel your lunch order

or to add a guests lunch order, email JoEllen Salce Rogers [email protected] BEFORE 10 AM on the FRIDAY before the meeting. If you forget, you will be billed $12.25 for the cost of your lunch. Thank you, Pilots!!!

Pilot Interna;onal Founders Fund

Did you know you can support PIFF

and honor someone you love?

You can by purchasing a brick that is

displayed around the Pilot Headquarters

fountain in the court yard in Macon, GA You

can obtain this form at PI’s

wonderful website

www.pilo;nterna;onal.org

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