!!!Thank You Letter from Gulf Shores United Methodist Church After School Tutoring Proggam.  Mo Snowbird's Club donated an additional $400 this year!!!

President Rich Rose and  June Young

February 28, 2010

 Dear Missouri Club Members,

Thank you for donating an additional $400.00 to The After-School Tutoring Program for Second and Third Graders.  Thank you also for allowing me to say a few words of thanks personally to your members at the breakfast meeting on February 24th .  As I noted, you have been so generous with the program that I WISH that the program could be officially associated with you.  Of course, I know that you are rightfully proud of your organization and the use of your name would be a matter requiring a formal petition and serious discussion on your part, but I'm very flattered that some of you even considered this in a positive light!  I will be thinking of this next year on those days when things don't go as I hoped--as well as when I have one of those completely rewarding days with the child I'm tutoring. 

Some of the snowbird clubs have notified me that they will contribute donations to other needs in the community and some have been unable to make donations this year.  One snowbird club notified me today that they will donate to us again this year.  I understand that the snowbird clubs make such decisions on a yearly basis considering many factors.  I'm just grateful that you have done so much to assure the continuation of the tutoring program for next year.  When beginning this volunteer job, I told them that I would only continue to do it until I was eighty.  It's the kind of support as you have given the program that makes me want to be faithful to that promise.  I also take it on a year-by-year basis and if funds are not available to continue the program in the future, we will find some way to support the children in our community and are so glad that you have shown that you cherish them also.  You're always welcome to join us as tutors in the program.  I'm looking forward to that one Missouri member who has expressed an interest in joining us.  I also got a good idea from one of your members regarding the book of my child's stories that I showed you on my second visit to your club.

The United Methodist Women at Gulf Shores United Methodist Church wanted to express their appreciation to you also when I told them of your donation.  You should receive a thank you from a member of that organization soon.  I will forward a copy of The Tower when the financial sponsors are listed in that publication of the Gulf Shores United Methodist Church.

I hope you are blessed as you return to your home state and that the Gulf Shores area will be graced with your presence next year.  Thank you again!

June Young,  Site Coordinator and Tutor

                   Missouri Snowbirds

                    2010

            Presidents Message

Well, summer is coming to an end, snow will soon be flying over the Show Me State, and hopefully

we will all be heading down to Pleasure Island.  Shirley and I are looking forward to our get-togethers

and activities. 

Following is some information I would like to share with you:

A.)  Meeting schedule-----Jan. 6^th & 20^th / Feb. 3^rd & 17^th    9:00 AM Phoenix V

B.)  Breakfast schedule----Jan. 13^th & 27^th / Feb. 10^th & 24^th   8:00 AM   ($9.00)

       The Hangout (Intersection of Hwy 59 and Beach Blvd.)

C.)  A travel agent located in Daphne Al. has offered some special priced cruises via

       Carnival Lines departing from Mobile. I have invited her to provide us with more

       detailed information at our first meeting in Jan. This early presentation will allow

       adequate time for anyone interested to schedule and coordinate a trip if they choose.

D.)  We have been notified that the Coastal Choral will be taking a sabbatical leave

        through the 2009/2010 season. They thanked us for our support and hope to see us

        next season.

E.)  The City of Orange Beach has advised us that the park bench we donated to their

       walking trail has been erected at the one (1) mile marker. 

Pensacola Little Theater---The signer uppers have been contacted.  Anyone else interested???  A group is going to Della’s Diner on Jan. 16, Women on Feb. 4^th and Victor Victoria on Mar. 6.  Join us!  Info at  www.pensacolalittletheater.com  or Box Office at 1-800-432-2042.  Tell them you are a Missouri Snowbird so they know what good customers we are.

MISSOURI SNOWBIRDS SUPPORT GULF SHORES AFTER-SCHOOL TUTORING PROGRAM

The Missouri Snowbirds club voted in February 2009 to donate money to the Gulf Shores United Methodist Church After-School Tutoring Program for Second/Third grade students of the Gulf Shores Elementary School.  June Young, Site Coordinator, sent us an article describing the program and 2009 donators plus a Thank You letter.  She also sent an application form for any Snowbirds in the area during the school year who would like to be a tutor.

2009 MISSOURI SNOWBIRDS RAISE MONEY FOR LIBRARIES

I’d like to tell you about a dynamic group of snowbirds from the Show-Me state of Missouri.  I am proud to be a member of this group of about sixty active members who undertook for the second year a project to give back to their winter home.  What began as a small undertaking held at the Phoenix Five last year has grown to a gala event held at the Orange Beach Rec Center and I believe is limited in growth only by the size of the facility in which the event can be held.

The second annual Trivia Night and Silent Auction, hosted by the Missouri Snowbirds, took place on February 16.  The event, a fundraiser for the Orange Beach & Gulf Shores libraries was chaired by Judy and Dale Collier.  Two hundred ninety-seven guests were entertained playing eight rounds of Trivia. Guests had the opportunity to bid on over seventy-five auction items, most of which were donated by local merchants. 

Last year’s Trivia Night which was the first time raised $600.00 for each library.  It was attended primarily by Missouri residents and a few from Illinois where Trivia contests are also quite a happening. This year’s event which was held at the Orange Beach Recreation Center, had thirty-four tables of eight made up of friends of the libraries from several states as well as two tables of local friends .  Attendees purchased chances on various gifts, played heads or tails, and bought mulligans which were used as a correct answer to a trivia question.  In addition to having an absolutely wonderful time, these guests made it possible for the club to contribute $2500.00 each for Orange Beach and Gulf Shores libraries.

Missouri Snowbirds look forward to continuing this tradition and will host the third annual Trivia Night on February 7, 2009.  Tables promise to go quickly so if you are interested in attending next year, make your reservation quickly.  If you’ve never done a Trivia Night, check with someone from Missouri.  They will surely tell you how much fun they are. 

Toni Ruda