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The Albany (NY) Life Member Club of the Mountain Valley Empire
Chapter purchased 1,000 red noses for the Red Nose Institute.
The Red Nose Institute is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization
designed to put a smile on the faces of our troops overseas.
Designed by a clown and with the help of clowns and friends
around the world, this program was launched in July 2007. The
idea is for folks who care about our military to donate red foam
noses. The noses are then mailed to U.S. troops deployed
anywhere overseas. A letter is enclosed with each package
telling that the folks sending them are extremely proud of our
military and thankful for what they are doing on our behalf.
Servicemen and women are encouraged to share the noses with
someone who might need a smile and possibly to share them with
the nearby children. In the past year, over 16,000 noses have
been sent to troops deployed overseas! There is NO COST to our
military or to anyone requesting noses.
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The Liberty Bell Chapter has gathered twice a year for more than
25 years to spruce up areas of the Valley Forge National Park.
Volunteers are needed for this fall's workday on September 26.
Two tree plantings are planned to honor deceased prominent
Pioneers. One will be in memory of Bud Zeager, a long-time
administrator of Liberty Bell Chapter. He was often referred to
as "Mr. Pioneer." The other is in memory of a past HQ Council
president, Dorsey Johnson. The expense of these trees is paid by
the Pioneers.
On the workday, the Pioneers will start at the park's maintenance building with coffee and donuts and assigned the areas in which they are to work. Those who are incapable of the physical outdoor work will remain back at the maintenance building and work on a number of typical Pioneer projects such as Hug-A- Bears, place mats, and heart pillows. Efforts end at noon with a hot dog and dessert lunch prepared by the Pioneers. For the spring visit in early May (see photo), the work was a general clean-up of leaves and other winter debris, the repair of picnic tables and benches, and the spreading of several dump truck loads of mulch around the trees lining the public driveways and walkways. If you'd like to participate, please e-mail Ken Kunz at kenkunz@verizon.net. |
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On September 10, the Paumanok Chapter delivered 124 dictionaries
to third grade students at Birch Lane School in Massapequa Park,
NY. South Bay Life Member Club President Bob Roth, Mo Roth, Pat Ronga, Joan McGuire
and Hank Koehler were there for the presentation. The principal
and teachers were very happy and appreciated the dictionaries
that will aid the students in their school year.
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The Warren Life Member Club (LMC) of the H.G. McCully Upstate
Chapter has partnered with NORWESCAP (Northwest New Jersey
Community Action Program) of Warren County, NJ, to provide food
to hungry children on weekends and school holidays when other
resources are not available. During the summer months, the
Warren LMC collects peanut butter, jelly, macaroni & cheese,
fruit cups, etc., which are used to fill backpacks beginning in
September.
The Backpack Program was created by the NORWESCAP Food Bank when needy children in the Warren County area were identified by their teachers, counselors, nurses or other school staff. Each Friday during the school year, nondescript backpacks are filled with nutritious food and drinks and given to the identified children (pre-K through 5th grade). The children return the backpacks on Monday, to be filled again for the following weekend. During the 2008 - 2009 school year, NORWESCAP provided 110 children in 11 different schools with backpacks each week. The Members of the Warren LMC have embraced this project and are eagerly collecting the food requested. The club has also purchased 100 coloring books to be used in the backpacks as occasional "surprises". This is a fun, easy summer project for the club members, whose ages average around 70. Anyone interested in donating food or funds may contact Barbara Hamilton, president-Warren LMC, at 973-726- 7676. |
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In the early 1990s, Richmond (VA) Council life members of the
Old Dominion Chapter brought together a significant quantity of
telephone equipment and material and established a telephone
museum in Richmond. The equipment and material came from the
former Plant Training school, storage at the former Western
Electric/Bell Atlantic distribution center, abandoned Public
Relations archives and many other sources including gifts from
employees, retired and active. Through the generosity of
Verizon-Virginia, the museum now occupies approximately three
thousand square feet of space in the Headquarters building at
713 E. Grace St. in downtown Richmond.
Today, most of this equipment and material is on public display. Museum visitors may view equipment and examples of its use by Outside Plant forces; traffic switchboards, including two positions of the manual board from Boyce, Virginia, when that office was converted to dial; two positions from the former 3CL toll board in Newport News; two positions from the Radford toll board; and a WECo. 706 PBX. The test board formerly used in the White House in Washington is a featured display. Also on display are a variety of telephone instruments with wooden wall sets from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, early desk stands, early and later cradle sets, numerous desk and wall sets in many colors and many of the decorator sets of the 1970s. One set proudly displayed is a 1963 black Princess telephone which was in the Middleburg, Virginia, home of the late President John F. Kennedy. Several wooden and metal telephone booths and signs from the past line one wall of the museum. Tools used by craft forces in the early and middle 20th century fill one room. Currently the museum is open by appointment. There are many opportunities for volunteers to assist in staffing the museum on open days and to work on setting up and maintaining the working exhibits. If you would like to volunteer or donate any telephone related material, please call (804) 772-1118. The Museum is a 501(c)(3) organization. All gifts are tax deductible. |
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On August 9, the Troy Life Member Club of the Mountain Valley
Empire Chapter served a homemade roast pork dinner to more than
40 people at the Joseph's House, a halfway house for the
temporarily homeless.
(Photo, l-r:) Sally Ann Purcell-Beaudy, Gerry Simpson and Bev Freemantle. Andrea Freeman, Lynne Strevell and Ron Simpson also participated. |
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You now see a new and improved Pioneers website when you visit
http://www.pioneersvolunteer.org/. The site has been updated
to include many new features for Pioneers members as well as for
Pioneers chapter/council/club leadership. We have streamlined
navigation, provided additional menu options and completely
reorganized the site so you will be able to easily find anything
and everything you need!
The new site includes an easy way to check out volunteer projects in your city through the Volunteer tab, Volunteer Now. The site showcases several recent Pioneer projects that can be shared with co- workers and friends (and potential new members!) Pioneers now have easy access to all kinds of member forms - everything from sample press and photo releases to Pioneers Accounting Center forms. |
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If you're receiving this issue at work, the design might be compromised because company firewalls are blocking the coding. You may view a clean version on the Verizon Pioneers' website. If you'd prefer a version be sent to your home e-mail address, please e-mail newsletter@verizonpioneers.org and we'll exchange your e-mail addresses. Verizon/Frontier/FairPoint/Telcordia Pioneers
P.O. Box 4406 . Salem, MA 01970
email:
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phone:
978.745.9600
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