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April 2010
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Vol. 5 / Issue 6
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Since 1878, The White House has hosted an Easter Egg Roll on its
South Lawn. This year, more than 30,000 people attended from all 50
states. The Alexander Graham Bell (AGB) Chapter arranged for 48
children associated with the Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind and
their parents to attend the festivities. Each child received a
commemorative wooden Easter egg signed by the President. The
Pioneers supplied 27 beeping/chirping Easter eggs for the Easter Egg
Hunt and 18 beeping/chirping eggs for the Easter Egg Roll. In
addition, 25 AGB Pioneers were part of the 1,200 White House
volunteers and were assigned to the accessibility teams.
Watch the excitement on the children's faces.
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There was plenty to excite the senses Monday morning, March 29, in
Oakland at the Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children where,
for 31 years, visually impaired children have been offered the
chance to enjoy Easter activities like children with sight. Using
plastic eggs with beeping devices inside, the school creates an
annual Easter egg hunt. "When they find an egg, it's awesome," said
Sis Arendas, a member of the Fort Pitt Chapter, which helps organize
the egg hunt. "They just get so excited."
Besides the beeping eggs, several large therapy dogs lounged on the school's floor, patiently waiting for wide-eyed children to take turns petting them. Steelers' Mascot Steely McBeam, the Pitt Panther mascot, and the Easter Bunny showed up.
Photo by Keith Hodan, Pittsburgh Tribune- Review
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Our Life Member Spotlight is on...
Harold Ware of the Excelsior Chapter! Harold Ware appears to ignore the meaning of the word retired. After working for the Phone Company through name changes of New York Telephone and NYNEX, Harold retired after 37 years of service. That was 24 years ago and Harold is pretty much still working every day. When he first retired, he loaded and drove the bus for the Food Bank for the Senior Center where he still volunteers every Friday. He also volunteers at the Manlius Baptist Church and takes part in the Folkes March through the Y and enjoys walks around Green Lake with his wife. That leaves Tuesday... Talking Books day. In the old Radio and Television Room at the Verizon Meyers Road Garage, Harold and "the boys" recondition the machines that are used for Talking Books. There are 150 parts in each machine and Harold has taken over keeping the stock of parts up to date and on hand. Over the years, Harold has seen a lot of new faces in the garage and is concerned not all might be aware of the work on the Talking Book machines; so to avoid any misplacement of the machines, Harold has them delivered to his home and brings them to the garage. He then takes responsibility for getting them returned through the Postal Service. Just another part of the continued Pioneer spirit that is Harold Ware. |
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Can you find Iowa?
The South Bay Life Member Club of the Paumanok Chapter presented a colorful rug map of the United States of America to the Seaford Manor School in Seaford, NY. The map will be used by the fifth grade students as a learning tool to better understand the geography of America. (Photo:) Bob Roth, president of the South Bay Life Member Club explains the map's benefits to the students. |
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Dear Ms. Stevens,
On behalf of the entire Fairless Elementary School educational community, thank you again for providing the extremely generous grant to our school. The child-oriented merchandise that you have provided over the years has been supporting our Student Incentive initiatives. More specifically, the donations have stocked our Fairless Store. This enables the students to earn Fairless Bucks for making positive academic and behavioral choices at school and then use them to purchase school-related materials. Additionally, the products that your organization has contributed to the children are being used for the Fairless Lottery. A student with perfect school attendance from each grade level is randomly selected to receive special prizes at the end of every week. Our closely-knit learning community has benefited from your charitable donation to our school for the entire school year. Respectfully yours, Deborah M. Vereen, Ed.D. Principal
Marilyn Stevens is president of the Fort Pitt Chapter. For
the past eight years, the Chapter has been working with the
Fairless Elementary School on the Fairless Bucks initiative. The
school is located in one of Pittsburgh's most depressed areas.
John McLaughlin, Pioneer Partner of Gerry McLaughlin, Fort Pitt
Chapter secretary, taught at Fairless for many years prior to
his recent retirement and continues to maintain an interest in
school matters. The Chapter has scheduled four humane education
visits to the school in May with our therapy dog volunteers.
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