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Going Postal!
Giving the phrase "Going Postal" a positive
meaning, the Brooklyn Council and the local Post Office hosted a
Make a Difference Day to paint over USPS mailboxes that had been
covered with graffiti. The day was a huge success with lots of hard
work and laughs along with it.
Nova Five Chapter moved!
The Nova 5 Chapter moved to 210 West 18th St.,
Room #1612, NY, NY10011. The telephone number is now 212-675-5931.
The e-mail address remains NOVA5PIONEERS@aol.com.
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We need your help!
The
TelecomPioneers Association needs your input on some very important
issues. Please complete our five-minute online survey by May 12 at
http://65.125.157.138/survey/html/mbrsvy.html. Your answers will
be used for research purposes only and will not be linked to your
email address or any other personal information. By participating, you
will be eligible to receive one of 50 coffee table biographies of
Alexander Graham Bell. |
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Swing into Spring...
with new Pioneer golf and Tee shirts. Golf shirts are reduced
from $26 to $15. Tee shirts are reduced from $15 to $8. Also on sale
is the white patriotic golf shirt with red and blue trim. It is 100%
combed cotton with the Pioneer logo and sponsor company names
embroidered in navy on the left chest. It is reduced from $40 to
$14.95. Visit
http://www.verizonpioneers.org/EStoreApparelFltr.htm. |
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Congrats, Scholarship Winners!
Samantha O'Leary of Matawan, NJ, and John
Shields of Aston, PA, each earned a scholarship in the amount of
$1,000 through the 2005 TelecomPioneers Scholarship Program. They
were two of 13 recipients selected from among almost 200
applications submitted by students in the United States and Canada.
Scholarship applicants were judged on community service, school
involvement, academic achievement and leadership activities. “These
students excelled in the classroom and in the community,” said
Stephen Kohn, vice president of the V/F/T TelecomPioneers. “We are
proud of their accomplishments and confident they will continue to
achieve excellence in the future.” |
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The Life Member spotlight is on...
Leon Davis
A member of the Alexander Graham Bell Chapter's Norva Life
Member Club, Leon Davis retired as a staff engineer from Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone Co., Washington, DC in 1975 after almost 40
years with the company. Shortly thereafter, he moved
to a small ranch in Grants Pass, Oregon, where he raises beef cattle
and a milk cow. "We have plenty of milk and beef, eat well and enjoy
the great salmon and steelhead fishing out here," said Davis.
Davis is
also an affiliate member of the Rogue Valley Life Member Club of the
Oregon Telephone Pioneers, Chapter No. 31, and has served as
president three times. This
club has been active in the Hug-a-Bear and Adopt-a-highway programs.
Davis and the
Rogue Valley LMC have also supported Habitat for Humanity. According
to Davis, the
Rogue Valley Life Member Club has a membership of about 10% from
companies from other states. Davis turned 90 April 21. |
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Travel to the Canadian Rockies
Jump on the Pioneer Travel Trolley with the
Kinnard Chapter as we start expanding our travel with Pioneers.
Thirty people just returned from an enjoyable cruise to the Panama
Canal. Our next trip will be to the Canadian Rockies by rail.
Pioneers and friends will fly to Vancouver, British Columbia, where
they will enjoy two nights at a local hotel and a tour of Vancouver.
They will then catch a train and head east through the Rocky
Mountains with overnight stays in Kamloops, Jasper, and Lake Louise
in Banff, (including lodging at the famous Fairmont Chateau Lake
Louise) with the final leg of the trip ending in Calgary, flying
home from there. Enjoy nine days of travel including 15 meals: eight
breakfasts, two lunches, and five dinners. Cost is $2,499 including
airfare from Harrisburg or Allentown, PA. Other gateways are
available. Hope you can join us for this gorgeous tour in the
autumn. For more information, please contact Leni Herr at
610-488-6629 or email
LeniHerr@aol.com. |
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