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Reach Out and Read
Members of the Framingham TelecomPioneers Council of the
WJ Denver Chapter and WAVE (Women's Association of Verizon
Employees) recently delivered more than 400 children's books to the
Reach Out and Read program at Marlboro Hospital. Through this
program, children visiting the hospital may take home a book they
find in the waiting area. (Photo: L-R) Marlboro Hospital's HR
Director Thomas Cady, Marlboro Hospital's Public Affairs
representative Robert McCrystal, and Ann Cove, WJ Denver Chapter
President and member of WAVE.
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Fort Pitt Chapter supports job
shadowing
On April 28, the Pioneers in the New Castle,
Penn., Engineering office participated in Verizon's Bring Your Child
to Work Day. The five children who shadowed their parents helped
make Hug-A-Bears and learned about the 911 Emergency System that is
sponsored by the Fort Pitt TelecomPioneers Chapter. According to
past chapter president, Kim Scranton, "The kids really enjoyed
working with the 911 unit and found it to be very helpful in
teaching them different emergency situations." Photo above was
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New Pioneer T-Shirt
This ash colored 98% cotton T-shirt has the new
TelecomPioneer logo silk screened on the left breast with a large
silk screen on the back of the shirt. Price is $10 for Med - X-Large
/ $12 for XX-Large plus shipping. Visit
http://www.verizonpioneers.org/Estore.htm. |
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The Life Member Spotlight is on... Howard Ross
Howard Ross started with the New York Telephone Company
in 1960 with the Central Office and Building Engineering group in
Hempstead, NY. As an Electrical Engineer by profession he held a
variety of management positions and retired after 30 years of
service in 1990 as an Associate Director. As soon as Howard was
eligible, he became an active Pioneer and served as a Manhattan
Council Group Representative. Following retirement he was assigned
to the South Bay Life Member Club. An active community leader, his
affiliation with the Seaford Lions Club gave rise to the idea to
expand his used eyeglass project there with the Lions to include all
of the Pioneers in Paumanok Chapter. His proposal was accepted and
he became a Chapter approved project director for the purpose of
collecting used eyeglasses. The eyeglasses are collected and then
distributed to those less fortunate with vision problems. His work
to date has resulted in the collection of over 215,000 eyeglasses or
about 14,000 per year since he started this project. Howard has also
been President of the South Bay Life Member Club all the while
continuing to serve as Chapter Project Director for Used Eyeglasses. |
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50+ Volunteering
According to Marc Freedman of Prime Time,
"America's burgeoning older population is poised to become the new
trustees of civic life in this country. These individuals have the
time to care; they have the skills and experience required; they
have the personal need to contribute in new ways. This match,
between the untapped resources of older americans and the needs of
American communities, constitutes the great opportunity presented by
America's aging."
If you lead volunteers older than 50 years, you might be
interested in downloading a copy of the Points of Light Foundation's
new handbook, "50+, Volunteering for Stronger Communities." This
handbook provides effective practices, tips and suggestions to
create volunteer opportunities that will attract and sustain the
interests of 50+ volunteers. Go to
http://www.pointsoflight.org/downloads/pdf/networks/olderadult/WorkingForStrongerCommunities.pdf.
To download this file, you must have a copy of Adobe Reader on your
computer. You can easily download a copy of this software at
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html. |
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Verizon Foundation Resource Center
The Verizon Foundation has launched an online resource center
designed to help nonprofit organizations operate more efficiently.
The Resource Center, located at
http://foundation.verizon.com/resourcecenter, provides
free
access to a national database of technology resources to assist
nonprofits round the clock, seven days a week. The center also
offers training and online tools ranging from strategies to enhance
marketing and communications, to finding technology resources, to
techniques to increase fundraising. The foundation will fund 1,200
awards -- available first come, first-served -- to pay for the
training and urges employees and retirees to tell their preferred
nonprofit groups about the new Resource Center and the valuable
training available. |
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