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October 2006
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Vol. 1 / Issue 3
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In This Issue
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Dear Jill,
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If you're receiving this issue at work, the design might be
compromised because Verizon firewalls are blocking the
coding. You may view a clean version on the Verizon
TelecomPioneers
website. If you'd prefer a version be sent to your home
e-mail address, please e-mail
us and we'll exchange your e-mail addresses.
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On Sept. 23, the McCully Upstate and Downstate Chapters teamed up with
the NAACP, Newark's Division of Recreation and Cultural
Affairs, Wayne's Police Athletic League, and Edison's
Youth Job Corp. to provide a Sports Reading Program to
170 fifth and sixth graders from Pop Warner's Football
groups. The children met at the Rutger's Athletic Center
in Piscataway, NJ where they were given "treats," a copy
of the Star Ledger newspaper, a copy of Sports
Illustrated magazine, and a Pioneer Tshirt. More
than 50 volunteers sat in groups and explained to the
kids the different sections of the newspaper - where
they can get all kinds of information from local & world
news, weather, movies, and jobs. Many had never even
opened a paper before. After that, everyone boarded
shuttle buses to Rutgers Stadium for the football game,
where lunch was provided for all.
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Our Life Member Spotlight is on... Shirley Hiltz of the
Maryland Chapter. Shirley Hiltz is currently the Assistant Life
Member Rep and the Chapter Administrator. Since the chapter lost
its Pioneer Administrator in the '90s, Shirley has taken up the
slack as a volunteer. The office is open three days a week from
10 a.m. - 2 p.m. The staff of volunteers that she supervises is
responsible for receiving incoming mail, fielding telephone
calls, retrieving and responding to calls received when the
office is not staffed, and assisting with the Book 'em, Students
Under Construction and Vial of Life projects. They put together
packets for those attending the annual meeting in Ocean City,
including making name tags for each attendee. They send out
flyers for our many events, including our upcoming Life Member
Holiday party for which they will again be making nearly 200
name tags. One of the larger projects they work on is sending
out more than 15,000 tickets for our various fundraisers, one of
which is Hersheypark Day. In addition to the Pioneer Office
detail, Shirley is an active member of the TelecomPioneers, and
along with her husband, Don, also a life member, participates in
many projects that take place outside the office.
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The L.H. Kinnard Chapter participated in the “Pennsylvania’s
Treasures” parade, sponsored by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the state capitol
building, on September 30, 2006.
The Kinnard Chapter decided to tie its educational Dictionary
and Lingo projects with Verizon’s FiOS service with a float
representing both. The design for the float was the idea of
Pioneer and Verizon employee, Keith Smith, Section Manager for
NDNC Performance Assurance & Administration/Managed Network
Infrastructure. Over 400 volunteer hours of work was put into
building the float!
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The Verizon Literacy Campus (VLC) is pleased to announce the
launch of several new VLC online courses. They are: Creating
Community Linkages, Using the Newspaper in Adult Literacy and
ESL Instructions, and Reducing Student Waiting Lists. In
addition, the "Using Learner Stories for Language and Literacy
Outcomes" resource is now available in the
VLC Library in the English Language Learner section.
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The filing period for the 2007 TelecomPioneers Scholarship
Program opens Nov. 15, 2006 and runs through February 28, 2007.
Applications and background information will be posted to the
Association
website on Oct. 16. The TelecomPioneers Scholarship Program
is designed to help further the organization’s education focus
and its efforts to build healthy communities through individual
and family involvement in community service.
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Our Estore manager would like to hear your
recommendations on new products. Please e-mail
him with your feedback.
Verizon TelecomPioneers
P.O. Box 4406 . Salem, MA 01940
phone:
978.745.9600
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