ANNOUNCEMENTS
(notes provided by the erudite Mary Hodson)
Contact Robb to make a reservation for the 25th Anniversary Dinner, to be held on June 15 at the Illinois Terminal. Cocktails will be served at 6 PM and dinner will be served at 7 PM. Tickets are $25 per person.
Jennifer announced the sale of Shelby Motors to Dave Taylor from Borbonnaise.
Andrew announced that later that day, he would be asking his girlfriend Maggie to marry him (she said yes)!
PROGRAM
Rod introduced Kelly Hill from Habitat for Humanity. Kelly is a former women’s basketball coach. She came to Habitat for Humanity in 2011.
Since 1992, Habitat has built 64 homes in the Champaign-Urbana area. In that time, there has been only one foreclosure!
Studies show that children who grow up in Habitat homes have 36% higher scores in Math and 31% higher scores in reading. They are also more likely to own homes as adults.
Family partners must be able to pay a $500 down payment and $500 per month mortgage/taxes/insurance. They must also be willing to put over 200 hours of “sweat equity” into the project and attend household budgeting and home maintenance classes.
The mortgage payments as well as profits from The ReStore at 119 E. University in Champaign, go to finance future projects. Part of their stewardship is to “keep things out of the landfill.” The Restore will take just about everything except mattresses. They take furniture, building materials and electronics of all kinds, cell phones, TVs, etc., working or not. In addition, the ReStore truck will pick up unwanted items at your home.
Habitat volunteers usually build on Saturdays. Volunteers must be at least 16.
If you would be interested in volunteering at the ReStore or on a “build”, see the website, CUHabitat.org and click on “volunteers”.
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| June 6th | June 13th | June 20th | June 27th | |
| Introductions | Ed Perry | Marsha Reardon | Chuck Reifsteck | Rod Roberts |
| Invocation | Reuben Chambers | Paul Conforti | Ata Durukan | Jim Gould |
| Greeters | Ed Perry | Marsha Reardon | Chuck Reifsteck | Rod Roberts |
| Eric Batsie | Alan Chalifoux | Neal Chamberlain | Reuben Chambers | |
| Song Leader | Cary Woolard | Kris Young | Harold Adams | Curt Anderson |
| Notetaker | Conforti | Chamberlain | Perry | Penwell |
| Decker Weeding | Johnson | Hodson | Kamerer | Shelby |
| Next Weekend | Larry & Judy | Chalifoux | Jack & Carol | Jen & Maggie |
| Decker Garden | Johnson | Johnson | Simpson | Simpson |
| Watering |
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Upcoming Schedule
June 6th – Traci Barkley, Water Resources Scientist, Prairie Rivers Network
June 13th – Dr. William Forsythe, Bella Medical
June 20th – Benny Lapid
June 27th – Pass the Gavel, reign of Chuck the Terrible begins
July 4th – TBD
July 11th – TBD
July 18th – Charlie Linville with Ploughman Associates
July 25th – TBD
August 1st -TBD
August 8th – Christine Catanzarite, Director of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), UIUC
