august 8th, 2024 meeting minutes

​Kensington Valley Civitan Club Business Meeting Minutes
August 8, 2024
Present: Diana Bolton, Rich Roberts, Karissa & Elijah Canfield, Phil Crutchfield, Paulina Poplawska, Tim Root, Cheryl VanVliet, Hal Hultman, Maureen Posler, and Theresa Furget.
Thad called the meeting to order at 6:35 PM.

1. Additions & Corrections: Theresa added installation of new officers as 5a.
2. Minutes Approval July 11th, 2024: Phil made a motion and Rich seconded it to approve the July minutes. Motion passed.
3. Treasurer’s Report: Diana went over the August financial statement. Rich made a motion and Phil seconded it to accept the treasurer’s report. Motion passed.
4. Correspondence: Diana passed around a thank you card from Wendy Hatem, widow of Rashid for the donation in his memory to the Back Door Food Pantry.
5. Project Updates:
   1. Installation of New Officers-Theresa: Theresa indicated this could be done at the September 12th business meeting or the dinner meeting on September 26th. Elijah chose Vivian to do the installation and he’ll leave it up to her to chose the date. Diana stated she wouldn’t be available for the business meeting on September 12th. Officers to be installed are Elijah as president, Diana as treasurer, and Theresa as secretary. Theresa will contact Vivian to see if she’s available and which date works best for her. Details will be put in the August Newsletter.
   2. Youth Entrepreneur Market (YEM)-August 10th (10-3 PM)-Elijah:  So far, Elijah has 16 confirmed vendors and 12 that haven’t. The set up will be at 8:30 AM. Wear your club tee shirt, name badge, and bring a chair. Elijah has been in contact with Susan Hollady, the Executive Director of Leadership Oakland. One of the YEM youths told Elijah about a grant he received at the July market. She oversees two programs that support youth entrepreneurs. The first is Acorn to Oak which gives out grants to youth entrepreneurs ages 8-18. This is a four-year program sponsored by the State of MI. The focus is 1. Business Entrepreneur Development, 2. Community Impact, 3. Educational Achievement, and 4. Extracurricular Investment. The second program is Junior Leadership for Oakland County youths  (and the Metro Detroit area). A three-day workshop is held for high schoolers at Walsh College at no expense to the youth. Elijah has invited Susan Hollady to come to the next business meeting on September 12th to speak.
   3. Charity Poker: No report.
   4. August Music on the Grand-August 14th: Set up will be shortly after 5 PM. Theresa has the games and some prizes: bags of popcorn, bracelets, skeleton’s. Karissa will provide the candy (non-chocolate). The band will be Elton John Tribute Band-Captain Fantastic. The church will provide picnic style food. Club members are needed to help set up and run the games. Wear your club tee shirt, name badge, and bring a chair.
   5. Lightening Up the Grand-December 14th at 5:30 PM: Karissa doesn’t have any update to give.
   6. Adopt-a-Highway Clean up: Next cleanup is scheduled for September 21st with rain date of  22nd. Meet at the New Hudson Biggby at 10 AM.
   7. Desert Angels November 14th, 2024-Karissa: She’ll set collection boxes at the Biggby Stores, the senior center, and The Turtle Creek Subdivision. A story will be in the next edition of Lyon Today. Thad will contact Jennifer from Walmart concerning a donation. Karissa will send the list of needed items to Theresa for distribution. She’ll also set up the Amazon Wish List. Last year Paige facilitated a competition between the two elementary schools for which school could donate the most items. Maureen will reach out to Paige to see if she’s willing to do this again. Maureen will also contact Amazon’s ‘Good 360’ program for a donation.
   8. Pumpkinfest September 28th-29th: Cheryl reported that she has collected over 900 stuffed animals. 700 came from Stacey the Book Lady’s contacts who replenishes the area neighborhood libraries. Cheryl suggested that KVCC members collect used books to give to Stacy for her project. Paulina has six boxes to give to Cheryl tonight. The game ‘Wheel of Chance’ discussed how the prizes would be put on the wheel. Thad needs to check his inventory of LED rings in his basement and order more. Diana won’t be around for the Pumpkinfest, and the stuff animals will need to be housed elsewhere. Thad indicated that he could put them in his garage.
   9. Focus Hope October 12th-Theresa: The Plymouth-Canton Civitan Club is inviting KVCC members to join them for a food box build with lunch at Polonia’s afterwards. To carpool, meet at the Livonia Costco (Service drive of I-96 and Middle Belt Rd.) no later than 8:30 AM. Otherwise, meet down at Focus Hop at 9 AM, located at  1400 Oakman Blvd, Detroit 48238. Parking (surrounded by a black fence) will be across the street from the building. Wear your club tee shirt.
6. Dinner Meeting August 22nd at 6:30 PM at Teresita’s Mexican Grille.
7. Adjournment: Rich made a motion and Maureen seconded it to adjourn the meeting at 7:18 PM.

 
Minutes taken on August 8th and respectfully submitted on August 9th, 2024 by Theresa Furget.