William Penn Life, 2016 (51. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
2016-06-01 / 6. szám
Branch News A \ A Next Deadline All articles and photographs for the July issue of William Penn Life are due in our office by June 10. If you have any questions, please contact John E. Lovász toll-free at 1-800-848-7366, ext. 135. With summer upon us, it is time once again for our golf outing. Mark your calendar for Sunday, Aug. 7, with a tee time of 12:30 p.m. at Butler's Golf Course in Elizabeth, Pa. There have been many changes over the last two years, and we are beginning to see the benefits. Two years ago, we merged with the local Rotary. This opened our outing to almost twice as many people. Last year, we moved to another course, which was a little further out but was a better course with better food and was better managed. It was also a better value, so we were able to maintain our price and double our profit margin. Last year also marked a turning point in terms of volunteerism among the members of Branch 89. We had lots of members chipping in on the day of the outing, setting up the golf carts, setting up the auction and generally doing whatever was needed to get things done. In a year where many charity golf outings took a large hit or even folded, ours grew in number of golfers and was financially sound. Word has gotten out: we are becoming a premier event in our price range. People from Florida, Georgia and even Spain are coming to golf in our outing. Now, those are serious golfers who know a good outing when they see it. Our motto for this year is: "A lot of people each doing a little bit." Last year, we were shown what could be done when people pull together for a common cause. Now, we don't have large corporate sponsors writing us big checks, so we depend on many folks participating. For that we need your help. You can help in any number of ways: 1. Attend. Even if you don't play golf, you can attend the dinner and participate in the auction. (There will be Steeler tickets available!) 2. Be a hole sponsor. For a mere $50, you get a sign on a hole with whatever you want it to say. Many people (including me) use this as a way to honor and remember loved ones. 3. Be a donor. As long as it is new and in the original wrapping, we will take it and make use of it. Items we can always use are golf items, wines, gift cards and Pennsylvania lottery tickets. 4. Buy 50/50 tickets. Last year's 50/50 payout was about $700. This year, we are shooting for a payout of $1,000. 5. Get the word out. We have brochures available in paper and PDF. We'd be glad to get them out to you. 6. Keep the Coke and Kellogg's codes coming. We just redeemed our Coke points for USB wristbands which I am told are way cool. Next up: ear buds and, if we get lucky, one dozen Nike golf balls. Thanks to all who have already given. This began as my wife's idea. She did all the legwork early on and is the main reason we've been successful. Since we started the golf outing, we've raised over $13,000, which the branch has graciously donated to The First Hungarian Reformed Church of Homestead. In the last two years, we've also raised about $12,000 for other local charities. Most of that money went to local schools or to other faithbased organizations. The Home Office has always been generous and supportive of our efforts. Now, we need your help to take it to the next level. You don't need to do a lot. A little bit is all we're asking for. Once again, we plan on honoring our senior members of the branch. Who will that be? Come find out. I understand there's talk of honoring a woman this year. Plans are underway for our branch's Join Hands Day project to be held at the First Hungarian Reformed Church of Homestead and the Hungarian Reformed Church Cemetery in Munhall in June. Again, interested volunteers are encouraged to call Mark Maskarinec at 412-872-5022. We will take any and all ages. We are hoping to do an outing at the ballpark and night at the movies. We look forward to meeting a lot of our members in the upcoming year at some of these events. Branch 89 continues to collect codes from Coke products and Kellogg's Reward Points. Anyone with any codes can email them to me at maskarinacl836@comcast.net or send them to 1836 Timothy Drive, West Mifflin, PA 15122. For any of your life insurance and annuity needs, please continue to call Ruth Toth at 412-872-5022. Branch 129 Columbus, OH by Debbie Lewis Hope everyone is experiencing warm weather even though summer doesn't officially start until June 20. Over the next few months, many families will be taking vacations, so please be safe in your travels. Drive safely and watch out for kids playing or riding their bikes in the street. Also, watch out for motorcycles as they can sometimes be hard to see. Congratulations to all our members who are graduating from high school or college. Good luck in your future education or job searches. Important days in the month of June include:- Flag Day, June 14. Display your flag(s) proudly.- Father's Day, June 19. We would like to say a big "thank you" to all our fathers and grandfathers for all you do for your families. Hope you all have a great day. 26 ° June 2016 ° William Penn Life
