Update on many fronts:
BUSY day(s)! As in TIME OUT please! :)
1. We will need any leaders (basically if you have volunteered with us before, we need you Saturday from 9:30 to 12:30 (can stay longer if you want :) Much work! We have 40 volunteers for 2 hours (actually about an hour of work). Meeting in MURPHY Aud.
2. Bonas And Beyond may kill me, but it will be a great way to go out! Scheduling is a chore! So many awesome things going on! Wow. Confirmed a talk at the Olean Public Library at 6:30 (POSSIBLY 7:00) PM on Wed. Sept 30. (Plan on being in Swan on SBU campus at
3. Thank you to those who donated the 8 boxes of books that awaited me on my return from Colorado!
4. Thank you to Carol W and her friends and family in Buffalo for making WarmSnugglyBlankets! Also to Mrs. Martin in Olean for doing the same to be donated to The Pink Pumpkin Project. Next on that front is to get some people to take over the logistics of delivery and shipping. I am spread too thin.
5. Thank you to Pearce Steel and Rob Granger for donating a solar electric hook up for our trailer. It will allow us to have lights and charge our cordless batteries while working in and around the trailer (Old semi-truck body).
6. Podcast interview with Bishop Nelson and Charles from Liberia went well. Everything in Liberia is more expensive and we do need to figure out a better way to help them. Shipping to Liberia long term is simply out of the question on cost ($388 per 100 pounds). We will do the first shipment as promised, but in the future I think sending money is more economical.
7. We have had VERY few calls for our 10th year what BonaResponds means to me which leaves me to assume that either we don't mean much you many people or I have failed to get the message out enough. So PLEASE CALL!! whether you volunteer with us or were helped by us or just want to tell us how I mess up, please call 1-800-606-0697 and when prompted, enter your Invitation Number: 15425. We will then combine them into a video/presentation for sharing!
8. I am working on a 10th Year Anniversary of Katrina post, but not done with it yet. I highly recommend you look back on our blog. Also here is an interview I did with local TV yesterday on the anniversary: http://www.twcnews.com/nys/jamestown/news/2015/08/26/local-organizations-reflect-on-hurricane-katrina-response-10-years-later.html?cid=twitter_TWCNewsJtown
9. VERY excited be working with Sr. Paula (phys ed) and Steve B (Women's soccer), Neil (SBU grad and Special Olympics of NY President and CEO, and Bony in Port Au Prince to help bring Special Olympics to more people in Haiti. I think Bony's email today summed it up perfectly why I am so excited to be helping:
"I really thank you for your help after the earthquake, and I appreciate your vision to make this world a better place and we share this common vision cause this is what Special Olympics Haiti and the Special Olympics Movement is throughout the world. Our program is not only sport, as [some] people think. Special Olympics is based on community building and our focus is to develop the capacity and talent of those that are considered the most vulnerable of this country. We are a movement that uses sport as a vehicle to transform the life of our all societies because the only way to build strong development is to create integration of all human being in the social life and activities and is to create an inclusive society where everyone is counted and is given the opportunity to express themselves. Acceptance is one of our values. If we cannot create acceptance we won’t be able to build a better and inclusive world."
10. REMEMBER: we need volunteers. Sat 9:30, Sunday 11:30 (we will be meeting at the trailer on Sunday). Trail work Saturday, ramps/steps on Sunday (I think--been so busy I have not confirmed with owners, but one way or the other, we have way too long of list of jobs waiting our help.)
thanks everyone!---Jim
BUSY day(s)! As in TIME OUT please! :)
1. We will need any leaders (basically if you have volunteered with us before, we need you Saturday from 9:30 to 12:30 (can stay longer if you want :) Much work! We have 40 volunteers for 2 hours (actually about an hour of work). Meeting in MURPHY Aud.
2. Bonas And Beyond may kill me, but it will be a great way to go out! Scheduling is a chore! So many awesome things going on! Wow. Confirmed a talk at the Olean Public Library at 6:30 (POSSIBLY 7:00) PM on Wed. Sept 30. (Plan on being in Swan on SBU campus at
3. Thank you to those who donated the 8 boxes of books that awaited me on my return from Colorado!
4. Thank you to Carol W and her friends and family in Buffalo for making WarmSnugglyBlankets! Also to Mrs. Martin in Olean for doing the same to be donated to The Pink Pumpkin Project. Next on that front is to get some people to take over the logistics of delivery and shipping. I am spread too thin.
5. Thank you to Pearce Steel and Rob Granger for donating a solar electric hook up for our trailer. It will allow us to have lights and charge our cordless batteries while working in and around the trailer (Old semi-truck body).
6. Podcast interview with Bishop Nelson and Charles from Liberia went well. Everything in Liberia is more expensive and we do need to figure out a better way to help them. Shipping to Liberia long term is simply out of the question on cost ($388 per 100 pounds). We will do the first shipment as promised, but in the future I think sending money is more economical.
7. We have had VERY few calls for our 10th year what BonaResponds means to me which leaves me to assume that either we don't mean much you many people or I have failed to get the message out enough. So PLEASE CALL!! whether you volunteer with us or were helped by us or just want to tell us how I mess up, please call 1-800-606-0697 and when prompted, enter your Invitation Number: 15425. We will then combine them into a video/presentation for sharing!
8. I am working on a 10th Year Anniversary of Katrina post, but not done with it yet. I highly recommend you look back on our blog. Also here is an interview I did with local TV yesterday on the anniversary: http://www.twcnews.com/nys/jamestown/news/2015/08/26/local-organizations-reflect-on-hurricane-katrina-response-10-years-later.html?cid=twitter_TWCNewsJtown
9. VERY excited be working with Sr. Paula (phys ed) and Steve B (Women's soccer), Neil (SBU grad and Special Olympics of NY President and CEO, and Bony in Port Au Prince to help bring Special Olympics to more people in Haiti. I think Bony's email today summed it up perfectly why I am so excited to be helping:
"I really thank you for your help after the earthquake, and I appreciate your vision to make this world a better place and we share this common vision cause this is what Special Olympics Haiti and the Special Olympics Movement is throughout the world. Our program is not only sport, as [some] people think. Special Olympics is based on community building and our focus is to develop the capacity and talent of those that are considered the most vulnerable of this country. We are a movement that uses sport as a vehicle to transform the life of our all societies because the only way to build strong development is to create integration of all human being in the social life and activities and is to create an inclusive society where everyone is counted and is given the opportunity to express themselves. Acceptance is one of our values. If we cannot create acceptance we won’t be able to build a better and inclusive world."
10. REMEMBER: we need volunteers. Sat 9:30, Sunday 11:30 (we will be meeting at the trailer on Sunday). Trail work Saturday, ramps/steps on Sunday (I think--been so busy I have not confirmed with owners, but one way or the other, we have way too long of list of jobs waiting our help.)
thanks everyone!---Jim
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