Wishes

We at Quota International of Lake County want to wish you and your family a Blessed, Joyous Christmas.

 

Hope to see you at one of our events or a meeting in 2013!!

Happy New Year!

THEY ARE HERE!!

Our "ALL AROUND TOWN" books are here!

If you are interested in purchasing one give us a call or shoot us an email.  They are $28 for a book full of coupons.  There are coupons for dining, golfing, dry cleaning and West Side Market.  Too many to list

OUR PROGRAM

MONDAY, OCT 22ND

PROGRAM MEETING

MONDAY NIGHT WAS OUR PROGRAM MEETING.  AFTER DINNER, WE NORMALLY HAVE A GUEST SPEAKER FROM THE AREA.  OUR GUEST SPEAKER THIS NIGHT WAS KARA ROY.

 

 

KARA IS A SIGN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTOR AT LAKELAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN WILLOUGHBY, OHIO.  SHE TEACHES CREDIT AND NON-CREDIT COURSES. 

 

OUR PRESIDENT KAREN HAS HAD THE HONOR OF TAKING ONE OF HER CLASSES.  THEY ARE ALSO CO-WORKERS TOGETHER AT GANDER MT. IN MENTOR.  KAREN INTRODUCED KARA TO OUR CLUB.

 

KARA DESCRIBED TO US HOW TO INTERACT WITH THE DEAF COMMUNITY.  HOW TO HELP THEM OUT IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS.  SHE MADE US STOP AND THINK ABOUT ALL THE SMALL THINGS WE MAY TAKE FOR GRANTED THAT ARE DIFFICULT FOR SOMEONE THAT IS DEAF.  FOR EXAMPLE, ALARM CLOCKS, PHONES, INTERCOMS, AND OVERHEAD ANNOUNCEMENT.  THE MOST DIFFICULT IS HOW TO COMMUNICATE IN THE DARK IF THEY CANNOT SEE YOUR HANDS OR READ YOUR LIPS.

 

 

SEE KARA WAS BORN DEAF.  SHE HAS A BROTHER THAT IS DEAF TOO.  THEY WERE DIAGNOSED AS UNEXPLAINABLE, BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT SICK AND REALLY DO NOT HAVE A FAMILY HISTORY OF HEARING ISSUES.  KARA HELPED US TO UNDERSTAND THAT NOT EVERY DEAF PERSON READS LIPS OR CAN SPEAK.  SOME MAY NOT KNOW HOW TO SIGN DEPENDING ON THEIR SCHOOLING. ALSO DO NOT ASSUME THAT ALL THAT READ LIPS CAN READ EVERYONE'S LIPS.  WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT WAYS OF TALKING AND ACCENTS.  THIS CAN MAKE SOME PEOPLE MORE DIFFICULT TO READ.

 

ON A MORE HUMOROUS SIDE SHE DID SHARE HER DISLIKE OF AIRPORTS WITH US.  SHE CANNOT HEAR THE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND HAS RUN INTO SOME STICKY SITUATIONS

 

WE THANK KARA FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME AND TALK WITH US AND HELP US TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE DEAF WORLD.

 

 



WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!!!

We want to welcome 2 new members to our club!

 

 

Monday night at our meeting we were honored to have our Governor, Lt. Governor, Secretary/Treasurer and past Governor as guests at our meeting.

 



Left to right: Lt. Gov. Kay Hatala, Gov. Dr. Joan Finefrock, Past Gov. Dawn Moore

 

We heard news from Gov. Joan about what is happening through out our District, and a recap from our International Convention, held in Hawaii.  We discussed media and junior clubs with Lt. Gov. Kay.

 

 

Members listening to the guest speakers

 

Our Past Governor, Dawn, then Installed our 2 new members.  We welcome Geri and Chris to the club.  Chris could not be with us, so Kay stood in for her.

 

 

 

Dawn read a small personal bio on each new member and presented them with their pins.  They were also given a rose , welcome packet and small gift from our club.

 

We welcome Chris and Geri and look forward to many years of working together with both of you.  We hope you find being members of our club fun and rewarding!

 

 

 

 

 

QUATER AUCTION 2012

Today we held our 2nd annual Quarter Auction.  It was such a great time.  The money we raise from this event helps to send a child with special needs to a summer camp.  This past summer we sent an autistic boy to special camp for children with autism. 

Here are a few pictures from the auction:

Everyone setting up

 

Sherry at her table with Premier Designs and Sister Sew Chic

 

Kathi working the Raffle tables

 

 

 

Geri one of our newest members, working the 50/50 table

 

 

 

And the winner is #....

 

Our Auctioneer Beth hard at work

 

Hope everyone had fun and we hope to do it again in 2013!

 

 

 

 

 



MEETING CHANGES!

Great way to meet others and have lasting friendships

 

Our meetings are held at DINO's Restaurant on Rt. 306 in Willoughby/Mentor Ohio.

We meet at 6pm on the 2nd and 4th Monday of most months.  We enjoy dinner and friendly conversations.  At around 7pm we begin our meeting with either bussiness or a program.

 

Dino's has be ever so gracious to offer us a special deal of $12 per person per our prearranged dinner.  Due to rising costs in food and overhead and our membership changes, We will now order off the menu and each person will take care of their own check.

 

Everyone is welcome to attend dinner and the meeting.  Come for dinner to get to know us, or just come for the meeting to find out what we are all about!  Just RSVP the Saturday before a meeting.  (see club or Karen's phone no. to the right).  RSVP's will help us ensure we have enough seats!

 

HOPE TO SEE YOU AT ONE OF OUR MEETINGS REAL SOON!!!



Visits from our District Govenors

 

Mentor a Junior club...the Junior Q's

 

Junior Q's at it again!

Our Junior Q's participated in a 24 hour pet adoption hosted by Petsmart in Mentor. The adoption ran 9am Saturday thru 9am Sunday.  There were 2 groups there to provide the pets to be adopted.  There were dogs and puppies, cats and kittens of all sizes, colors and ages.

Our Q's were there to help assist with walking dogs, petting cats and giving them some love.  They also kept them watered and fed.  Of course there is also the chore of cleaning out the cages too.

The goal was to reach 100 animals finding new homes by 9am on Sunday.  At 9pm on Saturday night a total of 93 animals had been placed in new homes.  It is so sad to see these dogs and cats just looking for someone to give them love.  It is so wonderful to see the look on someones face when they find their new friend and see the instant love between owner and pet!

The kids had a blast, they did not make all 24 hours, but put in a good 13 1/2 hours of their time helping the ARC.  They plan to help with another adoption coming up in a few weeks and want to help volunteer at the rescue center once a month.

We will keep you posted on their progress and events.

Once again Junior Q's we are so proud of you! Great Job!

CONFERENCE (blog from Karen, our president)

ALOHA!!!

Flags of the 13 counties involved in Quota International and the Quota flag

Well, I am back from conference.  Our Lt. Gov., Kay and I went to Hawaii for our International Conference, which is held every two years.  This year it was in  Hawaii. Yes, Hawaii!  This was my first International Conference.  I was excited and nervous.

Karen and her mother, Geri just off plane after 13 hours of flight

I asked my mother to go with me as a guest.  This was a chance of a lifetime for her and she had a blast. She did all kinds of sight seeing  while I attend our meetings.

 This was an important conference, as we had several changes to discuss and vote on.  Changes to help streamline our organization and help move it into the future.  These changes are necessary for our organization, as with any organization, needs to make in today's world.  Times are moving so fast we need to change to keep up.  We also installed our new Board of Directors.

View of the Sheraton of Waikiki where conference was held.

We did get some time for play:

The husbands of our Directors dressed up and a contest was held to raise money for the We Share Foundation. 

We went as a group to a luau.  We were treated to a lot of great food and dancing. There were also tours set up to see Pearl Harbor, sailing, and other performances.

Everyone that went to Pearl Harbor came back touched and humbled.  I missed this tour due to flight problems, but I was able to reschedule mom.  She came back in tears. 

Courtyard of the Royal Hawaiian where some of us stayed 

Duke Kahanamoku where there is a live web cam, we were able to wave at folks back home.  He was an Olympic champion swimmer.

Well, everyone had a great time and our next conference in 2014 will be held in Cincinnati, Ohio.

MAHALO NUI LOA! to my club for supporting me.

ALOHA!

Summer Time

We do slow down for the summer.  Our picnic is our last get together till the end of August.

We hope you have a safe and wondeful summer.  You can find us at the Painesville Party in the Park.  The festival is July 20-22 this year.  Stop by our tent and say HI!

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!!

DID YOU MISS THE AUCTION???

Well on May 18th we held our annual Chinese Auction. Did you miss it? Check out the pictures of our evening.  Check out all the baskets:

Friend gather to take a chance at winning:

Jan and Pam sell tickets:

We had a nice sized crowd, looks like everyone is busy putting their number on their tickets:

Our Junior Q's came to help us out, here is Zack and Julia worked the kitchen filled with hot dogs, pop, stuffed cabbage, pizza, cabbage & noodles and cookies:

The Junior Q's were honored with pins and certificates, left to right is:
                            Pres. Karen, Zack, Mary, Rizpah, Julia, Alexis and Lt Gov. Kay

Geri came to help set up:

Louise worked the Foundation tables, this is where you find our larger items, like wine baskets, a quilt, Lia Sophia basket and so much more:

If you made it to the Auction we hope you had fun and enjoyed yourself.  If not we hope this tickles you enough to come next year!

6th District Conference

Quota of Lake County is part of the 6th District.  This area includes the Ohio clubs.  Each year we get together in a different town hosted by one of our clubs.  We enjoy getting to see each other, share stories, ideas and fun.
This year our conference was held April 20-22 in Boardman, Ohio. It was hosted by our Salem Quota club. They went with an Olympic theme.  We had games, awards and trivia, all centered around the Olympics.
We had an intense discussion on the changes proposed by our International Board.
We were also honored to pass on the trophy for Club of the Year to our sisters in Wooster.  We have held the honor for the past 2 years and are proud to say Wooster deserved it as they worked so hard!
Several members from our club attended the conference.  It is really a great time to get to know each other better and enjoy.

                                           Quota Of Lake Co. Members that attended conference(left to right)  Debbie, Karen, Kay, Kathi, Georgia

One of our moments of Pride was when our own Kay was voted in as the Lieutenant Governor.  We are so proud of her.

                                          Kay opening a gift from her club after being elected to her new office of Lt. Governor

Next year our Conference will be held in  Wilmont, Ohio hosted by our Orriville club.

AN EASTER EGG HUNT TO REMEMBER

On March 31st our group helped out with an Easter Egg Hunt at North Mentor Centenary United Methodist Church in Mentor, Ohio.  This is not your ordinary hunt.  This is the only hunt in northeast Ohio that is for special needs children.

Louise is member of Quota and of the church.

It was so touching to see the kids and watch their excitement.  Not only were their treats for the kids but tons of activities.

Karen and her sister Janice run the coloring station

There was pages and bags to decorate and color.  Stickers were the favorite item for decorating with. Some of the kids are future artists in the making.  One little girl decorated her whole bag with drawings from her favorite book.  Wish we got a picture of it, because it was really good.  The kids could put on tattoos

Kathi was the tattooist

and of course what is Easter without egg decorating?

Kay was head egg decorator

The egg hunt was a pool full of grass and eggs that the kids would search for eggs, filled with treats.

One young girl digs for eggs

To top off all the fun there was a puppet show and a room where the kids could release their excitement in Easter grass.  Yes a room filled with Easter grass.

The grass room

We even got to enjoy a couple service dogs

One of the service dogs

There was so much fun for the kids.  It was so touching and rewarding to watch these kids just let loose and have fun.  The parents were more than grateful and having fun too.  It is amazing how patient the parents are.  They truly are special people themselves.