76 Troumbones led the Big Parade!

It is Parade time again!  If you are in Concord, Ohio on August 13th, cheer Quota of Lake County on in the Concord Days Parade.

We will see you at the Parade.  It starts at 4pm.

 

Maybe we win a trophy again???

 

Region 2 Conference

April 29th, 30th and May 1st was our Region 2 conference.

 

It was great to get together with our other 10 clubs!  This is the one time a year we get together as one.  We get down to business, have fun, celebrate, share ideas and just laugh and enjoy each others fellowship!

 

Friday Fun Night.  We got the spa treatment from Ladies & Gentleman's Salon.  There were a few vendors set up and later we did some Zumba

 Each of us was to bring a dessert for Fun Night!  Our Cub Member, Geri Guelich's was voted #1.  I think she should start to bring this to our meetings!

One guest speaker was Katie Krammer. She spoke about not judging, we all have "disabilities"  Katie was a former member of our Lake County club.  She has a son Trey.  He has autism.

On Saturday evening, we were privileged to meet Miss Ohio.  She sang for us.

Sunday, Local Sub Zero Mission founder Al Radatz and assistant Shane Hajjar came to talk about their mission.  They go in search of the homeless and provide them coats, hats, gloves and sleeping bags.

 

Orrville Club member Beth demonstrates the special made coat/sleeping bags deigned for the homeless.

 

We voted on our next Regional Director Brenda Cherry.  She is from our Wooster Club. 

Below is our outgoing Director Kay Hatala, from our Lake County club

Kay Hatala (left) and International Rep, Chris Hurd

 

Until next year!

 

MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY

This year once again, we participated in "Make a Difference Day".  We chose to take over a local project for the day:

"Clothe -A- Child". 

 Clothe-A-Child (CAC) pairs a shopper with a child. Each shopper is given a budget and takes the child chopping for shoes and clothes.  Payless Shoes and Sears are amazing supporters of this project.  This is where all the shopping is done.  These stores have special discounts for CAC.  There is also table Coordinators that help organize the shoppers and children.

It is truly a special time to take one of these children shopping and let them pick out what they want.  It is a fun time for both the child and the shopper.

(L to R) Jill, Kay, Judy, Karen and Dick

Not pictured are table coordinators and shopping assistants: Georgia, Kathleen and Debbie

QUARTERS FOR CAMPERS

We held our annual "Quarters for Campers" Auction again this year.  To date it was our largest success for this event.

 

 

 

 

Thank you to all our vendors and guests that came out to support us.

 

We will send a child to camp next summer.

 

Scholarships

On June 8th we hosted a pot luck picnic for our scholarship recipients.  It is a great evening of food, fun and fellowship!

We were at Concord Woods in Concord, Ohio.  Ham and all the accompaniments.  Nobody leaves hungry.  Our students and family come and enjoy an evening with us.  It is also a great evening for our family members to come and share in our evening.  They are our backbone.  They allow us to give our time helping others!!

 

 

This year we gave 4 - $1000 and 2 - $500 scholarships.  We also were honored to give an additional $1000 scholarship in honor of Austin Stadel.  It was presented by his son Dick Stadel.

 

 

Money raised from our Chinese Auction supports the scholarships.  We THANK YOU for your support that allows us to do this!

26th Annual Chinese Auction

Another great time at our Auction.

 



 

Thank you for another great year!

Once again, Quota of Lake County members helped with the North Mentor Centenary United Methodist Church Easter Egg Hunt.

 

 

We helped with crafts such as egg decorating, bucket decorating (used to collect eggs and candy), coloring pages and more.

 

 

 
 

There was an Easter Bunny and a special visit from Chuckey the mouse from Chuckey Cheese!  He was vey popular.

 

There was a Therapy area where kids could pet dogs, bunnies and geuinea  pigs

 

It is such a rewarding experience.