CTCA TIPS: January 2009
JANUARY MEETING: Wednesday, January 7th @7:00 P.M. at Cindy Arters's house at 137 Bradley Ave.
*PLEASE NOTE: Different day this month. .
TELEPHONE DIRECTORY UPDATE
The directory will be going to print in January. Thank you to the block captains for gathering the information and to Anne Larky for her computer skills. The winners of our art work for the directory are Andrew Santoro (Age 5) and Jessica Reichart (Age 8). They each received a $25.00 gift card to "Toys for Us." Congratulations!
NEW FAMILIES
Where are you???? We take great pride in our wonderful community association and need you now to keep this organization active. Come join us for our sociable monthly meeting and get to know your neighbors. If you cannot join us, then volunteer to help with an event. My intention is to compile a list of names that we can call on for help. If you could possibly give some of your time, then please email Bev Piscitelli, [email protected] so that I could add your name to our call list. Since there are close to 400 families in our amiable community, I am optimistic that there are some of you out there willing to give us a helping hand. Don't be shy. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. We look forward to meeting or hearing from you.
BLOCK CAPTAINS NEEDED
Thank you very much to Rob Santoro, Connie Hoffman and Linda Spoonhoward for their many years of volunteering their time. We need captains for Upper Tennyson, Temple Drive, 200-300 blocks of Bard and 100 block of Spohn Road. This is a very rewarding opportunity for you to take an active role in our community. If interested please contact Bev Piscitelli 610-670-1009 or email [email protected].
Here is a list of Block Captain responsibilities:
1. As part of the Sunshine Committee, you notify the Sunshine Chairperson (Anne Larky 610-927-0820) of any new neighbors, hospitalizations, obituaries and birth announcements.
2. Ask your neighbors to support our fundraisers- Daily Lottery in February and Kauffman's Chicken Barbecue in May.
3. Donations for Thanksgiving Baskets.
4. Update community telephone directory every three years.
DAILY LOTTERY FUNDRAISER FOR FEBRUARY
Lottery time is just around the corner! We will be distributing the tickets to the block captains by Saturday December 13. Due to block captain openings, we are looking for two volunteers to sell tickets this year – one for Temple Drive and one for Bard Avenue. If you have a few spare hours over the course of December and January and can help please call Jeanne or Cindy to volunteer.
The block captains on your street will be coming around to sell the tickets. If your street does not have a block captain and you would like to purchase a ticket, you can call Cindy Zimmerman or Jeanne Bartlett to purchase tickets.
The lottery will be held during the month of February. The cost is $5.00 per ticket. Winnings for straight numbers, based on the 7:00 PM Pennsylvania Daily Lottery, will be awarded $75.00 for weekdays and $100.00 for weekends.
Buy more than one ticket and increase your chances to win! Sell them to your co-workers, neighbors, relatives and friends. They make great stocking stuffers. Don’t forget to purchase your tickets and GOOD LUCK.
Cindy Zimmerman Jeanne Bartlett
333 Shakespeare 2719 Beacon Drive
610-743-4100 610-927-3102
SUNSHINE NEWS
Flowers were sent to (and “Thanks” were received from) Mrs. Doris Rudasill of Whittier Ave. Doris’s sister passed away.
Flowers were sent to Joseph Hayick, also of Whittier Ave. Joseph’s brother also passed away.
Flowers were sent to Joanie Gilden of Avon Ave, who is recovering from a recent hospitalization.
Please keep in your thoughts and prayers Jeff Zimmerman and his family. Jeff has been battling a type a kidney disease and will be facing a possible kidney transplant in the future.
If you know of a neighbor who has been hospitalized, has had a death in their immediate family or better yet, a new baby, PLEASE let me know. .
Anne Larky ([email protected])
610-927-0820
ALSO, if you have a new neighbor, please let us know ASAP as we are very close to finalizing the latest edition of our community directory!!!
Thanks again
TIPS DELIVERY
Thank you to those who volunteered their time and energy to deliver the Tips. Listed below are the months and volunteers for those months as well as any open dates.
January: Alyssa & Amanda Arters
February: OPEN
March: OPEN
If you are interested in delivering on a particular month, please contact Anne Larky at 610-927-0820 or email at [email protected] Please leave a detailed message with a call back number so we can confirm. The Delivery Person & their helper each earn $20 for delivering the Tips. The deadline for the January Tips is December 20th.
SO, WE HAVE KIDS INTERESTED IN EARNING THEIR KEEP. . .
The following kids are interested in doing some hard work for some hard cash.
Please e-mail [email protected] with your name address and phone number if you lost their contact information and we will send you another copy. We'll post additional names each month for you to add.
Remember, these kids are still trying to earn some money- let’s support our local economy first!!
YARD WORK/SNOW SHOVELLING:
Ben Chapin
Andrew Chapin
Robert Dziuba (College student on break, available Spring/Summer)
Gabriele Dziuba
Sherif (Rocky) Elgogari
Anthony Pappas (Also offering Pet Sitting service)
ALSO: Carol Hasson, block captain on Huyett Dr has recently opened her hair salon “Sadie Larues”. Carol provides at-home service to anyone who just can’t get to the beauty shop. Call Carol at 610-678-5936 or email her [email protected]
BABYSITTERS. . .
Amy Kirkpatrick
Breanne Millisock (Red Cross Cert)
Jackie Hiester
Jessica Pisarek
Robert Dziuba
Gabriele Dziuba
Sherif (Rocky) Elgogari
Anthony Pappas (Red Cross Cert, not afraid of diapers.(what a champ!)
Summar Elgogari
Shalynne Laman
Hello CTCA neighbors and friends!
My name is Ben Chapin and I am senior at Wilson High School. End of January, I will be traveling with a group of Wilson students to Jamaica on a marine biology and humanitarian trip. Headed by Doug Dahms and Susie Olson, this life and learning experience has been offered to Wilson students for the past 14-15 years.
Some of you in the community may be familiar with this trip and/or have had children participate. The
school trip is three-fold. The first part is the marine biology study and exploration, the second is the humanitarian aid provided, and the third part is an immersion in the culture of a third-world country.
During our 9-day stay we will visit a local infirmary (our equivalent of a poor house nursing home) with approximately 150 patients who are in need of small items. These people will probably spend their entire lives here in conditions which are extremely modest to say the least. The staff is also poor (earn approx. $40-60 a month!) so we provide for them and their families as well.
Why am I telling you this? I have lived all 17 years of my life in Cornwall Terrace! Many of you know my family members, me or just my mom. This community has always volunteered their time and talent to benefit not only the children of CT through the playground facilities and numerous activities, but has also served others in the Reading area. You are a member of our caring Wilson community too. Now I am asking YOU to make a difference for someone in a third world country through a contribution of kindness.
In years past, the group has taken toiletries, medical supplies, clothing, crackers, breakfast bars, watches, radios, flashlights, batteries, children's school supplies, and more! Last year, monetary donations alone provided enough toiletries to pack a 20-gallon plastic "hygiene" bag (toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, lotion, shampoo, hand sanitizer, deodorant, band aides, and a watch) for over 150 people! Times are tough for many, but despite our economy, most of us still have a LOT for which to be thankful.
PLEASE consider donating an item or two to share with a third-world person and/or family.
All donations are to be received by January 20, 2009. A "collection box" will be located outside my house
at 221 Shakespeare Drive. Contact Ben or Beth Chapin at 610.670.9152 with any questions. Remember that
the smallest of things can make a difference to others. Your generosity is greatly appreciated and the
Jamaican people will appreciate your gifts.
Thank you!
Ben Chapin
LIST
OF SUGGESTED ITEMS TO DONATE:
Children's/Infant's
Clothing
Children's Shoes
Children's School Supplies
(notebooks, backpacks,
pencils, paper)
Adult Clothing
(Note: We have a LOT
of extra clothing we could not take last year, so please contact
Susie before sending adult clothing. “Nice” church
type clothing is always appreciated but we have a lot of
T-shirts.)
Adult Shoes
Adult Jeans
For
the PATIENTS:
(We
will pack a large 20 gallon Ziplock bag with one each of the
following in it)
Small Radio (Walmart has AM/FM radios
for $5.00)
Batteries
(12 pack at least)
Breakfast Bars
Granola Bars
Pop-Tarts
(not icing type)
Cookies (Lance type packets)(no chocolate or
"melty" things)
T-shirt
Toothpaste
Toothbrush
Flashlights
(small - hand size)
Watches
($5.00 kind)
For
the INFIRMARY nurses/staff:
Blood
Pressure Cuffs (old is fine)
Diabetes
Test Kits (we have several already and we need the test strips for
Accutech test kits)
Wheel Chairs
Ibuprophen (generic is
fine)
Tylenol (generic is fine)
BenGay (or pain
ointment)
Bandaides
Gauze
Triple
Antibiotic Ointment
Anti Itch Ointment
Hand Creme
Hand Sanitizer
Weedwacker (industrial size)
DVD movies (we purchased a DVD/VCR for them last year)
VHS movies
For
the Workers and their Families:
Toothpaste
Toothbrushes
Radios
(CD Players) (smaller)
Flashlights
Watches
Clothing
(mostly children - younger/infants)
Shoes
Soap
Shampoo
Hand
Creme
Body Creme
Bandaides
Triple Antibiotic
Ointment
Anti-Itch Ointment
Advil (generic is fine)
Tylenol (generic is fine)
Hand Sanitizer
Or...
if
it's easier
and you want to, you
could
donate money
so we can do things for them there, or purchase things here before we
go, or even there.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.