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Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 to: SPJST Home Office, P. 0. Box 100, Temple, Texas 76503 ISSN-07458800
Drive started October 1 and continues through March 31, 2002. The goal for this year's drive is to raise $15,000. Donations are tax deductible and 100 percent of the amount that is contributed is applied toward scholarships.
The SPJST General Scholarship program was established in 1982 for all SPJST members. General Scholarships are funded by the Supreme Lodge and voluntary contributions by SPJST members. Accordingly, the more funds available, the more scholarships awarded. Leadership Grants were established in 1996 for active youth club members and are funded solely through allocations by the Supreme Lodge. Through the end of October, 163 donations totaling $1,590.26 had been made to the 2001 - 2002 drive. Thanks to those who have contributed. Your generosity will help many young SPJST attend or continue their college education. Acknowledgement of individual donations will be published in the Vestnik. The first listing for the 2001 - 2002 drive follows. Gifts of $50 or more are indicated in bold. Lodge District Name
93 7 Ahrens, Werner and Clara Bell n/a n/a Anonymous Donor 191 5 Archambeau, Michael 142 5 Baez, Aura 24 2 Baker, Andy 24 2 Baker, Jimmy 202 7 Barta, Evan 17 1 Batista, Dorothy 88 5 Biddle, Walter Bienek, Helen L. 88 5 47 2 Bodenhiemer, Don Borde, L.R. (Vern) 92 3 154 3 Boyce, Heln Breazeale, Billy and Alma 191 5 28 6 Buss, Irene 47 2 Capps, Dawn Marie 92 3 Chaloupka, Justine n/a n/a Cotton Harvest Festival 92 3 Davies, Paxton 26 7 Denkeler, Wilburn and Mary Ann 15 2 Dohnalik, Debbie 29 2 Downing, Anna Lee 92 3 Durham, Charlie and Dawn 92 3 Durham, Dick and Martha 92 3 Durham, Jackson, Katherine and Caroline 92 3 Durham, Jon and Danele 92 3 Durham, Lauren 92 3 Durham, Pam
November 7, 2001
Veterans' Day November 11
Donations rolling in for 100 Pennies drive The annual SPJST 100 Pennies
Enriching Lives
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Dusek,Sr., Theodore 17 1 79 7 Elzner, Della 79 7 Elzner, Jerry and Milly Na n/a Ennis Sewing Circle 92 3 Everett, Carol 79 7 Firasek, Oldrich and Janna 47 2 Flaherty, Terry 47 2 Flaherty, Thomas 114 5 Frank, Allison 18 2 Freudenberg, Lydia 185 7 Friedell, Jody Gaas, Brittanie 17 1 28 6 Gajeusky, Hertha 74 2 Gibson, Billy Ray 87 2 Groppell, Leonard and Thelma (Continued on page three.
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Donations received to date: $1,590.26 Your gifts are tax deductible and 100 percent of the amount that is contributed is applied towards scholarships. To contribute please send your check to: 100 Pennies Scholarship Fund Drive C/0 SPJST Home Office P.O. Box 100 Temple, Texas 76503
A time to honor all those who have unselfishly served in our armed forces, risking so much to preserve our nation's high ideals and hopes for the future. To those dedicated men and women, we say, "Thank you."
Freedom is Not Free I watched the flag pass by one day It fluttered in the breeze. A young Marine saluted it, And then he stood at ease.
I wonder just how many times, That Taps had meant "Amen" When a flag had covered a coffin of a brother or a friend.
1 looked at him in uniform; So young, so tall, so proud; With hair cut square and eyes alert, He'd stand out in any crowd.
I thought of all the children, Of the mothers and the wives; Of fathers, sons and husbands, With interrupted lives.
I thought how many men like him Had fallen through the years. How many died on foreign soil? How many mothers tears?
1 thought about a graveyard, At the bottom of the sea; Of unmarked graves in Arlington, No, freedom is not free!
How many pilots' planes shot down? How many died at sea? How many fox holes were soldiers' graves? No, freedom is not free. I heard the sound of Taps one night, When everything was still. I listened to the bugler play, And felt a sudden chill.
— Ryan Alfred Cerda San Marcos, Texas (Editor's Note: Thanks to Sister Jessica Kelner of Lodge 28, East Bernard for sharing the preceding verse written by her cousin, Ryan, when he was 11. Jessica read the poem at the District Six Fall Meeting on October 28.) ---SPJST-
Family Fun and Important SPJST Dates DYC Meeting at SPJST Home Office in Temple District FACs Meeting at SPJST Home Office in Temple Home Office Closed (Veteran's Day Observance) SPJST State Volleyball Tournament Rogers High School Gymnasium; Rogers, Texas Thanksgiving Dinner at Lodge 79, Corpus Christi November 18 November 18 Thanksgiving Luncheon for Lodge 133, San Antonio at Good Shepherd Lutheran Activity. Center November 22-23 Home Office Closed (Thanksgiving Observance) Deadline to list your full or part-time business November 30 in the 2002 SPJST Member Services Directory Please ee page three for details. December 4 SPJST Home Office Holiday Open House December 9 Lodge 30, Taiton Christmas Social November 10 November 10 November 12 November 17
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