Volume 100 Number 10
ˇ ´ VESTNIK S P J S T Benevolence
H E R A L D
★ Humanity ISSN —07458800
★ Brotherhood
March 7, 2012
Want to Preserve Czech Heritage for Future Generations? Your $10 Will Make a Difference.
We all know that the Czech Heritage Museum and Genealogy Center depends on donations and grants to survive. It has no other means of surviving except through the generosity of people and Foundations. Both are hard to come by because most believe that it is a part of SPJST. Not true! The Museum is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation—an entirely separate entity. We had a $200,000 challenge grant sometime back to help with the renovation of the Hanus Building to house the Czech Heritage Museum, but to receive this grant, we had to raise
$400,000 in donations or pledges. This was a tall order, but my challenge to you today is one that we can easily do. I am challenging each of you to send $10 or more to help pay the balance of a $500,000 note due SPJST which represents the funds needed to complete the renovation of the Hanus Building. Since Helen Hegwood and I came on the Board, we have worked diligently to acquire funds to reduce the principal of the SPJST note. There are only four months until the SPJST Convention, and wouldn’t it be great if we could report that our note had been paid “in full.” It can be with your help! Without sounding like a television evangelist, if you want us to stay on the air, send money — I say, if you believe that the Museum should be preserved so children now and future
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A Sparkling Celebration!
Last week, the Home Office staff took a few minutes prior to the monthly staff meeting to celebrate some really good news! The good news is the fact that SPJST finished last year with more than $1 million dollar net gain or profit from operations. Financial Secretary Roy Vajdak had just completed the annual statement, and the figures are all in making 2011 a banner year! Secretary-Treasurer Leonard Mikeska, pictured at left, marked the “sparkling” victory with sparkling grape juice (in the absence of champagne). “The positive financial outcome is especially sweet considering the challenges presented by the economy and low interest rates,” Brother Mikeska stated. “This victory is the result of a super Home Office staff, a strong management team, an astute and cooperative Supreme Lodge, and a lot of extra effort by everyone.”
Joyce Kraatz and Jerry Pechal play the Wah! game to get participants’ endorphins moving at the Youth Development Workshop held at the Home Office on February 25. ABOVE: Lynda Novak and Bessie Petr view TCGS’ Czech Veterans’ Wall of Honor at the Home Office.
SPJST youth listen as CHMGC Archivist Frank Klinkovsky demonstrates an early model of a mobile phone that is on display at the Museum. RIGHT: Artistic Director Don Mears explains early Czech settlements on a map at the Museum.
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Interest Rates.......................................3 Important Dates ...................................3 Mortgage Loan Information................3 SPJST Cookbook Order Form............4 District News .......................................5 Lodge Section .....................................6
Inside This Week’s Vestnik
SPJST Financial University ..............14 In Memoriam ......................................15 Youth Section ....................................16 Czech Culture ....................................19 Advertisements.............................20-21 Lodge Calendar .................................22
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Lodge 32 Victoria hosts Polkafest
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Lodge 48 Beyersville supports Taylor Relay for Life
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Lodge 133 San Antonio member presents medals to Wall of Honor