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Irene Neumann-Klosson, a native of Pre-toria, South Africa and a member of the Pilot Club of Atlanta, has been the latest vanguard in the push for Pilot Interna-tional’s global expansion


It’s hard to imagine a world without Pilot and Anchor. Twenty-some years ago, when I was asked to join the Pilot Club of Quitman, Texas, our organization ignited a desire within me to serve and to lead in my local club… in the district … and eventually, on the Pilot International level. It has been a remarkable journey, enriched by the care and support of others.

I thank the International Administrative Council and the Pilot International Headquarters staff for a wonderful 2014-2015 year as Pilot InternationaI President. The 2014-2015 Governors have truly lived up to their title as a “Dream Team” of leadership. They have mobilized and worked tirelessly to help our Pilot Clubs embrace the ABC initiatives and encouraged numerous successful club programs such as

Pick Me Ups; Brainminders; and bicycle rodeos, just to name a few. Our focuses on achieving greater financial stability, membership growth, and program service initiatives have been successful and I could not be happier with the generosity of members who supported PIFF without pause.

In my view it is imperative that all Pilots back PIFF in any way possible. If you are a $250 Pilot Member or a $250 District, thank you immensely for making our Pilot grants and scholarships possible. The grants and scholarships may not have a direct impact on you or your club’s community, but somewhere, in some way, students and others are being assisted. Hats off to clubs and districts for your creative and fruitful fundraising efforts! You comprise the backbone of our organization, and your willingness to serve makes everything possible.

Members join our organization initially for local volunteer service opportunities, but they are rewarded tenfold; the take-aways are lasting friendships that sustain us all our lives. Such is the case with me. This year, I have experienced unexpected, personal challenges, and I thank the PI Headquarters staff and President Elect Shannon Clegg for being right beside me at every juncture. To each Past International President, Pilot leader and Pilot member who offered positivity and encouragement, I am eternally grateful. Know that your many kindnesses will be remembered.

Pilot gives back to us so much in return for our commitment! I have made friends around the globe during my tenure on the executive committee and as an EC representative. I’ve learned a lot about individual Pilots, Pilot Clubs, and about myself on this journey. One of these lessons is the importance of remaining on the ENERGY BUS to celebrate the good in others.

Today, I celebrate all of you as Pilots with tremendous hearts and generous spirits! Thank you for your vast service accomplishments and for the friendship.

Sherry Johnson2014-2015 Pilot International President

THE PRESIDENT’S LETTER Sherry Johnson // Pilot International President


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Gauche Village School (Photo by Claude Mayfield)

Please note: Most of the photos that accompanied last issue’s

feature stories about TBI Survivor Shawna Kennedy and Texas

TBI Foundation President Joanna Horton were furnished by Pilot

Monica Vest Wheeler. The photos of Winnsboro, TX Pilots at work

on PICK ME UPS for TBI campers on page 29 of that issue were

furnished by Pilot Kelli Alexander.

We regret that Anne Watterson of the Pilot Club of Marianna, FL

was omitted in the listing on pages 12, 13 of the last issue. Anne is

the club’s 2014-2015 PIFF Sweetheart.


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2015 Convention Schedule at a Glance

( Monday, July 6- Wednesday, July 8

Council of Leaders for District Officers

( Wednesday, July 8

10:00 - 5:30 Registration Open

2:30 - 3:30 Workshop of Choice

4:00 - 5:00 District Anchor Coordinators Meeting

4:15 - 5:00 Delegates Photo with President Elect

4:30 - 5:30 Rehearsal for Opening Celebration

5:00 - 5:15 PI Parliamentarian meets with PI Nominees

7:00 - 8:30 Opening Celebration

9:00 - 10:15 District Meetings

( Thursday, July 9

7:30 - 9:00 Co-Pilot Breakfast

8:30 - 10:00 General Session

10:00 - 10:30 Break


12:00 - 12:30 Election (Delegates only)

12:00 - 1:30 Lunch on Your Own


5:00 Evening On Your Own

( Friday, July 10

7:30 - 8:30 Memorial Service

8:00 President Circle’s photos in Ballroom


10:00 - 10:30 Break

10:30 - 11:45 President/President Elect Workshop


12:00 - 2:30 “Be Transformed” Luncheon


4:30 - 5:00 Charter Signing-Donor Recognition Levels

5:00 Evening On Your Own

( Saturday, July 11

7:30 - 8:30 “A Walk to Remember” Pilot Walk


10:30 - 11:00 Break


12:15 - 2:00 Lunch On Your Own



7:00 Installation Banquet

Expo Area Open Times - Osprey Ballroom

Wednesday, July 8 10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Thursday, July 9 9:00 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Friday, July 10 9:00 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Saturday, July 11 9:00 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.

Minnie Market (Silent Auction) - Swan Ballroom

Thursday, July 9 & Friday, July 10


2015 Pilot International Convention Workshops At-A-Glance

Wednesday, July 8 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

( First-Time Convention Attendees • Judy Breaud & Deborah Archer (Past PI Presidents) • Location: Macaw

( Revised Grants Process • Connie Moore (PI Director), Virginia Bunde, (Chair) • Location: Peacock

( Revised Scholarships Process • Barbara McKenzie (PI Director) and Scholarship Committee • Location: Toucan

Friday, July 10 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.

( Pick Me Up Project: Gift Card Making • Beverly Kissinger (Univ. of Alabama Art Professor) • Location: Pelican 2

( 501(c)(3) Group Application • Sharon Brooks (PI 501(c)(3) Coordinator) • Location: Peacock

( Focus on the Future • President Elect Shannon Clegg & Paige Henson (Accordia Group) • Location: Toucan

( Portalbuzz: Online Club Management for Club Officers • Bonnie Millirans (Dir. Of Club Services ) & Scott Smith

(Owner, PortalBuzz) • Location: Macaw

Friday, July 10 3:15 - 4:15 p.m.

( 501(c)(3) Group Application • Sharon Brooks (PI 501(c)(3) Coordinator) • Location: Peacock

( Military Mamas Network: Pick Me Ups for Soldiers • Andrea Babb (PI Director) • Location: Macaw

( Being a Caregiver • Judy Breaud & Deborah Archer (Past PI Presidents) • Location: Pelican 2

( Portalbuzz Premium: Come Explore the Possibilities • Scott Smith (Owner, PortalBuzz) & Emily Milton (Membership

Specialist) • Location: Toucan

Saturday, July 11 2:15 - 3:15 p.m.

( New and Improved: Pick Me Up Manuals • Connie Moore (PI Director) • Location: Pelican 2

( StrengthsFinders: Finding Your Volunteer Strengths • Mary Kathleen Baldwin (SF facilitator) • Location: Peacock

( Grief Management • Susan Scheffe (CPO, Make-A-Wish North Texas) • Location: Toucan

( Presidents/Presidents Elect Training • Shannon Clegg (PI President Elect) & Winnie Brewer (Past PI President)

Location: Swan Ballroom

( South Africa Zambezi Schoolbook Project • Sheryl Merrey (2015-2016 GA District Anchor Coord.) & Judy Jackson

(2014-2015 Governor of Georgia.) Location: Macaw

Saturday, July 11 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.

( Leadership • Holly Baker (PI Leadership Coordinator) • Location: Pelican 2

( Membership • Diana Kingree (PI Membership Coordinator) • Location: Peacock

( Projects • Suzanne Lester (2015-16 PI Project Coordinator) • Location: Toucan

( Project Lifesaver, PAL Device • Martha Scroggins (TX Project Lifesaver Appointee) • Location: Macaw


Convention Highlights

IN 1999 AT AGE 21, ROOKIE STRONGMAN WHIT BASKIN of Durant, Oklahoma set the world record for his astonishing “Car Dead Lift” feat, lifting and supporting a car using only his own strength and endurance for a record 2 minutes, 11 seconds. The international sports press and his loyal fan following anticipated that Whit was destined to become the youngest “World’s Strongest Man” ever titled in international strength competition.

Fate had another plan. In the year 2000, at the peak of his strength, endurance, and performance power, and just

one strength event away from becoming the “Strongest Man in the World,” Whit was seriously injured in a car accident that put him in a coma for several weeks. He sustained massive brain injuries when his car flipped several times as he was driving home. According to doctors, he nearly “died” three times. After emerging from the coma that had left him with no short-term memory, his training would involve a decidedly-different goal; he would have to relearn to talk and walk. Over the months and years of recovery, Whit’s need to motivate others in the wake of his own tragedy became another important endeavor.

After years of excruciating therapies, the support of his family, and his own sheer will to succeed and help others, Whit has gone on to accomplish much more than world titles in

strength athletics; he has inspired a generation of young people and others to Do more. Care more. Be more. Whit received his Master of Science in Kinesiology from the University of North Texas, graduating exactly ten years from the day of

his accident. He currently lives in Florida.In Orlando, hear Whit’s courageous tale first-hand on Saturday, July 11, at the 2015 Pilot International Convention and at the 2015

Anchor International Leadership Summit.Whit’s Baskin’s appearance at this year’s Pilot and Anchor International events is made possible by the generosity of the

BrewerLong Law Firm, Maitland, Florida.

JIM VAN ALLAN IS A PROFESSOR AT KEISER UNIVERSITY IN PALM CITY, FLORIDA and a business spokesperson for the Jon Gordon Companies, based in Jacksonville. Jim is a graduate of Florida Atlantic University and in addition to his work as a teacher and motivational speaker, he works closely with Florida HOSA -- Future Health Care Professionals Association.

Jon Gordon, president and CEO of the Jon Gordon Companies, is a graduate of Cornell University with a Master’s degree in Teaching from Emory University, Atlanta. Gordon is a well-known business consultant, team strategist and popular keynote speaker.

He and his team members, including his spokesperson Jim Van Allan, who will speak at this year’s Pilot Convention, are passionate about developing positive environments to realize optimal success in non-profits, corporations, sports teams and other organizations. Jon Gordon is the author of The Wall Street Journal’s bestselling business books, The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work and Team with Positive Energy; The No Complaining Rule; and his latest work, The Carpenter. These and his other titles present success strategies for business and organizational leaders. Gordon’s clients include high-profile, Fortune 500 companies like Bayer Corporation; Citizen’s Bank; Rich’s Department Stores; Northwestern Mutual Insurance Companies; Re/Max; and the Atlanta Falcons.

Jim Van Allan will first speak to the Council of Leaders for Pilot District Officers where he will introduce the positive principles to be found in Jon Gordon’s book, The Energy Bus. He will also address the convention body on Saturday to discuss Jon Gordon’s latest bestseller, The Carpenter.

MORE GREAT SPEAKERS IN ORLANDO

WHIT BASKIN

JIM VAN ALLAN


The following is well worth remembering. It is authored by Jon Gordon, President/CEO of the Jon Gordon Company, whose representative, Jim Van Allan, will speak to Pilots and Anchors at the 2015 Pilot International Convention & Anchor Summit in July. Jon Gordon is a well-known business consultant, team strategist and popular keynote speaker and is

the author of bestselling business books, The Energy Bus and The Carpenter. Take the pledge!

www. ThePositivePledge.com

THE POSITIVE PLEDGE BY JON GORDON

I pledge to be a positive person and positive influence on my family, friends, co-workers and community.

I promise to be positively contagious and share more smiles, laughter, encouragement and joy with those around me.

I vow to stay positive in the face of negativity.

When I am surrounded by pessimism I will choose optimism.

When I feel fear I will choose faith.

When I want to hate I will choose love.

When I want to be bitter I will choose to get better.

When I experience a challenge I will look for opportunity to learn and grow.

When faced with adversity I will find strength.

When I experience a set-back I will be resilient.

When I meet failure I will fail forward towards future success.

With vision, hope, and faith, I will never give up and will always move forward towards my destiny.

I believe my best days are ahead of me, not behind me.

I believe I’m here for a reason and my purpose is greater than my challenges.

I believe that being positive not only makes me better, it makes everyone around me better.

So today and every day I will be positive and strive to make a positive impact on the world.

Convention Highlights

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Military Mama




Geriann Hanley Wiesbrook of Joliet, Illinois recently posted on her personal Facebook Wall: For years, drag[ged] myself out of bed for work– and now that I’m my own boss, I am up at 6:30 feeling more awake than I want to be!

The 52 year-old wife, mom, aunt, sister, and friend-to-many is referring to the long hours she devotes daily to her swiftly-growing Military Mama Network, an organization she founded just two years ago. In those two years, MMN has grown from 5 well-intentioned members at a backyard barbeque to 5,000+ members in 42 states in the U.S. and 5 other countries.

“This was, and continues to be, a miracle unfolding daily,” Geriann said. “It is an honor to be associated with it, much less the founder!”

The Military Mama Network (note there is no plural “s” on Mama), offers assistance to military personnel in the U.S. and overseas. The network’s mission is to support soldiers and their families from the first training camp days to their final farewells, or as veterans. Although first conceived to help Army recruits, MMN now encompasses all branches of the military. Rapid response is a goal that’s usually always met; members galvanize quickly to deliver help -- tangibly and/or emotionally -- in less than 24 hours, whenever possible. The FB group page also serves as a forum for members seeking answers to questions about their soldiers here and abroad, but you must be vetted by Geriann to join the group (your request is followed by an email asking why you are joining, who your soldier is, etc.). This is to avoid people joining for reasons other than support – i.e. people interested in sales to a niche market; people who want to create conflict or drama, etc.

The idea was born in 2012 as Gerianne’s pivotal 50th birthday approached. Her husband Paul, her son

Joseph and daughter Cassie wanted the day to be extra special. Gerianne didn’t want presents or a lavish dinner featuring a chocolate fountain and pink champagne; she had something else in mind, something with more “meaning.” Could her family hold an event to help her thank the many people who had positively impacted her life from childhood? The Weisbrooks rallied to make it happen. Sixty-three people were on the original guest list, including Geriann’s third grade teacher who, she says, “taught me the power of giving back.” The invitation list was pared back to 50 people, one for each of her 50 years. The barbeque itself drew more than 100 guests.

Through the years, Gerianne had provided “goody” boxes to her brother and nephew in the military, as well as to her son Joseph while he was in Basic Training (see sidebar, page 12). She had also adopted a soldier through a website where soldiers can post a “wish list” of gift options, and an adoptive individual, family or other group could then choose and provide gifts from the list. Her adopted soldier’s dream list seemed vast, but undaunted, Geriann, believing she was supposed to fill the entire list, thought mobilizing her friends to help might be the best birthday gift she could give herself. The result was a successful party with the soldier’s complete wish list fulfilled. Soon, Geriann’s personal Facebook was bloated with friend requests from people wanting to become a part of this new support “network.” Her talents as a planner, an organizer and a volunteer kicked in quickly. Trained as an accountant, she left her 7-year job at a local church last year and began working full-time to operate


the rapidly-expanding Military Mama Network. This 2014-2015 year, Pilot International began partnering with the group, opening up new service projects for Pilot Clubs with potential to give MMN a boost of support.

Projects to support the troops and their families are endless and varied. In May, the MMN (classified by the U.S. IRS as a 501 (c) (3) non-profit, tax-deductible charitable organization) sponsored a ‘birthday party’ for 150 corpsmen and within 12 hours of its request for help, network members provided everything needed to stage the event. MMN sent 25 boxes of supplies of personal care items and protein bars to a group of military recruits in need, both male and female. The Mamas also granted a birthday wish for a young Cystic Fibrosis patient who wanted to be a Marine for just one day. The child was saluted by active Marines and was gifted with a Marine Corps flag that had flown over an actual Marine base. More recently they provided wedding anniversary flowers on behalf of a deployed Airman, and sent his entire

unit 60 new dry-fit shirts as a surprise.The Military Mama Network Facebook group page is a

wealth of resources. Within its files are downloadable white sheets that provide templates for promoting the group; writing official letters to Congressmen; instructions on “How

to Prepare a Fallen Soldier” place setting at a dining table; tips on how (and what) to write to a soldier you have never met; how to access Red Cross emergency communications services; how to contribute recipes and sage advice to a special MMN cookbook; and application forms to open local MMN chapters.

“There is much to do in this effort,” said Gerriann. “The thing that many don’t realize is that enlisted troops make very little money, and if they have a family, they often live on the poverty line. These soldiers’ families can’t afford to send

GERIANN’S OWN SOLDIERGERIANN’S SON, JOSEPH WIESBROOK, (far left) is a patriot in his own right. In 2012, in part to help pay for college, he joined the Army National Guard, although he had first dreamed of being a Marine, like his namesake, Uncle Joe. In the National Guard his superior performance and excellent college scores caught the attention of the United States Military Academy at West Point (USMA), yet another childhood dream Joseph had held, but not one easily attained without a nomination by a Congressman, the U.S. President, or other high governmental official. The prestigious West Point offer was extended to him when Joseph was only 8 classes away from receiving his college degree and being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army. Now, after graduation, he will be commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant from West Point, marking the end of a 10-year career pursuit and the beginning of his life as a U.S. military officer.

“This was, and continues to be, a miracle unfolding daily.


GERIANN WITH A RELATIVE IN SERVICE

SHOWING SOME MAMA LOVE

2014-2015 Pilot International Director, Andrea Babb from Kansas City, KS, is a champion of Pilot and a stanch supporter of MMN. In March, 2013, her son Jason joined the U.S. Navy and was sent to boot camp at Great Lakes Naval Station, north of Chicago. When he graduated after eight weeks of training, he was sent to Pensacola, Florida for “A” School, where he trained to be an aircraft structural mechanic. His first duty station is at Norfolk Naval Base in Virginia. A friend of Andrea’s followed her Facebook postings about Jason’s emerging military life and suggested Andrea check into various online social resources where she could receive information and support through Jason’s journey. One of these sources was Geriann Wiesbrook’s Military Mama Network Facebook page. Andrea requested membership immediately, and is now on MMN’s “active duty” list, supporting military personnel and their families in innumerable ways.

Said Andrea: “On several occasions we hear about a young service person going through training and feeling down or overwhelmed. The network will send him/her a shower of cards of encouragement to boost their morale. We call this gesture: “Showing some Mama love.”

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them boxes; they are barely making it at all. My hope is to help enlisted with their needs and continue to cultivate this network of support for all branches and all phases of military service.”

Geriann Weisbrook, founder of Military Mama Network with the assistance of MMN member and Pilot International Director Andrea Babb will speak to Pilots and Anchors attending the International Convention in Orlando. A workshop will be held for Pilots and Anchors on Friday to help assemble shoeboxes of items that will be distributed to soldiers post-convention. Pilots and Anchors are asked to bring small personal care items like razors, toothpaste, paperback books, wrapped candy, snacks and other items to convention for the MMN/Pilot shoebox drive.

For More Information:Email: [email protected]: www.MilitaryMamaNetwork.orgPhone: 612-567-MAMAFB (Group page): Military Mama NetworkTwitter: MilitaryMamaNet

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Global Growth


Pilot Poises for Global GrowthFROM PRETORIA TO AUSTRALIA AND BEYOND


IRENE NEUMANN-KLOSSON, a native of Pretoria, South Africa and a member of the Pilot Club of Atlanta, has been the latest vanguard in the push for Pilot International’s global expansion. Irene, who works as a project manager for a high-profile technology firm, and the Clubs Outside Established Districts (COED) District Governor-Elect Merrily Burns, Pilot Club of Honolulu, are working with Pilot International leaders to strategize rebuilding the organization outside the western hemisphere and Japan. Irene and Merrily, a business owner who also teaches at Heald College in Honolulu, and current leaders would like to see new Pilot, Anchor, and Compass Clubs in countries like New Zealand, Australia and South Africa (Cape Town), as well as more in Canada, The Bahamas, Japan and the U.S.

COED conducts District meetings online in “real time” via Skype. A small group passionate about the idea of global growth also Skypes regularly to exchange ideas, brainstorm solutions to challenges, and enlist others in their efforts.

They, and others, join a throng of members and leaders before them who have pushed aggressively for greater cultural diversity for Pilot International. The task may be harder than ever before given the effects of global warming, the rise of terrorism, and a continually-shifting world economy.

IRENE JOINS PILOTIrene Neumann-Klosson’s “Pilot” story is worth telling. She

first came to the U.S. in 1997 on a visa as a programmer/business analyst for a company, Structured Logic, which

places computer professionals on-site. One of her first clients was Delta Airlines. Because her parents were both licensed airplane pilots in their native South Africa, Irene decided to take flying lessons while working in the U.S. The wife of her flight instructor was a member of the Pilot Club of Carrollton (outside Atlanta), and she invited Irene to visit the club. Little did Irene know that the ‘pilots’ at the meeting didn’t fly small planes; instead, they were friendly community volunteers who immediately welcomed Irene into their midst.

Irene Neumann remained in the U.S. after receiving her pilot’s license in 2002, and she retained her Pilot membership. She became a naturalized American citizen in 2009, four months before she married Atlanta-based business executive, Kirby Klosson, who was born in Japan to a widely-travelled U.S. military family.

Irene is now a member of the Pilot Club of Atlanta and has worked closely with Anchor Clubs at Centennial and Roswell high schools in that city.

During her first years in the U.S., she became acquainted with the American way of life especially through her extracurricular activities with a sailing club, a diving club, and through Pilot. Seeing the vast opportunities available in the U.S., she was particularly interested in mentoring her sister’s son, Rick, then a toddler back home in South Africa. Wanting to expose Rick to cultures in different hemispheres, “Auntie Irene” sent her nephew appealing, American-style gifts such as Disney books, character shoes, and educational materials. Encouraged by Irene, Rick’s parents begin to teach their son English as a second language.

IRENE NEUMANN-KLOSSON MERRILY BURNS


Each of us is called upon to make a difference, to ‘Do More, Care More, Be More.’ We need support from all Pilots and Anchors, and from anyone else who values peace through friendship and service.

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Years later, realizing that although Rick, now a teenager, had a “wealth of enriching tasks and activities” in Pretoria, such as archery, team sports and flying lessons, Irene urged him to begin cultivating a more international mindset. In her work through the Pilot Club of Atlanta with Anchor Clubs in Roswell/Centennial high schools, she had witnessed first-hand the character-building impact of charitable activities offered by Anchor Clubs. She felt Rick and his fellow students in Pretoria could benefit from a similar youth group, to teach the importance of sharing their talents and making a positive difference in the lives of others. As a result, De Goede Hoop Anchor Club (Cape Good Hope Anchor Club) of Pretoria, South Africa and its parent club, the Pilot Club of Pretoria, were chartered on November 7, 2014 with the assistance of 2013-14 Pilot International President Judy Langley and 2013-14 Georgia District Governor, Patricia Whatley. A member of the Pilot Club of Sweetwater, Patricia asked Sweetwater Pilot Pat Gardner to attend and speak at the chartering event in Pretoria while visiting Cape Town on a business trip.

WHAT HAPPENED: THE CHANGING TIDESDecades ago, when Pilot was at the pinnacle of its

success with 22,000+ members in more than 600 clubs, the organization once thrived in countries outside the U.S. and Canada including England, France, Spain, Mexico, Bermuda and South America. Pilot once had long-term representation as a NGO (non-governmental organization) in the United Nations; participated in global fundraisers; attended world


summits and councils for NGOs; partnered with international groups like CARE and UNICEF; and even helped organize an annual World Day of Service to be held each year in October to celebrate global volunteers. Pilot membership grew, and the organization’s possibilities for service expanded globally along with it.

Today, Pilot leaders are listening intently and are eager to grow again, yet are challenged by the residue of unforeseen cultural conditions that halted the growth of nearly all volunteer service organizations in the late 1980s and the 1990s, followed by the U.S.’s economic collapse in 2008. As the world population shifted, more women joined the workforce; new technology, crashing economies, global warming, natural disasters, wars, terrorist threats and other events transformed the non-profit landscape. Pilot International, like many other community service organizations, lost members and clubs. As with other NGOs, Pilot International’s long-faithful volunteers “aged-out” and world populations began focusing on individual survival in a modern world in upheaval. Studies in the early 1990s indicated that people still wanted to volunteer and serve others, but not necessarily in volunteer groups or clubs, which seemed to take up too much time. New volunteers wanted more flexibility and more diversity; they were “time-starved” and doing “committee work” lost its prestige and became eclipsed by other activities and endeavors.

Due to a changing global economy and fewer resources to fund growth, Pilot’s global expansion fluctuated and spiraled

down; Pilot Districts’ borders shifted to accommodate fewer clubs and members. Given all this, COED has had a rocky road to travel -- gaining, then losing, its Pilot voice as a group, said Merrily Burns, a native of Minnesota who has lived and worked in Hawaii for many years. The new Pretoria Clubs are COED and they participate in District meetings online. COED has waived District dues for both clubs as COED works to adjust dues to better reflect the currency exchange rates.

Merrily explains that while western nations support a broad range of community service organizations, very few volunteer groups like Pilot and Anchor Clubs exist in developing countries like South Africa, where rampant international crime and exploitation flourish. The need is great because few people mobilize to help those who need it most.

“There is such a need in countries outside mainland America,” she said. “Globally, people today are looking for ways to volunteer and ‘give back’ within their communities. Pilot and Anchor have so much to offer, and may even have more opportunities to help in other countries, due to lack of competition among volunteer service groups outside the U.S. It’s a matter of offering volunteer experiences that meet the changing needs of a universe continually in transition.”

THE NEED FOR GROWTH AND SUPPORTIf developing countries like South Africa provide a wide-

open global “marketplace” for volunteer service organizations, Pilot, Anchor and Compass International may be well-

PRETORIA IS A “QUIET, LOVELY, SOPHISTICATED CITY” KNOWN FOR ITS PURPLE-BLOSSOMED JACARANDA TREES


If we all come together to find solutions to the problems we face in organizing and supporting the international growth of Pilot Clubs, we will all be better for it.

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positioned for growth opportunities in those areas; however, aside from cultural and geographic distances, problems loom large.

The new Pretoria clubs have faced challenges. In South Africa, while organizing and officially registering a new nonprofit organization purports to be a quick and easy task, it is, in fact, a lengthy process fraught with conditions and stipulations that do not always line up with a parent organization’s bylaws. The currency exchange rate also poses major obstacles for COED, and isolates them in other ways than their different hemispheres. PI leaders acknowledge that Pilot Clubs in Canada and elsewhere are already impacted by this harsh reality, but the COED DAC and Pilot International leaders are working to brainstorm solutions. President Elect Shannon Clegg wants to make global growth a focus during her 2015-2016 presidential year that begins in July.

Rick Jansen, now 17, is the charter president of the new Anchor Club in South Africa. A parent club, the Pilot Club of Pretoria, organized by Rick’s father, fully supports its Anchors’ volunteer efforts that include contributing to home facilities for people with brain-related disabilities and furnishing schoolbooks for children in impoverished African villages. (read about and view photos of the Zambezi Schoolbook Project in this issue). An effort is currently underway for the Anchors in Pretoria to partner with the Pilot Club of Atlanta in this international endeavor.

Pilot International President Sherry Johnson, Irene, Merrily, and Sweetwater, GA Pilot Pat Garner, (who attended the South African chartering event as did 2013-14 Pilot International President Judy Langley via Skype), feel there is an urgency in getting the new clubs in South Africa operating independently. Rick will soon be graduating from high school and moving on. Both Pretoria clubs need outside nurturing, advice, and support. Irene says being so geographically distant from other Pilot and Anchor Clubs creates difficulties in moving forward, and she feels the new South Africa clubs need strong Pilot/Anchor models to follow. To that end, Rick and other Good Hope Anchors have “Skyped” with Atlanta Anchors, forming bonds across continents. But the need for focused support is great if new international clubs are to grow and thrive, says Irene. One need calls for established Pilot Clubs to volunteer to train potential new clubs via Skype.

“Unprecedented collaboration and innovation” is needed from all of us, she believes. “Each of us is called upon to make a difference, to ‘Do More, Care More, Be More.’ We need support from all Pilots and Anchors, and from anyone else who values peace through friendship and service.”

URGENCY AND PATIENCEPilot International President Sherry Johnson said in May,

“We must seek solutions for problems brought about by the differences in cultures and fluctuating exchange rates,

which can create huge disparities in Pilot Club, District and International dues, travel expenses, insurance costs and more.”

She said Pilot International is now regaining strength and balance, however, and the organization’s finances are being well-managed and are on sounder footing since the U.S. economy’s disastrous collapse.

There are several major cities in South Africa; the administrative capital, Pretoria, and Cape Town, are both recognized as beautiful, cosmopolitan areas that need and want organized volunteer service clubs like those in the U.S., Canada, The Bahamas and Japan. Irene Neumann-Klosson wants to encourage the dialogue among Pilot International leaders, past International leaders, Clubs, and Districts, including COED, to make global growth a reality for the organization once again. Pilot International President Sherry Johnson, President Elect Shannon Clegg, and other 2014-15 Executive Committee members agree, but they know it will take time and patience.

“If we all come together to find solutions to the problems we face in organizing and supporting the international growth of Pilot Clubs, we will all be better for it, “ said the Pilot President.

“It takes teamwork, and no organization does that better than Pilot.”


ANCHORS COLLABORATE TO SEND BOOKS TO REMOTE AFRICAN VILLAGES

Zambezi Schoolbook Project


WHILE VISITING REMOTE FISHING VILLAGES AROUND LAKE KARIBA IN THE ZAMBEZI RIVER REGION OF AFRICA, CLAUDE AND BARBARA MAYFIELD, A RETIRED COUPLE FROM ROSWELL, GEORGIA, WITNESSED SCHOOLS IN CRISIS BECAUSE TEACHERS HAD FEW EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FOR THEIR STUDENTS. THAT EXPERIENCE INSPIRED THEM TO ORGANIZE THE ZAMBEZI SCHOOLBOOK PROJECT. THE ZSP THEN PARTNERED WITH THE BOOKS FOR AFRICA ORGANIZATION TO SEND 180,000 BOOKS TO SCHOOLS IN RURAL AREAS OF ZIMBABWE.

In June/July, during the 2015 Pilot International Convention in Orlando, the couple will travel to Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, to help distribute “sea container # 6,” with help from southern African community service organizations like the Rotary Club of Harare and the Tashinga Initiative Foundation, a wildlife protection organization in Zambezi’s protected areas. Each container shipped over the oceans holds approximately 30,000 books, a collection and distribution task requiring many volunteer hours.

During 2014-2015, the Zambezi Schoolbook Project has received a big boost from Georgia Anchors and Pilots who contributed 2,000 books for children and teens at the Georgia Fall Council, the Georgia District Convention, and the Georgia District Anchor Convention for a shipment overseas in April. Many of these were fiction titles for children not accustomed to reading for pleasure. Anchors from Roswell and Centennial High Schools in Atlanta also


THE GOOD HOPE ANCHORS SKYPE WITH ANCHORS IN ATLANTA

began video chatting with members of the Goede Hoop (Good Hope) Anchor Club in Pretoria, South Africa, to collaborate and promote the event at the 2015 International Convention.

Pilot leaders of the ZSP project are 2014-2015 GA District Governor Judy Jackson, and 2015-2016 GA District Anchor Coordinator, Sheryl Merrey, but beginning at the PI Convention they hope to get many more Pilot and Anchor Clubs involved in filling container #7. The Anchor collaboration will involve Anchors in North America, The Bahamas and Japan collecting and packing the new or gently-used books, and Pretoria Anchors (and Pretoria Pilots) working at the distribution end from South Africa into the neighboring country of Zimbabwe, said Irene Neumann, a Pilot from Atlanta, who is a native of South Africa (See the Global Growth story in this issue).

Dottie Adams, 2014-2015 President of the Pilot Club of Atlanta wrote to her members in June, “How exciting the Zambezi Schoolbook Project that began with our club moved to become a Georgia District Anchor Project, a Georgia

Please note that (children’s and teen-level) books on ecology, the environment, wildlife, child and teen social & health issues, and similar non-fiction titles are in high demand and in short supply. – Sheryl Merrey 2015-2016 GA District Anchor Coordinator

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District Convention Project, and will now be a 2015 Pilot International Project in Orlando. I know the Mayfields have been overwhelmed by the outpouring of support by Pilots and Anchors, sending quality books for school children who need them.”

A recent letter of thanks from the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority to the Tashinga Initiative Foundation read:

“The Matusadona National Park community recently received another consignment of books. We would like to extend our utmost gratitude to Claude and Barbara Mayfield. The remoteness of this community has turned out to be a blessing in disguise as this has led to the school receiving books which most schools in better areas do not even have.”

Anyone attending the 2015 International Convention in Orlando is encouraged to bring storybooks/picture books; children’s workbooks & puzzle books; and school supplies to the Anchor booth in the exhibit area of the convention hotel. Anchors, including representatives of the Goede Hoop (Good Hope) Anchor Club from South Africa attending their

first Pilot International Convention, will box the items and label them for transport to Atlanta or Macon Georgia, USA. The books and supplies will then be added to others and shipped to remote villages and schools in the Zambezi River Region of Zimbabwe, a landlocked country that borders South Africa, Botswana, Zambia and Mozambique. Please note that books on ecology, the environment, wildlife, child and teen social & health issues, and similar non-fiction titles are in high demand and in short supply.

If you cannot attend this year’s PI convention, but would like to support this project, email Carrollton, Georgia Pilot Judy Jackson [email protected] or Sheryl Merrey [email protected] after July 13. Books, school supplies, and financial contributions are welcomed.

For more information, visit (and “like!) the group’s FaceBook page: Zambezi Schoolbook Project.

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Club News

Scholarships for AnchorsThe Pilot Club of Panama City, FL awards three $1000 scholarships annually to exceptional Anchors in among the graduating classes of the four Anchor Clubs it sponsors. A pancake festival is held to fund these scholarships.

(l to r) Sandy Ingram, Panama City Pilot Youth Coordinator, with Ashton Wilson, Arnold High School

(l to r) Rice Martello, Mosley High School with Shirley Sweet, Panama City Pilot Club President (2014-2015)

(l to r) Shirley Sweet, CJ Page, Rutherford High School, and Sandy Ingram

Poster ContestIn March during Brain Awareness Month, the Pilot Club of Eastman, GA holds a poster contest at the Dodge Middle school to create awareness. This is the month students study the brain in Science classes. Pictured are the winners with their science teachers:

(l to r) Eastman Pilot Nylan Hinson, Michael Elvira (1st Place, $100) Science teacher Jodi Fountain, Geyoni Gooch (2nd Place, $75), Science teacher Diane Stuckey, Macy Pruitt (3rd Place, $25)


Nursing ScholarshipsThe Pilot Club of Eastman, GA offers two nursing scholarships at two local colleges each year. Each student receives $350 for nursing education. The scholarship was established in memory of Joyce B. Jones, a long-time Pilot, now deceased.

(l to r) Tammie McKinnie from Oconee Fall Line Technical School and Sarah Selph, Middle Georgia State College received scholarships from the Pilot Club of Washington County, GA

Club News

New Anchor Club Holds Chartering EventPictured are four of the ten members of the new Nansemond River High School Anchor Club, Suffolk, VA at the club’s chartering ceremony held May 26. The new club is sponsored by the Pilot Club of Suffolk.

(l to r) Stephen Lewis, Kylie Hess, Sponsor ML Cruey, Mitchell Westall and Matthew Westall

For Irene HomesThe Good Hope Anchor Club of Pretoria, South Africa, and the Pilot Club of Pretoria presents Istel van Schoor with a contribution. Irene is Executive Director of the Irene Homes for the Mentally Disabled, a facility that has been in existence for more than a century. Irene Homes house 88 adult women.

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Anchors News


Birth of ‘Loved Twice’ a Labor of LoveLISA KLEIN, AN UNASSUMING GRAPHIC DESIGNER AND YOUNG MOTHER FROM THE BAY AREA OF SAN FRANCISCO (ROCKRIDGE, CA) HAS HAD A LOT OF MEDIA COVERAGE LATELY, BUT NOT BECAUSE SHE IS A POP CULTURE ICON OR AN “A-LIST” FILM STAR (ALTHOUGH SHE IS JUST AS LOVELY). NO, LISA’S GETTING ‘THE BUZZ’ BECAUSE OF HER HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS TO CLOTHE NEEDY BABIES. HER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, LOVED TWICE, WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2009 IN THE KLEIN FAMILY BASEMENT WHERE IT WAS MANAGED BEFORE THE OPERATION OUTGREW THE SPACE AND WAS MOVED TO A NEARBY WAREHOUSE. LISA’S FRIENDS, HER HUSBAND, WILLIAM, AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN, AGES 7 AND 10, HAVE BECOME JUST AS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT LISA’S EFFORTS AS THE MEDIA.

The project was borne when, as the world watched in horror, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005. On the Craig’s List/New Orleans website Lisa read a desperate call for donations that included baby clothes and blankets. Lisa gathered up her own used-but-clean baby clothes and sent an online message to her friends asking them to contribute, too. Within four days, she had received more than 200 pounds of baby clothes at her door. But long after the winds of Katrina had died, leaving devastation in its path, baby clothes continued to pour in. Lisa set up a charitable organization and later brought three program coordinators aboard to help collect and distribute clothes to disadvantaged children, aged one year and younger.


To date, Loved Twice works through social service agencies and medical hospitals locally in Oakland, California; in 18 other U.S. states; and in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, another area affected by natural disaster. A few collection bins for baby clothing are set out in retail areas, and others hear or read about Loved Twice, and send gently-used baby clothes to designated sites for processing. The LT website (listed below) has a “Mail-to” locations feature, allowing anyone to participate. Volunteers flock to the LT warehouse and other areas to help pick-up, sort, fold, pack, label and deliver the clothing (sizes infant to 12 months) to families in need. Each infant receives approximately 75 items to see them through their first year of life, including newborn rompers, blankets, jackets, sleepers, hats, socks, board books and a new parent kit.

This year, Lisa’s story caught the eye of Anchor/Pilot’s Director of Youth Services, Jack Henson, and with the Executive Committee’s sanction, Loved Twice was adopted as an official Anchor Club service partner. Several Anchor Clubs have already heeded the call, with more to follow.

Lisa and Loved Twice have been featured on CNN.com; NBC News’s The Today Show and in O, the Oprah Magazine; the Reader’s Digest; The Huffington Post; People Magazine (as one of People’s and MLB’s “All-Star Among Us” winners) Woman’s World; Women’s Day; All You Magazine; USA Weekend Magazine; and now, The Pilot Log. She has received numerous awards since Loved Twice’s founding including four Certificates of Congressional Recognition; eight CCR’s from California Legislators; and the prestigious American Red Cross Community Service Award. One of her most prized recognitions came closer from home. In 2014, she was chosen Oakland’s “Mother of the Year.”

Since 2005, the organization has provided more than 57,000 pounds of baby clothing (in addition to keeping them out of landfills), totaling nearly 432,000 garments with an estimated retail value of more than $1,300,000.

Lisa Klein will speak to Pilots and Anchors at the 2015 PI Convention in Orlando. Pilots and Anchors attending the event are encouraged to bring clean (no stains), folded, gently-used baby clothing to in sizes newborn-12 months to Orlando for Loved Twice contributions.

For More Information about how you, your Pilot /Anchor Club or District can help:Website: www.lovedtwice.orgEmail: [email protected] Page: Loved TwiceTwitter: @Loved Twice

PUBLICITY IN PEOPLE MAGAZINE

“This year, more than 900,000 babies will be born into poverty in the U.S. alone. With support, we could reach out to every one of them with warmth, and with hope.”

http://www.lovedtwice.org

mailto:info%40lovedtwice.org?subject=


Lisa Klein: Loved Twice Organization

During Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the costliest natural and 5th deadliest hurricanes in the U.S., new mother Lisa Klein responded to an online appeal for donations of baby clothes. She rallied other people in her San Francisco Bay area and collected 200 pounds of baby items in just 4 days.

After mailing the clothes to Louisiana, it occurred to her that a greater mission was before her. Lisa founded Loved Twice, a non-profit that recycles infant and baby clothing for newborns in disadvantaged families. Since 2005, Loved Twice has provided a year’s worth of clothing to each of more than 12,623 newborns, while potentially keeping 126,230 extra pounds out of landfills in the U.S. The 947,000 garments would have a retail value of more than $3 million.

Lisa has received nationwide recognition for her successful grassroots efforts on behalf of families in need, and was featured in People Magazine. In 2015, Anchor International joined Lisa’s campaign and encourages Loved Twice projects for Anchor Clubs. Some clubs have already embraced the program in their communities to great success.

Lisa will speak to Anchors attending the 2015 Pilot International Convention about the importance of community service and the vision she has for Loved Twice.

www.LovedTwice.org

Anchor Speaker at 2015 Anchor Summit in Orlando

http://www.LovedTwice.org


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Susan Hoffmann

Joan Williams

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Karen Cupit

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Deborah Hays

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Kevin Conklin

Maryann Frazer

Connie Moore

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Shannon Clegg

Linda Covington

Amy Hurst

Laura Keever

Harriett Lennon

Ann Martin

Carol Sanders

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Sharon Slusher

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Carolyn Bishop-McLeod

Judy Langley

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Jeannie Luckey

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Judy Breaud

Sharon Brooks

Julie Fallin

Amy Hightower

Joanna Horton

Sherry Johnson

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Ann Volker

PRESIDENT CIRCLE MEMBERS($1,000 or more during the 2014-15 Year.) These listings reflect reports run on June 15, 2015.

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RULES• Only one selfie duo pic should be submitted• Be sure to list the first names of subjects on your email• Selfies must be taken at some time during the Pilot Convention & Anchor Summit

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From Exam Crams to Frozen Turkeys WHY FLORIDA DISTRICT’S SCHOLARSHIP HOUSES MATTER

Cover Story


GENERATIONS X & Y = GENERATION DEBTAccording to figures published this spring, the average tuition at public, four-year colleges has increased sharply over a four-year period. In Florida, average overall costs rose by 66.5% up $2,500 from 2008-2014. Grants and tax credits rarely cover the full cost of attending college, meaning most students – low-income students in particular – must borrow money to cover tuition, fees, room & board. As a result, the net cost of attendance for low-income students at four-year public institutions in the U.S. has increased by 12 percent from 2008-2012. The college debt continues to build. Young adults are graduating from college with a greater debt burden than ever before in the history of higher education.

(Source: College Board, Trends in College Pricing)

IN 1984, A YOUNG CHARLOTTE EDENFIELD HAD JUST FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL AS VALEDICTORIAN, RANKED FIRST AMONG HER CLASSMATES AT F. W. SPRINGSTEAD HIGH IN SPRING HILL, FLORIDA. SHE WASN’T EXACTLY SURE WHAT MIGHT BE NEXT, BUT IT PROBABLY INVOLVED BUSINESS STUDIES AT THE NEARBY TWO-YEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE SO SHE COULD CONTINUE TO ROOM-AND-BOARD AT HOME.

When a generous scholarship opportunity came her way inviting her to study at Florida State University, almost 200 miles from home, she nearly despaired. One of several children of working parents, on-campus dorm or off-campus apartment living was not within the family budget. If only she had a more economical option for living in Tallahassee!

She soon learned of a solution to her dilemma: she could apply to the Pilot Scholarship House on the FSU campus, run by Florida Pilot Clubs. At the PSH, the house bill she would need to pay each semester would be negligible compared to other options. Because students are selected for Pilot housing based on academic achievement, financial need, and community service involvement, Charlotte was on-track to attain a four-year degree from one of the largest, most prestigious state-run colleges in the U.S. From the day of her acceptance into the program by the volunteer PSHF board, the experience would mold her career choice and life view.

A HISTORY OF PSHFIn 1962 at their Fall Council in Winter Haven,

the Florida Pilots of District IV (later known as the “Florida Pilot District”) voted to partner with the Tallahassee-based Southern Scholarship Foundation (SSF) to sponsor a scholarship house for women on the Florida State campus. The new foundation applied for and received non-profit status in 1964 and today exists as the Pilot Scholarship House Foundation (PSHF) www.pilotflorida.org, (then choose ‘PSHF’). With the help of generous bequests from Pilots through the years; donations from all over the U.S.; and continual fund-raising efforts by its board, PSHF now funds three houses on three separate campuses within the state -- FSU; the University of Florida (Gainesville); and Florida Gulf Coast University (Ft. Myers). A fourth Pilot Scholarship House designated for male students is currently in the works.

http://www.pilotflorida.org

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The interest on PSHF’s endowment fund, established in 2006, is earmarked for the houses’ maintenance. SSF handles the maintenance, handles the day-to-day operations and oversees the scholarships. Charlotte currently serves as PSHF President and has been on-and-off its board of directors for more than 17 years. She has also been an enthusiastic member of the Pilot Club of Tallahassee for 26 years and says she has been ‘recycled’ several times as an officer. Most recently she was installed as the 2015-2016 Club President.

LIFE IN THE HOUSECharlotte says some of the biggest reasons communal

living in a residential setting is successful is its ability to introduce college students to ‘real world’ experiences. Life skills like cooking, budgeting, and cleaning bathrooms are not always on the curriculum at home or in high school. Also, learning to live with others from disparate geographic areas, home backgrounds, ethnicities and religions offers important sociological lessons in diplomacy, compassion, and creative problem-solving. For example, Charlotte says that a resident group she currently mentors represents several

college majors from small towns… to big cities… and everywhere in-between.

“Everyone is different, and, to be happy, you must accept that fact and adjust. That’s why communal living in early adulthood is so valuable.”

FLORIDA PILOTS AND THEIR SCHOLARSBecause on-campus dorm or college apartment living can

often be insular and isolated from the community setting of the school, students can’t easily learn the value of ‘giving back’ to others around them. By contrast PSH residents enjoy, among many other group activities, travelling to -- and being a part of -- Florida Fall Council meetings, renowned for their lip synch sessions, silent auctions and meet-and-eat events. PSH residents also participate in local BrainMinders†™ presentations and fundraising events like the annual “Forget-Me-Not” 5-K Walk for the Alzheimer’s Association. The Florida District pays for students’

PILOT SCHOLARSHIP HOUSE RESIDENTS AT FLORIDA STATE OFTEN ASSIST THE PILOT CLUB OF TALLAHASSEE WITH BRAINMINDERS™ PROGRAMS

“Everyone is different, and, to be happy, you must accept that fact and adjust. That’s why communal living in early adulthood is so valuable.

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FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY’S PSH RESIDENTS, 2014

PSH residents enjoy a luau-themed event

University of Florida PSH residents (shown here with some Pilots) enjoy Florida Pilots’ Fall Councils; the Florida District pays the students’ expenses to attend each year

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registration, travel and hotel accommodations to Florida District events, and every year PSH residents are invited, and even encouraged, to attend.

“These great students add quite a lot to our District,” said Charlotte. “In turn, they receive a lot from us.”

THE SHAPING OF A STUDENTA vast network of PSH alum get together every year in

Tallahassee, including 10-20 of Charlotte’s own housemates from the 1980s-era. She recalls her experience in PSH house living as a rich learning and bonding time. She fondly remembers the diverse group of 21 FSU scholarship students with whom she shared slice-and-bake chocolate chip cookies and end-of-semester exam cram sessions. The good memories linger. Her group held its own special “Christmas at Midnight” gatherings, and one unforgettable year, housemates had to cook not one, but two turkeys at Thanksgiving because no one thought to defrost the bird in advance. (Life Lesson 101)

Charlotte lived four fulfilling years in the house and graduated from FSU in 1988 with a degree in Business, its emphasis on Association Management for Non-Profits. After graduation she worked for eight years at the Southern Scholarship Foundation and realized she actually enjoyed tasks many others don’t -- like fund raising and membership planning. Today she works as the administrator of a Tallahassee law firm.

“I can’t say enough about the virtues of the Southern Scholarship Foundation www.southernscholarship.org and the fact that its partnership with the Florida Pilot District made it all possible.” In additional to the Pilot houses, SSF operates 23 other scholarship houses across Florida, serving both men and women. The SSF has never received state or federal government funding and operates solely with contributions by individuals, civic groups, charitable foundations, corporations and alumni.

The three Pilot Scholarship Houses alone allow 61 students to live rent-free while attending college. Each is required to pay a fee each semester to their respective house to cover their share of budgeted food, supplies and utilities, about $950. Annually, the Pilot Scholarship Houses provide its residents $732,000 in savings.

Nearly thirty years after her college graduation, Charlotte believes that people in today’s frenetic culture (“especially, but certainly not exclusively, women”) still understand

the relevance of serving one’s community in a group environment like a church or service organization like Pilot; being a part of “something greater than yourself.”

“Pilot International and the Florida District Pilots have been a tremendous influence in my life, and helping others also has a domino effect,” she said. “I live and breathe Pilot and the Florida Scholarship House Foundation.”

SCHOLARSHIPINFORMATIONScholarship applications are available by contacting SSF, 322 Stadium Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32304, (850.222-3833) or by visiting this website www.southernscholarship.org

You need not be a Florida Pilot to be a $5/year member of Pilot Scholarship House Foundation! To learn more, email Pilot Virginia Bunde, PSHF Treasurer at [email protected]; or PSHF President Charlotte Edenfield at [email protected]

“These great students add quite a lot to our District. In turn, they receive a lot from us.

http://www.southernscholarship.org

http://www.southernscholarship.org

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A Caregiver’s TributeThere are many professions in the world,Some rewarded with dollars, others with pearls.

If you ask, one might say,‘Oh, I was a Secretary, Teacher, Soccer Mom, Farmer, Truck Driver, Therapist, Doctor, Office Manager, Engineer,’ etc….

Some required on-the-job training for preparationOthers, years of higher education.

There is one, however, that is very uniqueNo training required or special physique.

Few days off, pay is none.When selected for this position, some want to run.

It’s God’s decision who is selected to serveBut it is easy to think He’s thrown them a curve.

Important to remember, though, these folks were specifically picked, To handle this job, God pulls no tricks.

Muscles and bones become tired and weary, Eyes sometimes become rather teary.

The position it was that they once had Now long gone, so their hearts might grow sad.

Yet their new responsibility is fully aliveAs God answered their prayer, “Please let my loved one survive.”

Now they bless others by being all they can beShowing a testimony of God’s strength for all to see.

The words “thank you” may not be loud and clearBut it’s intended 24/7 with heart-felt cheer.

So we wish to honor our caregivers and friends,And say, “thank you for being there, again and again.”

By Charlotte Wilson & Traci Wilson

NOTE: Charlotte Wilson and Traci Wilson are a mother-daughter pair who are members of the Pilot Club of Winnsboro, Texas. Charlotte and her husband, Mike, were the founders of the first Traumatic Brain Injury Camp for Adults, now called “Mountain High,” in Red River, New Mexico. www.mountainhighcamp.com It is one of four TBI camps of the Texas Pilot TBI Camp, Inc. Foundation (see the 2015 Spring issue of THE PILOT LOG.) www.TexasPilotTBIcamp.com

Traci Wilson operates the Mountain High Craft website mountainhighcrafts.com , an online retail store that offers Christian-themed cards, bookmarks, stickers, posters and other items for use by Bible groups, church groups, Sunday schools and others. She is also currently writing a novel.

MIKE & CHARLOTTE WILSON


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