THE OPTIMIST CLUB OF COLUMBIA (Downtown Optimist) Mailing address: P. O. Box 1959 * Columbia, MO 65205-1959 Web: www.downtownoptimistclub.org The Weekly Bulletin Monday, May 11, 2015 Call to order: Invocation: Pledge: 12:05 Charles Neville Noelle Case Introduction of Guests: none Tail Twister: Max Miller – Target fugitive Birthdays and Anniversaries None Mystery Guest From: Steve Winters To: Brian Pfifer Announcements: Cyrilla Galbreath – Cyrilla and Carl Scott attended the Partner’s in Education celebration on May 8th. They sat at the table with New Haven and asked us to be their Partner’s in Education. So we will partner with them. Cyrilla will call to see what we need to do to officially partner with them. Cinco de Mayo Social was a hit. Thanks to all that helped make it such a success. Soapbox Derby will have meeting in the club house on Tuesday, 5/12. Today’s Speakers May 11 - Max Miller – Habitat for Humanity Max volunteers with Habitat, an independent nonprofit organization. Max retired in January of 1995 and started helping with Habitat. History: It was started by Millard Fuller 1976. Jimmy Carter started helping 8 years after. It is an international organization. http://www.habitat.org/ Habitat builds for people in the 30-50th % income level. People have to have income, but usually can’t qualify for a loan. There were 4 people in Columbia that started the local Habitat for Humanity program. A typical house has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. Families that are selected are required to put in “sweat equity” to help build their home. Bringing Out The Best In Kids Since 1936 Contact Information Columbia Habitat for Humanity 1906 Monroe Street Columbia, MO 65201 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.showmehabitat.org/ Telephone: 573-499-1202 The first house was built in 1988 in Columbia. There are two groups that work on homes. “Saturday group”, these are usually volunteers that work during the week and have little experience and the “Old Geezers”; they are retired and work during the week. Habitat raises some money through the “restore”. Old appliances are donated and then resold. They raised $180,000 for this. http://www.showmehabitat.org/#!restore/cykt Everyone that gets a Habitat home goes through a financial and criminal background check. They want the families to be successful long term in the homes and to meet specific requirements of the organization. Many of the homes now are being built for immigrants. Many immigrants don’t have credit cards, and don’t have lots of consumer debt. Many of them can qualify, whereas many of those that are local may often have too much debt to meet the financial requirements. Mortgages are principal, taxes and insurance only. There is no interest paid on them. White Westinghouse provides range, refrigerator, etc. HVAC is paid by owner and is usually added into the mortgage. Every month $10 a month from the mortgage goes into an escrow fund for them. Upcoming Speakers May 18 - Alex Dzuick – Energy Educator, City of Columbia. Topic: Energy Generation at the City Landfill May 25 – NO MEETING (MEMORIAL DAY) June 1 – Brook Turk- Central MO Humane Society June 8 - Dr. Kathleen Lampitt, Associate Clinical Professor, College of Education, Univ. of Missouri June 15 – Stacey Button, President REDI June 22 – James L. Cook, DVM, PhD, William & Kathryn Allen Distinguished Professor in Orthopedic Surgery, Director, Comparative Orthopedic Laboratory, University of Missouri, Topic: Regenerative Orthopedics at Mizzou: Turning “what if” into “we can” June 29th – Dr. Churchill, OSHER July 1st - Joel Vance, “A Short Survey of Columbia Beer Joints of Years Past ” Adjourn with the Creed: 12:58 Optimistically Yours, Noelle Case, Secretary Bringing Out The Best In Kids Since 1936 A special thank you to Charles Neville so taking such great meeting notes (again). Bringing Out The Best In Kids Since 1936
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