100 East 8th Street, Suite 270
Holland, MI 49423
(616) 395-7919
Number 322
Monthly Bulletin
June 2015
Website: www.hope.edu/hasp
Email: hasp@hope.edu
Office Staff: Kim Mendels, Executive Director; Amy Berarducci, Administrative Assistant
MONTHLY PROGRAM
Date:
Time:
Place:
Program:
Monthly Program Chair: Peter Deede, hpdeede@aol.com
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
12:00 noon
Haworth Inn & Conference Center
Annual Business Meeting and Luncheon
Please plan to join your fellow HASP members at the Annual Business Meeting and Luncheon on Tuesday,
June 2, 2015, at the Haworth Inn and Conference Center. Annual reports from the six standing committees,
President,Treasurer, and Executive Director reports are included in this bulletin. Please take some time to read
this information. Your 2015 HASP Review will also be available for you at the luncheon. While there is no
additional fee for the luncheon it is extremely important that we have an accurate count for planning purposes.
Deadline for luncheon reservations is Monday, May 25th. Please call (395-7919) or email the office if you
have not already registered (hasp@hope.edu). No guests for the business meeting. Our lunch will be the
Michigan Orchard Salad~ mixed greens topped with grilled chicken breast, Michigan apple slices, dried
cherries, and sugared whole pecans, with poppy seed dressing. Each salad includes a roll and beverage. Please
contact the office if you have special dietary needs!
HASP continues to grow in membership and opportunities for learning and service to Hope College and our
community. The Board of Directors works to acknowledge and celebrate these opportunities as well as to
discuss and implement policies and decisions that support them and secure a strong future for HASP. A special
THANK YOU to our retiring Board members for their insight, leadership, dedication and support. We will miss
you!
Judy Parr – Curriculum
Bonnie Cowie - Membership
Jack Hyde – Member at Large
Jerry Hurtgen – Member at Large
As HASP members you are all volunteers and hundreds of you help through opportunities with our Service
committee, as course presenters and/or coordinators, committee members, office volunteers and participants.
Together we make HASP work and thrive to provide a multitude of opportunities to keep learning, exploring,
and serving. Thank you to all of you for the ways you contribute to the Academy, the college, and to our
community.
UPCOMING HASP MONTHLY PROGRAMS:
July 7, 2015 - World War I Overview (100th Anniversary) - Dr. Jonathan Hagood
August 4, 2015 – A History of Abraham Lincoln in Song and Verse - Chris Vahillo
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MEMBERSHIP
Membership Chair: Bonnie Cowie, dbcowie@sbcglobal.net
Membership Dues & Application Guidelines for Guests
It will soon be time to mail the annual dues notices. Statements will be mailed on or around June 15th. Dues are
payable by July 15th. It helps the office and the membership committee with processing if dues are paid on
time.
One section of the dues notice asks that you indicate your willingness to be involved in HASP. We want to
assure you that each form is read and the information recorded. That information is then distributed to the
committee chairmen.
If you have any questions regarding the renewal process, please feel free to contact me.
We also wanted to remind you that there are application guidelines for the end of the HASP year.
Applications received between April 10th and June 10th will be held in the HASP office. The accumulated
applications will be sent to the membership committee on June 10th. Those members will be introduced at the
July monthly meeting. NO new members will be introduced at the June meeting.
New members who submit applications between April 10 and July 1 will submit $100. This will be their
membership fee for the year beginning July 1. They may sign up for summer classes. They may not, however,
attend the June annual meeting luncheon.
Sympathy
We extend our sympathy to the family and friends of the following HASP member:
Tom Wolterink- Tom joined HASP in October of 2007 after a career as at Herman Miller and professor at
GVSU. He passed away on April 25, 2015. His spouse Sandy Buller is a member of HASP.
CURRICULUM
Curriculum Chair: Judy Parr, parr.judyandbill@gmail.com
Please note that the entire summer curriculum calendar and course descriptions are available on our website for
your reference: www.hope.edu/hasp
June Courses:
Please refer to your yellow calendar for the course schedule. We will only be publishing errors or changes to
the calendar.
Course Proposals for Fall Semester
The HASP curriculum sub committees are meeting to consider proposals submitted for Fall 2015 courses. If
you have an idea or proposal for a course, please submit the coarse proposal form to the appropriate curriculum
subject area chairperson prior to their meeting date listed below:
Fine Arts:
Meetings: TBD
Humanities: Sue Bohlander
hiker4625@gmail.com
Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, June 16th
Science, Medicine, Technology: Norma Killilea
Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, June 17th
335-3175
killilean@comcast.net
392-6664
Social Studies: Bill Parr parrjtwj@yahoo.com 546.3424
Meetings are scheduled for June 2 & June 23
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Artwork in the classroom: Madie, Abby, and Lilly Mendels, Anthony and Mia Berarducci, Kim and Amy’s
kids, will be the featured artists on display in the HASP classroom for the month of June.
COMMUNICATIONS
Communications Chair: Lorelle Eberly, jakelorelle@sbcglobal.net
Inquiring minds want to know! Who rode AMTRAK to the west coast? Who among us had dinner in
Kabul, Afghanistan? Who used to get baby chicks in the mail? Who learned to shave without a blade?
Hint: It’s a guy. One more Hint from Heloise: Learn why you should NOT use regular dish detergent in
your automatic dishwasher. The answers to these intriguing questions (and more) will be found as you
peruse the 2015 HASP Review.
Thanks again to all writers, artists and poets who contributed. The 2015 HASP Review will be available
for pick-up at our annual business luncheon on June 2 and through the HASP office afterward.
SERVICE
Service Chair: Larry Lynn, oldrun09@gmail.com
A Black River Thank You
In late April, Black River Elementary School was scheduled to be torn down and replaced by a new building
due to open in September. HASP received a request to assist with packing and then unpacking boxes in
temporary quarters. Nine of our members responded to this request. Barb Eriks, Black River coordinator for
this project, expressed her thanks with the following statement. “Please pass along my heartfelt gratitude to the
HASP volunteers who came out to help. I know their help put us way ahead of schedule. Because of their
gracious help, we were able to not only complete the move, but do it well in advance of what had been
anticipated.”
Escape Ministries Service Opportunity
At our April monthly meeting, Willie Watt, Director of Escape Ministries, provided us with the history and
goals of this Holland organization serving at-risk youth and their families. As outlined below, there is a need
for many and varied volunteers to support the challenges being faced in our community and using your talents
can certainly help make a difference.
For those who did not attend the April meeting, Escape Ministries’ mission is to inspire, equip and empower atrisk teens and young adults through faith to be tomorrow’s positive leaders. Volunteers are necessary for the
successful outcomes of our youth to be influenced by their knowledge, wisdom and acts of kindness by
donating time, talent and experience. Virtually any type of support can help make a difference. Some examples
include:
• Being a tutor and mentor to both middle and high school age students.
•
Assisting with community service projects and summer youth work programs.
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Serving on the Fund Development and Grant Writing Committee.
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Assisting with food pantry distribution as well as specialty needs (technology, social media, marketing,
etc.).
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Helping with youth athletic programs.
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Serving on the Escape Ministry Board of Directors.
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You can get more information on Escape Ministries at their website, www.escape-out.org. Should you wish
to volunteer, please contact HASP Service Coordinator Larry Lynn directly via email at
oldrun09@gmail.com who will provide you with the necessary information. Lastly, should you have any
creative suggestions on other resources that might be available to facilitate the goals of Escape Ministries,
including local employment and job skill training opportunities, please contact HASP member Peter Deede
at hpdeede@aol.com.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Special Events Chair: Jackie DeGroot, jackiedeg49@gmail.com
REGISTRATION FORMS FOR EVENTS ARE NEAR THE BACK OF THE BULLETIN
June- Historic Jackson Prison Tour- “From Historic Prison to Artistic Vision”, Tuesday, June 23, 2015,
7:15AM. - 6:30PM, $65 pp
*****Trip has 1 spot available, plus room for a wait list, if interested call office *****
After departing Smith Stadium at 7:15 a.m. with a rest stop for coffee and doughnuts, we will arrive at the
Historic Michigan Theatre of Jackson. If you wish, buy the best popcorn imaginable at the concession stand.
We will enjoy a brief tour of the Theatre followed by “Jacktown: The History of Michigan’s First State
Prison” - an interactive program of live storytelling, film, archival photos and audience participation. Lunch
(included) will follow at a local restaurant where more tales of prison life will be told by our guides. After
lunch we will tour Michigan’s First State Prison, now Armory Arts Village. The tour includes the Grand
Gallery built by inmate labor, the old solitary area and the seven large murals depicting prison history. We will
also tour an apartment (formerly 36 cells) and see works produced by resident artists. Estimated return to
Holland is 6:30 p.m. If you have any questions about the trip, please contact trip coordinator, Linda Walsh
616.335.3701, lindawalsh@mail2world.com.
Course offering that ties into this Special Event: On June 19th, Dan Heyns, Director of the Michigan
Department of Corrections, will be presenting a course at HASP on “Developments in the Field of Corrections”.
Look for more info when the summer HASP curriculum comes out. You will be able to sign up as you
normally would for this course.
July – Hope Summer Repertory Theatre, To Kill a Mockingbird- Wednesday, July 8, 2015,
6:00PM Dinner, 8:00PM Play, $30 pp(for dinner & play) $11 pp(dinner only)
Plan to join your HASP friends on July 8 for the Hope Summer Repertory Theater’s production of To Kill a
Mocking Bird. This was the book read along the Lakeshore this fall. First published in 1960, it has now
become a classic. We will meet in the Herrick Room (upstairs of DeWitt Theatre on Hope’s campus) for dinner
at 6:00pm and walk downstairs for the play begins at 8:00pm. Please make your reservation by July 1, 2015. If
you have already purchased your tickets for this night and would like to join us, cost for the dinner only is
$11pp. Questions…please contact event coordinator, Mary DeWitt, 616.772.9432 or dewitt29@sbcglobal.net.
August – Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids, MI, Monday, August 10, 2015, 8:15AM-12:15 PM, $15pp
On August 10, 2015, the Hope bus will leave the Ray and Sue Smith Stadium parking lot at 8:15 a.m. and go
the Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park to visit the new Richard and Helen DeVos Japanese Garden.
There is also an exhibit inside the building from museums in Japan that will feature the landscape of Shiga,
beauty in daily life, portraiture, devotional imagery, and a continuous video with additional information about
Shiga. The bus will depart Meijer Gardens at 11:30 a.m. and return to Holland by 12:15 p.m. (There is no meal
planned for this trip.) Cost for the trip will be $15.00 per person. Deadline for the sign up will be August 3,
2015. (If you are a member of the Meijer Garden and Sculpture Park the fee will be $7.00-for the bus only.
Please indicate this on your registration form; you must bring your membership card with you on August 10.)
If you have any questions, please contact trip coordinator, Jackie DeGroot, 616.399.9089,
jackiedeg49@gmail.com.
Summer curriculum is offering several classes on Japanese culture that will coordinate nicely with this
trip.
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Save the date:
September~Dodge Mansion Estate, Rochester, MI, Thursday, September 10, 2015, 7:00 AM-6:00 PM, $54pp
HASP Office/Executive Director News
Office Hours
Summer office hours: Mornings only Monday-Thursday, closed on Fridays
Coffee Cups: The coffee cups that we use for refreshments before classes are recyclable, please put them in the
bin that has a recycling note on it by the sink.
Results of the online survey that HASP members took for the Nursing Dept:
Technology and Exercise in Older Adults
Emilie O’Connor, Nursing Graduate (2015), Hope College
Susan Dunn, PhD, RN, Professor, Hope College Nursing Department
Technology has become increasingly more prevalent in our daily lives, including opportunities to use
technology to enhance one’s health. Exercise is an important component of health and is recommended for
individuals of all ages. Prior research has shown significant positive effects on health outcomes when
technology has been used in the form of phone or internet-based messages, including successful weight loss and
smoking cessation. However, more research is needed to investigate the relationship between technology and
improved exercise habits.
The overall purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between frequency of exercise and
perceived understanding and use of technology in individuals over 60 years of age. A 10-item survey was
distributed to members of the Hope Academy of Senior Professionals (HASP) online using Survey Monkey
during February 2015. The survey was distributed to 532 individuals and 236 responded (44% response rate).
The age of the respondents ranged from 60 to 95 years, with an average age of 74 years. Gender comparison
showed more women (63%) then men (37%) responded to the survey.
Participants were asked to rank their level of understanding of technology and their value of technology on a
scale from 1-10. Results showed that, on average, participants perceived their level of understanding of
technology to be moderately high (6.11 on a scale of 1 to 10) and their value of technology to be higher (7.69 on
a scale of 1 to 10). The participants reported exercising fairly frequently, on an average of 3.58 days per week.
The researchers examined relationships among variables and found a moderately strong correlation between
understanding of technology and value of technology (r= 0.53, p= 0.01). When the data was compared by
gender, it was found that men rated themselves as having a higher level of understanding of technology than
women. Men said they understood technology at an average level of 6.56, whereas women reported an average
level of understanding of 5.83(on scale of 1 to 10). In examining exercise frequency and use of technology,
individuals who use technology when they exercise reported exercising one day a week more than individuals
who do not use technology when exercising (see table below).
Exercise Frequency
(Possible range=
0 to 7 days per week)
Use of Technology
during Exercise
Mean (SD)
No (n= 165)
3.31 (1.79)
Yes (n=68)
t-test
p-value
-3.940
0.000*
4.29 (1.59)
* = statistically significant
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Researchers also asked individuals about the potential use of a technology as a reminder or motivator to
exercise. Participants were asked which of the following types of technology they would prefer to use as a
motivator to exercise: 1) cell-phone text reminder, 2) phone call reminder, or 3) e-mail reminder. A greater
percentage of individuals (63%) indicated a preference for an e-mail reminder, with 32% preferring a cell phone
reminder, and only 5% preferring a phone call (see graph below).
In conclusion, participants who described using technology during exercise reported exercising more frequently
than those who did not use technology. When given several options of technology reminders, respondents
reported a preference for email reminders, with a second choice being phone text reminders. Study results
suggest that a technology reminder in the form of an email or cell phone text (patient’s choice) may be
successful in encouraging individuals to exercise more frequently. Study findings will be applied to a larger
study examining the use of email and cell phone text reminders to promote exercise in individuals with heart
disease.
The researchers would like to take the opportunity to thank all of the HASP members who participated in this
study. Your time in completing the survey was appreciated!
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HASP President
Annual Report 2015
Recently, one of our members (and a friend) asked me if I was enjoying being your president. This is
interesting, I thought, since several others had made a similar inquiry during the past year. What sort of answer
were these individuals expecting? “Enjoyable” is great term but wasn’t the first adjective I anticipated using
when I agreed to this role a year ago. However, that’s changed, and I assured them and now all of you that I
have thoroughly enjoyed this experience. The benefits I have received far outweigh any effort I have exerted,
and I’ve made many new friends and come to know and appreciate all of you so much more.
I’ll share a secret, and this has a lot to do with HASP’s success. When I was in med school, someone gave me
the nickname, “Dugal”. The origin of this is totally unknown, but the label stuck and often morphed into
“Frugal Dugal”. I think the character of my West Michigan upbringing had become evident in that I could
recognize and enjoyed a good deal when I saw one, and HASP indeed is a good deal. Do you realize that with
our frugal annual budget of approximately $100,000, you could buy a loaded Tesla automobile or some other
expensive adult toy? Think about it! Which is the better value? For that money, nearly 700 of us enjoy a yearlong opportunity for continued learning, fun, and fellowship including twelve monthly meetings (one with a
great lunch and all with excellent coffee and cookies), 109 mind-stimulating courses, field trips, service
opportunities, Hope College connections, and almost a guarantee of staying younger mentally and physically.
We’ve surveyed Midwest groups similar to HASP, and consistently our dues and course fees are less than
theirs; and our dues are unchanged since 2010. What a bargain we have, and we’re receiving increased value
rather than owning some expensive toy that starts depreciating immediately.
Our hard-working staff and huge volunteer effort make this possible. Kim Mendels, our Executive Director,
and Amy Berarducci, our Administrative Assistant, are officially part-time employees; but they give us much
more in terms of time and effort. Both were found to be “outstanding” in this year’s evaluations, and very
clearly HASP would not happen without them. Our course leaders volunteer their efforts (that’s many of you),
and monthly meeting speakers typically receive only a small stipend. As in prior years, we have been able to
operate in the black and generate a small surplus.
But, we have challenges that are opportunities. Our membership is growing, and this leads to the need for
larger meeting and classrooms. I don’t have to tell you that parking is a significant problem that has little
prospect for solution in the near future. As we grow, it’s more difficult for us to really get to know each other
and integrate new members. We need more sophisticated information technology to keep track of ourselves,
streamline registrations for courses and other activities, and manage our financial issues. Fortunately, these are
healthy problems.
Reorienting and redefining our relationship with Hope College has been a major agenda item for your board this
year, and figuring this out could help with the above challenges. HASP and Hope have similar needs, and each
will benefit by finding mutual solutions. According to our Constitution, we are a “branch” of Hope College, but
no one can define “branch” in this context. Perhaps our founders intended to keep our relationship vague since
HASP is not on Hope’s organizational flow chart. Stay tuned for further developments.
I’d planned on giving you a short report, so I apologize for my verbosity. I’m proud to be a member of HASP
and enjoy telling others about it. We are healthy, and our future is bright. Thank you again for the very
enjoyable and rewarding opportunity to serve you.
Doug Walvoord, President
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HASP Executive Director
Annual Report 2015
I think I will deem 2014-2015 fiscal year as one of perseverance and patience. To be honest…I feel I’ve run out
of patience a few times and hope that did not affect too many of you ☺. We are growing beyond our current
capacity in numerous ways and although these are great “problems” to have, answers/solutions have at times
been slow in coming as we work with Hope to better define our needs and relationship. We will persevere.
The summer began with evaluating our survey results from last spring, a record number of summer courses, our
annual audit, and touring a possible new building followed by discussions as to whether or not Hope and HASP
would buy it and possibly move our offices/classrooms. This possibility died when we realized too many
renovations would be needed to make it work for HASP and the current occupants decided to stay and rebuild
themselves. What we did accomplish from this brief whirlwind of activity was to raise the awareness that
HASP is outgrowing our current space and needs to be considered in the college’s plan as we move forward
with new buildings, acquisition of additional space, and strategic planning. We are grateful for the strong
response from our survey last spring as that information has helped guide us in our discussions.
The HASP Executive Committee of the Board and I have been involved in numerous meetings with several key
leaders in various Hope departments. With the transition of a new VP for Public Affairs and Marketing and for
Development and Alumni Engagement at Hope, we have worked to familiarize them with HASP’s mission,
goals and needs. Mary Remenschneider, our Hope Liaison, has been key in making these meetings possible.
President Walvoord and I have also met with charter members and past leadership of HASP for input. At this
time, we continue to evaluate what, where and how HASP best fits into the college’s organizational system and
the Board will carefully evaluate the best option and report back to our membership.
We are in a time of positive growth – in membership, courses and participation – great challenges! However,
they have raised the urgency of our need for efficiency in terms of how we manage our membership data,
registrations, communications, record keeping, etc. To this end, we have begun the process of entering our
membership data into the college’s BANNER/Blite system – a software program Hope uses with the assistance
of CIT (Computer Information Technology) office. This is a slow and tedious process but as we work toward
learning and using all the options it will be far more efficient for us in the future and change is coming.
Another exciting development is that beginning in the fall HASP will have its first student intern/employee. We
look forward to welcoming our scholarship student, Spencer Westley, into this role. He will be with us a few
hours a week and will primarily be assigned special projects as he is a business and communications major who
loves working with our population. I know you will give him a warm welcome.
Our financial status is strong with more revenue in membership dues and courses than we expected so I thank
you for your strong involvement and support of HASP curriculum. I urge you to continue supporting HASP in
whatever ways you can – SERVICE to Hope and community opportunities, SERVICE to HASP on a
committee, participation in courses, monthly meetings and special events, as well as your financial support/gifts
to our HASP Endowment Fund and/or one of our scholarships. It will be important to grow our Endowment
Fund as it supports our lease agreement with Hope and ultimately will give us more choices about our future.
I have been with you eight years now this month as Executive Director and with each passing year it gets harder
and harder to say good-bye to members we have valued and lost. The relationships we develop in HASP are in
my opinion, the greatest benefit but at times the greatest cost too as they are deeply missed. I am grateful to be
part of this journey with you and for my faithful office partner and friend, Amy Berarducci. May we continue
to bless each other, Hope College, and our community.
Kimberly Mendels, Executive Director
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HASP Treasurer
Annual Report 2015
A reminder again that the attached financial statement is presented on the cash basis. The May and June bills
from Hope have not yet been received. A final financial statement will be published in the September
newsletter after the yearly audit has been completed.
HASP now has three endowed funds under the management of Hope College. The HASP Endowment/Facilities
Fund which was launched in 1997. This fund subsidizes our annual rent/lease agreement for our classroom and
office space in the Anderson Werkman building. We pay $8,000 per year of our yearly operating budget, plus a
4.5% draw from this endowment fund to pay for this space. The market value of this fund at March 31st of this
year is $296,386.
The HASP Endowed Scholarship was founded in 2003 by the Board of Directors with $25,000.
This fund supports one student per year (junior or senior status) with the required performance and financial
need. The current market value of this fund is $57,827.
The HASP Members Scholarship was funded in March of 2014 with $50,000 from HASP reserve/operating
funds. This fund is the same as the above scholarship except that it is available only to a first year student. The
current market value is $53,662.
HASP has continued to operate in a fiscally conservative manner and tries to adhere closely to the budget which
takes into account dues and course registration income which covers our expenditures with very little surplus.
This budget does not include additional gifts to the endowment funds. We encourage members to continue to
give to the endowment fund and scholarship funds as they are able to secure their future growth.
Jeanne Gerow
HASP Treasurer
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HASP - Hope College
Budget Vs. Actual
July 1, 2014 thru May 20, 2015
Receipts
Lifetime Membership Dues
Lifetime Membership Dues
Discount
Membership Dues
Mini-course Receipts
Interest Earned
Special Events Income
Total Receipts
Budget
Jul ’14-Jun ‘15
$1,400.00
$(1,400.00)
Actual
July 1, ’14 thru May 20, ‘15
$1,400.00
$(1,400.00)
Budget
July ’15-Jun’15
$1,500.00
$(1,500.00)
$62,500.00
$25,500.00
$2,000.00
$-
$65,400.00
$26,439.00
$1,940.82
$1,475.48
$65,000.00
$27,000.00
$2,000.00
$-
$90,000.00
$95,255.30
$94,000.00
Disbursements
Salaries (PT Exec Dir & PT Adm
Asst)
Payroll Expense
Rent-Office/Classroom
Additional Rent
Hospitality
Mini-Course Expenses
Monthly Meeting
Monthly Meeting Honorarium
Orientation
Annual Luncheon
Gifts and Recognition
Postage and Delivery
Copy Costs
Communications
Supplies
Telephone
Repairs
Equipment Expense
Board Expense
Miscellaneous Expense
Total Disbursements
$41,437.00
$38,148.90
$45,051.00
$6,288.00
$8,000.00
$1,000.00
$1,400.00
$1,200.00
$11,000.00
$1,400.00
$300.00
$6,000.00
$300.00
$4,750.00
$1,850.00
$$1,500.00
$500.00
$250.00
$1,200.00
$800.00
$825.00
$90,000.00
$5,726.38
$8,000.04
$$2,047.89
$1,045.42
$8,940.00
$770.65
$210.37
$5,613.80
$559.13
$3,438.89
$1,032.97
$294.00
$1,188.41
$331.15
$$36.63
$740.10
$289.90
$78,414.63
$6,589.00
$8,000.00
$1,000.00
$1,800.00
$800.00
$11,000.00
$1,400.00
$500.00
$6,000.00
$200.00
$5,000.00
$1,850.00
$500.00
$1,500.00
$500.00
$250.00
$800.00
$800.00
$460.00
$94,000.00
Surplus
$-
$16,840.67
$-
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HASP Monthly Program Committee
Annual Report 2015
The HASP Program Committee was successfully able to provide monthly programs without any weather or
other unexpected challenges. As outlined below, the programs covered a broad range of topics that, hopefully,
proved both informative and stimulating.
The following HASP members currently comprise the Program Committee: Joyce Elferdink, Andree Keneau,
Karen Michmerhuizen, Marilyn Norman, Jerry Redeker (retiring as of June 30), Ted Vanderveen, Al Ver
Schure, Mary Voss and Peter Deede (Chairperson).
The monthly programs included:
July 2014: Loreen Niewenhuis, Thousand Mile Walk
August 2014: Dr. Barb DePree, Aging Health Issues
September 2014: Travis Williams, Outdoor Discovery Center
October 2014: Ryan Cotton, Holland 2020
November 2014: Bing Goei, MI Office for New Americans
December 2014: Major Dugan, Salvation Army Holiday Program
January 2015: Mike Goorhouse, Holland Zeeland Community Foundation
February 2015: Kay Walvoord, Holland Symphony Orchestra History
March 2015: Steve Vanderveen, Hope College Center for Faithful Leadership
April 2015: Willie Watt, Escape Ministries, At-Risk Youth
May 2015: Mary Dailey Brown, Sow Hope Empowering Women
June 2015: HASP Annual Business Meeting
Respectfully submitted,
Peter Deede, Monthly Program Chairperson
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HASP Membership Committee
Annual Report 2015
The membership committee reviewed all 2014 dues renewal forms and all comments were forwarded to board
members. The names of members wishing to volunteer were given to the appropriate committee chairpersons.
In addition to greeting new members and guests at the monthly meetings, new member biographies were
provided for publication in the monthly newsletter. The HASP membership committee sponsored an
orientation meeting for new members on November 4, 2014. An April orientation was cancelled due to the
small number of new members able to attend. This group of new members will be included in the fall new
member orientation. The committee reviewed all committee procedures and job descriptions and discussed
necessary changes with the Executive Director. The office will take over preparing the biography information
for the monthly newsletter. The committee decided to eliminate the mentor letter for new members. A check
list will now be provided to each mentor. The check list will provide suggestions to help encourage new
members to become involved in HASP.
Membership June 1, 2014 to May 15, 2015
New Members
Reinstatements
Resignations
Deceased
Total Membership as of June 1, 2014
Net Gain in Membership since June, 1 2014
65
8
32
11
665
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We fondly remember those who have died since our last annual meeting:
David VerLee
Louis Benes
James Townsend
Jacque Bakker
Bob Dorton
Bill Andresen
John Daly
Helena Winter
Elaine Jekel
Richard Huff
Tom Wolterink
June 4, 2014
July 30, 2014
September 8, 2014
September 17, 2014
October 3, 2014
October 16, 2014
December 2, 2014
February 5, 2015
March 5, 2015
March 30, 2015
April 25, 2015
Committee members serving this year have been: Bonnie Cowie, Chairman; Leona Huston Membership
Secretary; Anne DuMez, Recording Secretary; Marilyn Lynn, New Member Contact; Carla Ver Schure,
Orientation; Betty Voskuil, Biographies; Terri Holden, Ex-officio and HASP Vice President; and Kim
Mendels, ex-officio and HASP Executive Director. I would like to thank Anne DuMez and Marilyn Lynn who
are completing their three years of service on the committee. The committee will be welcoming Ann Siakel as
New Member Contact and Ann Worthington as Recording Secretary. Betty Voskuil will serve as the new
chairperson. It has been a privilege for me to serve as chairperson of this committee for the past three years.
Bonnie Cowie
Membership Chairman
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HASP Curriculum Committee
Annual Report 2015
As we complete the 2014–15 year, we give thanks to those who are retiring from the Curriculum committee.
Judy Parr has completed 8 years of service, including 2 as chair of Humanities and 3 as Curriculum chair.
Barbara Stegink, who has served 6 years on the Fine Arts committee, 5 years as chair, will become
Curriculum chair. Members who are completing service in subject area committees include the following: Fine
Arts—Dianne Hoyt, Mary Porter, and Chris Walvoord; Humanities—Sara Leeland; Science, Technology,
and Medicine—Terri Holden and Gerry Van Wyngarden; and Social Studies—TomArendshorst.
Chairs of the Curriculum committee for the 2015-16 program year will be
Curriculum chair:
Barbara Stegink
Fine Arts chair:
TBD
Humanities chair:
Sue Bohlander
Science, Medicine and Technology chair:
Norma Killilea
Social Studies chair:
Bill Parr
During the 2014-15 HASP program year, which began in the summer of 2014, HASP offered 108 courses. 23
were in Fine Arts, 29 in Humanities, 36 in Social Studies, and 20 in Science, Medicine and Technology.
Compare this with 94 courses offered in the previous program year: 22 in Fine Arts, 29 in Humanities, 23 in
Social Studies, and 20 in Science, Technology, and Medicine. The percentage of HASP members as presenters
was 41% in summer, 54% in fall, and 53% in winter-spring. Last year’s percentages were summer 66%, fall
58%, and winter-spring 54%.
As we had initiated in January 2013, in July 2014 the full Curriculum committee met to share ideas and discuss
ways to improve the idea-to-proposal-to-presentation-to-evaluation process.
We revised the Course
Coordinator Checklist and developed a similar checklist for course presenters.
We continue to encourage more members to engage in the life-long learning experience that is the heart of
HASP and to volunteer to coordinate and present courses and serve on the subject area committees that
comprise the Curriculum Committee.
With thanks to Administrative Assistant Amy Berarducci, who compiled much of the data, and Executive
Director Kim Mendels, who helped us schedule courses and kept them running smoothly, I submit this report to
the HASP membership.
Judy Parr, HASP Curriculum Committee chair, June 2015
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HASP Communications Committee
Annual Report 2015
Committee Members: Jack Hyde, editor-in-chief; Donna Bogle, art editor; Jan Gebben, Ralph Gutierrez, Mary
Heideman, Char Leaske, Eileen Nordstrom, Cecil Williams and Lorelle Eberly, chair.
Jan Gebben, Char Leaske and Eileen Nordstrom joined the committee in 2014-15. Amy Hendrickson, Barbara
Bakker, and Julie Sanders will be joining our committee this next year, and we are hoping to add one or two
more members. Donna Bogle, Ralph Gutierrez, Mary Heideman, and Cecil Williams have served faithfully for
three years or more and will be leaving the committee. We thank them for their contributions. For 2015-16,
Jan Gebben will be our art editor, and Lorelle Eberly will chair the committee one more year.
HASP Review: The twenty-fourth edition of the HASP Review has been edited and organized by the
committee from the essays, memoirs, articles, stories, poems and artwork contributed. Submissions came from
39 HASP members: thirty contributed poems, essays, short stories—eight of whom were first–time writers for
the HASP Review. Twenty-seven original art pieces were created by nine illustrators. A photographic essay was
put together by a camera artist, and a magnetic collection of letters was positioned and photographed for the
cover by artist Andree Kenau. This committee is deeply indebted to the excellent organizational skills of our
editor-in-chief Jack Hyde, without whom we cannot imagine publishing this2015 HASP Review.
Monthly solicitations of members’ work appeared in the HASP bulletin throughout the year. Outside the HASP
classroom Donna Bogle and Jan Gebben placed posters encouraging contributions; we also placed tent cards on
the tables at a few of the monthly HASP general meetings. We would like to see more than five (5) per cent of
our HASP members contribute to The Review. Any and all suggestions are welcome.
The Committee is grateful to have received such a wide variety of both returning and new contributors’
creations. Each submission was carefully reviewed by at least two editors before being placed in the HASP
Review. The committee reserves the right to edit for clarity and space considerations.
The Committee also greatly values the helpful assistance given by Executive Director Kim Mendels, office
assistant Amy Berarducci and the Hope College printing office in producing the 2015 Review.
In June the 2015 HASP Review—a representation of the many voices and talents of our members—will once
again be put into the hands of our HASP members to enjoy. We look forward to beginning work on the 2016
Review, the twenty-fifth edition this fall.
Lorelle Eberly, 2014-15 chair
HASP Service Committee
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Annual Report 2015
The HASP Service Committee continues providing volunteers to the greater Holland community and Hope College. The
areas of membership involvement are listed below.
Volunteering for Hope College Classes
During the fall semester, HASP volunteers were able to fill 94 positions for 16 out of 19 requests. Several HASP members
again volunteered more than once. One of these requests was from Richard Ray, Provost of Hope College who was
teaching a First Year Seminar. In his thank you to the HASP volunteers he included this statement: “It’s wonderful to see
the many marvelous ways in which HASP members interact with our students.” During the spring semester, there were 9
requests for volunteers. HASP members were able to fill 81 positions. This included five HASP members who gave
lectures for a human health issues class on the topics speech pathology, nutrition, virology and viral diseases, hospice
care, and brain-physiology connections. The professor was very pleased with the expertise of the HASP volunteers!
Elliot Tanis
Tulip Time Trolley Guides
The HASP guides were happy with route changes this year that made Tulip Time trolley tours more fun for the guides and
the tourists. The tours continued to have “hop on hop off” locations at Windmill Island and the Cappon House. The
Windmill Island hop off continues to be very popular. The number of planned tours (222) was the same as last year. A
record number of guides (46) were on the roster of which 18 were new. Twenty eight HASP members acted as guides this
year. The festival was affected by very nice weather the first weekend. Cool and rainy weather was frequent the remainder
of the festival.
Larry Lynn
Baggie Books
The program is a homework reading program started by Melinda Mendels, Academic Coach, at Glerum Elementary
school. It was expanded to the Woodside Elementary school in September 2013. The student population in both schools is
considered “at risk”. Research from the Glerum program demonstrates positive results at all reading levels. Glerum had
about 60 volunteers this year, 20 were HASP members. Woodside School had about 50 volunteers with only 5 HASP
members. Because Glerum is shutting down at the end of the semester, plans are being made to expand the program at
Woodside where 120 volunteers are needed beginning this September. It is anticipated that most of the volunteers at
Glerum will transfer to Woodside in September.
Isla Ver Muelen
Grand Rapids Symphony Concerts
Fifteen volunteers helped direct the seating of students and teachers from West Michigan elementary schools at the
January 27th concert at Zeeland High School. The venue was well attended. The February 17th concert at Central Wesleyan
had 20 volunteers to help with a disappoint turnout. The number of volunteers requested continues to be too high. When
volunteers have too little to do at the concerts they are less apt to return in the following years.
Myra Karachy
Other Ongoing Service Projects
SCORE – 3 volunteers
Holland Free Health Clinic – 7 volunteers
New Service Projects
Boys and Girls Club – 2 volunteers
Hope College Upward Bound Program – 1 volunteer
Holland Hospital – 2 volunteers
Black River Elementary School – 7 volunteers
We thank you for your involvement in service to Hope College and the Holland community.
The committee consists of Larry Lynn (Chairman), Ann Anderson, Don Cowie, Marie Hamilton, Myra Karachy,
Elliot Tanis, David Tapley and Isla VerMeulen.
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HASP Special Events Committee
Annual Report
Committee Members: Jane Dalman, Henry and Char Stegenga, Judy Nolan, John and Sharon Blom, Judy
Nolan, Mary Reid-Selth, Peter and Linda Walsh, Judie Zylman, Peg VanGrouw, Mary Toppen-Palma, Mary
DeWitt, Carol Rickey, John and Diane Thornton and Jackie DeGroot.
Leaving the committee this year: Jane Dalman, Henry and Char Stegenga, Judy Nolan, Peter and Linda Walsh.
Activities of the Special Events committee for the past fiscal year:
Date
July
Aug.
Sept
Sept.
Oct.
Dec.
Jan
Feb
March
April
April
May
June
Event
2014
Grandparents/grandchild day
HSRT Dinner and play
ArtPrizeI
ArtPrizeII
Traverse City
GVSU Christmas Program
2015
No program planned
Dinner Theater-- cancelled
GR Choir of Men and Boys
Kentucky multi day trip
Spring Fling
Chicago-Frank Lloyd Wright tour
Historic Jackson Michigan Prison Tour
Number of Participants
29
20
45
44
47
44
48
25
122
39
45
Jackie DeGroot, Special Events Chairperson
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Special Events Registration Forms:
Historic Jackson Prison Tour, Jackson
June 23, 2015
$65 per person
Name(s): __________________________________________________________
Your cell phone number(s): __________________________________________
Emergency Contact & Ph #: __________________________________________
Lunch choice (all are served with home-made chips, a side salad, cold drinks, hot coffee or tea and a dessert of
vanilla ice cream):
_______ The Burglar’s Beef (Roast beef and cheese on a Kaiser bun)
_______ Fowl Play (Grilled Chicken Breast on a Kaiser bun)
_______ The Warden’s Special (Vegetarian wrap)
Dinner & HSRT Evening
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
$ 30 pp Dinner & Play, $11 pp Dinner only
Name(s): ____________________________________________________________
Please indicate one of the following:
________ Dinner & Play
________ Dinner only
Please initial your dinner selection. All dinners include a roll, cookie and refreshment.
________ Bowtie Grilled Chicken Pasta Salad: Grilled chicken strips served on a bed of romaine lettuce,
With chilled Bowtie Pasta, Parmesan cheese, tomatoes, black olives, red onion, hard boiled egg,
and parmesan peppercorn dressing
________ Strawberry Balsamic Grilled Chicken Salad: Spring mix organic greens topped with balsamic
Marinated grilled chicken strips, strawberries, tomato, basil, red onion, and choice of dressing
Special Dietary Request: _____________________________________________________
Meijer Gardens
Monday, August 10, 2015
$15 per person
Name(s): ______________________________________________________________
Emergency contact name & phone number: ________________________________________
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