100 East 8th Street, Suite 270
Holland, MI 49423
(616) 395-7919
Number 304
Monthly Bulletin
December 2013
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:
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
9:00 AM refreshments, 9:30 AM program
Haworth Conference Center, Hope College
HASP Celebrates the Season
Kids Healing Kids, a Journey of Faith from a God FAX in 1993 – Bobbi Kearns, Director
Tintinnabulation Bell Ringers – David Newton, Director
HASP Sing-Along – Led by Marilyn Chamberlain & Joan Conway
This year we will be experiencing three different programs during a single meeting to help us begin the Christmas holiday
season. First, we will learn about a wonderful children’s initiative called Kids Healing Kids, a volunteer choir made up of
children in the third, fourth and fifth grades from various West Ottawa Public Schools. Bobbi Kearns, a music teacher in
the West Ottawa Public Schools will tell her story of creating a volunteer organization of children with the goal of
encouraging every sick child in the world. This journey of faith changed her life and the lives of the members and their
families. Kids Healing Kids has received many awards including a Points of Light Citation from President Clinton, the
Governor's Exemplary Youth Award from Governor Engler, The Take a Bigger Role Award with ceremonies in
Washington D.C., The Communicator Award for film and the Herman W. Coleman Human Relations Award from the
Michigan Education Association. Bobbi has also been a speaker at State and International conferences on community
service. She also was the closing presenter in Oxford, England for a week long conference on quality education.
The next phase of our December meeting will involve listening to a hand bell choir. The Tintinnabulation Ringers of First
United Methodist Church of Holland was formed as a chime choir for retirees in the 1990s. The group eventually moved
on to hand bells and plays anthems for worship services at the church. Occasionally the ensemble of ten members will
play at places such as Appledorn and Warm Friend. The ensemble plays 3 octaves of hand bells plus choir chimes. David
Newton, the Worship Arts Director for the church, has been directing the Tintinnabulation Ringers for nine years. The
program will include Christmas and Sacred selections.
The last portion of our program involves each of you as we enjoy some of our favorite holiday tunes in a HASP singalong. HASP member Marilyn Chamberlain will lead us in song while Joan Conway will provide the piano
accompaniment. This should provide the perfect beginning to our Christmas season and we look forward to enjoying the
fine voices of our HASP membership.
UPCOMING HASP MONTHLY PROGRAMS:
Tuesday, January 7 - Holland Outdoor Discovery Center Macatawa Greenway; Travis Williams, Executive Director
Tuesday, February 4 – Lessons Learned from a Million Miler – Betty Voskuil
MONHLY MEETING PARKING:
Lot Z – behind Anderson-Werkman building is reserved for HASP members (marked
with orange cones), there are some available spaces in Lot U (for Haworth guests, behind the Kepple House by Dykstra Hall), Pillar
Church lower level parking lot (which you CAN park in the spots labeled “Pillar Church only”), street parking where available, and
the lot behind New Holland Brewery and 84 East where available. The newer downtown parking ramp is also a great option! If you
live at Freedom Village, please consider taking their bus over
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MEMBERSHIP
We welcome the following new members:
KAROLA SCHAICH
Profession: Paralegal, Travel Agent, Administrative Asst, Freelance Translator
Education: Handelsschule Voelker, Berufsschule fuer Anwalts-und Notarsgehilfen, Berlitz School of
Languages
Hobbies: Reading, music, bridge, golf, tennis, bowling
Mentor: Lynne Frey
JUDI DEAN SLOAN
Profession: Nursing
Education: Penn State University, Union College
Hobbies: Antique collecting, travel, therapy dogs
Mentor: Bob & Jan Benningfield
We extend our sympathy to the family and friends of the following HASP members…
Evie Smallegan ~ Evie was a charter member of HASP and the first HASP secretary. She was also a
secondary English teacher. Evie passed away on October 19, 2013.
Max Murphy ~ Max joined HASP in November of 2005 after a career as an attorney. He passed away
on October 30, 2013.
Gisela Strand ~ Gisela was a member of HASP since April 2004. Prior to that she was a professor of
German at Hope. Gisela passed away on November 6, 2013.
CURRICULUM
Courses
Please note that the entire autumn curriculum calendar and course descriptions are available on our website for
your reference: www.hope.edu/hasp
It is not too late to sign up for any course that is not full. Please do not show up for a course that is full, as there
are more than likely members on a waiting list.
December Courses:
Adoptions: Domestic and International – Mondays, December 2 & 9 @ 9:30 AM
History of Delft Pottery – Monday, December 2 @ 1:00 PM
Geography of China – Wednesdays, December 4, 11 @ 9:30 AM
Holy Habits – Thursdays, December 5, 12 @ 9:30 AM (Course is full)
Geography of Japan, Korea and Taiwan – Friday, December 6 @ 9:30 AM
Books & Writers – Tuesday, December 10 @ 9:30 AM
*Writing Memoirs – Wednesday, December 11 @ 1:00 PM
(*indicates course meets in conference room)
Please consider joining us…
An ADOPTIONS course is scheduled for Mondays, December 2 & 9 at 9:30-11:00.
On December 2, a panel of people will share their experiences with domestic adoptions, which are very
different than in the past. The panel will include an adoptive parent.
On December 9, a panel of five HASP members who are parents and/or grandparents of children from Mexico,
Guatemala, Korea, Russia, and Romania will share the joys and challenges of these adoptions. A PowerPoint
will include many pictures of the adoptive children and their parents and grandparents.
HASP Classroom Art Display:
On display in December will be some holiday collages by Mary Porter.
Any HASP artist/photographer who wishes to show their work in February or later, please contact the HASP
office or Mary Porter at 335.2904 or m.porter95@yahoo.com.
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COMMUNICATION
The Communications wants you—your essays and poetry and art work. What are you doing this year to make
Thanksgiving special? In what creative ways have you and your family given thanks? Do you have special
memories of past Thanksgivings? What is an early memory of sharing Thanksgiving with others?
What about Christmas this year or a Christmas past? Have you created any special gifts, surprised anyone with
a special visit? What traditions have you established--SinterKlaus, caroling, trimming the tree, Epiphany?
Please consider sharing an experience with others through the HASP Literary 2014. They may be dropped off
at the HASP office.
SERVICE
An Update on the Baggie Books Program at two local elementaries…
Baggie Books is a reading program set up by Melinda Mendels, an academic coach at Glerum and Woodside
Elementary Schools in the West Ottawa School District. The students, kindergarten through fifth grade, read an
appropriate leveled book each school night with a family member and each day at school with a volunteer. The
success of the program at Glerum last year as measured by test scores was outstanding. On November
25th, Baggie Books will begin at Woodside. Many Hasp members are working as volunteers once a week.
Twenty nine out of the 46 volunteers are HASP members. Kudos to HASP for supporting this educational
success! Melinda Mendels will present a HASP course on Monday morning, January 13. She will detail the
program using statistics, research and videos of children and teachers involved in the program.
If you would like to volunteer, contact Melinda at mendelsm@westottawa.net. Many more volunteers are
needed at Woodside Elementary School located at 2591 North Division Avenue.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Guests: Please note our policy on guests as it relates to Special Events, taken from the Special Events
Operational Guidelines.
“Reservations for non-HASP member spouses and friends will only be taken when the “wait-list” of members
has been exhausted.”
December – Very English Christmas: Music of the Season from the British Isles: Monday, December 9,
2013, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM, Cost: $5.00 per person
The bus for this event is full and currently has a wait list of 20. But, you are certainly
welcome to go on your own. This is not a ticketed event, it is general admission. The
church seats at least 1600 so there should be plenty of availability.
Celebrate the holidays with a performance featuring a selection of popular British Christmas music. Many of
our most cherished holiday traditions originate from the British Isles. Two GVSU Choirs—University Arts
Chorale and Cantate—will be performing and the orchestra will be GVSU Faculty, students, and guests from
the Grand Rapids Symphony. This concert is a gift to the community from GVSU, and there is no charge for the
concert. Musical selections will run the full gamut from the beloved Coventry Carol to the more modern
Brother Heinrich’s Christmas, and end with the magnificent and uplifting Gloria by John Rutter. We will leave
from the Ray Smith Stadium at13th and Fairbanks at 7:00 p.m. and return by 10:00 p.m.
The concert will be at Fountain Street Church in Grand Rapids.
If you have questions, please contact Jackie DeGroot at jackiedeg49@gmail.com.
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January – The January Series, January 9, 2014 at 12:30pm Cost: No charge
The Special Events Committee has selected January 9 to attend the January Series at Christ Memorial Church
located at 595 Graafschap Road in Holland. The speaker that day will be Senator Olympia Snow. Ms. Snow’s
topic will be “Fighting for Common Ground: How We Can Fix the Stalemate in Congress.” The event starts at
12:30. Transportation is on your own. There will not be a luncheon this year. Participants can eat before the
event or bring a lunch along. Following the speaker, we will have a discussion. Arrangements have been made
for the HASP members to view the speaker in the Jerusalem Room at CMC. Please call or email the HASP
office by Monday, January 6th, if you plan to attend so proper seating will be available, 616.395.7919 or
berarducci@hope.edu.
You can read more about the speaker and the entire January Series at www.calvin.edu/january/2014
HASP Office News
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In our renewal notices this year we had an opportunity for each member to check a box indicating if you
would like to receive the bulletin via email. This is the second month for that to take effect. It is our
hope that we got them all correct, sometimes we were unsure whether one spouse wanted email and one
hard copy, so if you are not receiving it the way you would like to, please notify Amy in the office,
395.7919 or berarducci@hope.edu.
The HASP office will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday Wednesday, November 27 – Friday,
November 29th. We will also be closed in conjunction with the Hope College Campus shutdown for the
Christmas and New Year’s holidays from Friday, December 20, 2013- Friday, January 3, 2014. We will
reopen on Monday, January 6th.
New signage for the Hope parking lots is being installed. HASP members are able to park in lots
labeled ‘F’ for Faculty/Staff.
Please check your book shelves for HASP books and DVDs. It seems there are a few items that are
missing but not signed out or returned. Please remember to sign items in and out in the white binder.
There is now a photo gallery from the 25th Anniversary HASP June luncheon on our website if you are
interested. Go to hope.edu/hasp and click on the link HASP Anniversary Photo Gallery at the bottom of
the page.
Winter weather…if Holland Public Schools are CLOSED due to weather, HASP courses are
CANCELLED. If there are Holland Public School delays, HASP courses will continue as scheduled.
In the event of such a cancellation, we will put a notice on the office voice mail system, 616.395.7919
and send out a Constant Contact email message.
If you are interested in making a year end gift to the HASP Scholarship Fund or the HASP Endowment
Fund, please send your check to the HASP office and specify in the memo which one you are
contributing towards. The Hope business office will provide you with a tax receipt letter.
HASP Members~
We are thankful for this organization and the many ways each of you contribute to it. May you have a
Happy Thanksgiving and blessed Christmas season!
Kim & Amy
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