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Holland, MI 49423
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Monthly Bulletin
September 2012
Email: hasp@hope.edu
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
9:00 a.m. coffee, 9:20 announcements and program
Haworth Conference Center, Hope College
Autism: What’s Next, Krista Mason, Executive Director,
Benjamin’s Hope
The fastest-growing developmental disorder in the United States, autism has increased by over 200% over the
past 10 years. Diagnosed at a rate of 1 in 88 children (1 in 54 boys), autism carries profound implications for
individuals, families, and society. A 2006 Harvard University study estimated the lifetime cost of caring for an
individual with autism, including direct and indirect medical expenses, at $3.2 million.
Benjamin’s Hope is an emerging organization offering a community solution to a community’s challenge.
Here, people with and without disability will partner for fellowship, treatment, housing and meaningful work.
The prototype, being created in Holland, Michigan, will serve as a replicable model for communities throughout
the country. The campus represents an investment that will impact thousands of lives locally and beyond.
Financial projections for operations are based on public/private partnerships created with a view toward
sustainability, individual and family life improvement and community benefit.
Krista Mason, Executive Director, is a graduate of Miami University with a BA in Business Psychology. Krista
brings her professional background in pharmaceutical sales and 17 years experience as the mother of a child
with autism to the task of developing Benjamin’s Hope. She has contributed her skills and knowledge to
numerous disability-focused efforts including the “Finding a Way Home Grant” through Disability Network
Lakeshore, the Safety Net Task Force headed by the Holland Rescue Mission, a county-wide Housing Action
Research Project facilitated by Hope College, and currently serves as a steering committee member with a
group formed by Community Mental Health to support public/faith collaborations.
As the Executive Director of Benjamin’s Hope, Krista is creating new opportunities for people with autism,
their families and the broader community. The effort represents a collaborative work among parents, service
providers, the public health care system, and the faith community.
MONTHLY 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 parking lot, 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.
MEMBERSHIP
2012 membership directories and new parking passes will be sent out in October after all membership renewals
and resignations are finalized.
We welcome the following new members:
GEORGE GESSLER
Profession:
Education:
Hobbies:
Mentor:
Lawyer
Wabash College, B.A., Philosophy, University of Chicago, JD, Law
Reading, opera, gardening, travel, hiking
Mary Reid-Selth
WILLIAM KENDRICK
Profession:
Sales/Service 401k plans
Education:
Illinois Wesleyan, B.A, University Pennsylvania, MSFS
Hobbies:
Mentoring, tutoring, companion at Evergreen Commons for Elder Day Care
Mentor:
Dianne Hoyt
JEANNE KENDRICK
Profession:
High School Guidance Counselor, President of Interior Design Co.
Education:
Purdue University, B.S., University of Wisconsin, M.S., Guidance and Counseling
Hobbies:
Gardening, flower arranging, antiques, quilting, sewing, reading
Mentor:
Dianne Hoyt
GORDON SMITH
Profession:
Education:
Hobbies:
Mentor:
Wholesale Lumber
Michigan State University
Tennis, golf, bridge, volunteering
Duane Booi
TRUDY SMITH
Profession:
Education:
Hobbies:
Mentor:
Elementary Teacher
Hope College, B.A., Michigan State University, M.A.
Travel, sewing, bridge, golf
P.J. Booi
We also welcome back into active membership, Warren Millett. Warren is retired from MSU and the US Army
and his wife Brenda is also a HASP member.
HASP New Member Orientation
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
8:15-9:00 a.m., Donnelly Room, Haworth Center
This is an opportunity for new members to meet the HASP Board of Directors and learn more about the history
of HASP and all the opportunities HASP offers. It is also a great time to have your questions answered! New
members who have been received since May 2012 will receive further information in the mail as the time
approaches.
CURRICULUM
Please note that the fall curriculum calendar and course descriptions are available on our website for your
reference: www.hope.edu/hasp
September Course offerings:
Great Decisions – Monday, Sept. 10, 17, 24
Poet Wislawa Szymborska – Monday, Sept. 10, 17, 24 1:00 p.m.
Books and Writers – Tuesday, Sept. 11
Let’s Have a Little Feminism – Wednesday, Sept. 12, Thursday, Sept. 20, Wednesday, Sept. 26
Einstein’s Relativity – Wednesday, Sept. 12, 19, 26, 1:00 p.m.
*Writing Memoirs – Wednesday, Sept. 12, 26, 1:00 p.m.
Shakespeare, the Poet – Thursday, Sept. 13
Great Recession and Beyond – Friday, Sept. 14, 21, 28
Non-Fiction Books – Tuesday, Sept. 18
Reading Dante in America – Tuesday, Sept. 18, 1:00 p.m.
What’s New in Science – Tuesday, Sept. 25
Computer Experiences – Tuesday, Sept. 25, 1:00 p.m.
Brass Rubbing – Thursday, Sept. 27
(*indicates course meets in conference room)
HASP Classroom Art Display:
For the month of September member Leroy Strebel will have a display of various landscape photos. His
eclectic mix of subjects will emphasize Lee’s interest in both photography and nature. Lee has been pursuing
this hobby since he got his first Brownie box camera when he was 14 years old. We hope you will enjoy this
addition to our classroom for the month of September!
SERVICE
Please see Hope College classroom volunteer opportunities at the back of this newsletter!
SPECIAL EVENTS
Grand Rapids ArtPrize TOUR, Thursday, September 20 or 27, 2012
There are just a couple spaces left on each trip!
Join your HASP friends for a tour of ArtPrize 2012 and leave the driving and parking to us. We will travel via
the Hope bus to downtown Grand Rapids to walk among the downtown ArtPrize sites, travel from there to a
private lunch at Mangiamo’s, then again go by bus to view additional ArtPrize entries a the Grand Rapids Art
Museum and Grand Rapids Public Museum. The bus will depart Holland Municipal Stadium parking lot at
8:30 a.m. and return in the neighborhood of 5:00 p.m. The cost per person is $25.00 and is due with your
reservation. We hope you will join us!
Taste of Chicago Neighborhoods Tour, Thursday, October 25, 2012
We will leave the Holland Stadium at 8:00 a.m. with one stop along the way for a break. After meeting our
guide at the Chicago Cultural Center, we will start out in Greektown at the Artopolis Bakery and Angora. We
will have a small plate buffet with various Greek dishes and bakery delicacies. Next we will go to Orso’s in
Old Town for an Italian luncheon buffet. Our dessert stop will be at Kristoffer’s in Pilsen where the specialty is
Tres leche cake.
Our guide will give us some history of each neighborhood and we will be able to do some exploring and
shopping in local ethnic shops. The last stop before returning to Holland by 7:00 p.m. will be the Michigan
Welcome Center. Cost for the day’s trip with all meals and transportation is $55.00 per person. Deadline for
registration is October 11, 2012.
Please see the back of your bulletin for reservation forms for both trips!
HASP Office News
*The HASP Board of Directors will hold its quarterly meeting on Tuesday, September 11, 2012.
*Regular office hours will resume the week of September 10th.
HASP 25 YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
2013 will be HASP’s 25th Anniversary! As you learned at our Annual Business meeting we will start our
monthly program meetings for the next year 10 minutes early to spend a little time remembering our
beginnings! Below is the history shared by former president, Gordon Van Wylen at our August 7, 2012,
meeting:
A Tribute to the Forty-Eight Charter Members of the Hope Academy of Senior Professionals
Thank you for this privilege to present, as part of our 25th Anniversary Celebration, a few comments on the
charter members of HASP. As I reviewed the list of 48 charter members, it was a special joy to realize that,
except for five, I had a personal acquaintance with each, and good memories of my associations with them.
It was interesting to reflect on the professional careers of these charter members. Not surprisingly, fifteen had
served as a faculty or staff person at Hope. The group included eight business persons, six physicians, as well as
dentists, teachers, and clergy. The charter group included seven women, each of whom had significant
professional responsibilities. They paved the way for the more equitable balance of men and women that soon
followed.
All had taken advantage of their opportunities for an undergraduate education, and significant numbers had
continued on to graduate and professional schools. Many were among the first in their families to pursue higher
education, and for some the GI Bill after WWII was the key financial resource that made their educations
possible. As professionals, they were self- motivated, life-long learners and teachers.
It was also interesting to reflect on the key experiences and personal qualities that marked the lives of this group
as a whole. All had lived through the Great Depression and WWII, and their lives had been significantly shaped
by these events. They were members of Tom Brokaw’s Greatest Generation, who, following the war, had
rebuilt their lives, their communities, and the nation. In the prime of their careers they had experienced, and in
various ways participated in, three major social and cultural movements- the Civil Rights Movement, the
Student Protest Movement, and the dawn of the Digital Era.
Many had deep roots in the Holland/ Zeeland/ Grand Rapids area, and understood with genuine appreciation,
and sometimes with charitable amusement, the unique qualities of a community that had originally been shaped
by Dutch immigrants, and later had leaders who had been somewhat unevenly Americanized. All recognized
with gratitude the key role that Hope College had played in this process, and all had deep commitments to the
long-term well-being of Hope College and the community.
Based on their educational experiences and personal interests, these charter members had embarked on the wide
variety of professional careers noted above. In these roles many had major leadership responsibilities, in which
they had developed exceptional leadership skills and healthy management-worker relationships, which are so
characteristic of this area. Most had travelled extensively in their professional work, as well as for personal
enrichment and enjoyment; they read widely, and had diverse and significant intellectual and cultural interests.
One other quality struck me as I thought about these friends. Most had been raised in one of the branches of the
Christian church, and faith had continued to play a role in their lives. In significant ways their lives had been
touched by the Christian virtues of faith, hope and love, and they had a deep appreciation for the related virtues
of truth, beauty and goodness.
When I put these virtues together with all the experiences, accomplishments, and personal qualities cited above,
these two words come to mind to describe our Charter Members: noble persons. These are the persons who,
under the leadership of John Hollenbeck, developed the foundations for the tone, culture, vigor and spirit of the
Hope Academy of Senior Professionals that we enjoy today.
HASPCharterMembersB080112 Gordon J. Van Wylen President Emeritus, Hope College Charter Member of HASP August 7, 2012 Opportunities for Volunteering in Hope Classes, Fall, 2012
Here are some new (and old) interesting possibilities! If you can help, send the form at the end of this article to
the HASP office or e-mail tanis@hope.edu. If you are interested in additional information, you may call me at
396-2228. (There will be sign up sheets at the HASP meeting on September 4, 2012.) Elliot Tanis
1. Professors Nancy Cook and Susan Cherup (Education) are interested in securing interviewers for their
senior special education majors. The interviews will be held on Wednesday, September 26, and will be
divided into 5 time slots: 8:20-10:30, 10:40-12:40, 1:10-2:40, 2:55-4:25, and 4:40-6:10, with two
volunteers for each time slot (total of 10 volunteers). The interview questions are provided.
2. Professor James DeBoer (Music) would again love to connect with HASP members who are willing to
work 1 on 1 with vocal or instrumental students at Holland Public Schools as these students who are
entering 6th grade are learning their “instruments” for the first time.
3. Professor Jeanne Petit (History) would like some HASP members who are willing to be interviewed by
the students in her Women's History class. They will be doing a section on women in the 1950s and
1960s, with a focus on Betty Friedan and The Feminine Mystique. She would like her students to talk
with women who lived during that era and would be willing to share their memories about their life
during that time. The interviews would need to take place between November 7 and 13.
4. Professor Tim Schoonveld (Kinesiology) is looking for 12-15 couples or individuals who are willing to
meet 4 times with one student between Sept. 1 and Nov. 20. There are no real expectations other than to
get to know them and love them. He is hoping it will be a great experience for the students to learn
about wisdom from the mentors and also to be around people who love Hope College. The students
will be required to set up and organize the meetings at the convenience of the mentors.
5. Professor Jonathan Hagood (History) is teaching the History of Michigan course, which is now required
of nearly all education majors. He would like either an individual or panel to speak to his class on
Thursday, Nov 15, 9:30-11am: The Great Depression, World War II and others on Thursday, Nov 29,
9:30-11am: Post-WWII Michigan, the 1960s, 1970s. (The time listed is the time of the class, not the
speaking time.) In addition, he would enjoy finding time earlier in the semester for any HASP members
who are familiar with Michigan history from the 19c and before.
I am willing to volunteer in the following areas (indicate the # or Professor and time/date preference
where appropriate).
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GRAND RAPIDS ArtPrize TOUR
Thursday, September 20 or 27, 2012
$25.00 per person
Indicate your tour preference date:
Thursday, September 20: _____________________
Thursday, September 27: _____________________
Name(s): ___________________________________________________________________________
No. of people: ____________
Total Enclosed: ____________
Email address/Phone: __________________________________________________________________
Emergency contact name and phone: ______________________________________________________
Menu choice(s):
____________ Turkey Sammy – smoked bacon, swiss, tomato, red onions, baby spinach, roasted garlic
mayonnaise, ciabatta bun, served w/chips.
____________ Chicken Fettucine – creamy alfredo sauce, shaved parmesan with wood-grilled chicken
breast.
____________ Mangiamo Chicken Caesar – radicchio, romaine hearts, garlic croutons, fresh shaved
parmesan with homemade Caesar dressing.
All entrees include bread with herbed olive oil and soda, coffee or tea.
Please indicate any special dietary needs: ___________________________________________________
Note: beer, wine and dessert are not included but may be purchased separately.
TASTE OF CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS TOUR
Thursday, October 25, 2012
$55.00 per person
Name(s): _______________________________________________________________________
No: ____________
Check in the amount of: ____________
Emergency contact name and #:
_________________________________________________________________________________