BROWN COUNTY ACTION TEAMS SUMMARIES
Youth Action Team
May 2, 2011, BCMS Cafeteria @ 5:15 p.m.
Attending: Cassie Lipcamon, Jade Umberger
Special Olympics
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Leaving at 7 a.m. on Saturday morning
We will be until around 1pm and home around 2pm
BCAC
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Benefit is Saturday June 11th
Need volunteers
Next Meeting: June 6, 2011
Notes taken by: Cassie Lipcamon
BROWN COUNTY ACTION TEAMS SUMMARIES
Community & Economic Development
May 2, 2011 @ BCMS Cafeteria, 5:15 p.m.
Attending: Steve Gragg, Lance Grady, Sandy Trusewych, Bob Willis, Jan Kelly, Debbie Willis, Blanche
Shoup, Bryan Hills, Renee Childers, Carolyn Kassing, Karla Metz
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Discussed merging the two groups and the need for short and long term projects
Business Incubator
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Karla will do flyers
Sandy will do questionnaire to solicit interest in potential start up businesses
Next meeting
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Develop list of potential businesses
Do a fundraising project
Next meeting: June 6, 2011
Notes taken by: Sandy Trusewych
BROWN COUNTY ACTION TEAMS
Health & Social Service Team
Attending: Lisa Surratt, Theresa Geisler, Linda Kennedy, Joe Blasko, Gail Cochran, Paula Hannant
Back to School Fair
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Joe has sun screen and flash lights
Karla has bracelets from YMCA
Linda will check on State Police Badges for kids
Minute to win it game instead of coloring activity to keep kids busy
Check on face painting person also
Possibility of collecting sun screen and items to send over seas
Possibly seeing if Mickey Shepherd would help with collecting Veterans stuff and names for
Flyers possibly handed out end of year report cards and graduation-Linda Kennedy to check
BCAC Benefit
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BCAC Benefit will try drive thru 5-7pm
Baptist church youth group to help with this
ACTION ITEMS
WHO’S RESPONSIBLE
Blood pressures
Carla Bond
Looking for different activities & Screens
Carla Bond
Carla can help June 10 & June 11 all day
Next meeting: June 6, 2011
Notes taken by: Paula Hannant
Brown County EDUCATION Action Team
Monday, May 2, 2011
Notes
Mission Statement: Raising Expectations to Improve Education
2011 Goal: Teacher Recognition & Extra-Curricular Support
Co-Chairs: Daina Howell/Kelly Grady
Attendees: Kelly Grady, Daina Howell, Nancy Perry, Angela Salrin, Mary Koch, Merle Kenady,
Erin McCaskill, Jennifer Ingram, Ben Ellefritz, Sue Kenady
PTO – Jennifer:
− Teacher Appreciation Week is this week.
− Several gifts and items were donated to the PTO to give away during the week.
 Treats in the break rooms
 Commitment gift
 Coupon book for local businesses
 Flowers
 School supplies for the elementary schools
− Breakfast will be provided for the teachers on Wednesday.
− The PTO will also give the teachers a t-shirt on Friday. Cost of the t-shirts was around
$400.
− The April 11th PTO meeting went well. More were in attendance.
Welcome to the Real World Experience – Kelly:
− The date for the event is May 10th.
− Jori has gotten all the volunteers. One more tax collector is needed though.
− Someone is coming to present about soft skills used in the workforce.
− Possibly ask Jeff Bottorff to attend and speak about interviewing skills.
− Sherry will be there to run the program.
− Volunteers need to be there by 7:30 am to help setup.
Wellness Day for Teachers – Kelly:
− Date is set for Aug. 16th.
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Need to think about a location; YMCA, school gym, Heather’s and/or Sara’s. Could we
do a couple of different locations?
Timeframe is 9-Noon with a couple of 30 minute speakers and other stations going on at
the same time.
Nancy P. will oversee the event.
What do we want to have at the event?
 Message therapist – Andrea Bauch
 Beautician
 Dietician – Western Illinois University dietician students
 Certified personal trainer
 Line Dancing
 Stress Management
 Teamwork or team building exercises – Dale Gadberry & Suzy Kassing
 Pampered Chef consultant do a demo on preparing a healthy meal
 Nurses – blood pressure checks. Have local nurses come for 1 hour increments.
 Quincy Medical Group
 Public Health Department
 Blessing Hospital or Alyssa Kennedy– skin sun damage screening
 Professional organizer
Could get a list of vendors from Paula H. from the Spring Stop & Shop event.
Need to start contacting businesses to see if they want to participate in the event.
Action Steps –
− Put a reminder about the event in the teacher’s paychecks in July.
− Erin will email Kelly the list of businesses the PTO used to get coupons for the
Teacher Appreciation Week.
− Kelly will contact Carla B. at the YMCA to see if she is willing to help.
− Kelly will contact Dale about team building exercises.
− Kelly will get a list of businesses from Carla and then send to Daina.
− Daina will send out the list of businesses to the group and each of us will take a
couple of names and contact them.
Mics:
− Our team donated $100 to the 5th & 6th grade book clubs.
− We reimbursed Mrs. Benninghoff for about $17 of expenses for the medicine disposal
clinic.
− Thank you to Kelly and Angela for each donating their Dot TLC incentive to the BCEAT.
$800 has been added to the account.
− Discussed if we wanted to do something for the graduates. We will put up a sign or
banner at graduation saying congratulations from the BCEAT. We would like to have
this professionally done. Possibly do not put the year on the sign so we can use it in the
future.
Action Steps –
− Mary will check with Yvette Seal at Dot to see if we had her create a sign in the past
and if she could help us with a new sign.