09/28/09 First General Meeting Minutes Introductions o Maxie – President o Brandi – Vice President o Ryan – Social Representative o Andy – Secretary o Sean – Treasurer o Loni – Advisor Guest speaker – Jenny Young from the bridge of Lubbock o Helps the community o Their Operations are every Tuesday o Bridge to success, targets at risk children 6-12th grade Pair with a role model Tutoring and helping them with homework Teach them Life skills Inspire Goals Help them with College Preparation If they go to college they will be first generation college students They can be supported by Financial aid Everyone can go to college Need someone to point them in the right direction They are very responsive o Summer camp – discover the lack of nutrition, lack of education o Bring in guest speakers every week o The Bridge feeds them every Tuesday Need groups to help with the setup and material o Coke drives o Art supply drives o Soup Kitchen o Hygiene packets o Think about bridge if you are passionate about helping the at risk kids o bridgeatlubbock.com o Take a Brochure Overview of organization o Double T Health Corp focuses on community service o You will receive plenty of informative e-mail’s from Loni o We do bunches of community service o Each meeting we try to provide with lots of opportunity o Not mandatory o We are very friendly o We encourage lots of communicating o Loni writes amazing letters of recommendations, like AMAZING! o We have FACEBOOK! Join our group at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5380123835&ref=ts o The Dues are $10 dollars and you get a nifty T-shirt o That’s the general overview of Double T Health Service Corp ICE BREAKER! We had a Habitat Build Day o It was fun painting and building houses Painted Homecoming Banner o Looks amazing Willow Bend Elementary School Mentoring Program o You will be paired with a dedicated school student from elementary and you go eat lunch with him/her This will make you a big Sister or Brother o The kids get so excited o 30-40 minutes for lunch Free food o Talk to them and encourage them o Come after school optional That’s for tutoring though o They are proud and happy o There’s a waiting list for children with NO big sister or brother sadness o Not much time commitment and it’s very generous to help be there for them o In need of males and females o There is now an after school tutoring section 3:15-4:30pm Race for the CURE! o Go on the website and join the group o Sign up by or on Wednesday if you can September 30, 2009 o $20 to join o All you need to do go to http://www.komenlubbock.org/. On the left you will see join a team and search for the Double T Health service Corps and join the team. South Plains Career Expo o October 20th from 8:00-1:00pm o Show 2,000 high school students who sutures on pig feet o Lunch at noon – Free TMOM o Dentist from local communities to do dental work on poor people for two days straight o Need entertainment for children of parents in line o Obstacle, color me healthy, how to brush your teeth o First day is setup o Next two days are work days o Shifts are varying towards the amount of people able to come o THIS IS HUGE!!! WE NEED HELP! o Sign up now! Ronald McDonald House o Monday, October 19th starting at 4:30pm o Help people with chores o Very helpful o Sign in sheet is going around o 30-60 minutes shifts, very short A list of people to come as guest – E-mail Loni Community Medical School o $10 fee for the whole series, TECH STUDENTS ONLY o $20 for non TECH Students o Very informative o Gives a binder with lots of information o http://www.ttuhsc.edu/announce/default.aspx Have a Great Week and Good Luck with the first Tests!!!