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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOMMUNITY SERVICES - 05/18/1995 - COMMUNITY SERVICES MINUTES • ELK GROVE VILLAGE COMMUNITY SERVICE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES Thursday, May 18, 1995 Conference Room A - Lower Level Municipal Building Board Members Present : Board Members Absent : Mary Cortes Nancy Czarnik Anne Feichter Jim Foss Ruth Guest Alva Kreutzer Ken Krzywicki Dick Penley Laura Kuhn Barbara Rettberg Mary Paliganoff Bonnie Sokolowski Staff Present : Peg Vallillo Sandy Costanza Sharon Raschke Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 7 : 03 p.m. by Anne Feichter, President . Corrections were made in the minutes of the April meeting. The names of the members present at that meeting whose names began with letters after K were added. In the April meeting minutes, the report of the election results was placed under the heading of "Youth Council" . It was corrected to place the report of the election results under "New Business" . A motion was made by Mary Paliganoff to accept the corrected minutes of the April meeting. The motion was seconded by Ken Krzywicki . Motion passed. Coordinator' sReport: Given by Sandy Costanza The Community Service Department received 156 calls totalling 168 requests for service this month including inquiries about the Easter Adopt-A-Family program, financial assistance, volunteer opportunities . A letter was received from the National Make-A- Difference Day headquarters thanking the Community Service office for its participation in the National Make-A-Difference Day 1994 . The original letter was sent to the Village President ' s office so that it could be read by all. there. At the Coordination of Service meeting Sandy handed out an article pertaining to substance abuse and the elderly and accidents . She gave this to the Community Service Board as well . Intern' s Report: Given by Sharon Raschke Sharon distributed copies of toll free numbers provided by the Northeastern Illinois Area Agency on Aging. This information is available to anyone upon request. She announced that the recent food collection by the Postal Workers resulted in collecting over 5 tons of food which was distributed to the Northwest Community Service, the Food Pantry at the Presbyterian Church and the Elk Grove Township Community Day Care Center. CSB Minutes Page two The annual Mother ' s Day Food Drive which is sponsored by the Elk Grove Church Council was postponed until September so that the local Postal Workers could coordinate their food drive with that of the national postal workers . Intergenerational : Given by Ruth Guest A total of 150 seniors - 90 from the senior complex were taken by bus on May 10 , to the Elk Grove High School to be guests of the students for dinner and a viewing of the show "The Pirates of Pezzance" . Senior Citizen Sub-Committee : Given by Sandy Costanza No meeting was held this month. Minutes of the last meeting were included in the folder of each Community Service Committee. A task force has been looking into several areas of consideration including current health screenings offered and what additional screenings should be offered. Substance Abuse Prevention: No report. Parade: Given by Anne Feichter Applications have been sent out to several hundred businesses in the Village inviting them to participate in the parade. So far, the response has been slow with only 24 written commitments . Floats have been committed by the United Way, NBD Bank of Elk Grove, Artists of Elk Grove Village. Verbal commitments have been made by the Elk Grove High School Marching Band, the Pom Pon squad, the Steel Band from Elgin Community College among other groups . The Harris Bank of Elk Grove will debut it ' s "lawn chair" singing drill team. On Tuesday, May 30th Anne and Nancy Czarnik will appear on "Koffee Klatch" on Channel 6 and will discuss plans for the parade and the celebration in 1996 of the 40th Anniversary of Elk Grove Village. The notice of the parade will be included also on the Community Calendar of CLTV. 40th Anniversary: Given by Mary Paliganoff for Nancy Czarnik Mary announced that the anniversary committee is working on plans for a dance and auction as a fund raiser. They are hoping for some response for suggestions for an official logo and hope to use the logo on tee shirts and sweat shirts which will help raise money also. So far, no logos have been submitted. Notices have been given to local schools that such a contest is being held. Intergovernmental Youth Council : Given by Laura Kuhn Five events have been planned for the summer by the members of the council . Two each of dance and pool party. The junior high students will have their parties and the senior high students will have their separate parties . One combined party of a dance CSB Minutes Page three and pool party will be held for both groups together. The parties will be held on Friday nights during the summer from June 23rd until August 18th with the exception of the 4th of July weekend and the weekend of the parade. The Elk Grove Police will be responsible for the dances and the Park District will be responsible for the pool parties . Make A Difference Day: Given by Mary Paliganoff for Alva Kreutzer Alva has suggested that the Community Service office and Board act as a clearinghouse, matching volunteers with projects needing volunteers . It was suggested that a sub-committee be formed, but a sub-committee is in existence so all that is needed are members to serve on such a committee. Mary Paliganoff, Bonnie Sokolowski, Ruth Guest, Peg Vallillo agreed to serve on the committee with Alva . After concrete plans have been formulated the committee plans to go to the Village Board for approval of such plans . New Business • The Community Service By Laws have been revised. On page 3 under the Article V - Meeting Quorum the time of the meeting has been changed to 7 : 00 p.m. and a quorum shall consist of seven ( 7 ) members of the board. Ruth Guest made a motion that the revised by-laws be accepted. The motion was seconded by Ken Krzywicki . The motion passed. Buddy Foundation: Given by Anne Feichter Anne wondered if it would be advisable to pursue the fact that the Buddy Foundation might be willing to work with Elk Grove Village in place of Save-A-Pet . The Buddy Foundation is a new organization working in Schaumburg and Hoffman Estates to house stray dogs in foster homes and to try to find permanent homes for them. Mary Paliganoff suggested that the Elk Grove Police Department might be open to learning about the Buddy Foundation. Old Business : None Adjournment : A motion was made to adjourn by Ruth Guest and seconded by Laura Kuhn. The meeting was adjourned at 7 : 54 p.m. Respectfully submitted, ® Peg Vallillo, Acting Secretary