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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOMMUNITY SERVICES - 06/15/1995 - COMMUNITY SERVICES MINUTES ELK GROVE VILLAGE COMMUNITY SERVICE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES Thursday, June 15, 1995 Conference Room "A" - Lower Level Municipal Building Board Members Present: Board Members Absent: Mary Cortes Ruth Guest Nancy Czarnik Alva Kreutzer Anne Feichter Mary Paliganoff Jim Foss Barbara Rettberg Ken Krzywicki Laura Kuhn Dick Penley Staff Present : Bonnie Sokolowski Sandra Costanza Peg Vallillo Sharon Raschke Call to Order: The meeting was called to order, promptly, at 7 : 00 p.m. by Anne Feichter, President. Corrections were made in the minutes of the May meeting. Under the heading of "Buddy Foundation" Mary Cortes rather than Mary Paliganoff suggested that the Elk Grove Police might be open to learning about the "Buddy Foundation" which is a • new organization similar to the "Strays Halfway House" which operates in Schaumburg and Hoffman Estates for stray dogs lost and picked up by the police. A motion to accept the minutes of the May meeting as corrected was made by Ken Krzywicki and seconded by Jim Foss . Motion passed. Coordinator's Report : Given by Sandy Costanza The stats are not getting into the computer as quickly as we would like. They will be ready definitely for the next meeting. The Coordination of Service meeting for September will be on September 26th. For the November 28th meeting we may have "Rainbows for All God's Children" in addition to the Hospice Services . Sandy received a phone call from Mike Gallagher who is a teacher at Mead Junior High School . He is interested in getting students involved in Community Service . Sandy and Mike have agreed to meet over the summer and Sandy sent him a packet containing information about volunteer opportunities . Sandy is responsible for manning two shifts for the United Way Bingo and asked for volunteers - 4 people for Friday, August 4th from 5-6 p.m. and 2 people for Saturday, August 5th from 6-8 p.m. Bonnie Sokolowski and Nancy Czarnik will work Friday and Jim Foss and Mary Cortes will work Saturday. Sandy announced that on June 16 she will attend a seminar in Chicago . The subject of the seminar will be "Confidentiality, Records, Access , Privileged Information" . Sandy and Sharon will occasionally put together a success story of our clients for our information. AM CSB Minutes Page two Intern 's Report : Given by Sharon Raschke Sharon spent a day in Chicago attending a seminar given by the Illinois Department of Aging. The topic of the seminar was "Counseling Depressed and Grieving Clients" for clients who suffer loss of jobs , homes, spouse, etc. Sharon also reported on a family who have been clients since the fall . The family consisting of a mother, father, and two children looked for assistance. They have been helped with food, job counseling. The parents are working now and have bought a small house . The Youth Employment Service has picked up considerably. Orientation was held last week for 10, this week for 2 . During the summer Sharon plans to have an orientation each week, even if only for one application, to get them into the program immediately. We need more jobs . Intergenerational : Given by Dick Penley The year ended with many houses painted, gutters cleaned, etc . Hopefully it will continue under the guidance of a new man because Dick has retired. Substance Abuse: Given by Mary Cortes for Alva Kreutzer Alva and Mary attended a Fighting Back board meeting. Alva was renominated as vice president of that organization. A significant cut back in funding from the state occurs because part of the substance abuse money must go for violence prevention. So Fighting Back will have to undergo some changes to get the money. Senior Citizen Sub-Committee: Given by Dick Penley The committee is working on a concept of a health-wellness screening day. A report has been submitted by a sub-committee of the senior sub-committee. Because questions need to be answered before the report is accepted, a meeting has been scheduled for Thursday, July 13 at 6 : 00 p.m. so that a proposal can be submitted to the Community Service Board for their consideration to determine if they will support it and forward the concept to the Village Board. The Senior Sub-Committee is a sub-committee of the Community Service board which advises the Village Board. No policy or decisions are made - only recommendations are made . Parade: Given by Anne Feichter Anne reported that, to date, about 60 units are committed to appearing in the parade. A copy of the units involved was given to each Board member. Anne met with the man who was chairperson of the Lombard Lilac Parade and received from him information of the units involved, costs, and anything that pertained to assembling a parade that would be helpful to her. It is hoped ® that we will have about 80 participating groups, and, although ® CSB Minutes Page three verbal commitments have been made, none is considered a positive response until a written agreement is received. Although the time for the returned response is passed, as of today, the committee will continue to accept applicants . 40th Anniversary: Given by Nancy Czarnik Nancy reported that the committee met and broke up into sub- committees . The Avalon has been reserved for a kick off dance and auction on February 9 , 1996 . The committee is attempting to determine what price to charge to cover the costs involved - food, entertainment, etc. No real work will be attempted on most anniversary plans until after the Parade has been accomplished in August 1995 . The Paddock Publications Company has agreed to sponsor the band (Army, Navy, Air Force? ) which usually appears each year in October. This year the concert will be held at Elk Grove High School . So far no date has been set. The dance will be on February 9th, the parade on July 21st and the band concert in October. The village birthday party will be July 17th. A positive agreement has been given for the use on July 19th of the Pavilion. A sock hop will be held. The Avalon has been reserved for 400 persons. • Intergovernmental Youth Council : Given by Laura Kuhn Tom Froelich of the Police Department appeared recently on Channel 6 and explained the events planned by the Youth Council for the summer. The first event will be Friday, June 30th from 7 : 30 - 10 : 30 a splash party at Rainbow Falls . The various church groups have agreed to have two parents be available as greeters at each event. The church council is thrilled to participate. Posters are being displayed at each church. It was determined that the young people wanted to be more involved in the planned activities . They distribute posters around the village. Students have signed up while in school to work at each event, preparing the site, serving food, cleaning up. At the end of each evening those young people working will be taken home by the police. At the final youth council event to be held at Rainbow Falls and teen center a dunk tank will be held. Laura is looking for people to agree to be dunked. A minimal charge will allow the young people to raise some money to give to a group of their choice. Make A Difference Day: Given by Peg Vallillo for Alva Kreutzer A meeting of the Make A Difference Day Committee was held on June 5th. The group came to the consensus that the 1995 campaign would be one of awareness . Groups would be contacted either by mail or in person presentations . An awareness packet containing information about the purpose of Make A Difference Day, the date, ® how to organize a project, how to promote a project, would be available to anyone or any group interested. It was suggested that a village wide poster would be of great value to promote CSB Minutes Page four awareness . The committee believes that the cost involved would be minimal . If the Community Service Board agrees with this proposal , the committee will move forward with the awareness packet . It is also recommended that the Community Service Board sponsor a project for that day. The next meeting is scheduled for July 6 at 9 : 30 a.m. After much discussion the Board agreed that it would prefer to do a "hands-on" project . Sandy suggested that she work with Building and to see what was needed. A commitment was made by the Board to find one family or individual who needed help and to concentrate their efforts there. Sandy suggested that Nancy invite the Village Board, also, to join us and come up with a project of its own. New Business : Given by Dick Penley Dick reported that he attended a conference about "Peer Jury" in Philadelphia. Mary Cortes, the Youth Department has also become involved in learning about the subject . If a youth is involved in a criminal offense less that a felony offense he will be given an opportunity of coming before a jury of his peers who will decide on his punishment. The punishment will give opportunity to do community service, research papers about potential of dangers of crime committed rather than being sent to juvenile court and receive a slap on the hand. A follow-up is done by Community organizations and a juvenile officer. Mary reported that the Elk Grove Police Department is interested in the concept and looking into the different options . Dick has volunteered to coordinate the project when it starts . Sgt . Bill Zimmerman, Mary Cortes and Dick Penley are on the task force . Old Business : None Wayne Jazwiak, of the Kenneth Young Center was present during the meeting and announced that the Kenneth Young Center is celebrating its 25th Anniversary. He suggested that Kenneth Young could use some young people as volunteers . In reference to the senior wellness day, Wayne announced that several times a year national screening days are held for depression and anxiety. The seniors are difficult to bring in because they were raised to take care of problems themselves . He suggested, that at the time of the next screening day, he advise the Community Service board and the Senior Sub-Committee that it is being held. Dick asked if Kenneth Young Center be willing to be incorporated in the Village Senior Wellness Day. Wayne responded that he would have to inquire about it. CSB Minutes ® Page five Adjournment: A motion to adjourn was made by Dick Penley seconded by Laura Kuhn. Motion passed. Meeting was adjourned at 8 : 24 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Peg Vallillo, Acting Secretary