President Stacie masterfully gonged us to order at 12:05 PM. Jon Dearolf gave the invocation and David Spencer led us in the Pledge of Allegiance and an animated presentation as we tried to sing the theme from “Rawhide”. Our efforts were pretty embarrassing. We then greeted one another in our usual manner.
Renee Hoke was our only visitor of the day. Renee was a guest of Shirley Craft.
Next up Carla Dowlen recognized Jackie Lebow as this week’s birthday celebrant.
Stacie reported that her son is finally out of his am cast. The only announcement presented was that the Service
Excellence Committee needed to have a brief meeting at the conclusion of our regular meeting.
Josh Phillips was next up and he presented a check from our club in the amount of $4831.44 to the Boys and Girls Club. Randy Cooper, the Executive Director accepted the check and reminded us that our Club’s involvement with the Boys and Girls Club dates to the founding of the club a mere 95 years ago.
Carol Murray was next up with the Brag Bucket. She was successful in getting into the pockets of braggarts Monica Horton, Cara Herr-Sauceda, David Kelly, and Shirley Craft.
Cara then stepped up to introduce the Boys and Girls Club 2024 “Youth of the Year”, Abigail Childers. Abbey has been a member of the Central Club for 8 years. She has participated in virtually all available activities at the Club and has become quite a leader. She assists the staff in many ways, including working behind the front desk and mentoring younger club members. Her leadership skills are evidenced by her numerous activities at Camp Graham Ball each summer and by the fact that she has been recognized as Youth of the Month on 8 occasions. She is a freshman at Petrolia High School where she participates in Marching Band.
In preparation for her participation in the National Youth of the Year competition, Abbey used us a sounding board for her oral presentation. Like any of us would have been, she was a bit nervous, but she did a commendable job for the first time in making her speech. She told us of her desire to be a positive impact on the youth of America. She emphasized the confidence she has built in herself thanks to her Boys and Girls Club training and experiences. After a period of comments, followed by questions and answers, we adjourned with the Four Way Test.
Rest assured that the Wichita Falls Boys and Girls Club will well represented at the National Competition!!! CONGRATULATIONS ABIGAIL!