Kirtland Spouses’ Club - Hail and Farewell

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  • By Melissa Galbreath
  • Kirtland PA

My time as the Kirtland Spouses’ Club President is quickly coming to an end and I want to thank everyone who made this year a success. From the 2018/19 KSC Board of Governors to our 95 KSC members; from our cookie and candy donators to our Thrift Shop employees, volunteers, and shoppers, we couldn’t have done it without you! A special thank you to Vennita Weir for creating the spectacular mural that adorns our clubhouse entrance and MaryCourtney Wright for creating our new logo and marketing materials for our vendor fair, cookie drive, and scholarship announcement. Thank you all from the very bottom of my heart.
Through your support and generosity, the KSC had many accomplishments this year:  we hosted 10 socials; baked, collected, and bagged over 9,000 cookies for our Airmen; hosted a Vendor Fair with over 45 vendors that attracted 260 shoppers; collected over 250 canned food items and $95 for the Airmen and Family Readiness Flight’s food pantry; created and manned a Harry Potter themed “Trunk or Treat” at Bootastic; checked out over 80 dresses through Operation Ball Gown; gave out almost $10,000 in grants and awarded $12,000 in scholarships to nine deserving recipients. Overall, I think we had a pretty successful year. I’ve had a fabulous time and I’m looking forward to what the 2019/2020 Board of Governors has in store for us.
Please welcome the 2019/2020 KSC Board of Governors:
President – Olivia Krause; Secretary – Marilyn Ward; Parliamentarian – Vennita Weir; Admin Treasurer – Rochelle Thompson (tentative); VP Events – Mabelle Galante; VP Communication – MaryCourtney Wright; Historian – Heather Ruppel; Welfare Treasurer – Stacie Ross; Scholarship Chair – Ivy Cervantes; Grants Chair – Kathryn Mendel; Operation Ball Gown Chair – Lindsey Kindt; Thrift Shop Liaison – Nancy Mink; VP Community – Brittni McDonald; and Service Chair – Kendra Vieweg.
The following positions are still available:  mini-Club Chair, Facility Reservations Chair, Membership Chair, Publicity Chair, VP Welfare, and Member at Large. For more information, please email KafbKscPresident@gmail.com. We would love to have you on board!
Please join us for the last social event of the 2018-2019 board year. It will take place May 21 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the KSC Clubhouse located at 8150 Frost Ave. New to Kirtland or just looking to get involved? We'd love to have you! And bring a friend; the more the merrier!
We will have a taco bar with all the fixings. Feel free to bring a favorite dish or treat to share. We hope to see you there!