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January Meeting Minutes PDF Print E-mail
Written by Kristin Bird   
Wednesday, 01 February 2012 14:02

Human Concerns Committee

Present: Jan Cleaver, Diana Streblow, Jenny Thorn, Carolyn Cada, Christa Nollenberger, Kelly Buttzlaff, Sara Pritzl, Pat Hilmer

Absent: Atak Reec, Belinda Kuester, , Mary Gibbons

Kelly called the meeting to order and Carolyn led the group in prayer.

November minutes were approved.

Stone Soup Supper: The Stone Soup Supper is set for April 5 at 5:30 p.m. in the Cabrini gym prior to Mass at St. Mary site. Sara will check with Cabrini about setting up the gym. Christa will make soup. Jenny will call Paula Steger to see if she’ll make minestrone soup and purchase bread and butter. Jan will contact the Roxy for chicken dumpling soup. It was also suggested that Mary will be making her chicken soup as well. It was suggested that Kelly, Sara and Pat come up with ideas for simple children’s activities and bring them to the February meeting.

Student Service Hours: Diana asked if we could notify Lourdes high school of activities so the students could gain service hours by helping the committee, which further led to thoughts about having a student member on the committee for input.

Meeting Date Change: The next committee meeting was changed to Wednesday, Feb. 29 due to Ash Wednesday falling on our usual meeting night.

Help for the Homeless Hygiene Drive: WFRV Channel 5 is looking for organizations to donate items to local shelters. The committee approved participation and boxes will be delivered Mar. 1 to be placed at both Mass sites with collection continuing through the month of March. A concern was voiced about this drive conflicting with the Lourdes “Fill the Bus” drive, but was dismissed since the Lourdes drive will be over by then. Also, it was noted that Day by Day warming shelter was not on the list of shelters to receive donations. Kelly stated that she would call to check into whether this was an oversight.

Fair Trade Coffee Update: In Belinda’s absence, Pat reported that the coffee and tea is being restocked at the St. Peter’s site on a regular basis and the product is slowly moving.

Care Ministry Update: Jan reported that care ministers were blessed at the 9 a.m. Mass at the St. Peter Site the previous Sunday. She also reported that all but one care ministers have begun visiting homebound parishioners and the program is going very well. She also noted that there is a need for more care ministers, particularly males. Sara expressed an interest in becoming a care minister with her daughter. There was also a concern about making sure roses were delivered to funerals in the event of the death of a parishioner.

Christmas Outreach Report: Thank you cards/letters were received from Head Start, North Point and Parkview, and Diana reported that the Christmas Drive was successful and that individuals actually requested that more tags be available. In addition, 25 new sweatshirts were received from Jansport to be divided between North Point and Parkview.

Warming Shelter: An open house is being held for the Day by Day Warming Shelter after all Masses the weekend of Jan. 28 and 29.

Servicemen Photos: Kelly gave Jenny two photographs of servicemen that Jenny will be sending back to the families. The photos are not of individuals currently serving in the military.

Strategic Plan Update: Work on the strategic plan was put on hold since Father Jim stopped in at the meeting and expressed that a new plan was being implemented, with this year’s emphasis to be on the Eucharist. The committee told Father Jim that it was not aware of the change in direction. Father Jim expressed the need to connect with Carol Hansen, the committee’s Parish Council representative.

Kelly closed the meeting.

Respectfully Submitted,

Pat Hilmer
 
Human Concerns Minutes September PDF Print E-mail
Written by Kristin Bird   
Tuesday, 11 October 2011 16:43

Most Blessed Sacrament
Human Concerns Committee
Minutes 9/20/2011

Present: Pat Hilmer, Mary Gibbons, Kelly Butzlaff, Jan Cleaver, Diana Streblow, Carolyn Cada, Jenny Thorn

Absent: Atek Rec, Judy Silverthorn, Belinda Kuester, Sara Pritzel

The meeting was called to order and led in prayer by Mary Gibbons

May minutes were approved.

A change in meeting night and time was discussed. The fourth Wednesday at 6 p.m. was set as a possible meeting night, to be verified with absent committee members.

Update Officers

 Kelly Buttzlaff agreed to co-chair the committee with Mary Gibbons for one year. Pat HIlmer will continue to act as secretary.

Fox Cities convoy of Hope

Mary presented information on the event which takes place Saturday, October 8 at FVTC in Appleton. Committee involvement is up to individuals. Kelly will send information to the church office for printing in the bulletin. Mary will check on putting up posters for the event. Committee members were also asked to pray for participants. The event includes free groceries, health checks, haircuts, job fair, family portraits and other activities.
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Human Concerns Committee Minutes - March PDF Print E-mail
Written by Kristin Bird   
Tuesday, 05 April 2011 12:41

Most Blessed Sacrament
Human Concerns Committee
Minutes 3/15/2011

Present: Pat Hilmer, Jan Cleaver, Jenny Thorn, Diana Streblow, Carolyn Cada

Absent: Mary Gibbons, Kelly Butzlaff, Sara Pritzl, Belinda Kuester, Sue Bongert (liaison)

The meeting was called to order and led in prayer by Jenny Thorn.

February minutes were approved.

Care Ministry Jan discussed setting a date for Virtus training (necessary for all Care Ministry volunteers) with Jenny.

Stone Soup Supper The Stone Soup Supper is set for Thursday, April 21, 5:30 p.m., at the St. Mary site. The committee will meet at St. Mary's at 4:00 p.m. to have a brief meeting beforehand to discuss upcoming events, particularly the upcoming volunteer search for new committee members to replace those leaving the committee this year.

Jan will contact Bud Brown from the Roxie restaurant for the donation of chicken dumpling soup. Jenny will call Paula Steger to see if she will make minestrone soup. Mary will be making her chicken soup and Pat offered to bring soup as well. Jenny agreed to check supplies and make necessary purchases, including the bread and butter. Jenny will check into table and chair set up and placemats.

Invitations were discussed. "You are the salt of the earth" will be the theme, with salt packets attached to the invitations this year. Invitations will be put together Tuesday, April 12 at 6 p.m. at our usual meeting site.

Strategic Planning update The committee began reviewing the strategic plan, however, decided to continue this project during it's May meeting due to time constraints and missing committee members.

Parish Council Correspondence Pat shared correspondence from Sue Bongert regarding the upcoming Volunteer night on May 15. Also, the committee must update its synopsis of what the committee is doing and what its role is in the parish and send it to the parish office by May 2 to get it into the bulletin. Father also needs to know how many of the committee members will be leaving in June. According to records, this appears to be 3 members – those being Belinda, Sara, and Jenny. Father also thinks the committee needs to find a person to be responsible for the Right to Life and Life issues.

The meeting ended in prayer.

Respectfully submitted,

Pat Hilmer
 
Human Concerns Committee Minutes - February PDF Print E-mail
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Wednesday, 23 February 2011 11:51

Most Blessed Sacrament
Human Concerns Committee
Minutes 2/15/2011

Present: Pat Hilmer, Mary Gibbons, Jan Cleaver, Sue Bongert, Belinda Kuester

Absent: Jenny Thorn, Kelly Butzlaff,Sara Pritzl, Diana Streblow, Carolyn Cada

The meeting was called to order by Mary Gibbons and led in prayer by Pat Hilmer

January minutes were approved.

Care Fair and Blood Drive Feb. 26

Mary met with Ruth Wellhouse, finalizing arrangements to have a blood drive at the Care Fair at St. Vincent's from 9 a.m. until noon on Feb. 26. Sister Diane will have a table set up for registration and a van will be parked outside to accommodate the drive. Committee members need only be present to answer questions. A minimum of 15 blood donors are needed for the drive. Pat and Belinda volunteered to phone past donors from St. Jude Parish, asking them to participate again this year by calling Most Blessed Sacrament's business office to set up an appointment. In addition, each committee member was asked to attempt to find 1 or 2 individuals willing to donate. Belinda will also be selling fair trade coffee at the event.

Stone Soup Supper

Mary reserved the gym at the St. Mary site for this year's stone soup supper. The event will be discussed further at the next committee meeting.
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Human Concerns Committee Minutes - January PDF Print E-mail
Written by Kristin Bird   
Tuesday, 25 January 2011 08:42

Most Blessed Sacrament
Human Concerns Committee
Minutes 1/9/2011

Present: Pat Hilmer, Mary Gibbons, Jan Cleaver, Sue Bongert, Jenny Thorn, Kelly Butzlaff,Sara Pritzl, Diana Streblow, Carolyn Cada, Tina Haffeman (guest)

Absent: Belinda Kuester

The meeting was called to order by Mary Gibbons and led in prayer by Kelly Butzlaff

November minutes were approved.

Kelly pointed out that January is National Poverty Awareness Month, which was the focus of her prayer. Mary suggested that the prayer be printed in the weekly bulletin for January and all were in agreement.

Warming Shelter

Plans are underway to move forward with creating a warming shelter at St. Peter's site for the next winter season. Tina Haffeman, a member of First Congressional Church and ESTHER (an interfaith social justice group) was a guest speaker on the topic. She explained the difference between an emergency shelter (Fr. Carr's) and a warming shelter, noted that plans were underway but not yet fully approved and that some minor modifications to the site were necessary before it could be utilized. She explained that MBS would be the landlord, but not financially responsible for the creation and upkeep of the shelter (This would be provided by outside grants and donations), and that a group of hired professionals (social workers, etc.) and outside volunteers would man the site. Once created, the shelter would provide a place to sleep for 10 to 15 individuals nightly October through April, with an evening meal provided and perhaps a light breakfast. Tina and ESTHER have been instrumental in the search for a warming shelter site in Oskosh. Tina also passed around information on ESTHER.
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