President Esther Cioffi
Secretary Barbara Williams Treasurer Helene O'Clair
Secretary Barbara Williams Treasurer Helene O'Clair
Thunder Road Seniors Members Meeting
March 13, 2024
H.B. K. Senior Center
The meeting was called to order at 10:10 am by Esther with pledge and prayer by Yvonne Abunaw. Attendees: Esther Cioffi, President; Treasurer, Helene O’Clair; Barbara Williams, secretary.
Esther greeted everyone and introduced the new secretary, then proceeded with safety instructions in case of a fire.
The secretary reported that if anyone is interested in previewing last month’s minutes, they are on the website, or a copy will be available to read after the meeting. It was suggested that they be emailed to everyone, but everyone doesn’t have email and it is too costly to do an all members mailing every month.
Treasurer’s report is available at request. The inventory in the storage unit has been cleared out by the town resources services, a safe is the only thing left we need to get rid of and it was offered to the members for sale starting at a bid of $25 with $5 increments.
Membership report was given; we have about 190 members; we lost 39 primaries by death and joining other clubs. March birthdays were recognized.
Sunshine Chair, Alida continues to send out birthday, condolence and thinking of you cards.
Helene reported that the entertainment committee is in the final stages of getting our “after holiday” party together which will be held on Wednesday, March 27th. Invitation of dignitaries was discussed, and it was decided that due to the change in leadership of the village board that it wouldn’t be right to invite the officers that will be going out and the new ones being voted in so we would not invite any village board members this year. We will only be inviting the town officials to this event.
Toni gave us highlights on Ned’s progress; he is doing much better. It was also questioned as to how we would recognize him for his years of service. A special event is in the works.
Jackie discussed the April 9th Aqua turf trip at a cost of $70 for members and $80 for social members, and the need for more people to sign up.
The raffles for the March 27th party were discussed.
Our picnic is scheduled for August 27th at the Italian American Community Center (IACC); to keep the rental fee down we are looking for someone who is a member. Roseanne Kwarta stated that her mother, Catherine Saglembeni is a member so Helene will reach out to her to see if she will sponsor the Club for our picnic at the IACC.
Esther discussed our search for speakers and asked if anyone has any suggestions to let us know.
The trip scheduled for June 19 to Villa Roma was discussed.
Announcements: requests for COVID 19 home testing kits are still available online at COVID tests.gov and can be obtained at local pharmacies through your healthcare provider.
Barbara discussed the information she received as TRS representative to the town advisory committee; and suggested that for more information everyone should subscribe to the Senior Starter newsletter because they are sharing a wealth of information for seniors. You can either get on their email list or call the Town of Colonie Senior Resources Office to have one mailed to you.
The raffle winners were Esther, Toni and Wes. Meeting adjourned at 11:17am with a motion by Roseanne and 2nd by Toni. Next meeting: April 10th.
Next Meeting: Wednesday, April 10th @ 10:00 am at HBK Senior Center
March 13, 2024
H.B. K. Senior Center
The meeting was called to order at 10:10 am by Esther with pledge and prayer by Yvonne Abunaw. Attendees: Esther Cioffi, President; Treasurer, Helene O’Clair; Barbara Williams, secretary.
Esther greeted everyone and introduced the new secretary, then proceeded with safety instructions in case of a fire.
The secretary reported that if anyone is interested in previewing last month’s minutes, they are on the website, or a copy will be available to read after the meeting. It was suggested that they be emailed to everyone, but everyone doesn’t have email and it is too costly to do an all members mailing every month.
Treasurer’s report is available at request. The inventory in the storage unit has been cleared out by the town resources services, a safe is the only thing left we need to get rid of and it was offered to the members for sale starting at a bid of $25 with $5 increments.
Membership report was given; we have about 190 members; we lost 39 primaries by death and joining other clubs. March birthdays were recognized.
Sunshine Chair, Alida continues to send out birthday, condolence and thinking of you cards.
Helene reported that the entertainment committee is in the final stages of getting our “after holiday” party together which will be held on Wednesday, March 27th. Invitation of dignitaries was discussed, and it was decided that due to the change in leadership of the village board that it wouldn’t be right to invite the officers that will be going out and the new ones being voted in so we would not invite any village board members this year. We will only be inviting the town officials to this event.
Toni gave us highlights on Ned’s progress; he is doing much better. It was also questioned as to how we would recognize him for his years of service. A special event is in the works.
Jackie discussed the April 9th Aqua turf trip at a cost of $70 for members and $80 for social members, and the need for more people to sign up.
The raffles for the March 27th party were discussed.
Our picnic is scheduled for August 27th at the Italian American Community Center (IACC); to keep the rental fee down we are looking for someone who is a member. Roseanne Kwarta stated that her mother, Catherine Saglembeni is a member so Helene will reach out to her to see if she will sponsor the Club for our picnic at the IACC.
Esther discussed our search for speakers and asked if anyone has any suggestions to let us know.
The trip scheduled for June 19 to Villa Roma was discussed.
Announcements: requests for COVID 19 home testing kits are still available online at COVID tests.gov and can be obtained at local pharmacies through your healthcare provider.
Barbara discussed the information she received as TRS representative to the town advisory committee; and suggested that for more information everyone should subscribe to the Senior Starter newsletter because they are sharing a wealth of information for seniors. You can either get on their email list or call the Town of Colonie Senior Resources Office to have one mailed to you.
The raffle winners were Esther, Toni and Wes. Meeting adjourned at 11:17am with a motion by Roseanne and 2nd by Toni. Next meeting: April 10th.
Next Meeting: Wednesday, April 10th @ 10:00 am at HBK Senior Center