February Students of the Month

Today's meeting was held at the Abbey Inn on south Bluff Street. In order to accommodate our large turn out we needed to have a larger venue. We had 5 of the 6 schools represented and Neal did another great job. The February Students of the Month are (left to right):

Alex Clark, Pine View High School, son of Suzanne & Stephen Clark
Megan Buckway, Desert Hills High School, daughter of Jeff & Tauna Buckway
Reza Omori, Snow Canyon High School, daughter of Akio Omori
Chase Paxman, Dixie High School, son of Chantel Paxman
Tim Floyd, St. George Exchange Club President

St George Exchange Club Freedom Shrines

Burns Arena at Dixie State College
Desert Hills High School
Desert Hills Middle School
Dixie College -Mcdonald Center
Dixie Convention Center
Dixie High?
Dixie Middle School - 5/24/1978
Dixie Regional Medical Center
Fossil Ridge Intermediate
Heritage Elementary School?
Millcreek High School - 2002
New Courthouse
Pineview Middle School
Red Cliffs Mall - 8/31/1991
Riverside Elementary?
St. George Airport - 1980
St. George City Office Building - 5/28/1981
Tonaqunit Intermediate?
Washington County School District
Zions Bank?


Freedom Shrine Link

IHC Foundation and Jubilee of Trees

Today's speaker was Ken Wilson and Kent Ririe from The Foundation of Dixie Regional Medical Center. They shared with us the success of last years Jubilee of Trees in raising the funds to bring the Life Flight to Dixie Regional. Part of their presentation was also about the employee giving program called "Spirit Club". Through this program employees have gifted nearly $1.5 million over the past 10 years, making local projects happen like Life Flight and the Child Development Center at Dixie Regional. This program is available for employees of any business to participate in.

Another way of supporting The Foundation at Dixie Regional is through The Jubilee of Trees which occurs in November. In preparation for the Jubilee of Trees is The Jubilee Cup, the annual golf tournament and dinner. The Jubilee Cup has been renamed to The Rulan D Woodbury Jubilee Classic. This year the dinner will be on May 19th and the golf tournament will be May 20th and 21st.

To contribute to The Foundation or to participate in the golf tournament, visit the websites below.

The Foundation website
The Jubilee Classic Golf Tournament website

Our Know Your Exchangite today was Vasu Mudliar. I found this picture when I googled Vasu Mudliar. Vasu is the President of the Dixie State College Athletic Club and spend all of his free time "playing" at the college. Just ask him about his trip to California...

March for Dimes, March for Babies

Today's meeting was a presentation from Andrea Brown. Her and her family are a March of Dimes Ambassador Family. They shared their story about their baby girl, Gracie, born at 26 weeks gestation and weighing only 2 pounds. She spent 79 days in the NICU. Their family is the Southern Utah Ambassador Family for the March of Dimes. There is a March for Babies walk on March 27, 2010 at Nissons Park in Washington. Registration starts at 9:30am and the walk starts at 10:00am.

Their is no cost to walk. Family teams can do fund-raising. There are opportunities for sponsorship. The money raised in March for Babies is used to fund important research and programs that help moms have full-term pregnancies and babies begin healthy lives.

For more information about March for Babies visit their website or call 801-746-5540

Today's Know your Exchangite was Kathy Martin. Kathy showed us her newest hobby of Earth stone jewelry. She has found a new love of life in creating her own line of jewelry with these precious stones.

January Student of the Month

Today's meeting was another Student of the Month presentation. Neal was in rare form this morning. I am not sure how many phone calls we will get from concerned parents, but we should have a statement ready. For those who missed the meeting, shame on you! The Student of the Month meeting is an easy meeting to invite prospective members to and is guaranteed to be the highlight of your day!
LEFT TO RIGHT:
Casey Spilker, Desert Hills High School
Tyler Duraes, Dixie High School
Lorraine Ivey, Pine View High School
Tim Floyd, Exchange Club President
Clarissa Wheatley, Tuacahn High School
Brock Barnes, Millcreek High School
Brad Dorius, Snow Canyon High School

Business Meeting

Due to a last minute reschedule of our speaker, we had another business meeting today. The focus of this meeting review the board meeting items: club dues, meeting location, and membership.

There was a lot of discussion about the concern of raising dues versus lowering dues and changing meeting location and breakfast menu. Several good points and suggestions were made. In the end the main focus was to lower dues and find a way to lower the cost of our weekly meetings. Several club members will report at next weeks meeting on what options they have found.

As far as membership, we discussed the need for all club members to be active in bringing new members into the club. We are hopeful that changing the dues will allow club members who have left the club to come back. As well as keep current club members who are having difficulty with the current dues amount.

Business Meeting

Today's meeting was a business meeting.

We discussed SUPAF and the need for donors/sponsors, all club members need to reach out to businesses/colleagues and raise at least $200. Sign up sheets were passed around for the different times and days of SUPAF.

Everyone's help is needed.

SUPAF website

December Student of the Month

Due to the holidays, we recognized the December Students of the Month at our first club meeting in the new year. Thanks again to Neal Smith for another fine production of Student of the Month!

Left to right:
Lindsey Snow - Pine View High School
Kylie Moore - Snow Canyon High School
Benjamin DeViney - Dixie High School
Andrew Stark - Millcreek High School
Jared Pace - Desert Hills High School
Tiffany Prince - Pine View High School (November SOM)
Courtney Bohrer - Tuacahn High School
Tim Floyd - President of the St. George Exchange Club