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Grosse Pointe Crisis ClubNewsletterCelebrating 63 Years of Helping Those in Need

Volume 53 March/April 2019 Number 2

From The PresidentAs spring approaches, so does our biggest evening of the year. The 26th Annual Spring Sports Night will be on Monday April 8, 2019 – the night of the 2019 National College Basketball Championship Game. This year we will be moving to a new venue at THE VINTAGE HOUSE located at 31816 Utica Rd. in Fraser. The VINTAGE HOUSE is located just south of Masonic (13 ½ Mile Rd.) on the east side of Utica Rd. But don’t worry, we have a great Committee for the event lead by Steve Graus, Robert Goddard and Walter Heck.

This event is an excellent opportunity to bring your friends, family and co-workers out for a great night of fun and food. You can show your guests what our Club is all about and encourage them to join. We are always looking for donations, like sporting event tickets, gift cards, certificates for golf outings, or unique items to add to our raffles and silent auction.

I would like to challenge all of our Club Members to bring at least one (1) new person to Spring Sports Night. It helps us get the word out about what a fantastic event we put on, as well as helping us raise more money for our “Crisis Cases”. Feel free to contact Steve ([email protected]) or Bob ([email protected]) with any ideas or suggestions you have that could help us.

I look forward to seeing everyone at Spring Sports Night.

NCAA SPORTS NIGHT

® PRIZE DONATIONS!!

Our NCAA, April 8th Sports Night event Committee is working hard, with a New Venue (The Vintage House) to make this 2019 evening an even GREATER night than we have experienced for over 25 years now. WE NEED YOUR HELP!!! To bring you a spectacular event, AND to additionally raise funds for our “CRISIS CASES”, we need YOU, to find DONATIONS of $CASH$ and PRIZES for our magnificent array of items that we always display, for our Guests to choose from with the tickets that they purchase. Starting at $25 and up, we can work with the MONEY to buy items we will need, such as Sports equipment, Sports memorabilia, Jewelry, Sports and Art Prints of all types, mirrors, clothing, Sports Jerseys and Jackets, beverages, restaurant gift cards, Computer, Music and Game technology . . . YOU NAME IT!!! Everyone wants to be a WINNER!!! The more YOU HELP, the more $$$$ go into our CRISIS CASE coffers, to accomplish our MISSION, to HELP NEEDY PERSONS. Please call Our Chairman-Steve Graus (586-764-2484) or Jim Flannery (313-882-6139) with any questions or DONATIONS. WE CAN PICK UP ANYTHING!!! The more WE RECEIVE, the LESS WE HAVE TO SPEND!!! HELP!!!!!!

Sincerely,Your Board of Directors

by the lakeNicholas M. Ritts - Member

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586-463-267136470 Jefferson

Harrison Township, MI 48045

OFFICERS — 2019

PresidentWilliam R. Turner

Vice-President Treasurer Robert J. Godard Eugene L. Casazza Secretary Crisis Case Director TBD Donald H. Vormelker

Resident AgentWilliam R. Turner

TRUSTEES

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES Assistant Crisis Case Director Jerry A. Oreson Legal Counsel F. Peter Blake

Newsletter Editor/Publisher Creighton J. Weber

Nominations/Elections James L. Maniere, Sr. Jerry A. Oreson

Grosse Pointe Crisis Club

18640 Mack Ave., Unit 36243Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236

E-mail: [email protected]: www.gpcrisisclub.org

Grosse Pointe Crisis ClubGiving People Care and Consideration

501(c)(3) Public Charity

Term Ending Dec. 31, 2019Eugene L. CasazzaRobert J. Godard

Donald H. Vormelker

Term Ending Dec. 31, 2022Andrew CasazzaJohn H. Kotcher

William R. Turner

Term Ending Dec. 31, 2021Richard Grosfield, Sr.James L. Maniere, Sr.

Jerry A. Oreson

Advertising Chairman James L. Maniere, Sr.

Membership Chairman Richard Grosfield, Sr. Service Officer John H. (Jay) Kotcher

Roster Chairman James L. Maniere, Sr.

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Term Ending Dec. 31, 2020Linda C. Bertges

Daniel R. RoemerCreighton J. Weber

14400 Oakland Ave. • Highland Park, MI 48203(313) 867-6900 • (313) 867-6020 Fax

Paul Quasarano, Crisis Club Member

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Crisis Case CornerBy Donald H. Vormelker, Crisis Case Director

Case 1638 J. Oreson - D. VormelkerA social worker from St. Johns Pediatric Center contacted the Club about a single mother with three small children who needed to move to affordable housing due to the father not paying child support. The Club paid for the security deposit and first month’s rent so she could relocate.

Case 1639 D. Vormelker – J. OresonThe Club was contacted by the Van Elslander Cancer Center about a single mother who was being treated for breast cancer. She fell behind on her rent due to side effects of her treatments. She is waiting for short term disability and SSD to start. The Club paid three month’s rent to avoid her being evicted.

Case 1640 J. Oreson – D. VormelkerA social worker from Orchards Children Services contacted the Club about a single mother with three small children who lost her job following a company closure. She found another job, but was behind in her rent. The Club brought her rent up to date.

Case 1641 D. Vormelker – J. OresonOrchards Children Services referred a single mother who got behind on her rent due to her hours being cut. She found a second job but was behind on her rent and she requested assistance. The Club paid two month’s rent.

Case 1642 J. Oreson – D. VormelkerThe Van Elslander Cancer Center referred a single mother with a teenage daughter who was being treated for breast cancer. They filed for SSD and some family members financially assisted them but she still required assistance with rent. The Club paid two month’s rent.

Case 1643 D. Vormelker – J. OresonA divorced mother with two teenage children was recommended by the social worker from Van Elslander Cancer Center. She requested assistance to move to a new affordable location. It was determined during the interview that she also had limited funds for food and clothing for the children. The Club paid the security deposit and first month’s rent and provided Meijer gift cards for food/clothing for the children.

Case 1644 J. Oreson - D. VormelkerSt. Vincent De Paul contacted the Club about a client they were working with that was behind on her rent due to missing work because of illness. St. Vincent De Paul paid one month’s rent, but needed an additional month’s rent to stop eviction. The Club paid one month’s rent

Case 1645 D. Vormelker – J. OresonThe case manager from Family Check Up Specialists of Southeastern Michigan called the Crisis Club Hot Line regarding a family that would have to move if their mobile home lot rental was not brought up to date. They had funds to assist them but were short one month’s rent which the Club paid.

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Thank You Notes ReceivedCase 1638God Bless Every One of You in the Grosse Pointe Crisis Club for helping me and my family move to a location I could afford. Thanks to each and every one of you!

Case 1639Thank you so much for the generous monetary donation to pay our rent. We are so very grateful and cannot thank you enough. Thank you for being a blessing to our family. Grateful are the receivers. Thank you so much.

Case 1642Dear Mr. Don VormelkerI would like to thank you for your kindness and generosity in helping my family. I am a patient at Van Elslander Cancer Center for my treatments. You made it a little easier to deal with it. Thank you again and God Bless you.

SAVE THE DATE2019 Grosse Pointe Crisis Club “Kotcher’s Kapers” Golf Outing

Monday, July 27th Gowanie Golf Club

(Just West of I-94 on South River Road in Harrison Township)

In Memory OfMr. Bruce Kennedy

Formerly known as “Chief” Grosse Pointe Public Safety Director, Mr. Kennedy passed away suddenly, just recently. After Word War ll, where Bruce served in the Navy, he joined the Detroit Police Department where he worked for 20 years, rising to Detective Inspector and “Chief” of all Detectives where he was selected for the FBI National Academy. In 1977 Mr. Kennedy became the first Grosse Pointe Public Safety Director and under his watch of more than 25 years successfully merged the Police and Fire Departments. Bruce was an excellent handball player winning a multitude of local, state and national championships. Bruce and his lovely wife Italia of 67 years raised a daughter and three sons. Rest in peace Bruce

A Grosse Pointe Crisis Club member for 38 years, the family has asked that any donations be made to: The Hundred Club of Detroit, P.O. Box 1018, Fenton, MI 48430 which offers financial support to families of fallen police and fire department officers in metro Detroit

If you shop at Kroger, please enroll for the Kroger Community Rewards Program and designate the Crisis Club as the beneficiary of your shopping. There are two options to sign up: go to krogercommunityrewards.com and follow the prompts to designate the Crisis Club as your charity of choice or call 1-800 KROGERS, follow the prompts to #4, and the Customer Service department will answer and ask you for the number on the back of your plus card. Tell Kroger to add the Grosse Pointe Crisis Club as your charitable designate and you’re done. Please remember that your friends, family and business associates can also help our Club so help us to get more people to sign up. Thank you.

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Enroll Now In the Kroger Community Rewards Program

2019March 12th. Board meeting at Romano’s

April 8th. Spring Sports Night

July 27th. Kotcher’s Kaper’s Golf Outing

NOTE: Trustee Meeting dates are subject to change

Basic Alarm Packages

Premium Surveillance Packages

Linda & Richard Bertges Grosse Pointe Crisis Club Members

313-884-3800

KROGER UPDATEAccording to treasure Bud Casazza, from Nov. 1 2018 thru January 31st. we had 31 households who have linked their Kroger cards with the Grosse Pointe Crisis Club. That provided $131.13 to the Club dur-ing that period. We remind all our members to go to Kroger online and sign up for Community Rewards name the GPCC as your charity of choice. Kroger has assigned the Club a new Rewards number. If you sign up, use the new Rewards number of AC852. (The old number still works) and this change won’t affect those already participating in the program. Thank you for your help.

P.S. Members: Amazon has a similar program where ½ of one percent of your total purchases is credited to the Club (at no cost to you)! Just go to smile.amazon.com to sign up and start accruing money for the Club. It’s that easy!

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POTENTIAL ADVERTISERSDear Members and Friends:

In order to continue to furnish the Membership and the present Advertisers with our wonderfully communicative Newsletters, we need to add MANY NEW ads to be able to absorb our every increasing costs. We need more of the Regular $300 ads and Double Size $400 ads. Our Membership is increasing, and their Companies can be added and the pages increased.

We continue to seek advertisers, and can increase our advertising space to accommodate new advertisers. Our hope is that you, our Members and supporters, consider promoting your company or service in a Crisis Club advertisement opportunity.

Below are rate and size specifications for the best advertising buys to be found. If we can add a page or two of advertising, we can keep our rates at these extremely competitive levels. Non-members are welcome at a slightly higher cost (unless they care to become a Member at the $100.00 application fee, which includes their first year’s dues).

Please call me or email me with your interest or any questions and thank you for considering the Grosse Pointe Crisis Club in your marketing efforts. We will prepare your ad at no cost.

Regards,James (Jimmy) Maniere Sr., Advertising Chairman - (586) 419-5990 or [email protected]

2018 Advertising Descriptions & Rates

Publication Ad Description Dimension (in.) 1X 2X Annual

Member Roster Inside Front Cover 3.5W x 6.75H - - $300.00Center Fold, 1/3 Page 6.75W x 2.25H - - $250.00Center Fold, 1/2 Page 6.75W x 3.375H - - $275.00Inside Back Cover 3.5W x 6.75H - - $275.00Back Cover Ad 3.5W x 6.75H - - $300.00

Newsletter Regular Ads 3.875W x 1.375H n/a n/a $300.00Double Size Ads 3.875W x 2.375H n/a n/a $400.001/4 Page Ads (vertical) 3.875W x 5.125H $200.00 $300.00 $700.001/2 Page Ads (horizontal) 8.00W x 5.125H $250.00 $400.00 $800.001/2 Page Ads (vertical) 3.875W x 10.5H $250.00 $400.00 $800.00Full Page Ads 8.00W x 10.5H $350.00 $550.00 $1,000.00

NOTE: Display Newsletter ads will be printed in black and white, but can appear in color in the online version of the Newsletter, available on our website.

MOTTOThe Grosse Pointe Crisis Club is pledged to act fast in an emergency or “CRISIS” not covered by the policies of other charitable organizations. Cases requiring continuing

aid are best handled by others.

Serving the Community Since 19565

Newsletter AvailabilityIf you would like an additional copy of our Newsletter for family, friends or business associates, please stop by the following establishments:

Irish Coffee Bar & Grill, Grosse Pointe Farms(Starting with May/June Issue)

Mike’s On The Water, St. Clair Shores

Crisis Club Contact InformationWeb: www.gpcrisisclub.org

E-mail: [email protected]

Mail: Grosse Pointe Crisis Club18640 Mack Ave., Unit 36243

Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236

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710 Notre Dame • Grosse Pointe, MI 48230(313) 881-5322 • Fax: (313) 881-5775

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Insurance Agents & Consultants

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MARCH BIRTHDAYS

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APRIL BIRTHDAYS4 Richard W. Allor5 Martin K. McMillan5 James L. Sarkis5 Stephen F. Wasinger6 Frank Zimmer11 Larry Allen Jacob11 Paul C. Zimmer16 Jack T. Huston24 William Neville28 Robert James Ellison 28 Maroun J. Hakim28 Salvatore J. Testa30 Robert E. Fleming

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