January - March 2017 Volume XIV, Issue I

Sally Spenny Editor

THE PRESIDENT’S PERCH

bers. Rick Fyffe is our new Vice-President and Sue Ker-mis is our new Director of Membership. Please join me in welcoming them into their new positions. Thank you to Andy Harrell, Char-ley Gingrow and Vince MacQueen for their service on the Board and help me wish them well on their next adventures. I’m looking forward to do-ing and seeing more of all things Parrot Head in 2017. Hope to see and meet more of my fellow Parrot Heads down the road and here’s to a happy and healthy New Year to us all! Kathy Pfister, President Parrot Heads in Paradise, Inc.

Here we are in 2017 and still flying on the high that was Here We Are - Meeting of The Minds 2016! What a great party and how awe-some was it that Toby Keith and Scotty Emerick decided to pop in? Kudos to our Di-rector of Conventions, An-drew Talbert, and his great crew of Committee Chairs and all of the volunteers that made the 25th Meeting of The Minds so memorable. Looking forward to seeing y’all in Key West on Nov. 1- 5, 2017 because We’re Still Here! The ancient Babylonians started the tradition of mak-ing new year resolutions 4,000 years ago (let me know if that factoid ever helps you in Bar Trivia) and we continue it on today. Eat-ing better, exercising more, drinking less alcohol, get-ting more sleep, not stress-ing the small stuff...those are all good but I have some specific Parrot Head related resolutions to propose. For general club members, make 2017 the year you be-come more involved in your club. Help to plan an event, offer to chair a committee,

attend board and club meet-ings, recruit new members - all good ways to be more in-volved. Most importantly, speak up! Do you have a sug-gestion for a new charity to support or have you found a great bar that would love to host the club or maybe you’ve discovered a Trop Rock musi-cian in your midst that you can promote? Club Leaders love constructive feedback and are ALWAYS looking for more volunteers and participants. For Club Leaders, make 2017 the year you groom a candidate to take your job (some day), revamp your bylaws, conduct a member survey to see what’s going great and what can be improved, spend more time with new members so they tru-ly feel welcomed, appreciate feedback, promote Trop Rock artists and make sure all of your members know about Meeting of The Minds and the overall Parrot Heads in Para-dise organization. Every club has its own balance of charity and social and club leaders who can find that sweet spot make the happiest clubs. Two people who have em-braced the idea of doing more are our new PHiP Board Mem-

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Published Quarterly; Mid January, Mid April, Mid July and Mid October. PHiP and the TWT does not solicit advertis-ing for this particular publication. Articles for consideration must be submitted on the 5th of each month of publica-tion. Information contained in this publication is intended for PHiP membership. PHiP reserves the right of refusal to print any article.

Consideration for article submission, contact: Sally Spenny at ssspenny@att.net

CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME NEW 2017 PHIP BOARD MEMBERS!

I’ve been a Parrot Head Club Member and attended MOTM since 2003 and have volun-teered for security, merchan-dise table, gift bag stuffing and anything else that was needed to be done. In 2008 I was asked if I would assume the MOTM registration chairper-son position and have been “invited” to return since. This past year I decided to throw my hat in the ring for VP. I know I have big shoes (thanks Andy Harrell) to fill and will do my best for PHIP. I’ve been fortu-nate to make a lot of friends in this crazy parrothead world and enjoy meeting and making more friends.

PHIP Vice President Rick Fyffe

PHIP Dir of Membership Sue Kermis

I am originally from Roches-ter, NY, where I first found Parrot Heads with the Lake Ontario Parrot Head Club in 2003. I moved to The Villages in Florida in 2010 and joined The Villages Parrot Head Club. In 2011, I became one of the Regional Communica-tors for Florida. As the Direc-tor of Membership I look for-ward to working with your Clubs and getting to know all the Parrot Head Leaders.

President Kathy Pfister cheesehead_in_paradise@ yahoo.com

Vice President Rick Fyffe rjfyffe1@ymail.com Secretary David Cohen volcanodavid@roadrunner.com Dir of Finance Charlene Schultheis ohiocharlene@yahoo.com Dir. of Membership Sue Kermis phipmembersip@gmail.com Dir. of Conventions 2017 Andrew Talbert andrew.talbert@gmail.com

2017 PHiP Board Of Directors

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Another fantastic year for Team "Parrot Head" at MOTM 2016! Total monies raised by Team “Parrot Head” 2016 were $12,000. A very special thanks to all those that registered for the walk/run and participated on Saturday morning. All of you made Team "Parrot Head" shine!! Parrot Head clubs/teams raising most money for Team "Parrot Head 2016 & the Zonta Walk: 1st Place Club : Hanover Parrot Head Society 2nd Place Club: OBX Pirates Parrot Head Club 3rd Place Club: NorthWest Indi-ana PHC Pink Basket Winner ... Individual Parrot Head Raising the Most Money: Debbie Zartman Special thanks to the following for making Team "Parrot Head" Zonta Walk 2016 fantastic! - Jerry Diaz and Dani Hoy for sharing their talent by entertain-ing the walkers/runners as they crossed the finish line. - Tony Abruzzio for providing his talents by photographing Team "Parrot Head" in "action" on the day of the race. Thanks to the Savannah Parrot Head Club, Coastal Jersey Parrot Head Club and the Hanover Par-rot Head Society for their dona-tions of gift baskets. Thanks to Dianne 'greenwoman' Wickes for the special print she donated. A

special thanks to Susan Radomski for all the wonderful donations she donated for us to use for the "Pink Wheel"/club prizes. Thanks to all those that contributed items for the "Pink Wheel" fundraiser, it was a big success because of "you". Thanks to all the volunteers that helped Team "Parrot Head" during our registration at the Casa Marina on Thursday and at the race on Saturday - we could not do it without you!! You make it "happen" Special Thanks to the Zonta Club of Key West for all the wonderful things you do, year after year, for Team "Parrot Head". Extra special thanks to Team "Parrot Head" Committee mem-bers for their sup-port and wonderful donations for the Pink Wheel prizes and the "Grand Prize" Drawing. Sherry Abruzzio Teresa Mason Sandy Youngblood Please view Team Parrot Head's facebook page to see pictures from the 2016 Zonta Walk/Run and "like" Team "Parrot Head" on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TeamParrotHeadMotm2012 Look forward to seeing everyone at MOTM 2017 in Key West!! Susan Richardson

The Latest Hummin’ Headlines

PHiP President’s Letter Pg 1

New PHIP Board Members Pg 2

Zonta Walk Results Pg 3

MOTM Pgs 4 - 6

PHIP Alzheimer's’ Team Pg 7

PHiP Financials Pgs 8-10

Golden Coconut Winner Pg 11

PHIP Scholarship Opens Pg 12

Virtual Parrot Head Club Pg 12

Domino College Dean’s List Pg 13

Newsletter Contest Winners Pg 13

Parrot Head Club Birthdays Pg 14

Regional Events Pg 15

Lone Palm Foundation Pg 16

MOTM 2017 Ad Pg 16

TEAM PARROT HEAD 2016 ZONTA WALK

Tune in to Radio Margaritaville! Listen on your computer at margar-titaville.com/radio or on Sirius XM radio, channel 24. It is a great source for all things ParrotHead!

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Meeting of the Minds By Andrew Talbert, PHiP Director of Conventions

SPCA, the KOA Care Camps, and Key West Police Athletic League. From our on-site registration late fees last year at MOTM 2015 the Virtual Parrot Head Club gave away money to The Visiting Nurs-es Hospice of the Florida Keys, Scleroderma Foundation of South East Florida, and Toys N Tots. Our PHiP 501(c)3 charity arm, the Lone Palm Foundation, held a very successful auction for helping Par-rot Heads with natural disasters. The Zonta walk featuring Team Parrot Head was very successful this year! The raffle baskets raised a very nice sum for 2017 donation to charity! All told…in 2016 as a result of fund raising attributed to MOTM over $32,000 were given away. As for future money to be given away including the total PHiP raffle, PHiP Scholarship raf-fle, and Lone Palm Foundation over $41,000 was raised! Parrot Heads are amazing! I want to say this was the smooth-est MOTM I have ever been a part of. I am VERY PROUD of all the support of the PHiP board, our sponsors, stage, sound and lighting

Meeting of the Minds 2016 has come and gone with some wonder-ful memories remaining of all the great times we had down in Key West. I wanted to take a few mo-ments to recap the event and talk about what is ahead for 2017.

Meeting of the Minds “Here We Are” was one of the weeks that will go down in the books as one fantastic event! The 25th Annual Meeting of the Minds was sold out and I do not believe there has ever been a larger crowd at the Casa Marina on Saturday. In my final meetings with the Casa Marina staff they said they had never seen that many people on the grounds for any event. Ever. The scene was amazing and there are some awe-some photos of the crowd packed into the main stage area on the beach. Both pools were FULL of people! Our crowd filled Duval Street on Friday for two blocks solid as they enjoyed three great bands! What was accomplished in Key West at Meeting of the Minds? We had PHun! The weather was beau-tiful from beginning to end! We were surrounded by our PHriends! We raised some PHunds for some great charities and organizations to donate in 2017! There was great music! We raised scholarship money for our college Keets for 2017 and beyond! We had 259 attendees attempt to donate at our blood drive. We collected 212 pints of blood this year, a new rec-ord for us and One Blood! Awe-some! The toy drive produced 14 boxes of toys plus gift cards. The Salvation Army was extremely grateful for the donations! On Thursday at MOTM a new single day registration record was set with 3293 people registered and hundreds more support and artist

credentials given out. There was barely a line all day! By Saturday almost 5,000 people were creden-tialed for the event including ven-dors, support crews, musicians, and sponsors. The gift bag team set a record for setup and execution of the stuffing of 3700 bags. The stuffing was finished in 2.5 hours! Our raffle basket team put a smile on the face of a grand prize winner this year and they told me how great it was to work with such awesome volunteers. We had over 120 people on our MOTM security team as well as a full crew from the Key West Police Department. Thank you all for your leadership and support as we had a massive crowd on the beach this year and our security team kept it all safely rocking! This is a testimony to your preparation and pre-planning. The charities who saw contribu-tions this year were the PHiP Scholarship Fund, Florida Keys

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crews, Key West City leadership, Key West Police and Fire Department, the whole Casa Marina team, committee leadership, volunteers, and attendees. I want to take a moment to thank eve-ry person who volunteered any mo-ment of time during MOTM. Without every volunteer this event would nev-er even get started. It is ALL ABOUT YOU…every one of you volunteers. Thank you. Thanks to everyone for helping with keeping the Casa Marina Resort com-pletely full and even selling out the sister Reach Resort! The Casa Marina is the place to be for MOTM as many people tell me year after year. There is so much music on site you could come to Key West and find it hard to leave the Casa during MOTM! We have to fill the Casa every year and you keep it full! You will find the 2017 rates will continue to be among the lowest in Key West especially for a Hilton Waldorf Astoria. At the Casa we had $5.00 drink specials from Margaritaville Spirits and Landshark for $3.50…tough to match in Key West for sure. Thanks to all the MOTM sponsors and MOTM supporters for the whole year of support. THANK YOU MAR-GARITAVILLE!! We cannot have this celebration without you and your contributions. Thanks Tech-Tronics for your usual outstanding sound and lighting. Thanks to the Buffett stage guys JL Jamison and Billy Szocska! Thanks to the local JL crew! The MOTM main stage is totally the best ever. Thanks to the crew at the Art of Sound for the Sun Sun stage sound! I also want to thank all the musicians, bands, and support crews that come to MOTM and provide FIVE days of awesome music for us. There was Trop Rock music from beginning to end and almost half the night at times. I appreciate the support of all of the Coral Reefer Band and alumni travel-ing to Key West after a long tour leg right before our event! I want to give a special shout out to Toby Keith this year for flying all the way from Okla-

homa to perform for us at his ex-pense! That was not a last minute thing as the planning started in July and it really put a smile on many faces. How about Scott Emerick? He was awesome! Thank you Mac McAnally and the TKO Artist Management group for all of your help! Your ongoing support for MOTM is making the event ROCK. The Beachside Album Hour was amazing with all of the support from Ramajay Intercoastal, Coral Reefer Band members, and Keith Sykes sitting in on his two songs from “Son of a Son of Sail-or.” I have been told over and over how everyone loved Marshall Chapman and Will Kimbrough on Saturday. My email inbox has been buzzing with requests to bring them back to MOTM. Did I mention the crowd noise for the Peter Mayer Group after their set? It was amaz-ing to hear that crowd roar from the stage. There were so many musical moments I could write about but there is no space here to do any of them justice. You should be at MOTM next year! There is only one Meeting of the Minds. Next year marks the 26th Annual Meeting of the Minds. Planning has been underway for 2017 for several months now. I can tell you that there will be NO letup in entertain-ment. I plan to throw the kitchen sink at the schedule so get ready for the 2017 schedule announcement in a few short months. Meeting of the Minds 2017 registration and the

Casa Marina MOTM reservations block opened on December 27 just over two weeks ago! 2017 MEETING OF THE MINDS REGISTRATION REGISTRATION FOR THE 26th ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MINDS 2017 is OPEN and going very well! Don’t get left out as we stop registration at 3,500 or Sep-tember 15th whichever comes first!! The link is: https://www.phip.com/meeting If you have ANY QUESTIONS about Meeting of the Minds regis-tration questions are generally an-swered at the FAQ link: https://www.phip.com/meeting-faq You will have opportunities to reg-ister for volunteer activities when you register. IF YOU ARE INTER-ESTED IN THE GIFT BAG STUFFING EVENT please register early as that event is sold out when we reach 125 people. The bag stuff-ing party always fills VERY QUICKLY AND IS ALMOST FULL!!! Do not delay if you want to participate as there are NO EX-CEPTIONS after we reach the lim-it. That same rule applies to all the other volunteer positions but they tend to fill up more slowly than the gift bag party…Once the option disappears from the registration page you will know it has reached capacity! BE ADVISED!! The CASA MA-RINA IS VERY CLOSE TO A SELL-OUT!!

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There are a few rooms left at the Casa Marina so don’t delay booking your room for 2017!! The next email you see will likely be telling you the host hotel is SOLD OUT! The special code for our Parrot Head Rate is: ZZPAR9. You must mention this code to access the spe-cial Parrot Head rate. The Casa Marina phone numbers are: 888-303-5717 or 305-296-3535. Booking Link - Please note, the entire URL must be copied and pasted for it to work properly. https://secure3.hilton.com/en_US/wa/reservation/book.htm?inputModule=HOTEL&ctyhocn=EYWCMWA&spec_plan=ZZPAR9&arrival=20171029&departure=20171107&cid=OM,WW,HILTONLINK,EN,DirectLink&fromId=HILTONLINKDIRECT TWO DRAWINGS!! CHECK OUT THESE PRIZES!!! THANKS TO MARGARI-TAVILLE FOODS! IF you register FOR MOTM 2017 before April 1st, 2017 YOU will be put in a drawing to WIN a pair of JIMMY BUF-FETT and THE CORAL REEF-ER BAND concert tickets and access to a pre-show VIP party

for any 2017 Live Nation tour date within the U.S. or Cana-da. Concert date must be select-ed at least 8 weeks prior to the show or as soon as possible, if concert is announced with less than 8 weeks notification. You can register for MOTM 2017 beginning Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at 12:00 noon EST!! https://www.phip.com/meeting NEXT….Want to stay at the CASA MARINA RESORT during Meeting of the Minds? YOU should stay at the CASA

MARINA! Why? Well it is the host hotel and an awesome place to be but…if you book your room by April 1st, 2017 you will be put in a drawing to win a FOUR NIGHT STAY DURING MOTM 2017 IN A TWO BED-ROOM OCEAN VIEW SUITE FREE!! Only the people who are on the Casa Marina reservations list and registered for MOTM 2017 by April 1 will be eligible for the drawing. This is the fifth year in a row this prize has been of-fered. Ask some of the previous winners how cool this is to have this awesome suite right on the water in Key West during Meeting of the Minds for FREE! Standby for more Meeting of the Minds News!! 2017 is gonna’ ROCK! Until next time, I’ll see you, down the road… Andrew Andrew Talbert Parrot Heads in Paradise, Inc. PHiP Director of Conventions Meeting of the Minds Key West, Florida "We're Still Here'"

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Saturday afternoon at MOTM a special “thank you” and awards were pre-sented to the out going PHIP Board Members - Andy Harrell, Vice Presi-dent and Charley Gingrow, Director of Membership. Thank you for your years of service and best wishes on future endeavors!

Andy Harrell Charley Gingrow

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The PHIP National Team 2016 Final Totals & Teams!! YOU DID IT AGAIN!! … THANK YOU!!!

The 2016 Alzheimer’s totals are in and once again you all went above & beyond the call to raise the most money ever for the PHIP National Alzheimer’s Team. Reports from the National Alz-heimer’s Association confirm the TOTAL DOLLARS RAISED by 69 Chapters … $227,236 … well over our $100,000.00 goal!! WELL DONE PHIP National Team Members … WELL DONE!! CONGRATULATIONS to ALL of our 2016 participating PHIP Alzheimer’s Teams!! Fact: Alzheimer's is not just a disease of old age. Younger-onset (also known as early-onset) Alzheimer’s affects people younger than age 65. Up to 5 percent of the more than 5 mil-lion Americans with Alzheimer’s have younger- onset. Parrot Head Club of Tidewat-er led the way and claimed First Place $71,796 Chicago Parrot Heads in 2nd Place, $12,847 Lake Shore Parrot Heads tak-ing 3rd place, $11,100 $5,000.00 and above Teams were: Beaches A1A PHC San Antonio PHC Ozark Mountain Parrot Heads Space Coast PPHC Team False Echoes - Metro PHC

34 Teams raised $1,000 - $4,999.00 Colorado PHC Lone Star PHC Sarasota Bay PHC LowCountry PHC Galveston Bay PHC Purple Parrot Power Team Des Moines PHC Phun Coast Parrot Heads Arizona PHC Palmetto Parrotheads Naples PHC Parrott Heads in Rock Hill Area Pirates on the Water Pickwick PHC Tulsa Parrot Heads Los Angeles PHC Pirates of the Red PHC COPA Nuts Lakes Area Parrot Heads Western New York PHC PHs In Paradise-Barefoot Children The Cincinnati PHC Orange County PHC Blue Hen PHC Central Illinois PHC Left Coast Parrot Heads Parrot Heads of the Prairie Metro Parrot Heads St Louis PHC Parrotheads in Bangor Ocean State PHC Phlock of South Jersey Ocala PHC Eastern New York PHC Third Tier Up to $1,000.00 Heartland LakeSharks PHC Nautical Whalers Parrot Heads Buckeye PHC

Parrot Heads for the Palm Beaches Desert Sharks PHC Steel City Fins Midwest IN PHC Southern Illinois PHC PHINdy PHC Virtual PHC Team Claire Pirates of the Plains PHC Team Parrotheads KC PHC Poptop Parrots Corn Republic PHC Parrotheads/Support Chesapeake PHC Central Texas PHC Southern Idaho PHC Eastern IL PHC Clinton County PHC Coastal Jersey PHC Treasure Coast Parrot Head Hillbilly PHC Atlanta PHC Central Alabama PHC

ALL of our participating teams should be proud!! Even if your club raised less than $1,000, your club is just as important to our National Team totals!! We could not have done it without YOU ALL!!!! We have already signed our 2017 National Team Participa-tion Commitment form. SOON you will get an email about how to be involved. We hope you join us as we all WALK TO END ALZHEIMERS in 2017!!

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Financials Contributed By: Charlene Schultheis, PHiP Dir of Finance

Parrot Heads in Paradise, Inc. Financial Statement - General Fund - YTD as of December 31, 2016

Income:

Balance 12.31.15 $14,722

Membership/Handbooks-CD $29,880

Scholarship Account $100

Transfer from Scholarship Account $10,498

Total Income $55,200

Expense:

Award/Presentation $209

Background check $96

Board Meeting/Meetings $9,417

BubbleUp LLC $4,138

D & O Insurance $1,174

Filing Fee (Arizona) $10

GoDaddy.com $92

Newsletter winners:

Veterans Making A Difference $300

SafePlace 2B $200

TAPC $100

Printing/Postage $727

Scholarship $10,498

Software update (Quicken) $132

Transfer to Scholarship $100

United States Treasury $221

Total Expenses $27,413

Ending Balance: $27,787

Parrot Heads in Paradise Financial Statement MOTM Year to Date December 31, 2016

Income: Expenses cont.:

Balance 12.31.15 $ 34,417 Harmony Press Inc $ 6,749

Convention Guide $ 2,475 Historic Tours $ 700

Mini Mart $ 4,500 Key West Police Dept. (Security) $ 9,094

Registration $ 319,082 Keybard Advertising Specialist $ 40,458

Sponsorship $ 40,000 Magical Arts & Design $ 2,250

Square Deposits (Raffle) $ 29,101 MOTM Banners $ 607

$ 100,000 MOTM 2015 Grand Prize Winner $ 1,503 Transfer from Savings

MOTM Meetings $ 4,307

Total Income $ 529,575 Namify $ 5,196

Office Supplies $ 379

Expenses: Old Town Storage $ 2,152

Postage/Printing $ 243

Authorize.net (transaction fees) $ 400 Rey Flores - misc. art work $ 1,050

Bank Charges (Fifth Third) $ 360 Rob O'Neal Photography $ 700

Bank Charge (iPayment) $ 11,336 Scholarship (transfer to fund) $ 7,345

Bee's Honey Pots $ 1,350 Software $ 323

BubbleUp $ 125 TBA Communications Inc $ 616

Casa Marina $ 40,000 Tax software (1099) $ 71

Charity Tech Tronics Productions Inc $ 27,500

Florida Keys SPCA $ 5,000 Transfer to Savings $ 163,094

Key West PAL $ 5,000 Transfer to Scholarship $ 11,666

KOA Care Camps $ 5,000 Transportation $ 7,802

City of Key West $ 629 Virtual PHC (2015 on site member-ship) $ 9,960

Conch Republic Seafood Co. $ 7,087 Website $ 854

CUBE Services, inc. $ 6,784

Entertainment $ 105,114 Total Expense $511,683

Event Insurance $ 3,110

Florida Keys Group Transporta-tion $ 13,824 Ending Balance: $17,893

Four Star Rental $ 1,947

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Parrot Heads in Paradise, Inc. Financial Statement-Scholarship YTD as of December 31, 2016

Parrot Heads in Paradise Financial Statement Relationship Savings YTD as of December 31, 2016

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Parrot Heads in Paradise Financial Statement Relationship Savings(MOTM) YTD Dec 31, 2016

Income:

Balance 12.31.15 $6,066

Transfer from Checking $7,445

Credit Card Partner $598

Donation $200

Interest $4

PayPal (Raffle) $1,037

Raffle $13,971

Total Income $29,321

Expense:

Transfer to General Checking $10,498

Scholarship Raffle Prize $86

Total Expense $10,584

Ending Balance: $18,737

Income:

Balance 12.31.15 $26,066

Interest $36

Total Income $26,101

Expenses:

Total Expenses $0

Ending Balance: $26,101

Income: Balance 12.31.15 $28,239

Transfer from Checking $163,094

Interest $217

Total Income $191,550

Expenses:

Transfer to Checking $100,000

Total Expenses $100,000

Ending Balance: $91,550

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Parrot Heads of Pensacola Win the

2016 PHIP Golden Coconut Award

The 25th Anniversary of Meeting of the Minds is now in the books and it was a wonderful celebra-tion of PHIP family!! To add to the daily celebration of all things PHIP, on Saturday Morning, the winning Parrot Head Golden Coconut Club was announced. But first a little history behind the Golden Coconut … In 1996, Margaritaville and Parrot Heads In Paradise, Inc. decided to create an award to be given to a deserv-ing Parrot Head Club, emblematic and in recognition of the out-standing Charitable and Environ-mental efforts of ALL Parrot Head Clubs. Today, competition for the covet-ed award is waged through a "blind essay" submitted to an il-lustrious panel of judges com-posed of previous Golden Coco-nut Award recipients. Bestowed upon the winning chapter, the Golden Coconut is a one of a kind trophy designed, hand-crafted presented during the annual Meet-ing of the Minds. We had 3 times the entries this year from last year and the clubs who entered essays were very cre-ative. The judges had a tough de-cision on their hands and at times the scoring was close. However as we can honor only one club per year, the esteemed panel of judg-es did their job and scored the winning essay on the basis that it truly showed the “spirit” of the winning club. Like all of our PHIP Clubs, this club takes the “Party With A Pur-

pose” motto and gives back within their own community often. They participate in Road Clean Us, Humane Society do-nations of time and dollars as well as support for their local Boy’s Club/Girls’ Club to name just a few of the annual efforts. But there was this one particu-lar project … a project where they became the recipients in an way to where their giving led to them receiving and it changed them and the children they were

helping forever. Soon you will be able to read about their annual Christmas Book Project, their gift of litera-cy, on line at the Golden Coconut Winner’s portion of the website. … https://www.phip.com/club-winners. An essay titled How Parrot Head Changed the World Congratulations again to the Par-rot Heads of Pensacola, the new-est members of the prestigious Golden Coconut Clubs!!

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PHIP SCHOLARSHIP CONTEST NOW OPEN!

It's that time of year again for the PHiP Scholarship Essay Contest. Please pass this information along to your club members. We need you as leaders to make sure that this information gets out to each and every one of them. This is a wonderful opportunity for your members and their fami-lies. Please forward this information to you club at least once a month for the next three months in your clubs com-munications. We want all eligible students to take advantage of this opportunity. Thanks in advance for helping to get the word out and good luck to all the applicants. We are proud to announce that the PHiP Scholarship Essay Contest for 2017 is NOW OPEN!!!!!! Summary of the PHiP Scholarship: The PHiP Scholarship is for cur-rent Parrot Head Club Members of an officially Chartered Chapter or their children for post secondary education.

This program was established in 2008. Three scholarships will be awarded in 2017. The funds may be used for tuition, books or living expenses, at an accredited four-year university or college of the student’s choice. The award will be paid to the winners’ school ac-count, when a student account is established. PHiP awards 3 awards in the amounts of: First Place: $5,000 Second Place: $3,000 Third Place: $2,000 Eligibility: Parrot Head Club Members and children of Parrot Head Club Members (Sorry niec-es, nephews or other extended family members beyond those mentioned are not considered eli-gible) The Scholarship instruc-tions and application can be found on the PHiP Website at www.phip.com It is VERY important the applicant follow ALL of the rules and in-

Club membership remains as the cyber roost for Parrot Heads who have no land based club and many remain loyal members.

Over the 20 years, annual dona-tions have varied but included these charities … The American Red Cross, Toys N Tots (A Key West Police Department Toy Drive), Walk to End Alzheimer's, Bike MS, The Visiting Nurse and Hospice Association of the Flori-da Keys and The Scleroderma Foundation to name a very few.

The Virtual PHC hosts an annual Party With A Purpose during Meeting of the Minds. This party is the one opportunity the VPHC members have to gather, meet

structions. Only typed, electronic submissions will be accepted. In-complete applications will not be considered eligible. Make no references to your identi-ty, your local parrot head club or your location in your essay entry OR your question and statement responses. All applications must be signed at the appropriate place. We accept electronic signatures. To Apply: Complete the Parrot Head Scholarship Application found on the PHiP website at www.phip.com. Please email your completed application and essay to: David Cohen PHiP Secretary PHiPscholar-ship2017@roadrunner.com DEADLINE FOR APPLICANTS is MARCH 31st, 2017, for enroll-ment for fall term (summer terms not applicable). Students may ap-ply yearly; the awards will be giv-en annually, based on a new appli-cation process.

In the early 1990s, a different kind of Parrot Head club... an online Parrot Head Club was formed. There would be no geographical boundaries to limit membership, only one's appreciation for the life-style Jimmy Buffett sings about would be a requirement. Parrot Heads in Paradise, granted the Vir-tual PHC an official charter... to be the first, and only online Parrot Head Club!

face to face and hold conversa-tion with other Virtual mem-bers.

The Virtual PHC closed the 2016 year out with 253 mem-bers and had a large representa-tion during MOTM! In 2016 the Virtual PHC donations to-taled $7,500!!

To join the Virtual PHC, please contact: Sue Kermis @phipmembership@gmail.com or virtualphc@gmail.com

The Virtual PHC Membership Application is located at:

http://virtualphc.com/Virtual-PHC-Membership-App.pdf

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The following clubs were an-nounced as winners at the Gen-eral Membership Meeting at Meeting of the Minds last year on November 5th, 2016. 1st Place - Berks County PHC ($300) 2nd Place - Sarasota PHC ($200)

3rd Place - Tulsa PHC ($100) Each club will donate their win-nings to the charity of their choice. We congratulate all of the 2016 PHiP Newsletter Contest win-ning clubs!

We also wish to thank every club who submitted their newsletter for consideration, as well as our esteemed newslet-ter judges.

FINS WAY UP to all of you that “Partied with a Purpose” this past quarter! To be included in this list you need to post on the PHiP Club Leader’s Yahoo groups lists when you have a charitable or community service activity. Or you can send an email direct to me at ssspenny@att.net. Some clubs write a short “quarterly report” or recap of their activities and post or send that to share their accomplishments.

Altoona Parrot Head Club Arizona PHC Atlanta PHC Barefoot Children of FLL Beaches A1A PHC Blossomland Pirates PHC Blue Hen PHC Blue Water PHC Canyon Lake PHC Cedar Creek Lake PHC Central Illinois PHC Central Oklahoma PHA Central Texas PHC Chesapeake PHC Coast of Carolina PHC Coastal Jersey PHC Delaware Seashore PHC Detroit PHC Eastern Illinois PHC Eastern New York PHC Galveston Bay PHC Hanover Area PH Society Hillbilly PHC Houston PHC Key West PHC Lakes Area Parrot Heads Latitude 38 PHC

Lone Star PHC LowCountry PHC Metro PHC Midwest Indiana PHC Milwaukee Area PHA New Hampshire PHC Northern Illinois PHC NorthWest Indiana PHC Ocean State PHC Ozark Mountain PHs Palmetto PHC Parrot Heads in Natural Set-tings (PHINS) ParrotHead Pirates of the California Delta PHC of Charlotte PHC of Eastern Massachu-setts Philly Phinz Phin City PHC PHINdy PHC PHs in Michiana PHs of Pensacola PHs of Perth PHs of Port Aransas PHs of Puget Sound PHs of the Phininsula

PHs on the St. Clair Phun Coast PHC Pirates in Paradise Pirates in the Harbour Pirates on the Water Pittsburgh PHC Pleasure Island PHs San Antonio PHC San Diego PHC Sandlapper PHC Sarasota Bay PHC Savannah PHC Seguin PHC Smoky Mountain PHC Southern Idaho PHC SouthWest Florida PHC St. Louis PHC Tallahassee PHC Tampa Bay PHC The Villages PHs Treasure Coast PHC Tulsa PHC Washington Area PHC West Georgia PHC Western New York PHC Western North Carolina PHC

PHIP NEWSLETTER CONTEST WINNERS FOR 2016!

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Congratulations To All Of Our Parrot Head Clubs Celebrating Birthdays This Quarter!

HAPPY BIRTHDAYHAPPY BIRTHDAY

PARROT HEADS !!PARROT HEADS !!

JANUARY

Central Alabama PHC 01/08/11

Desert Sharks PHC 01/09/03

High Desert PHC 01/10/02

Southern Illinois PHC 01/25/07

Midwest Indiana PHC 01/12/00

Bluegrass PHC 01/27/95

Acadiana PHC 01/30/11

Shoreline PHC 01/19/94

Kansas City PHC 01/22/95

Ozark Mountain PHs 01/17/98

1000 Islands PHC 01/24/06

Pirates in Paradise 01/01/99

Palmetto PHC 01/05/97

Phlip Phlop Phlockers 01/25/12

Memphis PHC 01/15/00

Wasatch Mountain PHC 01/07/95

PHC of Tidewater 01/11/96

FEBRUARY

Magic City PHC 02/13/01

Colorado PHC 02/15/94

PHs for the Palm Beaches 02/18/96

The Villages PHs 02/02/04

Savannah PHC 02/04/02

Pau Hana PHC 02/21/05

Treasure Valley PHC 02/01/02

Western Massachusetts PHC 02/23/98

Lakeshore PHC 02/01/02

Route 66 PHC 02/04/12

Wagoner PHC 02/20/03

Coast of Carolina PHC 02/14/95

Rose City PHC 02/07/10

PHC of Green Bay 02/09/93

CNY Parrot Head Club 02/22/15

MARCH

PH Pirates of the CA Delta 03/06/03

Nature Coast PHC 03/12/08

PHs in Perry-dise 03/17/09

Pirates on the Water 03/01/06

PHs of the Savannah River 03/07/96

PHs in Lincolnland 03/21/98

Summit City PHC 03/05/00

Annapolis PHC 03/14/95

Chesapeake PHC 03/27/97

OBX Pirates 03/28/04

Sandlapper PHC 03/29/98

PHs of the Prairie 03/08/05

Music City Phins 03/03/03

San Antonio PHC 03/11/99

Fins of the Valley 03/08/05

PHs of the Phininsula 03/20/11

Hamilton PHC 03/19/01

PHs in Niagara South 03/03/10

PHs on the St. Clair 03/15/07

Black Hills Parrot Heads 03/17/15

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PHiP REGIONAL EVENTS

Are you missing out on advertising your party or event? Advertise your club’s activities on your Regional Calendar by contacting your RC today!! Be sure to list WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHO BENEFITS, and where to get MORE INFO! You never know when people might want to travel to your area!

WHO: Parrot Heads in Natural Settings

WHAT: PHINS Open Golf Tournament

WHERE: Eagle Landing, Orange Park, FL

WHEN: Apr 29, 2017

BENEFITS: Community PedsCare

MORE INFO: http://www.phinsjax.org/golf-tournament.html

WHO: Tampa Bay PHC

WHAT: Music on the Bay

WHEN: Mar 2 – 4, 2017

WHERE: Whiskey Joes, Tampa Bay, FL

BENEFITS: Shriners Hospitals for Children

MORE INFO: www.musiconthebay.org

WHO: Panama City PHC

WHAT: Panama City PHC Rendezvous

WHERE: Panama City Beach

WHEN: April 21 to 23, 2017

BENEFITS: Girls, Inc.

INFO: http://panamacityphc.org/ren2017/index.html

WHO: LowCountry PHC

WHAT: LowCountry Mardi Crawl

WHEN: Feb 25, 2017

WHERE: Shem Creek, SC

BENEFITS: Multiple charities

MORE INFO: http://dev1.lcparrotheads.org/mardi-crawl-2017

WHO: Berks Count PHC

WHAT: Cabin Fever

WHEN: Feb 25, 2017

WHERE: DoubleTree Hotel, Reading, PA

BENEFITS: Family Promise of Berks County

MORE INFO: http://berkscountyparrothead.club/

WHO: Multiple Parrot Head Clubs

WHAT: Stars Fell on Alabama

WHERE: Orange Beach, AL

WHEN: March 16 – 19, 2017

BENEFITS: Multiple charities

MORE INFO: http://www.starsfellonalabama.org

WHO: Quad City PHC

WHAT: Annual Havana Daydreaming

WHEN: April 1, 2017

WHERE: Davenport, IA

BENEFITS: Royal Ball Run for Autism

MORE INFO: www.qcph.com

WHO: Multiple New England PHCs

WHAT: “Christmas in the Caribbean” NEPHC Convention

WHEN: Mar 9-12, 2017

WHERE: Holiday Inn, Mansfield, MA

BENEFITS: Multiple charities

MORE INFO: http://www.newenglandphc.com/2017

Don’t Let Time Get Away From You … Finish &

Mail Your PHIP Annual Renewal TODAY !!!

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The Lone Palm Foundation held its 2nd Annual LIVE Auction during Meeting of the Minds on Saturday, November 5, 2017. We had a total of 15 items up for auction including Jimmy Buffett autographed CD's, Albums, NO-LA table and chairs and a mini replica of JB's D28 Martin Acoustic Guitar, which sold for $775 and went to Arizona.

LONE PALM FOUNDATION

MOTM AUCTION

(see picture). The auction drew 44 bidders from across the coun-try that helped us raise $10,170.00 to aid Parrot Heads with financial assistance during difficulties resulting from a natu-ral disaster.

For more information on the Par-rot Head Emergency PHUND go to www.lonepalmfoundation.org