Greetings,
What an amazing convention in Sparks!!! Dina and the entire Executive Committee did a great job. We had a lot of FUN in our meeting. Roddy Myers wins for the best dance entrance. Our Official Visitor, Brian Toseki, was fabulous! I really enjoyed getting to know him and his wife Pam. Denielle Baile was wonderful! All the Chairs gave such great information. If you didn’t make it, you missed a great weekend!
Our committee would like to thank everyone who came by our booth for information and to give a donation. Many of you gave checks to our committee in the check march. Thank you all so much!!! Your donations will help pay for our students to get to the International Youth Awareness (YA) Congress to compete for scholarships. It also helps us purchase the $50 gift cards that the students earn for completing their Kids Talk reports and our $500 finalist prizes that are awarded to each student when they return from the International Congress.
The following information was provided during my presentation and will be issued in CNMA Youth Awareness Guidance in the coming months.
A Lodge can host a Youth Awareness Congress, which should be reported on the Lodge Heart of the Community Report. Congresses must be held between July and October. The lodge is asked to provide water, sodas and depending on the time of day the congress is held, a light meal or snacks. That’s it!
The students must attend a YA Congress in order to participate in the program each year. Each student should be sponsored by a Lodge, Chapter, Moose Legion or Moose Riders Activity Group. The cost to sponsor a student is $35. The sponsor can donate a dollar amount (i.e., $300), or they can sponsor a certain number of students (3 students at $35 each, $105). Any amount will be gladly accepted.
Our committee will provide $50 gift cards to each student who completes their reports of their Kids Talks and $500 for each finalist when they return from the International YA Congress. The flights to the International YA Congress are funded by the California Nevada Moose Association.
Individuals can donate funds or $50 Visa Cards to support the program.
All checks must be made payable to California Nevada Moose Association, earmarked Youth Awareness.
Hopefully, this clears up any questions you may have. If not feel free to reach out to me in a text message at 714-394-4910.
We currently have several YA Congresses on the calendar.
In the North-Lynn McDonald or Kathy Childs
Sep 20th – Roseville
Sep 21st – Sunnyvale
Oct 1st – Monterey
Oct 23rd – Sunnyvale
TBD West Sacramento
In the South-Bridget Robinson
Aug 23rd – Garden Grove 10:00 am
Sep 20th – Pomona 10:00 am
Sep 28th – Bellflower/Downey 1:00 pm
Oct 11th – Escondido 11:00 am
Oct 12th – Stockdale 10:00 am
Oct 26th – La Habra 1:00 pm
TBD-Buena Park
The CNMA YA Program has had 11 winners in the past 6 years! These 11 students earned $74,000 in scholarships. This is possible because someone chose to sponsor a student and due to the dedication of our Coordinators Lynn McDonald, Kathy Childs and me. We work hard to get our students ready for the International Congress and the results show. This program could not be done without Lynn and Kathy. I am so thankful for both of them.
When we have a first-place winner, we bring them to the Annual Convention to share their story. Last year you got to hear the story of Quang Ho. This year we were able to hear the story of Victor Torres!! Victor did an amazing job on his reports to the kids ages 4-12 and knocked it out of the park with his report at the YA Congress in South Dakota with his peers. It was wonderful having him at convention and giving you all a chance to hear his story. Thank you so much for making Victor feel welcomed. Many of you came by the booth to meet him and have sent messages regarding his presentation. Thank you all for the kindness and support that you gave him. Victor is attending Northridge College, here in California.
Victor was so impressed hearing Milt McGinnis speak, and hearing Milt’s story of how long he has been involved with the Moose. Victor asked a lot of questions, and we explained some of what we do for children, seniors, and those in our community. Victor was taken back by the generosity of our members.
Overall, I can’t say enough about the Convention. It was great!!!
On behalf of our committee, thank you for all of your support of the CNMA Youth Awareness Program!
Serving from the Heart,
Bridget Robinson
Youth Awareness Chair and Coordinator
(714) 638-8114
Bridge2moose@aol.com
Youth Awareness Contacts
CA NORTH
Fred Reichelt 510-507-4654 yamooseteam@sbcglobal.net
Lynda (Lynn) McDonald 916-852-8628 memooseteam@sbcglobal.net
Kathy Childs kathychilds@prodigy.net
CA SOUTH
Bridget Robinson 714-394-4910 bridge2moose@aol.com
