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Chips August 22nd, 2016
Guests and Speaker:
No guests today.
Speaker was Kyayn Page, Board member of The Rutland County Parent Child Center
 
Fines/Brags:
Mike fined me for my article in the paper
I bragged about my camping trip to Jamaica State Park.
Krista bragged about the Ravnah Golf Tournament.
Jeff Guevin bragged about his 2 week vacation. Went to Quebec City and got to spend time with his parents.
Chris said that he tried to donate stuff for the Syrian Refugees that are coming, but the church he brought the things to had so much stuff already donated that they had to turn it away. He bragged for the generosity of the community.
Steve bragged for his 39th wedding anniversary!
Terry said that Joe caught him off guard last week when he asked him about what's going on with Castleton's coaching staff. Terry said that the current coach left for a D1 school. The problem Castleton has is keeping good talent, not getting them!
Nick bragged for his family reunion over the weekend and promised a Red Sox Raffle Ticket game report next week.
Joe was on the dam at Chittenden over the weekend and caught a nice bass. He bragged for his daughter who is starting her first year as a teacher at West Rutland Elementary.
Caprice bragged that today is her 7th anniversary with The Parent Child Center
 
Announcements:
Bob Amelang said that we currently have 13 exchange students in our district!
Krista told everyone that the Halloween parade planning is in the works. Any help/input greatly appreciated.
Krista also said that the club bought a bike for a young boy through the Fair and we got a certificate for participating in Winter in August.
 
Raffle:
$40 in little pot, over $1,400 in the bigg'en. Our guest speaker won BOTH! The look on her face was priceless! If you had heard her presentation, you would agree that she deserved to win.
 
Speaker:
Caprice introduced Kyayn. She has seen her grow so much over the years and really believes in the work that the Parent Child Center does. They change lives and Kyayn is a great example of that. Currently, the Parent Child Center is looking to build a new facility and expand. They are only $100,000 short of their total $1.7 million goal. Kyayn came to the center in 2013 as a single mom in a bad place. She had a nasty attitude and the center changed her life. They helped her grow and become a better person and mother. She didn't have a high school degree at that time. Her daughter was diagnosed with a muscular disorder in 2013 and the center arranged help and therapy for her. They helped her get into housing through the housing trust. When Kyayn graduated from the learning together program in February of 2015, it was the fondest memory of her life other than the birth of her daughter. She earned her High School diploma and is now almost finished with her associates degree. She has plans of pursuing her bachelors and would like to work fulltime at the Parent Child Center. She said, "regardless of how nasty and mean I got, the folks at the Parent Child Center stayed by my side. They take broken, down trodden people and build them up and patch them back together to make them a success." It is a home for people who have nowhere else to turn. Currently, the Center employs 39 people full-time.
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