Happy Birthday to Kimberly Harris on June 5th, Josh Duford on June 7th, and
Brian Menard on June 8th.
Hope to see you all at the Flea Market sponsored by the Old Home
Day Committee on June 6th from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Carpenter Park.
Rain date is June 7th.
The Chichester Library Book and Plant Sale will be June 13th
from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., rain or shine. The Library appreciates all
donations of books, videos, and audios. These donations keep the
book sales going and bring enjoyment to hundreds of book lovers.
If you are willing to bake for dessert at Old Home Day, please
contact JoAnn Luikmil at 798-5483.
The Chichester Youth Association will once again host Challenger
Sports British Soccer Camp the week of August 3-7, 2009 at the
Carpenter Park Soccer Fields in Chichester. The camp will run Monday
through Friday, and each child is coached by a member of
challenger’s British coaching staff flown to the USA exclusively to
work on these programs. Camp is open to players between the ages of
4 and 18. Check out our website for more information,
www.ChichesterYouth.com.
Here are the titles of some DVDs and Audios which have been
recently purchased or donated to Chichester Library. DVDs:
Training Day, Braveheart, The Sons of Katie Elder, and Dances with
Wolves. Audios-CDs: Death Dance by Linda Fairstein, The Colorado Kid
by Stephen King, The Loop by Nicholas Evans, Slow Burn by Julie
Garwood, Dead Ringer by Lisa Scottoline, and Company Man by Joseph
Finder.
Now that summer is coming, the Old Home Day Committee is meeting
more often. The next meeting will be Tuesday, June 9, at 7 p.m. at
the Fire Station. Anyone interesting in assisting with Old Home Day
is welcome to attend.
Congratulations to Tasha Giuda for achieving the Dean’s List at
the University of Miami for the second semester in a row.
The Cable Franchise Contract Committee is now meeting to
renegotiate the Comcast contract. If you have any comments, concerns
or suggestions regarding the new contract, please contact Lisa
Stevens at the Town Hall.
Letter
Dennis’ dream will live on.
I asked Dennis one day while sitting at
the table what he wanted to do. He was semi-retired and, and needed to fill
his time with something other than me. He said he wanted to open a pet
store. I said OK! Well, a lot of you have been there. Many of you have not.
Those of you who have, keep coming back, the store remains open, thanks to
two really cool guys named Chris and Troy. They also had a dream to open a
pet store. Well, they didn’t need to open one, they found a really cool one.
For the last couple of weeks Chris and Troy have been getting to know Dennis
by listening to stories from me. They need to learn more. Please keep going
to the pet store and telling your stories. And if you haven’t been yet,
please go and tell your stories about Dennis even if they are not pet store
stories.
My family and I would also like to thank all our past customers
for coming in and sharing your stories with us, crying with us, and laughing
with us. We would also like to take one moment to thank Jeff, and Don for
helping us out by taking a day every week to work for us. Also, to thank the
guys and girls at Charlie Co., as well as Tina’s Hair Salon, Parker’s
Restaurant, Happy Pups, The Thrift Store, and of course, Dave and Lannie
from Diamond Signs for being wonderful friends to our family. We as well as
all of you miss Dennis terribly as we approach the anniversary of his
accident.
Thank you so much.
The Antonelli Family
Out of Your Attic Thrift Shop
Director’s Corner June 09
I had a family
emergency come up that basically took me away from Baby Threads for a couple
weeks. During this stretch, I was needed at the hospital on a Saturday when
I was supposed to be tending to the Thrift Shop in Chichester. I tried
frantically to find a sub. But since it was a Saturday, and very short
notice, I was not able to find anyone to cover for me. The shop did not open
as scheduled. I felt badly, but my family came first. Later that afternoon,
one of our Saturday volunteers saw the shop was closed when she was driving
by. (She had told me in advance that she had a family commitment that
morning so I had not called her to see if she could fill in.) She stepped in
to open the shop for the afternoon.
Can you imagine my shock when I
heard from Ruthi that some of the customers who came Saturday morning and
found that we were closed had said some awful things and were very angry to
arrive and find that we were not open. I felt terrible. I also have to admit
that a few unkind thoughts came to mind. But then I remembered why I had
volunteered to give up my Saturdays for about the last 5 years. And my
unkind thoughts began to fade away.
The Baby Threads Out of Your Attic
Thrift Shops are a big part of the Baby Threads work. One of our goals is to
provide a place where anyone can afford to shop. I thought of a few
experiences I have had while volunteering at the Chichester shop on
Saturday. And these memories remind me of why I choose to volunteer on
Saturday.
Here are a few of my memories I will share. A lady came in and
asked for one of our $2.00 bags. She took the bag and went off to shop. On
her way out the door she stopped and wiped away a tear. She told me she had
a friend who was going to have a baby. She said her friend had nothing for
her baby. She said “thanks to you, I can get some things for my friend’s
baby.”
On another occasion, 3 young men came in. They looked kind of sad.
They told me someone in their family had passed away. They wanted to look
good at the funeral and didn’t have anything to wear. Daryl and I were able
to find each young man a suit, tie, dress shirt, belt, and shoes. They were
so thankful and told us they thought their Gram would be pretty happy to see
them all dressed up.
I also thought of a Saturday before Christmas.
Daryl and I were volunteering, and thinking about things we had left to do
to get ready for Christmas. A young lady came in. Her head hung low. She had
lost her job. Her boyfriend was also out of work. She had nothing to give
anyone for Christmas. But she felt she had to at least find something for
her little niece. She had $5.00. Was there anything she could get that would
be nice for $5.00. We told her she was in luck. She looked at us like we had
not heard what she had said. She reminded us again she only had $5.00. Ruthi
had put on the special board for us to have a $5.00 bag special that day. We
told her about the special. When she left the store she had the biggest
smile on her face. She had found something nice, most of the items were
never used, for every person in her family.
Volunteering is, after all,
very rewarding! Bon
Ms. Daryl B. Hoitt
