Addison Midday Rotary - Newsletter - Archive (Feb 12, 2010)

If you need a t-shirt from the run, please let Neil know, or they will be gone. The extra shirts will be donated to Operation Veterans Support.

Jennifer Riley graduated from the University of North Texas in 1992 and began working in automotive lending for Chrysler Financial. She switched to mortgage lending in 2002, serving as the right hand to the largest originator in Texas until September 2008 when she went out on her own.

Jennifer jumps horses competitively, and serves as a volunteer in the Animal Assisted Therapy group at Baylor Medical Center. She also volunteered for over seven years at Scottish Rite Hospital for children.

Jennifer will be speaking to us about credit scores, credit reports, changes in the mortgage qualifications (they change daily!). Should I close my credit card accounts because they raised my rates? Should I pay off my medical bills that have gone into collections? Can I get a credit card? What if my credit is not perfect? Bring all your questions, Jennifer will have handouts and answers!

Paul Markowitz, the owner and principal of Senior Living Specialist, a NO-FEE service to the individual or family that helps families to narrow down the choices based on a needs assessment, coaching the families on what to look for in each facility, providing the families with a list of questions that should be asked on the tour, and tips to ensure they get the best monthly financial rate possible, the financial responsibility rests with the communities the senior is place in.

Senior Living Specialist was recently featured on CBS News in Dallas, in the Dallas Morning News and the Texas Jewish Post.

Special Event: March 10th, Food Drive

Our next special event will culminate on March 10th at Jewish Family Services Food Bank, located at 5402 Arapaho Road(across from Walmart). We will be collecting food at our businesses and in our neighborhoods and then delivering and sorting the food on the 10th.

The Food Pantry needs:

Staples:

Pasta, rice, dry potatoes, mayonnaise, jelly, jam, oil, tomato sauce, canned fruits, canned tuna, peanut butter, chili, soup, beans, salt-free and sugar-free products

Beverages:

Coffee, tea, fruit juices, fruit drinks,

Kosher products

Personal Care Items:

Shampoo, bar soaps, deodorant, toothbrushes, toothpaste, diapers, feminine hygiene products

Paper Goods:

Tissues, toilet paper, paper-towels

Household Goods:

Laundry detergents, soaps, all-purpose cleaners

What CANNOT be used:

"Exotic" foods, such as caviar, marinated artichokes, hearts of palm, open containers of any kind

ALL FOOD NEEDS TO BE IN DATE!

Look for more information in next week's newsletter and Tracey will be talking about it at the meeting on Tuesday. If you would like more information, please e-mail Tracey

Run Comments: Neil Wants Your Comments

Neil is looking for your input on how the run was, well, run! If you have any input, please send e-mail Neil.

Raffle: Every Week!

Show me the money! We will have a “BIG JACKPOT” raffle drawing every week. Here are the rules.

- The drawing will be held every week after the speaker concludes. Tickets can be bought up to that time. $1 for 1 ticket, $5 gets 6 tickets.

- A ticket will be drawn at the end of the meeting.

- But the weekly winner, will not automatically get the jackpot. To ensure we have a BIG JACKPOT, we then ask the winner to draw the “winning card” from a standard deck of 52 cards. If they pull the “winning card”, they get the BIG JACKPOT.

- How do we determine the “winning card”? After the jackpot is won, we will draw one card from a standard deck of 52 cards. That card becomes the “winning card.” It is reinserted into the deck.

- If a non-winning card is drawn by the weekly drawing winner, that card is discarded. This means the odds of drawing the “winning card” will improve every week as the BIG JACKPOT grows.

- The jackpot is rolled over every week until the “winning card” is drawn.

- The value of the BIG JACKPOT will be reported in the newsletter.

- Half of the winning pot goes to the Addison Midday Rotary Foundation.