REPORT OF SERVICE
ACTIVITIES, JULY – DECEMBER 2001
JANUARY 28, 2002
Activity:
Club members reserved and sold tickets for a four-hour open-air cruise
on the Miss Christin, a 105-passenger boat, to view the National
Fireworks show from the Potomac River in Washington, DC. While the trip from Alexandria to Washington
was completed through a driving rain, all of the attendees enjoyed the
experience of viewing the fireworks from one of among over one thousand boats
on the River near the Memorial Bridge.
Number of Members:
26.
Money Raised:
$650
Beneficiary:
The Club retained $350 for our own Environmental Fund, and donated $300
to the Save the Manatee Club in Maitland, FL.
Activity:
Club members volunteered to participate in a six-hour volleyball
marathon, which was held on the campus of Catholic University in Washington,
DC. Over forty teams, made up of local
community and corporate groups, participated in the event, which raises over
$20,000.
Number of Members:
11
Money Raised:
$275
Beneficiary:
National Kidney Foundation of the National Capital Area
(www.kidneywdc.org), 5335 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20015;
Meredith Kirchner, ph. (202) 244-7900.
Activity:
WAPHC, along with Parrotheads of the Old Dominion (VA) and the
Rappahannock Area Parrothead Club (VA), arranged for a performance with Sunny
Jim and Jim Morris at Mango Mike’s Restaurant in Alexandria, VA. Three separate raffles were conducted during
the evening, and Mango Mike’s donated a portion of food and drink sales to the
charitable efforts of all three clubs.
Two WAPHC members also offered overnight accommodations to Jim, Jim and
Mark (Migration Music) Friedman after the show. Regrettably, Jim Morris had to decline the offer and sleep in
their motor home due to his allergy to Lu’s cats.
Number of Members:
58
Money Raised:
$495
Beneficiary:
Alzheimer’s Association of National Capital Area (www.alz-nca.org), 11240 Waples Mill Road,
Suite 402, Fairfax, VA 22030; Anthony Sudler, Chapter President, ph: (866) 259-0042.
Activity:
WAPHC and the Parrotheads of the Old Dominion arranged for performances
by local guitarist Chris Gantzer, the band Key Lime Pie from Maryland, and the
Calypso Nuts from Virginia Beach, at Sully’s Restaurant in Chantilly, VA. This annual night-before-Buffett party drew
a crowd of over 400 Parrotheads from all over the country for 6 hours of
tropical sounds.
Number of Members:
54
Money Raised:
$1,140
Beneficiary:
Alzheimer’s Association of National Capital Area.
Activity:
Four days after the September 11 tragedy, Club members donned work
gloves and wading boots to spend 4 hours bagging garbage and debris from a
mile-long segment of Potomac River shoreline.
Our efforts resulted in the collection of over 120 bags of garbage, car
tires, car parts, furniture and a bowling ball. Working in an area just south of Reagan National Airport in
Alexandria, which remained closed on this Saturday, left all of us affected by
the absence of airplane traffic.
Number of Members:
12
Money Raised:
none.
Beneficiary:
Center for Marine Conservation/National Park Service; Jay Johnstone,
area coordinator, ph: (703) 289-2553.
Activity:
The Club entered three member-prepared chili recipes in Northern
Virginia’s qualifying contest for the National Chili Society. In support of their efforts, the Club
designed and set up a tropical display along the shores of the Potomac River in
Old Town Alexandria, VA, offering up samples of our chili recipes for small
“donations” which are all given to the Kidney Foundation. Over 40 groups entered competition chilis,
and over 2,000 guests attended the event, which raised approximately $65,000
for the local chapter of the Foundation.
Number of Members:
19
Money Raised:
$485 from donations alone.
Beneficiary:
National Kidney Foundation’s National Capital Area Chapter.
Activity: In
support of the Club’s efforts throughout the year, the local chapter named the
Club a Gold Sponsor of the Memory Walks in the DC area. The Club participated in one of the walks,
which was held in Fairfax, VA. Club
members collected donations and contributed event participation fees; a total of
over $225,000 was raised from collections and sponsorships for the four walks
held in the area in September and October.
Number of Members:
22
Money Raised:
$1,200
Beneficiary:
Alzheimer’s Association of National Capital Area.
Activity:
Club members entered and participated in a 5-mile walk in support of
lung cancer awareness and the Hospice of Northern Virginia. The walk was organized by a close friend of
one of our members whose brother organized and held a charity walk concurrently
in Liverpool, England.
Number of Members:
5
Money Raised:
$150
Beneficiary:
American Cancer Society and Hospice of Northern Virginia.
Activity:
Club members collected over 250 pounds of perishable food products
during socials in November and December, which were donated to a local food
bank which supplies several homeless shelters and hunger relief organizations
in Northern Virginia.
Number of Members:
Over 60 members donated.
Money Raised:
$126 in additional donations were collected.
Beneficiary:
Capital Area Food Bank, 6833 Hill Park Drive, Lorton, VA 22079; ph: (703) 541-3063.
Activity:
Club members collected over 140 toy items at Club activities during the
month of December. Arrangements were
then made to make the donation to the Marine Corps Reserves at one of our
socials before Christmas. The Marine
reservist dispatched to collect our donation dressed appropriately in uniform…with
a Buffett concert t-shirt underneath!
Number of Members:
over 40 members donated.
Money Raised:
none.
Beneficiary:
Toys For Tots (www.toysfortots.org),
c/o U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Unit, Base Quantico, VA. Contact
1st Sgt. Howard Banks, ph: (703) 784-2798, bankshg@mfr.usmc.mil.
Activity:
Club members charted the Potomac Riverboat Company’s Cherry Blossom steamship
for a 4-hour cruise and party on the River from Alexandria, VA to ring in the
New Year. Members also sold tickets,
produced boarding passes, worked with a local caterer for food and beverage
service, made arrangements with a hotel near the dock for overnight
accommodations, arranged with the bands Small Town and Calypso Nuts and
arranged for dinner at a local restaurant beforehand. Over 240 tickets were sold, and a phenomenal time was had by all.
Number of Members:
49
Money Raised:
$3,200
Beneficiary:
Alzheimer’s Association of National Capital Area.