The Pilot Log Fall 2015

FALL 2015 || VOLUME 97 || NUMBER 1

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Official publication of Pilot International

COVER STORY:

MEET NEW PILOT INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT SHANNON CLEGG INSIDE: CELEBRATE FOUNDERS MONTH 2014-2015 PILOT & ANCHOR AWARDS CONVENTION SCRAPBOOK IN ORLANDO SURFING & AUTISM PILOTLOG FALL 2015 | 1

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10/25//Pilot & Anchor Awards 12

14//Convention Scrapbook

PIlot International Annual Convention & Leadership Conference photos.

11//Founders Day On our Cover —Pilots and Anchors walked at the Swan and Dolphin Resort to honor Caregivers

12//Surfing & Autism NC District Helps Surfers Camp for Kids

16//Cover Story

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THE PRESIDENT’S LETTER

Shannon Burks Clegg // Pilot International President

All across the world, Pilots are gearing up in a big way to create excitement and enthusiasm as volunteers within their communities. The ideas for Pilot community engagement are endless: fund raising fairs; Pick Me Up projects; autumn walks and 5-K runs; awareness projects; Care & Kindness Week events; Founder’s Day programs; new member recruiting efforts, and Pilot/Anchor Club collaborations.

As members of Pilot International, we celebrate the vision of Elizabeth Leonard and the forty Pilots who came together in October of 1921 to charter the first Pilot Club in Macon, Georgia. With a strong resolve to do more in their community, they set off sharing this new civic organization. Within their first two years, Pilot grew by five clubs across three states. All of this growth was done without the means of today’s technology. There were no computers, no IPads, no cell phones and certainly no social media. In fact, Pilot saw great growth despite the lack of technology. What they had was a strong sense of volunteerism and a common cause.

I have a challenge for each of you for Founders Month. Let’s show the world what being a Pilot volunteer is all about.

Locate a Pilot Wheel, Anchor, Compass or anything representative of Pilot International and snap a picture of yourself or group of members. Better yet, have some new prospective members in the picture with you. Post them on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram using #celebratepilot in the post.

The 2014-2015 PI and Anchor Awards were presented during the 2015 Pilot International Convention in Orlando and are listed in this issue of THE PILOT LOG (p. 10 and 25). Please note that one award was presented posthumously: the 3rd place winner of the Anchor Advisor of the Year to Carole Crim of the Anchor/Pilot Clubs of Jacksonville, Illinois. Carole was awarded this honor by the Awards Jury before her death on June 16. Carole was a retired elementary school teacher and case worker, and a tireless Pilot volunteer who loved working with Anchors in her community. She will be missed by all of us in the Pilot community.

We continue to send healing thoughts, encouragement and prayers to all those impacted by the ravages of the recent Hurricane Joaquin in South Carolina and The Bahamas. Donations for aid can be made through the following Red Cross agencies: The American Red Cross - http://www.redcross.org and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - http://www.ifrc.org/en/get-involved/donate/ Many thanks to all of the clubs and members who submitted information for this Pilot Log. I think you’ll find all of the stories interesting. Personally, I’d like to thank our Pilot Log editor, Paige Henson, and graphic designer, Julianne Gleaton.

Best wishes for a wonderful Pilot year!

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VOLUME 97 NO. 1 PILOT INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT Shannon Clegg INTERIM DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS & EDITOR OF PILOT LOG Paige Henson GRAPHIC DESIGN Julianne Gleaton OUR MISSION Pilot International transforms communities by: developing youth, providing service and education, and uplifting families.

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Email material to: communication@pilothq.org Or send by post to: Editor, THE PILOT LOG 102 Preston Court Macon, GA 31210 On our Cover —Pilots and Anchors walked at the Swan and Dolphin Resort to honor Caregivers Thanks to Daniel Ramon, Pilot’s Official Convention photographer for many of the photos taken in Orlando and featured in this issue.

2015-2016 District Governors

ALABAMA Lisa Patterson 334-804-7201 lbp@lbwcc.edu

ARKANSAS-OKLAHOMA Betty Forrest 479-478-1911 betty.Forrest@att.net

THE BAHAMAS Christine Lightbourne christinelightbourne@hotmail.com

COED Merrily Burns 808-268-1416 proteatrvl@aol.com

FLORIDA Mary Jane McMillen Mj419mc@aol.com

GEORGIA Grace Crittenden 229-881-6075

JAPAN Hiroko Hiyama Hiroko-hiyama@tkcnk.or.jp

KANSAS-MISSOURI Melinda Morgan melindaRmorgan@gmail.com

KENTUCKY-OHIOWEST VIRGINIA Greta Tylor 304-372-9389 gtyler@casinternet.net

LOUISIANA Danna Gilbert 318-376-6496 dlgillett@gmail.com

MICHIGAN-INDIANA Sheryl Williams 765-744-3742 sherwilliams@att.net

MISSISSIPPI Peggy Norman 662-229-8448 pnorman@ccsms.org

NORTH CAROLINA Rebecca Brooks 910-280-0768 brooksvac52@gmail.com

NORTHWEST-POTOMAC Lori LaRocco 631-543-3203 Wabbitgolf27@aol.com

SOUTH CAROLINA Joseph Cunningham 803-741-6098 jos.cunning@gmail.com

SOUTHWESTERN Rhona B. Espinoza 505-463-5558 Ruapilot2@msn.com

TENNESSEE Sherry Bath 865-482-6171 SBath@ortn.edu

TEXAS Janell Abbott 903-530-3565 jfabbott@prodigy.net

VIRGINIA Susan Blair 757-650-0667 sblair@suffolkinsurance.com

MIDWEST Cindy Lane 563-506-9130 cllane0108@gmail.com

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2015-2016 Pilot International Executive Committee

PI PRESIDENT Shannon Clegg pipresident@pilothq.org

PI PRESIDENT ELECT Connie Moore Moorec2@aol.com

PI VICE PRESIDENT Faith Stamps Faith.stamps@gmail.com

PI SECRETARY Karen Cupit karen.cupit@att.net

PI TREASURER Judy Jackson jsjshes@att.net

PI DIRECTOR Andrea Babb babb219@gmail.com

PI DIRECTOR Peggy Benton peggybenton1206@gmail.com

PI DIRECTOR Debbie Hays debhays.pd@gmail.com

PI DIRECTOR Elena Lara-Ramon Elena.pcdallas@gmail.com

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2015-2016 Pilot International Coordinators

MEMBERSHIP Shannon Hill 614-424-1991 shanleapilot@gmail.com

PROJECTS Suzanne Lester 239-289-8268 les1612@aol.com

FUNDRAISING Emily Glass 242-477-6792 etglass@gmail.com

ANCHOR Janice Yielding 662-891-6013 jlyielding@yahoo.com

NOTE: For a complete listing of all 2015-2016 Pilot International Appointees and District Leaders, please visit www.pilotinternational.org

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Meghan Francis

Anchor, Pilot, Scientist

CATCHING UP WITH MEGHAN FRANCIS She likes mice. In fact whenever possible she studies them closely in university laboratories.

She’s also well acquainted with other small critters, like Pilot’s Brainminders Buddies.™

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You might already know former Anchor member, Meghan Francis, recipient of several Anchor/Pilot scholarships, including the organization’s 2012 Marie Newton Sepia Scholarship; featured in more than one issue of THE PILOT LOG; and guest speaker at the 2011 Pilot International Convention in Denver. (her presentation was titled “How Pilot Helped Me Graduate Debt-Free”).

In high school, Meghan was a stand-out volunteer in the Anchor Club of Ravenswood High, West Virginia, sponsored by the Pilot Club of Jackson County. Past International President Sharon Slusher (herself a native West Virginian) took Meghan under her wing during the summer of 2010 while Meghan was an intern at Tufts University in Boston.

Through Sharon, she visited members of the Pilot Club of Boston.

Now on the “other side” of age 25, Meghan has been moving through impressive academic, career and volunteer paths that have taken her to seven cities in five United States in the past eleven years. With each geographic move, she has joined the nearest local Pilot Club or temporarily changed her status to Provisional Pilot. Clubs she has touched include the Anchor Club of Ravenswood High School; the Pilot Club of Jackson County WV (as a high school Anchor); the Pilot Club of Pittsburgh, PA (as an undergrad); the Pilot Club of Boston, MA; the Pilot Club of Iowa City, IA (as a PhD student in Immunology); and hopefully soon, the Pilot Club of Tuscaloosa, AL. In between Pilot membership, she was afforded membership as a Provisional Pilot.

We first met Meghan, a newly-minted Anchor and honor student, during the summer of 2011, when she visited Macon as one of several youth volunteers with West Liberty College’s “Collegiate Challenge” program working in concert with Habitat for Humanity. Meghan and her friends helped build a handsome, new home for a local inner-city family, and by night, slept roughly in sleeping bags on the floor of an inner-city community center, too tired to mind it. While in the city, local Pilots provided a thankyou barbecue feast for the group and discovered Meghan’s Anchor ties to their organization. Meghan also visited Pilot Headquarters in Macon one day and was interviewed by Pilot communications and Anchor personnel. She reported her rewarding experiences in Anchor and her ambition to someday work as a medical researcher in the field of Immunology.

Several years later, Meghan received a bachelor of science degree (with honors) in Biology from West Liberty University, West Virginia. As an undergrad, she also served three biomedical research internships, one at Stanford University, California, and two at Tufts University in Boston.

By August, 2012, she was on track to earn a PhD in Immunology from the University of Iowa. The lab where she was employed focused on breast cancer, but she found herself more interested in etiology (cause of disease) than on cellular regulation. By spring, she decided to leave the PhD

I continue to be thoroughly impressed with Pilot Club International’s endeavors.

Pilot and Brainminders have been a part of my experience for so long now. I think my life would have a void without them.

program to pursue a Masters Degree in Public Health instead. She had become profoundly interested in the field of preventive medicine, in part, because of the anti-childhood immunization backlash recently spread by “celebrities, the Internet and some community leaders despite the scientific research otherwise.” This bothered her. A lot.

“Many of the deadly diseases that vaccinations were developed to protect against were eradicated before mothers with children today were born,” she wrote.

While waiting to make decisions about how best to proceed, she worked for two years as a research assistant at an Alzheimer’s lab at the University of Iowa, Des Moines, while taking online courses there toward her Master’s.

Recently, she took another position at the University of Alabama on a new study that required a move to the Deep South. She is now working with Dr. Lyse Norian, her former UI boss, researching “immune markers in obese mice with renal (kidney) cancer.”

With a 4.0 grade point average (GPA) and the help of a well-earned, recent 2015 Tylenol Future Care® Scholarship, Meghan is nearly finished with her Masters degree in Public Health. She seeks a career as a liaison between one of the U.S. state health departments and the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), or as a Health Scientist at the CDC, based in Atlanta.

Through it all, she claims Pilot Clubs have played a supportive role in the background. In Birmingham since early August, she is now checking on membership in the nearby Pilot Club of Tuscaloosa, the closest PC to her geographically.

“I continue to be thoroughly impressed with Pilot Club International’s endeavors. Pilot and Brainminders have been a part of my experience for so long now, I think my life would have a void without them.”

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Congratulations 2014-2015 Pilot International Awards

Presented at the 2015 Pilot International Convention & Leadership Conference, Orlando, Florida

Pilot International Club Awards

Outstanding Pilot Club Pilot Club of Tallahassee, FL

Outstanding Community Service Scottish Pilot Club of Laurinburg, NC

Outstanding Visibility (Green) Scottish PC of Laurinburg, NC

Outstanding Visibility (Gold) Pilot Club of New Albany, MS

Outstanding Pick Me Up Pilot Club of Patchogue, NE-POT

Outstanding Club Growth Pilot Club of Cullman, AL

Pilot International Member Awards

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Outstanding Visibility (Silver) Pilot Club of Bishopville, SC

Pearl Sparks Pilot Service Betty Schneider

PILOT CLUB CORNER

Reminders & Notices to Keep Clubs on Course

❖❖ 2016-2017 PILOT POCKET CALENDARS and hand-outs that describe WHAT. DUES. DO. are now available to send to Pilot Clubs, upon request. Place your club’s order by contacting the Membership Department at Pilot Headquarters: 478-477-1208, ext. 4.

❖❖ PILOT INTERNATIONAL FOUNDERS DAY is October 18. Founded in 1921, our organization is celebrating its 94th Anniversary Year! If your club holds a special event to honor Founder’s Day, please share your photos with THE PILOT LOG. Describe the activities in your photo, name the people from left to right, and send to paigechenson@gmail.com or Emily@pilothq.org

❖❖ MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY is designated for Saturday, October 24. On that day, millions of community volunteers across the U.S. and globally will join together to improve the lives of others, especially those who especially need help. The MADD Day is a USA TODAY initiative, backed by the Gannett Company and TEGNA Inc.; support from Newman’s Own and NBC News and in collaboration with Points of Light. NOTE: Your Pilot Club or District can submit a project to be featured on national news and to compete for a $10, 000 grant from Newman’s Own Foundation. Visit www.makeadifferenceday.com for details.

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NC District Helps Surfers Camp for Kids

PROFESSIONAL SURFERS GIVE YOUNGSTERS WITH AUTISM THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES ON THE SURF, WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NC. MOST OTHER “SURFERS HEALING” CHAPTERS ARE LOCATED ON THE U.S. WEST COAST.

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Making Waves for Kids with Autism In today’s enlightened universe, annual, life-affirming adaptive camps exist for people of all ages with special needs from juvenile diabetes to Muscular Dystrophy to those with sight and hearing problems. Pilot Clubs and Districts have embraced several programs that impact those with brain-related disorders, including the signature Brain Camps in the Texas District and beyond. Last month, North Carolina Pilots assisted with one of the Surfers Healing Camps for Autism at nearby Wrightsville Beach.

According to NC District Governor Rebecca Brooks, twenty Pilots and Anchors volunteered, serving as greeters for families, registration officials, beach clean-up volunteers and EMS first aid workers. In addition, North Carolina clubs who could not send volunteers, contributed

funds for the event. This year marked the group’s 10th visit to Wrightsville Beach, where about 200 campers and family members from up and down the the East Coast gathered August 17 and 18.

Surfers Healing was founded by a couple whose son, Isaiah, was diagnosed with autism at age three. Among other problems, the child suffered from sensory overload and excitability but seemed to find healing serenity in the ocean with his father, a former professional surfer.

From their success, the Paskowitz family began hosting day camps at the beach, giving other autistic children a chance to surf.

(L TO R) NC PILOTS COURTNEY WESTON, BRIDGETT

GRIMSLEY HIGHSCHOOL ANCHORS, GREENSBORO, NC,

WESTON, JAN BRITT AND VICKIE PAYTON

ENJOY LUNCH BETWEEN TASKS AT THE “SURFERS HEALING” EVENT IN MID-AUGUST

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Cover Story

2015-2016 PILOT INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT MEET SHANNON BURKS CLEGG

BILL & SHANNON IN ALABAMA SHANNON GIVING PILOT PRESENTATION

PILOT INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT SHANNON CLEGG KNOWS THAT WITHIN ANY ORGANIZATION THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. AND THERE ARE NO SHORTAGE OF PROGRAM IDEAS AND STRATEGIES TO PURSUE FOR PILOT THIS YEAR. YET THE NEW PILOT LEADER IS DETERMINED TO PUSH THINGS FORWARD WITHOUT ADDING LAYERS OF “NEW” TO WHAT ALREADY WORKS. SHE FEELS CONSISTENCY WILL GO FAR IN STRENGTHENING AND BUILDING THE ORGANIZATION, NOW IN ITS 94TH YEAR. AT A POST-CONVENTION MEETING AT PI HEADQUARTERS IN AUGUST, PRESIDENT SHANNON SAID SHE’D LIKE TO FOCUS ON LONG-TERM GOALS IDENTIFIED IN PI’S STRATEGIC PLAN, THE GROUNDWORK ALREADY LAID IN RECENT YEARS BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, HER PRESIDENTIAL PREDECESSORS, THE TRUE COURSE COMMITTEE, AND OTHER PILOT LEADERS. “It’s important for the sake of the next generation of community volunteers that we continue to build on the developments we’ve put in place over time. We are poised and ready to push forward,” she said. “I’m excited!”

Like most career-minded Pilots, the 2015-2016 Pilot President navigates a careful time/energy balance between home, office and work with Pilot. The Pilot Presidency is nearly a full-time job in itself, and she recently took an advanced position at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where she has been employed for 27 years. Thankfully, she has a bounty of support from family, friends, and Pilots who see her as a strong, competent leader with their best interests in mind.

THE BURKS/CLEGG CLAN Shannon and her husband Bill are part of the 2nd tier boomer generation expressing pride and privilege at having their family nearby and involved in their daily lives. The couple is building onto their home in the Greensboro suburbs, and soon both of their mothers will be integral parts of the busy Clegg household, along with the couple’s elder dog, Barney.

The Cleggs are also close to Shannon’s only sibling, her brother, Bill, Jr., and his young family in St. Pauls, NC. Bill’s son/Shannon’s stepson, John Clegg, lives and works in England, but was able to join the family in Orlando to celebrate Shannon’s installation as Pilot International President in July.

Shannon and Bill became acquainted in 2003 at the 18th hole of the Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic held at Forest Oaks Golf Club in Greensboro, North Carolina where both were volunteering at a Pilot Club of Greensboro fund raising event, Shannon’s first as a Pilot. 2000-2001 Pilot International President Laura Keever of Greensboro had a small role in their fortuitous meeting, but admits no real ‘work’ on her part was involved; that day, the couple walked off the green together, and the next year, they married.

Shannon describes her husband as rock-solid, contributing unconditional support, confidence and encouragement for his spouse’s countless endeavors.

“Bill is outgoing, kind, empathetic, and he’s never met a stranger.

He makes me a better person every day,” she said, her voice cracking with sentiment.

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At her 2008 installation as District Governor of the North Carolina District, Bill escorted Shannon to the stage and playfully whispered the obvious mutual thought: “I guess you’re going to want to be Pilot President someday…”

Shannon probably laughed gently, the response for which she is best known. the most daunting challenges are met with levelheadedness and levity.

She comes from a family of high achievers. Bill Burks, Shannon’s father, died in February, and the year without him has not been easy for any of them. She describes her dad as “funny, creative and resourceful -- he could build anything from practically nothing.”

A retired Lt. Col. with the U.S. Air Force, Bill Burks had the look and bearing of a military powerhouse, but, like his daughter, was basically shy, witty, and usually “the quietest person in the room.”

The father/daughter were kindred spirits, both tender souls subscribing to a hard work ethic, a methodical approach to problem-solving, and a mutual fascination for emerging technology.

“I will never forget the excitement surrounding Dad’s acquisition of a new “Gateway 286” computer and his “state-of-the-art” dot matrix printer!” she laughs.

Shannon and her younger brother, Bill, Jr. (she says, “there are three important ‘Bills’ in my life!”), spent their childhoods on military bases in the U.S. and Europe. The family relocated approximately every three years “with the same eight-foot sofa” in tow, she laughs. Each time the family moved, her talented and dynamic mother Ann (Pilot Club of Fayetteville), artfully reconfigured their home spaces, and sought new friends and volunteer opportunities. She frequently took Shannon along to help with service projects, introducing her daughter to the joys of volunteering at an early age. Ann Burks is friendly and spirited and she went all-out to welcome Shannon’s and her brother’s friends to the Burks’ home.

“Her rise to Pilot leadership was nothing short of meteoric” A YOUNG LEADER EMERGES Shyness and introspection aside, Pilot’s 2015-2016 International President was destined to lead. As a toddler, she took lessons in tap dance and ballet, and one magic holiday season in Arkansas, she was chosen as understudy for the lead, character, “Clara,” in The Nutcracker, performed by the Little Rock (AR) Civic Ballet.

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GOVERNOR INSTALLATION SHANNON HELPING AT CAMP CAREFREE

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Her rise to Pilot Leadership was nothing short of meteoric.

PHI MU ADVISOR

Thankfully, the Burkses were somewhat settled in California by Shannon’s high school years. She graduated from Wheatland High School, near Sacramento, without having to move and switch schools. At WHS, she performed on the school’s dance team and served as vice president of student government. Most of all she remembers the satisfaction of being allowed to enroll in driver’s education earlier than her classmates because of her dad’s imminent Thailand deployment to close out Air Force bases after the Vietnam War. She learned to drive on a 1967 Volkswagen, stick shift and all, purchased in Germany where the Burks family was stationed not once, but twice, during her father’s military career.

FRIENDSHIP & SERVICE Those who know her say Shannon can be downright joyful to be around.

According to her long-time friend and sister-Pilot, Sue Howell of Shallotte, North Carolina, the new PI President “communicates a level of contentment, assurance and peace that is contagious.” Sue first heard Shannon speak at a PI official visit as the District Representative to the Pilot Club of South Brunswick Islands (NC District).

“I recognized her immediately as a unique and special person.”

“She inspires everyone around her,” said 2015-2016 NC District Governor Rebecca Brooks of Laurinburg, who is impressed by her friend’s ability to “enhance the worth and value of others.”

Shannon is quick to say her most rewarding friendships have been cultivated within the Pilot organization, as well as in her beloved Phi Mu Fraternity, so termed because it was organized in 1852 before the noun “sorority” was used. As an alum, she served as a Phi Mu Chapter Advisor at UNC Greensboro for eight years. Interestingly enough, both organizations were founded in Macon, GA. Early on, the Burks parents encouraged their daughter’s independence and steered her toward a degree in business, which she earned from Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA in 1981. After college, Shannon worked for the US Army at Fort Bragg, the City of Fayetteville (NC), and Cumberland County before beginning her university

experiences. She joined UNC Pembroke in 1988 and spent ten years as the Director of Business Services, spending most weekends as a college cheerleading and dance team coach.

In 1998, she moved 100 miles away, taking a position at the University of North Carolina Greensboro as the Director of Support Services. 2015 marks her 27th year with the university system where she is now serving as Senior Director of Planning and Performance Management.

FOCUSED & STEADY Shannon wasn’t exactly an easy Pilot member recruit, having been invited several times before she attended a club meeting one evening on impulse. In 2003, when a university colleague asked her yet one more time, she tagged along to see what the club was about.

What she saw was a very engaged, energetic group of volunteers. She was so impressed by their enthusiasm and the vast amount of service work they provided, she joined the club soon after. Her rise to Pilot leadership was nothing short of meteoric.

In 2005-2006, she was elected Club President, and by 2008, was serving as the NC District Governor. In 2010 at the Pilot International convention in Louisville, she was installed as a two-year PI Director on the international organization’s executive committee. She has also served as PI Secretary and PI Vice President. In addition to the Executive Committee, Shannon served on the PI Membership Committee, the PI Website Committee, and the True Course Committee.

She looks forward to an enriching year of work for Pilot and is eager to address global growth issues already in motion, the continued growth of Anchor, and a reorganization of Compass Clubs. She also wants to effectively promote the PI Founder’s Fund and position it to appeal to a new generation of Pilot donors.

“I envision every Pilot and Anchor onboard for the journey,” she said with conviction. “This year there will be the usual ebb and flow of ideas, hopes and dreams for our organization, but if we stay focused and steady on the course we have already carved out, Pilot will be stronger for it.”

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Club News Education Counts in Baytown Baytown, TX Pilot Gay Riggs, serving as the club’s Education Area Leader, presents a donation to the Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District Foundation (GCCISD). The Pilot Club of Baytown designated the contribution for programs to enrich teaching, inspire learning and maximize opportunities for students.

Accepting the check is GCCISD Foundation member Jenice Coffey, who is also a Pilot. The Pilot Club also supports the Lee College Nurses Program and offers scholarships each academic year to stellar students pursuing educations in science, engineering and the health field. Baytown Pilot Gay Riggs (far left) is shown here with 2014-2015 scholarship recipients Caren Sanchez; Bianca Munoz; Maria Ortiz; and Noel Arellano. All of these scholars attend different colleges and universities.

At the August program meeting, Baytown Pilots heard from Baytown’s Mayor, Steve DonCarlos, giving his “State of the City” address. The mayor is a prominent attorney in Baytown and has served the city in several, high-profile capacities. He was first elected as Mayor in 2006. However, he says his real claim to fame is being the husband of Baytown Club President Elect, Allene DonCarlos.

Comfort for Homeless Veterans October marks the 4th successful year of the “Stand Up for Stand Down” drive to help homeless vets in the Atlanta area get back on their feet again. Two Georgia District Pilot Clubs, The Pilot Club of Atlanta and the Peachtree Pilot Club of Atlanta, with the help of 27 Georgia Cancer Specialists (GCS) offices throughout the state to collect and distribute toiletry items. Pilot Clubs began the program in 2012, with Georgia Cancer Specialists offices joining them in 2013.

From July 4 through September 11, toiletry items are collected by volunteers, packed in “comfort bags,” and distributed to vets who attend the “Stand Down” event in October. The phrase “stand down” is a military term that designates the time when troops return from the battlefield to rest and recuperate. More than 850 homeless vets were served by this program in 2014.

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Club News Free Spa Services for Cancer Patients on Mondays Racine’s Salon & Spa in Patchogue, NY offers women and men going through chemotherapy and/or radiation, free services each Monday. Spa owners Cynthia Sansome and Rachel Demolfetto, shown seated, were guest speakers at the Pilot Club of Patchogue’s business meeting in July.

Standing in the photo are Patchogue Club President Sue Kahl (l), and former Club President Gail Braverman.

Naples, Florida Pilots Walk (and Run!) Among Winners More than 450 men, women and children participated in the 2015 Pilot 5K Run/Brain Power Walk and Kids Run on September 5. The fund raiser was held at Naples’ beautiful Lowdermilk Park on the beach. The Walk/ Run is 10-year-old event held on the U.S. Labor Day Weekend, and it continues to grow. This year, members of the Pilot Club of Naples, FL enlisted 43 local sponsors whose corporate logos were featured on the participants’ official t-shirts. Sponsorship funds will assist with the club’s Pick Me Up projects, Traumatic Brain Injury Camp sponsorships, and BrainMinders presentations that feature free safety helmet giveaways. This year, Gene Saunders, founder and CEO of Project Lifesaver, one of Pilot International’s service partners, presented medals and trophies to the top finishers in sixteen different age divisions.

Several members of the Pilot Club of Naples, FL (plus one granddaughter), are pictured here in early September. The eye-catching orange run t-shirt for 2015 is worn in this photo by Pilot Evelyn Dickerson’s grandson, Sgt. Crispin Dickerson, a veteran of Iraq (foreground). Also pictured are Rosemarie Kirk; Evelyn Dickerson; Becky Jarrell; Ruth Fralick; Terri DeBaun; Bobbi Grim; Marilyn Lewis; Mary Ellen Koy; Suzanne Lester; Nicole Cucuzza; Elyse DePiro; Suzan Berg (and granddaughter Marylyn); Pat Stark; and Pilot prospective member Rose Prescott.

Fun, Sun and Surfing for Autism NC District Anchors volunteered at the “Surfers Healing” day camp for children with autism held on Wrightsville Beach in August.

Shown l to r: Carla Maas, Natalie Truby, Taylor Love, April Turner, Shelby Hadas, Samantha Jhingree and their Anchor Advisor/Pilot Kim Smith.

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Anchors in the News

AFRICAN VILLAGE SCHOOLS RECEIVE BOOKS FROM ANCHORS

BARBARA AND CLAUDE MAYFIELD OF ATLANTA TRAVELED TO ZAMBEZI REGION OF AFRICA IN EARLY AUGUST TO DELIVER MORE SCHOOLBOOKS FOR REMOTE VILLAGE LIBRARIES. SOME OF THE BENEVOLENT COUPLE’S DELIVERY INCLUDED BOOKS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES FROM PILOT AND ANCHOR CLUBS ATTENDING THE PILOT BARBARA WITH STUDENTS IN NEW LIBRARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION IN ORLANDO IN JULY. According to Sheryl Merry, Georgia District Anchor Coordinator, the Mayfields are the founders of the Zambezi Schoolbook Project. reported they were “thrilled” with the generosity of Anchor clubs, and Barbara herself spread the word about Pilot and Anchor throughout the countryside, bestowing honorary memberships (with GA District pins) to teachers and librarians along the way.

The Zambezi Schoolbook Project has been embraced by the Georgia and COED Districts, as well as Anchors everywhere, especially the Good Hope Anchors of Pretoria, South Africa. At the international convention in July, Pilots from across the U.S., Japan and COED countries donating books and supplies. Anchors at convention assisted with packing for shipping. The Mayfields themselves delivered the shipments by truck to the villages. The project is ongoing.

For more information: www.zambezi-schoolbook-project.org or visit the Zambezi Schoolbook Project Facebook page.

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EASTMAN PILOTS HONOR ANCHORS The Pilot Club of Eastman, GA, presented scholarships to local recipients at an Anchor-themed, pre-business meeting in the spring. Pilot Melinda Bryant of the Pilot Club of Cochran, GA shared her story of being an Anchor during high school and how the experience had opened several doors for her through the years, both personally and professionally.

PICTURED ARE (L TO R) ANCHOR ADVISOR JODI SPIVEY; MERIDITH BEARDEN; MARITZA MARTINEZ; AUTUMN GLOVER;

WELCOME NEW ANCHOR CLUBS GEORGIA Douglas County Anchor Club, Douglas County, GA Club Sponsor - PC of Sweetwater Pending Charter 150 Student Members Anchor Advisor - Douglas County High Vice Principal Albert Lindsey, Faculty Anchor Advisors Cheryl Turner and Katie Wilson

MISSISSIPPI Lafayette High School Anchor Club, Oxford, MS Club Sponsor - PC of Oxford, MS Chartered September 30, 2015 25 Student Members Anchor Advisor - Susan Dempsey 90% of Lafayette HS Anchor Club’s new members cited “Hands-on community service” as a primary interest.

ANCHOR COORDINATOR TAMMIE ROWE; AND CLUB PRESIDENT CASEY PRUETT

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Congratulations 2014-2015 Anchor Award Winners

Presented at the 2015 Pilot International Convention & Leadership Conference, Orlando, Florida

ANCHOR ADVISOR OF THE YEAR Sharon Helm, Robert F. Monroe Day School, Quincy, FL

ANCHOR CLUB OF THE YEAR (LARGE) Curry High School, Jasper, AL

2ND PLACE (ADVISOR OF THE YEAR) Tamaki Araki, Anchor/Pilot Clubs of Osaka, Japan

3RD PLACE (ADVISOR OF THE YEAR) Carole Crim*, Anchor, Pilot Clubs of Jacksonville, IL ​* deceased​

ANCHOR CLUB OF THE YEAR (SMALL) Robert F. Munroe Day School, Quincy, FL

ANCHOR COMMUNITY & VISIBILITY AWARD Anchor Club of Oxford, MS

PILOT CLUB MOST SUPPORTIVE OF ANCHORS Pilot Club of Mineola, TX

RUBY NEWHALL ANCHOR SERVICE AWARD Vanessa Padgett

DREAMS AHEAD SCHOLAR Gracie Kelleher

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ANCHOR MEMBERSHIP FORMS AND DUES DEADLINE OF NOVEMBER 1, 2015 PLEASE INCLUDE: ✓✓ ✓✓ ✓✓ ✓✓

Club membership roster form Paid club invoice form (one per Anchor Club) Annual student membership application form Parental agreement & waiver form

EXPLORE the Anchor website at www.AnchorClubIntl.org, and encourage your members to visit the website. The website will continue to host annual Anchor forms, member information, service activity ideas and more!

FOLLOW THE STEPS as outlined in the attached Anchor PORTALBUZZ handout. Use these steps to REGISTER YOUR ANCHOR CLUB and Anchor members online.

START PLANNING! Use the suggest Anchor Service Activity “Anchor Over-Board” (available online at www.AnchorClubIntl.org) to plan your club’s annual community service goals. Remember to consider the service needs of your community.

ELECT a club president, and other student officer leaders for the year.

GO INTERNATIONAL! Consider taking part in Anchor International events, such as leadership building with the Freedom’s Foundation program in Valley Forge, or attending the 2016 Anchor Summit in Montreal, Canada!

#BeMore Thank you again for your service to Anchor Club! We can serve better, together!

#BeMore

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❖❖A FUNDRAISING PRIMER

by 2015-2015 PI Fundraising Coordinator Emily Glass

Pilots, I trust that you have had an enjoyable summer and got some well deserved rest. We are now into the new Pilot year (2015 – 2016) I am honored to have been given the opportunity to serve as the Fundraising Coordinator on President Shannon Clegg’s team. I am sure that by now most clubs have had their planning meetings and budgets passed and and are now ready to raise funds to support those budgets. Fundraising is the art of finding ways to raise funds to operate one’s organization and support projects. The Pilot Club’s Fundraising Division organizes these activities. As the Club Fundraising Coordinator, you would possess some organizational skills and have a sunny disposition since you will have to reach out to many individuals for assistance. It takes many hands to get the job done! Please note that it is always wise to have your Treasurer in this division. To be profitable, you must give the same amount of care and attention to events, no matter what their size. If you are raising funds for another organization, you must write to them in advance, advising of your intention and possibly getting them involved. Once a project has been decided, choose a Co-Chair to help you with all stages. In a nutshell here are some pointers to getting the job done: PLAN ❖❖ Produce a list of resources ❖❖ Create an estimated budget for income and expenses ❖❖ Determine lead time needed to plan the event • Confirm Details ❖❖ Secure Date, time and location of event ❖❖ Determine the event’s target market ❖❖ Confirm resources (people) and their responsibilities ❖❖ Confirm date and period for distribution of tickets, if necessary ❖❖ Decide on type of publicity; radio, TV, newspaper, Face book etc. • Develop Plan and Work It Have the Coordinator or Co-Chair document and monitor assigned tasks ❖❖ Updates should be given at scheduled meetings outside of club meetings where adjustments to the plan are made as necessary to ensure a successful event.

EXECUTE ❖❖ This is the day you have planned for; your hard work will now pay off! ❖❖ Arrive early to ensure that all objectives have been met ❖❖ Market your club by displaying your Pilot banner or logo and (if possible) recruit new members POST MORTEM ❖❖ Remember things don’t always go as planned ❖❖ Review the results ❖❖ Determine what could have been done differently ❖❖ Pay any outstanding bills relating to the event ❖❖ Determine the profit or loss ❖❖ If funds were raised for a charity, confirm payment and pay as soon as possible after the event. ❖❖ Take photos of the presentation for news paper and bulletins ❖❖ Prepare a report for club ❖❖ Thank everyone involved for a job well done and move on to another event In the next issue I will share a project you may wish to try.

Please feel free to contact me at etglass@gmail.com to share ideas or seek support. Happy Fundraising!!!

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Meet NC’s Sarah Logan

A Pilot for All Seasons Sarah Logan has been a Pilot for 40 years, nearly half her life...

Minus a decade or more.

She has held every office in the Pilot Club of Laurinburg, NC, and she served several years in district offices, including 1984-1985 Governor.

Sarah also organized the Scottish Pilot Club, a luncheon group, also from Laurinburg. Between these two thriving clubs, there were 100 active Pilots in the city.

In addition, she once served on Pilot’s International Growth Team, helping organize new Pilot Clubs in Montana, North Carolina and Japan.

Says 2015-2016 NC District Governor Rebecca Brooks, Sarah has always been quick to praise the good work of others, no matter how small the task, and she has been a source of constant encouragement to others, especially her sister Pilots.

“Sarah is one of the best-loved and mostrevered Pilots in North Carolina,” said Rebecca.

“She is a wonderful person and a remarkable Pilot.”

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She is a wonderful person and a remarkable Pilot.

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SARAH CELEBRATES HER 92ND BIRTHDAY ON

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MEMORIALS // INMEMORIAM REPORTED TO PILOT INTERNATIONAL FROM 7/16/2015 THROUGH 9/21/2015

Memorials

Memorial contributions to Pilot International Foundation honor the memory of friends, relatives, and acquaintances. A memorial card is sent to the family or other designee of the deceased advising them of the generous donation and identifying the donor. Memorial Contributions support the programs and function of the Founder’s Fund and enhance the work of Pilot Clubs around the world. The name of the deceased is listed first in bold followed by the contributors.

Albert Miller Ann Adams Judy Breaud Kathleen Hamilton Karen Cupit Dorothy Franklin PC of Miami Gary & Patricia Jarvis Nancy Heller Sherry Johnson Laura Keever Mignon Bowman Phyllis Mayne Judy Harding Connie Moore PC of Lancaster Past Pilot International Jean Weglarz Presidents

Margaret Johnston Georgia District Gregg Mueggenborg Sheila Evans Judy Jackson PC of Green County Gary and Patricia Jarvis Harold Galloway Nell Beasley

Emily Andrews Judy Jackson Robert Andrews Debbie Brooks

Jody Brown Karen Cupit Charles Byars PC of Huntsville Betty Chadwick Carolyn Allison Rosezella Crabtree Byrne Dunn Susan Fox Barbara Hinson Catherine Melton Annette Peery Jim Toth Jimi Toth TN District Mary Clapham PC of Madison Glenda Clements PC of Mineola Carole Crim PC of Jacksonville Burton Crow Karen Cupit Vickie Green Sue Elder TN District Jane Ferry Mary Mueller

Bobbye Kochevar Blythe Carroll David Oblak Jim & Nadia Smallwood Ravenell Lambert PC of Aynor Lori Langland Judy Jackson Susan Long PC of Opelika

Lou Ann Lovejoy Carol Egan Michelle Ludy Nell Beasley Margaret Mathes PC of Muscatine

Conrad Mueller Mary Mueller Jane Porter Nancy Miller Mildred Quick PC of Asheboro Martha Seagraves Nancy Miller Elliott Slocum Barbara Ann Barnes Jean Berry Beverly Slocum Ileane Slocum Peggy Stevens Texas District Odessa Yeager PC of Mineola

CREATE A LEGACY Remember the Pilot International Founders Fund (PIFF) in your will, trust or other estate plans. ​ Thank you.

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In Memoriam// Alabama Avaleen Durden, Luncheon Enterprise Susan Long, PC of Opelika Florida Lois Hetherington, PC of Pensacola Sally Manoly, PC of Gulf to Lakes Georgia Phyllis Blizzard, PC of Johnson County Jeanette Fox, PC of Peachtree Frances Griffith, PC of Eatonton Lori Langland, PC of Atlanta Henrietta Mabry, PC of Lavonia Alvin Stevens, PC of CSRA Kansas-Missouri Twila Ericson, PC of Manhattan Kentucky-Ohio-West Virginia Jerrie Mock, PC of Columbus, OH Jane Porter, PC of Columbus, OH Midwest Dorothy Coffman, PC of Peoria Grace Cooper, PC of Iowa City Carole Crim, PC of Jacksonville Midwest Margaret Mathes, PC of Muscatine Pauline Wright, PC of Iowa City Mississippi Carolyn Dye, PC of New Albany, MS Thelma Roberts, PC of Louisville North Carolina Betty Jackson, PC of Lincolnton Margie Samuel, PC of Greensboro Tennessee Betty Chadwick, PC of Chattanooga Texas Sue Hall, PC of Wharton Virginia Tennie Archbell, Luncheon Chesapeake

❖❖CONTAGIOUS ENTHUSIASM

by Suzanne Lester, 2015-2016 PI Projects Coordinator

Great opportunities to help others in a big way seldom come, but small ones surround us every day.

This describes the Pilot International Pick Me Up Project. Small gestures of kindness without involving a great deal of money and hundreds of people. You do not have to “beg” for money or “promote” support or volunteers from your members. This is a warm and tender gesture of caring, because even the smallest remembrance can reap the greatest joy.

This concept reminds me of taking the altar flowers after church on Sundays and making small arrangements to deliver to homebound members, those in the hospital or in nursing homes. No one ever refuses the flowers, and some recipients just want someone to talk to. I even received a thank you from those who remembered the flower visit years later.

When a Pilot member rises up in glory, the energy is magnetic and the sense of possibility is contagious.

Having just finished the biggest annual event of our club, my heart is filled with gratitude for Pilot giving me the opportunities to do things I never would have or could have done without the inspiration. There are possibilities everywhere to do the little things. But even the major events of the year require a spark of creativity to make it work best. For example, it never occurred to me to invite special guests to our event.

This year, we invited the Mayor and CEO/Founder of Project Lifesaver Gene Saunders. We were so honored they both joined us!A newspaper reporter showed up with a photographer. It worked. Our event was featured in the Sunday paper with a photo and nice article about Pilot and Project Lifesaver.

Be bold and be brave! Success starts with you and your enthusiasm for Pilot. Everyone wants to see you successful and everyone wants to be a part of something successful.

It is necessary for most businesses to have community service as part of their “footprint” in the neighborhood.

Often, they do not have the time nor ideas about how to do this. A Pilot Club, however, can offer them this opportunity and exposure as they partner with you on your event. What you have to offer is the idea, the volunteers and the planning. Let them ride along and bring with them whatever their business can contribute.

It may be as simple as tagging the event in their advertising program, or offering their location as a venue, etc. It may be a good relationship that catches on and benefits both parties in the long-term. If you build the concept and follow up with an evaluation to improve where needed, you and your partner business can grow and reap the joy of success. You don’t have to do it alone! Make an offer and see what happens.

I invite you to e-mail me at les1612@aol.com.

(I think I have Pilot running through my veins and I welcome your communication.)

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102 Preston Court Macon, GA 31210-5768 P: (478)-477-1208 F: (478)-477-6978 www.pilotinternational.org

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