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OCTOBER.
2, 2009
No. 7
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MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT
The Gainesville Campus community
truly worked as a team to prepare
for Governor Perdue's visit.
We
were blessed with a beautiful day
and everything went very smoothly.
A spokesman from the Governor's
Office told Sloan Jones that they really
appreciated the warm welcome and all
the arrangements.
Many people were instrumental in
arranging for the event. Special kudos
to Sloan Jones, who coordinated the
occasion and made sure every detail
was covered. Bill Moody, Thomas
Burson, and all the Plant Operations
crew had the campus sparkling.
Regina Bryant, Donna Hooten, and
Verlin Curry of our custodial staff
made sure the Science Engineering
and Technology building was spiffy
clean. Mary McDade arranged with
Stephen Aanes, who graciously agreed
to move his class so that the "best"
lecture hall could be used for the
meeting. Brandon Haag and Wally
Beck made sure all the technology that
the Governor requested was available.
Richard Goodson and his Public Safety
staff were on hand to assist with the
event. Thanks also to all the students,
faculty, and staff who welcomed the
Governor along his route and in the
SET plaza.
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Faculty and Staff:
Please remind
your students at each appropriate
opportunity to read their colh:~ge
e-mail on a regular basis. It is now the
official means of communication of the
College. Perhaps faculty could put a
reminder at the side of a chalk board.
Please share any other ideas you have
to encourage students to read their
college e-mails.
2009-2010 FACULTY/STAFF CAMPAIGN
TOWER TALK is the official newsletter
for Gainesville State College faculty
and staff members and is published biweekly by the Office of Public Relations
and Marketing. Submissions for the next
edition should be emailed to dkrewson@
gsc.edu or sent to Debbie Krewson, Public
Relations & Marketing, to be received by
5 PM, Wednesday, October 14, 2009.
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GAINESVILLE
STATE COLLEGE
Univef5ity system at Georgia
P.O. Box 1358
Gainesville, GA 30503
678-717-3639
www.gsc.edu
It is time to kick off the 2009 2010 Faculty/Staff Campaign!
The
Gainesville State College Foundation
has been so fortunate to have the
support of the faculty and staff every
year, and this year's theme is "Carrying
on the Tradition."
support needed for a quality education,
many deserving students need the
financial support the Foundation
provides. Your contribution will help
provide this additional support and
allow more students to obtain a quality
education.
We support the GSC mission with
our everyday efforts and are able to
further advance the mission through
contributions to the Foundation.
The Foundation supports Innovative
Teaching Grants, Smart Classrooms as
well asotherequipmentand renovation
projects, disability testing, and campus
events, but the majority of the funds
goes toward scholarships. While the
faculty and staff provide the academic
Equally as important is the strong
message this sends to those outside
the College. We are announcing to
alumni, friends, corporations, and
foundations that we are "Carrying
on the Tradition" of supporting our
students and that Gainesville State
College is an institution worthy of
support.
(See "Gainesville State College Faculty/
Staff Campaign" on page 4.)
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AT THE ROY C. MOORE ART GALLERY
From October 6 to November 5, the
Roy C. Moore Art Gallery presents
"Self-Taught Artists of Northeast
Georgia: Works from the collections
of 'Around Back at Rocky's' and 'The
Visionary Growth Art Center. JJJ The
exhibit will feature paintings, ceramics,
woodcarvings, and fiber art by John
"Cornbread" Anderson, Marie Elem,
Qumecka "Just Q" Frazier, Dorethey
Gorham, Chris Lewallen, Roy Minshew,
Tim "Cuz" Phillips, David
Ricketts, Billy Roper, Mavis
Stevens, Robert Terrell,
Tom and Judy Touchstone,
Annie Wellborn, and Carter
Wellborn.
The Exhibit Reception
will be held on Tuesday,
November 3,' at noon at
the Gallery on the Gainesville Campus.
The Reception is free and open to the
public.
John "Cornbread" Anderson began his
painting career in 1995. His subjects
come from personal experiences,
focusing on guineas, strawberries,
foxes, bees, and turkeys, painted on
metal, wood, cardboard, and canvas.
"enamel paint on tin, wood, tree limbs"
and other surfaces.
Roy Minshew decided to pursue art as
a career in 1981, when his job at a shoe
repair shop ended. Carving in wood,
he exaggerates physical characteristics
of animals, including dogs, goats,
horses and pigs, to illicit an emotional
response from the observer.
Tim "Cuz" Phillips began the "Shy
People" series in 1999.
His "Shy People" paintings
are humorous personal
narratives, with characters
hiding behind trees and
bushes and in small
dwellings, as action takes
place. Text incorporated
into the paintings supply
"punch lines."
Working in tree service and the
landscaping business has prepared
David Ricketts to be a wood carver.
Ricketts was an award-winning artist
in the BIG art exhibit at Tannery Row
artist colony.
poetry onto peculiar items, creating
inspirational paintings, such as the
"Think Outside the Box" series and
"Enjoying the Rain."
"Billy Roper started carving things in
stone when he was growing up in North
Georgia. When he got older he made
his living as a woodworker. Now he
works in both stone and wood, coaxing
forms from marble and carving wood
into masks and totems. He also paints,
with subjects ranging from his own
uniquely stylistic florals to intricate
scenes filled with animals, figures, and
plants. " (Quoted from the March 2003
issue of Southern Living.)
Dorethey Gorham lives in Jasper,
Georgia. She has spent most of her
life in Georgia. She paints Angels in
everyday situations with vivid colors.
Mavis Stevens is a fiber artist. She
spins her own wool for many of her
pieces and uses acrylic yarn for her rug
creations.
Chris Lewallen has been painting
as long as he can remember. While
employed as a fireman, he finds time
to paint "bright, colorful paintings
which consist mostly of animals" using
Robert Terrell is a disabled Navy
Veteran; he served three years in the
Pacific during World War II. Terrell has
no formal training in art but began to
paint on his own in 1998.
Marie Elem began painting after years
of working and raising children. She
paints mostly rural scenes, and her
specialty is cotton fields.
Poet and
painter Qumecka
"Just
Q" Frazier paints themes from her
Ton and Judy Touchstone's story jugs
are a collaborative effort. Tom turns the
jug, and Judy adorns it with illustrative
images. Created at the Touchstones'
Turkey Mountain Pottery, the story
jugs are in high demand.
Annie Wellborn lives in rural Georgia
with her brother-in-law, artist Carter
Wellborn. Her art reflects an idyllic life
in the Georgia countryside. She paints
on a variety of surfaces, including paper,
old vinyl albums, wallpaper samples,
construction paper and Mylar.
Cows, horses, clocks, airplanes, and
human figures adorn the wood and
paper on which Carter Wellborn
creates. Most of his art is created with
permanent marker and sometimes pen
and pencil.
"I am grateful to Robin Blan and Tracey
BurnetteofAroundBackatRocky'sPlace, .
(www.aroundbackatrockysplace.com)
and to Robert Lowery of Visionary Art
Growth Center for sharing these works
with our viewers," says Beth Sale, Roy
C. Moore Art Gallery Director.
P.
I. CLUB HEALTHCARE
REFORM PANEL
On September 28, the Politically
Incorrect Club held a faculty/student
panel discussion of healthcare reform
in the C.E. Auditorium. Well over 80
students, staff, and faculty heard
panelists Dr. Clayton Teem, Dr. Patricia
Worrall, Frank N'danema, Andrew
Wilkins, Andrea Ivan, and Andrew
Wilkinson address a wide variety of
concerns about the state of healthcare
in America today. The Compass and
www.accessnorthga.com covered the
event, which was also videotaped by
the GSC library for streaming media.
P.1. Club members provided everyone
with information packets about
healthcare reform legislation as well as
U.S. Constitution booklets.
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RINGING OUR BELLS
On September 24, 2009, Leslie
Worthington read her short story,
"Paola's World," at the Southern
Women Writers Conference held at
Berry College in Rome, Georgia.
20 as a presenter and as a Georgia
delegate. She gave a presentation
on Benefits of Exercise as part of the
Sports Medicine lecture.
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Ben Wynne recently reviewed Never
for Want of Powder: The Confederate
Powder Works in Augusta, Georgia
(Columbia: University of South Carolina
Press, 2007) by c.L. Bragg, Charles D.
Ross, Gordon A. Blaker, Stephanie A.T.
Jacobe, and Theodore P. Savas for the
South Carolina Historical Magazine.
GSC President Martha Nesbitt was
a model at the Power of the Purse
fashion show at the Gainesville Civic
Center on September 17. The second
annual event benefited WomenSource,
a non-profit organization that was
created through a partnership with
the Junior League of Gainesville-Hall
County, United Way of Hall County, and
North Georgia Community Foundation
to help connect women in Northeast
Georgia to professional sources for
practical help.
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Chris Bell successfully defended his
doctoral dissertation,A Century Lacking
Progress: The Froctured Community in
August Wilson's Pittsburgh Cycle, on
September 21, 2009.
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Lisa Watson attended the U.S. Aquatic
Convention in Chicago September 16-
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2009
7:30 P.M.
ED CABELL THEATRE
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2009
7:30 P.M.
ED CABELL THEATRE
FEATURING
FEATURING
THE GSC CHORALE
THE GSC SYMPHONIC BAND
Do you:
Need help unlocking a
classroom or your office? Need to
cancel a class after 5:00 p.m.? Have
administrative
or
technological
questions? Polly Swilley, the 'Oconee
Campus evening coordinator, is here
to assist evening faculty and students.
Her office is located in the Oconee
Campus Library. Email: pswilley@gsc.
edu; Front desk phone (706) 310-6328;
Office phone (706) 310-6312. (After
8:30 p.m. or if Polly is unavailable,
contact Security at (706) 215-1474.
R. DAVID THOMAS, DIRECTOR
MR. MERCER CROOK, DIRECTOR
Ms. JOANNA KIM, ACCOMPANIST
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THE GSC BRASS ENSEMB
OCONEE CAMPUS
Dr. Barbara Carpenter, Professor of
Education, recently reviewed two
articles for the GATEways Journal, a
peer-reviewed professional journal
published by the Georgia Association for
Teacher Educators. The articles were:
"Partnering with Mentor Teachers in
High Minority Population Schools to
Support Pre-Service Teachers" and
"From 'Eddie Enough' to ' Eddie Just
Right': Using Children's Literature to
Help Prospective Teachers Understand
and Teach Students with ADHD."
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AND
FROM THE
The Oconee Campus received kudos
for its support of the Oconee Friends
of the Library Second Annual Book
Sale Sept. 17-20. The sale will clear
approximately $12,000 this year, and a
significant part of that money will go
toward making up the deficit for new
book funding the Library experienced
this year due to budget cuts from the
county and state. Mary Carney, Erin
Williams, and Penny Mills serve on
the Oconee Friends of the Library
governing board, and John Williams
graciously helps with · technology
needs.
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2009 J.JtLL
WINDS
From the Social Sciences
Division, Michallene McDaniel's
autobiographical chapter, "One Bad
Lecture Away from Guarding a Bank,"
was published earlier this year in
Oldfield and Johnson's Resilience
(SUNY Press).
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THE GSC JAZZ BAND
MR. DONALD STRAND, DIRECrbf J I .ANDREW SANTANDER, DIRECTOR
OUR COLLEGE FAMILY
Sincere condolences to Charles
Burrage, Jr., Assistant Professor of
Physical Education on the Gainesville
on the death of his
Campus,
grandfather on Friday, September 25.
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Gainesville State College
Faculty/Staff Campaign
Carrying on tlie Tradition
Over the next few weeks, your department team captains will be contacting you with information on this year's campaign.
Included in the package will be a "Did You Know" flier which highlights what the Foundation does and how your gift
helps.
Each year, our percentage of faculty and staff members supporting the Foundation through the Faculty/Staff Campaign has
grown. We are proud to tell our prospective donors and our fellow USG institutions that the majority of our faculty and
staff support the work of the Foundation. With your help, we can make the 2009/2010 Faculty/Staff Campaign a success
in "Carrying on the Tradition"!
To further promote this message and in recognition of your contribution, you will receive one of these
carrying cases that is sure to become a favorite.
If you have any questions about the Foundation or the campaign, please call Tricia Bunker (x3948) or
Mary Transue (x3410) at the Office of Institutional Advancement.
(Umbrella and cell
phone not included)
Thanks for your support - and for "Carrying on the Tradition" at GSC!
NEW CAST IN THE GTA BUSINESS OFFICE
Gainesville Theatre Alliance's original
employee, assistant-to-Ed-Cabellturned-Associate-Managing-Director
Francine Dibben, retired in April of
2008. Since she did everything at GTA
for so long, it was easy to know who
to call for tickets or information. After
a year to determine key needs and
restructure, the new "cast" in the GTA
business office is anxious for you to
know who to call for various needs.
Joslyn Hilliard is Director of Business
& Audience Services, works closely
with Artistic & Managing Director Jim
Hammond, and is the hands-on budget
and accounts payable manager. The
second half of her job is managing
all theatre "house" responsibilities
for productions, which includes
coordinating all Box Office operations
and patron-focused "house" personnel.
(Call her if you want to volunteer as an
usher!)
Beth Kendall is GTNs Marketing
Manager and is responsible for
communicating
about
GTA
for
productions (get people in the seats!)
and recruitment (get students on
the stage!), as well as for programs/
advertising and grant writing.
Leslie Vinson works three days a
week as Box Office Assistant and is
responsible for individual ticket sales
and deposits as well as maintaining
GTNs vast mailing and recruitment
lists.
Of course, if you call the Box Office
for your free or discount GSC tickets,
you may find yourself talking to GTNs
work-study student or one of the many
theatre majors learning about the
business side of the operation. But if
you need anything OTHER than tickets,
now you know who to call.
In summary• For issues relating to budget, bills or
ushers, call Joslyn at 3718;
• For questions about advertising,
GTA's great photographs or theatrefocused grants, call Beth at 3721;
• For faculty/staff tickets (watch the
Notice Board for when they are
available) or occasional community
ticket donations, call Leslie in the
Box Office at 3624.
Of course, you can ALWAYS get show
information and check seat availability
for any given show at the GTA website:
www.gainesvilleTHEATREalliance.org.
Watch for upcoming 30th Anniversary
announcements!
INNOVATIVE TEACHING
The Innovative Teaching Program
offers funding for faculty and teaching
staff who desire an opportunity to try
somethinginnovativeandexperimental
in their courses but have not had time
and/or financial resources to do so.
Deadlines to submit an application are
October 16 for Fall/Spring Projects and
March 19 for Summer/Fall Projects.
For more information, go to the CTLL
web pages, click on "Programs" on the
menu on the left-hand side, and then
choose "Innovative Teaching Grants"
from the drop-down menu.
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DIGITAL MEDIA GROUP
eLearning
(V3)
Deadline:
The
old eLearning server (V3) will be
discontinued for faculty/staff use on
October 7. If you taught a course on
the older platform and need student
grades, work, etc. archived, please
email your support person (jcwilliams@
gsc.edu, Oconee or hcarter@gsc.edu,
Gainesville) so we can help determine
the best steps to take in archiving your
work.
Website Feedback: The Web Advisory
Council is scheduled to meet next
Thursday. If you have issues with
the website or suggestions for
improvement, please email vreeves@
gsc.edu or any other member (http://
www.gsc.edu/about/Pages/Website.
aspx) before October 8.
Student Enrollment Forms on the
Website: Did you know there is a quick
link to student enrollment forms?
Go to any page on www.gsc.edu and
select Student Forms from the Quick
Links menu.
Photos for the Website: Thanks to
faculty and staff who have already
participated in photo sessions for
the website. If you are available for
classroom or group photos, email
vreeves@gsc.edu with your campus
designation and available times.
What is the Portal?: The portal is a
web space that houses information
accessible only to faculty and staff
(or students in the student portal).
Departments and committees have
used the portal for team collaboration,
project management, forms with
special workflows and more. If you
have a need and wonder if the portal
can benefit your group, contact
vreeves@gsc.edu.
Tutorials: From the Faculty/Staff web
page, click IT Resources -7 IT Home
Page -7 Tutorials to find tutorials
including using the IE tab in Firefox,
creating a course web page, Keyboard
Shrotcuts/Moust Tricks, and MORE.
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USG FACULTY DEVELOPMENT SERIES
The 2009-2010 University System of Georgia Monthly Faculty Development
Series begins this month. Most sessions will begin at 10:00 a.m. on a specific
Friday and conclude no later than 4:00 p.m. (Lunch is included.) Registration is
free, and some travel reimbursement is available, up to $100 per faculty member.
All sessions will be held this year at the Athens location of the USG Office of
Information and Instructional Technology.
Oct. 16 Free Instructional Resources for USG Faculty
Instructional Design & Development, Office of Faculty Affairs, University
System of Georgia
Nov. 13 Responsible Conduct in Research
University of Georgia
Jan. 22 Incivility, Inattention, and Multitasking! Oh My!-Creating Effective
Learning Environments for the Millennial Learner
Dalton State College
Feb. 19 Teaching with Clickers: Engaging Students with Classroom Response
Systems
Center for Teaching, Vanderbilt University
Mar. 26 The Scholarship of Teaching & Learning: What, Why, How, and Who?
Georgia Southern University
Apr. 23 Assessing Global Learning
AAC&U Office of Diversity, Equity, and Global Initiatives
Online registration for each workshop is available at http://www.usg.edu/faculty .
affairs/workshops/category/academic year 2009-2010/. Contacts: Ms. Pat
Wright, Office of Faculty Affairs, pat.wright@usg.edu; or Linda M. Noble, PhD,
Associate Vice Chancellor for Faculty Affairs, Office of Academic Affairs, linda.
noble@usg.edu; Office: (404) 656-0763; Cell: (404) 895-0849.
CTll WORKSHOPS
October 1-0rientation to Hybrid Course Development, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Library
AV Room 134. Facilitator: Anita Turlington.
October 7-Staying Motivated During Difficult Times, Noon-1:00 p.m., DunlapMathis Room 128. Facilitators: Mack Palmour & Alicia Caudill.
October 7 & 8-E-learning Tools for Student Success. (Offered on two dates/
times for your convenience.) This session will focus on E-Iearning as an integrative tool designed to engage students and promote an active and supportive
classroom. Facilitators: Kelly Deasy and Haley Carter.
October 7, Noon-1:00 p.m., Library Room 221
October 8, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Library Room 221
October 12-Excel Grade Sheets, 11:00 a.m.-Noon, Library AV Room 134.
Facilitator: Delbert Greear.
October 14-Testing & Classroom Accommodations for Students with
Disabilities, Noon-1:00 p.m., Dunlap-Mathis Room 128. Facilitators: Carolyn
Swindle & Beth Bellamy.
October 19-1ncorporating Multiculturalism into the Classroom, Noon-1:00
p.m., OC Room 318, Facilitator: Margaret Williamson, Sponsored by Oconee
Social Sciences Division.
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COMING EVENTS
October 3
October 5
October 6
Gc.
Fall Winds Concert. 7:30 p.m., Ed Cabell Theatre, Gc.
Fall Music Concert. 7:30 p.m., Ed Cabell Theatre, Gc.
Fall Open House. 9 a.m. - Noon, Student Center,
October 6
Self-Taught Artists of Northeast Georgia.
Gallery, through November 5, GC
Roy C. Moore Art
October 7
Great Debate Series I. Noon - 1:15 p.m., Room 108, CE Building,
Gc.
October 7
Magician Norman Ng. Noon - 1 p.m., Student Center, Gc. This
national touring magician is a unique fusion of magic, comedy, and
audience participation.
October 7
Comedian Josh Sneed. Noon - 1 p.m ., Room 522, SRC,
October 7
Academic Affairs Committee Meeting.
Room 1, Student Center, Gc.
October 8
Web Advisory Council Meeting. 10-11:15 a.m., Meeting Room 1,
Student Center, GC AND Room 564, OC
October 12
Latino Heritage: Many Threads, One Fabric. Noon-1 p.m., Room
522, Oc. Hispanic Colloquium Series. Guest Speaker Angela
Londono-McConnell, Ph.D. Lunch provided.
oc.
4-5:30 p.m., Meeting
Gc.
Counseling & Career
Services Workshops
October 12
Latin Jazz Concert. Noon-1 p.m., Student Center,
October 14
Fast Techniques to
Strengthen Your Energy
NO FEAR. Noon-1 p.m., Student Center, Gc. In recognition of
National Latino AIDS Day, LSA will sponsor the NO FEAR art gallery
depicting issues related to AIDS Awareness.
October 15
Phi Theta Kappa Fall Induction Ceremony. 4 - 6 p.m., Auditorium,
CE Building, Gc.
October 15
Hispanic Heritage Closing Ceremony.
Center, Gc.
October 16
Great Debate Series II. Noon - 1:15 p.m., Room 108 (Auditorium),
CE Building, GC
October 16
Free Instructional ResourcesforUSG Faculty. Faculty Development
Series, 10:00 a.m., USG Office of Information & Instructional
Technology, Athens.
October 19
Haider Hamza: Meet an Iraqi. Noon - 1:15 p.m., Auditorium, CE
Building, GC Colloquium Series. "How a War is Won"-This Iraqi
journalist lived through the 2003 US-led invasion of his country
with his family near Babylon, south of Baghdad.
Presented by Dr. Joy Evans
October 19
Wednesday, October 14
Noon & 5 p.m.
Folkloric Dances. Noon-1 p.m., Room 522, OC Presented by the
Cirlai Folkloric Ballet. Lunch provided.
October 20
South American Highlands. 5-6 p.m., Room 522, Oc. Hispanic
Colloquium Series. UGA GuestSpeaker Professor Fausto Sarmiento,
Ph.D. Dinner provided.
Presented by Dr. Joy Evans
October 24
Tuesday, October 20
Noon & 5 p.m.
Black and White Gala. 5 p.m. -1 a.m., Robinson Ballroom, Student
Center, Gc.
October 26
Concert by The Contemporary Strings and Sings. Noon-1 p.m.,
Room 522, Oc. Lunch provided.
Presented by Dr. Joy Evans
Tuesday, October 6
Noon & 5 p.m.
When Food Becomes
the Focus of Your Life
Presented by Dr. Joy Evans
Wednesday, October 7
1 & 5 p.m.
Relaxation &
Stress Management
When a Friend is Suicidal
12:30-1 p.m., Student
A Hard Candy Christmas
The Annual Christmas Luncheon, Auction and Holiday Sing sponsored
by the Gainesville State College Women's Organization is being held
on Friday, December 4, 2009 from 11 :30 a. m. until 2 p.m. in the Hugh
Mills Physical Education Building Gymnasium.
PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THIS FUN EVENT. Individual invitations will
be sent mid-October - but plan now to particpate.
As part of this celebration, the GSCWO is again calling for all Divisions, Departments,
Organizations and/or individuals to put together a gift-themed basket to compete in a $1 a vote
competition. (Ballot box stuffmg will be encouraged.) The creator(s) of the winning basket will
be awarded a prize as well as giving the award winner(s) bragging rights for the next year. All
gift baskets will then be auctioned off at the event.
The basket can be anything from a wicker basket full of edible treats to a cooler for beach
sundries to an open umbrella for rainy day items. The possibilities are endless. Items for the
basket' will be donated by the members of the group. The donated items do not have to be
expensive. You may fmd that you have members who have a craft, hobby or business and would
like to donate items for your basket or donate a basket in addition to your group's basket. The.
more entries we have the more fun it will be and the more money we will raise for scholarships,
Gateway Domestic Violence Center and Project Safe.
Once you have gathered the items for your basket, we ask that you wrap the basket in
cellophane, netting or anything through which the items can be viewed. Please attach a
decorative tag to the basket giving the group's name, theme and a list of the items included.
All baskets are due by Monday, November 30, in the President's Conference Room. Voting
will be from Tuesday, December 1 through Thursday, December 3, from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m.
Here are some ideas if you need them but feel free to come up with your own great basket.
ABC Basket - filled with items beginning with each letter of the alphabet. This is truly a
wonderful basket because you get such a variety of things.
Home Office Basket - fill a cardboard filing box with items to organize an office in your home
(gem clips, pens, note pads, paper, envelopes, white out, small stapler, etc)
Tool Box Basket - fill a toolbox with items for the "handyman" around your house (hammer,
screw driver, tape measure, nails, tacks, pliers, nail apron, etc.)
Cooking Basket - fill an inexpensive pot with low cost items used in the kitchen (measuring
spoons, wooden spoons, kitchen timer, recipe cards, measuring cups, dish towels, new or gently
used cookbooks, etc.)
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Rainy Day Basket - fill an opened umbrella with items to entertain kids and parents on rainy
days (play dough, paints, crayons, cards, books, puzzles, games, movies, popcorn, etc.)
Pet Basket - fill a pet bed with items any dog or cat would love (food, chew toys, brush, vitamins
pillow, water bowl, flea collar, shampoo, etc.)
Baby Basket - fill a diaper pail with items for a baby (shampoo, powder, lotion, rattles,
washcloths and towels, cloth diapers, diaper coupons, wipes, brush and comb, pacifiers, etc.)
Laundry Basket - fill a laundry basket with items to make mom's job a little easier (detergent,
fabric softener, stain stick, clothespins, hangers, bleach, dry cleaning kit, etc.)
Country Basket - fill a basket with items representing a specific country (i.e. Mexico - salsa,
chips, small piiiata, refried beans, rice, dried chilies, limes, etc.)
Gardening Basket - fill a terra cotta pot with items for the gardener (seeds, hand tools, kneeling
pad, tool apron, plant food, watering can, potting soil, a plant, etc.)
Gourmet Coffee/Tea Basket - fill a basket with different coffees and teas, sugar and cream,
mugs and a variety of sweet treats to go along with them.
Photo/Scrapbooking Basket - fill a basket with small photo albums, various frames, film,
disposable cameras, photo comer tabs, scrapbooks and scrap booking materials, etc.
Book Basket - fill a basket with a variety of inexpensive children and/or adult books,
bookmarks, book lights, lap pads, etc.
Golf Basket - fill a basket with golf balls, tees, golf towels, coupons for Putt-Putt Golf, golf
gloves, small cooler for golf cart, snacks and drinks for golf outing, or anything golf related like
golf picture frames, magnets, etc.
Fishing Basket - fill a tackle box with a variety of fishing items to help the novice fisherman
catch "the big one" (fishing line, hooks, weights, bobbins, rubber worms, snacks and drinks,
inexpensive fishing pole, book on fishing, disposable camera to take a picture of "the big one",
etc.)
Christmas Basket - fill a basket with anything related to Christmas (ornaments, cards, wrapping
paper, bows, candles, decorations, etc.)
Go ahead, use your imagination - but most of
all, PLEASE participate. We're looking for baskets of
all sizes and values - something for everyone.