May 30 2007

John Wilkins with Glenn Landry - Executive Director Irmo Little League Challenger Program

Last Meeting
May 30, 2007

Reporter – John Wilkins

President Molly opened the meeting. Blount Shepard gave a wonderful invocation, as he always does when called upon. Lyman Whitehead provided us some Health and Happiness and had everyone laughing.

The June 6th Summer Social was announced and members were encouraged to check the blog for information concerning the event. It was also announced that there would be no morning meeting on Wednesday June 6th because of the Summer Social. President-Elect Beetle Bailey has scheduled the 2007- 08 Club Assembly for 6/13/07 at Carrabba’s. We were very excited to have three new prospective members in attendance this week!

Our guest speaker, Glen Landry, President of Irmo Little League, was introduced by John Wilkins. We learned that Irmo Little League is completely run by volunteers. We also learned that there were 377 players in the standard leagues and 30 players in the Challenger Division. Some of the changes that have been implemented since Mr. Landry took over last spring are; 100% background checks for volunteers, restored fields, and the Challenger Program. Mr. Landry became emotional when discussing the Challenger Program which is for children with mental and physical challenges. Irmo Little League hopes to expand the Challenger Program to 4 teams next year from 2 this year. They also plan to redo the canteen and put in sidewalks for the guests at the park. Mr. Landry closed his presentation with several questions from club members.

The meeting was adjourned by President Molly following the donation of a few Happy Dollars.