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PCPHC – SUMMERTIME HEAT EVENTS – NEXT MEETING WILL BE THIS FRIDAY AT VIC’S SPORTS BAR

June 17, 2022 @ 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm

The Heat is ON!
Hey ParrotHeads, Summertime is here! Heat Advisory for the next several days, everyone please take care of yourself. The good news is that FRIDAY AFTERNOON at 5:30 the Air Conditioning will be on full blast at Vic’s Sports Bar for our Parrot Head Phlocking with Salt Rock providing the entertainment! See you there, we will do our Rendezvous awards that we didn’t do last meeting as well.
June 17 – Vic’s Sports Bar, Salt Rock
July 1 – No Name with String Theory!
Sunday, July 3, 2 pm – BOWLING!
July 15 – House of Henry with Cory Sorg–you won’t want to miss this guy!
August 5 – No Name with the Tropic Sands band
Sunday August 20 — Say Goodbye to Summer day on the beach with your Parrot Head friends (Seltzer Park) more info later.
Rendezvous Charities
Let’s talk about how we choose the charity for Rendezvous. Over the last decade we have only had 3 charities. The Children’s Home Society was our charity for many years, and in years before my time something happened, and both they and us fell out of favor with each other. So in 2014 or 15, the BOD had 3 charities come and offer to be our yearly charity, and Girl’s Inc became our charity for the next 4 – 5 years. Last December, due to changes in leadership there, they decided not to work with us on Rendezvous, and we were left a little flat footed having to find a charity. We need a good charity because we go out and ask businesses to make donations to the charity. We came up on Gulf Coast School for Autism almost accidently, but they fit the bill, had experience in Auctions and Raffles, knew the technical ends of taking credit cards remotely (that is way important), and for the most part were a big help this year.
They weren’t perfect, but they kept the front desk manned and operational, they were a big help all three mornings in moving Goody bags, Raffle items, and Auction items. If possible, we like keeping the same charity because this year they were Rendezvous Virgins, next year they will know more, we will know more about them, and things should run even more smooth than they did this year (and this year was darn smooth).
So–while nothing is official, they are the leading contender for next year’s Rendezvous charity. Here are the things that are necessary to be a Rendezvous charity:
— Must be local, Bay County. For instance a charity like the American Heart Association, or the Cancer Society, those are great charities but if we write them a big check who knows where that money will go? So our charitable contribution must go to something here in Bay County.
— Must be able to help out SIGNIFICANTLY at the front desk, goody bags, raffle, auction, etc. 6-8-10 adults over the course of 4 days who can handle money, who stay sober, who can interact with people well, and who have positive attitudes about being there working–while everyone else is playing (we are giving them money after all). Yes we know–our club drinks, and the charity needs to know that and that it will be going on in a big way.
— Have experience in fund raising, raffles, auctions, large events.
— Charities for KIDS help A LOT. You know, most precious resource, etc, etc.
— They need to have a good name locally, something that when our team goes to a local establishment to ask for a donation, it rolls off the tongue, it sounds like a charity that you or I would want to contribute to.
So–here’s the deal, if you have a charity that you think fits the criteria, FIRST–YOU go to that charity to see if they are even interested. We get advice all the time on every subject, whether Rendezvous, meetings, music, merchandise, etc, advice is cheap (“You should go do this……that….and the other”). Before you send our team out to do a deep dive investigation, YOU do the legwork to find out if they are even interested. There are some in Bay County who are not interested in Parrot Heads, they may think our lifestyle is a little “heathen”, and that’s fine. But if you feel strongly about a charity, do the leg work, bring it to the Board and we will beat that horse to death, I promise. We want to make the right decision of course, because we want another great Rendezvous. While there isn’t a hard deadline, obviously the sooner we can make that decision the better. Rendezvous planning will start in earnest in mid July, after the summer rush.
Rendezvous 2023 — “I Have Found Me a Home”
From the President:
Welcome to summer and the heat is on! I want us all to remember back when Jeff or Geno swore you in to the Parrot Head Club. I know we were all caught up in the adrenaline popping joy of membership, feeling the spirit move us to join a great organization. Blah, blah, blah…
But I do want to remind us all of what we said while taking that solemn vow. “I do solemnly swear…to DO STUFF.” I’ve heard from many of you that you are ready to do stuff. Here are the benefits for volunteering to do stuff:
·      Gives you a warm feeling of serving a higher cause (LOL)
·      Weaves you into the fabric of our club (that BS makes me spit up in my mouth a little)
·      Allows you to meet others and actually get to know people (I know that can be good and bad)
·      Keeps you off the street at night (or maybe puts you on the street at night)
All joking aside, the best way to get to know people and feel ownership in our club is to get involved. So you say, “I’ve told you I want to help but nobody has contacted me.
Well here is your contact….we need you. If you feel the call here are some key areas you can help with:
·      Membership
·      Fund raising
·      Christmas Party
·      Parade Floats
·      Activities
·      Future leadership shadow program
·      Rendezvous Committees:
o   Logistics
o   Gift Basket auction
o   Sponsorships
o   Registration
What we really want you to think about is the future of the club. We all love to party with the best of them, but it takes a lot of behind the scenes work to make any of this happen.
We have a great board of directors (at least I think so). But just like any organization, we need to groom folks to take over for us when we decide its time to take a back seat and just sit back and enjoy the party.
It is as simple as this folks….We need you and You need us. Please contact me via text to Geno: 618-558-8007 or Jeff 850-693-0500
PCPHC | PO Boxc 1023, Panama City PHC | www.panamacityphc.org

Details

Date:
June 17, 2022
Time:
5:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Venue

Vic’s Sports Bar and Grill
2727 Joan Avenue
Panama City Beach, 32408 United States
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Phone:
205-706-1519
Website:
vics-sports-bar-grill.business.site