President Message - 1st Quarter 2025

First I would like to thank our outgoing President Steve Strom and his wife Marcia who has not only stood by him for the past 3 years of his service but shared in many of the duties to help serve our National HCSC Alumni Club. We owe them a great gratitude of service to our Alumni Club.

We have accomplished so much under Steve’s leadership:

• Membership Growth over the past 3 years (helped add over 200 new members)

• Annual Golden Rule Days and Community Picnic in Kemmerer, Wyoming each August

• Starting the Annual Golden Rule Award for Community Service to a member of our Club

• Overhaul of the Alumni Club Website

• Revamping our method of paying dues

• Adding plaques to Mr. Penney’s Statue and in 2025 a bench from the Alumni Club in Kemmerer,

• WY.

• Membership Engagement - Get Togethers

• Volunteerism by our RMG Clubs - Feeding America

• Creating an E-Newsletter to go out in between mailings of Partners Magazine to keep us

• informed

• Strong Budget

 

These accomplishments could not have been done without the dedication of Tom Clarke, Karen Bell and Sharon Winkle who are part of the Executive Board, for their service to help build these programs, who are part of the Executive Board. I thank them so much for what they do for our Club.

I also want to thank Debi Kruder for communicating our message via emails to our members and Maggie Mertzlufft for creating and updating our Website as needed. Debi and Maggie have done a great job working with our Board to deliver a exceptional way to communicate to our Alumni Club Members.

Now for the Future of our Club
First of all I want to welcome John Chapman from the Southeast RMG who will be serving as our 1st VP. I know he will do a great job helping to steer our Club into the future.

Our Goals for 2025

• Membership - Continue to build New Members with a focus on Associate Members

• Get Togethers - Either as small group or annual get togethers for our RMGs.

• Volunteering - Feeding America @ Food Banks or any other organization

• Community Service - Golden Rule Award for Community Service

• Partner of the Season - Three Members recognized for their service to their RMG and/or

• Community

• Club Organization - Looking at our Club and making changes to keep it vibrant and alive

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On the subject of the Club Organization which is led by Bill Kruder and his team, we will seek input and work with our RMG Presidents and Directors as well as some of our Members to find ways to make sure our Club can succeed into the future.

 

As always I look forward to the Future and Serving all members in our Club. Please don’t hesitate to communicate anything that our club can do to help you in 2025.

John Gresham President
John Chapman 1st VP