First Organized Motorcycle Ride at a VA Good Sam Samboree
Bike Ride – We had 14 motorcycles and 19 riders on the first Motorcycle charity ride. $95.00 was earned. $50.00 was given to VA Good Sam’s to donate to a Charity of their choice. The remaining $45.00 will be given to a charity of ODC’s choice, which will be decided at the December meeting. Bill Freed and Chuck Tolson planned the route and everyone had a good time.The riders look forward to doing a ride at future Samborees.
Lining Up to Ride
Linda Burdette and her "Tatoos"
Larry Welford Giving Ride Instructions
Almost Ready to "Ride"
Some Stops Along the Ride Route
The Spring Samboree was held at the Bethpage Campground in Urbana, VA. There were 13 member rigs present and one guest rig.
Sunshine Lady’s Report –
*Velda Taylor is doing OK. Home health care is coming in twice per week. Progress is slow.
*Velda Taylor is doing OK. Home health care is coming in twice per week. Progress is slow.
*Dick Bowen did have Gallbladder surgery and is doing well. The Bowens are still traveling but will be home soon.
*Kay Karstaedt has been in Alabama with the Red Cross, but is home now.Audit of the Club Books – Donna Tolson and Mem Halstead volunteered to do the audit in May, but due to time constraints, the audit was postponed. A motion was made to postpone the audit until a well attended campout. The motion was approved. Some discussion was made as to whether the President’s spouse could audit the books. We will ask for volunteers at the time of the audit.
Thanks to Donna and Mem for planning the Saturday night meal. It was delicious.
Getting Ready for Spagetti Dinner
MelanieM, DonnaT and MemH
ODCers Enjoying Spagetti Dinner
Carol, Ed and Kyoko Enjoying Dinner
Old Business:
Samboree Activities – Boy, did we have a busy weekend.
Hamburger Sale – Thanks to Melanie for planning the fundraiser. Great job. We sold 108 of the 120 burgers. Total profit $220.50. (This number is slightly different from what Melanie reported at the meeting). The extra food and drinks were available to ODC members for donations and another $18.00 was given. Melanie will give a complete write up of the event and the report will be added to the Secretary’s book. Larry Halstead will send Craig an email thanking him for making the burgers for this weekend. Many comments were made about how good the burgers were.
Sandy Freed Waiting for a Hamburger!
Larry Halstead Cooking Burgers
Larry Welford and Melanie Murguia Getting Ready to Sell Burgers
Book Sale – Denny Raymond and Peggy Settles manned the table for the book and flea sale. Thanks to Ken Taylor for donating some items for the sale and to all the ODC members who donated books. The total raised was $46.25.
Denny's Handiwork
Denny and Betty Raymond
Larry Halstead and Larry Welford honored Tom Scalin and Judy Ramer during the White Rose ceremony held during the Saturday night program.
Thanks to everyone who helped with the Saturday night refreshments.
Thanks to Peggy Settles for the quilt donated as a door prize.
New Business:
Caravan to Maryland Samboree May 27-29: no one was interested.
July campout at Misty Mountain – June 15th is the deadline for registration. Hosts for the weekend are Bowens, Wilson, Soden and Murguia
August campout at Endless Caverns – June 1st is the deadline for registration. Remember we get a special rate and will include a free pass to Endless Caverns. Call the number and speak to the person Bill sent in his email. Maybe a bike weekend.
A motion was made for Rebecca to contact the Patch person to find out the cost of getting a 40-year patch. The patch would be similar to the 30 year, but with the new information. The motion was passed.
