Summer Fish Fry and Board Meetings

It's been a few months since our last update to the BLOG about Trey's Transition. Much has happended to several board members since the event in February. Some board members have had shifts in their employment, a few others have received promotions and others are still maintaining their status. I'm pleased to hear that during our national and state's economic struggles, we're hanging in there. To those out there that are struggling to find employment or that job that will produce an increase in your bank or sanity, continued success.







Thanks to Robert Crossiant for taking outstanding pictures from the Fish Fry and posting them on the blog. Special thanks to all those who participated ( including the Cadets for the Youth Challenge Program) and donated their time, money and effort to make our first event a success. Thanks to the board members for completing the evaluations about the planning for the event. This will give us an opprotunity to build on future events.

Trey's Transition fan base is beginning to grow. More people are becoming interested in the effort to see the program to become a success for Trey and other young adults with special needs.

Congratulations to all the graduates from Kidergarten all up to those that now have their degrees from Colleges and Universities around the country. Good luck on your journeys and with the plans that have been laid out for each of you.




Our board meetings have recently been held by phone or email transactions instead of at the Richland County Public Library or other familiar locations. During those meetings, decisions were made for us to continue efforts to promote fundraising toward the building and operating costs. A decision was made for us to continue plans for a fish fry in the Spartanburg Area.



The event was to be held June 19, 2010. However everything didn't come together like we thought it would. Therefore the event will have to be postponed for another time this year.



There was a plan for a fish fry in the Beaufort area. Those plans are being coordinated for just before the K-12 students go back to school in August.







Our next board meeting is scheduled for June 24 @ the Richland County Library.
We have establised a business account now @ Bank of America on St. Andrews road, Columbia, SC. Thanks to the fine folk over there (Margie Mitchell, and Gayle Rabon). This effort will give us opportunities to make and receive transactions for fundraising.






Please let me know if you or anyone you know that would like to donate a building or funds to purchase a building in the Irmo area. We need a building with 2500 to 3000 square ft, plus enough space for parking at least 10 vehilces.







We are still pursuing grants to help fund our efforts. The main issues being accepted for grants right now fall on the grantors giving their funds to existing organizations instead of start up programs like ours.







Looking forward to seeing you on the 25th @ RCPL, or to contact me by email @ james_irby2000@yahoo.com to discuss issues before the meeting or to learn how to be involved as a board member or to make a donation to our efforts.







Enjoy the warmth of the Summer sun, because winter is just around the corner- February :)!!!

Please remember the sick, those who care for them, and those traveling the highways both day and night.


James, executive director