97th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION IN NASHVILLE, TN., JUNE 27 - JULY 1, 2018

PILOTS PARTICIPATE IN THE FOOD PACKAGING FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN

Ks-Mo District Pilots set up the tables for the food packaging. Pilot who participated were (back) Rhonda Knudson, Ruth Gerald and Sue Penn. (front) Renee Johnson, Karen Schroeder, Frances Ferguson ("known as boss"0, Betty Schneider, Debie Rowe and Mary Cramer. All tables were set up the in the same order in precision lines for the food bins, funnels, scales and vacuum sealers.

Most Pilot at the convention participated in this wonderful project to package 30,000 bags of food for underprivileged children in the Nashville and Knoxville area. Precise amounts of rice, soy, dried vegetables and a vitamin packet were placed in the plastic bags, weighed, sealed and placed in boxes with the expiration date.

Pilots listen to instructions prior to packing the food into bags Everyone wore caps on their heads, aprons and those who handled the food also wore gloves.

Expiration date placed on all boxes.

INSTALLATION OF NEW MEMBERS TO GREAT BEND PILOT CLUB

New member pins were presented by Sally O'Connor to Billie Bonomo, by Joyce Fry to Dee Krier and to Nicci Henderson by Renee Johnson.

Pilot Club Spring Convention in Junction City on May 5-6, 2018

Great Bend Pilot Club Members attending convention were (back) Mary Cramer, Joyce Fry and Rhonda Knudson. (front) Marcia Johnson, Renee Johnson, Betty Schneider and Nancy Rogers.

Pilot Club Meeting at Oil and Gas Museum In Great Bend

Danielle Feist, director of the Oil & Gas Museum,  showed Pilots items on display at the museum and talked about their relevance to the oil industry.

Daniel Feist and Darlene Mathers (Pilot Member) hold an old newspaper that mentions Darlene's father in connection with the oil industry.

BRAIN AWARENESS WEEK - March 12-18, 2018

BRAIN AWARENESS WEEK (BAW) is the global campaign to increase public awareness of the progress and benefits of brain research. Pilot International is a global partner.  Every March, BAW unites the efforts of partner organizations worldwide like Pilot International and the Pilot Club of Great Bend in a celebration of the brain for people of all ages.  Activities are limited only by the organizers' imaginations and include open days at neuroscience labs; exhibitions about the brain; lectures on brain-related topics; social media campaigns; displays at libraries and community centers; community proclamations; classroom workshops; and more.  March 12-18, 2018 is Brain Awareness Week.

Autism Disorder Workshop main speaker, Dr. Jim Bell explains different approaches when working with Autistic Children at the workshop held April 7th at BCC.

Pilot Club Committe members responsible for providing the Autism Disorder Workshop on Saturday, April 7, 2018 are Betty Schneider, Marcia Johnson, Sally O’Connor, Janice Walker, Ros Neeland and Heather Quillin from Sunflower Diversifed. Great Bend Pilots assisted the committe on the day of the workshop. The workshop was a tremendous success with 92 people from the state of Kansas attending.

All Pilots attending were given a beautiful white ceramic angel by Rhonda Knudson.  Each member was given a ticket by Rhonda for multiple drawings through the lunch.  Everyone enjoyed the lunch, meal and decant chocolate desert.

Great Bend Pilot Club members volunteer as station presenters for Body Venture.

Great Bend Pilot Club Body Venture station presenters are Betty Schneider, Janice Walker, Sharon Mauler, Mercedes Helms, Jari Marietta, Joyce Fry, Mary Cramer.

Body Venture is a traveling exhibit from the Kansas State Department of Education, Child Nutrition & Wellness that consists of a 45-foot by 50-foot walk-through exhibit representing he human body

Share Pilot evening at Classic Inn for prospective new Pilot Club members

Great Bend Pilot Club members mingle with possible new members who enjoy appetizers provided by Classic Inn.

 Pilot members attending the Share Pilot Event are (back) Nancy Rogers, Renee Johnson, Nancy Sundahl, Joyce Fry, Betty Schneider, Mary Cramer, (front) Marty Aldrih, Rhonda Knudson and Mercedes Helms.

Back of Walk to End Alzheimer's t-shirt depicting Pilot as a major sponsor.  The color purple represents someone who has lost someone to the Alzheimer's diseae.

Volunteers and Pilots walk to end Alzheimer's. Great Bend Pilot Club is a major sponsor of the Walk to End Alzheimer's.

Great Bend Pilots, Joyce Fry, Sally O'Connor and Rhonda Knudson (in the back) and Sally's daughter, Erin and her granddaughter, Josie walked around the courthouse square in support of the goal to end Alzheimer's.

Different colored flowers were part of the "Promise Garden" at the Walk to End Alzheimer's. There are more than 5 million people nationwide living with Alzheimer's and someone develops the disease every 66 seconds

Pilot International logo on a Walk to End Alzheimer's sign.

Great Bend Pilots donated to the Tot Spot.  Note our name on the sighn

Great Bend Pilots donate riding toys and smart boards to the children at Sunflower Early Education. 

Great Bend Pilots

Pilots work to tie 33 quilts for the foster children at Kansas Department for Children and Families.

Pilots with some of the quilts they tied.

Fund raiser organized by Rhonda Knudson and Renee Johnson at Freddie's to raise money to support GREAT BEND PILOT'S brain related projects. Pilots greeted customers inside and outside.

Pilots placing stickers on the place mats for the trays and putting signs about the Pilot organization on the tables

Marty Aldrich and Carol Dellinger greet customers who order from the drive up menu at Freddie's.