
Kinnard Chapter Wins 3 National Individual Excellence Awards Kinnard Chapter was honored to win 3 of the 6 prestigious national Individual Excellence Awards at the recent national TelecomPioneer Annual Meeting held in Anaheim, California in February. Two awards are given in each of three categories: members, life members and partners. These are the only awards that any Verizon Pioneer Chapter received Honors were given to Leni Herr and Sarah DePaolo in the Life Member category and Tom DePaolo in the Pioneer Partner category. It is the first time a husband and wife received awards in the same year! All three were to attend the annual meeting as finalists, not knowing they had actually won the awards, but the Valentine’s Day snowstorm caused their flight to be canceled, leaving them in Pennsylvania, while the awards were being given out. The winners received their awards at the March Chapter Executive Board meeting. To get the full story on the award winners click here. Leni Herr, Sarah DePaolo, and Tom DePaolo with their national Individual Excellence Awards which feature the Pioneer triangle logo and the famous Amos Macdonald who is the epitome of the “Spirit of Service”.

3rd Annual Pioneer Day at Dorney Park The Chapter will once again be hosting Pioneer Day at Dorney Park. The date will be September 22, 2007. Discount tickets are available either online at www.verizonpioneers.org/Estore/DorneyPark2007.htm or you can print this form and mail it in. Invite your friends, neighbors and family to join us. Group hotel rates are also available.

"Pioneer Perk" Coffee To order click here. This link will take you directly to the ordering page where you can get descriptions of all the coffee available.	FlowerPetal.com Don't forget when ordering flowers to use this link. Click here..... 12% of all sales come back to the Chapter to support the Pioneer projects in your local community. No delivery charges and sales tax! Flowers are gorgeous. Local florists are used so you aren't taking business away from the local community.

Pioneer Travel Trolley Your travel plans help support our Chapter. Need a hotel, planning a cruise or high school or family reunion? Contact Pioneer Travel Trolley travel consultant Leni Herr to help you with your trip. New Pioneer trips are now available to beautiful Costa Rica and the European Christmas Markets through Collette Vacations.

Tropical Costa Rica Departure Date: March 31, 2008 9 Days • 17 Meals: 8 Breakfasts, 2 Lunches, 7 Dinners San Jose • Poas Volcano • Thermal Spa Resort • Cano Negro Refuge • Monteverde Cloud Forest • Guanacaste *Rates* Double $1,999 pp Single $2,499 pp Triple $1,969 pp click here for details For more information email LeniHerr@aol.com or call 610-488-6629	Europe's Christmas Markets Austria, Germany and Switzerland Departure Date: December 3, 2007 9 Days • 12 Meals: 7 Breakfasts, 5 Dinners Munich • Oberammergau • Innsbruck • Strasbourg • Bern • Lucerne Rates Double $1,999 pp Single $2,229 pp Triple $1,989 pp click here for details For more information email LeniHerr@aol.com or call 610-488-6629 (all photos courtesy of Collette Vacations)
Princess Cruise to Alaska We are planning a 2008 cruise to Alaska with 5 day land tour. Rates should be coming out soon. If you are interested, please email LeniHerr
Pioneer Travel Trolley Blue Danube River Cruise Hurry, because there are only 2 cabins left for the Blue Danube Discovery cruise set to sail September 27, 2007! Email LeniHerr@aol.com or call 610-488-6629 See pictures of past trips with the Pioneers below!


25th Annual Sports Jamboree June 22-24, 2007 To volunteer online click here To print Volunteer Form and mail to Chapter office click here To print Contestant Form click here To see pictures from last year's Jamboree click here

"Living and Learning through Pioneers" Backpack Project After a successful "Brighter Tomorrows" backpack project last fall, the Chapter has decided to continue the project under a new name of "Living and Learning through Pioneers". We will once again be providing backpacks for children at domestic violence shelters and Children's Services locations. The backpacks will include dictionaries, books, crayons, pencils, tissues, small hand-held games, Hug-a-Bears and decks of cards. If you would like to get involved in your local community to help with this project, please call the Chapter office for local contact information at 800-322-6710.

New Pioneer Benefits (including the new Pioneer Banking Center) The TelecomPioneer Association in Denver has been busy making sure that, as members, there are more benefits than just "answering the call of those in need" for our Pioneer members. Benefits providers include Liberty Mutual, new Pioneer Banking Center, Hertz, Omnilaw, Incontra, Beltone Hearing Aids, Universal Studios, and more. For more information click on this link .


Cape May Light House	62nd Annual Pioneer Reunion to be held at Cape May, NJ with "Fabulous 50's" Theme June 4-8, 2007 Click here to see pictures from the past reunions.

Watch for new pictures from the 2007 Reunion in June.

Pioneer Trips on the Travel Trolley
There is still time to sign up for the trip to National Parks July 17, 2007. For more information on National Parks click here. Panama Canal Cruise - Kinnard Pioneers Theresa (Bell)& Ed Mowery Sarah & Tom DePaolo Petting sting ray Mayan Ruins Belize Sting Ray City, Grand Cayman Canadian Rockies by Rail - Kinnard Pioneers

	New Pioneer Windbreakers now available! Only $37 for sizes S-XL Add $3 for 2X Email LeniHerr@aol.com to order or go to our Fundraising Page Lots of Items on Sale! See prices marked in red

Sporting Hill Elementary Teacher, Capital Club Pioneers Joyce Grier, Gloria Fox and Earla Hoke and grandniece Nikita with dictionaries.

Reading Pioneer Club gave dictionaries to all three 4th grade classes at Penn Bernville school. Students keep the dictionaries in their desk and have them to use whenever they need to look up words. (Pictured at left is Reading Club President Mary Jane Howe with her granddaughter Greta Howe.

New way to put "Fun" in Fundraising

Capital Club has successful fundraising event by holding mini-golf tournament along the banks of the Susquehanna River in Harrisburg.

International Coastal Cleanup Project The L.H. Kinnard Pioneers participated in the 2006 International Coastal Cleanup Project in Pennsylvania. The 2006 ICC in Pennsylvania resulted in almost 19,000 pounds of trash being picked up from 98 miles of rivers, lakes, and streams by over 1000 volunteers at 10 different sites around the state. People, pounds, and miles all increased over previous years! If you know someone interested in the environment, we are always looking for new volunteers and cleanup site coordinators. Please contact Leni Herr, PA State Coordinator. Lehigh Valley Life Members man registration table for International Coastal Cleanup site in Allentown. Over 150 volunteers took part. George Snyder, Lehigh Club President, helped organize the Lehigh ICC Theresa and Jim Harpster with Jerry Ross, Seven Mountains Club President, and Charlotte Bower

Get the 2007 Lottery Calendars now with 2 daily numbers Contact Sue Epler Anyone interested in taking a vacation, please email Leni Herr for information on our Pioneer Fundraising Cruises & Vacations

		New 1964 Dodge Vans are here now. Email Leni Herr to order $32 + $4 shipping includes tax

Don't forget to check out Pioneer Jim Marquette's books "A Century of Telephone Trucks" and "Early Postcards Advertising Vintage Telephones" These books make great retirement gifts. Click here for more information and order form.

Become a member of the Verizon TelecomPioneers. Want to join our historical prestigious organization? Click "join here" on the top navigation bar above to complete the membership forms.

Mission TelecomPioneers is a network of current and former telecom industry employees and their families who volunteer to address community needs. We represent our companies’ and the industry’s commitment to responsible corporate citizenship.	Answering the Call of Those in Need		TelecomPioneers is the world's largest corporate volunteer organization, a dedicated group of more than 620,000 men and women committed to serving their communities throughout the United States, Canada and beyond.