Star Island Pelicans

Forwarding message from Ben Kunz – benckunz@gmail.com

Hey Everybody,

Sorry for the late notice but Pelicans are Pelicans.

The Pelicans Present…
A BANQUET BENEFIT FOR STAR ISLAND

Saturday, July 21, 2007
at South Church in Portsmouth, NH.

Social Hour begins at 5:00 p.m. (BYOB)
with dinner fresh from the kitchen of the Oceanic
and a short but spirited Pel Show to follow

Suggested donation $25 (young adults), $50 (adults), $100 or more
(anyone
who can)
All proceeds to benefit Star Island directly in a time of great need

Donations are tax deductible (less banquet value of $25)

Reservations strongly suggested; space is limited
Call the Front Desk at (603) 601-0832 to reserve your space!

CHILD CARE WILL BE AVAILABLE!

(South Church is at 292 State Street in downtown Portsmouth, NH)

Directions are located here

http://southchurch-uu.org/soChurchDirections.html

You Will Come Back!
Ben Kunz
Snack Bar Supervisor
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THIS MESSAGE SENT ON BEHALF OF AMY LOCKWOOD. PLEASE REPLY TO alockwood@starisland.org.

Dear Star Island Community Members,

As you know, we have been working closely with the Rye Fire Department and New Hampshire fire officials to outline a thorough process to enhance the level of safety at Star Island. As a result of the assertive planning and execution of the life safety upgrades, we are pleased to inform you that today the Rye Fire Department granted Star Island permission to reopen.

We are so thankful for the support of the safety officials who guided our people through this process, to the licensed professionals who completed the safety upgrades expeditiously, and to our people and the generous community for its uncompromising support as we worked diligently to make the essential life safety upgrades.

Star Island will reopen its doors to conferees Sunday, July 22, 2007.

Our focus now turns to our hotel operations so we may ensure our facilities are ready for the arrival of our conferees and other visitors. We are now contacting conference leaders directly to inform them of the opening as we coordinate the new transportation schedules and other details. We ask for the continued patience of our conferees as we make these arrangements.

During the next several days, we will be contacting our vendors, ordering food, and making the beds in anticipation of our guests. We apologize again for this disruption and we look forward to serving everyone again in the days and months ahead.

We have asked our conference leaders to begin assessing the interest of conferees in attending a personal retreat model conference. Star Island will begin taking reservations from planned guests on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 at 5 p.m. Priority will be given to the conferences scheduled for this time period. Reservations may be made by contacting the front desk of Star Island’s Oceanic Hotel by calling (603) 601-0832.

Additional details will follow in a subsequent email tomorrow afternoon and will also be posted on our website at www.starisland.org.

Here is a link to the media release we will be sending to press in the morning regarding this news.

http://www.starisland.org/PDF/StarIslandOpensMediaRelease20070718.pdf

Sincerely,
Amy Lockwood

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Brian Winters FOR AMY LOCKWOOD
Development Associate
Star Island Corporation
10 Vaughan Mall, Suite 8, Worth Plaza * Portsmouth, NH 03801
(603) 430-6272 * bwinters@starisland.org * www.starisland.org

Dear Pelicans!

As you should have read – the Fire Marshall and Safety Folks have reviewed all the work as well as the plans for further upgrades. As those of us you have ever worked on the island know – we will ALWAYS be needing to make things safer – and pick up the bits and pieces (some pretty big) that were done quickly and need to be finished properly – for our safety, not just to satisfy inspectors.

Just from the loss of 5 full weeks and the cost of the various trained safety consultants and licensed State approved engineers to do the work, we have lost a significant amount from our reserves. For us to complete this season, pay the accrued bills, and prepare for next season we MUST make up the losses.

We must complete the 2007 Annual Fund Drive of $625,000 — ** EQUALLY ** important is that we really need to each evaluate how much this piece of rock – that is so much more – means to us and give more generaoulsy than ever before as the additional funds just to cover the expenses of this year is an addition $1.2 million.

This makes a GRAND total of $1.825 million as soon as We Shoalers can manage.

To make this easier – there is a SECURE link at the starisland.org website – so you may donate on line. If you are so moved – you may also send a check (relieving the island of paying the credit card company to transfer the funds).

You can mark that you are a Pelican and should be “categorized” as part of Pelicans or Pelican Reunion (even if you have not yet made it to Pel Reunion!).

Also check the starisland.org web site for regular updates.

I hope to see at least some of you who live nearby at the Banquet & Pel Show fundraiser this Saturday!

Sincerely, Joanne Bulley
’76 & ’77

Thank you to everyone who has offered support during this very challenging time. It is heartening that so many people have responded with generous donations, fundraising ideas, and words of encouragement and support.

I am happy to tell you that we now have the capability of accepting Visa or MasterCard donations directly through our website. There is a link to the secure form on the Donating page at starisland.org. Here’s a direct way to get there:

http://www.starisland.org/donating/online

Please let other interested Shoalers know.

Thank you. Together we can meet these challenges.

Karen Muldoon
Development Director

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SENT BY

Brian Winters
Development Associate
Star Island Corporation
10 Vaughan Mall, Suite 8, Worth Plaza * Portsmouth, NH 03801
(603) 430-6272 * bwinters@starisland.org *
www.starisland.org