Achievements
Numbers for 2007
We raised $21,285.00 and helped with an additional $15,000.00 = $36,285.00 We collected over 3,964 items We volunteered for 793.5 hours of community work with an average 80 members participating. Club members averaged 10 hours each in community service for the year.
Major Events (and monies raised) in 2007:
Thomas Edward Fogarty Memorial Fundraiser ($10,000) Summer Parrot Head Cruise benefiting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation ($3800) Fall Sock, Hat, and Mitten Drive (over 3,000 items collected)
Other Community Service/Volunteer Events for 2007:
Monthly beach and roadside cleanups,
NEPHC Convention in Massachusetts,
Penguin Plunge,
Spring and Fall Yard Sales,
Tall Ships in Portsmouth,
Jason Hussey Memorial Road,
Race in Greenland,
Special Olympics Duck Races,
Seafood Festival in Hampton,
Swing for CF golf event,
Caring and Sharing Food Drive,
Festival of Trees,
Portsmouth Holiday Parade,
3 Charities for the year were:
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation ($3800 donated) A Safe Haven ($350 donated) No Kill Animal Shelter ($350 donated) 2006 Community Service/Volunteer Events:
Hosted NEPHC Convention at the Cliff House in Ogunquit, ME, Penguin Plunge, Beach and Roadside cleanups, Berwick Strawberry Festival, Tall Ships, Portsmouth Children's Road Race, Parrot Head Cruise on the Isle of Shoals, Sock, Hat, and Mitten Drive (2,367 pieces collected), Food Drive , Portsmouth Holiday Parade, Holiday Toy Drive, Yard Sale
2006 Charities (and monies raised):
Cocheco Valley Humane Society ($15,000) Cancer Awareness ($3,500) Make a Wish Foundation ($1,795) Safe Place ($335) Seacoast Hospice ($300) American Red Cross ($300)
2005 Community Service/Volunteer Events:
Penguin Plunge, Beach and Roadside cleanups, March of Dimes walkathon, Joshua Books, Portsmouth Children's Road Race, New Hampshire Public TV Auction, Kittery Roadside Cleanups, Spring and Fall Yard Sales, Ogunquit Playhouse, Road Race in Maine, RYSA Soccer Tourney, Sock, Hat, and Mitten Drive, Portsmouth Holiday Parade, Festival of Trees
2005 Charities (and monies raised):
Special Olympics ($4740.00) March of Dimes ($200.00) SNIP ($804) from the Spring Club Yard Sale, Local Lighthouse Preservation ($600.00) from the Summer Cruise, Lighthouse Kids ($1800.00) from Fall Cruise, Lighthouse Kids ($400.00 from Fall Club Yard Sale, Sock Hat and Mitten Drive (1050 items collected)
Achievements for Club Finz in the past years
A staggering (and I'm not kidding) 36 Club Members attended the 10th Annual New England Parrot Head Convention 2005, in February. Over 650 Parrot Heads attended the "Trying to reason with New England Seasons convention hosted by the Parrot Head Club of Eastern Mass. (PHCoEM) Over $30,000 was raised for Special Olympics Massachusetts.
On June 5th we held our second annual Yard Sale and raised $804 for SNIP a local spay-neuter and animal rescue program.
The year 2004 was a good year for Club Finz. Our membership totaled 93 members. We raised a total of $8,928.00 and donated 1,485 hours of volunteer time!
Here are some highlights;
On February 8 our members raised over $1,800, and donated over 60 hours to the 2004 Penguin Plunge for Maine and New Hampshire Special Olympics!
16 of our members participated in the 9th Annual New England Parrot Head Convention 2004, in February. "Rag Top Daze," hosted by the Parrot Head Club of Connecticut. With a total of 500 Parrot Heads present we helped raise over $32,000 for the National Center For Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)!! In addition, we also collected 560 pounds of non-perishable food items for Foodshare! We are very proud to be a part of such a great bunch of people!
On July 10, 2004 Club Finz raised $4239 for Blue Ocean Society and $500 plus supplies for Cocheco Valley Humane Society at our 7th annual Parrothead Cruise!
December 14, 2004, Blue Ocean Society awards Club Finz a certificate of appreciation for our participation in the Adopt-a-Beach program.