SHINING LIGHT FOUNDATION

MINUTES OF MEETING HELD: Monday, May 4, 2015 at 6:00 pm

LOCATION:  UBS Financial Services, 1023 E. St. Mary Blvd., Lafayette, LA

ATTENDEES:
Carolyn French, President                                 Sandra Wilcox
Cynthia Dauphin, Vice President                        John Broussard
Bruce Snow, Treasurer                                      Hayley LeJeune
Mildred Baker, Secretary                                   Dr. Don Ennis
Perry Scotola, Parliamentarian                            Cheryl Evans

Guest: Sara Dore, from Faith House

On motion of Sandra, seconded by Bruce, Minutes of Meeting held Monday, April 13, 2015 approved.

New Business
Applications:
Duson Elementary School submitted 3 requests for Cajun Camp at Deaf Action Center for July 6 to July 17, 2015, at a cost of $75.00 per week, $150.00 each for Alyssa Miller, Abby Miller, and Ryan Miller. 
After discussion, it was agreed that John will contact the teacher, and Hayley will get more information about the Camp, and report their results to Carolyn.  If the requests fit the criteria of our mission, Carolyn will email the Board members for approval or non-approval.

Requests from Carencro Heights Elementary School to reimburse the school for 3 children for a trip to Monkey Kingdom on April 17, 2015 as follows:
 Kenedi Fox, admission $7.75; bus $3.00; snacks $5.00  $15.75
 Dalleyn Malveaux, admission $7.75; bus $3.00; snacks $5.00 $15.75
 Logan Wiltz, admission $7.75; bus $3.00; snacks $5.00  $15.75
On motion of John, seconded by Bruce, requests approved.

Treasurer’s Report
Present balance: $34,711.53
Donations received today: Janice Roane $100.00; Community Foundation of Acadiana on behalf of Berard Memorial Music Fund for music education $200.00.
Funds for Bash: Betty Sonnier $10.00; John Broussard $60.00 for T-shirts; Hayley LeJeune $60.00.

Suggestions regarding Bash:
Mike and John will talk with Millicent at Vermilionville about the number of meals served as they ran out of food.  We had strict control of the tickets and 221 tickets were taken in.  We paid for 300 meals.

T-shirts - we have the following t-shirts remaining: 6 small; 5 medium, and 7 extra large.
No decision was made about selling the remaining shirts on our website.

It was agreed that John will reserve Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at Vermilionville for the next Bash.

It was further agreed that the price of tickets be raised to $20.00 each.

It appears that we will clear about $4,000.00 after expenses but a final reconciliation will be made later.

Mike recommended and all agreed that some sort of public acknowledgment either by ad in The Times of Acadiana or on television should be made directed to the musicians who donated their time and talents.

Meeting adjourned at 7:30 pm.

Next meeting will be Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 6:00 pm.