Fw: GEM is celebrating our 10th Anniversary on March 31, from 2-4pm at St. Andrews by the Sea in Nags Head

 

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From: Gail E Sonnesso

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Subject: FW: GEM is celebrating our 10th Anniversary on March 31, from 2-4pm at St. Andrews by the Sea in Nags Head

From: Gail E Sonnesso [mailto:gsonnesso@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 8:32 PM
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Subject: GEM is celebrating our 10th Anniversary on March 31, from 2-4pm at St. Andrews by the Sea in Nags Head

 

Join GEM in Celebrating 10 years of Caring and Enjoy Music with Angelo and Rick, Memories and Refreshments

We will be recognizing our Outer Banks Community and all the incredible people who have supported GEM through the years!

Hope to see you next Thursday!

 

Gail E Sonnesso M.S.

Executive Director

The GEM Center, Inc.

Where Group Respite is Therapeutic for our Participants, volunteers and  Families.

(252) 480-3354

http://www.thegemcenter.org

 

 

 

 

GEM 10th Anniversary Celebration

For Community Calendar

Date: 3 31 2011

Time 2-4pm

St. Andrews by the Sea

 

GEM Acknowledges 10 years of caring at our 10^th Anniversary Celebration

 

THE GEM Center will be celebrating 10 years of service on March 31, 2011 from 2-4pm at St. Andrews by the Sea in Nags Head. GEM Volunteers, participant families, staff and our community are invited to enjoy entertainment, refreshments and memories. 

The GEM Center is currently providing "Caring Effectively" At Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Kitty Hawk on Tuesday nights from 7-9pm for family and professional caregivers.

GEM's Walk for the Mind will held be in September if you would like to help with this event please let Gail know.

GEM will be hosting our annual Candle lighting and memory screenings in November.

We will have share information about our new program The "SUP+PER CLUB" beginning in September and our vision and goals at our new location in Currituck.

Join us and share your GEM stories as we recognize the wonderful people that shared their expertise and talent with the GEM family.

For more information about any GEM program please call or email Gail Sonnesso at 480-3354 gsonnesso@gmail.com 

 

getting more due to higher gas prices

TIPS ON PUMPING GAS
I don't know what you guys are paying for gasoline.... but here in California we are paying up to $3.75 to $4.10 per gallon. My line of work is in petroleum for about 31 years now, so here are some tricks to get more of your money's worth for every gallon:
 
Here at the Kinder Morgan Pipeline where I work in San Jose, CA we deliver about 4 million gallons in a 24-hour period thru the pipeline.. One day is diesel the next day is jet fuel, and gasoline, regular and premium grades. We have 34-storage tanks here with a total capacity of 16,800,000 gallons.
 
Only buy or fill up your car or truck in the early morning when the ground temperature is still cold. Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks buried below ground. The colder the ground the more dense the gasoline, when it gets warmer gasoline expands, so buying in the afternoon or in the evening....your gallon is not exactly a gallon. In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and the temperature of the gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, ethanol and other petroleum products plays an important role.
 
A 1-degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this business. But the service stations do not have temperature compensation at the pumps.
 
When you're filling up do not squeeze the trigger of the nozzle to a fast mode If you look you will see that the trigger has three (3) stages: low, middle, and high. You should be pumping on low mode, thereby minimizing the vapors that are created while you are pumping. All hoses at the pump have a vapor return. If you are pumping on the fast rate, some of the liquid that goes to your tank becomes vapor. Those vapors are being sucked up and back into the underground storage tank so you're getting less worth for your money.
 
One of the most important tips is to fill up when your gas tank is HALF FULL. The reason for this is the more gas you have in your tank the less air occupying its empty space. Gasoline evaporates faster than you can imagine. Gasoline storage tanks have an internal floating roof. This roof serves as zero clearance between the gas and the atmosphere, so it minimizes the evaporation. Unlike service stations, here where I work, every truck that we load is temperature compensated so that every gallon is actually the exact amount.
 
Another reminder, if there is a gasoline truck pumping into the storage tanks when you stop to buy gas, DO NOT fill up; most likely the gasoline is being stirred up as the gas is being delivered, and you might pick up some of the dirt that normally settles on the bottom.
To have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of gas buyers. It's really simple to do.
 
I'm sending this note to about thirty people. If each of you send it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300)...and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000) and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers !!!!!!! If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted!
 
If It goes one level further, you guessed it..... THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!!
 
Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. How long would it take?

 

 

 

 

N.C. respite program may get second life

N.C. respite program may get second life

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·         Facility for adults to close in Kill Devil Hills - Feb. 20

 

By Erin James
The Virginian-Pilot
© March 13, 2011

POWELL'S POINT, N.C.

There's a bounce in her step as Gail Sonnesso moves from room to room flicking light switches.

Beaming, she opens a door to reveal a handicap-accessible bathroom. Better yet, the office suite has tons of space to exercise. A piano sits by the wall, waiting to perform songs like "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" and "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean."

Just a few weeks after announcing that the GEM Center must close its doors because of a lack of funds and participation, Sonnesso said she has found a way to breathe life back into the therapeutic respite program for adults with mental disabilities, particularly dementia. If all goes as planned, this spacious office suite in Powells Point will soon be the program's new home.

Soon, but not yet.

Sonnesso, GEM's executive director, who holds a master's degree in vocational evaluation and rehabilitation counseling, said she needs at least six participants before she can afford to open the doors.

Despite a decade long history in Dare County, the program struggled financially in recent years, as Sonnesso searched unsuccessfully for a permanent space to host daily activities for older adults with dementia whose quality of life can deteriorate as their disease worsens. As grant money to pay for the program has disappeared, so too have the participants.

But the new location on Caratoke Highway - about eight miles north of the Wright Memorial Bridge in Kitty Hawk - is the fresh start GEM needs, Sonnesso said.

The move north means GEM can expect to serve parts of Currituck and Dare counties.

Not wanting to see the program disappear, an anonymous benefactor has offered GEM rent-free space for a year. The program remains the only one of its kind in the area.

Sonnesso said she'll begin hosting office hours April 15. Meanwhile, she will also go ahead with plans to expand GEM's educational offerings, including caregiver classes and in-home consultations.

For more information, call the GEM Center at (252) 480-3354.

Erin James, (252) 441-1711, erin.james@pilotonline.com