Shoes and Clothes for Kids "Packing Day" Volunteer Event
Left to right: Georgia Hatzis, Judge Annette Butler, Amanda Knapp, Rinda Vas, and Bozana Lundberg at the Shoes and Clothes for Kids "Packing Day" volunteer event.
On April 27, 2012, volunteers helped out at the Shoes and Clothes for Kids (“SC4K”) warehouse. They unloaded three full pallets full of clothing boxes (from Target, via Marcs), broke down and disposed of the boxes, sorted the clothes and removed the bar codes, and repacked the clothes into boxes for pick-up by SC4K's distribution partners. By the end of the event, the volunteers had loaded 61 boxes for distribution, each containing 35 items of clothing, which means they unloaded and prepared approximately 2,135 individual articles of new clothing for distribution to needy children throughout the area. Way to go volunteers!
Congratulations to the new members of the U.S. Supreme Court Bar who were sworn-in on Friday, April 20, 2012, at a special ceremony for admission that was conducted by General William K. Suter, Clerk of Court, Supreme Court of the United States. The event was held at The Toledo Club and was followed by a CLE entitled "The Good, the Bad, and the 2012 Supreme Court Term" and a reception.
Swearing-In Ceremony at The Toledo Club on April 20, 2012.
Please visit our "Our Year in Review" page for more photographs of the Shoes and Clothes for Kids volunteer event, the Swearing-In Ceremony and other recent events, including the Chapter's March volunteer event at the Cleveland Foodbank, National's Mid-Year Meeting, and the 2012 Bench Bar Memorial Program.
22 May 2012 9:00 AM (EDT) • Carl B. Stokes U.S. Courthouse, 7th floor auditorium
22 May 2012 12:00 PM • Via Conference Call
31 May 2012 11:45 AM (EDT) • TBD
05 Jun 2012 12:00 PM (EDT) • Conference Call
The Chapter will be presented with the 2011 Chapter Activity Presidential Excellence Award by the national Federal Bar Association at an Awards Luncheon on Saturday, September 10, 2011 during the FBA's Annual Meeting and Convention in Chicago.
In addition, the Chapter's newsletter Inter Alia has been named a recipient of the 2011 Meritorious Newsletter Recognition Award by the national organization. Inter Alia is distributed throughout the year to over 10,000 attorneys admitted to practice in the courts of the Northern District of Ohio.
"Our Chapter is grateful and honored to be identified as one of the few recipients of this national award from the FBA," said Kip T. Bollin, Chapter president and partner at Thompson Hine LLP. "The awards are testimony to the work of our Board, our judges, and those members who have contributed to make our Chapter one of the fastest-growing and most dynamic FBA chapters in the country. We are very proud of this recognition."
The Presidential Excellence Award is based on a number of criteria including attraction and retention of members, quality of and participation in chapter events, involvement of the federal judges in chapter activities, activities for young lawyers, and opportunities for continuing legal education. The Chapter enjoys participation by several federal judges, lawyers in private practice, staff from the U.S. Attorney's Office, and Federal Public Defender Dennis G. Terez, who serves as the Chapter's treasurer.
President Bollin extends special thanks to former Chapter president James Satola, who compiled the award entries, and to Stephen H. Jett, who chaired the Chapter's newsletter committee.
Did you know that the Federal Bar Association is comprised of 84 chapters throughout the country, with over 15,000 members? The Northern District of Ohio Chapter is the fifth largest chapter. In addition to being one of the fastest growing FBA chapters, our Chapter is one of the most dynamic. If you are not already a member of the FBA-NDOC, join us and be a part of the great things we have in store for this year.
Diana M. Thimmig
Roetzel & Andress
