May 2026 Advisory Board Meeting Minutes

Advisory Board Meeting Minutes Mon May 18, 2026         6:00 – 8:00 pm

Meeting Leadership: Orientation Leaders: Cole & Audri Meeting Facilitator: Ella            Secretary: Audri Present: Audri, Cole, Ella, Gigi, Maddy, Maddie, Michaela, Alicia, Jessie Excused: Giada (dr appt) Orientation Leaders & Bottle Returns

1.      Homework Review

·         Brainstorm at least ONE G, PG, or PG-13 Movie (approx. 1.5 hrs in length)Lots of good suggestions for movie: Space Jam, Mean Girls, Into the Spiderverse, Happy Gilmore 2, Grease, Wreck It Ralph, Toy Story, The Mask. Winning Movie: Night at the Museum Michaela has the movie on DVD (or Blu-ray) for us to use that evening.

·         Brainstorm a fall Family Craft Night Theme

·         Suggestions for Fall: Star Wars, Minions (Going Bananas!), OG Descendants, Bills/Sabres/Tailgate Theme, Pokemon

·         Sept: Glow party? Glow Splatter Painting? This is a tentative event depending on scheduling in September.  

·         Oct: Going Bananas! (Minions & Monsters is the new movie – so we can incorporate minions and monsters/Halloween!

·         Nov: Touchdowns & Slapshots (Bills & Sabres tailgate party)

·         HOMEWORK: Come up with one activity that’s NOT a craft – could be cooking, game, etc! And at least ONE themed snack idea!

2.      Workshops & Social Planning for the Year

·         May/June – Face Painting & Balloon Animals for Newbies; Murder Mystery

·         July/Aug – Old Navy ON the Job Training, First Responder Event, Movie Madness @ PoolTalked about amusement park backup, but everything has a chaperone policy.  Summer Picnic/Pool Party will be back up place if we cannot do Movie madness.

·         Sept/Oct – Strong Museum We will have to stay in groups with a staff member! Ages 15 and younger must be accompanied by an adult while in the museum.  Preference Choice: Friday evening - $12.50 per person (possibly $17 if we add butterfly)Meet at Alexander at 3:00 pm (Volunteers can grab a slice of pizza Strong Museum 4:30 – 8:00 pm       Return to Alexander 9:30 pm Date: TBD

Babysitting Red Cross Certification  We will schedule this with Sam for a Saturday at Alexander.  Everyone voted and decided they’d like the Babysitting Certification WITH CPR Certification. The class is approximately 5-6 hours and costs approximately $42 per person.

Future Ideas: Hidden Valley Animal Social (back up for Strong - $32 pp) & police station tour workshop for fall/winter for volunteers.

3.      Murder Mystery Feedback

·         Everyone had fun! Mocktails were a hit and everyone got so dressed up and into their character.

·         Only negative feedback was that some of the “main” characters weren’t interactive enough and it was tough to get clues to solve the case

·         They would like to do it again in the future!

4.      Summer Library Themes

·         Good to GLOW

·         To Crafting & Beyond

HOMEWORK: Come up with one activity/craft for at least one of the summer library themes.

5.      Open to Discussion

·         Three NEW activities are being offered this summer

·         German Fest (Crafts & face painting)

·         Southline Little League Summer Picnic (face painting & balloon animals)

·         Coming Soon: Clean Up/Flag Placing @ Mount Calvery Cemetery

Next Meeting: Mon June 15 – 6:00 – 8:00 pm @ Alexander

Orientation Leader: Maddie & Giada

Meeting Facilitator: Audri

Secretary: Gigi