Quota International of Waterloo

2018-19 Board of Directors

President, Carol Toppin

1st Vice President - Beth Wagner

2nd Vice President-Mica Lorenz

Secretary - Kathy Buzynski 

Treasurer- Monica Haag

Directors    

Mary Sandberg - Past President 



  Shari Sorensen

Allaire George

Barb H.

pictures coming!

New Members 2018

Three new members were initiated at the March meeting.

Picture coming soon!

New Members 2017-2018

These new members and their sponsors are pictures after an October Halloween initiation. There is one new member missing from the picture.

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New Members Febuary 2017

Lillian Gaulke, Anne Rose, Sharon Saddoris, Shari Sorensen 

2017 Volunteer of the Year

is Ginny Salkeld. Picture and story to follow soon.

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2016 Volunteer of the Year

Kathy Buzynski

After retiring from AEA267 as a Speech Language Supervisor in 2012, Kathy Buzynski joined Quota of Waterloo. She saw it as a great way to stay active and contribute to the greater good of her community. With Kathy’s background in speech language pathology, she has been a valuable asset to the Speech & Hearing Committee serving as co- chairman and then chairman. Kathy volunteered to communicate with local colleges and universities for our college scholarship fund. With her guidance, the committee granted $10,000 in scholarships for the last two years. Currently, Kathy is researching service dogs that assist deaf individuals.
In addition, Kathy is Board Secretary and takes minutes of Board and Business meetings. She also sends out communications that pertain to the entire membership. Kathy helped organize the Waterloo Quota’s 90th Anniversary celebration. She attended our last district meeting and won the Kentucky Derby purse. She remembers meeting and talking with many friendly people and learning from other club’s projects. Kathy also volunteered to join other members at a local community event giving away ear plugs, books, informative booklets about Quota and meeting the public.
Kathy is an active member of the Service to Disadvantaged Women & Children’s Committee and has assisted with the purchasing and filling of Christmas stockings for House of Hope and has been co-chair of the Christmas family committee. As a member of this committee, she has taken the responsibility of gathering and delivering casseroles to the Catholic Worker House as needed.
Kathy is also a key member of the cookbook committee. Kathy, along with several other members, compiled the recipes for the 2nd cookbook. In addition, Kathy receives all the monies from each member, keeps accurate records of each member’s sales, and delivers cookbooks to special events.
Kathy writes and publishes our monthly newsletter, The Flash. She changed the format this year and incorporated some of her own style. She loves editing the Flash and says this has helped her learn about the organization of Quota and the wonderful group of people in our membership. Kathy is also the editor of the yearbook and added her own special insight into the make-up of this publication.
Kathy is extremely organized and can always be counted on to get any task she undertakes done efficiently and professionally with a smile on her face. She is always eager to volunteer for any project and has lots of unique and helpful ideas. Kathy says it is fun to share a passion for helping others with such a generous group of women. She personifies what a Quotarian should be.
When Kathy is not supporting Quota of Waterloo functions, she loves taking care of her first grandchild, traveling (wants to visit each state), reading historical fiction and non-fiction books, experimenting in her kitchen, and adding new plants to her yard each year. She also has a coin collection!

2015 Volunteer of the Year

Eileen Gunderson



Eileen Gunderson joined Quota of Waterloo in 2005. She took on many responsibilities from the beginning and is always quick to volunteer. Eileen has held several board positions over the last 12 years including director, secretary and treasurer and was co-chairman of the Speech & Hearing Committee. Currently, Eileen is co-chairman of the Ways N Means Nut Committee, Finance person for the Nut Committee, member of Cops N Kids Committee, member of World Service Committee, member of the Quarter Auction Committee and is Co-Chair of the Grant Writing Committee. 

As the finance person for the Nut Committee, Eileen receives all the monies from each member, keeps accurate records of each member’s sales, pays any bills associated with the nut sales and also finds time to log hundreds of hours bagging the nuts for sale.  Then as co-chair, helps clean up the storage room at the end of the sale.

Eileen is an active supporter of Quota’s bi-monthly food bank volunteer nights and attends many of the Cops N Kids book giveaways at the local elementary schools.

Since 2002, Eileen has written and submitted grants for the Cops N Kids program resulting in awards of $65,500. She has also submitted grants for the Service to Disadvantaged Women & Children Quota Bears program resulting in awards of $3,700. These grants have enabled Quota to have a greater impact on the community than solely relying on the club’s finances.

Eileen actively supports other Quota clubs. One example of this is by organizing and storing geraniums sold by the Cedar Rapids Quota Club each year.

As a co-chair of Speech & Hearing, Eileen was one Quotarian who distributed free ear plugs to everyone attending the Waterloo Air Show. In addition, she, along with one other member, presented “Listen Up and Turn It Down” to two parochial schools.

Eileen is soft spoken, organized, and thorough and one who can always be counted on to get any task she undertakes done efficiently and professionally.  She personifies what a Quotarian should be.

When Eileen is not supporting Quota of Waterloo functions, she enjoys traveling, biking, reading and spending time with family in Hawaii and California.

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2014 Volunteer of the Year

We are proud to announce our selection of Pat Hagerstrom as Volunteer of the Year



Having joined in August of 2011, Pat has become an active member of the Waterloo Quota Club. Pat has been on the Board for 3 years, the nominating committee for one year and served in the elected role of secretary for two years. She is currently co-chair of the Hostess Committee which is responsible for coordinating our monthly meetings including the meal menu, contacting all the members and finalizing the details for the speakers. She also assisted in the making of member cards for each Quota member as part of this committee.

In the past 3 years, Pat has served on many diverse projects. While a member of the Service to Disadvantaged Women & Children’s committee, she coordinated the purchase and delivery of Christmas gifts to families our club sponsored. She also participated in the making of tie blankets for the homeless shelter and made casseroles for the local Catholic Worker House, painted birdhouses for use at a charity auction, and helped kids decorate cookies at the annual Mother’s Day event at one of our local shelters.

In addition, she organized volunteers as well as being a volunteer for our club’s 2014 Quota Cares event which involved two days for kids at our local Aspire Therapeutic Riding Program.
In 2013, Pat organized the collection, packaging and delivery of Sexual Assault Kits to our local hospitals.

Pat has been a contact for a local elementary school when they need additional uniforms for their lower income families.

Pat is currently a member of Ways N Means Nut as well as Brunch committees. She has put in countless hours bagging nuts for sale as well as selling Quota nuts. Also, Pat is an active member of our Cops N Kids Committee. She helps stamp the books with our club’s name as well as being a volunteer in the delivery of a book to each child in kindergarten through sixth grade in each elementary school in Waterloo, Iowa during the summer lunch programs and classrooms during the school year.

Pat has been an active volunteer in our annual Quarter Auction event for the last three years as well. She is always one to raise her hand when volunteers are needed for any Quota function.
In addition, Pat is a member of a local assistance group called Womenade.

These are a few of the reasons that the Waterloo Quota Club believes that Pat has earned the title of Volunteer of the Year!

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