— ThinkTV Channel 16 Pledge Drive —

Monday, December 9, 2002

Community service is a time-honored tradition for our chapter, and one of our perennial service projects is providing support for ThinkTV Channel 16/14 Pledge Drives and Auctions.  And true to form, eleven members of the chapter were at the ThinkTV studios on December 9th to take pledge drive calls from 7 p.m. to 10:45 p.m.

Dave Romanko, shown here in the front-left position, spearheaded the drive to coordinate with Channel 16 and enlist membership support.  Good job, Dave!  Seated to Dave's left are John Glaser and Holly Regan.  Randy Gallas and Carolyn Spiller, seated in the back row, are regular attendees at ThinkTV pledge drives.  With such a fine group of skilled call-takers we wouldn't be surprised if pledges Monday evening shattered all records.

Seated in adjoining rows are (front row) Vic Folwarczny, Edie Kreider, and Mark Dowd.  In back (from l to r), are Bob Kreider, Jane Lux, and Rick Lux.  Look at those busy phones — the pledges just keep on rolling in!

Kristine Bontrager, Associate Producer, provided instructions and guidance to our gang on how to answer pledge calls. 

Jim Weiner, ThinkTV Program Director, and Kitty Lensman, Pledge Drive Producer, were two of the on-air personalities that evening.  With poised self-assurance and smooth deliveries, they made a clear, concise, and cogent case for generous financial support of TV16. 

Here's a behind-the-scenes shot taken just prior to going on-the-air. Jim Weiner is at stage center while Roy Flynn, the evening's third on-air personality, is at stage left.  Unfortunately our intrepid Penn State crew is mostly hidden.

It's breaktime!  And our group gets a chance to swap conversation with some of the TV16 crew.  Wonder what Jane Lux is telling the very interested white-shirted camera lady and (far right) Dick Robinson, Floor Manager.   Rick, Carolyn, John and Dave gaze in rapt attention.

Dick and Roy confer on the countdown signals for the upcoming on-air segment.  Dick and your webguy / photographer had a lively conversation during one of the breaks.  Dick's a '57 grad of Fairview High School, is semi-retired after a career in the broadcasting industry, and uses Photoshop to edit photo images with his Mac.  

Here are Jim and Kitty a few seconds before going back on-the-air.  As you can plainly see, our highly disciplined communicators have taken up their positions and are confidently poised to receive another avalanche of calls.

After the stress of a sustained, unrelenting stream of calls, it's easy to understand why our crew welcomes another break.  Here we see them laughing, giggling, and cavorting around to relieve the pressure.  Jane Lux (far left) wastes no time in making her way off the set and to the breakroom. 

Our folks admittedly think fast on their feet, but from time to time they need to ask a question or seek additional guidance for the proper performance of their phone duties.  Here we see Kristine, during air time, pondering some unfathomable question collectively submitted by Vic and Edie.

What's the red sweater doing in this shot?  Never mind that Bob Gehman arrived too late to get his own phone — but just in time to take some pictures of this fantastically talented and good-looking alumni group.  A big thanks goes to all these folks for helping make the TV16 Pledge Drive a success.