Sunfield Community Foundation Journal Issue #2
- Christina Grosshans
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Sunfield Community Foundation Journal
Issue #2
(5/18/26)
Special Notice
There is a Lansing General Motors Retirees Group that is planning their annual Detroit Tiger ballgame excursion for Sunday, June 28th and has opened it up to anyone interested in attending. The Tigers will be playing the Houston Astros with the game starting at 1:40 PM. The total cost is $77 which includes motor coach transportation to the game. The bus will leave Lansing at 9:30 AM. If there is anyone out there that would be interested in this, please let Bill Sutton know by May 23rd. You can either call Bill at 616-745-1151, or email him at ssoftbl11@gmail.com
The 2026 Centennial Acres
Junior Golf Schedule is Here!
Here are 5 great opportunities for your junior to learn and love the game of golf! Come join Liz and the crew for their 5 days of junior camp! Juniors will be learning the short game, long game, spending time on a few rules as well as golf etiquette, and more! Juniors that attend all 5 camps will receive a T-shirt on the last day of camp! Join us for weekly contests, prizes, giveaways and 2 hours of golfing fun! Spots will be limited, so please call the Golf Shop to sign up your junior up for camp!
Lakewood Lions Annual Chicken BBQ To be Held Sunday, June 7th.
Details are attached below.
Notice
In the next issues of the “Sunfield Community Foundation Journal” we will be featuring the nine winners of the 2026 Scholarships---Community Service Awards---and Military Honorariums. So, stay tuned!
Contributions
· Oren & Rosie Best made a donation in memory of Debbie Black.
· John & Sandra Fisher and David Fisher made contributions in memory of Julia Van Liew.
Parting Comments
· Deep Thought of the Week: Interesting Fact---Only one-third of all $100 bills are actually inside the United States.
· Notable Quote: “The older you get the more you appreciate being at home doing absolutely nothing.”
· That's Puny Department: What do you call a bullet proof Irishman?-----(Rick O’Shea)
· Dedicated To The Toughest Man In The World-----Chuck Norris Corner: Did you know that---(1). Chuck Noris can do a wheelie on a unicycle. (2). Chuck Norris can slam revolving doors. (3). Chuck Norris can build a snowman out of rain.
· Did You Know Section: Until the 1890’s, gelatin or gelatin---a substance made from the collagen in animal skin and bones---was odorless, colorless, and tasteless. Along came carpenter and cough remedy maker Pearle B. Wait from LeRoy, New York. His 1887 experiments added fruit flavoring to the gelatin to make a dessert his wife, May, named Jell-O. And, the rest is history.
Wait sold his formula to another LeRoy resident, Orator Frank Woodward, known as O.F., for the tidy sum of $450. Woodward began manufacturing Jell-O in 1899, with the help of Andrew Nico of Lyons, New York. In a moment of gloom---sales had been abysmal---Woodward offered the Jell-O formula to Nico for a mere $35. Before the deal could go through, however, an advertising campaign took root and sales began to skyrocket.
Woodward’s Genesee Pure Food Company first used the name “Jell-O” in 1900. Postum bought the company in 1925, which became General Foods in 1927. Another ad campaign in the 1930’s spelled out “J-E-L-L-O”, as a sponsorship of the Jack Benny radio show. And, the 1950’s saw the popularity soar for molded gelatin salads, with sales booming. (Every house had a set of Jell-O molds). The 1960’s found Jell-O promoted as a light dessert, with the advertising slogan, “There’s always room for Jell-O”. In 1989, General Foods merged with Kraft Foods. Originally only four flavors of Jell-O were offered---orange, lemon, strawberry, and raspberry. The hospital’s favorite---lime---joined the group in 1930. Currently there are 40 flavors of powdered Jell-O.
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