May Membership Spotlight
Name: Thomas Vanden Bosch
Age: 24
Company: Meyering Insurance Agency
Occupation: Insurance Agent
How long have you lived/worked in Holland?
I have lived in the Holland for all 24 years, so I guess you can call me a lifer.
What besides being HYP do you like to do (Hobbies)?
I really enjoy going to Tiger Baseball games and traveling. I like to experience new people and places. I also like to play softball, football and Basketball.
I love the HYP summer sports. It gives you an opportunity to meet new people and have a great time. Also there is nothing like a little friendly competition to bring people together, especially since we get a good mix of guys and girls and not all of us are serious athletes, so things are always interesting.
Our VP, Mr. Hill, is a funny guy; he’d like you to tell us a joke. He’s always looking to add to his own collection.
One day a blonde finds out from a friend that her boyfriend is cheating on her. The next day she goes out and buys a gun. Immediately after, she goes to her boyfriend’s house. She busts down the door and points the gun at her head. “What are you doing?” asks her boyfriend. She yelled back, “Shut up you’re Next.”
HYP Junk Food Scavenger Hunt gives participants a different ‘taste’ of Tulip Time - Holland Sentinel (May 10, 2008)
By STEVE RALPH
The Holland Sentinel
Posted May 10, 2008 @ 06:00 AM
Holland, MI — Teams of four must stay together. Travel by foot — no cars allowed. Purchase from only Tulip Time vendors.
Pretzels, cotton candy, lemonade and caramel corn are 10 points each. Elephant ears, corn dogs and French fries are 15 points; fat balls are 45, and a plate of Thai food is 75.
Be back at New Holland Brewing Co., 66 E. Eighth St., by 7:30 p.m., sharp! The team with the most points wins … if they can still walk.
That’s the game Holland Young Professionals plays each year at its HYP Junk Food Scavenger Hunt, held this year on Thursday, May 8, to introduce Tulip Time to area newcomers and provide some fun for regular members.
“It’s always got this connotation of being more for older crowds, but really, Tulip Time is just about having a good time,” said Holland Young Professionals co-founder and President Barry Rice.
“You don’t get a lot of chances to go downtown and eat junk food,” he said.
“I think it’s a great idea,” said Shannon Biros, 29, of Grand Haven, a chemistry teacher at Grand Valley State University who had never experienced Tulip Time before she and her friend, Megan Olson, 27, were invited to the scavenger hunt.
“I didn’t know there was a downtown in Holland,” said Olson, a student at Baker College in Muskegon.
After an hour racing up and down Eighth Street, Biros and Olson thought their work was done, but their teammates — Yednesh Parnaik, 30, an engineer at Johnson Controls, and Hilary Macay of Holland, a Holland Young Professionals regular, were bent on securing the all-important 75-point plate of Thai food.
Unfortunately, the only vendor offering it was on Chicago Drive past Sixth Street and Raman’s Party Store — a good hike, which the team took at a sprint.
When they finally arrived back at New Holland at 7:30, out of breath and stuffed to the gills, they awaited the announcement of the winning team, confident that their 410 points would catapult them to the top.
Alas, another team ate enough fatty, sugary stuff to amass a whopping 450 points, and won the top prize of four $15 gift certificates to New Holland Brewing Co.
“And, of course, the glory,” said event organizer and game judge Colleen Huddas.
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May Newsletter - The SociaList Issue
Want to know what’s going on in West Michigan as well as other parts of Michigan… then you need to start reading this newsletter. Great info! Written by and for young professionals.
http://www.milifemitimes.com/newsletter/2008/05/
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Think Sustainable film series:
King Corn on May 14
Crude Awakening on June 11
Sunset Story on July 9
Made in LA on August 13.
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3 E’s Initiative Monthly Collaboration
Grab a friend and join the at the 3 E’s Initiative monthly collaboration next Thursday, May 15 from 12-1 at the Holland Area Arts Council. Mike VandenBerg from Good Samaritan Ministries will be the guest speaker. He will be discussing their “Beyond the Walls” initiative that is assisting churches in forming neighborhood coalitions to tackle some of the areas most challenging issues, projects, and perspectives. There will also be updates on the activities the Education Committee is working on. Read more
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| May 20, 2008 | ||
| 5:30 pm |
Join us on May 20th when Joel Schoon Tanis will present “From Art Project to Full Blown Company: the Making of a Kids TV Show”.
In his presentation, Joel will take us on the exciting journey of the making of his hit television show, Come On Over!, a children’s television program that won 6 regional Emmy awards last year, including one for Joel as host of the show.
Joel will share with us where the idea originated, how the project was implemented, and what the production looks like these days. You will have the opportunity to view an except of the show and may even become inspired to turn your own project into a successful enterprise. Read more
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