The Pilot Club of Baytown, chartered in 1949, has lived up to the goals of friendship and service by participating in fundraisers, conventions, and service projects.
Pride in our service projects such as furnishing the chapel at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital, the formation of the Cerebral Palsy Center now known as the Bay Area Rehabilitation Center, joining in erecting a Veteran's Monument at City Hall, building a walking bridge at the Bicentennial Park, joining in 1982 with the Evening Pilot Club to provide Lifeline in our area, sponsoring a Latchkey Kids Program, distributing BrainMinder educational material to elementrary students to promote prevention of brain injuries, providing a Red Cross van, and coordinating Memory Walks to benefit the Alzheimer Association, are some of our major accomplishments without naming all. Several of our members have brought additional honor to our club by serving as district Governors, Chairperson of the Fred Hartman Bridge Committee, serving as Texas District Secretary, serving on the Texas District Awards Program, and as District Lt. Governor for two consecutive years.
The purpose of Pilot's service focus is to promote awareness of brain-related disorders and to improve the lives of those affected -- through education, prevention programs, volunteer activities, financial support, and research.
The six general categories of brain disorders are:
- Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI): Head injuries caused by accidents.
- Developmentally Disabled: Congenital brain disorders such as learning disabilities and mental retardation.
- Chemical Dependency: Alcohol and drug-related illnesses, including Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, and infants born with an addition to drugs.
- Diseases which cause dementia (loss of intellectual functions): Alzheimer's Disease, Multi-Infarct Dementia, Parkinson's Disease, Huntington's Disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Pick's Disease, Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus.
- Mental and Emotional Disorders: Schizophrenia, chronic depression, and mental illnesses.
- Other Brain Disorders: Brain tumors, neuromuscular diseases, strokes, and disorders caused by over medication.
Our 2011-2012 officers below are: First Row: Terry Presley, President-Elect; Caren Bailey, President; Gail Wilson; Vice-President; Second Row: Jane Rhodes, Director; Carolyn Parrish, Corresponding Secretary; Judy Wheat, Director and District Lt. Governor; Wanda Sanders, Director; Third Row: Dee Anne Navarre, Treasurer; Judi Phillips-Jones, Director; Neva White, Past President and Director; and Mary Beth Hrabina, Recording Secretary.
