Author Archives: Kiwanis

Reaching Juveniles with Difficult Pasts

Monday Morning

There were 11 members and three guests present at the Monday meeting. Lisa Frankow, Sara Gerritson and Vicente Morales were our guests. Vicente is a prospective new member. Marlin did the grace. Jackie & John were our greeters. Happy dollars, John was happy.  Steve had the humor. Dan announced that “Souped Up” is February 7th this year. See Dan for tickets. Dan is also the chef for all the soup. Pete is looking for a third delegate to the District Midwinter on Feb. 16th. Chris took eight members to an interclub at the Noon Club.  John was winner and loser. He picked the Six of Hearts. There are 46 cards left with a pot of $90.00. Remember that we have a Kiwanis web page and Facebook. If you are on Facebook, you can like our page.

Lisa Frankow & Sara Gerritson, Fond du Lac Detention Classroom

Lisa Frankow and Sara Gerritson are teachers with the Fond du Lac School District who teach in the Fond du Lac County Detention. Lisa teaches students from ages 10 to 17. She works to keep them up to date on the work that they are missing. The hope is that they graduate from high school. Lisa helps the older student to get their GED or equivalent. Fond du Lac Jail program can house twenty seven juveniles.  Some will come from other countries if space is available. How can we help them with their students? In addition to money to supplement their budget, they need volunteers to share their skills with the students.

Preserving the Heritage of Fond du Lac Is a Worthy Goal

Monday Morning

There were 12 members and one guest present at the Monday meeting. Tracy Reinhardt was our guest. John did the grace. Marlin was our greeter. Happy dollars, John was happy for 2019. Glen was happy for his newest grandchild. Pete was happy for the holidays. Charlene had the humor. Harry was winner and loser. He picked the Jack of Clubs. There are 48 cards left with a pot of $60.00. Remember that we have a Kiwanis web page and Facebook. If you are on Facebook, you can like our page.

Tracy Reinhardt, Building on a Legacy

Tracy gave us recap of the Historical Society and the Galloway House. In order to insure the continuation of both, they need volunteers. Prior to the Galloway Village, the Old Settlers club was started in the 1800’s. Galloways donated the house in 1954. It had been vacate for twenty three years. The family collected and donated a number of pieces of furniture back to the house. The start of adding the others buildings began with the Log Cabin in 1962. They continued adding buildings thru the 2000. The Welling House was added in 1971. In 1972, the Railroad Depot and Caboose were added. The Firehouse with original doors from the North Main Fire Station were added in 1975. The Blakely family built the Blakely Museum in 1980. In 1987, the Pavilion was built by the Exchange Club. This is all located on 16 acres. It takes lots of money and volunteers to keep the buildings in good shape. They try to work on three buildings a year.

Beautiful Singing, Beautiful People, Beautiful Christmas

Monday Morning

There were 28 members and guests present at the Christmas Family Breakfast. In addition, we had Corey Schneider and 26 members of the Fondy Cardinal Singers. Dan did the grace. Betsy, Charlene and Harry were our greeters. Everyone was happy to be here for breakfast. John was winner and loser. He picked the Ace of Clubs. There are 49 cards left with a pot of $40.00. Remember that we have a Kiwanis web page and Facebook. If you are on Facebook, you can like our page.

Cardinal Singers, Corey Schneider

The Cardinal Singers lead by Corey Schneider performed for us at our Annual Christmas Breakfast. The Cardinal Singers are a co-curricular SATB chamber ensemble of juniors and seniors. Students must audition to be part of the ensemble. They meet and practice outside of school time. They practice 6 – 7:30 PM on Monday and 7 – 7:45 AM on Thursday. They do thirty concerts each year. In addition they participate in solo and ensemble. And they do a chamber concert on May 5th at the PAC. The Singers also travel the Midwest on tour every other year.