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Look What a Little Bowling Can Accomplish!

Monday Morning

There were 13 members plus two Key Club members at our Monday meeting. Rachel Hays and Nate Arrin joined us for breakfast. Marlin and Chris were our greeters. Marlin had grace.  Gary Miller had humor. Happy bucks from Dan, Chris and Jackie. The Satellite Club is collecting personal care items for the FDL Foster Care bags. They would like to donate twenty five again this year. Questions, contact myself or member of satellite club for list of items needed. Gary Miller is planning an interclub for April 11th at West Bend German Night. The Bob Last Golf Outing is May 18th. Steve Wilson FDL PAC will be the guest speaker on the 13th for the Noon Club. Jerry King will be going on an Honor flight on April 11th. If you don’t have a Kiwanis T-shirt, contact Chris Serres. Harry was the winner and winner. He drew the ten of diamonds. There are now 49 cards left and a pot of $30.00. Remember that we have a Kiwanis web page and Facebook. If you are on Facebook, you can like our page.

Joscelyn Deanovich/Dawn Scannell, Big Brothers/Big Sisters

Dawn filled in for Joscelyn and gave us all the up to date information about the BBBS bowling weekend. Dawn was on the Schenk Team. The Noon Club had two teams. There were two shifts on both Friday and Saturday. In addition to the bowlers, there were three lane sponsors per alley. The theme was Stars Wars. All total, they raised $90,000 for BBBS. Dawn volunteered to set up a Kiwanis Morning Team next year. Save the date for 2019. In preparation for that event, we have bowling with BBBS Littles on April 15th. Also if you like Mexican food, Casa de Tequila is offering a 10% rebate to BBBS on Monday night March 12th. For more information, go  to www.bbbsfdl.org or call 922-8200.

The Best Way to Help Boys and Girls

Monday Morning

There were 12 members plus one guest at our Monday meeting.  Joscelyn Deanovich was our speaker.  Steve was our greeter. Jim had the grace and Charlene had the humor. Happy bucks came from Gary and Dawn. Reminder, Mid-Winter is Feb. 11th. John was a winner and non- winner. He drew the six of hearts. We still have 37cards, 5 winners and a pot of $210.00.  Trinity Baptist auction is this Friday at the old St. Pats gym. Wine Around the World is January 28th at Holiday Inn. The February social will be at the Meadows. Date will be announced  soon. Side note – Del is at home and loves visitors.  Remember that we have a Kiwanis web page and Facebook. If you are on Facebook, like our page.  We have a projector for our speakers; please contact Dawn if you need it. Speaking of programs for the future, get information to Jackie or myself. Member names are being added under Programs for your future dates.

Joscelyn Deanovich, Big Brothers/Big Sisters

Our speaker was Joscelyn Deanovich, community based Program Coordinator for Big Brothers/Big Sisters. She has been with BB/BS since October. BB/BS is about to celebrate their 50th anniversary. Big’s need to do two activities a month with their little’s. You can be a Big, Big couple, or Big family. You must be 18 and be approved by BB/BS. They have a number of fund raisers. They are Bowling for Kids, Lobster Boil, Cars for Kids, and 5k Splash and Dash. They have 125 Littles’s enrolled and 49 on the waiting list.  For more information go to their web page, www.bbbsfdl.org

Big Brothers Big Sisters Shows Camaraderie to Kiwanis

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Monday Morning
We had 19 members, our guest speaker, Kay Vandervort from Big Brothers/Big Sisters and two North Fond du Lac Horace Mann Key Clubbers, Perla Chavez and Cynthia Newton. Gary Miller has four for an InterClub to the Kewaskum Club on January 28th, next Monday evening, but he’s still looking for an insurance member or two in case someone needs to cancel. Check your calendar and let Gary know if you could do an InterClub in Kewaskum Monday evening. “Happy Bucks” were offered by Bonnie Baerwald for a successful Solution Center Christmas Tree Collection Project, Gary Miller in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday and Vickie Goldapske for surviving Jackson’s 7-year-old birthday party and bowling with 20 youngsters. Bonnie Baerwald informed the group that the UW-FDL Habitat for Humanity Club is having a Spaghetti Dinner Fund Raiser on March 9th at Grace Christian Church if anyone is interested. Also several of our members, through their employer Adashun Jones, are sponsoring a benefit fundraiser this Saturday for Hunter Propst (see attached flyer) if you’re inclined to participate. Dan Leeds reminded the group that Trinity Baptist School is having their Annual Auction on Friday night at their school. Check out last Sunday’s Action Advertiser for all the details. Dave Twohig was the 50/50 Raffle winner and he drew the King of Hearts. That’s really close to a winner but not close enough. Next Monday’s game will have 38 cards, eight pay cards and a pot of at least $182.

Kay Vandervort – Big Brothers Big Sisters
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Fond du Lac County is dedicated to providing children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one relationships that change their lives for the better, forever. Big Brothers Big Sisters is a voluntary program though which a professional support team oversees a mature, sincere adult volunteer in the development of a supportive, longterm friendship with a child. Often viewed as a recreational program, the greater mission or goal is fun and friendship, with an emphasis on the prevention or early intervention of potential difficulties that children may encounter or develop. Kay noted that Big Brothers Big Sisters currently has 113 matches in place with 50 unmatched “Littles” on a waiting list. Their goal for the current year is to have 130 matches by year end. Kay talked about the upcoming “Bowl for Kids’ Sake” which is one of their major fundraisers coming up the first weekend in March. According to Kay, the average bowling team raises $500 towards the approximate cost of $1000 to support a “Littles” match.