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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.

Are You Up for a Challenge?

Monday Morning

There were 14 members and four guests. Our guests were Alex Berg, Scott Rodman, Ben Giles, and Vicente Morales. Charlene did the grace. Mark and Dan were our greeters. Harry had humor. Happy bucks, Gary and Pete had dollars for the great concert. John had a happy buck for getting candy from Steve in the parade. Dave and Pete presented a check for $500 to Alex Berg for Drug Free Communities. Bell ringing signup for December 3rd is started, thanks for all who rang bells Monday night. Remember you can ring more than once during the month of December. Pete was winner and loser. He picked the King of Hearts. There are 51 cards left with a pot of $10.00. Remember that we have a Kiwanis web page and Facebook. If you are on Facebook, you can like our page.

Challenge Day, Scott Rodman

Challenge Day at Fond du Lac High was held Nov. 26th & 28th. They had 92 students the first day and 108 the second day.  Scott is the local coordinator. He was on the committee in 2009, 2010 and 2017. Both Vicente and Ben were participants as freshman in those programs and volunteers the last two years.   Challenge Day is an inter-active Anti Bulling Workshop to break down the walls of separation, isolation and loneliness that young people experience and to create an ambiance encouraging honest communication about issues that divide them. The first Challenge Day was held in Livermore California in 1987. The founders were our facilitators this year. Challenge Day was held in the small gymnasium of the high school. They were be led by these two highly trained facilitators from the California. They host hundred students and thirty adult volunteers per session.