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Making Life’s Struggles Bearable

Monday Morning

There were 15 members plus our guest speaker, Captain Telinda Wilson at our Monday meeting. Sharon and Dave Krug were our greeters. John had a happy buck. Bonnie had the grace. Charlene had humor. Mark started the signup sheet for the December 4th Bell ringing. Reminder from Harry, Rewards Winners be sure to fill out and return your form. Peter was our winner and loser. He drew the eight of spades, There are 502 cards left and a pot of $20.00. Remember that we have a Kiwanis web page and Facebook. If you are on Facebook, like our page.

Salvation Army, Captain Wilson

Captain Wilson brought us up to date on all the activities for November and December. The Warming Shelter is open for the season. They can house forty people. They need volunteers for the shelter and volunteers to make dinner meals for the residents. They provide dinner seven days a week. They held the coats give away in October. They gave away 900 coats. They are working on the Christmas give away. It will be held December 13th at Fair Grounds Recreation Center. The Bell Ringing goal is $160,000. On November 28th, Thivent will match all collections up to $10,000. The bucket brigade is December 1st at KFIZ and Save A Lot parking’s lots. Michel’s will match all funds up to $8,000. We will ring bells for Salvation Army on December 4th from 4-8:00.

An Army You’ll Really Want to Fight for

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Monday Morning

There were 19 members at our Monday meeting plus one guest. Our guest speaker were Telinda Wilson. Happy bucks came from Gary Miller for returning home, Dan for going to London, Harry for his birthday, Bob for his birthday and for the Packers. Special thanks to our greeter, Del. Charlene handled the invocation and Jackie aka Bob had some humor. Bob was the ticket winner. He drew the seven of diamonds for no money. Next Monday’s 50/50 Raffle will have 40 cards in the game including the six pay cards with a pot of about $165. Marlin reported that Christmas presents for our “adopt a family” are delivered. We also purchased $130 in food cards thru the members donations.

Captain Telinda Wilson – Salvation Army

The Wilsons have been here since October 2013. This is their second appointment. Their last appointment was from a small town in Indiana with 9,000 people. William Booth founded the Salvation Army 150 years ago. The chapter in Fond du Lac was formed 125 years ago. The present building is the third location in Fond du Lac. The theme for the Salvation Army this year is “Others”. Some numbers of their support for the community, children’s Christmas gifts – 2,500; coats given out – 1,157. “Back to School, they gave 1,000 certificates for shoes. The Thrift Store gave away $3,000 vouchers from their store items. Regular sales help support the Salvation Army other programs. The Food Pantry serves about 800/1000 people per month for a total of 30,000 pounds of food per month. They gave away 900 turkeys and will give away about 700 Christmas meals. Two of their programs are Salvation Outdoors, Archery & Religion. “Pathway to Hope” works to help get families out of poverty on a permanent basis. This is a pilot program for the Salvation Army. For more details on the Salvation Army or to ring bells, www.salvationarmywi.org/wum/fdl.

North Fond du Lac Key Club Busy Heading into Holidays

The North Fond du Lac Key Club has been busy leading up to Christmas break.  Their members have been sending representatives to our weekly breakfast, they’ve organized a team for this season’s Polar Plunge, they had members help ring bells for the Salvation Army, they continue to work with the Homework Club at Friendship Learning Center on Tuesdays and Thursdays during December and sent volunteers to the Children’s Museum and Shop With a Cop.