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What Can You Do to Empower Fond du Lac Women?

 

Monday Morning

There were 15 members plus one guest, Lori Namur at our Monday meeting. Dave Krug was our greeter. Dan had grace.  Charlene had humor.  Gary, Bonnie, Pete, Dan, Glen and John had  happy bucks. Boys/Girls Club have their annual fund raiser “Reach for the Stars” February 9th at Holiday Inn. John was our winner and loser. He drew the seven clubs. There are 41 cards left and a pot of $175.00. Remember that we have a Kiwanis web page and Facebook. If you are on Facebook, you can like our page.

Fond du Lac Area Women’s Fund, Lori Namur

Bonnie presented a $200 check to Lori Namur, executive director of the Woman’s Fund. The Women’s Fund has been promoting positive change in the lives of Fond du lac area women and girls since 2004. Fond du lac says “No More” is their current initiative, addressing the issue of violence against women and children in our area. They work with the police departments, ASTOP, Solution Center, Agnesian Domestic Violence department to achieve this goal. This is a three year focus. Year one is community awareness and engagement. Year two is to actively engage men and boys in outreach strategy. Year three is to educate the community on the dynamics of healthy relationships. Help them take a stand for “No More.” To help, there will be a bystander training this fall. To fund these activities, they host Power of Purse fund raiser. They have donated over $190.000 since 2004. For more information or to volunteer go to www.fdlwomensfund.com

How to Find the Purest Coffee in Fond du Lac

Monday Morning

There were 14 members plus one guest, Annie Culver at our Monday meeting. Jim was our greeter. Dan had grace.  Charlene had humor.  Gary had a happy buck. Boys/Girls Club have their annual fund raiser “Reach for the Stars” February 9th at Holiday Inn. Jim was our winner and loser. He drew the six of shades. There are 43 cards left and a pot of $142.00. Your editor will be on vacation next week. Therefore, there will be no newsletter. Please reread this week newsletter. Remember that we have a Kiwanis web page and Facebook. If you are on Facebook, you can like our page.

Annie’s Fountain City Cafe, Annie Culver

Annie and her husband Gary purchased the old McKnight’s Drug store. It has always been her dream to have a coffee shop. They just reached the two year mark. They are not a Sysco company. They use Farm To Table Coop, Bakers Pride and Butcher Block .The soups and cookies are homemade. New items are catering and a gift shops. She has 14 part time employees.  They have no TV’s but they do have a” Pay it forward Wall”. On Wednesday, they have “open mic night”. Extra good news, they won a Main Street makeover contest. First prize is $10,000. You can visit their Facebook page or stop in for a visit.

Merry Christmas from Kiwanis

 

Monday Morning

There were 19 members and 14 guests at our Monday meeting. In addition, we were joined by seven Key Clubbers; Ashley Waldvogel, Rachel Hays, Nate Arkin, Abe Stoffel-Murray, Elizabeth Ziequr, Hannah Joslin & Anistyn Dreifuerst. Glen & Pete were our greeters. Harry had grace.  Dawn had a happy buck.  Charlene presented candy bags to the Cardinal Singers. Dave & Becky were our winner and loser. They drew the seven of diamonds. There are 45 cards left and a pot of $120.00. Remember that we have a Kiwanis web page and Facebook. If you are on Facebook, like our page.

Fondy High Cardinal Singers, Annual Family Christmas Party

We were entertained by the 2017 Cardinal singers. It was a great way to start the Holiday Week. In addition to numerous performances during this week, the Singers were part of Night of silence at the High School last week . Charlene arranged for all Singers to take away a holiday candy bag. Pete presented a holiday check to their director Corey Schneider. Corey also joined us for breakfast. Special thanks to Pete for setting up the program, Charlene for setting up the breakfast and the Cardinal singers.