Author Archives: Kiwanis

This Association Is Helping Where It’s Needed

Monday Morning

There were 16 members at our Monday meeting plus one guest, Cassandra Higgins. Jim and John were our greeters. Jackie did the grace for breakfast. Steve had the humor. Happy bucks came from Bonnie and Gary Miller.  We had a partial interclub to the Noon Club. Pete and Gary Miller golfed at their annual golf outing. . Special Committee is looking for members – see Dawn.  Pete was the winner and non-winner of the drawing. He drew the King of Spades. Bonnie announced that we are landscaping for Habitat on July 18th.  Remember that we have a Kiwanis web page and Facebook. If you are on Facebook, like our page.

Cassandra Higgins, ARC of Fond du Lac

Cassandra Higgins is the Development Manager for The ARC. The ARC has been serving clients since 1963. They help about 750 adults and youths in the Fond du Lac area. Some of their programs are Special Olympics, Adult Evening and Weekend Programs, Adult Day Services, Youth After School, and transportation training for professionals. They have twenty five vehicles in their fleet. They have nine group homes and one respite home.  For their Community Enrichment Programs, they need both volunteers and money. For Walleye Weekend, they run the “Boss with the Moss.” They also have parking available in their parking lot. Their Annual Golf Outing is August 6th. 80% of their funding comes from Medicaid and the balance is from donations.

Save the Pollenators

Monday Morning

There were 16 members at our Monday meeting plus one guest, Sandy Smet.  Bonnie and Pete were our greeters. Marlin did the grace for breakfast. Charlene had the humor. Happy bucks came from Dawn, Gary Miller, and Sandy Smet.  We had an interclub to the Noon Club. They were Donna Miller, Gary Miller, Mark, Glen and Jackie. Special committee is looking for members – see Dawn.  Dawn was the winner and non-winner of the drawing. She drew the Jack of Clubs. Bonnie announced that we are serving lunch for Habitat on May 6th and May 18th. We are landscaping for Habitat on July 18th.  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 John 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.

Sandy Smet, USDA

We need to be more organic in your gardening. This was the main theme of our speaker Sandy Smet. We need to plant Bee Bomb Plants, Sun Flowers, Petunias, Dogwood and Snap Dragons. Sandy says that we need to leave the dandelions in for the bees. The bee hives have a major enemy in the Varroa Mite. We need the bees for their pollination of trees, fruits and flowers.

More Teens More Accomplished!

Monday Morning

There were 14 members at our Monday meeting.  They North Fond du Lac Key Clubbers were our greeters.  Special committee is looking for members – see Dawn.  Bonnie announced that we are serving lunch for Habitat on May 6th and May 18th. We are landscaping for Habitat on July 18th.  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 John 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.

North Fond du Lac Key Club

President Marisa Strobel introduced the new officers. They are President – Anna Maramonte, Vice President, Allexis Wegner – Secretary, Alime Rabadan – Treasurer. Their fundraisers raised $451.30. They used donut sales, bake sales and raffles.  They donated $957 back to the community. Volunteer hours for Key Clubbers were 1,657. The most heavily volunteered activity was the Kettle Moraine Halloween Tour and Hike. List of special projects are: Shoes for Belize, Project Linus and Humane Society Fundraiser. They had a combined Service Project with FDL Key Club. They made cards for the terminally ill patients.  Stephanie Mallinger was the top senior volunteer with 258.5 hours.  Scholarship winners were Marisa Strobel and Stephanie Mallinger. Special thanks to the Key Club for breakfast.