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Monday Morning

There were 17 members at our Monday meeting plus one guest. Our guest, Nicole Johnson, executive director of Solutions Center was here for a check presentation and our speaker.  Sharon had the grace. Steve had rumor? Marlin reported that we sold twenty three more tickets than last year. Marlin, Harry and John thanked the club, Trinity Baptist, and Key club for all their help. Chris drew the ten of spades and won $10 dollars.  Rules of the game; draw a 5 or 10 and win that amount. Draw the Queen of Hearts and win 50% of the pot. Visitors can only win $25. We have 49 cards, 7 winners and a pot of $8. Dawn is looking for volunteers for an interclub to the Evening Club on Oct, 5th. Their guest speaker is Mrs. Wisconsin. They meet at Fat Joes. Side note – Del is at home and loves visitors.  Sharon will be our representative for the Boys and Girls Club on October 12th.  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.

Nicole Johnson – Solutions Center

Nicole Johnson, executive director of Solutions Center came for the check presentation. Steve Millin presented Nicole with a $5,000 check to be used to remodel their kitchen at the women’s center. At the present time they have four shelters. The women’s center combines homeless and domestic violence. They have a men’s shelter, family shelter and the warming shelter. Salvation Army is taking over the warning shelter. The new location is not available at this time. The also run Outreach Programs and legal advocacy programs.

Enjoy Recreation in Fond du Lac

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Monday Morning

There were 11 members and one guest, Andrew Busker at our Monday meeting. Jim had the grace. Charlene and Harry had rumor? We were greeted by Marlin and Chris. Harry reported that we sold 300 pounds and raised a little over $2,000. Both Harry and John thanked the club and Key club for all their help. Reminder, Gary Miller was a winner of the 50/50 raffle. New game, Jim drew the seven of diamonds, no winner. Rules of the game; draw a 5 or 10 and win that amount. Draw the Queen of Hearts and win 50% of the pot. Visitors can only win $25. We have 51 cards, 9 winners and a pot of $8. Side note – Del is at home and loves visitors.  Sharon will be our representative for the Boys and Girls Club on October 12th.  Mahala’s Hope has their open house on September 17th from 1-5. We had a double  Interclub at the Key Club, Friday morning. 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 Gary Miller if you need it. Speaking of programs for the future, get information to Dave or myself. Member names are being added under Programs for your future dates.

Andrew Busker – FdL Rec Department

Andrew is the program director for the Rec Dept. He handles the Youth Enrichment Program and Playground Program. The playgrounds are Riverside, Evans and Rosenow. The Rec Dept handles both adult softball and adult pickle ball. Programs that they are working on are Pokémon Go hikes, a Pickle ball social, adult fall softball and adult bus trips.

The Parks Have Gone to the Dogs

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Monday Morning

There were 17 members at our Monday Meeting plus two guests, our guest speaker, Misty Gedlinske and Kathy Treml. We were greeted by Sharon aka Dawn. Harry and Misty had the humor for the day and both were good. John had the grace. Glenn had two happy bucks, for being back and new grandchild. Charlene had a happy buck for the good turnout at the Thursday night social. Gary Miller was a winner and a winner. We don’t know what the final total was but stay close to him at the Officer Installation for free drinks. Side note – Del is at home and  loves visitors.  We have a possible interclub from Ripon Early Birds. Their golf outing is September 7th. Cost is $85 for golf an dinner. See Dawn to sign up. Ripon Noon Kiwanis have pancakes on September 16th.  Finally, Kewaskum has their 65th Annual Turkey Shoot on Sept. 10th. See me for all the details. Sharon will be our representative for the Boys and Girls Club on October 12th.  Mahala’s Hope has their open house on September 17th. 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 Gary Miller if you need it. Speaking of programs for the future, get information to Dave or myself. Member names are being added under Programs for your future dates.

Misty Gedlinske and Kathy Treml – Dogs in the Park

Misty Gedlinske and her husband are founders of Fond du Lac Dogs in Parks. They have designed and self-funded two pet waste stations for Prairie and Peebles Trails. Now they are looking for funding for stations in the twelve parks that the city council has approved for being able to walk your dogs in these parks. The total startup costs for the commercial waste stations are $7,500.  The annual cost for upkeep is about $1,000. They feel that the city should not have to cover these costs and that is important to have dogs in our parks.