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Real Heroes Making a Difference in FdL

Monday Morning

There were 11 members and one guest, Peter O’Leary at Monday’s meeting. Mark and Jan were our greeters. Jim did the grace. Charlene had the humor. Happy bucks from Bonnie for the bike trail clean up. Harry was happy to attend his 50th class reunion. Gary Miller was happy to attend his 60th class reunion. Donna is still looking for two people for the Scrabble Bee on October 2nd. Harry and Marlin reminded everyone to sell tickets. We have plenty of tickets and posters. Chris was winner and loser. She drew the six of spades. Remember that we have a Kiwanis web page and Facebook. If you are on Facebook, you can like our page.

Peter O’Leary, FDLFD

Peter has been fire chief in FdL for the last ten years. He started out with Fire Department in Western Chicago over 39 years ago. He is proud of the International and ISO Class One rating. Fond du Lac fire Department has an annual budget of $8 million dollars. They do receive additional revenue by being the Regional Haz Mat Team and offering advance ambulance service to the outlying cities. They have three ambulances in service at all times. They can pull fire fighters from other crews to man the fourth and fifth ambulances. Of the 6200 calls last year, they took the reserve ambulances out 99 times. There are only 67 fire fighters and twenty are on duty at any time. They just broke ground on the new $4.2 million Fire 7 Police Training Center. It is located NW of the movie theater. It will be used by Fond du Lac Fire and Police Departments plus outlying volunteer fire department.

A Profitable DCON

Monday Morning

There were 13 members at Monday’s meeting. Bonnie did the grace. Charlene had the humor. Happy bucks from Harry for surviving golf weekend. Mark had a happy buck for a great vacation to St. Louis. Pete had a happy buck for a great convention and great company. Gary Miller is planning an interclub to the Noon Club on September 4th at Fat Joes. Sign up on Monday’s Roundtable. Harry and Marlin reminded everyone to sell tickets. We have plenty of tickets and posters. Sharon was winner and loser. She drew the six of clubs. There are still 29 cards with a pot of $250.00.  Remember that we have a Kiwanis web page and Facebook. If you are on Facebook, you can like our page.

Pete Vercouteren, DCON 2018

Pete attended the district convention with Dawn Scannell and Donna Freund in La Crosse. This was the 100th Annual Convention. It started with a Friday night reception. Pete was interested to find out about help starting a Circle K at UW–Green Bay. He attended a seminar on “Motivating the Middle.” The key take away was that service project resulted in member growth and the community benefited. Donna attended the “President Elect” session. Dawn did the “membership session.” Pete also attended “My Kiwanis Journey through the Eyes of a child.” Mark your calendars for future district conventions. It is the best way to get re-motivated about Kiwanis. The 2019 International convention is in Disney. Specials thanks goes to Pete, Donna and Dawn for attending the convention.

A Sports League Making Miracles

Monday Morning

There were 14 members plus one guest at Monday’s meeting. Steve Arnold was our guest speaker. John did the grace. Charlene had the humor. Happy bucks from John to welcome Jackie back. Charlene had a happy buck for her great trip out East. Harry and Marlin reminded everyone to sell tickets. We have plenty of tickets and posters. Sharon was winner and loser. She drew the King of Hearts. There are still 30 cards with a pot of $235.00.  Remember that we have a Kiwanis web page and Facebook. If you are on Facebook, you can like our page.

Mike Arnold, The Miracle League

The Miracle League is an organized baseball league for children ages 4 – 19 with physical and/or cognitive disabilities. The rubberized surface of Miracle League fields accommodates the use of wheelchair and other assistive devices to increase mobility and safety. Plans are in the making to build the field and a universal playground on Plamore Park in Fond du Lac. The city has approved the project in 2017 with a total cost of one million dollars. They have raised $270,000 with a starting date of 2020. Brooke Industries is the lead organization. They will have their own board of directors. The league games will last about eight weeks. The playground will be open all year round. There about 2,500 individuals in the area eligible to play in the league. We donated $5,000 to Miracle League.