Category Archives: Key Club

Pork Fest Success Owed to Community

Thank you so much to everyone in the Fond du Lac area who came out and helped make our Pork Fest fundraiser a resounding success. Our preliminary numbers show that we fed over 1,500 pork chop meals with the help of our own Key Clubbers and Trinity Baptist School who helped serve and bus tables. Beyond the money that was raised, which will all go back into the community, we were also able to help the community out in another way by donating two carloads of leftovers to the broken bread program. The Kiwanis of Fabulous Fond du Lac are committed to helping make our community a better place to live, and we thank you again for the part that you had in making it possible. Be on the lookout for announcements of financial donations and gifts that are possible because of the community’s support of fundraisers like this.

North Fond du Lac Key Clubbers Serve Breakfast

Monday Morning

We had 15 members at Monday’s Appreciation Breakfast hosted by the North Fond du Lac Horace Mann Key Club. In addition to our members there were 12 Key Clubbers, Jean Hintze, their awesome advisor, and Ken Stephani and a couple of his VEX Robotics Team members. John Cooper, Vickie Goldapske and Del Waldschmidt presented a check to Ken Stephani to complete our donation to the North Fond du Lac High School VEX Robotics Team. The total donation was $1,000 with the majority of the funds coming from the NFDL PDQ Brat Fry. The 50/50 Raffle drawing on June 2nd will have 21 cards with five pay cards and a pot of at least $425.

North Fond du Lac Key Club Year in Review

The NFDL Key Club hosted a wonderful Appreciation Breakfast on Monday morning with an abundant offering of fruit, bagels, muffins and assorted beverages. No one should have gone away hungry. Michael Friedel, outgoing President, led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance and the Key Club Pledge. Michael and his fellow outgoing officers then introduced the new officers for the 2014 -15 Key Club Year. The President will be Holly Palmer, Vice President – Dylan Palmer, Secretary – Stephanie Mallinger and Treasurer – Marisa Strobel. The current Key Club has 82 members of which 68 are very active. The Key Club is the single largest Club at the High School. They raised over $518 in their various fundraisers and made donations of $3,524 to a number of community groups. From April 2013 through April 2014 the Key Clubbers performed 2,563 volunteer hours in countless projects.

The goals for 2014-15 Key Club Year are:

New volunteer sites
Additional officer training
10 Commitment to Excellence Awards
Three joint activities with FDL HS
Shared projects with other groups

Kiwanians Honored at Cheers for Volunteers

The Kiwanis of Fabulous Fond du Lac is pleased to have several “Cheers for Volunteers” awardees that are connected to our Kiwanis Club; members Gary Ring and Brenda Schaefer, as well as NFDL Key Clubber Dylan Palmer will be honored at the upcoming (May 1) Cheers for Volunteers banquet hosted by the Fond du Lac Volunteer Center. We have great pride for these members and Key Clubbers for their service to our community and their commitment to the Kiwanis vision. Congratulations Gary, Brenda, and Dylan!