Tag Archives: ARC

Giving Every Athlete a Chance to Compete

Monday Morning

There were 15 members plus two guests, Brian Shaver and Chelsey from ARC at the Monday’s meeting.  Marlin and Chris were our greeters. Harry did the grace. And Charlene did the humor. Bonnie had a happy buck. MPTC had over over 800 graduates. Date change – June Board Meeting is June 18th. The Satellite Club donated $250 to the Wounded Warrior Game on August 11th. They will play two games at the Doc Spiders Stadium.  They will play the Fire Department and Police department. Proceeds from the game will go to a camp to help handicapped children. John was the winner and loser. He drew the King of spades. There are now 41 cards left and a pot of $126.00. Remember that we have a Kiwanis web page and Facebook. If you are on Facebook, you can like our page.

Young Athletes and Special Olympics

It is the ARC’s goal to empower individuals with intellectual disabilities to become physically fit, productive and respected members of society, by offering opportunities to develop and demonstrate their talents through sport training and competition and by increasing the public’s awareness of their capabilities and needs. It will all start with Young Athletes. Young Athletes introduces children, ages 2 – 7, both with and without intellectual disabilities, and their families to the world of Special Olympics by pursuing program goals. Brian and Chelsey are setting a fall and spring session. This will be run thru the YMCA for eight weeks.

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.

ASTOP and ARC Present at Kiwanis

Monday Morning
We had 18 members along with our guest speaker, David Boelter from ARC and guest, Mitch Loomans at Monday’s morning. Bob Kahl had a “Happy Buck” in celebration of the first official dinner at the new Trinity Restaurant held last Saturday. Gary Miller offered up an “Honor Buck” in recognition of Dave Twohig’s assistance with the Friends of Taylor Park Pool Brat Fry on June 20th. Dave selected a flashlight from the Kiwanis Grab Bag. The 50/50 Raffle winner was Bonnie Baerwald. Bonnie drew the Ace of Diamonds. Not a winner but that’s one less card in the deck for next week. Next week’s drawing will only have 37 cards in the deck with seven pay cards and a pot of over $385.

Fond du Lac ASTOP, Linda Selk-Yerges – July 2, 2012
Linda has been the Director of ASTOP since its inception in 1992. ASTOP is a Sexual Assault Service Provider offering treatment, outreach, prevention, and advocacy, emphasizing hope and connection to self and others. ASTOP provides a link between crisis and recovery. The trained professional staff offers supportive ser-ices to survivors of sexual abuse, rape, or incest as well as other family members. Serving the greater Fond du Lac, Ripon, and Green Lake communities, ASTOP is a 501c (3) nonprofit organization established to assist survivors with treatment, provide outreach services that create awareness of the impact of sexual abuse, and reduce the incidence through prevention education programs. ASTOP offers emotional security, comfort, and safety for those affected by sexual assault through direct services and medical/legal advocacy at no cost to individuals and affected family members. They assist children six and older, adolescents, and adults. Linda provided us a number of sobering statistics regarding sexual assaults, such as the fact that only one out of ten sexual abuse cases are actually reported. Excellent program albeit scary.

Fond du Lac ARC, David Boelter – July 9, 2012
Dave Boelter is the current Executive Director of the Fond du Lac ARC. Dave is a native of North Fond du Lac and was a member of the ARC Board when he was appointed Executive Director about two years ago. He thanked our Club, along with the other two Fond du Lac Kiwanis Clubs for the recent repainting of the exterior of their offices on North Park Street. It took 110 gallons of paint and it looks wonderful.
The purposes of The Arc of Fond du Lac, Inc., as stated in the bylaws of the organization, are:

  • To promote the general welfare of the developmentally disabled.
  • To foster the development of programs on their behalf.
  • To encourage research related to all disabilities.
  • To advise and aid parents and guardians in the solution of their problems.
  • To provide advocacy services for persons with disabilities and their families. To develop a better understanding by the public of the problems encountered by individuals with disabilities.
  • To cooperate and collaborate with all public, private, and religious agencies, and professional groups in the furtherance of those ends.
  • To have the option to cooperate with and assist The Arc of Wisconsin Disability Association and The Arc U.S.
  • To serve as a local resource for information.