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Happy Kiwanis New Year

Monday Morning

We had 20 members at Monday’s meeting along with our, soon to be, newest member Dawn Scannell. Eileen Blackburn joined us for a few minutes on Monday morning to thank us for our recent donation to the Galloway House Garden Project and also to hand out a fall bulb package to anyone that wanted one. Bonnie Baerwald announced that the Community Services Committee is trying to put together a team(s) to help at the October 25th Make-A-Difference Day. Check with Bonnie if you’re interested or watch for a sign-up sheet at Monday’s meeting. Marlin Towne asked all members to get their Pork Fest Ticket money to him so he can close the books on what appears to have been a very successful event. Happy Bucks were offered by Bonnie Baerwald for a successful Walk for Alzheimer’s event last Saturday in spite of the less than ideal weather, Charlene Pettit in honor of Dave Lefeber’s just completed successful year as President, Chris Serres for her Mom going home to her own house and Glen Treml for being back from a successful foot surgery. Gary Miller was the 50/50 Raffle winner and he drew the Three of Clubs, not a winner. Next week’s drawing will have 7 cards with two pay cards and a pot of at least $629.

New Year – New Stuff

Charlene started her first official meeting as President by officially thanking Dave Lefeber for a successful year as President. Charlene announced that she would like to maintain the current committee memberships and chairs unless anyone would like to move or take over a committee chairperson responsibility. Let her know ASAP if you’re interested in a change. Charlene also noted that we’re always looking for new members and service project ideas so let anyone on the Board know of new members or new thoughts on how we can better serve our community.

Gary Miller also did a Club in-service on the recently Board approved Child Protection Policy. This policy outlines how and who will require background checks in compliance with Kiwanis International’s recently implemented Child Protection Guidelines.

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.

Running for a lot More Than Himself

Monday Morning

We had 16 members at Monday’s meeting back at the Retlaw Hotel along with our guest speaker, Jason Pettit and an InterClub from the Oshkosh Mid-Morning including Todd Ceman, Travis Duchatschek, Gary Konrad and Bill Steinhilber. Happy Bucks were offered by Steve Millin for the recent wedding of his son, which is also his last wedding, he hopes, Marlin Towne ($3) for his recent Honor Flight to the Korean War Memorial in Washington, DC, he didn’t need a walker or a cane like many of the others and he reconnected with a friend from Kewanee who was in his unit in Korea and finally, Ron Seidl for getting enough help to man the grills at next week’s Pork Fest. Dave Twohig was the 50/50 Raffle winner and he drew the Jack of Clubs, unfortunately for Dave, not a winner. Next week’s drawing will have 10 cards with two pay cards and a pot of at least $569.

Jason Pettit, Marathoner

Jason Pettit has been selected as a Mentor for the 2014 Chicago Marathon ACS DetermiNation team! This will provide him the opportunity to work with marathoners and cancer fighters this year as he runs the Chicago Marathon for a cause much bigger than himself.

It’s up to us to change the course of cancer – and Jason believes in the work the American Cancer Society is doing to save lives. Every day, they’re helping people stay well and get well, they’re funding and conducting research to find cures, and they’re rallying communities to join them in fighting back. More than 11 million Americans who have a history of cancer will celebrate another birthday this year. You can support Jason with a donation and follow his progress here, so that together, with the American Cancer Society, we can help save lives and create a world with less cancer and more birthdays. Good work, Jason!