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Seeing Business Boom in Fond du Lac

Monday Morning

There were 17 members plus one guest, Cecilia Harry at the Monday’s meeting.  Glen and Pete were our greeters. Dan did the grace. Charlene did the humor. She is getting so good that we is looking for an open mic to do her humor.  Bonnie, John, and Gary had happy bucks. The date for the Picnic is June 27th. Charlene has the signup sheet. Bonnie has the sign up for Dock Spiders on July 30th.  There was a special welcome to Cathy Loomans, our newest member. 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. Marlin was the winner and loser. He drew the eight of clubs. There are now 40 cards left and a pot of $136.00. Remember that we have a Kiwanis web page and Facebook. If you are on Facebook, you can like our page.

Cecilia Harry, Envision Greater Fond du Lac

The Fond du Lac Area Association of Commerce was the voice of Fond du Lac businesses. The Fond du Lac County Economic Development Corporation was responsible to bring and expand business. They were merged July 1, 2017 to become Envision Greater Fond du Lac. They will be one group with one voice for the businesses of the Fond du Lac Area.  Cecilia is the new president of the combined group. It took almost three years to merge the groups. They have moved into a new office at 23 S. Main St. Cecilia and her family moved here from Omaha. She is certified economic developer. She graduated from Notre Dame with masters from Washington University.

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.

More Key Contributors to Kiwanis Success

Monday Morning

There were 10 members and 14 guests at the Monday’s meeting.  The North Fond du Lac Key Club and their advisors hosted us for breakfast. Gary Miller announced that attendance was down for the rescheduled BBBS Bowling on May 6th.  We had twenty bowlers and two members. The Bob Last Golf Outing is May 18th. Cost of the dinner only is $25.00. Date change – June Board Meeting is June 18th. Fondy Food Pantry sort is on May 12th. 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. We had no drawing this week. There are now 43 cards left and a pot of $110.00. Remember that we have a Kiwanis web page and Facebook. If you are on Facebook, you can like our page.

North Fondy Key Club Breakfast

The Key Club officers, old and new, and Key Club advisors Jean and Amy hosted breakfast for us. The present officer’s introduced the officers for 2018/2019. They are Shalome Stettbacher – President, Allison Bartley – Vice President, Alme Rabadan – Secretary, Gabby McDowell – Treasurer. Using six different fund raisers, they raised almost $800. They donated back to twelve different groups. The amount donated totaled almos$1,100. Key Clubbers had 1,900 hours thru the month of April. They provided service to Friendship Learning Center every month. Twenty eight members worked 150 hours at the Kettle Moraine Forest Halloween Hike. They inducted thirty new members for a total of 64 members. Outgoing President Anna Maramonte had 740 hours over four years. She was honored as the top senior volunteer. 2018/2019 Key Club goals are new volunteer venues, 5/8 Commitment to Excellence Award winners, shared projects with other school groups Special thanks to all members, officers, advisors (Jean, Amy and Jan) for a great year.