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North Fond du Lac Key Club Thanks Kiwanis for Key Role in Success


Monday Morning
We had 13 members make the trek out to North Fond du Lac’s Horace Mann High School for an Appreciation Breakfast with our Key Clubbers. The Key Club provided a great spread of bagels and cream cheese, muffins, breakfast breads, fruit and assorted beverages. No one should have gone away hungry. Don’t forget that Monday’s 50/50 Raffle will have 24 cards, seven pay cards and a pot of at least $365. Your odds are much better than PowerBall.

North Fond du Lac Horace Mann Key Club
The Horace Mann Key Club welcomed us to their school for our Annual Appreciation Breakfast. The meeting began with the Pledge of Allegiance and the Key Club Pledge. Then next year’s Club Officers introduced themselves and thanked our Club for all our support, both as their Sponsoring Club and also for all the monetary support we provide. Once everyone got their breakfast, very nice spread, the incoming Officers presented the details of what their Key Club has accomplished this past year. They were able to accomplish several goals in all of the following categories:

  • Membership
  • Fundraisers
  • Money/Services Donated Back to Community & Charities
  • Volunteer Hours Summary
  • Service Provided Every Month
  • Most heavily attended Service Projects
  • Key Club Convention
  • DCON Convention Awards
  • 2013-2014 Key Clubs Goals

The amount of money raised, money given away, service projects completed and volunteer hours given is truly amazing. These young adults exemplify the true meaning of what Kiwanis is all about. Outstanding!! And of course, none of these accomplishments would happen if it weren’t for the great guidance of their Advisors, led by Jean Hintze. Kudos to Jean, Dan and Jim for a truly outstanding year. Your community is better today because of Key Club.

Kiwanis Happenings – May 17, 2012

Here’s a recap of the last two weeks:

Monday Morning
We had 17 members make the trip out to North Fond du Lac Horace Mann High School on Monday morning to visit the Key Club. The Key Club had a great turnout of members who greeted us and directed us to the library/media center where we had our meeting. Jean Hintze, Key Club Advisor, and the Key Clubbers had a great breakfast of bagels, fruit, breakfast breads, juice, and coffee for our Club and their members. No one should have gone away hungry. Gary Miller announced an InterClub to West Bend Morning for Thursday morning for anyone that could make it.

Horace Mann High School Key Club-May 14
Jean Hintze welcomed our Club to Horace Mann High School and introduced the Key Club Officers. Kaylee Lyonns began by talking about the various fund raisers that the Key Club did during the past year. They raised $607.50 from seven fund raisers with a Spring Donut Sale yet to be held. Next, Stephanie Schmitz talked about events where money was raised but then turned over the charity that was involved with the event. The Key Club raised $1,810 and then donated that money to the seven charities that were either running the fundraiser or were designated as the recipient of the fund raiser proceeds. The largest recipient in this category was the Polar Plunge that generated $1,145 for Special Olympics. Last, but surely not least, was Andee Ball who talked about all of the volunteer hours put in by the Horace Mann Key Clubbers. A handout was provided that listed all of the volunteer hours by month by activity. The Key Club put in 2,057.5 hours through April of this year with May still to be counted. An interesting fact about these hours is that 319 of those hours were done during the summer when the Key Clubbers weren’t even in school. What a great example of giving back to their communities by this great group of young adults. A large reason for the resurgence of the Horace Mann Key Club is the great leadership provided by Jean Hintze as Advisor with the help of Co-Advisors Dan Hively and Jim Sandstrom. Thank you for your great guidance and congratulations on a great Key Club year.

Evab Schwalbe, Broken Bread-May 7
Evan Schwalbe joined us to talk about Broken Bread. The mission of Broken Bread is to feed the hungry, purchasing and rescuing surplus food and distributing it to those who are in need. Broken Bread began as an outreach ministry of St. Paul’s Cathedral on January 31, 1991. Following the mandate of Christ to feed the hungry, Broken Bread is an ecumenical, community-supported program dedicated to relieving the needs of the poor and hungry. Broken Bread food program serves approximately 150 families, or about 600 individuals every week. Dozens of volunteers representing a variety of churches and organizations devote hundreds of hours collecting, sorting and distributing hundreds of pounds of surplus food. Broken Bread has no paid staff and could not function without the hard work and educations of its many volunteers. It has been estimated that 20% of all food produced in this country is wasted every day because it cannot be sold. Broken Bread Food Program works in cooperation with area businesses, bakeries, supermarkets and restaurants to utilize food that otherwise would go to waste. By redistributing this “rescued” food, Broken Bread helps both the poor and local businesses. “Rescued” food enables the poor to purchase items at local stores they otherwise would be unable to purchase. “Rescued” food helps local businesses by relieving them of unnecessary disposal costs and allowing them to project a positive image in the community.
The success of Broken Bread depends on the cooperation of everyone concerned.

Kiwanis Happenings – October 20, 2011

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Thanks for checking in on what has been happening with our service organization:

Monday Morning
We had 21 members and seven guests at Monday’s meeting. Joining us as guests were NFDL Key Clubbers Cody Atkinson, Jacob Giese, Parker Grimes, April Weber and Merry Weber, Pete Vercouteren’s brother Karl from The Dallas, Oregon and our guest speaker, Jeremiah Hoffman. “Happy Bucks” were offered by Gary Miller, thankful for all the help at the 3rd Annual Rienzi Harvest Stroll. Bonnie Baerwald was the 50/50 Raffle winner and she drew the six of hearts, not a winner so the pot continues to grow.

Jeremiah Hoffman PGA Golf Pro
Rolling Meadows Golf Course opened in 1972 with 18 holes and underwent a complete revision starting in 1993. In 1996 the new 27 hole Dick Nugent designed championship course opened with 17 new holes and all but 3 of the original holes improved. The rolling terrain, prairie grass, water features and strategically placed bunkers add to the beauty and challenge of the links.
Jeremiah Hoffman was named the course pro for the 2011 golf season after Fond du Lac County took over the golf shop opera-tion after the previous pro announced his decision to retire in 2010. Over the past two years the interior of the clubhouse was extensively renovated with outstanding results.

Rolling Meadows Golf Course offers many affordable opportunities to the juniors of Fond du Lac County and beyond. In the spring and fall, Fond du Lac High School boys and girls, St. Mary’s Springs Academy, Winnebago Lutheran Academy, North Fond du Lac, Oakfield and Trinity Baptist golf teams all call Rolling Meadows home. These teams are offered the opportunity to hone their skills on the driving range, practice hole and golf course during their seasons.

Jeremiah talked about golf in general and how the popularity of golf has a tendency to rise and fall based on a number of factors. The recent popularity of golf can probably be attributed to the popularity of Tiger Woods until his recent personal problems. Golf has also been on the decline for a couple of other reasons; the economic downturn and the time commitment one has to make to play a full round of golf.