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Giving Someone the Gift of Life

Monday Morning

There were 12 members and one guest present at the Monday meeting. Paul Osterholm. Bonnie did the grace. Sharon was our greeter. Happy dollars, John was happy for wedding of Linda’s son Kris. Harry won the Super Bowl Pool. Jan has a wedding this year.  Bonnie was happy for the great robotics turn out. Mark and Pete were also happy. Pete had the humor. Dan announced that “Souped Up” is February 7th this year 11 – 7:00. Dan is also the chef for all the soup. Pete is looking for a third delegate to the District Midwinter on Feb. 16th. Jan took six members to an interclub at the Nfdl Key Club Tuesday.  Gary was winner and loser. He picked the eight of Clubs. There are 45 cards left with a pot of $100.00. Remember that we have a Kiwanis web page and Facebook. If you are on Facebook, you can like our page.

Organ Donation, Paul Osterholm and Nicole Braatz

What do Paul and Nicole have in common? Nicole has Paul’s left kidney. Nicole was not able to make Monday’s meeting because of change in doctor’s appointment. On October 10th Paul gave Nicole his left kidney. It takes 5 – 7 years to find a kidney match. Since February, Nicole has been on dialysis. Paul had meet Nicole years ago but when he saw a post on Facebook, he answered the call to be tested. All of Nicole’s sisters (6) did not match. Not only did Paul match but he had four of six matching antigens. This means less chance of rejection by Nicole’s body.  Not only did the surgery go well but Paul got of the hospital in time to see his new granddaughter born. There are over three thousand people waiting for kidneys in Wisconsin. Be sure to sign your driver’s license and let your family know your wish to donate. Thanks Paul for a great Random Act of Kindness.

Habitat for Humanity Continues Incredible Outreach to Community

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Monday Morning

We had 16 members at our Monday meeting at the Retlaw along with our speaker Paul Osterholm from Fond du Lac Habitat for Humanity.  Gary Miller continued promoting the Noon Club’s Grilled Cheese & Chili Lunch on February 19th as our February Inter Club.  Happy Bucks were offered up by Jan Krug for being in California last Monday and in Mexico for the next two Mondays, Bonnie Baerwald for a successful Project Linus last week and Gary Miller for the upcoming Noon Club InterClub.  Vickie Goldapske was the 50/50 Raffle winner again on Monday and she drew the Seven of Diamonds, another non-winner.  Next week’s drawing will have 49 cards, including eight pay cards, and a pot of at least $30.

Paul Osterholm, Habitat for Humanity

Paul Osterholm joined us on Monday morning to give us an update on the local Habitat for Humanity operation.  They recently moved into their new space next to the Fond du Lac Children’s Museum.  Paul welcomed everyone to come out and see their new space and shop for items that you didn’t even know you might need.

The next Habitat House will have a ground breaking at their new build site at 596 S Main Street in April 2015.  This new home will be a 1,200 square foot, three bedroom home with a basement but no garage.  Paul estimated that the total cost of the home will be in the $115,000 range.  This will be the 27th home built by our local Habitat in the Fond du Lac area.  The past 26 homes have contributed over $50,000 in real estate taxes since the first house was built in 1996.  Over 1,600 volunteers participate in building a Habitat House along with a number of businesses that contribute supplies and workers in these build efforts.  Lowe’s sponsors “Ladies Month”, which for the 2015 build will be all of the weekends in May.  All Habitat Houses are five star energy rated homes.   In addition to all of the volunteers and businesses, the new family is required to put in at least 300 hours of sweat equity toward the building of their new home.  Habitat acts as the bank and holds a 0% interest mortgage on the new home.

 

Habitat for Humanity Accomplishments and Goals

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Monday Morning

We had 18 members at Monday’s meeting along with our guest speaker, Paul Osterholm from Habitat for Humanity and two guests, Dawn Rehrauer from Grief Relief and Dan Hebel from Boy’s & Girl’s Club. Gary Ring presented checks of $500 each to Dawn and Dan for our matching grant to his Cheers for Volunteers donation. “Happy Bucks” were offered by Glen Treml for his granddaughter’s baptism on Sunday, Vickie Goldapske for a successful and fun archery golf outing this past weekend at the NFDL Archery Club and Gary Miller ($2) for the Bicycle Loop dedication on Saturday and for his golf league starting on Wednesday. Glen Treml was the 50/50 Raffle winner and he drew the eight of Spades, not a winner. Next week’s 50/50 Raffle drawing will have 22 cards with five pay cards and a pot of at least $413.

Habitat for Humanity – Paul Osterholm

Habitat for Humanity of Fond du Lac County has an open-door policy. All who believe that everyone needs a decent, affordable place to live are welcome to help with work, regardless of race, religion, age, gender, political views or any of the other distinctions that too often divide people.

Habitat for Humanity of Fond du Lac has completed 23 homes in the community. They have placed 104 family members into completed houses in Fond du Lac County. Homes have been built in Fond du Lac, North Fond du Lac, and Ripon.

Habitat houses around the world are built according to the same 3 guiding principles:

  • Simple: Habitat houses are modestly-sized. They are large enough for the homeowner family’s needs, but small enough to keep construction and maintenance costs to a minimum.
  • Decent: Habitat for Humanity uses quality, locally-available building materials. Habitat house designs reflect the local climate and culture.
  • Affordable: The labor of volunteers and partner families, efficient building methods, modest house sizes and no-profit loans make it affordable for low-income families to purchase Habitat houses.