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North Fond du Lac Key Club Takes the Polar Plunge!

The Kiwanis of Fabulous Fond du Lac would just like to congratulate this year’s Polar Plunge team from the Horace Mann Key Club. The team raised $1,906 which is a new team record. The team dressed as Minions from Despicable Me with the following members willingly sacrificing their sanity and warmth for the frigid waters of Lake Winnebago: Michael Friedel, Desmond Krahn, Erica Schwartz, Tianna Robinson, Kendra Lallier, Dakota Wesenberg, Tessa Schwersinske, Amanda Schneider, Tyler Kohnke, Riley Behnke, Gabby Thielke, Morgan Breister, and Emily Romuald.

Last year the team placed 15th in the state for money raised by high schools. All the proceeds raised help support the Special Olympics Organization in Wisconsin.

Thank You to each of the team members for your willingness to plunge and for everyone who helped support our cause.

HT: pictures courtesy Fond du Lac Reporter

 

North Fond du Lac Key Club Busy Heading into Holidays

The North Fond du Lac Key Club has been busy leading up to Christmas break.  Their members have been sending representatives to our weekly breakfast, they’ve organized a team for this season’s Polar Plunge, they had members help ring bells for the Salvation Army, they continue to work with the Homework Club at Friendship Learning Center on Tuesdays and Thursdays during December and sent volunteers to the Children’s Museum and Shop With a Cop.

 

Kiwanis Celebrates Successful Community Service

The Kiwanis of Fabulous Fond du Lac are celebrating several successful community outreach opportunities two of which were spear-headed by our Key Clubbers from both Horace Mann High School in North Fond du Lac and Fond du Lac High School.


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Horace Mann High School’s Polar Plunge team raised $1,145 for Special Olympics. The team consisted of Brice Hau, Ross Schwartz, Kayla Helbig, Dystiny Helbig, Brittany Parker, Hannah Romauld, Gary Miller( FDL Kiwanis representative), and Jean Hintze. We congratulate these brave Key Clubbers and Gary for their willingness to go to such extremes to raise money for a worthy cause. Click on the picture above to see the group’s creative costumes as well as their reactions to jumping into the icy cold water!

Storybook Land
The Fond du Lac High School Key Club hosted their Annual Storybook Land Saturday, March 10th at Fond du Lac High School. Over 300 children in the 3-10 age group attended the event where Key Clubbers brought to life such classics as the Wizard of Oz, Old McDonald, Snow White, the Frog Princess, and The Wizard of Oz. Each child received a children’s reading book at the end of the tour in order to promote the joys of reading. The Key Clubbers also encouraged parents and children to bring a canned good donation to help in our ongoing food drive. Good job, Key Clubbers.


$5,000 Donation
Last fall the Kiwanis Club of Fabulous Fond du Lac made a $5,000 donation towards the purchase of a newer 15-passenger van for the Boys & Girls Club of Fond du Lac. The Boys & Girls Club purchased a van a few weeks later. The Boys & Girls Club presented a “thank you” photo plaque to club President Gary Ring on Thursday, March 15th for the Kiwanis Club’s donation. The newer 15-passenger van replaced one of the two aging 12-passenger vans that the Boys & Girls Club use to transport youth to and from special events.
Click on the photo above to see members of the Chegwin School branch of Boys and Girls Club including Pachia Xiong, Keenan Galle, Emily Ibarra and Nicholas Vang with Gary Ring, President of the Kiwanis Club of Fabulous Fond du Lac in the middle.