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Look What a Little Bowling Can Accomplish!

Monday Morning

There were 13 members plus two Key Club members at our Monday meeting. Rachel Hays and Nate Arrin joined us for breakfast. Marlin and Chris were our greeters. Marlin had grace.  Gary Miller had humor. Happy bucks from Dan, Chris and Jackie. The Satellite Club is collecting personal care items for the FDL Foster Care bags. They would like to donate twenty five again this year. Questions, contact myself or member of satellite club for list of items needed. Gary Miller is planning an interclub for April 11th at West Bend German Night. The Bob Last Golf Outing is May 18th. Steve Wilson FDL PAC will be the guest speaker on the 13th for the Noon Club. Jerry King will be going on an Honor flight on April 11th. If you don’t have a Kiwanis T-shirt, contact Chris Serres. Harry was the winner and winner. He drew the ten of diamonds. There are now 49 cards left and a pot of $30.00. Remember that we have a Kiwanis web page and Facebook. If you are on Facebook, you can like our page.

Joscelyn Deanovich/Dawn Scannell, Big Brothers/Big Sisters

Dawn filled in for Joscelyn and gave us all the up to date information about the BBBS bowling weekend. Dawn was on the Schenk Team. The Noon Club had two teams. There were two shifts on both Friday and Saturday. In addition to the bowlers, there were three lane sponsors per alley. The theme was Stars Wars. All total, they raised $90,000 for BBBS. Dawn volunteered to set up a Kiwanis Morning Team next year. Save the date for 2019. In preparation for that event, we have bowling with BBBS Littles on April 15th. Also if you like Mexican food, Casa de Tequila is offering a 10% rebate to BBBS on Monday night March 12th. For more information, go  to www.bbbsfdl.org or call 922-8200.

What Can You Do to Empower Fond du Lac Women?

 

Monday Morning

There were 15 members plus one guest, Lori Namur at our Monday meeting. Dave Krug was our greeter. Dan had grace.  Charlene had humor.  Gary, Bonnie, Pete, Dan, Glen and John had  happy bucks. Boys/Girls Club have their annual fund raiser “Reach for the Stars” February 9th at Holiday Inn. John was our winner and loser. He drew the seven clubs. There are 41 cards left and a pot of $175.00. Remember that we have a Kiwanis web page and Facebook. If you are on Facebook, you can like our page.

Fond du Lac Area Women’s Fund, Lori Namur

Bonnie presented a $200 check to Lori Namur, executive director of the Woman’s Fund. The Women’s Fund has been promoting positive change in the lives of Fond du lac area women and girls since 2004. Fond du lac says “No More” is their current initiative, addressing the issue of violence against women and children in our area. They work with the police departments, ASTOP, Solution Center, Agnesian Domestic Violence department to achieve this goal. This is a three year focus. Year one is community awareness and engagement. Year two is to actively engage men and boys in outreach strategy. Year three is to educate the community on the dynamics of healthy relationships. Help them take a stand for “No More.” To help, there will be a bystander training this fall. To fund these activities, they host Power of Purse fund raiser. They have donated over $190.000 since 2004. For more information or to volunteer go to www.fdlwomensfund.com

Fond du Lac County Plans Projects Aplenty for 2018

Monday Morning

There were 16 members and three guests at our Monday meeting. Allen Buechel was our guest speaker. Nathan Arkon and Rachel Hays visited us from the Fond du Lac Key Club. Harry and Sharon were our greeters. Sharon had grace.  Gary, Mark and Pete had a happy bucks Welcome back Mark.  Charlene had humor. Charlene needs candy for the Cardinal Singers. Gary Miller was our winner and winner. He drew the five of clubs for $5.00. There are 47 cards left and a pot of $82.00. Remember that we have a Kiwanis web page and Facebook. If you are on Facebook, like our page.

Fond du Lac County, Allen Buechel

Allen is the Fond du Lac County Executive. In order to please the Federal judge, they will update the traffic counts on Hwy 23. The state hopes to restart construction in late October 2018 in Plymouth. There will be interchanges at G, UU and K. They are planning a new county garage at South Hickory at the bypass. In 2019, a new roundabout will be added at the K/C Hall on Fond du Lac Avenue. Mercury Marine report, their $50,000,000 loan has help grow employment of 1,526 to 3,100 in eight years. With Alliance Laundry’s $6,500.000 loan, it helped grow the company to1,000 employees. The opioid drug epidemic impacts schools, law enforcement, Social Services, court system, jail, and drug abuse programs. In response, the county is suing the drug companies to help fund these problems. For more information, go to the county web page or visit the monthly county board meeting.