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A Special Camp for Those with Special Needs

Monday Morning

There were 14 members plus one guest, Carissa Peterson at the Monday’s meeting.  Sharon was the greeter. Steve Millin did the grace. Charlene had the humor. John had a happy buck to welcome back Pete from Las Vegas, ‘Charlene for a great picnic, Gary Miller for the Wizard of Oz, and Steve for Mary’s birthday. Special thanks for all those who set and attended the Annual Picnic. Gary is looking to do an interclub on Tuesday at the Noon Club, Fat Joes. Community Service committee is looking for volunteers to do the wrist band booth at the County Fair from 7/19 to 7/22. Bonnie has the sign up for Dock Spiders on July 30th. If you are signed up, please get your money to Bonnie. Jackie was winner and loser. She drew the Ace of Clubs. Remember that we have a Kiwanis web page and Facebook. If you are on Facebook, you can like our page.

Camp Wawbeek, Easter Seals, Carissa Peterson

Camp Wawbeek offers campers with physical or mild cognitive disabilities a camping experience they will never forget. All sessions are based on age or needs of the campers. Wisconsin Elks/Easter Seals Respite Camp offers a one to one staff ratio that allows us to customize the camp experience for each camper. Carissa is Director of Respite Services and also a member of the Dells Kiwanis Club. Wawbeek was started in 1938. The camp is staffed by college student and members of Americore. Kiwanis has supported the camp for many years. This year’s Governor’s project is a new playground for children with is disabilities.  They have twenty buildings, three wells and a pool that Kiwanis helped build. Around 1,400 campers use the camp every year.

Creating and Cultivating Bookworms

Monday Morning

There were 11 members plus one guest at our Monday meeting.   Marianne Geiger was our speaker. Dan was our greeter. Gary had the grace. Steve had the humor. No happy bucks, it was snowy outside. Bonnie was a winner and non- winner. She drew the ace of clubs. We still have 29 cards, 5 winners and a pot of $300.00.    Side note – Del is at home and loves visitors. He will have leg surgery on March 17th. West Bend German night is March 28th.    Remember that we have a Kiwanis web page and Facebook. If you are on Facebook, like our page.  We have a projector for our speakers; please contact John if you need it. Speaking of programs for the future, get information to Jackie or myself. Member names are being added under Programs for your future dates.

Marianne Geiger, Wisconsin Bookworms

Recipe for a “Love of Reading”. Mix : 170 students from ages 3 to 5, give them 8 new books free per year, 20 volunteer readers. This reading program is a collaboration of: Fond du Lac County Association for Home and Community Education (HCE), UW Cooperative Extension Family Living Programs, and Wisconsin Public Television. In addition they get a tote bag fort their eight books. We donated one book for the program. Our book was Puddle Pug by Kim Norman. In case, you want to buy for your library. The 170 students are from “Head Start” in Fond du Lac and Early Childhood Class in Ripon. The readers also plan a craft activity in conjunction with the book read. In their seventeen years of reading, they have helped 2,615 children with 22, 000 books. If you wish to read or donate, contact Marianne at 948-9431.

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Monday Morning

There were 20 members at our Monday meeting along with our guest speaker Dr. Brenda Grass.  “Happy Bucks” were offered by Vickie Goldapske for her 20 years as a Kiwanian, Jackie King for her 15 year old granddaughter’s successful bear hunt with her Grandpa and Glen Treml for being back from several meetings away and also for his new granddaughter, Kori Grace.  The 50/50 raffle drawing was back and Chris Serres was the winner and she drew the Queen of Hearts and therefore won the pot.  The pot was $351 so Chris walks away with $175.50.  Congratulations Chris, don’t spend it all in one place.  Next Monday’s 50/50 Raffle will start over with 52 cards in the game including the nine pay cards.

Dr. Brenda Grass – Reach Out and Read Wisconsin

Dr. Brenda Grass from Agnesian HealthCare joined us on Monday to talk about the Reach Out and Read Program in Fond du Lac.  The national Reach Out and Read Program began in 1989 in Boston, MA by a group of medical residents that recognized the need to encourage reading by children at a very early age.  This program is designed for the 6 months to five year old child.  The national organization builds on the unique relationship between parents and medical providers to develop essential early literacy skills in young children via the existing healthcare infrastructure.  Each year Reach Out and Read serves over four million children across all 50 states, focusing on those in low-income families.

The Wisconsin Chapter of Reach Out and Read currently has over 146 clinic locations, representing 46 clinics or clinic systems in 45 counties, more than 1,000 physicians, nurse practioners and physician assistants and they serve more than 57,200 children annually.  The program distributes over 100,200 new, developmentally appropriate books annually in the State of Wisconsin.

Sharon Kollman and Dawn Scannell from the Young Children Priority One Committee presented Dr. Grass with a donation of $900 to help fund this wonderful program to help improve the literacy of our community’s youngsters.