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Contacting Club members:
Members of the Board have
formed a committee to call members who've been missing
meetings. Results have been great as some long-missing
members have been showing up at meetings lately. Welcome
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Charities |
Considering charitable requests: Craig
O'Leary
The first 2001-2002 request
was recently granted to Wheeling Leadership Youth in the
amount of $100. Additional contributions this year have
been: $1,000 to the new Children's Museum start-up
costs; $175 to the Hugh O'Brien Youth Leadership Camp (HOBY);
and $100 to the Mount de Chantal for the July VISTORY program
for expenses. Many of these youth come from our Key
Clubs.
In 2001 we donated $350
to King's Daughters Child Care Center to recondition a piano
for their music program; $500 to Crittenton Services, Inc. to
purchase child safety seats; and hosted approximately 25
Americorps volunteers at two luncheon meetings. This is
just a sampling of charitable contributions during the past
year.
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Club Meetings |
Greeting members/guests at luncheon meetings: Maria
Busick, Pam
Butterworth, Mikki Dawson, Russell Dunkin, Jeremy High, Ann Koegler,
Mary Ann Lokmer, Kathleen Meeker, & Jeanette Wojcik
Get acquainted with some
of our newer members as they jump into club involvement by
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Community Service
Blood donation, Easter Seals Donut
Delivery, Bowl for Kids, E.S. Telethon, ECIC Children's Fair, Adopt-a-
Highway, Soup Kitchen, Special Olympics and Kid I.D. and
much more.
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Carrying out Community Service
Projects: Anita Gongola and Dave Ellwood
It's been a busy year so far for this
committee as the committee has enjoined other club members in
various projects shown at left.
In March we served and provided food at the Soup Kitchen on the
31st. In April the Special Olympics was held at
Wheeling Jesuit on the 27th. And in May there is an
Adopt-a-Highway on the 11th.
In February we helped celebrities deliver donuts for
Easter Seals.
In November and December we conducted the Salvation Army Bellringing,
Giving Tree Tags, and a children's coat drive. See the
Activities calendar for more information.
October saw our Canned Food Drive. The canned
food collection was contributed to Catholic Charities along
with a $200 check from the club.
In September, 3 members participated in the AHA Heart Walk
and 5 members helped with the Sunday Soup Kitchen on September
30. Adopt-a-Highway was held on October 13 with 5
Kiwanians doing the clean-up.
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Fresh Air
Farm
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Overview of operations and finances of Farm:
Jamie Crow & Dave Ransom
Harry and Eleanor Knight retired
October 1, and William "Deke" Stein has taken over the caretaker position at the Farm.
Deke has been performing longer overdue maintenance at the
caretaker's residence. Additional renovations and work
has been contracted out as the residence and farm get a
refreshed look.
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Fundraisers
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Raise money for charitable contributions and our Fr. Charles
E. McCallister Scholarship Fund
Bill Ihlenfeld & George Dakovic
Last year's fundraiser was very successful and
ensures that scholarships will be fully funded this year.
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| Human & Spiritual Values
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Serves as the overseer for the St. Luke's
Sunday soup kitchen and also cooks and serves 4
Sundays/year. The Committee also organizes our Easter
and Thanksgiving prayer breakfasts.
Frank Brookhart
We served for the soup kitchen on March 31 to approx. 60 needy
individuals at St.
Luke's on the Island. Our next soup kitchen will be June
30.
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Interclubs &
Education
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Organizes Interclubs with other Kiwanis
clubs: Chair: Tim Reed/Barb Fisher
Call Tim or Barb if you would like to attend an Interclub.
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| Membership & Growth
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Responsible for membership growth:
Chair: Warren McKeen
We have 5 new members
since Oct. 1, 2001. Welcome these new Kiwanians and
encourage everyone to get to know them. They
are: Janet Roset, Br. Roy Rene, Rita Yaeger, Jenn
Shelburne and Christie Kolenc.
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Newsletter
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Gathers information, writes, prints and
distributes the Club newsletter once a month
Jan Shelburne -
give Jan any items you would like to see
in the newsletter.
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Publicity & Public Relations
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Arranges for publicity for club
events:
Warren McKeen
We've
had many press articles and photos in the paper since the beginning of
the year, thanks to our new P.R. plan.
Also we sponsored "Breakfast
Serials" which were weekly
chapters of a children's book "The Monkey
King". The Intelligencer was delivered
to upper Ohio Valley Schools on Wednesday mornings for the
enjoyment of this series. We had a very nice ad at the
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Scholarships
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Distributes
applications, gathers, coordinates with judges, collects grade
reports and distributes funds: Rita Castle
Club awards each year a 4-year $4,000 scholarship
($1,000/year), with 4 scholarships ongoing at all times.
The 2001 scholarship winner: Rick Morgan! Congrats
to Rick!
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| Sponsored Youth
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Coordinates all of our sponsored youth activities with our
various sponsored youth clubs and liaisons:
Chair:
Our Sponsored Youth committee met in
August and shared experiences from last year. Jan
asked for news articles from the S.Y. clubs for the website.
See Sponsored Youth page for more
information.
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Young Children Priority One
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Coordinates our YCPO projects: Faith Hicks & Deby Smith
The newest project is a partnership with the Ohio Valley
Headstart program. "Signing" will be taught to
children to aid with communication problems, stemming from
hearing, emotional and abusive environments. Our club
paid for the $500 worth of materials to start up this project.
YCPO Committee has an ongoing Children's Storyline.
With a new story each week, up to 8 children can access at one
time.
In April YCPO participated in the ECIC Children's
Fair held at the Artisan Center on the 7th from 10 am to 3 pm.
In May $500 was donated to Crittenton Services for child
safety carseats.
Also YCPO does projects with various local
elementary schools and the Family Resource Center of the Upper
Ohio Valley: Story Hours; Clothing & Coat
Drives; School Supplies; Send a Kid to Camp; Kid I.D. and others.
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Youth Services |
Special Awards ceremonies monthly during the
school year: Bill Ihlenfeld
What pride parents and grandparents exhibit when their special youth
receive awards for their achievements and improvements! We are proud to
continue this 17-year program for the special youth of Ohio County.
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