Kiwanis Club of Historic
Newsletter –
4 December 2008
President’s
Message:
I trust that each of you have received my e-mail
dealing with the Garage Sale this Saturday at Tim’s hardware store. We didn’t
plan this one as well as we should have, but we need to get behind this and
make a good sale. We have done these enough in the past that we should be able
to handle it. In case you missed it here is what is needed to be done: (1) Man power to pre-arrange and move all sale items; (2)
help placing tables; (3) Disposal of all un-sold items; and (4) clean out the office
space. I do have Budget Truck available, but need manpower to load and unload
all un-sold items. No one leaves until we have Tim’s place cleaned out. We have
taken up his valuable space without payment long enough.
Let’s
get behind the Christmas family event that we participate in every year. Skeeter has found a needy family and
also one that we can support on Thanksgiving..
Coming Events: [Advise the
editor of events of interest at 797-4332]
5 December 2008: First Friday Art Walk, check out the local galleries
downtown and taste their food and wine.
6 December 2008: We will have another Garage Sale at Tim’s store. We promised to get rid of
the stuff Tim has been storing and we can use more new old stuff for the sale.
Drop it off at Tim’s, but call before you go to make sure he can show you where
to put it.
27 December 2008: Uptown Saturday Night, check out the local galleries
uptown on the last Saturday of each month, and taste their food and wine.
31 December 2008: Beach Blast Off (New
Years Eve Fireworks & Chili Cook Off at the Pier)
26 February 2009: Florida District President will visit
Guests: Charlie Myers introduced
his neighbor and potential member, Charles
Holtzendorf
Programs:
(Check the website for your speaker assignment date.)
LAST WEEK:
No meeting last week as it was Thanksgiving Day
THIS WEEK:
This is our monthly Board of Directors meeting. Come tell the Board what they
should be doing.
NEXT WEEK:
Human & Spiritual Values meeting along with honoring the Student of the
Month from Creekside: Erika Baca.
50/50 DRAWING WINNERS: I’m at a loss, because I didn’t write down the
winner. All I know is that it was not me. Mix those tickets real good, and make
sure mine is on top.
NEWS OF NOTE:
The
Christmas family is a single mother with girls 17, 16, & 7. The boys are
11, 7, & 4. Skeeter is
coordinating this one.
I was called by the fundraising arm of Special
Olympics. Their games will be in February and March. The cost is $145 per
athlete. I told her I would bring it up at the meeting today. Her name was Dawn Howell at 800-755-4320, x-2900
This from Chief Hedges: Do any members want to
volunteer for Beach Blast Off (New Years Eve Fireworks & Chili Cook Off at
the Pier). Shifts are 3p-6p, 6p-9p, or 3p-9p at various locations and you get a
free T shirt. All proceeds are going toward the
Skeeter’s new project is: HATS AND HUGS
The
PROJECT IS VERY SIMPLE: Collect hats and hugs and share them with the
children in your communities.
HATS:‐‐Gather hats of all kinds, decorated or
plain, all types for boys and girls. Even have parties to decorate and share
your feelings while you are doing the decorating.
HUGS:‐‐Gather all types and sizes of stuffed
animals and hug them real tight. Have your club members hug them at your
meeting. Have your children, grandchildren and sponsored youth give them
hugs….this is VERY important. Now that you have your Hats and Hugs, what do
you do with them? All our communities and hospitals have children that need to
cover a bald head or just need to feel pretty. Your community might have
migrant workers or family shelters where a hat or a hug would feel really good.
Sometimes police officers
go into situations where children are caught up in a parental fight and are
crying and scared. You can help by providing a “hug” and the child will know
they are being hugged by someone who cares.
So what I want you to do
is to take my lead and find the needs in your communities. As we provide hats
and hugs we will be changing our communities “one child at a time”.
I would like to know how
it’s working in your community; send me pictures and numbers of hats and
stuffed animals. I want to know how it’s working in your community.
LET’S BE HANDS ON AND
SHARE THE LOVE.
Quotes You Can Use
(or Not):
“[T]he American people are beginning to fit
it all together. They’re beginning to realize that under the leadership of the
liberals, that once-proud Democratic Party, a party of hope and affirmation,
has become a party of negativism, a party whose leadership has changed it from
the party of ‘yes’ to the party of ‘no’ —’no’ to the balanced budget amendment
and the line-item veto, ‘no’ to holding down taxes and spending, ‘no’ to the
death penalty and the school prayer amendment, ‘no’ to adequate defense
spending and a Strategic Defense Initiative. The American people are beginning
to understand that in all these ways the liberal leadership has been saying no
to them... The public is beginning to realize that this election is a referendum
on liberalism.” —Ronald Reagan