Kathleen Hazel had a guest this past week. I'll have to pay a "fine" if I got the name wrong but I thought it was Wayne Farr from Tri-Lakes Medical. Who's going to bring up my error at this weeks meeting?
This past week, Kathleen Hazel and Bob Turoff helped with the set up of the Auction for Eye Care for the Adirondacks Charity Auction. Over 150 gifts were donated to Eye Care which will benefit the food shelf. It’s very appropriate that this is done yearly around Thanksgiving.
Don’t forget to put it on your calendar to attend the joint AM Rotary and AM Kiwanis joint meeting at 7:30 at the Elks Club on
In 1988, Kiwanis in the North Country first joined up with Keith Defayette of Kenwood’s Moving & Storage, to bring $45,000 worth of toys to
Bruce Steadman, CEO of P.A.R.C. gave an excellent power-point presentation and he filled us in on the history of PARC and what we will look to in the future. PARC is certainly going to continue to be an economic kingpin to our regions future success and development.
The future of our nation depends on the leadership of today’s youth. We’re proud to have the Lieutenant Governor of our areas Key Clubs, Alicia Winterkorn who will bring us up to date as to what’s been happening with our Key clubs and their projects.
A special Kiwanis presentation is to be given to our guest, Amy Ivy from Cornell Cooperative Extension.
It’s the eightieth anniversary of the Lake Placid Kiwanis Club which is being celebrated on Tuesday evening, 28 November at 5:30PM. Four of us have signed up already and there might be room for more. Reservations are required and the cost is $25 per person.
Kathy Mark is in charge of speakers for the month of December. That’s who to contact with your suggestions. If she has her agenda filled, she’ll pass it on to the person handling speakers for January.
Our planned Super-Bowl Breakfast is scheduled for February 4th. Put it down as a “must attend” event. Sam Witherwax is running the show.
We’re ringing the bells on Saturday, December 2nd. We still have a few sign ups needed. Come freeze with us and get the “warm fuzzy” of the holiday time.
We’re ringing the bells on Saturday, December 2nd. We still have a few sign ups needed. Come freeze with us and get the “warm fuzzy” of the holiday time.
We’re ringing the bells on Saturday, December 2nd. We still have a few sign ups needed. Come freeze with us and get the “warm fuzzy” of the holiday time.
Why not print out this blog and use it to fill your wall calendar with the info.
This month’s issue of the Empire State Kiwanian (ESK) featured our clubs work during an adopt-a-highway cleanup.
We're most pleased to have added another Kiwanis member into our club. Lisa Zmijewski was inducted last week at our meeting. Lisa lives in Keeseville with her family. She is employed with the Girl Scouts of America. Welcom Lisa - we're looking forward to working with you with our Kiwanis activities.
Jim Aquila from the "Geek Squad" gave a great presentation about the wonderful world of computers and the frustrations associated with them. He has ways to get your computer more efficient and help with your productivity.
"Everyday Heroes" project is to be adopted by our club. We're all asked to look for people within our community who are deemed worthy of this recognition by rendering service that goes beyond the ordinary or expected, without regard for attention or receiving awards. We're looking to honor firemen, policemen, doctors, medical professionals, coaches, educators, or any individual deemed worthy of this recognition. Selected individuals will be invided to our club this coming April to receive an award. This is a perfect opportunity to give credit where credit is due to the many "Heroes" in our community.
Our Mission of Hope pancake breakfast project is underway with "Sam" Witherwax chairing the project. We're planning the event to be held at Seton Academy on Super=Bowl Sunday. The event date is Feb 5th. More info is to follow.
As we have in past years, we're looking forward to "Ringing-the-bell" to collect donations for the benefit of those served by the Salvation Army. December 2nd is the date we'll work and we will be ringing the bells from 10AM till 8PM. A sign-up sheet will be passed around at our meeting.
The upcoming "Dozer Days" project is moving along well. On November 9th is the secheduled meeting at JCEO for the committee. We ned to identify what projects that our Kiwanis club will take on during the event. Move was discussed at our Noveember 3rd Board Meeting and additional information will be given.
One of our sponsored Kiwanis Key Club (Saranac) distributed the Halloween Bags we provided to the "small-fry" at the Saranac Central Head Start. As you can see, our bags went over very well. The bags were highly reflective during the trick or treat efforts of the kids and also had safety imprints for the parents to heed. The bags were also distributed by us to other area clinics to provide for area children.