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FEBRUARY
2007
PAST ISSUES:
Past issues are available by clicking on Archives at the bottom of the
Newsletter page.
DEFINING STATEMENT:
Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers
dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time.
NEW ADDRESS: We now have a P O Box
for our address to assure we receive all correspondence. The new address is: P O
Box 2754 , zip 34973.
CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: A
donation of $500 was presented to Denise Huggins, Coordinator, Children's
Miracle Network for the support of Shands Children's Hospital at the University
of Florida. These funds are used to purchase equipment, fund research,
produce educational materials, and provide diversionary activities for children
at Shands. (see photo)
SCHOLARSHIP: The Board of Directors
voted to change the way our scholarship is presented beginning with this year's
scholarship presentation. We will now give four $1,000 scholarships
(instead of one scholarship of $1,000 for four years). Preference on one of the
four awards will be for a Key Club member.
SOUPER BOWL OF CARING: Our Souper
Bowl of Caring event was held on Feb 1 and was a lot of fun as well as helping
out a very worthy cause. Members wore their favorite team shirt or cap and
participated in a miniature football throwing contest (not won by Dowling, who
could not even hit the board!). Joyce Smith, Director of the Okeechobee
Presbyterian Food Pantry accepted the donation of approximately 250 pounds of
food goods and $200. The Pantry assisted over 1400 families last year. (see
photo)
MID-YEAR CONFERENCE: The Mid-Year
Conference for South Florida area clubs (including Division 16) will be held on
March 2-4 in Ft Lauderdale. Many educational sessions will be held on Mar
3.
RECOVERING: Gene O'Neil continues to
recover from chemo treatments for cancer; Bobi O'Neil is home and
recovering from additional surgery; Bruce Simpson is recovering from surgery on
his ear; and Clayton Williams is recovering from shoulder surgery.
Our best wishes to all for a speedy recovery!
IMPORTANT DATES (also see
Events):
Feb 1: Board Meeting (following
regular meeting); Souper Bowl of Caring
Mar 1: Board Meeting (following regular
meeting)
Mar 2-4: Mid-Year Conference (Ft
Lauderdale)
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