KiwaNews, Thursday Aug 21, 2008

REMINDER: The Annual Kiwanis Foundation of Charlotte County (KFCC) meeting/elections will be the program Thursday/Aug. 21.

By: Bob Carpenter, Secretary 941/ 629-5238 carp 813 @ comcast.net

¨ TOP PRIORITY! NEW MEMBER PROJECT SEP. 18 : President Sheryl and Pres. Elect Joan Greene have set up a wine & cheese event here at Benedetto's at 5pm. We ask EVERY member to Suggest at least ONE prospect. Give your suggested name to Joan Greene, or send to joangreene@embarqmail.com as soon as you can. Joan will mail out a Special Invitation to the person you suggested. This will NOT be a regular meeting, just fun and fellowship. Our Kiwanis materials will be available but the purpose is to hob-knob with our members in hopes they'll consider becoming a new member.

KIWANIS DISTRICT CONVENTION : This annual convention is in Jacksonville this year starting today through Sunday. Pres. Elect Joan Greene, Pres. Sheryl Flavin, Treasurer Eric DeYoung and Secretary Bob Carpenter will be there as delegates. We got our taste of TS Fay, now it's their turn by District reports the convention will go on!

¨ ANNUAL INSTALLATION BANQUET : Vice President Larry Taylor has made arrangements for our annual banquet. It will be Sunday, Sep. 21 at St. Andrews South. Cocktails are 6-7pm, dinner at 7pm followed by the installation ceremonies. Signup sheets are out; choice is fish, prime rib or chicken. Member and one (1) guest are free; others $25 each. Please contact Joan Greene to make reservations.

¨ FOOD FOR NEEDY : Please bring food items to be donated to the needy in our county. Food shelves are empty so club members are asked to bring items for the next 5 weeks. Community Services is also donating $500 or $100 for five weeks to purchase food and donate to five different organizations who desperately need food. Every member is asked to participate or give Joan Greene a check to purchase food. Last week, we donated $200 to the Bread of Life Mission.

¨ RED CROSS GETS $200 FROM CLUB : Kaley Miller presented a check last week to RC Community Development Director Kathryn Whalen.

¨ NEW DATE SET FOR IRAQ/AFGHAN VETS : A new date has been set to bring these vets to our area. It will now be Sep. 11-15 with a special ceremony in our Kiwanis Veterans Garden in Laishley Park. See Bob Naylor or Eric DeYoung for more details on how you can help.

¨ ANNUAL INTERCLUB DIABOLICAL LIST : It's down to only one member who needs to get 3 other members to make an Interclub and get off the Diabolical List! He is Rodney Taylor . Fines started June 1 of $1 per week and Rodney now owes $12. We have 22 consecutive years with 100% of members getting their Interclub. Please make this our 23rd year and GIT-R-DONE! It takes 4 to make an Interclub; less than 4 is only a makeup. Good Luck Rodney!

¨ NEW KIWANIS GOLF SHIRTS AVAILABLE: Larry Taylor is taking orders for a new, lighter weight Kiwanis Orange golf shirts, complete with logo. Total cost is $32. See Larry for order forms at the meeting or contact him. Shirt order can be added to your quarterly billing.

¨ PG Kiwanis KALENDAR:

Aug. 22-24: Florida District Convention, Jacksonville.

Sep. 18 : Membership wine & cheese event, here at Benedetto's. Look for a prospective new member now!

Sep. 21: Annual Installation Banquet; St. Andrews.

¨ 2008-09 SPEAKER AND GREETER SIGN UP: Walt Evans is doing his annual thing, getting members to sign up for a specific month to be in charge of getting interesting and timely speakers. Also, he needs door greeters to welcome guests and pass out the KiwaNEWS to everyone. Contact Walt or see him to volunteer. Please get involved!

¨ NEXT PNM LUNCHEON SEP. 2 : Prospective new Members and their sponsor meet at River City Grille at 11:45 a.m. Contact Susan Scribner or Norm Hall.

¨ LAST WEEK : Candidates Day!

¨ TODAY's PROGRAM : KFCC Annual Meeting!

¨ SPEAKERS : Rodney Taylor is August Speaker Chair: Aug. 21 , KFCC annual meeting/elections; Aug. 28 , TBA. September is Eddie Webb.

¨ GREETER : Aug./Bill Martin, Sep/Bill Cameron.

¨ BIRTHDAYS: Danny Biehl, Gloria Walker.

¨ ANNIVERSARY LAST WEEK : Danny & Barbara Biehl, George & Joan Pence, Norm & Carolyn Hall.

¨ WELCOME BACK LAST WEEK : Gloria Walker, Bethani Shilliday, George Pence, Mark Geach, Jorge Hernandez, Kaley Miller, Bill Cameron, Danny Biehl.

¨ GUESTS : Richard Sinclair, Steve Reilly, Richard Worch, Mac Horton, Stephen Malenzi, Eleanor Kline, Joan Andrews, Kathryn Whalen, Hannah Flavin, Sean Flavin.

¨ 50/50 WINNER : $53, Tom Hannon.

¨ CLUB POLICY ON CANDIDATES : Please feel free to bring a candidate to lunch, but, no politicking in the building. Introduce them by the office they seek, but no speeches . Literature and petitions must be distributed OUTSIDE the building. No announced candidate will be considered for membership until after the elections. Candidates in the August Primary were invited to “Candidates Day” program. Those in the Nov. 4 General Elections, will be invited to speak Oct. 30 . Kiwanis International forbids politicking at club meetings. Please abide by the Kiwanis International and club policy.

ALUMINUM CANS : Please bring your aluminum cans for The Peace Wildlife Center, bag the cans and put in Ben Scott or Dan Garrett's car.

¨ CLUB POLICY ON CANDIDATES: Please feel free to bring a candidate to lunch, but, no politicking in the building. Introduce them by the office they seek, but no speeches. Literature and petitions must be distributed OUTSIDE the building. No announced candidate will be considered for membership until after the elections. Candidates in the Aug. 26 Primary will be invited Aug. 14 to a “Candidates Day” program. Those in the Nov. 4 General Elections, will be invited to speak Oct. 30 . Kiwanis International forbids politicking at club meetings. Please abide by the Kiwanis International and club policy.

¨ CELL PHONES : Community Service collects used cell phones and gives to the CC Sheriff's Office. Phones are deprogrammed and can only call 9-1-1. They are given to groups like CARE and distributed to abused women to get help if they need it. Please give your phone & charger; to Roger Enger.

¨ P.G. KIWANIS POSTER : Bill Martin is Chairman of our color poster project, a great gift; $5 each, or framed/signed by artist Ron Bates for $25, or Special Framed Poster “Personalized” by the artist for $50. Please see Bill, Joan Greene's Accurate Accounting, Dr. Rick Fox's dentist office, Peace River Wildlife Center, Nolan Insurance, Bobbie Diehl's CC MotorSports Park.

¨ What we are … Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time!”