Kiwanis Queens West Division Newsletter November 2014

Q i W a n i s N e w sJP DDi TTroia , LLieutenant GGovernor 22014-2015

Queens West DivisionNew York District, Kiwanis International

November 2014 Volume 17 • Issue 2

We are in our secondmonth of our divisionyear. Many of the clubshave been very active. Iwould like to thank allthe past advertisers fortheir continued supportof the Division and Iwelcome the new ones.Please remember to sup-port them.

I have made 95 percentof my installations and I thank all the clubs whoinvited me. I look forward to performing the instal-lations of the remaining four clubs. I enjoyed my vis-its and admired the diversity of the clubs in ourDivision. Each club has its own individual pulse toget the job done in helping the community.

I will be emailing the presidents and secretariesthis edition of the News Letter in a PDF format.Please forward this to your members as well as toany potential members. By forwarding the news let-ter to potential members, it may peak their interest inour Kiwanis Family.

In this issue you will see photos of Kiwanis Clubsof Queens West in action. Glendale and HowardBeach had wonderful Halloween parades which cer-tainly left a mark on their communities. You will seelisted some upcoming events for the clubs. Pleasetry to support these events when you can. Our pastLieutenant Governor, Steve Sirgiovanni, once againwill be chairing the division visit to Ronald McDonald House in December. The date and time willbe announced.

Also you will find a message from our “1000 plusmembers” Immediate Past Governor Joe Aiello whois now chairing the formula team on growth.We need to retain these new members as well as gain

new ones. Each club should appoint a new mem-bership chair and a member’s retention chair. Theroll of the retention chair is to contact the newmembers to see if the club is meeting their needsand expectations and to assist them in gettinginvolved in the events of the club. I would like eachclub to send me the complete contact information offor both chairs

At this time I would like to thank, our GlendaleMember Lou Di Rico of Arland Printing for puttingtogether a great news letter and also in PDF format.

Our next Division Meeting will be Dec 15th andwill be hosted by the Woodside club at Donovan's.This is our traditional Holiday Event and promis-es to be lots of fun.

November is the month to be thankful, countour blessings and to reflect on how fortunate weare. We should also ponder on how our KiwanisFamily can help others, not only for the up comingHolidays but for the whole year for the act of giv-ing is its own reward. Bless all of our KiwanisFamily and have a wonderful Holiday.

JP Di TroiaLieutenant Governor [email protected]

The News Inside:

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Message From Lieutenant Governor JP Di Troia

Lt. Governor JP Di TroiaQueens West Division

U. S. C. c/o JP Di Troia, PO Box 28, Middle Village, NY 11379 T: 718-821-9700 – E: [email protected]

Division Secretary: Michael Terry 69-64 Grand Avenue, Maspeth, NY 11378

T: 718-898-0871 – F: 718-732-2402 E: [email protected]

Layout & Printing: Lou Di Rico, Arland Printing 1300 Jericho Tpke., New Hyde Park, NY 11040

T: 516.488.3232 – E: [email protected]

Friend us on The Queens West Face Booktps://www.facebook.com/pages/Queens-West-Division-Kiwanis-

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Villa ErasmoOfficial Restaurant of the Queens West Division

NEXT DIVISION MEETINGMONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Villa Erasmo69-61 Juniper Blvd. South, Middle Village, NY 11379

718-894-8191 7 pm

The Queens West Foundation will meet at5:45 pm at Division meeting’s location.

Queens West Kiwanis Foundationby John Stahl and Janice Bar

At the October meeting of the Foundation we welcomedtwo new members, Anthony Sauro (Glendale) and RoseanneAlafogiannis (Astoria/Long Island City). The boardapproved the purchase of Holiday gifts for the children at theRonald McDonald House. Members of the Queens WestDivision will be providing food for the families during theDecember Holiday Season. Christmas/Holiday cards weredistributed to our board members and members of the divi-sion. This is another fundraising event. Anyone interested inpurchasing a packet of 20 Christmas/Holiday cards for $25,please contact John Stahl (718 651-9479).

The Beatles Concert, held on Saturday, October 25th wasan outstanding success. There were 14 of our 17 Kiwanisclubs in attendance, with over 250 people enjoying thesounds of Yesterday & Today. A special thanks to the commit-tee and Hank Kraker for an enjoyable evening of entertain-ment and Kiwanis fellowship.

The next meeting of the Queens West Kiwanis Foundationis Monday, November 17th beginning at 5:45 PM at VillaErasmo 69-61 Juniper Boulevard South, Middle Village.

To Our December Division Members

Dec. 11st: Charles GGering GlendaleVincent LLodico MaspethJack MMegiel MaspethThomas KKearns LLeffert/LibertyWarren KKroeppel LaGuardiaJimmy FFogle E. EElmhurst

Dec. 22nd: William MManolopoulos Astoria/LICDec. 33rd: Stephen SStafford Corona/E. EElm.Dec. 44th: Nathaniel BBowman Corona/E. EElm.Dec. 55th: Jerry KKrill Astoria/LIC

Kenneth RRudzewick MaspethDec. 66th: James FFurey Astoria/LICDec. 77th: Edward BBoladian Astoria/LIC

Serphin MMaltese GlendaleHaseeb MMohamed Leffert/LibertyJames VVan WWestering Forest HHills

Dec. 88th: Kelly SSexton Lefferts/LibertyDec. 99th: Frederick SStrobel MaspethDec. 111th: Liborio GGalante Glendale

Rocco MManniello LaGuardiaJoyce RRobinson E. EElmhurstRoselee LLehrer Astoria/LIC

Dec. 112th: Matthew RReimann GlendaleJuanita LLick ((Yeelick) Corona/E. EElm.

Dec. 114th: Thomas MMunetz Forest HHillsDec. 116th: Ronald JJoseph Howard BBeachDec. 117th: Kevin KKennedy Forest HHillsDec. 118th: Steven HHanson GlendaleDec. 220th: Michael FFalco MaspethDec. 222nd: Julia AAmmaturo Glendale

Richard MMarotta LaGuardiaDec. 223rd: Mary GGasparic GlendaleDec. 224th: Tina DDiTroia MaspethDec. 226th: Carolyn BBratton E. EElmhurst

Walter CChaluisant Ozone PParkDec. 227th: Edward MMcGowan Jackson HHgts.Dec. 228th: N.J.L’Heureux Rich.Hill/Wdhaven

Frank MMonteforte Howard BBch.Dec. 330th: Vincent AArcuri Glendale

Thomas WWalsh LaGuardiaFrank MMcIntyre LaGuardia

Dec. 331st: William HHuisman LaGuardiaMildred MMandese Glendale

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Queens West Division - Upcoming Events:November 13, 2014 Middle Village Kiwanis begins

collecting for Turkey Dinners

November 15, 2014 Ozone Park Kiwanis Comedy ShowSat., 7:30pm @Boys & Girls ClubTickets $25-Food & Drinks Available

November 17, 2014 Division Meeting, Villa Erasmo @7pm

November 18, 2014 Maspeth’s The Godfather’s Meshuggener Wedding, O’Neill’s Restaurant, Dinner 7pm. - $60 p/p.

December 1, 2014 Astoria/LIC Holiday Auction, 6:30pm @ Riccardo’s, 21 St. & 24 Ave.,FREE Admission

December 15, 2014 December Holiday Division Meeting,Donovan’s, Woodside @7 pm

Each Office Is IndependentlyOwned And Operated

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MMiddle Village Kiwanis

4th Annual Food DriveOur Goal is to Feed 150 Families in Need

This Holiday Season in our community

*Collecting canned goods, stuffing mix, boxed dessert

*Monetary donations appreciated!

Checks can be made payable to Middle Village Kiwanis

Drop Off Sites in Middle Village include

Fun Stuff Crifasi Real Estate

75-22 Metropolitan Ave 79-47 Metropolitan Ave

718-326-1345 718-894-8700

Astoria bank

75-25 Metropolitan Ave

718-894-7272

Your Kindness Is Truly Appreciated!!

THE FORMULA - LOVE IT, SHARE IT, LIVE IT. THE KIWANIS EXPERIENCE

IP GOVERNOR JOE AIELLO

I welcome our NY Kiwanis Family to the FORMULA. As the chair of the Formula, I want to share our Vision,Mission, and Goal for 2014-2015 year. Our Governor has entrusted me to lead the District with DPG JoeEppolito to strengthen our District in growth and club building. Each Lt. Governor and President should have received the contact information on the Formula team. If not, contact Joe Eppolito.

We have chosen the goal of 1,100 NEW MEMBERS, 6 NEW CLUBS. These Goals can be reached because of the PASSION, DYNAMICS, DEDICATION, MOTIVATION, ENERGY, and HEART. We have the talent to make our Kiwanis family #1! How are we going to do this? We built 5 clubs and 1,056 members 2013-2014. Now, we need to focus, educate and retain. There is nothing we can’t do.

But, we need to start NOW. Not next week. TODAY! I urge all the LT. Governors to be creative, think out of the box. Work with your club Presidents, set Goals, Recognize & Incentives. I know all of you have your best interest for the Divisions. Just think, making your clubs stronger makes a better community and for the youth.The Formula team is here for your use to assist you in every way. As, I did in the past, I’m willing to visit your Divisional meeting to motivate, retain, and educate. You can’t do this alone get support from the team.

NEW CLUB BUILDERS: Are in every Division, the team will not start to build a club, without your knowledge or your input. Once club is built it will fall under the Lt. Governor. The club builders are in place tosupport and canvas the locations in your community. Also assist clubs that are small or on a verge of closing orboard action. Mentor clubs to keep stability.

CLUB COUNSELORS: Are in every Division, assist smaller clubs, clubs that may need assistance, bring club to Charter strength. They mentor new clubs, educate, and retain membership. The team will do this if invited bythe President. The Lt. Governor must be notified. It’s up to the Lt. Governor to invite a counselor to step in.

MEMBERSHIP CHAIR: Lt. Governor Elect Julie Watterson (Three Village- Brookhaven Township Suffolk LI) [email protected]; 108 Fawn Ln. E., South Setauket 11720 - 631-987-2442. Julie is the NY District Membership Chair. Julie will be sending out potential member inquiries from K. International. The contacts will be sent to Presidents, and Lt. Governors. You need to follow up with those potential members and report back to Julie timely with a copy of your new member application to be sent to Julie for recognition. Also, send any deletes with contact information. Club Counselors can see why a member left or maybe to bring back a member.

NCB CHAIR: DPG Joseph EPPOLITO will lead the NCB TEAM Building clubs is his specialty. Joe will send out updates, stats, new club locations. Joe will make team member changes if needed. He will work closely with the class of LT. Governors, NCB, C/C and the Zone Chairs. The magic number is 6 for the year. [email protected]; Cell: 315-652-5940

FORMULA CHAIR: IP GOVERNOR JOE AIELLO; 516-622-6758; [email protected] to oversee theFormula; to assure we reach our Goals; to strengthen our District by 1,100 members; to educate, motivate andretain; to get all the team to Focus and Believe! We will succeed and close the back door. We have thecapabilities to be CHAMPIONS. WE ARE.

The Formula Training Meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 19th at the Atlas Park

Community Center at 7:00 pm, 3rd Floor, Room 213. Mr. Layton Lee from Kiwanis International

will be the instructor. We urge every club to have at least 2-3 representatives at this meeting.

Key Club NewsHello Queens West!

My name is Cindy Pietrakowski and I am currently serving as the Lieutenant Governor of Division 8-A in KeyClub. Key Club has currently passed the half way mark of our service year and our clubs are pushing to squeeze inas many fundraisers, service project, and events as possible. After recently being exposed to the organization “TheThirst Project”, our officers have started an initiative to join together and brainstorm ways to donate enough moneyto build an entire well in the country of Swaziland. This organization helps the water crisis in under developednations, and has a focus on education through exposure to students. From inter-clubbing with dance fundraisers towalk-a-thon with water jugs, definitely ask clubs about their plans and encourage them to become involved.

Being the start of the school year our clubs are also in their busiest recruitment season an, with Key Club weekcoming up, advertisements about the organizations will be at their prime. Clubs will be contacting their sponsoring

Kiwanis clubs to discuss plans to incorporate the K-Family into their Key Club week; in the final year of the Eliminate campaign extra push-es from the K-Family are needed.

Our Fall Rally (division lead training conference) has recently come and passed. At Fall Rally club officers and members had tochance to attended a variety of workshops surrounding leadership and key club international, meet individuals from different city divisions,and speak to guests from the district board- including District Governor Jacob Spencer and District Secretary Heather Farley. As I said beforewe are done with over half of our service year, which unfortunately means we are closer to the end of the year. On the bright side that meansthat our annual Leadership Training Conference in Albany will be coming up! Clubs are being encouraged to begin fundraising, spreadingawareness, and seeking help from their Kiwanis clubs to register and attend the conference.

Finally on behalf of the division as a whole - Thank you! We have such an amazing Kiwanis division behind us, and amazing spon-soring clubs. We are proud to be able to work with all of you!

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Lt Gov. JP Di Troia and his lovely wife Tina Di Troia, having ablast at the parade

Immediate Past Governor “1000 plus newmembers” Joe Aiello at the Halloween Parade

DPP of the Middle Village Club and a Maspeth Club Member, Tina Di Troia

President of the GlendaleKiwnanis Club, Kenneth

Voisin, with a spooky winner!

Hal loween ParadesGlendale

Grand Marshal of the Glendale Parade Lt Gov. JP Di Troiawith one of the winners

Lt Gov. JP Di Troia with one of the winners, Iron Man

Kenneth Voisin, President of the Glendale Club,with the spooky winner and other club members

Our Grand Marshal’s at the 28th Annual Halloween Parade. From left: Frank Almonte from Key Food, Howard Beach President

John Spagnuolo, Gov. Elect Forbes Irvine and Howard Beachresident Rocco Morabito, seated.

Howard Beach

At the 28th Annual Halloween Parade - From left: PG Joe Corace,Howard Beach residents John and Laura Morabito, Gov. ElectForbes Irvine, PLG Stephen Sirgiovanni, and Grand Marshal

Rocco Morabito, front center.

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