PNW Kiwanis Builder Autumn 2014

Autumn 2014

A quarterly resource to help build clubs and communities

PACIFIC NORTHWEST DISTRICT

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In 2015, Kiwanis will turn 100. A celebration this important requires preparation. Is your club getting ready? Add your inspiration to our global celebration. Get ideas and information on the 100th anniversary website!

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inside the builder | autumn 2014 VOLUME 87, NO. 1__________________________

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Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to

improving the world, one child and one community at a time.

Get more information about Kiwanis International and Pacific Northwest District projects:

www.theeliminateproject.org www.kiwanis-kccp.org www.kiwanissign.comGet ideas and information at Kiwanis.org/Kiwanis100.

In 2015, Kiwanis will turn 100. A celebration this important requires preparation. Is your club getting ready? Add your inspiration to our global celebration. Get ideas and information on the 100th anniversary website!

You’re part of our history. Be part of our celebration.

4 From your Immediate Past Governor

5 Governor’s Message

6 Your PNW District Foundation

7 PNW Capital Campaign

8 Club newsletter and brochure competitions

10 2015 Rose Festival float project

12 Interclubs

13 Kiwanis Park in Pendleton, OR

14 SIGN Fracture Care International

15 35 Quick & easy service project ideas for the Holiday season

20 Every child a book of their own

22 Club news

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It feels like this year went like lightning speed. For me is was a honor and privilege to serve as your Governor. Thank you. Together we accomplished a lot of things. Membership is up, we have a new Key Leader in the Seattle area. We are supporting the Military. New services projects that have changed communities forever. All because of you, the Members. Thank you for your thumbprint on our communities and on the world.

Greg and I have truly enjoyed traveling around the PNW, it is always good to see old friends and make new friends. Everyone we have come across have been gracious, kind and generous. I know I say this a lot and it is because I mean it, this is the greatest Organization in the world. Kiwanians are the best!

Governor Bob is already gearing up and is in motion to help the PNW be the best it can be, with the Formula, Love it Share it Live it. Governor Bob is lucky, as he gets to be Governor in our 100th year as an Organization. Think about that, it is truly impressive that we are still standing strong after 100 years. It is going to be one heck of a party!!

Governor Elect Sue McFarlin will be a great addition, as she joins the Leadership Team. Sue has some great ideas and is a true team player. Welcome Sue!

Last year we formed the Governors Group which consists of the Governor, Immediate Past Governor and the Governor Elect. This is to show continuity, share ideas, be one another’s sounding boards and to help strengthen communication. This has really helped.

So now that I am Immediate Past Governor, I get to do what I love to do and that is to rally, fundraise and shout KCCP from the mountains. If you want me to come to your area email me at [email protected]. Thanks for the outstanding year and thank you to my Team 212!

Pamela Smith Immediate Past Governor 2014-2015

KCCP District Chair 2014-2015

Kiwanians & Team 212:


The next 100 years

Celebrating the past. Embracing the future.The Centennial Year is upon us! As we embark on the next 100 years of our Kiwanis experience, we are poised for an exciting and challenging year ahead. We face three challenges next year.

Embrace The Formula.

This is our opportunity to secure our future. More members will enable us to serve more children, help more communities and expand our fellowship with more people who share our passion. To do this we need to open new clubs and strengthen our existing clubs to become more inviting to new members. With The Formula, we have lots of new tools available to help us. We need to share the experience. We need to get the word out about why Kiwanis is the best organization in the world serving children today. We have great marketing and branding tools to help us do this as well.

Celebrate the Centennial.

For 100 years Kiwanis has been the world leader in service to children. Around the nation, Kiwanis is building playgrounds as gifts to local communities. The Pacific Northwest District is joining hands with the Redmond, Oregon Kiwanis Club and the City of Redmond Parks & Recreation Department to build our playground as a gift to the Redmond community.

Joining us for our celebration party on February 14th at the SeaTac Double Tree Hotel will be Kiwanis International President, Dr. John Button. But this party isn’t just for Kiwanians. It will be for anyone wishing to help us celebrate our 100 years of service: Friends, family, acquaintances. Everyone is invited.

Reach the ELIMINATE Goal.

This is the year we bring the ELIMINATE campaign home. This is the year we leave our legacy. This is the year Kiwanis gives the gift of a world free from Maternal Neonatal Tetanus. We must keep our eye on the goal of raising $110 million in pledges to enable UNICEF to bring life-saving vaccines and education to the countries still struggling to end this horrible disease killing children. With everyone’s help and commitment, we can do this.

Together, as Kiwanians, we can join hands and make a difference in the world.

Bob Munger Governor 2014-15

Together, as Kiwanians, we can join hands and make a difference in the world.


THANK YOU PNW DISTRICT, FOR SUPPORTING THE FOUNDATIONYour Pacific Northwest Foundation would like to thank you for another year of supporting the great work we have accomplished throughout the district by your gifts and contributions; and for your participation in our survey conducted over the year. Just at DCON this past August you gifted $6,000.00 to the raffle for a 7 day time share donated by long time Foundation Director, Helen Elsmore. Many clubs increased their support by giving more per member than the suggested $5.00 per member level.

As we all know there are more needs that have gone unmet in every community; and with that in mind the Officers and Directors of your Foundation have set a goal for this next year to reach a sustainable endowment fund of a “Million Dollars”. We are within reach of that goal with your support and continued giving. Think of the lasting gift the Pacific Northwest District can give itself during 2015, our International Centennial Celebration Year, by attaining that goal. It is our promotional theme “Make it a Million in 2015 for Our Centennial Gift: A Million Dollar Legacy”. What better statement could we make than our commitment of the future service to our communities secured through a million dollar and growing endowment fund?

Please consider making a personal donation and asking your club to give at an increased level this next year. We will be shifting our recognition standards to call attention to the giving of individual and club level gifts. Look for these recognitions rolling out soon. Join the “Million Dollar Legacy Club” by giving a gift of as little as $25.00 as an individual or $100.00 as a club.

The most frequent comment from the surveys was the lack of foundation education for the club and individual Kiwanian levels of the organization. As your Foundation directors, we want to change that. Please ask your club to have a club meeting program and a Division Council Meeting presented by a foundation director. It would also be appropriate to ask your club to appoint one person to act as a contact for all Kiwanis Foundations whether they be club, District Canadian or International. Please contact someone in your area for a program presentation. For your convenience to contact them, here are your District Foundation Officers and Directors:

President Gary Jespersen Spokane, WAPres-Elect Louise Regelin Moscow, IDVice-Pres Mike Frucci Spokane Valley, WASecretary Jewell Bailey Gresham, ORTreasurer Mike Mohan Prineville, ORPast-Pres John Howe Bellingham, WA

2014-16 DIRECTORS 1 Roger Bell Yakima, WA 2 George Cadman N. Vancouver, BC 3 Helen Elsmore The Dalles, OR 4 John Howe Bellingham, WA 5 Gary Jespersen Spokane, WA 6 Howard Montoure Kent, WA 7 Dr. Mike Wilson Yakima, WA 8 Dick Tracy Gresham, OR 9 Derek Valley Olympia, WA

10 Margie Wilson Wenatchee, WA 11 David Watts Fairbanks, AKEx-Officio Jackie McFarlin Tacoma, WA

2013-15 DIRECTORS 1 Jewell Bailey Gresham, OR 2 Robert Bernhard Corvallis, OR 3 Ron Currie Mission, BC 4 Mike Frucci Spokane Valley, WA 5 Shirley Hopper Pendleton, OR 6 Tracy MacDonald Seaside, OR 7 Loren Lee Longview, WA 8 Mike Mohan Prineville, OR 9 Ronald George Victoria, BC 10 Louise Regelin Moscow, ID 11 – position open – Ex-Officio Bob Munger Beaverton, OR


For the first time in the history of the Pacific Northwest District of Kiwanis International, we have a permanent home. A headquarters has been purchased to enhance the effectiveness of Kiwanis and to serve you better. A capital campaign has been launched to raise over $200,000 to pay off the mortgage. We are asking YOU to donate a special gift to make the dream of a permanent PNW Kiwanis headquarters become a reality!

The new headquarters provides

• Meeting space for PNW Kiwanis Board and Committee meetings• Storage and display options for Kiwanis history and memorabilia• Adequate offices for Kiwanis staff• Rental income from non-profit groups to support the headquarters• A space honoring Kiwanians, clubs and divisions in the PNW• An enduring symbol of Kiwanis in the PNW – Past, Present and Future

Your name can be etched in history.Each room of the headquarters building can be named after a person, business, club or division. A beautiful, dignified plaque will be affixed to each room.

Brick PatioIn addition, there is a beautiful brick patio inscribed with the names of Kiwanians or honored persons. The brick campaign has already raised over $15,000.

Honor RollThere will be an Honor Roll plaque at the entrance to the building to commemorate other gifts, as well as, a Memorial plaque for those who wish to forever remember a past Kiwanian or loved one.

How can you help?• Give an outright gift or a pledge of money over three years.• Purchase a room, Honor Roll plaque or Memorial plaque or brick• Transfer appreciated stocks, bonds, mutual funds or other investments• Gift property (real or personal) that can be easily sold for cash

Our goal is to raise $200,000 over three years. Total gifts may be made outright or in monthly or quarterly installments. We are asking that Kiwanians, clubs, divisions or others make a pledge or donation now. Your generous support will make a significant impact that will last for generations.

Thank you for taking part in this important mission. If you have questions, please contact a committee member:

Rodney Page [email protected]

Mel Adams [email protected]

Bob Munger [email protected]

Honoring the Past—Building for the Future PNW Capital Campaign Underway


The purpose of a club newsletter contest is to stimulate the production of effective newsletters, build morale among editors, and improve this prime source of Kiwanis communication within our own clubs, other clubs, the Division and District. There is a “point” system your newsletter is judged by, and every month there is a maximum of 235 points.

1) Frequency of submission – 120 points; 10 points for each month

Submissions for twelve successive months from October 2013 through September 2014 are advisable but not required. (12 months is required for maximum points). The deadline for your final monthly issue is September 30, 2015.

2) Appearance – 25 points

a. Your masthead should include the name of the newsletter, the name of your club and the date of publication (5 points).

b. It should be distinctive and identifiable as your club’s newsletter, but it should not be too busy. Have the same layout from issue to issue so readers can find specific information easily (5 points).

c. If you don’t have the same layout, use a Table of Contents or “What is Inside”. Use a headline (bolder and/or larger type) to identify the start of a new article (5 points).

d. The Kiwanis logo should appear on your newsletters front page and must be the most current version (5 points).

e. Use other Kiwanis logos and mottos such as Young Children

Priority One (YCPO) when appropriate and spell out what the acronym means the first time you use it (5 points).

3) A Calendar of Upcoming Events – 15 points

a. Monthly calendar or listing of upcoming club events and dates should be included. It is a good idea to have a full calendar every month so when you pass out your newsletter, a potential new member will have the schedule (10 points).

b. Include International, District, and Division events in this listing. Conventions, Division Council Meetings, as well as your club’s activities and projects. Kiwanis family projects and lists of upcoming programs can be given here. Calendar should be easily readable. (5 points)

4) Home Club and Division Club Contact and Meeting Information – 15 points

a. Include a section listing the names, phone numbers and e-mail addresses of your club’s officers, directors, and newsletter editor. This area should also include the time and place of your club meetings as well as your web site. (10 points).

b. There should also be a section listing your Division’s clubs, their meeting places and times including a contact name and number for each. The Lt. Governor’s name, e-mail address, and phone number should appear here also. (5 points)

5) Meeting Reports – 20 points

a. Include a summary of the past Board Meeting and notice of the next Board meeting with time and place. Regularly include an article by the President (10 points).

b. Secretary or Committee Chairs reports (10 points).

6) Member Participation – 15 points

a. Include recognition of club members (by name) for participating in club projects, activities and participation in club Inter-clubs (5 points)

b. Division meetings (5 points).

c. Recognition of new members with a brief biography (5 points).

7) Club Activities and Committees – 10 points

An article about recent club projects, as well as an article about future projects is important and fun items. Also include sponsored youth reports, a public relations report, photos taken at club projects or fund raisers, and reports by committee chairs and Inter-Clubs.

8) General Kiwanis Information – 5 points

Include reports of meetings, actions and events at Division, District, and International level as they may affect your club.

2014-2015 Pacific Northwest District

Newsletter Judging Criteria


Kiwanis Club Brochure Judging and Guidelines

9) Service Beyond the Local Level – 5 points

Mention organizations outside your local area. These might include Kiwanis Children’s Cancer Program (KCCP), Surgical Implant Generation Network (SIGN), Save Old Spectacle (SOS), Maternal/Neonatal Tetanus (Eliminate) and the International/PNW/ and Canadian Foundations.

10) Service Leadership Programs – 5 points

Report any information of Service Leadership Programs including K-Kids, Builders Club, Key Club, Key Leader, CKI and the Aktion Clubs.

Newsletter Distribution

In addition to your club members, you should include your Lt. Governor, District Governor, and the PNW District Office in your distribution. Also consider the Lt. Governor-elect and the Governor elect and anyone else you think may be interested. E-mail a copy to each of the clubs in your Division and don’t forget the newsletter judge’s copy. You need to do this each month as you are judged monthly. E-mail your “PDF” newsletter to the e-mail address below. If you cannot submit your newsletter in the “PDF” format you must snail mail a printed copy to the judge.

The purpose of the club brochure contest is to encourage and stimulate the production of effective club brochures for public relations, marketing and member recruitment. There is a “point” system your brochure will be judged by, and a maximum of 80 points.

1) Appearance - 25 points

Your masthead should include the name, city, and state or province of your club. You want it to be distinctive and identifiable as YOUR brochure, but not too busy. The content should be positive rather than negative, and have an easy-to-read layout. A current Kiwanis logo should appear somewhere on the front of your brochure.

2) Data Requirements - 25 points

a. You should include the mailing address of your club

b. A contact number or web address

c. The date, time, and location of your club’s meetings

d. Annual club events and/or projects

e. Information in narrative form about the club: who can join, who the club serves, and information about the club’s sponsored youth organizations

3) Graphics and Printing Quality – 10 points

Include quality photos of children, adults, and teens to show diversity of service to the community served by your club.

The typeface should be easy to read, and you should not use more than 3 different fonts. I suggest the use of quality clip art and a high quality paper.

4) Response Mechanism – 20 points

a. Your brochure should include a tear-off panel or insert that can be mailed back to the club or a club member.

b. Include the club’s mailing address, phone number, and web site address

c. A place for the responder to write his/her name and the contact information

d. A check-off list for the responder to indicate areas of interest on the tear-off panel or insert.

Deadline for submission is June 30, 2015

Note: Brochures can be submitted electronically

2014-15 PNW District Chair Newsletter & Brochure Judge

Margie Swanson

11378 SW Palm Place Tigard, Oregon 96223

Need help or advice? Phone 503-590-4186 or email - [email protected]


Kiwanis Rose Festival Float Project


The REASON for the KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL

ROSE FLOAT PROJECTThe Kiwanis Rose Float Club of Pasadena was chartered in 2000, our goal as Kiwanians was to make sure that Kiwanis International would be represented in the Annual Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, CA on New Year’s Day.

The 2015 Kiwanis International Rose Float will be the 30th year that Kiwanis will have a float in the parade and the theme of this year’s float is “100 YEARS OF INSPIRING CHILDREN” and will have sixteen riders including the Kiwanis International President.

The theme for the 2015 Rose Parade sponsored by American Honda is “INSPIRING STORIES” — I would like you to imagine watching the parade along with the millions of people on the parade route and the millions of viewers worldwide watching on television, when they see the floats of Rotary International, Lions International and the other service clubs and there is not a KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL ROSE FLOAT.

As Kiwanians, we must make sure that the dedication and work of Kiwanis International serving the world, ONE CHILD and ONE COMMUNITY AT A TIME, be known. What better way can that be done than on National Television that is seen around the world by millions of viewers?

During the month of December when decorating begins, the LARGEST SINGLE SERVICE PROJECT starts to unfold. Imagine 7000 volunteers all wearing blue Kiwanis t-shirts coming together in shifts of 500 bringing the 10-12 floats – including the Kiwanis International Rose Float – to life with seeds, bark, beans, corn husks and flowers.

Our volunteers start the registration process in early August and consists of CKI’ers, Key Clubbers, Builders Club members and Kiwanians eager to be a part of this worthwhile service project during the Christmas Holiday.

The first time I decorated a float I was President of my Key Club in 1959 and I have been involved for the past 54 years. I have enjoyed every minute of the service hours I have put in, the volunteers I have met and the remarks of fellow Kiwanians who have been on the float site and in the reviewing stands on parade day, when they see the Kiwanis International Rose Float and they say “THAT’S OUR FLOAT”.

As the Past 2011-2013 Kiwanis Rose Float President, I would like each and every one of you to get involved and support this KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL PROJECT. Our goal is to get each Kiwanis Club in the United States to purchase just one (1) order of eight (8) dozen roses for the purchase price of $160.00 tax and delivery included. A donation of $32 per order will be made to a charity of your choice or back to your club or for EMT. You can ask your Sponsored Leadership Programs to get involved to show support to their fellow SLP members who are working as volunteers on the project.

– Larry Madick Kiwanis Rose Float Club 310-350-0929 • http://www.kiwanisrosefloat.com

KIWANIS: 100 YEARS

OF INSPIRING CHILDREN

Did someone in your club use these words recently? If yes…did you go? If they asked and you didn’t…why? Do you know what an interclub is? Why should you go?

After Governor Bob asked me to serve as PNW chair for Interclubs this coming year, I began to think about why we interclub and how it enhances our Kiwanis membership. In my club, we try to have at least four interclubs a month…sometimes we are successful, sometimes not quite but to a person, everyone who attends is glad they went.

What is an interclub? According to KI Policies and Procedures…

344.1 - Inter-club MeetingAn inter-club meeting is one which is held by two or more Kiwanis clubs (including clubs “in formation”) or by a Kiwanis club and any Builders Club, Circle K club, Key Club, Aktion Club, K-Kids, or Kiwanis Junior club. (10/85) (4/04)

A. For clubs having a membership of twenty (20) or less members, a minimum of two (2) members in attendance will be required to constitute an Inter-club meeting. (4/04)

B. For clubs with a membership of twenty-one (21) to thirty (30) members, a minimum of three (3) members

in attendance will be required to constitute an Inter-club meeting. (4/04)

C. For clubs with a membership of thirty-one (31) or more members, a minimum of four (4) members in attendance will be required to constitute an Inter-club meeting. (4/04)

Why should you go on an interclub? There are several good reasons…we meet new people, learn about a new program in our community or figured out a way to partner with another club on a great new project…and had a good breakfast or lunch as a bonus. And to top it off, we got an attendance credit.

I urge all club presidents to appoint an interclub chair and then support their efforts to get your club members to participate. They might only make one interclub this year…but they might be able to attend 20. If your chair can get the members moving…why not try for the Round Robin Patch for your club banner… earned by clubs whose members conduct a minimum of 24 interclubs during the administrative year, and who achieve at least one interclub with all clubs in their own Division. Your club CAN DO IT!

Paula Glenn PNW Interclub Chair 2014-15


Let’s interclub next week…


In the spring of 2001 the Kiwanis Club of Pendleton and the Kiwanis Round-Up Club of Pendleton began holding joint Community Service meetings to develop a Kiwanis Playground Park in Pendleton. The area, at that time, was simply a grass area with nothing else there, except bathroom facilities. It was across the street from the Little League Ballpark parking lot and a block from the ball fields.

Two years later, in April, 2002, work parties were scheduled. Regular meetings and work parties continued including clearing the area for development of a playground. Following many work parties and almost all Kiwanians helping we were beginning to see a playground area develop. And then came the winds!! We had a horrific wind storm and all the work we had accomplished to date blew over. So, we were back to the beginning of constructing the playground equipment! Finally, on August 9, 2003, the Kiwanis Park was officially dedicated.

The Kiwanis Park has been used by many area children, families gathering for potlucks, and regular summer evening socials for Kiwanis Club Members. Since 2003 a drinking fountain has been added and two benches have been installed recognizing long-time Kiwanians.

The Kiwanis Round-Up Club of Pendleton merged with the Kiwanis Club of Pendleton on October 1, 2013.

Fast forward to the fall of 2013, when the Kiwanis Club of Pendleton decided it was time to add a covered area at the park to provide a covered picnic area for public use.

With the excellent assistance of Club Member Mary Ann McCune, a number of grant applications were sent out requesting support of the project to add a covered area at the

Kiwanis Park. We have received over $18,000 in grants from Wildhorse Foundation, PNW Kiwanis Foundation, Pendleton Foundation Trust, and Ash Grove Charitable Foundation. The City of Pendleton donated the staff to install the structure. The Pendleton Kiwanis Foundation has also donated a considerable amount to the project. We are continuing to seek grants to cover the almost $30,000 park improvement project.

On August 14, 2014, a ribbon cutting ceremony was held in conjunction with the Pendleton Chamber of Commerce’s monthly “Kick It Up After 5” event.

Kiwanis Park in Pendleton Oregon


Dear John (Yegge),

Thank you very much for giving us a ride to the hockey last Saturday. We really appreciate your

time and effort. We enjoyed watching the game.

Above all let me wholeheartedly thank you and Kiwanis for continuously supporting SIGN. As

I’ve told you our institution Davao Medical Center (now Southern Philippines Medical Center),

Philippines is one of those chosen to be a Kiwanis//SIGN Surgery Center. It was Dr. Espiridion

Reyes, one of our senior orthopedic consultants, who received this plaque in 2007. We’ve thanked

Kiwanis many times and I’ll say it again from the bottom of my heart, A BIG THANK YOU for your

unwavering kindness. We can’t repay you for this except with Smiles from our happy patients

who’ve benefitted from your support. I believe, this is the true measure of success in everything

that we’ve worked for together. More power to Kiwanis!

Sincerely,

Dr. Hilario “Larry” Diaz

Davao City, Philippines


SIGN Fracture Care InternationalSIGN’s 2014 annual conference was held this year on September 10th through the 13th. It was attended by 150+ surgeons from around the world plus teaching surgeons from North America. Our two KiwanisSIGN steering committees and local Kiwanians supported the conference providing an on call chauffeur service for the surgeons and attended the evening meals. We also provided a chauffeur service for interested surgeons who wanted to attend a hockey game Saturday night. We believe the conference was a great experience for us and SIGN also believes it was their best conference yet!

Some of the surgeons arrived early so we were able to bring a surgeon to every Kiwanis club meeting held in the Tri-Cities that week. For a couple of the meetings we were able to get a surgeon from a surgery center the club has sponsored. All the surgeons expressed their appreciation for our support and described the positive influence we have had in their hospitals.

Wednesday night SIGN held a SIGN Family Reunion where we were invited to dine with the surgeons and other supporters. It was an absolutely fabulous experience to eat and chat with these surgeons. Personally I dined with surgeons from Haiti, Afghanistan, Iraq, the Marshall Islands and Cambodia. We openly asked and answered questions during a very enjoyable evening.

Thursday morning at the conference opening I presented a hospital plaque for our newest KiwanisSIGN center to Dr. Sam Kiwesa, the chief surgeon of the Nkoaranga Lutheran Hospital in Arusha Tanzania. This was followed by Ann Penner presenting Dr. Zirkle with $25,000 in donations from the Bellingham and other Division 18 clubs.

We also attended picnics Thur and Friday evenings at Dr. Zirkle’s and SIGN CEO Jeanne Dillner’s homes. Again we were able to mingle with and have discussions with the visiting surgeons. I was personally rewarded when Dr. Sam Kiwesa sought me out, thanked me for our support and invited me to visit him in Arusha. I hope I will be able to do so. A doctor from Ethiopia told me he was the only orthopaedic surgeon for 8 million people. He said when he first started he felt helpless and was not accomplishing much. Then he heard about SIGN and went to the Black Lion Hospital (a KiwanisSIGN center) and was trained. SIGN then supplied him the tools and implants and he said that he can now keep up with the new injuries. However, he said the deformed patients (victims of the native bone setters) are much more difficult to treat and he now has a 4 year backlog awaiting treatment.

A Philippines surgeon summed it up. He asked me, ”Where else could I go to exchange information with surgeons from Pakistan and Cambodia. Where else could I get advice from experts on the latest techniques. We are all brothers here! There are no dumb questions!” John Yegge commented that this is what the United Nations should be like.

Randy Huebner (ACUMED CEO) asked me if I had met any of the surgeons from North America and I had. He then asked if I realized they were all Internationally known experts in their fields and I did not. He told me that if I could get a list of the top ten surgeons in North America they would all be on it.

What a treat for these visiting surgeons. No wonder they were so enthusiastic and grateful! Randy also told me he has been attending these conferences for ten years now and the improvement he has seen in confidence and proficiency of the surgeons is significant. He believes SIGN is accomplishing wonders and thanked us for our support.

Well these are just my experiences. When comparing notes afterwards we all had a similar experiences. Although I did not take part in the last activity – taking the surgeons to a hockey game – those that did reported that the surgeons had a great time and cheered like they knew what was happening. The local team won in the final minute which made things even better. One surgeon commented that he thought the sport might generate as much orthopedic work as an Afghanistan goat polo game!

Ralph Curran, PNW District KiwanisSIGN Project Co-Chair

SIGN surgeons visit the SIGN Fracture Care International manufacturing facility in Richland, WA.


Make Christmas cards to send to service members stationed overseas. Find out how to get started online at: www.operationgratitude.com

Volunteer at a local social service organization in their “loading” area. Many people volunteer in the soup kitchen, but these groups are often in need of

help unloading , sorting and repackaging items that have been dropped off.

Go to a “dollar store” and get items to stuff stockings with – small lotions, warm mittens, candies. Keep the stockings in your car, and

whenever you see a person who needs a “pick-me-up,” give them a stocking . . . a mom battling

a screaming child, someone who looks stressed, a homeless person, your postal carrier, whoever.

If you have children, talk to them about the Eliminate project – a world cause that they can relate to. Have one of their presents be a donation

in their name so they can learn how to give, and feel the power behind it.

Perform a Christmas program for a nursing home or children’s hospital

Have kids and teens offer a gift-wrapping service and donate the money to a charity. They can also raise money by watching the neighbor’s kids while they go holiday shopping.

For your club, company or family holiday party, set up a craft table where journals, friendship bracelets, cards, etc can be made. Send them to a local foster care group in your area.

Host a holiday baking party. Get together with friends and bake holiday treats to take down to a local homeless shelter, fire department, or inner

city school so they can have a holiday party.

Skip out on buying presents for the family this year, and do a nice Christmas for a family who

otherwise would not have it.

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holiday seasonA lot of people want to volunteer and make a difference in their communities, but some feel really overwhelmed finding a place to start. Here is a list of holiday service project ideas for individuals or groups can do for the holidays . . . they could be a great way to get family members and SLPs involved in service with your club over the winter break!

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Put a little treat or card together for the next Salvation Army bell ringer you see.

Go caroling, and leave cookies with each house.

Shovel snow from a neighbors sidewalk.

Help an elderly person put up Christmas lights.

Decorate a tree in a populated area for people passing to enjoy.

Clean out your closet and donate old hats, gloves, coats, and shoes to shelters for the cold months.

Pass out cups of hot chocolate to people waiting in the cold for the bus.

Decorate the halls of a hospital, family shelter or senior living facility.

Keep off the holiday pounds and support a charity by running in a 5k that benefits a specific charity in December.

Volunteer at a local library.

Make sandwiches and sack lunches for a homeless shelter.

Make a meal for families in Ronald McDonald Homes

Donate a decorated tree to a shelter. Or, take a tree to a shelter and help decorate it with them.

Check on elderly people nearby when there is bad weather.

Organize a food scavenger hunt with friends. Make a list of food items they must find from neighbors, friends, etc, and create a fun competition. Donate

the food collected.

Good at couponing? Use your skills to collect necessary food and toiletry items for a shelter.

Help carry groceries for your neighbor.

Recycle your wrapping paper.

Invite someone to dinner who you know is going to be alone on the holidays. My sister took Thanksgiving to a man at her work when she found out he was in his

50s, has never been married, and hasn’t had Thanksgiving since the 1980s. He told her that meal was the thing he was most grateful for this year.

Donate gently used books to a children’s hospital.

Buy the drink of the person behind you at Starbucks.

Let your friends and family know how much you love them.

Make homemade ornaments for co-workers and fellow Kiwanis members to thank them for what they do.

Make cinnamon rolls for a school crossing guard.

Make easy fleece scarves to donate to a battered women and childrens shelter.

Skip a Latte’ (or martini) for Charity. Make a commitment to skip a latte’ (or your beverage or

choice) once a week or more during the holidays. Take the savings and donate to a local nonprofit or a cause you care about. Recruit your friends and coworkers to pledge to Skip a Latte’ too, and see what kind of impact you can make together.

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Basic Rolled Sugar Cookies1 cup butter, softened

1 cup superfine sugar (or granulated sugar, processed in blender or food processor for 30 seconds)

½ tsp. salt

1 large egg

1 large egg yolk

2 tsp. Vanilla extract

½ tsp. Almond extract

2 ½ cups all-purpose flour

Cream butter, sugar and salt until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes with mixer set at medium speed. Add yolk, beat well. Add whole egg, vanilla and optional almond extract and beat until well-incorporated. Add flour; beat at low speed just until flour is mixed in; do not overmix. Divide dough in halves or thirds and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate until firm, at least one hour and up to 2 days.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Dust work surface and rolling pin with flour. Roll dough to 1/4” thick, sprinkling with additional flour as needed to prevent sticking. Cut into desired shapes and place on parchment or silicone-lined pans. Bake in preheated oven until cookies appear dry on the surface and are light golden brown on the edges, about 10 minutes (very large cookies may take up to 12 or 13 minutes).

Remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks and cool completely before decorating.

Sugar Cookie IcingThis sugar cookie icing recipe is ideal for decorating sugar cookies, because you can easily manipulate the consistency to make it thicker or thinner. And like royal icing, this homemade sugar cookie icing dries quickly, which means you can add more decorations (colored sugar, sprinkles, etc.) without having to wait hours for the icing to dry.

4 cups powdered (confectioner’s) sugar

2 Tbsp. milk

1 tsp. corn syrup

food coloring, if desired

Whisk all ingredients until smooth. You want the icing to be thin enough to outline the cookies and spread easily, but thick enough so that the icing won’t run off the sugar cookies. (Thicker than Elmer’s glue and thinner than paste).

If you need to make the sugar cookie icing thinner, add milk, 1/2 tsp. at a time, until the desired icing consistency is reached. If you need to make the sugar cookie icing thicker, add powdered sugar, 1 tsp. at a time, until the desired icing consistency is reached.

If you’re decorating a lot of cookies, you’ll want to make a large batch of sugar cookie icing, and divide it into three or four bowls, stirring in a few drops of food coloring to each bowl, until the desired icing colors are achieved.

Did somebody say

COOKIES ?


a book of their ownEvery child . . .

“Is this book really just for ME?”


Claudia Eagle is a retired teacher, and the Division 42 Young Children Priority One Chair. She loves books and she loves children.

Claudia thought it would be a great idea if we could make it possible for all the students in a Kindergarten class to receive a book of their very own. She approached the Kiwanis Club of St. Helens and they thought that a “First book program” would fit in with their “Serving the Children of the World” concept.

With only a limited amount of money, the club picked a kindergarten class in one of the smaller grade schools. This was a school where they had a monthly “Guest reader” read bedtime stories to the children. The children, along with their parents, would bring blankets and often wear pajamas as a member of the club read to them.

As members would read, they would act out the stories with sound and motion. “The Giant was Soooo big that when he walked you could hear him go thump, thump, THUMP!” You could hear the thumps as the children joined in thumping their feet.

Claudia had specific ideas on what sort of books she would give to the children. She wanted new, high quality hardbound books that would be age appropriate. She asked a friend of hers, who was a buyer for Powell’s Book Store chain, if he could help her out. The friend managed to obtain a number of publishers’ samples and all at once Claudia had enough books to give out to the school children.

Claudia approached the School Librarian and a time was set up to give the books out. The books were all set out on a table and the children had the opportunity to chose a book of their very own.

Several days later, Claudia spoke with the School librarian. “I’m amazed,” said the librarian. “I thought most of these children came from well-to-do families. I was really surprised to find that many of them have never had a book of their own.”

“I only wish that we could do this for all of the children in our school district,” said Claudia. “so my husband and I contacted the Board of Directors for our Kiwanis Club.”

The club Directors loved the idea, but the reality was that the club didn’t have enough money to supply books for all the Kindergarten classes in the entire school District. “I’m not going to let a lack of money stop me,” said Claudia. “I would like the club’s permission to do a fund raiser.”

She got the necessary permission and started raising money in earnest. Claudia’s friend at Powell’s arranged for her to again get some publisher “samples” of games, audio books, and various other gift items. She assembled gift baskets, and held various sales and auctions. She won over the support of the local Senior Center, as well as the School District. She also was able to get help from the Women of the Elks and the Saint Helens Daybreakers Kiwanis.

With everyone’s help, Claudia earned enough money to purchase books for all of the Kindergarten students in the St. Helens school district.

The children gathered one class at a time, and walked around a book filled table. Each child picked up a book to take with them.

“Is this book really for me?” asked one little girl, “…or do I have to leave it at school?”

The teacher grinned “No, this is YOUR book. You most certainly can take it home with you.”

This is now the second year of The Kiwanis Club of Saint Helens “First Book” program.

When asked if she plans to do it again, Claudia replied that she hopes to see this as an ongoing program. “We need to encourage literacy and a love of books at as early an age as possible.”

Claudia also has made sure that the Kiwanis Club of St. Helens includes books for small children as part of their annual Christmas basket program.

Claudia loves books and she loves children and has found a way to combine her love of both.

“I was really surprised to find that many of these children have never had a book of their very own.”


Olympia High School Key Clubbers shine despite rainTen Olympia Kiwanians (and two Kiwanis spouses - Dennis Carlson and Lars Urvina) spent 48 hours supervising the 25th Annual Thurston County CANCER RELAY FOR LIFE booth and tents of the Olympia High School Key Club June 27th and 28th.

This annual event was held at the Timberline High School track. The OHS Key Club team was one of 61 teams that raised over $310,000 for cancer research.

Nineteen Key Club members participated in the event. Five Key Club members even walked over 20 miles each!

While the event this year received some rain showers, the “liquid sunshine” didn’t deter our Key Clubbers from making a difference in our community.

There’s no FINISH until there’s a cure!

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A note from your Governor-ElectFellow PNW District Kiwanians,

It’s been two months since the end of the 97th Pacific Northwest District Convention and my energy, enthusiasm, and love for Kiwanis is running strong with no end in sight! How about you?

I wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their support during my campaign for Governor-Elect 2014-2015. I am very thankful for the positive outcome and look forward to serving with you over the next three years. But I am more thankful for the members I was able to meet and talk with at the District Convention in August, even if only for a short time. Our District is full of incredible members with warm hearts for service.

I urge you to connect with me on LinkedIn, friend me on Facebook and follow me on Twitter. I want to keep the communication lines open and share our energy and dedication to Kiwanis and our communities.

Thank you so very much for your faith in me and I strive to do my best and serve you proudly.

I LOVE KIWANIS!

Jackie Sue McFarlin Governor-Elect 2014-2015

[email protected] @jackiemcfarlin

509-847-3376

PNW Key Clubbers embrace ODFL (One Dollar for Life)ODFL helps American schools build schools in the developing world, from student donations of just one dollar. It is MAGICAL for students here when they see what they can do to make the world a better place--for a dollar!

All Time Champion from Idaho

Sabrina Hatch in Idaho is the all-time champion in enlisting schools to help get an ODFL project built. The Kamiah High School Key Club member heard about ODFL at the Pacific Northwest Key Club District Convention in Seattle last year.

This year, she enlisted NINE other schools to help fund a birthing center in Nepal. The birthing center we built two years ago is reducing the number of mothers dying in childbirth by 75%! THANK YOU Sabrina for being such a great model to students everywhere!

Oregon Student Leads Key Club to 59 TIMES the National Average

Wilson High School in Portland, Oregon just completed one of the most successful fundraisers in the nation to help Kiwanis International and UNICEF eliminate neonatal tetanus from the planet. The campaign was led by Key Club president London Klauer and used the ODFL-developed Eliminate Fundraiser Toolkit.

London led her Club’s 20 members to raise $830 for The Eliminate Project, or $42 per member. That is 59 TIMES the national average raised per Key Club member.

Of the whole experience, London said, “To have each high schooler realize that they personally could make a change in the world, when we all come together as one, was absolutely brilliant.”

London, you and your fellow Key Clubbers are our heroes!!!

Your 2014-2015 Convention Committee is looking for a team of volunteers!You would be asked year after year to devote some of your time for each convention. Some areas needed for long-term are as follows:

1. Grunts: Develop a team who want to volunteer long-term to help set up the Wednesday prior to convention and tear down and load up the following Sunday.

2. Administrative: Develop a team who want to volunteer long-term to dedicate hours to registration and credentials.

3. Sgt. of Arms: Develop a team who wants to volunteer long-term to dedicate hours to the job of Sgt. of Arms and work alongside the famous Donna Kelso.

4. Exhibit Hall: One long-term volunteer, someone with energy; to manage, market and promote this educational experience.

5. Floaters: We need a couple of long-term volunteers who can just be floaters, who may go in and out of the above jobs.

If you are interested in volunteering and being part of this dynamic team please email your enthusiastic response to the following:

Steve Emhoff: [email protected] Cindy Crowther: [email protected]


2014 Kiwanis Law Enforcement Youth Camp The 2014 Kiwanis Law Enforcement Youth Camp graduated 25 high school juniors and seniors on July 26, 2014, at the WSP Academy in Shelton. Each year, a selected group of students from throughout the Pacific Northwest are chosen to participate in a week long “police academy”. They learn teamwork, leadership, discipline, and even how to make a bed (properly)! Volunteer law enforcement officials from city, county, state, and federal agencies teach the students how to join their agencies, and some of the nitty gritty of law enforcement. Some of the most popular courses are SWAT (Mason County Sheriff’s office instruct), Rescue Division (Thurston County Sheriff’s Office instruct), EVOC (emergency vehicle operation - WSP troopers instruct), and K-9 Law Enforcement (Auburn Police Officers and dogs instruct). New this year was a class on Nobility in Policing by Auburn PD Assistant Chief William Pierson.

Next year’s camp is tentatively scheduled for July 19-25, 2015.

If you know of a high school student that is interested in learning more about a career in law enforcement, check out the WSP website -www.wsp.wa.gopv/community/Kiwanis - community outreach section, and have them apply for this outstanding camp! Informal statistics show that 80% of the students pursue a career in law enforcement (or the military). Or, for more information, contact camp coordinator, Jan Britt at [email protected].

2014 Counselors included Corporal Brent Dell-WSP, Jan Britt - retired Capt. WSLCB, Trooper Ken McKinley-WSP, Trooper Robert Taylor-WSP, Officer Sharon Schnebly-Pullman PD, Officer Heidi Lambly-Pullman PD, Sheriff Casey Salisbury-Mason County Sheriff, Sgt. John Sager-WSP.

Next year’s camp is tentatively scheduled for

July 19-25, 2015

July 26, 2014

Dear Olympia Kiwanis Club,

It was great having the opportunity to attend the Kiwanis Law Enforcement Youth Camp at the State Patrol Academy in Shelton July 20-26, 2014.

Some of my favorite classes were SWAT Tactics, Dive Team, Defensive Tactics, and Felony Stops. I learned that suspects hid weapons and tools in the strangest place - such as necklaces, shoelaces, and even lipstick! I never realized before how amazing, fun, and important Dive Teams are. After watching the SWAT Team in action, I feel more motivated now to become a SWAT officer.

I’m thankful that these people are willing to risk their lives everyday to make sure that we, the public, remain safe. I learned about many of the positions within law enforcement and federal agencies and now have a far greater understanding of their duties.

Thank you for financially supporting me and making this experience possible.

Sincerely,

Matthew Kuns Olympia, WA


West Valley Kiwanis supports youth in Yakimayakima, washington

The weather was perfect, the kids were wonderful and once again West Valley Kiwanis (Yakima) Project Chair Bill Bennett set the bar high as the club served countless burgers, hot dogs, pop, and pancakes (food booth open 33 hours over three days) to raise over $4,500 for the West Valley Fair Board to support youth!

A highlight of the fair was the 50/50 raffle and donation jar to support the Kiwanis Children’s Cancer Project for cancer research fellowships. It was truly special when a young man named Chris, a young cancer survivor, stopped by to “pay it back” for the cancer care he received at Children’s Hospital!

West Valley Kiwanis club member

Steve Pickett with Chris Horner,

visiting the fair from Wenatchee

Auburn Valley Kiwanis sponsors new Aktion club auburn, washington

The Aktion Club of Green River Valley chartered in May, 2014 and is now in Action! They meet on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at 212 5th Ave S., Kent, WA 98032.

You can learn more about their activities on their Facebook page.

L-R: Therese Lambert, Courtney Garibaldi,

Marsha Sherman, Clyde Holloway, LTG

Sandy Hensley and Sue Freitag

A true K-family in the Kiwanis Club of Cascade Park

vancouver, washington

Last autumn, we were delighted to have Therese Lambert, President of the Damascus-Boring Kiwanis Club, visit our early morning meeting. She brought a young woman with her to experience a local Kiwanis gathering. As I turned to meet her, I exclaimed, “Courtney Ketcham, I know you!” She corrected me by announcing that she was now Courtney Garibaldi, as she had married earlier in the year. Courtney had been one of my students at Mountain View High School as well as a valued member of our Key Club.

Like many young professionals, Courtney is deeply involved in her career, continuing education, and other civic pursuits such as Leadership Clark County. We were delighted that she made time in her busy life to join our club in December. She shared that she has always held a special place in her heart for Kiwanis because she remembers attending pancake feeds and other events with her Grandpa Horace Dick Greening when she was just a young girl. He had been President of the Northeast Portland Kiwanis Club in 1967 and served as Lt. Governor for Division 62 in 1970-71.

Although Courtney’s grandpa passed away nearly 20 years ago, she has continued his legacy of service while

working at our baby food drive, preparing breakfast at Share House, and being on the committee for our annual Fall Festival of Service.

Courtney has truly given a unique meaning to the term “K-Family,” and we have to believe that her grandpa would have been incredibly proud!

Baby food donations are up for Gresham-area Kiwaniansgresham, oregon

The Kiwanis Club of Rockwood of Gresham, OR are continuing their Baby Food donations to SnowCap Community Charities, an east Multnomah County philanthropic organization created to provide food, clothing, advocacy and other services to the needy.

Each month, during our club Board Meeting, club members bring in baby food and formula for donation to SnowCap. Baby food is one of the hardest items for SnowCap to gather and it flies off the shelves.

During 2012-2013, the club donated a total of 2028 lbs. of baby food and formula. As of August 14, 2014 we have donated 1620 lbs. and look to beat last year’s total. In addition, club members have collected 4,375 lbs. of bread products from the Gresham Fred Meyer grocery store and delivered it to SnowCap.


Canby Kiwanis club presents scholarshipscanby, oregon

The Canby Kiwanis Club has awarded scholarships worth a total of $14,000 to nine Canby High School seniors and one North Marion High School senior.

The club awarded a Community Service Scholarship for $5,000 as part of its 75th anniversary celebration last year. The winner of the Community Service Scholarship was Canby senior Lilly Pruitt.

Mike Boonstra, who chaired the club’s scholarship committee, said the wide diversity and amount of Pruitt’s community service activities especially impressed the committee.

These included volunteering at the Oregon Zoo, working with senior citizens, helping with sports camps and various community projects with the high school Key Club. Boonstra added that she did all this while participating in three sports. Pruitt intends to go to Washington State University and major in zoology.

The winners of $1000 scholarships were Jonathan Inman, Jasmine Morris, Mallory de Campos, Morgan Meisenheimer, Jeremy Link, Lanee Bare, Jessica Comacho and Mariana Navarro. of Canby High School; and Kyle Torian of North Marion. These awards were based on community service, grades and school and community activities.

The club received about 50 applications. The money raised for the scholarships largely comes from the sale of donated items at the Kiwanis Thrift Store,

and this year Canby Telcom made a donation to the scholarship fund.

In 2013, the club gave 10 scholarships for $1,000 each. Since the club first began awarding scholarships in the 1960s, it has given more than $250,000 to local students.

Deer Park Kiwanis Club kicks off first annual community service day: A Better Community for Tomorrowdeer park, washington

We are constantly bombarded with news of the destructive things that kids do, so it is very refreshing and encouraging hearing about what today’s youth is doing to help improve their community.

On May 22nd, about 150 seventh grade students from Deer Park Middle School (DPMS) gave back to their neighborhood and city by participating in the first annual Seventh Grade Spike Spring Service Project.

This undertaking has been something that DPMS Principal Tim Olietti has wanted to do for several years. When Deer Park Kiwanis club member Bob Schneider came to him to see about starting a Builder’s Club (a Kiwanis sponsored youth organization), Tim jumped at the chance to start this venture instead. DPHS junior and Key Club member Savanna Sitton saw this as an opportunity for her fellow Key Club members to get involved, serving as mentors and team leaders. She also made

this her senior project by becoming the project coordinator.

Together Tim, Savana and Bob worked out the details of the project including developing project plans, transportation, logistics and securing financial and in-kind support from the community.

At 9:00 AM, 150 enthusiastic 7th graders set out to perform various service projects for the City of Deer Park as well as a working at a local senior citizen residence facility.

The day of service was capped by the clean-up of the main street running past the middle school.

By doing these tasks, these young people learned about the values and benefits of being part of a community. As an additional incentive, those kids who partook in the occasion will be rewarded with an all-day bike ride from the middle school to a local camp.

All in all it was a great day for the local community.

Lincoln City Kiwanians sponsor local sports teamlincoln city, oregon

These kids do not care about winning or losing. It does not matter to them. They just want to get outside and play the game for fun. The team members even signed a thank you card to Kiwanis for sponsoring them. It is amazing how such a small investment can do so much. The children’s parents were also very appreciative.


Left to Right: Tatum Bartlett, Tumwater High

School; Alexis Gjurasic, Capital High School;

Sam Reed, Olympia Kiwanis Club; Queen

Madison Murphy, Olympia High School; Laura

Evans, River Ridge High School; Meghan

Murphy, North Thurston High School.

Capital Lakefair Royal Court presents program for Olympia Kiwaniansolympia, washington

The Capital Lakefair Royalty Court presented the program for the June 30, 2014, Olympia Kiwanis meeting. These smart, lovely ladies gave a brief glimpse into their lives and why being a part of Lakefair is important to them. We were also delighted to hear the first public announcement of the “Grand Marshall” for this year is our own Kiwanian - Sam Reed! The Lakefair Queen this year is Madison Murphy – a Key Club member from Olympia High School! Lakefair was held July 16 - 20, 2014.

Damascus-Boring Kiwanis charters Key Club at Centennial High Schoolportland, oregon

Centennial High School, in east Multnomah County, became the newest Key Club in the District on July 31, 2014. They are sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Damascus-Boring, who also sponsors Clackamas High School Key Club and the K-Kids at Scouters Mountain Elementary School.

From the desk of Margie Wilson, Bigfoot Brigade chairJust quick “Shout out” to all Past Lieutenant Governors! Read our new website! Here is the internet address:

http://bigfootbrigade.org

Fall is finally here and I hope your Clubs have scheduled your community service projects for this fiscal year. Your Club budget is in place and Club officers are trained and ready to go. There’s one more thing besides fundraising and youth service projects that need a little attention. Schedule a meeting with all Past Lieutenants Governors in your Division to form a support team for the current Lieutenant Governor. I’m from Division 52 and we support our LTG with funding and “getting the word out” on what’s going on in the District and Kiwanis International? Each Club President, Secretary and members attends a monthly meeting called Division council. If three or more of your members attend than it applies towards your “Round Robin Patch”. The Interclub credit is for each club represented at Division Council.

PLTG Committee nominates; the next Lieutenant Governor. The PLTG Regional representatives are identified on Bigfoot website, and if you need help, please feel free to contact your representative. Hopefully, I will see you at Mid-Winter Board meetings. Remember to ask a person to join you for a club meal or project and you may find a friend for life through Kiwanis.

Submission deadline for the Winter issue

of the Builder is

NOVEMBER 17

Harbor Days: a community celebrationolympia, washington

Three top officers from Olympia Federal Savings, the main sponsor of HARBOR DAYS, were present at the September 15, 2014, meeting of the Olympia Kiwanis Club, and were presented with a plaque thanking them for their sponsorship.

Shelly Lively also gave a wrap-up of the Harbor Days event held August 29-31, 2014. Over 250 small business owners were able to participate! West Marine donated the race markers this year, and is on board to continue with this donation in the future!

Raffle winners were drawn for prizes donated by additional sponsors. The proceeds from the raffle (over $3,000) will go to Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Thurston County.

Many thanks to all of our members who have made the 41st annual HARBOR DAYS free community celebration another success!


Kiwanis Club Of Kirkland reaches out to family who loses everything – kirkland, washington

It is hard to imagine how it would feel to leave your home one morning as you always do, to return and find nothing but a smoldering hole where your house had been. That is what happened to the Zemp Family of Kirkland in 2012. The family home of 22 years was completely destroyed in a devastating fire. Bryan Zemp said, “We didn’t know where our three kids were going to sleep or what they would wear to school the next day. EVERYTHING was destroyed in the fire.”

The Zemp’s neighbors and the Kirkland community stepped in to help the family in many ways. A Fire Fund was set up at Key Bank and is still open to people who would like to help by making a donation. To add to everything else, the Zemps soon learned that they didn’t have enough insurance coverage for such a disaster. Things like soccer uniforms that were normally passé became a luxury. The family is still rebuilding their life and their home, but can never replace so much of what they lost.

When the Kirkland Kiwanis Foundation heard about the tragedy, even though it had been two years, they wanted do something to help.

Dr. Dennis Welch, KCK member and a dentist in Kirkland found out that the family had a daughter undergoing orthodontic care with Dr. Paul Lund, also working in Kirkland.

The KKF administers a fund called the Jack Keller Memorial Fund which assists families with financial needs to pay for their child’s orthodontic care. Normally, the protocol for the Foundation is to work with a candidate from start to finish of their treatment. In the spirit of Jack Keller, the Foundation decided to make an exception this time, coordinated with Dr. Lund, to help with Jessica’s care. “You have no idea how much this will help.” Bryan Zemp told Ralph Loveland, club president. Dr. Lund had already discounted his services to the family and thanks to this help, Jessica has a beautiful smile and the family has one less thing to worry about.

Fairbanks Kiwanis Club “takes a hike” to raise funds for Eliminate project– fairbanks, alaska

Fairbanks Kiwanis Club put together a “Kiwanis Hike to Save a Life” on September 6th. All the proceeds are going to the Eliminate Project. Fairbanks Kiwanis has committed to being a model club.

This is the second year for the hike. The hike started at 11am on a beautiful Saturday morning. Key Club helped with the trail signs which had facts about Eliminate on them that hikers could read along the 1 mile route. The hike itself was at Creamers Field, which is a waterfowl refuge. Along the hike are ponds, trees, bridges, and a lookout

platform which overlooks beautiful Alaskan hills and forest. There were also water stations along the route. Once hikers finished the hike they were able to have a lunch of hot dogs, chips and water.

A physical angry birds game was setup for kids to play, with balls and boxes for them to knock over, however the adults seemed to enjoy the game more than the kids! Hikers received a t-shirt with their $25 registration. In 2013 $540 was raised and this year $1,170 was raised for Eliminate! Denali State Bank was our major donor. Mac Federal Credit Union, individual donors and participants helped raise funds as well.

Juanita High trick-or-treaters raise money for Eliminate – kirkland, washington

With all the negative publicity about our youth today, it was a delight and an honor to walk into a classroom at Juanita High School at 7:15 am and see the room filled to capacity with about 50 high school students in all grade levels. They were there to attend their weekly Key Club meeting, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Kirkland. These kids are very active in supporting their community and have shown their dedication by participating in numerous programs throughout this year. One such event was the Trick or Treat for Eliminate Project.

While other high school students were at parties or hanging out with friends on Halloween, these key club members along with the Juanita High Honor Society were Trick or Treating -- not for candy -- but for dollars that would support the Kiwanis International/UNICEF Eliminate Project. This group of kids raised $2,250.87 that will be donated to the Eliminate Project. One student alone raised $250 by himself!


Kiwanis restores and rededicates monuments– cle elum, washington

Kiwanis has been a vital part of the history of the northern Kittitas County town of Cle Elum. The club was chartered in October, 1922 under the sponsorship of the Ellensburg, Washington club.

In 1925, a club project was to erect four stone monuments, two at each of the two highway entrances to Cle Elum, displaying the Kiwanis emblem at the top of each monument.

In 1945, the club took on the task of cleaning and painting the monuments. In 1959, the state highway department widened the highway entrances to Cle Elum. The highway department gave the Kiwanis Club the choice of moving the monuments or the highway department would dispose of them.

One of the club members, Elvin Olson, volunteered to have two of the monuments moved to his property, several miles east of Cle Elum, for safekeeping. That is where they have remained for decades. One of the other monuments was moved slightly to its present location adjacent to the Safeway

store at the west entrance to Cle Elum. The location of the fourth monument remains a mystery.

In 2012, the Olson family decided to sell the family property where two of the monuments had been nestled in the pine trees for over 50 years.

Fearing an uncertain future for the monuments, Lloyd Olson (not related to the Elvin Olson family), also a former Kiwanian in Cle Elum, proposed to the Kiwanis Club that the club take on the project of relocating and restoring the monuments. The club enthusiastically agreed to take on the project. Larry Scholl, president of the club at the time, headed up the club’s portion of the responsibility for the project.

The Elvin Olson family agreed to have the monuments removed from their property under the condition that they be restored. The Cle Elum city council endorsed the project along with several other willing participants including VISION Cle Elum, the public works superintendent, the city administrator, and others.

Lloyd Olson spearheaded the entire project and also encouraged the management of the local Safeway

store to become involved, since one of the monuments was adjacent to their building.

Several planning meetings were held to discuss the feasibility of restoring the nearly 90 year-old rock structures. It was initially decided to move all three remaining monuments into the downtown core area. Safeway, however, did not want the monument adjacent to their building moved. Safeway was willing to contribute most of the funds necessary for the restoration project if the one monument could remain next to the Safeway store. It was decided to move ahead with the project and place the two other monuments directly across the street from the Cle Elum City Hall.

The public works superintendent and staff used a very large front loader to very carefully retrieve the two monuments from the Olson property and transport them to the city shops. During the winter of 2013 and 2014, the monuments were stabilized, cleaned and restored to their beautiful original condition. Large bronze Kiwanis plaques were created in a foundry and securely placed on top of each monument. A plaque briefly describing the history of the monuments was attached to the side of each monument.

A ceremony rededicating the Kiwanis monuments was held on August 27, 2014 in front of the Cle Elum City Hall. Cle Elum City Mayor Charles Glondo and Kiwanis Lieutenant Governor Cami Leonard addressed those gathered for the ceremony.

The beautiful stone monuments now greet visitors entering Cle Elum and are a visual testament of the role Kiwanis has played in Cle Elum for the last 92 years. The club is and has been a vital part of the community’s effort to support its children and beautify the city.


Montavilla club honors two members with Hixson awards– portland, oregon

Montavilla Kiwanis has raised funds this past year for ELIMINATE. We had dinners, ice cream socials, the Jar at meetings and one member handcrafted hummingbird swings that sold for $10 ea. with no cost involved. We raised hundreds of dollars. We honored two members with Hixson awards, presented at our installation banquet.

Jess Osilla, member, is a retired US Navy veteran - he donates his free time around the community in various projects. One of many is a program at Reynolds High School that commemorates the veterans and informs the students about our military history. It is a Veterans Day program that would be well worth your attending. Another is the Saint Andre Church, Downtown Chapel at SW 6th & Burnside where he volunteers every Thursday. It is a “day center” for the homeless men, a place to be dry, off the streets and receive necessary social services. Our club members supply clothing for the clothing room. The clothes do not last long on the street so there is a constant need. This is supported by you who attend our Montavilla Kiwanis Christmas party each December. We are also supplying washed and ironed, gently used, dress shirts and neckties for job interviews. To learn more: www.saintandrechurch.org.

Jess was quite humbled and proud to receive the award but we thank YOU, Jess Osilla.

Our 2nd recipient was Carol Bailey (Mrs. Jewell) who faithfully is with her husband at all his many activities. Some being KDCCP, PNW Foundation events KEY and Builders clubs. They were the chaperones at KEY D-CON

She says it best in her letter to our club:

“Your gift of the Hixson Medallion was a total surprise. My sincere thank you for honoring me with this profound symbol

of our Kiwanis family. I have been blessed to be surrounded with gifted, charismatic and willing souls who lead us in our worthwhile endeavors and made us all feel the need to do more. To see our young people meet new challenges and achieve their goals with our help is so gratifying. The gentle nudge we are providing to our KEY clubs and other youth organizations may make a subtle but everlasting difference to their goals to achieve.Montavilla history of accomplishments is a record for new clubs to emulate. Ralph Waldo Emerson has said ‘Do not go where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail...’We should all be very proud to stand tall and let Kiwanis International know how it is done by the best.Thank you, Carol Bailey”

Kiwanis Club sees a need in Ilwaco-Long Beach– long beach, washington

In November 2010 our Kiwanis Club saw a need at Ocean Park Elementary School. Some of the children did not have enough food to eat on the weekends.

By talking to the cook at the School we found out that some of these children were coming to School Monday morning very hungry. We approached the Principal about the back pack program; his first response was ”how soon can you start?”.

We partnered with Ocean Park Methodist Church to use part of the Church to store our food supplies and to use a room to pack the back packs.

The School office staff selected and contacted families about our program, sent the required permission forms, were there any allergies, and what could the children prepare by themselves at home. The families are totally anonymous to us; all we know are their ages. We feed all the children in the family from ages 12 down to infancy.

The second week of January 2011 we started to send food home with the children.

We continue to send home 6 balanced meals, 6 healthy snacks, fresh fruit, and fresh milk for each child each week. All packets of food are sealed as it comes from the store to insure health and safety concerns.

To date in this program we have sent home 22,961 balanced meals and 22,058 healthy snacks. All the food we send home, the children can prepare by themselves.

We pack the backpacks on Thursday at 11:00am and deliver to Ocean Park Elementary School, so they can be taken home with the children at the end of the school day on Friday.

Later when we had one of our meetings with the cook at school, she reported that she could see a difference in the children in the program when they came in on Monday morning for their breakfast.

The Principal has high praise for the program. She reports there is no negative feeling among students at school.

The grant we received from PNW Foundation will cover about 20%

of our food costs this year.

We started this year with 33 children and 22 families and more will be added as the School chooses them. It is with heartfelt thanks to the PNW Foundation for your assistance, so we can continue to feed these hungry children.


Our favorite project: student vision and hearing – winthrop, washington

The correspondence of the Kiwanis Club of Winthrop, Washington reads “Serving the Children of the Methow Valley and Beyond”. The Valley is a remote area in North Central Washington State surrounded on three sides by the lower ridges of the Cascade Mountains and on the edge of the Pasayten Wilderness Area and National Forest lands.

Our single School District has a Junior-Senior High School of about 275 students and a K–6 Elementary school of about 350 students. One school nurse monitors the health needs of these students. One job she works to complete each year is a vision and hearing check for each elementary student – with the help of the Winthrop Kiwanians.

For testing hearing we have a local retired military doctor with his own audiometer. Kiwanis funds the audiometer’s annual calibrations and purchases the ear pods each child needs. For the vision and hearing checks, Nurse Laura chooses a day early in the school year and invites the Kiwanians to school. Long a favorite project of our club, we send ten to twelve members and spouses for a morning of eye and ear checks. While two or three work with Dr. Wilson and the audiometer the rest place four eye charts on the multipurpose room wall and measure the correct distance for eye testing.

Classes are sent for testing and lines form at four Kiwanis recorders and 4 members at the charts chose letters for students to identify.

Notations of students who have had problems are made for Nurse Laura to reevaluate later. When the last class has visited the test area she may have eight to twelve students to further check on rather than the entire 300 or more. Nurse Laura thinks we are wonderful and she has come to us occasionally for help in funding glasses for students whose parents can’t provide them. This project is one of our favorites and we look forward to it each fall.

West Valley Kiwanis club first annual golf tournament– yakima, washington

The first annual “Golf for the Kids” tournament presented by West Valley Kiwanis was a big success thanks to the leadership of Project Chair Mark Mathews, 37 generous hole sponsors, major tournament sponsors (Jail Sucks Bail Bonds, Wray’s Market Fresh Markets and West Valley Fair Board), great golfers and many club volunteers! It was a beautiful day for golf and we all had fun as we raised nearly $6,000 to better serve children and our community.

Dick Dean, President-Elect 2015-16, Mark

Mathews, Golf Tournament Chair, Mark’s

daughter, Sarah and Mike Tumy, Club

Secretary.

Kirkland Kiwanis Foundation donation to Burned Children’s Recovery Foundation – kirkland, washington

Every week the Kiwanis Club of Kirkland hosts a speaker at its meeting. We were blessed not long ago by the presence of a very special man who spoke to us about his life-long passion. Michael Mathis is the CEO of the Burned Children’s Recovery Foundation (BCRF). The foundation supports burned children and their families with education, emotional support, medical expenses, airfare, lodging, a 24 hour call center, basically, anything and everything that is needed. Michael is very well qualified to run the foundation. In 1967, he was living a normal life with dreams like any other child. He had just received an all-star award in the Snohomish County little league and dreamed of playing professional baseball. When Michael was staying overnight at friend’s house, his friend poured gasoline on a camp fire. Michael was burned over 64% of his body after the gas can exploded. Michael states “After years of surgeries and negative reactions to my scars I learned that I had been given a unique gift and have the opportunity to affect people’s lives just by meeting them. I now have the opportunity to share my wisdom with the 280,000 children that are burned in America every year.”

With the help of many dedicated volunteers and specially trained individuals, the BCRF provide unique opportunities for burned children and their families. If you would like to know more about BCRF please go to their website. This is a wonderfully well managed foundation which impacts hundreds of children and their families each year.

www.burnedchildrenrecovery.org


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