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FLORIDA SUNBEAM

Volume 12 Issue 3 Governor Pat’s Points of Interest Summer 2016

What’s Inside

Hello, Fellow Florida Civitans,As the song goes old song: “Summer time and the living is easy”. The words give a feeling of light heartedness and opti-mism. We Civitans embrace the idea with all the fervor we show in our projects and our dedication to servicing the needsof our communities. Summer never seems to slow us down when it comes to helping others.

A favorite summer activity is traveling to the annual Civitan International Convention. This year we’re celebrating our 99th

year as an international organization in Norfolk, Virginia on July 13 – 16. In addition to learning more about the organiza-tion, we’ll meet new and old friends and share many stories of accomplishment. Fun will also be a big part of our activi-ties. Check the Civitan website www.civitan.org for last minute information. It is never too late to attend the convention.

Our summer ends with our Florida District Convention on September 9 & 10 at the Crowne Plaza Melbourne-Oceanfronthotel located on Melbourne Beach. We are planning fun and informative activities along with the installation of our newDistrict Officers who will lead us in our 100th Anniversary year. Our International President Debbie Juhlke will be attendingas our invited guest. I hope you will plan to attend. Information about the event is included in this edition of the Sunbeam.

I was honored to attend the Florida District Junior Civitan convention was held in Sanford, Florida on April 23, 2016. I amalways amazed by the enthusiasm displayed by the Junior Civitans. It was my privilege to present one of Florida District’sDon DeVane scholarships to Jayla Pinkney, of Jacksonville’s Sandalwood High School Junior Civitan Club. She was mostgrateful and thanked all Florida Civitans for the honor. The entire day was a success including the great “universe” presen-tation that was given by the planetarium. I want to congratulate our Junior Chair, Penny Bonawitz, on a great District con-vention and also her selection as the next International Chair Representative on the International Junior Board. Penny wasalso nominated by her Florida District Junior Board for Outstanding District Junior Chair at the International Junior Con-vention. Someone else did take home the honor but we know there is always next year. She did, however, receive herMaster Club Builder’s jacket for chartering at least five Junior Civitan clubs. Congratulations Penny! One of those clubs wasthe new community based Tampa Bay Junior Civitan Club which I chartered on May 27, 2016.

The second Don DeVane scholarship was awarded to Charlotte Wollermann of Lawton Chiles High School Junior CivitanClub at the Tallahassee Civitan Club luncheon meeting on May 19, 2016. I was able to attend and presented a very grate-ful Charlotte with her award. Thank you, Tallahassee Club, for hosting the event.

On May 24, 2016, I attended the 33rd Anniversary celebration luncheon for the Uptown Civitan Club in Jacksonville. It wasa lovely event with an original Civitan song performed by Uptown Civitan Wynester Sherrer. Descrip-tions of many previous Uptown events were given by different members. Congratulations, UptownCivitan, and thank you for the invitation.

I hope to see you at the District Convention in Melbourne on September 9 & 10. 2016. Have a happyand safe summer.

Yours in Civitan,

Pat Kirk

Message from the Governor 1District Officers and Florida District Calendar 2Training Info 2Message from the Governor-elect 3Awards Information 3

Don DeVane Scholarship Winners 3District Convention 4 & 5Junior Civitan 6Officer Candidates 7Club Beams 7-11

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CIVITAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER, BIRMINGHAM, ALDISTRICT OFFICERS 2015-2016GOVERNOR

Pat Kirk, [email protected]

Gayle Kanak, [email protected] PAST GOVERNOR

Deborah McCoy, [email protected] PAST GOVERNOR DIRECTOR

Mattie Fraser, MST, [email protected]

Daniella Nevells, [email protected]

Deborah McCoy, [email protected] 1 DIRECTOR

Daniella Nevells, [email protected] 2A DIRECTOR

Lana Suggs, [email protected] 2B DIRECTOR

Laura McLaughlin, [email protected] 3 DIRECTOR

Lynn Maurer, [email protected] 4 DIRECTOR

Jeanne Davison, [email protected] 5 DIRECTOR

Robert Kircher, [email protected]

Nancy Harper, [email protected] ADVOCATE

Gay Aaron, [email protected] AT ARMS

Diana “DeeDee” Kirk, [email protected]

COMMITTEE CHAIRSAWARDS & NOMINATIONS

Deborah McCoy, [email protected] LIAISONPolly Forestier, [email protected]

BULLETIN/NEWSLETTERLori Clapp, [email protected]

CANDY/COIN BOX

Jeanne Davison, [email protected] DEVANE SCHOLARSHIPLori Clapp, [email protected]

FINANCE

FRUIT CAKEDoug Kirk, [email protected],

[email protected] AND RETENTION & TRAININGHelen Galloway, [email protected]

JUNIOR CIVITAN & CAMPUS CIVITANPenny Bonawitz, [email protected]

PUBLIC RELATIONSNery Kircher, [email protected]

REGISTRAREarle Lusk, [email protected]

TIME AND PLACE

Diana “DeeDee: Kirk, [email protected] SITEJohn Edward Dietz, [email protected]

Civitan Development & Task Force LeadersNew Club BuildingNery Kircher, [email protected]

Existing Club GrowthLori Clapp, [email protected]

Existing Club RetentionLana Suggs, [email protected]

FLORIDA DISTRICT CALENDAR 2015-20162016July 13-16, 2016 International Civitan Convention/ Norfolk, VA

July 30, 2016 District Board Meeting via Conference Call

August 15, 2016 Awards Applications due to Deb McCoy

August 27, 2016 President/President-Elect Leadership Training,Orlando

Sept. 9-10, 2016 Florida District Convention, MelbourneCrowne Plaza Melbourne-Oceanfront

Sept. 23, 2016 Deadline for Adds/Deletes for Oct. Billing

Sept. 30, 2016 Deadline for Area Director meetings with ClubPresidents

Oct. 1, 2016 Deadline for Fall Sunbeam articles

KNOWLEDGE EQUALS SUCCESS!Please remember to register for the President and President-electtraining Leadership Training today!! You may attend any sessionoffered but the only session in Florida will be in Orlando August27. Please register by August 22. This may be done online atwww.civitan.org. Click on Member Resource Center, then ClubLeadership & Administration. Pay the $35 fee online atwww.civitian.org/preregister or mail registration form with pay-ment to Civitan International, Attn. Stacy Sabo, P. O. Box 130744,Birmingham, AL 35213-0744.

Thank You, Thank YouHelen Galloway,Leadership Training Coordinator


Message from Governor-Elect Gayle KanakHi fellow Florida District Civitans.I hope everyone is enjoying a good summer. Thank you to everyone who agreed to serve the district this coming year. Ilook forward to working with each of you as we celebrate Civitan's centennial birthday! Our upcoming international con-vention in Norfolk promises to be fun and informative and next year’s Centennial Convention in Birmingham will be a won-derful wrap up for the year.

I want to plan a weekend of volunteerism around Florida when all clubs volunteer in their communities. It would be a won-derful way to honor our founders and get some good PR. Please let me know your ideas for bringing attention to Civitan inthe coming year. I look forward to getting to know you and working with you all.

Kind regards in Civitan,

Get Recognized for your SUCCESS - Deb McCoy, Awards Chair

Our Florida District Clubs do such outstanding service to others in their communities. Each club is unique and vital to theirrespective community! What better way to show everyone what your club is doing than to apply for awards at your up-coming District Convention!!! It is fun, exciting, and informative!!! So here is a quick outline of the awards which will begiven out at the District Convention on September 10, 2016. Deadline for submitting is August 15, 2016. A separate emailwill come to you soon, with the forms and more details.

Please put together your forms and submit by August 15, 2016 to the awards chairperson (me) , so we may celebrateyour accomplishments!!

District Honor KeyCivitan of the YearOutstanding New MemberOutstanding Club BulletinOutstanding Education AwardOutstanding Fellowship AwardOutstanding Club ScrapbookOutstanding Junior Club SponsorOutstanding Joint Junior-Senior Service Project

Outstanding Single Youth ProjectOutstanding Total Youth ProjectsOutstanding Single Service to People with DisabilitiesOutstanding Total Service to People with DisabilitiesOutstanding Single Community Service ProjectOutstanding Total Community Service ProjectTravel Award (no application required.)Attendance Award (no application required)

Outstanding Juniors Awarded Don DeVane Scholarships - Lori Clapp

We had applications for this year’s Florida District Don DeVane MemorialScholarship from so many accomplished and dedicated Junior Civitans, itwas difficult to choose among them. So the District Scholarship committeedecided to award two scholarships. $1000 was presented to CharlotteWollermann, from Tallahassee’s Chiles High School, by Governor Pat Kirkat a meeting arranged by the Tallahassee Civitan Club. Charlotte plans tostudy Biology at Florida State University, on her way to becoming an oph-thalmologist. A $500 scholarship was presented to Jayla Pinkney, fromJacksonville’s Sandalwood High School, by Governor Pat at the Junior Dis-trict Convention in April. Jayla will study Psychology at Florida AtlanticUniversity before joining the Air Force to become a Mental Health CareNurse. We are so proud of our Juniors and their commitment to servingothers.

Gayle Kanak

CharlotteWollermann Jayla Pinkney


2016 Florida District ConventionCrowne Plaza Melbourne Oceanfront

2605 North Hwy A1A, Melbourne, FL 32903

Friday, September 9, 2016: Board Meeting3:00 - 5:00pm

Friday Night Dessert Social6:30pm – 8:30pm

One drink ticket, Dessert and CoffeeWith

With “get to know you” Ice Breaker and Team TriviaAttendance Prizes and 50/50 Raffle (winner announced at banquet)

Saturday, September 10, 2016: District ConventionContinental Breakfast starting at 7:00 am with lunch

Happy Hour starting at 6pm with dinner and banquet immediately following

Registration Cost:

TWO DAY PRICINGIncludes Board Meeting, Friday Night Dessert Social

& (Saturday) convention meeting, continental breakfast, lunch and banquet

$90 per personDay of registration pricing: Friday and Saturday: $100

ONE DAY PRICING (Saturday Only)Includes convention meeting with continental breakfast, lunch and banquet

$80 per personDay of registration pricing: Saturday “ONLY”: $90

Guest registration pricing: Saturday banquet “ONLY”: $40

REGISTRATION DEADLINE FOR CONVENTION IS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Room Cost Per Day:Standard Room $119.00 per night / plus taxes

Coastal View $ 139.00 per night / plus taxes

Suites are available upon request (LIMITED: first come first serve only)

Room block pricing will be available at Crowne Plaza Melbourne Oceanfront untilFRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 2016 by 3:00pm CALL for Reservations: 321-777-4100 (reservation code CIV)

Discounted Parking: $3.00 per day

Guests and non-guests receive a discount coupon for the Hotel Breakfast Buffett (Sat. ONLY)for $10.00pp regularly priced at $17.00 per person

Continental breakfast is provided with registration cost


“ WE ARE THE KEYS TO SUCCESS!” - Helen Galloway

Congratulations to Wynester Sherrer, Past President of the Uptown Civitan, for the heartfelt article she shared in theSpring 2016 Civitan Magazine. She provided us a wonderful reminder of how we are the keys to success – for our commu-nity. She said, “I am Civitan. The more I get involved, the greater my passion grows. I love the idea of enriching the livesof others through service. The International Creed states, ‘My hands do the work of the world and reach out in service toothers’ is an essential part of my live. Very little can compare to the essence of truly being blessed to actually volunteer orgive back to others unselfishly. Uptown Civitan, in addition to my church, has afforded me this amazing opportunity.”

If you have not already done so, please read the remainder of her article. And, remember how important we can be toothers. We have almost three more months this year to invite more members to join our clubs and feel the enrichment inour lives that we feel. Let’s build and move our clubs forward -- We are the Key!!


Junior Civitan News...Penny Bonawitz, Junior Civitan Chair

It’s been a busy quarter for the Fabulous Florida District Junior Civitans. Their annual District Convention was held April23rd at the Emil Buehler Planetarium at Seminole State College in Sanford, FL. They played games, held elections, gave outawards and enjoyed a fabulous presentation at the planetarium. Governor-Elect Gayle Kanak installed the new boardmembers and Governor Pat Kirk awarded a Junior Civitan Fellow to outgoing Junior Governor Benjamin Nguyen. The eventwas well attended with over 40 juniors and adult Civitans. The Junior Board presented District Chair Penny Bonawitz with aplaque recognizing her as “Best Junior Civitan Chair”.

The Junior Civitan International Convention was held on June 23rd at the Double Tree in Marietta Georgia. The theme thisyear is “Rooted In Service”. Florida’s Junior Lt. Gov. Hannah Kimble attended with chair Penny Bonawitz. The weekend wasamazing with a wonderful time reconnecting with friends from across the country and Canada. Penny was elected to theInternational Chair position on the Junior Civitan International board and also received her Master Club builder jacket.Hannah accepted the awards for Honor Club for Bishop Moore JCC, third place Joint Junior-Senior Project for BishopMoore and Frontier Clubs, third place District of the Year for Florida District and GOVERNOR OF THE YEAR for our fabulousGovernor, Benjamin Nguyen!

Next is the board meeting for the new year which started July 1st. They hope to make this year even better than last: char-tering new clubs, creative district projects, engaging meetings and lots of community service. This year they are#ROOTEDINSERVICE! Follow them on their website , Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and see what’s happening in Florida!

My name is Mariah Andersen and I amproudly representing the Florida JuniorDistrict as the Public Relations Coordi-nator at Dance-A-Thon this year. I can-not wait to serve the community. I havebeen involved in the Florida Junior Dis-

trict for three years, once as a Lt. Governor, and havebeen involved in Jr. Civitan for all four years of highschool, including being Treasurer, then Vice Presi-dent. If you could please support me in raising fundsfor the Civitan International Research Center I wouldgreatly appreciate it. I am fundraising throughout thesummer and into the fall. My goal is $1500! Againthank you for all your support!

Hello everyone, my name is MichaelaChua, and I was elected as the 2016-2017 Junior Civitan Florida DistrictGovernor. Junior Civitan is a commu-nity service organization for students.Junior Civitan members seek to meet

the needs of our world and promote progress in a world ofchange. As governor, my goal is not only to lead the district,but also to raise money for Sno-Do. Sno-Do (pronounced“snow dough”) is a Junior Civitan fundraising, cross-countrysnowmobile event held annually in Ontario, Canada. All pro-ceeds benefit people with developmental disabilities. I need to raise a minimum of $1800, but I hope to exceed thatamount because going beyond what is asked is what serviceis all about. Please help me achieve my goal by donating!

Support our Jr. Governor and Sno-Do

Support our Jr. PRC and Dance-A-Thon

Junior CivitansRooted in Service


District Officer Candidates...Deb McCoy, Nominations Chair

The following 2016-2017 District Officer positions will be elected at the September District Convention. Candidates cur-rently nominated are listed next to the position. Please contact Deb McCoy ASAP with any other nominations, particu-larly for Area 4 Director.

Governor-Elect Daniella Nevells, LeesburgElected Past Governor Director Lori Clapp, Tampa MetroArea 2 Director (Jacksonville – St. Augustine) Wynester Sherrer, UptownArea 4 Director (Tampa Bay) Open

The following officers will also serve on the Board, but are being elected in September:Governor Gayle Kanak, Uptown (Elected last year)Immediate Past Governor Pat Kirk , Tampa Metro (Automatic position)Secretary Bonnie Hardman, Uptown (appointed; non-voting)Treasurer Deb McCoy, Leesburg (appointed; non-voting)Area 1 Director (Tallahassee to Leesburg ) Daniella Nevells, Leesburg (completing her second year)Area 3 Director (Orlando – Daytona) Lynn Maurer, Frontier (completing her second year)Area 5 Director (South Florida) Bob Kircher, Naples (completing his second year.)

Heart of Florida Civitan Club…Marilyn Terborg

Heart of Florida Civitan Club activities continue through the summer but on a smaller scale. Many of venues are unavail-able during the summer, such as A Gift for Teaching. This club will resume those activities in August along withthe Shakespeare Theatre costume shop and ushering. They continue volunteering at the Orlando Museum of Art withmonthly bulk mailings and First Thursday art exhibits. Their monthly breakfast/brunches have proven to be very popular.

They hope to present the Civitan International Research Center Fellow in the memory of beloved Ruthe Kurtz to her fam-ily at the Florida District Convention in September. They have almost reached the $1,200 goal and would greatly appreci-ate any donations from anyone wishing to help honor Ruthe in this way. Please consider sending a donation to CivitanInternational, designated for fund for Research Center Fellow for Ruthe Kurtz.

CLUB BEAMS

Hometown Civitan Club…Babe Rogers

A Facelift: Making a difference at the Ruth House, a Women’s and Children’s Shelter, Umatilla, FloridaSeveral women from the Round Table Mentoring group within Home-town Civitan conducted a project to beautify a transitional housing facil-ity. With paintbrushes, cleaning supplies, and sewing machines in hand,the ladies transformed the interior space into a cheerful, serene home.The women living there arefrom many different back-grounds, many in whichhousekeeping and cleanlinesswas not a priority. With

much of the furniture donated, new drapery and upholstery on chairs helpedmake the room modern and coordinated.


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Leesburg Civitan Club…Deb McCoy

Editor’s Note: For those needing a meeting place and fundraising, consider Leesburg’s idea belowLeesburg Civitan Club is in rebuilding mode with many older members no longer able to come to meetings. They carry onwith determination and have added new members, one as young as 18! They changed meeting locations to Chili’s restau-rant with a Give Back Night program which was extended to the club for an entire year! At the end of one year they willget back 10% of what they spend for food and drink at the restaurant!

Leesburg recently presented Daniella Nevells, President-elect, Area 1 Director and District Secre-tary with a pin and certificate for sponsoring 30 members into both the Sunrise and the Leesburgclubs!!

They partnered with the special needs Sunrise Civitan Club in fund raising projects and service pro-jects. Leesburg is actively building new clubs. After sponsoring Sunset and Homestead clubs lastyear, they are working on a club in the Spring Hill/north Tampa area. With Gainesville Civitan,they are co-sponsoring the UF Gainesville Campus club which plans to charter in September.Penny Bonawitz has also been actively working on this campus club. A club in Cocoa, FL is beingconsidered with a former Junior Civitan who moved to that area. Orlando Civitan Club will join Leesburg in co-sponsoringthis new club.

Marco Island Civitan Club…Nery Kircher

Marco Island Civitan Club organized a three-week seminar about Alzheimer’s Dementia which was very well attended bythe community. Members volunteered at the Taste of Marco Island YMCA fundraiser and member Marco Kircher enter-tained the crowd while Past President Tony DeLucia did the music. In May they had a Bingo Night fundraiser at the GreekGourmet Restaurant. Kendyl Massey, candidate for Civitan International President-elect, & her husband Mike joined thisfun event .

Naples Civitan Club …Nery Kircher

Naples Civitan Club members volunteered at the Taste of Collier which benefited a group of organizations. Also, the Col-lier Challenger Little League baseball team finished the season with a nice party for the players and family. They continuecollecting Supplies for Soldiers, a year-round project. The President of the Golden Gate High School Junior Civitan Clubreceived a $1,000 scholarship from her Advisor Maria Estock.


Orlando Civitan Club...Sandy Sanders

Orlando Civitans recently donated $1000 to the Civitan International Headquarters Restoration Fund. After attending theMarch District Meeting at the St. Pete Civitan Beach Club, they are considering doing their next officer installation there.They are still working with Deb McCoy to build a new Civitan club in Brevard County. They continue to enjoy distributingcans of Vienna sausages and playing cards to their “street urchin corner people”, receiving high positive comments in re-turn. Evidently the cards help fill voids in lives where most evenings are dull. The playing cards are also given routinely totwo Orlando nursing facilities, the Russell Home and Magnolia School of Special Education. Orlando Civitans are certifiedas TEACH-IN members of the Magnolia School.

Orlando Civitans are now working on another innovative fundraiser project which will be made available to all clubs whencompleted.

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Pine Castle Civitan Club…Mattie Fraser

This special club celebrated its 27th anniversary in June. Its members are proud to be called“Civitan”. They have speakers at many of the meetings and when they don’t, they clip cou-pons for military serving overseas or do other activities. They also have: created cards andposters for Mothers’ Day for their mothers or stepmothers; learned about “Earth Day” andespecially recycling and conserving water as well as other environmental activities; andlearned the origin and significance of Memorial Day. Several Uptown members attend allmeetings and guide the Pine Castle officers and members, but the officers conduct the meet-ing themselves. They were thrilled to welcome back former member Beth Boehm. Beth ispictured standing in the center in pink .

Civitan Club of St. Petersburg

St. Petersburg Civitan presented Pinellas Education Foundation Scholarship Awards to two deserving Junior Civitans, EmilyErcius and Kayla Hughes. Junior Civitan advisor Tracey Keim was named the Pinellas County ESE Inclusion Teacher of theYear by the Suncoast Chapter of the Council for Exceptional Children. Tracey and 16 of the Juniors presented St. Petewith the TOP Sponsoring Club of the Year award, which was announced at the Jr Civitan District Convention. St. Peters-burg Civitans held their 30th Annual Police & Firefighter Awards luncheon, presenting Police Field Training Officer of theYear, Fire Officer of the Year, and Firefighter of the Year awards in recognition of outstanding members of the City of StPetersburg Police and Fire & Rescue Departments. They also presented Judi Galietta with a plaque honoring her late hus-band Pete, a long time Civitan member and past president. The plaque will be at the hung at the Civitan Beach House,

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Civitan Club of South Jacksonville…Barbara Carroll

On June 9th The Civitan Club of South Jacksonville Inc. awarded scholarships of $1500 each tothree well deserving high school seniors. Joanna Augustine, graduate of Douglas Anderson, plusRegan Foote and Christina Lim, graduates of Stanton College Preparatory School were given CecilB. Carroll Scholarships based on academic achievement and civic/community involvement. Theseseniors have shown leadership and commitment to this community through various activitiesthey created or worked in as a participant. Joanna will attend FSU in the fall where her goal is tobecome a speech therapist working with young people, Regan will attend UF with a focus on Engi-neering and English while Christina’s plans at UF will be to major in Biology on a Pre-Med track.


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- St. Petersburg Civitan Continued -

Pictures of the St. Pete Juniors, scholarship winners, Police and Firefighter honorees and presentation to Judi Gallieta

Sunrise Civitan Club…Daniella Nevells

Time seems to be flying by with all the fun Sunset Civitans have been having,including carwashes featuring bake sales, spaghetti dinners, Civitan awareness,selling corn, dance parties, and collecting items for those in need. These arejust a few things the special Sunrise Club has been up to lately. They are ex-cited that president Marie will be attending the International Convention forwinning third place in recruitment. They are constantly talking up Civitan toencourage others to join the fun while giving back as much as they can all thetime. They recently celebrated their first Anniversary and are excited for thenew officers to lead them into the Second year

Sunset Civitan Club…Phyllis Lavigna & Mary Kay Pyles

Sunset Civitans bring flowers to people who are ill or shut-ins or going through tough times during what they call “Make‘Em Smile Day”. Member Karen Johnson prepares gorgeous bouquets and members spread out to deliver flowers andjoy, as Pres-elect Phyllis Lavigna did with patients at Seaside Health and Rehabilitation Center. They presented a check tothe Yellow Rock Squares, a square dance group comprised of people with developmental disabilities which performsaround the state. They also awarded a scholarship to Simone E. Symonette, a well-deserving Junior Civitan who is Year-book Editor, participates in track and field, has a 4.13 GPA and plans to major in Biology at Florida Agriculture and Me-chanical University (FAMU).

Tampa Metro Civitan Club…Lori Clapp

Tampa Metro held two fundraisers: Selling merchandise at the NCAA “Frozen Four” Ice Hockey Championship and a bowl-ing tournament also attended by Clearwater and North Tampa Civitans. They replaced a business meeting with a socialone at Trivia Night at a local restaurant & brewery. They organized a luncheon honoring the recipient of this year’s Out-standing Citizen of the Year Award and past honorees. Volunteer activities included chartering the Tampa Bay Junior Civi-tan Club; Autism Speaks Tampa Bay Walk; Special Olympics County Golf; State Equestrian and Summer Games; Bikes,Blues & Brews fundraiser for Special Olympics; Crab Fest benefiting Creative Clay. - continued on next page -


- Tampa Metro Civitan Continued -Pics from Frozen Four, Autism Walk, Citizen of the Year lunch, chartering of Tampa Bay Juniors and baskets at Bowling Fundraiser

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Treasure Coast Civitan Club…Ruthann Hewson & Polly Forestier

On May 26 Treasure Coast Civitan had a fun last meeting before summer break,where members told something about themselves the rest of the group did notknow. They were honored to have Area Director and Naples Civitan President BobKircher and his wife Nery join them and share their stories. The club discovered Civi-tans have talent unexplored and learned things like: Who traveled the world with herPhD/Masters daughter? Who’s a master fisherman? Who was accosted on aflight? Who worked for the FBI? Who was born in Cuba and spent time in a prisoncamp as a teen? Who worked & traveled in the food business? Bob presented Presi-dent Polly Forestier with a plaque honoring her as a Distinguished President and twobanner patches Bob had accepted on their behalf at the Florida District meeting. Bob & Polly presented Jim Reneau witha beautiful plaque from Civitan International celebrating 50+ years of membership.

Uptown Civitan Club…Mattie Fraser

Besides activities at Clara White Mission, Ronald McDonald House, candy/coinboxes, crochet/knit baby caps and the special Pine Castle Civitan Club, Up-town provided volunteers at the Very Special Arts program for developmen-tally and physically challenged youth at the Cummer Museum of Art and Gar-dens; members donated T-shirts to Rethreaded, an organization helpingwomen caught in the sex trade; and hosted the graduation reception for PACECenter for Girls. Uptowners enjoyed dinner at Sweet Pete’s in downtown Jack-sonville and then took in the Art Walk Day tour. They lunched at Clara’s at theCathedral, a training café featuring food prepared by culinary students trainedby the Clara White Mission. They also attended a Suns AA baseball game at the Jacksonville Ballpark.

Their fundraising Flagship Project 2016, was held June 4 at the Range of the Jaguars inthe Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens, and was a big hit. Net funds from ticket sales will bedistributed to 501c3 agencies in our community that meet our mission. Funds fromthe silent auction will be used for operating funds. Governor Pat Kirk and past Gover-nor Jeanne Davison helped celebrate Uptown’s 33rd anniversary in May. Uptownerswere very proud that Sandalwood High School Junior Civitan Jayla Pinkney, received a$500 Florida District Don DeVane Memorial Scholarship as well as a $1,000 Past Presi-dents’ Scholarship from Uptown.

Uptown was also proud of two of members who received honors. Barbara Drake received the prestigious EVE Award foroutstanding volunteer activities. President Nancy Chamblin was recognized as a 2016 Unsung She-roes, Women, Words &Wisdom by the Women’s Center.


The Florida Sunbeam

EditorLori Clapp1328 74th Circle NESt. Petersburg, FL [email protected]

Deadline for Next IssueSept 1, 2016

Florida District Website …..floridacivitan.org

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