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TELLING THE KIWANIS STORY JUNE/JULY 2018 JUNE/JULY ® SERVING THE CHILDREN OF WORLD FOLLOW THE LEADER BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA AND KIWANIS: AN ENDURING PARTNERSHIP DONATING LIFE IN VANUATU SUBURBAN OASIS IN MARYLAND + CELEBRATING FATHERS IN AUSTRIA p001_KIM_0618_Cover.indd 1 5/2/18 10:02 AM REACH OUT TO PARTNERS. AND REACH MORE KIDS. Kids need Kiwanis. And sometimes Kiwanians need people who can help us serve them. Kiwanis International has a whole roster of partners whose missions are similar to ours. Team up to extend your reach, increase your visibility — and enhance your club’s next signature project. Learn about them at kiwanis.org/partners. p002-003_KIM_0618_TOC.indd 2 5/2/18 10:05 AM KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL UP FRONT Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to Table of contents improving the world one child and one community at a time. 2017–18 OFFICERS, KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT James M. Rochford, Peoria, Illinois, USA PRESIDENT-ELECT Florencio C. “Poly” Lat, Pasay City, Metro Manila, the Philippines IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Jane M. Erickson, Bellevue, JUNE/JULY 2018 • VOLUME 103, NUMBER 4 Nebraska, USA VICE PRESIDENT Daniel Vigneron, Howald, Luxembourg EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Stan D. Soderstrom, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA TRUSTEES Greg Beard, Alexandria, Louisiana, USA; Chian Chu- Paradise in suburbia, page 24 Ching, Taichung City, Taiwan; John E. DeVilbiss, West Alexandria, Ohio, USA; M.A. “Fred” Dietz, Hudson, Wisconsin, USA; Charles R. “Chuck” Gugliuzza, Homestead, Florida, USA; Lance M. Incitti, Denville, New Jersey, USA; Koshiro “Kit” Kitazato, Tokyo, Japan; Marcel A. Kreienbühl, Gossau, Switzerland; Gary Levine, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada; Peter J. Mancuso, North Bellmore, New York, USA; Richard G. “Dick” Olmstead Jr., Lancaster, California, USA; Paul Inge Paulsen, Florvåg, Norway; Ernest Schmid, Einöde, Austria; Bert West, Divide, Colorado, USA; Terry A. White, Evansville, Indiana, USA 2017–18 OFFICERS, KIWANIS CHILDREN’S FUND PRESIDENT Chia Sing “Sing” Hwang, Selangor, Malaysia PRESIDENT-ELECT George E.H. Cadman, Q.C., North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Mark B. Rabaut, Woodland Park, Colorado, USA TREASURER Ann Wilkins, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, USA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Stan D. Soderstrom, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Ann Updegraff Spleth, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA TRUSTEES Karl Heinz Berger, Ried im Innkreis, Austria; Albert Filip Delanote, Koksijde, Belgium; James “Jim” Dooley, Metamora, Illinois, USA; Jane M. Erickson, Bellevue, Nebraska, USA; Robert M. “Bob” Garretson, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA; Dennis M. Oliver, Gulfport, Mississippi, USA; Benjamin R. “Ben” Osterhout, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, USA; Shih Yu-Mei, Changhua County, Taiwan; John Tyner II, Rockville, Maryland, USA; Norman A. “Norm” Velnes, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Daniel Vigneron, Howald, Luxembourg MAGAZINE STAFF EDITOR Stan D. Soderstrom PUBLISHER/CIRCULATION MANAGER Jack Brockley MANAGING EDITOR Kasey Jackson ASSISTANT EDITORS Curtis Billue, Julie Saetre ART DIRECTOR Andy Austin CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Tony Knoderer KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL OFFICE 3636 Woodview Trace, Indianapolis, IN 46268-3196 800-KIWANIS (in US/Canada), 317-875-8755 Fax: 317-879-0204 Email: [email protected] DEPARTMENTS FEATURES Website: kiwanis.org Magazine website: kiwanismagazine.org 4 VOICES 8 SCOUTING SYNERGY ADVERTISING SALES President’s Message; Executive Kiwanians have a long history of RT DIRECTOR Andy Austin 3636 Woodview Trace, Indianapolis, IN 46268 Perspective; Letters supporting Boy Scouts, a critical 317-217-6196, Fax: 317-217-6196 relationship that’s needed now more Email: [email protected] 36 SHOWCASE New England and Mid-Atlantic: than ever. 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Garth Dowling, Boy Scouts of America Copyright © 2018 by Kiwanis International JUNE/JULY 2018 3 p002-003_KIM_0618_TOC.indd 3 5/2/18 10:05 AM UP FRONT Voices PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE EXECUTIVE PERSPECTIVE JIM ROCHFORD • KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT STAN SODERSTROM • KIWANIS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN PURSUIT OF 200,000 PAINFUL DISCUSSIONS Between October 1 and April to increase the longevity of our This past year, Kiwanis hosted ground checks for adult mem- 18, Kiwanis opened 177 clubs new clubs. a youth-protection sympo- bers who work with youth. worldwide. By the time you sium for employees of several We’ve identified and equipped read this article, hopefully GOVERNOR HIGHLIGHT youth-serving organizations. volunteer youth protection we’ll be well over 200. We’re Dan Bennett has been involved Experts spoke on topics such managers (each district should close to 7,000 net membership in all the new clubs opened as sexual exploitation, youth have at least one) to help clubs growth. We need to get over both last year and this Kiwanis trafficking, child abductions, properly protect the youth we the 200,000-member number. year in his of the New England the Darknet and other threats support and serve. Why is that important? It will and Bermuda District. He and to youth and children. Every Kiwanis advisor to a attract partners and allow us to his team should have a huge These discussions were Key Club, Builders Club, K-Kids adequately mentor our service impact on his district. painful. Adult predators stra- Club, any adult attending an leadership programs. In Montana, Barb Monaco tegically and patiently prey on overnight Key Club or Key This past Kiwanis year was has yet to open a club, but she unsuspecting children. They Leader event or any Kiwanian the first year we did not grow had record attendance at her look for youth-serving organi- who works with minors at in one single area of the Kiwan- midyear conference. And the zations where they might fit club activities must undergo is family. Declining Kiwanis district is over 7 percent in net in and gain the trust of those a background check at least membership impacts every- growth. She has innovatively around them. Scouting, YMCAs every two years. Every club thing we do, especially our organized tailgates at football and camps are all susceptible, should present a youth-pro- service leadership programs. games to invite new members and so are we. tection program once a year Opening new clubs is not just a to experience the fun you can We also learned that during Youth Protection Week goal, it is absolutely necessary! have in Kiwanis. adult predators are not the (September 9-15, 2018). Also, congratulations to Can- only threat. Youth-on-youth A wide range of resources CRUNCH TIME dace Corsaro and the New York exploitation ranges from is available at kiwanis.org/ It is absolutely pivotal that you District, which has opened four cyberbullying to sexting and protection. In addition, a finish as strong as possible, clubs, including one with 75 extortion. We must be equally youth-protection telephone and that means individually charter members. Wow! aware of identifying and pre- and email hotline is available bringing new members into A 50-year Peoria, Illinois venting this behavior as well. for confidential reporting. your club and helping to open Kiwanis member, who has For Kiwanis, the bar for We need to set a high stan- a new club, which in turn can passed away, had a plaque on youth protection is constantly dard for youth protection. We sponsor an orphan Key Club his desk in the mayor’s office being raised. We first intro- want school administrators, or start a brand new SLP club. that said, “Lead, follow, or get duced guidelines for working parents and community lead- The 2017-18 class of governors the heck out of the way.” Thank with youth in 2007. With time, ers to know we really care agreed that we can increase you for your willingness to lead they’ve evolved, anchoring about the children and youth our impact by increasing our by example by increasing our to best practices for areas like in our communities and we’re numbers in a timely fashion. impact through increasing our transporting youth, overnight taking extra steps to ensure New clubs are membership base. stays, exposure to they’re protect- Chse from a colorful aortment opening world- If our member- alcohol or tobacco ed. At the same of honey roasted peanuts, gummies, mini-pretzels, wide, and they’re ship goes over products, use of time, we’re pro- prospering with 200,000, we’ll technology and tecting our own support of a spon- impact positively privacy protec- Kiwanis clubs soring club and our sponsored tion.