What Happened at This Week S Kiwanis Club Meeting

Kiwanis Club of Wenatchee (Downtown) Meetings are Tuesday’s at noon – Wenatchee Red Lion Hotel Volume 2016-2017 November 22th 2016

Ernie Hobbs, Editor What Happened At This Week’s Kiwanis Club Meeting

Flag Salute: Theresa Samuelsen, Theresa is our Very Special NCW Camp Fire Executive Director.

Patriotic Song Leader: Al Smith, our Songsmith deferred to Chloe Millard, River Academy Key Club.

Invocation & Special Words: Dillis Ward, provided the special words to live by.

Guests: Our guests were introduced by our greeter John Reichmann, Always a great job!

Chloe Millard, President of the River Academy Key Club. Ingrid Millard, the Key Club advisor for River Academy. Michael McGrath, Speaker from Chelan-Douglas Community Action with Martin Ruiz.

Lucky Dog Drawing Master: Tom Irvin, wearing his Coup gear.

Lucky Dog Winner of $5, Ernie Hobbs. (No Dice Roll win.) Next week $25.

HAPPY BUCKS collector – Curt Harvey. Curt extracted $31 from our members for our Administration Fund.

Attendance: 21 members at today’s meeting.

1 Dates and Events to Remember

1. December 1 st: Division Council Meeting. RiverView Club is the host. They always have great treats so you are encouraged to attend that meeting to enjoy the fellowship and hear what all the clubs in our Division are doing. (Social from 6:30 pm meeting starts at 7:00 pm.)

2. December 10 th: Salvation Army Christmas Bell Ringing at the Wenatchee Safeway Supermarket. The ringing will begin at 10 AM and continue until 5 PM. If you haven’t signed up for a slot for this project it isn’t too late.

3. December 13 th: Annual Children’s Christmas Party at the Red Lion. Chairman is Kyle Bruggman, our Rookie of the Year! Supervised by Ken Buttel, who has handled these duties for many years.

4. December 17 th: Serve Breakfast for the Wenatchee Wild Fans Season Ticketholders. Details to follow from Fundraising Dude Tom Irvin. (This is a fund raising and public service project)

5. December 27 th: We will have an off-site gathering commonly called a “Round Table” Location: Riverside Pub, 538 Riverside Drive, Wenatchee.

6. December 30 th: Our club will be working at the Town Toyota Center Wenatchee Wild hockey game selling 50/50 tickets to raise money. The Wild now requires us to purchase and or sell 25 tickets to have the privilege to host this event. President Doug Head has these tickets available and needs to sell them or our club or Doug will have to pay for them. (To purchase tickets call Doug Head: (509) 393-5785.)

Dr. Earl Carey – “The Groaner”

Tom goes to Dr. Carey and says, “Doc Carey, wherever I touch it hurts.” Dr. Carey asks, “What do you mean, Tom?” Tom said, “When I touch my shoulder it really hurts, If I touch my knee, OUCH! When I touch my forehead, it really, really hurts.” Being a very smart Doctor, Dr. Carey said, “Hey, I know what’s wrong with you Tom. “You’ve got a broken finger”.

2 ANNOUNCEMENT

1. GET WELL KEN ADAM!!! Kenny is at Colonial Vista Rehab and has been there way too long. Give Kenny a call and wish him well: (509) 663-1171 and ask for Ken Adam’s room.

2. KIWANIS DUES. Several of our members need to pay dues for the 2016 – 2017 Kiwanis year. If you haven’t paid your dues please pay to Melody Neidhart, Interim Secretary.

3. Doug Head is traveling to places far far far away. JeromeTuss, our President Elect will be presiding over our meetings until the return of President Doug.

This Week’s Program

Today Mark Wiser, introduced Martin Ruiz and Michael McGrath from the Chelan- Douglas Community Action Council. Chelan-Douglas Community Action Council was created in 1965 as part of America’s War on Poverty. They are a private not-for-profit corporation serving the residents of both Chelan and Douglas Counties. They assist individuals and families to move out of poverty into a lifestyle that promotes a safer and healthier living environment, which leads to self-sufficiency. The Community Action Council works with other social service agencies, public agencies, community organizations, businesses and churches to coordinate needed service.

The mission of Chelan-Douglas Community Action Council is to connect low- to moderate- income residents to resources which create opportunities to reach and maintain self-sufficiency. Their purpose is to facilitate federal, state, and local resources and engage local communities and businesses in meeting the needs and interests of the economically disadvantaged.

Their goal is to make the entire community more responsive to the needs and interests of the low-income population by mobilizing resources and bringing about greater institutional sensitivity.

The Chelan-Douglas Community Action Council programs include Energy Assistance, Weatherization, Intermountain AmeriCorps, the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, the Literacy Council, an asset building program that offers tax preparation and financial education training and the Food Distribution Center that delivers food to twelve area food banks in Chelan & Douglas counties. They also own and operate 50 units of affordable housing and manage the Wenatchee Community Center. WOW, THESE PEOPLE ROCK!!!

3 MEMBERSHIP – NEEDS YOUR HELP Bring a guest/prospective member to Tuesday’s meeting. Our 2016- 17 Goal is to bring our Membership back up to 50 . If we remember to ASK we can make that goal.

Membership Committee Chairman Al Smith, say, “Membership can be Fun”. We need to look at it as another community service project. Every time we bring in a new member to Kiwanis we add strength to our club, which gives us the ability to do more community service projects. So, if you want to have fun, help our club grow just use the magic instructions. “ASK a friend or acquaintance to come to our club for lunch and take a look at what we are doing to improve the quality of life for other, (especially young children)”.

AL SMITH is “THE MAN”, when it comes to Membership. If you have a question about how to bring in a new member just contact Al. His e-mail address is: [email protected] or you can call him at (509) 663-6817. This number is Al’s business number. If he isn’t there his receptionist will take a message so he can call you back. Membership is the LIFE BLOOD of our club for the future of Kiwanis.

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Mark Wiser’s November Programs

Nov 29 - Russ Ricketts, River Diver and photographer. Tentative.

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding. Albert Einstein

The businesses on this page are paid advertisements and members of our club. Please patronize these fine businesses. These business people are the VERY BEST at what they do.

4 Paul Gray Gray’s Electric 1183 S Wenatchee Ave 662-6834

Scott Bibbens, DDS Hospital & General Dentistry 211 Whitman Way 663-5722

Alan L. Smith, CPA & Kiwanis Songsmith Linder & Goetz, PS Tax & Accounting 159 S. Worthen, Ste 100 662-9691

Laurie Mooney Country Insurance & Financial Services 1 S Chelan St Suite “A” Wenatchee, WA, 98801 663-3800 ______2016-2017

CLUB OFFICERS

President: Doug Head President elect: Jerome Tuss Vice President: Mark Wiser Interim Secretary: Melody Neidhart Treasurer: Bill Dearing Past President: Melody Neidhart BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBERS

Mark Wiser, (1 year) Jerrilea Crawford, (2-years) Tony Wright, (1 year) Al Smith, (2-years) Ernie Hobbs, (1-years) Theresa Samuelsen, (2 year) Kyle Bruggman, (1-year) Roxanne Cates, (2 years)

KIWANIS IS SERVING THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD