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In the August 2019 Kiwan AUGUST 2019 ® A TEXAS KEY CLUB CONSTRUCTS A WATER STATION SERVING THE CHILDREN OF WORLD FOR GUATEMALAN SCHOOLCHILDREN CLEAN HANDS OPEN HEARTS FAMILY AFFAIR: GENEALOGY GOES HIGH-TECH MAKER SPACE: CLASSROOM PROMOTES INVENTION MAGIC IN DISNEY: KIWANIS CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS p001_KIM_0819_Cover.indd 1 + 7/2/19 7:43 AM Play never told me you can’t or don’t or you shouldn’t or you won’t. Play never said be careful! You’re not strong enough. You’re not big enough. You’re not brave enough. Play has always been an invitation. A celebration. A joyous manifestation. Of the cans and wills and what ifs and why nots. Play isn’t one thing. It’s everything. Anything. Play doesn’t care what a body can or cannot do. Because play lives inside us. All of us. Play begs of us: Learn together. Grow together. Be together. Know together. And as we grow older. As the world comes at us with you can’t or don’t or you shouldn’t or you won’t. We come back to what we know. That imagination will never fail us. That words will never hurt us. That play will always shape us. To see the new We-Go-Round™, visit playlsi.com/we-go-round. Landscape Structures has been a proud Vision Partner of ©2019 Landscape Structures Inc. All rights reserved. Kiwanis International since 2013 p002-003_KIM_0819_TOC.indd 2 7/2/19 7:44 AM KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL INSIDE Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time. 2018–19 OFFICERS, KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT Florencio C. “Poly” Lat, Pasay City, Metro Manila, the Philippines PRESIDENT-ELECT Daniel Vigneron, Howald, Luxembourg IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT James M. Rochford, Peoria, Illinois, USA VICE PRESIDENT Arthur N. “Art” Riley, Westminster, Maryland, USA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Stan D. Soderstrom, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA TRUSTEES Katrina J. Baranko, Albany, Georgia, USA; Greg Beard, Alexandria, Louisiana, USA; Chian Chu-Ching, Taichung City, Taiwan; George R. Delisle, Westfield, Massachusetts, USA; M.A. “Fred” Dietz, Hudson, Wisconsin, USA; Elio Garozzo, Catania, Italy; Charles R. “Chuck” Gugliuzza, Homestead, Florida, USA; Tony Gunn, Mordialloc, Victoria, Australia; 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; Sam Sekhon, Sandy Hook, Manitoba, Canada; Ronald E. “Ron” Smith, Fountain Hills, Arizona; USA; Bert West, Divide, Colorado, USA 2018–19 OFFICERS, KIWANIS CHILDREN’S FUND PRESIDENT George E.H. Cadman, Q.C., North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada PRESIDENT-ELECT Ann Wilkins, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, USA IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Chia Sing “Sing” Hwang, Selangor, Malaysia TREASURER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Stan D. Soderstrom, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Ann Updegraff Spleth, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA TRUSTEES Patricia “Patti” Barsotti, Concord, California, USA; Albert Filip Delanote, Koksijde, Belgium; Robert M. “Bob” Garretson, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA; Robert S. Maxwell, Topeka, Kansas, USA; Benjamin R. “Ben” Osterhout, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, USA; Arthur N. “Art” Riley, Westminster, Maryland, USA; James M. “Jim” Rochford, Peoria, Illinois, USA; Shih Yu-Mei, Changhua County, Taiwan; John Tyner II, Rockville, Maryland, USA; Norman A. “Norm” Velnes, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Amy Zimmerman, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Clean hands, open hearts Page 12 MAGAZINE STAFF EDITOR Stan D. Soderstrom CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER Ben Hendricks PUBLISHER/CIRCULATION MANAGER Jack Brockley MANAGING EDITOR Kasey Jackson ASSISTANT EDITORS Curtis Billue, Julie Saetre ART DIRECTOR Andy Austin CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Tony Knoderer Contents KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL OFFICE AUGUST 2019 • VOLUME 104, NUMBER 5 3636 Woodview Trace, Indianapolis, IN 46268-3196 800-KIWANIS (in US/Canada), 317-875-8755 Fax: 317-879-0204 Email: [email protected] Website: kiwanis.org FEATURES DEPARTMENTS Magazine website: kiwanismagazine.org 4 VOICES ADVERTISING SALES 12 CLEAN HANDS, OPEN HEARTS 3636 Woodview Trace, Indianapolis, IN 46268 Texas Key Club members spend President’s Message; Executive 317-217-6196, Fax: 317-217-6196 Email: [email protected] spring break in Guatemala building Perspective; Letters New England and Mid-Atlantic: more than hand-washing facilities. RB Advertising Representatives Inc., 8 NEWS 8 Binger Way, Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567 914-769-0051, Fax: 914-769-0691 22 FAMILY AFFAIR House of delegates’ decisions; Email: [email protected] Genealogy websites and high-tech convention countries; policy FUTURE CONVENTIONS DNA tests help amateur historians changes; a new playground for Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, June 18–21, 2020 Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, June 24–27, 2021 trace their family roots back Barron; signature winners Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, June 22-25, 2023 multiple generations. 40 SHOWCASE KIWANIS (ISSN 0162-5276) is published monthly except February, May, July and November by Kiwanis 28 MAKER SPACE Clothed in self-esteem; diving into International. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Kiwanis, 3636 Woodview Tr., Indianapolis, IN 46268-3196. 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Copyright © 2019 by Kiwanis International Cover photo by Kasey Jackson been a proud Vision Partner of Kiwanis International since 2013 AUGUST 2019 3 p002-003_KIM_0819_TOC.indd 3 7/2/19 8:42 AM VOICES PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE EXECUTIVE PERSPECTIVE POLY LAT • KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT STAN SODERSTROM • KIWANIS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Youth are our future Our membership issue What will the Kiwanis of the in 1959-60 and credits his In the past couple of months, ery year, less than 10 percent future look like? In my vision, involvement in Key Club as a I have received some won- of Kiwanis members actually we’ll be in good hands if driving force behind his life- derful feedback from Kiwanis invite someone to join. those now involved with long commitment to service. members about the June/ For me, that prompts a our Kiwanis Youth Programs In 2018, our youth programs July issue of the magazine related question: How can continue on the Kiwanis path had a membership of more (“Pass This On”). Of course, Kiwanis International make it and become members as they than 350,000! While that is you never know for sure easier for members to attract reach adulthood. impressive, we cannot be how people will react when people to Kiwanis? The June/ I’m proud of the work our satisfied with that number. you do something a little July issue was one answer. Kiwanis Youth Programs Knowing the profound impact different. But I’m pleased to And the response suggests accomplish every day. Our our programs have on stu- tell you that the response has that it was a good answer. In young people are involved dents’ lives and their commu- lived up to our hopes here at fact, we have received many around the globe, making an nities, we cannot rest. We must Kiwanis International. requests for extra copies. impact in their communities push our limits and open more To refresh your memory, We were hoping to get and learning valuable leader- clubs around the world. the issue had two cov- those requests. That’s why ship skills. Every generation has its ers: a removable one for we printed extra copies at Our programs that support challenges and obstacles. To- Kiwanians and the cover the time of publication. So if youth through college-age day’s kids face pressure from for whomever that member you and your club need more students are the very foun- social media and people who might want to give it to. copies of “Pass This On,” just dation from which many use the internet for unscrupu- And what did that ask for them! young people build a life lous purposes. Imagine a Key non-Kiwanis reader get? An And don’t stop there. I want dedicated to volunteer service Club and CKI on every high easy-to-read and beautifully to hear from you. If that issue and leadership. As we look school and university campus. designed overview of an helped make inviting new through pictures of past Key This should be our goal, important question: “What members easier, tell us how Club International and Circle spreading our programs to if you could change the and why. Let us know wheth- K International presidents, every country and communi- world?” er you’d like more such issues we see doctors, business and ty to help kids become aware, Big-picture questions can of the magazine. Or should community leaders, attorneys, self-confident and compas- inspire people to think of we use the publication in oth- elected officials, award-win- sionate. When our students ways they can make a larger er ways that create member- ning journalists and more. are engaged, they feel more difference. And that can lead ship resources for clubs? As Kiwanians, we should connected to their communi- them to think of Kiwanis After all, Kiwanis is a vol- be proud of the legacy of ties. 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