Kiwanis MAGAZINE TELLING THE KIWANIS STORY AUGUST 2020 LEARNING CURVE STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND PARENTS ARE STRUGGLING TO ADAPT TO THE “NEW NORMAL” IN EDUCATION. KIWANIANS CAN HELP. RISING ABOVE BEST IN SHOW LITERACY POWER KIWANIS RESPONDS SIGNATURE PROJECT KIWANIANS BECOME DURING PANDEMIC CONTEST WINNERS STORYTIME HEROES p001_KIM_0820_Cover.indd + 1 7/1/20 7:30 PM © UNICEF NOW IT MATTERS MORE THAN EVER. We’ve saved so many lives already. Now, the crucial part: reaching mothers and babies in some of the world’s most dangerous areas. Don’t rest — this is the critical moment. Help eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus from the face of the Earth. kiwanis.org/TheEliminateProject p002-003_KIM_0820_TOC.indd 2 7/1/20 7:31 PM © UNICEF LITERACY POWER • Page 34 Contents AUGUST 2020 • VOLUME 105, NUMBER 5 Features Departments 12 RISING ABOVE 4 VOICES Mission Statement Even in the midst of the COVID-19 Letter from the Editor; President’s pandemic, Kiwanis clubs find ways Message; Executive Perspective; The mission of Kiwanis to help. Letters magazine is to empower and inspire Kiwanis 20 LEARNING CURVE 8 NEWS Students, teachers and parents are Important dates; New member fee members to make struggling to adapt to the “new waived; Legacy of Play Contest lasting differences in the normal” in education. coming soon; Fewer babies dying lives of children — and of tetanus; Key Leader is going to share their powerful 30 BEST IN SHOW virtual; COVID-19 grants awarded; work with the world. Congratulations to the best of the In memoriam best in the 2020 Signature Project Contest. 42 CLUBS IN ACTION Binding agreement; All aboard; 34 LITERACY POWER Title role; T-shirt kindness California Kiwanians boost reading with inventive program, become 50 WORKBOOK local heroes. Diversity is key to a successful club AUGUST 2020 3 p002-003_KIM_0820_TOC.indd 3 7/1/20 7:31 PM KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL KIWANIS MAGAZINE STAFF PUBLISHER Stan D. Soderstrom CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS Ben Hendricks OFFICER EXECUTIVE EDITOR Kasey Jackson MANAGING EDITOR Tony Knoderer ART DIRECTOR Andy Austin ASSISTANT EDITOR Julie Saetre From the executive editor MULTIMEDIA PROJECTS Curtis Billue EDITOR 2019–20 KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS PRESIDENT Daniel Vigneron hat a time we live in. share in this issue of the magazine Howald, Luxembourg PRESIDENT-ELECT Arthur N. Riley As we were preparing (see page 12), so we have also shared Westminster, Maryland, USA IMMEDIATE James M. Rochford W content for the June/July 2020 many on social media and on kiwan- PAST PRESIDENT Peoria, Illinois, USA issue, we were just beginning to under- is.org. Please, go read them. Let them VICE PRESIDENT Peter J. Mancuso North Bellmore, New York, USA stand the severity and significance of lift you up in this time of uncertainty. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Stan D. Soderstrom Indianapolis, Indiana, USA COVID-19. We knew Kiwanis family And speaking of uncertainty, with TRUSTEES Katrina J. Baranko, Albany, Georgia, USA; Greg clubs would step up to help. No matter COVID-19 came lots of change, Beard, Alexandria, Louisiana, USA; Gunnsteinn Björnsson, Sauðárkróki, Iceland; Chian Chu-Ching, Taichung City, Taiwan; the global stay-at-home orders, Kiwan- not least of which came in how Gary Cooper, Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA; George R. Delisle, Westfield, Massachusetts, USA; Elio Garozzo, Catania, is members would find a way. We just our children around the world are Italy; Charles R. Gugliuzza, Homestead, Florida, USA; Tony Gunn, Mordialloc, Victoria, Australia; David W. Hurrelbrink, hadn’t heard much yet, so we couldn’t learning. We are faced with more Kansas City, Kansas, USA; Richard G. Olmstead Jr., Lancaster, California, USA; Ernest Schmid, Einöde, Austria; Sam Sekhon, report to you how things were going in questions than answers, it seems. Is Sandy Hook, Manitoba, Canada; Ronald E. Smith, Fountain Hills, Arizona; USA; Cathy Szymanski, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA your communities. So we sat back and it safe to go back into schools? How 2019–20 KIWANIS CHILDREN’S FUND OFFICERS waited for you to tell us. will kids keep up if they are to stay PRESIDENT Ann Wilkins Tahlequah, Oklahoma, USA And wow, did you all deliver. at home for learning? How are our PRESIDENT-ELECT Norman A. Velnes Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada The Kiwanis family’s response to educators dealing with the constant- IMMEDIATE George E.H. Cadman PAST PRESIDENT Q.C., North Vancouver, British the pandemic stretches from continent ly shifting demands of education Columbia, Canada to continent. You’ve donated masks, during this crisis? Such big topics TREASURER Robert M. Garretson Fort Collins, Colorado, USA food, school equipment and more — to think about. As Kiwanians, you EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Stan D. Soderstrom Indianapolis, Indiana, USA not to mention your bravery and time know how to find answers to make CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Ann Updegraff Spleth Indianapolis, Indiana, USA to a cause that, let’s be honest, had positive change. And in our cover TRUSTEES Patricia Barsotti, Concord, California, USA; Matthew Cantrall, Lakeland, Florida, USA; Filip Delanote, some danger to it. After all, we’ve all story this month, we offer some Koksijde, Belgium; Peter J. Mancuso, North Bellmore, New York, USA; Robert S. Maxwell, Topeka, Kansas, USA; Benjamin R. been told to distance ourselves and information from experts as well as Osterhout, Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, USA; Serena Quek, Johor Bahru Johor, Malaysia; Armand B. St. Raymond, Vestavia Hills, limit our activities in order not to advice (see page 20). Alabama, USA; James M. Rochford, Peoria, Illinois, USA; John Tyner II, Rockville, Maryland, USA; Chien-Kung Yang, Hsinchu spread the illness. So doing something And one last thing: I challenge City, Taiwan; Amy Zimmerman, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA was harder than usual. you to change your thinking when KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL OFFICE But there you were, helping you read Kiwanis magazine. 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Is your club looking for a sponsorship opportunity? Get started at kiwanis.org/charter. p004-005_KIM_0820_Mast-Column.indd 5 7/1/20 7:32 PM DANIEL VIGNERON President’s message KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT s I write this, we are still very from my region is the ingenuity of a vention and election season. Kiwan- much dealing with COVID-19 club in Belgium. The Kiwanis Club ians are putting their heads together A and our different way of life. of Welkenraedt Trois Frontières has a to figure out a different way of doing We abide by directives to wear big annual fundraising dinner during things for the latest set of challenges. masks and practice social distanc- asparagus season. Gathering for We will get it done — Res, non verba. ing. We have lost a number of our the event was not possible this year I share and carry forward my prede- Kiwanis members. because of COVID-19, so members cessor Poly Lat’s belief in continuity. During my time at home, my Ki- of the club made the feast available Our current team of officers works wanis Club of Vielsalm stayed in touch for pickup. Asparagus, potatoes and closely together to strategize for a through online meetings. We kept ham were prepared in a restaurant productive future. We are friends, and up our service to our community by and then picked up by those who had I believe we are open and strong in distributing masks.