Wednesday Sep 10
• KIWANIS MEETING
12:00pm-1:00pm Ponderosa

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	OAKVILLE HIGH SCHOOL KEY CLUB
	MO-ARK KIWANIS DISTRICT
	KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL
	MO-ARK CIRCLE K ALUMNI

Welcome to South County Kiwanis               

We are an organization dedicated to serving children in the metropolitan area, as well as around the world.

Key Club

MO-ARK District Secretary, Trish Duran, Division 21 Lt. Gov. Kyle Huddleston

July 30, 2008

12 members and 4 guests present: Thelma Geldbach; Trish Duran and Kyle Huddleston, today’s speakers; Emily McFarland, prospective member from Mehlville School District. Emily will be joining our club in the near future. President Ed appointed Vern, Sue and Bob to audit the books and report back at the August Board Meeting. Mel will make a couple of phone calls this week to members who have not been to a meeting in a while. Trish Duran, MO-ARK Key Club District Secretary thanked us for helping send her to the Key Club International Convention in Denver recently. She told about some of the workshops that were held to better club and District activities, fund raising, etc. She said they had some serious times at the convention, and some fun times as well. They did some sightseeing to Pike’s Peak, Garden of the Gods, etc. They raised over $15,000 in a March of Dimes March. She received a plaque for being Outstanding Lt. Gov. last year.

Kyle Huddleston, MO-ARK Division 21 Lt. Gov. then spoke briefly about the District Convention held in July. He asked if we were interested in purchasing an ad for the District Handbook which goes to help defray some of their costs. Make-a-Wish Foundation is the MO-ARK charity for the coming year. Division 21, which he serves, has 7 clubs in the St. Louis and surrounding area.

Happy $$$: Bob for a school reunion; Ed for a good trip to Minnesota; Mel is going to Indiana to see his daughter’s family; Sherry for her help with Kids Voting; Jeanne for a safe trip to Chicago; Vern for a good week with family in Omaha; Carla & Sue for our Key Club speakers today; Louann for trip to the casino for Jerry’s birthday; Judy for others’ help with Kids Voting and our Key Club representatives today; Gerry for her daughters’ throwing her a birthday party; Rick for a Las Vegas Ride last week.

50/50: Drawing - Louann, Lottery Ticket - Carla.

Board/Business Meeting

July 23, 2008

9 members and 1 guest present: Thelma Geldbach. After announcements and passing around communications, held our Business Meeting. Louann & Mel volunteered to be the committee to nominate this year’s Hixson Fellowship recipient and also the Kiwanian of the Year. They will report back at the August Board Meet-ing. Louann went over plans for programs for the new Administrative Year. Several meetings are already set, and she will work on the others. We will NOT meet on November 26 (Thanksgiving Holiday) and also on December 24 & 31 (Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve).

We then went into our Board Meeting. Secretary Rick read the minutes of the previous meeting, and Treasurer Bob presented the Treasurer’s Report. Both were accepted as presented. Secretary Rick has paid our State Incorporation fee for the year.

Happy $$$: Mel for his daughter’s and son-in-law’s visit; Ed for making progress in his "life style" change; Sue for her sons’ baseball season ending, but football practice has already started; Carla for getting the interior of her house painted; Louann’s father-in-law is doing well in a nursing home; Gerry hoping for safe drivers on the roads; Bob for a mini class reunion.

Family Support Network, Gail Mohrmann

July 16, 2008

13 members and 1 guest present: Stephanie Camden (today’s speaker from Family Support Network). Next week, July 23, will be our Board/Business Meeting. After announcements and communications, President Ed introduced today’s speaker.

Stephanie Camden, Director of Development and Marketing for Family Support Network, gave a brief update of the FSN’s activities. They are a prevention agency to try to prevent abuse and neglect from occurring. They try to treat the problems before they develop to the point of becoming full-blown abuse and neglect. Abuse and neglect can take many forms, not just the physical as we so often think. Abuse and neglect take the form of children not going to school, not seeing a doctor regularly and getting their shots, verbal slings at a child, etc. Since we all have a stake in our society, so it falls upon each one of us to hotline a family if we see, or suspect, any of these forms developing.

FSN’s goals are to strengthen family relation-ships and to keep kids in school to become more productive citizens. They provide individual family therapy, parenting education, support systems, and follow-up to see how families are doing. There is no charge for their services. 38% of the families they serve are struggling in poverty. Families are referred to them by schools, doctors, social agencies, churches, etc.

Happy $$$: Bob for the warm weather; Sue for Patrick being here; Ed, Patrick and Louann for today’s program; Vern is going to Omaha for a family gathering; Carla for her grandkids being in town last week; Rick for last weekend’s HOG "Observation Run;" Gerry for her birthday party this week; Jeanne is going to Springfield, IL to see the Lincoln Shrine; Mel for his family visiting.

July 1-31,2008

All through the month of July, we will be collecting canned goods for the Feed My People food pantry with the help and co-operation of Ponderosa and their clients.

Our newest member, Gerry Abeln! We look forward to working with you for many years.