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Our club meets at Rizzo's Restaurant in Wentzville at Noon, every Thursday. We invite you to come join us and see if you would like to be a part of our efforts. |
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Members List:
President:
Bob Swank
Vice-President:
Joni Marren
Secretary:
Lynn Whitehead
Treasurer:
John Hoff
Immediate Past President:
Tim Hooten
Board Member:
Mike Dinello
Tina Garrison
Jan Lewien
Maggie Menefee
Bob ThompsonLinks Section
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Club Leadership and Organization
Our Standing Committees- Club Administration is responsible for providing the most effective club meeting possible. Areas of focus should include the program, reception of guests, fellowship, inter-club relations, as well as any other areas the committee may deem pertinent.
- Community Services identifies community service projects that we can become involved in. This might mean more than just “giving money”. We need to look for ways to get our hands dirty down in the trenches to have an impact in our community. Projects might include Special Olympics, senior citizen programs, literacy, Salvation Army Bell Ringing and many others.
- Membership Growth & Education strives to increase membership according to the standards provided in the bylaws. The committee should also promote regular attendance by all members at our meetings and special projects. They also coordinate the weekly program schedule.
- Public Relations responsible for helping to ensure that the public receives, through the media and other means, the Objects, goals, programs, and achievements of Kiwanis International and the club. They work to promote our events both before the event and as a report following any event.
- Finance & Fundraising responsible for preparing a budget of estimated income and expenses for submission to the Board of Directors, as well as any recommendations it may have on financial matters of the club. It is also responsible for seeking out ways to secure the funds necessary to meet the budgetary requirements. Subcommittees include Trivia night, Peanut Day,
- Sponsored Youth is our connection to Key Club. They should explore the possibility of establishing other youth clubs like Kiwanis Kids in elementary schools, Builder’s Club in the middle schools, and encourage club participation in their events and their participation in certain club events. Jen Simpson is the Key Club liaison.
- Human & Spiritual Values implement projects that support spiritual development, provide human companionship and comfort, or offer counseling and guidance. Projects can encourage interfaith and inter-denominational religious activity. Popular projects include prayer breakfasts, layman of the year awards, transportation to religious services, visits to nursing homes, and support of grief counseling. Our current Prayer Breakfast falls under this committee.
- Young Children: Priority One should implement projects for children, prenatal through age five. Projects can address maternal and child health, childcare, early development, nutrition, parenting education and support, advocacy, pediatric trauma, or safety. Popular projects include encouraging literacy, assisting childcare and preschool programs, distributing the home-safety checklist, conducting bicycle safety programs, and assisting with immunization programs.
Kiwanis International sponsors several service clubs for young people: Circle K International has 11,000 members on 570 university and college campuses; Key Club International has 215,000 members in 4,600 high schools; and Builders Clubs have been organized in 2,000 junior high and middle schools. Other members of the Kiwanis family include K-Kids in elementary schools, young European adults in Kiwanis Junior, and Aktion Club, which involves persons with disabilities in community-service activities.
In one year, Kiwanis clubs sponsored 147,000 service projects. To do so, Kiwanians raised and spent nearly $70 million and contributed 6.2 million hours of volunteer time. What does Kiwanis do on an international scale to serve the children of the world? Kiwanis’ continuing service emphasis is called “Young Children: Priority One,” which focuses on the special needs of children from prenatal development to age five. Projects conducted as part of the “Young Children: Priority One” service emphasis involved $14.3 million and 1.3 million volunteer hours.
In 1994, Kiwanis launched its first Worldwide Service Project, a $75 million campaign in partnership with UNICEF to eliminate iodine deficiency disorders by the year 2000. Iodine deficiency is rare in areas where iodized salt is used, but in other parts of the world, IDD is the leading cause of preventable mental and physical retardation. As many as 1.5 billion people are at risk, especially young children.
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