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Ft. Myers Metro-McGregor Kiwanis
PO Box 61104
Ft. Myers, FL 33906
(239) 940-3893 Club President
www.metro-mcgregor.com
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1-29-19 Committee Meeting & 5th Tuesday Social
Information meeting called to order by President Rachel Toomey. 14 in attendance. No 50/50 or sheriff today.
Announcements/Reminders
Background Screening; screens are valid for 2 years. You will receive an email notifying you of such and directions to be re-screened.
January Birthdays
2nd-Matt Toomey
13th-Dorothy Dodson
25th-James Wineinger
26th-Jon Wallace
January 21st-Happy Birthday Kiwanis
International
104 years, improving the world, one child, one community at a time!
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Service
BUG Recognition at Orangewood Elementary on January 22nd.
130 children were recognized in front of teachers and peers.
L-R photo: Linda Petrik, Sarah Paiva, Curriculum Specialist, Angela Nader, Principal, Charlie Dodson, Barbara Hartman, Dorothy Dodson, Kim Berghs, John Klaas.
Oasis Reading Room-
(Stewart Ross). Weekly reading/mentoring is at Orangewood Elementary on Wednesdays (except on designated school holidays). Times are 1:50pm-2:30pm (you have two different youth during this time). Sign up with Stewart 507-304-1624 or stewart.ross@mnsu.edu
MS Support Group-
(Bill Grant), meets 3rd Thursday of the month at St. Hilary Episcopal Church.
SLP's (Service Leadership Programs)
Aktion Club-(Karen Hurst) at LARC. Meets 2nd Tuesday at 8:30am.
CKI Club-
FGCU. See Rachel or Lindsey.
Key Club-
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Harris Segel) Collegiate High on FSW campus.
Builder's Club-(
Barbara Hartman, Todd Adams, Ada Trapanese) Cypress Lake Middle School. Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at 4:00pm. Builder's Club is collecting items for their annual "Puppy Love"
project, for the Gulf Coast Humane Society.
K-Kids-(
Kim Berghs) Littleton Elementary at 2:15pm on Wednesdays 1-2 times per month.
March of Dimes March for Babies Walk Saturday, April 27, 2019
We plan on organizing a team and Lindsey has invited clubs in our division to all come together for this event. Please ask your friends and colleagues.
March For Babies- Southwest Florida
Centennial Park, 2000 West First Street, Fort Myers, 33901
Start Time 9:00am, Registration Time: 8:00am, Walk distance: 3 miles (you can turn around whenever you want or help out in other ways if you don't want to walk
Team: Division 19 Kiwanis
To Register Visit:
- Click Join This Team
- You will need an email address to create an account
- You will receive an email confirmation that you joined the event
How To Register for March For Babies Event Online- Step By Step
- Open your web browser (Internet Explorer, Google Chrome etc)
- In the search bar type the link: https://www.marchforbabies.org/team/Division19Kiwanis
- Once on the home page- Click "JOIN THIS TEAM" purple box
- It will prompt you to enter your email address or sign up using Facebook or Google. Chose what best fits you.
- If you chose to sign up with an email address the next page will ask you to create an account by putting in your user name, a password etc. At the bottom click "CREATE ACCOUNT".
- You will also notice at the bottom right hand corner a purple box that says "Live Support ONLINE". You can use this if you need help.
- After creating an account- You will see "Event and team details".
- Verify the address showing is "SOUTHWEST FLORIDA Centennial Park, 200 West First Street, Fort Myers, FL 33901.
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If this is not the address that shows up click "Change location" below the given address.
- On the right side you will see "Division 19 Kiwanis" as the team name and "Lindsey Lenhart" as the team captain.
- After you are done verifying the details click "CONTINUE" at the bottom of the page.
- You will be asked to "ENTER YOUR PERSONAL FUNDRAISING GOAL" - enter any amount and click "CONTINUE".
- In the next page you will have the opportunity to personally donate. If you don't want to do it then click "Not right now" in grey letters.
- After selecting your personal ties to the campaign, you will be able to see your account.
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Committee Meetings Held Today
Fundraising had 6 members
Administration had 8 members
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Meetings
February 5th-
Kris Volpone, The Salvation Army. Also, check presentation to Heights Elementary
for club sponsored Sensory Room.
February 12th-
Kim Swanson, Lee County Sheriff Department (Scams and Fraud Prevention).
February 19th- Matt Wallace, Lee County Human & Veteran's Services (Homelessness in Lee County).
February 26th- LIsa Rizzo, Children's Advocacy Center (& check presentation)
Next Board meeting is February 12th at 6pm at Ada's.
February speaker chair-
Kim Berghs
K-Kids Week
Where/when we meet: 11:30am on Tuesdays at Shoeless Joe's in the Crowne Plaza, 13051 Bell Tower Drive, Fort Myers 33907
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Defining Statement
"Kiwanis is a global
organization of volunteers
dedicated to improving the
world, one child and one
community at a time."
Club Officers
President: Rachel Toomey
President-Elect: Lindsey Lenhart
Treasurer: Todd Adams
Secretary: Kim Berghs
Immediate Past President: Liz Ross
Florida District
Governor Steve LeBlanc
Kiwanis International
President Florencio "Poly" Lat
Kids Need Kiwanis
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Interclub-February 21st
with Ft. Myers Beach
BUG Recognition
Rayma C. Page-tba
BUG Recognition-Littleton
April 5th at 12:45pm
BUG Recognition-
Orangewood,
April 8th at 9:15am
ICON (International Convention)
DCON (District Convention)
Please save year-round...
Aluminum pull tabs for K-Kids
for Ronald McDonald House during the school year.
for Builder's Club, give to Barbara Hartman year-round.
Delicious Dining
Discount Book
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