Service

Read Across America in honor of Dr. Seuss is March 1st.

 Orangewood and Rayma Page Elementary Schools are inviting volunteers to come read to children.  Remember to wear a Kiwanis 

shirt or Dr. Seuss apparel is you have any. Bring a photo ID and first check in at the office.

• Orangewood- Volunteer readers will be given Dr. Seuss books and assigned to a classroom for reading the book.  You can do as little at 20 minutes or as much as you like.  The parameters for reading that day are from 9:15 am to 2:30 pm.  Stewart Ross is coordinating this project so if you are interested send him an email with the time frame you would like                            to read.  stewart.ross@mnsu.edu   4001 DeLeon Street, Fort Myers 

• Rayma Page Come visit kiddos for an hour and read a book to them, books provided. This is a national event and and encourages young reader to love reading. Sign up here; www.signupgenius.com/go/5080c4ea8ad2ba1fc1-read  Refreshments will be available.  17000 South Tamiami Trail. 

                          

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. Volunteers will be needed to cover the months Bill and Ed are out of state. If you can help, consider learning the ropes now. 

                                            SLP's (Service Leadership Programs)

                     

Aktion Club-(Karen Hurst) at LARC. Meets 2nd Tuesday at 8:30am. 

 

CKI Club-    FGCU. 

Key Club- ( 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 through the end of March. 
Dry or canned dog and cat food, blankets, toys.  

K-Kids-( Kim Berghs) Littleton Elementary at 2:15pm on Wednesdays 1-2 times per month. Their current project is a fundraiser for Cystic Fibrosis. They will have classroom competition with prizes too. 

                Today's Program:  Homelessness in Lee County

Our presenter today was Matt Wallace, Homeless Outreach Coordinator for Lee County Human & Veteran Services. Last year there were 2,800 homeless in our county. The school district provided homeless related services 2,100 children receive services last year.

Job loss is the number 1 reason people are homeless, number 2 is mental health issues and number 3 is substance abuse. These are the people we want to focus on. Matt is just one individual that works in the continuum care providing services for the homeless in our county (law enforcement, housing, VA, United Way 211, service agencies, medical providers  and more just to name a few).

 He showed us an example of a bag made by FGCU students containing basic items in them. It's called the Kindness Project.

To reach Matt call 239-281-9393 (cell). To learn more about this and other programs visit www.leegov.com/dhs

  Pictured are President Rachel and Matt Wallace 

                             Florida's First Lady Project--Diaper Drive

We are going to collect diapers during the months of March and April. 

For March please give them to Ada as we'll be donating them to St. Vincent De Paul. We will update you for April.

At the end of April we'll send our total diaper count to the Florida office. 

You can also bring in items associated with diapers such as wipes. If you don't want to shop a club member will be happy to do that. 

                                                                          

           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 to join us.

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:

https://www.marchforbabies.org/team/Division19Kiwanis

• 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

1. Open your web browser (Internet Explorer, Google Chrome etc)
2. In the search bar type the link: https://www.marchforbabies.org/team/Division19Kiwanis
3. Once on the home page- Click "JOIN THIS TEAM" purple box
4. It will prompt you to enter your email address or sign up using Facebook or Google. Chose what best fits you.
5. 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".
   1. 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.
   2. After creating an account- You will see "Event and team details".
      1. Verify the address showing is "SOUTHWEST FLORIDA Centennial Park, 200 West First Street, Fort Myers, FL 33901.

                                                              i.      If this is not the address that shows up click "Change location"                                                                                below the given address.

1. On the right side you will see "Division 19 Kiwanis" as the team name and "Lindsey Lenhart" as the team captain.
2. After you are done verifying the details click "CONTINUE" at the bottom of the page.
3. You will be asked to "ENTER YOUR PERSONAL FUNDRAISING GOAL" - enter any amount and click "CONTINUE".
4. 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.
5. After selecting your personal ties to the campaign, you will be able to see your account.