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Ft. Myers Metro-McGregor Kiwanis
PO Box 61104
Ft. Myers, FL 33906
(239) 940-3893 Club President
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MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HANUKKAH, 
KWANZAA, & WINTER SOLSTICE TO ALL

12-18-18 Meeting
(The editor thanks Lindsey, Todd and Rachel for notes to make this edition possible)

Meeting called to order by President-Elect Lindsey Lenhart. 

Total attendance; 17, members-15, other Kiwanis members-1, Bob Kemper (N.C), Guests-0; Speaker; member Andrew Kurtz. Please keep Nancy Nelson in your thoughts as she undergoes some additional treatments. 

50/50 winner was Bill Grant. Anyone can participate in the 50/50 and win the instant winnings however only club members are eligible to take chance to pull the ace of hearts if their ticket is drawn. 
 

 

 

Rachel and Lindsey presented our servers with a Christmas token of appreciation from our club.  
                                     
                                                           








                                                             Announcements

DCM (Division Council Meeting)-First one for the year is January 2 at Kiwanis Hall. The Cape Coral Club is hosting. Dinner s $8.00 and served at 6:00pm. Governor Steve and his wife will be attending.  Let Kim know by Dec 28th if you are attending. If we have a minimum of 4 members we can count this as an Interclub. An email went out to all members with additional details such as the address. 

Please tell your friends to get registered for the 11th annual BUG 5K on January 26th.    https://register.chronotrack.com/r/45017
If you are a a Facebook user please share the news.    https://www.facebook.com/events/119673162265792/



                           December Birthdays

                           3rd-Yurley Gutierrez
                         23rd-Chrysten Foley
                         31st-Ian Nelson

                                                                       Service
 
BUG (Bring Up Grades)-  Rayma C. Page recognition and celebration ceremonies: 
 
We received this feedback from parent:  I saw your representative at the academic acknowledgement activity at my daughter's school- Rayma C Page.  We are new to the area, recently relocating from Colorado Springs, but I wanted to let you know that it was great to see community involvement celebrating and encouraging the success of the student body and academia.  Well done. Chris H.

We appreciate the members who participated in congratulating our students' academic success. Our first semester celebration included 181 BUG recipients. Thank you again for sponsoring our students. We look forward to future endeavors together. Warmest regards, Dennette Foy, Curriculum/ESOL

Dear All, We are indeed blessed to have strong community support! Thank you to each of the Kiwanis members for taking time out of their busy schedules to participate in our Academic Award Ceremonies. Your presence was very much appreciated . I look forward to partnering with you in future events. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Valerie Sheckler, Principal


Oasis Reading Room- (Stewart Ross). Reading will start back up in January. Weekly reading at Orangewood Elementary on Wednesdays (except on designated school holidays) to first and second grade youth. 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 
 
Literacy Buddy-Early Learning Coalition-Enroll https://elcofswfl.org  on the application mention you are affiliated with our club. It's not to late to sign up. The agency states they are short about 12 volunteer buddies this year.

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. They had a meeting this morning and made PB&J sandwiches for the homeless.
 
CKI Club-    FGCU.  Looking for a club member to take on advisor role for this club. Can you help? See Rachel or Lindsey. On winter break.

Key Club- ( Harris Segel) Collegiate High on FSW campus. On winter break.

Builder's Club-( Barbara Hartman, Todd Adams, Ada Trapanese) Cypress Lake Middle School. Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at 4:00pm.  On winter break.

K-Kids-( Kim Berghs) Littleton Elementary at 2:15pm on Wednesdays 1-2 times per month. 
On winter break
 
                                   Today's  Program: Gulf Coat Symphony 

Our presenter today was Dr. Andrew Kurtz, also our newest club member.  He spoke about the role Gulf Coast Symphony plays in the community.  Part of Taste of the Cape, participated in a Hurricane benefit concern at Barbara B Mann, waiting for funding for three positions for people from Lighthouse of SWFL, outreach programs with skilled musicians at locations including Art fest, Community Cooperative, and Lighthouse of SWFL, the Music Works programs (currently has 48 kids), and Family Days at Community Cooperative with hands on activities.  They are active year round and have 16 concerts at Barbara B. In July they will preform a new concert, Space The Final Frontier. To reach Andrew 239-277-1700 or akurtz@gulfcoastsymphony.org 


           Meetings

December 25-No meeting

January 1-No meeting

January 8- James Wineinger, Hope Clubhouse

January 15-Kiwanis Connections

January 22- TBA

January 29- Service social


Next Board meeting is January 8th at 6pm

 
January speaker chair-Lindsey Lenhart


Where/when we meet: 11:30am on Tuesdays at Shoeless Joe's in the Crowne Plaza, 13051 Bell Tower Drive, Fort Myers 33907 





         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 Division 19
Lt. Governor - Mick Shelldrake
Mick.sheldrake@gmail.com

Foundation Trustee-Bruce Boyd 
bdklg12@gmail.com

          
            Florida District
      Governor Steve LeBlanc
          www.FLKiwanis.org
 
        Kiwanis International
  President Florencio "Poly" Lat
            www.Kiwanis.org
 
         Save the Date

BUG Recognition-Littleton
January 18 and April 5th
at 12:45pm

BUG Recognition-
 Orangewood,  January 22 and April 8th at 9:30am


Calusa Bug Chase-5K
January 26, 2019

Please save year-round...

Aluminum pull tabs
for Ronald McDonald House. During the school year for K-Kids.
  

Box Tops for Education
for Builder's Club, give to Barbara Hartman year-round.

 
     #Kidsneedkiwanis 


Delicious Dining 
Discount Book


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