Service

Thanks Jaci for cranking out 4 blankets recently. Susan Hornung, Linda Petrik and Karen Hurst are finishing up the last of them. 



Thanks to the following for helping with a special project for United Way; Susan Hornung, Karen Hurst, Lindsey Lenhart, Cathy Smith, Connie Prevatt, John Klaas, LIz Ross, Ada Trapanese, Todd Adams,                          

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. A check was presented to Harris to help members attending Key Club Convention in Naples. 

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.

                Today's Program:  Children's Advocacy Center

Our presenter today was Lisa Rizzio from Children's Advocacy Center. This agency works with abused, neglected and at-risk children. Did you know 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys are sexually abused before the age of 18? Services are provided such as 24-hour crisis intervention, forensic interviews, medical exams/evaluations, therapeutic counseling, Pet Advocate Program, parenting education, Pine Manor after-school and summer programs, manage the East Ft. Myers United Way House, and Family First violence prevention program. Last year, services were provided to more than 9,500 children and families. All services are free. Our club also presented a check to Lisa for sponsorship toward their upcoming annual fundraiser in April. 

To reach Lisa call 239-939-2808. To learn more about this and other programs visit www.cac-swfl.org  If you know of or suspect child abuse, please call the FL Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-962-2873.    Pictured are President Rachel and Lisa Rizzio

                             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. They will go to families in Page Park and Pine Manor. 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.