Service

MS Support Group- (Bill Grant), meets 3rd Thursday of the month at St. Hilary Episcopal Church. Volunteers will be needed to cover the summer months Bill and Ed are out of state. If you can help, consider learning the ropes now. 

Orangewood BUG- ceremony was April 12. Linda Petrik reported on the experience and said the kids were excited to get the certificates and goody bags. She said it was great to see many new kids receiving recognition. Barbara Hartman congratulated all the children on behalf of our club and encouraged them to keep reading and learning over the summer. Thanks to the club members that stuck around after the two meetings last and assembled goody bags for 2 schools.  

Letter Carrier Food Drive-If you want to team up with another person and help pick up food at mailboxes on May 11 see Kim

Ronald McDonald House-May 29th is first Family Meal Preparation-see Cathy Smith

                                            SLP's (Service Leadership Programs)

                     

Aktion Club-(Karen Hurst) at LARC. Meets 2nd Tuesday at 8:30am. The club met today and are celebrating earth day by working on service projects. 

 

CKI Club-  at  FGCU. 

Key Club- ( Harris Segel) Collegiate High on FSW campus.  Harris said a thank you photo was received from the club for our assistance in funding them to go to their DCON. 

K-Kids-(Kim Berghs) Littleton Elementary at 2:15pm on Wednesdays 1 time per month. 

Builder's Club-( Barbara Hartman, Todd Adams, Ada Trapanese) Cypress Lake Middle School. Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at 4:00pm.  The photo below is from the "Puppy Love"
project they did with Gulf Coast Humane Society. See last week's newsletter for a re-cap. (Permission granted from the school to use this photo).

Next project is "Bunny Grams." They will be writing and attaching positive slogans to pieces of candy as their fundraiser. 

         Today's Program:  Ronald McDonald House Charities of SWFL

Our presenter today was Amy Blanco from Ronald McDonald Charities. What they do? Keep families together and near the care they need. The house is a home environment providing support and resources. They have a family room at Golisano Hospital that offers parents a place to rest and regroup while at the hospital. Snacks, bag lunches, books, games and TV are provided. The charity also has a care mobile that assists children to access the health care they need. They have a family meal program, one that we volunteer for 4 times a year and we collect aluminum tabs as well as the K-Kids for the agency. To reach Amy 239-437-0202, amy@rmhcswfl.org or learn more at  www. rmhcswfl.org.  Pictured above are Amy Blanco (left) and President Rachel.

                          

                             Florida's First Lady Project--Diaper Drive

We are collecting diapers during the months of March and April. 

For March we donated 3,000  to St. Vincent De Paul. They went to families in Page Park and Pine Manor. For April we are donating them to Children's Advocacy Center. They especially need sizes 4-6. Bring them in to Todd or Kim. 1,000 has been dropped off so far.

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.