KIWANIS KEY March 27, 2026
President (NO TIE) Stephen was AWOL today so Prez Elect Jay rang our Friday the 27th of March meeting to order. Kallie Ziegler led us in the pledge and singing and new member Cherene Comick gave a meaningful blessing. The prayer list this week includes Barbara Porter’s daughter-in-law Nicole, Robbie Talton’s wife Deanna, Tim Dunn, Fred Cutter’s father-in-law and daughter, Charles T Haigh, Kirby White, Sue Warren on the passing of her sister Glenda, and Henry Tyson’s new baby daughter – Darby Katherine.
BIRTHDAYS – Eva Hansen on 21 March, Ellis Felton and Kim Thomas on 22 March, Cleris Sanchez on 24 March, and Carl Mitchell on 25 March.
NEWS FROM TODAY’S MEETING -- Tim Jackson was there for his 4th meeting and got the word that the Board had approved his application for membership. Welcome Tim !! Upcoming events include Little League Baseball Opening Day will be Saturday morning the 11th of April. We need several folks to help herd the kids so let Jim Schaffer know if you can help. 28 April will be an interclub visit with the Hope Mills Club. Richard Everett is heading up that visit if you can help. Saturday, 23 May is the Terrific Kids Ice Cream Sundae Party from 1:00-3:00 pm at the Kiwanis Rec Center. Lots of ice cream scoopers are needed. FINALLY -- NO MEETING NEXT WEEK ON GOOD FRIDAY !!!!
ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT – Please make plans now to support the club’s annual golf tournament which will be on Thursday, 8 October at Cypress Lakes Golf Course. The tournament committee has already been at work for the event and is partnering with Lafayette Ford and the other local car dealers in a joint effort to raise funds for the club, but also for our endowment which has now surpassed $500K. We need EVERY SINGLE member to bring a team, play, support a team, fund a hole sign, or at least provide 1-2 raffle prizes in the $20-$25 range. The tournament this year will be in memory of Don Price. More to follow as we get closer.
TERRIFIC KIDS HELP NEEDED !! – Terrific Kids is one of our two SIGNATURE programs in our Club and help is needed. Committee Chairman Russ Jones is doing way more work that he should be having to do, and the work is simple and not very time consuming if we all pitch in. The only thing committee members do is deliver supplies once or twice a year to the school that they support and then make the Terrific Kid of the Year presentation at their respective school in May each year. I have two schools and it is a BLAST !!!! Members (especially new members) who do not have a school need to call or email Russ and volunteer to take a school. He can be reached at (910) 495-6944 or rjones17nc@gmail.com. PLEASE get involved with this committee. It is the very foundation of everything KIWANIS !!!!!!!
PROGRAM – As our scheduled program presenter had to cancel at the last minute, Program Chairman Hal Broadfoot presented a very interesting program on birds that are seldom sighted here in the Cumberland county area. It was a REALLY COOL and fascinating program, and a couple of the five birds that he had photos of have only been sighted one time. Thanks Hal for another GREAT program.
WORDS FOR THE HEART – “Kindness can be contagious – help spread it around.” (anonymous)
Respectfully – Bruce “Back The Pack and we need a new coach” Brown, Ph. 910-485-2672 or bruce.brown@brownandais.com
