Friday’s meeting 13 February 2026
We opened the meeting at Hay Street Methodist Church (Did you forget and go by the Kiwanis Center? This Friday 20 February our meeting will be Awards Night at Gates Four and 27 February meeting will again be at Hay Street Methodist all due to early voting). Kirby led us in singing and pledging and Bob McAmis offered the Invocation.
Please keep the following Kiwanians on our infirmed list in your thoughts and prayers: Charles T. Haigh, Tim Dunn, Barbara Porter’s daughter-in-law Nicole, Robbie Talton’s wife Deanna and Fred Cutter’s father-in-law.
At this point Pres Steve tried once again to demonstrate his sense of humor but this time he relied on the input from another member who was trying to add some class to his otherwise bad Dad jokes. There were a few snickers and guffaws which could be construed in some circles as improvement, but Kiwanis is a tough crowd.
Guests: We had three guests this Friday (which is better than none for the past several weeks). Adam Miller, Kevin Jacobs, and Keegan.
Announcements:
- Pres. Elect Jay reported on the Bored meeting held at Carolina Ale House. The Committee of the Month is the Membership Committee. The board approved financial support for a Young Professionals club branch and set June 6 as the date for Kiwanis Fun Day. They also approved two new members-Tom and Sandra.
- Awards Night -Friday night Feb 20 at Gates Four Social begins at 6 pm with festivities starting at 6:45pm. There will be a list at the Gate house so be prepared to show id.
- Membership Social is scheduled for February 19 from 5:30 to 7pm at Mike Pleasants Cabin off Ramsey Street.
- There will be an Interclub Thursday 26th February at the Clinton Club. We will meet at 11am at the Kiwanis Rec parking lot and convoy down to Clinton.
- Al Aycock is recruiting help to stand up a new Kiwanis Club in Garner. We need help with drivers and appointment setters 24,25,26 and 27 February in the Garner area. If you want to help stand up a new club, contact Al.
- Kiwanis Day at Boys and Girls club will be coming up in March so watch for announcements.
Program: Lisa Childers introduced Sara Bandurraga with Career and Technical Education programs of the Cumberland County Schools. She has been with the program for 15 years, which is a new take on the old Vocational Education programs. The Career and Technical Education path in Cumberland County Schools makes use of relationships with several local businesses which sponsor student interns in some professional technical education field like IT, Automotive, Woodworking and more. During these sessions students not only get exposed to different technical learning environments they also can obtain Industry Standard Certifications which will help them with potential career progression. Their Summer Intern Program served 136 Interns with 30 Businesses. Over the years students in this program have obtained more than 16,000 certifications.
Le Waren took home $41 from the Presidents Extortion Raffle.
Rember next week is Awards Night at Gates Four and the following week is back at Hay Street Methodist Church.
And now a little humor
I read recently where the man who invented Wind Chill factor passed away at the age of 92…….but he felt like 81.
An Irishman walked out of a bar……hey it could happen
