Kiwanis Key 07/26/2024
Attendance at our weekly meetings seems to be picking up and that is a great sign for our club.
President Al got us started and called on Kirby White who led us in singing and the Pledge.
The invocation was given by Tom Johnson.
Please remember the following members in your prayers:
Robby Talton’s wife Deanna, Gary Weller, Tim Dunn’s brother Preston, John Malzone and family, Kallie Ziegler’s son-in-law Ben, The Tal Baggett family, the CV Downing family, Debbie Best’s sister Kara Brittain, Diane Parfitt’s daughter Nicole, Bruce Brown, John Harbison.
Club News
- Membership Committee – There will be a weekly opportunity for all Kiwanians to be part of the Splash Pad Challenge. A contribution will be made to our Endowment for each Kiwanian who takes part in the challenge. We are grateful for the sponsors of this challenge!
- Service Leaders Program – our club is seeking to start a Circle K program at FTCC. If you would like to be involved with this project, talk to John Malzone.
- Gary Cooper announced a fund-raising effort to purchase reliable transportation for the Boys and Girls Homes of NC. He has tickets and will be at our club for the next 3 weeks if you are interested in purchasing.
Birthdays this week: Happy birthday to– David Sullivan June 23, Bill Korver July 25
The Program
The program (introduced by Hal Broadfoot who was assisting Grace “In Your Face” McGrath) was given by Cherene Comick. Cherene is an Educational Therapist and operates the Joy in Learning Discovery Center. She is connected with eh National Institute of Learning Disabilities. She stated “Children need to be emotionally secure before they can learn”. Cherene’s goal is to help one child at a time to deal with their learning challenge. She also completes testing for Dyslexia and Aptitude as well as working with the Home-Schooling Committee.
Thanks to Hal and Grace for bringing a fun, informative program.
While Debbie Cooper won an extra raffle ticket for answering the Kiwanis trivia question correctly, President Al Aycock walked away with $44 from the Presidential Coercion Fund activity. I’m sure that Sue is expecting a big night out on the town….
Editor’s Note: Your Board of Directors is putting considerable time and effort into evaluating the operations of the club given the aftermath of the pandemic and how we “do Kiwanis”. Each of us joined this club for the expressed purpose of serving and providing growth opportunities for the children of this community. One of the ways that you can help the club is to ramp up your attendance, not only on Fridays but also in the work of the committees. It takes all of us to make this club a thriving civic club, what many call the best civic club in Fayetteville! Give some serious thought to your commitment this week.
Parting words: You make a living by what you get, you make a life by what you give.
Mark W. Rice
