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A delighted President Joe Crosby
(red shirt) accepts the Non Profit Organization Volunteer of the Year award
from Democrat publisher Mike Pate during Thursday's 23rd annual awards
luncheon at the civic center. Congratulations to the Aktion Club/Killearn
Kiwanis for their work with disabled people.
Photo, by Mike Ewen, reprinted with permission of the Tallahassee Democrat.
Officers, Directors and Committee Chairs
Special Recognition
Annual Florida Conference
Honors and Recognition
Community Service Projects
Fund Raising Projects
Other Planned Activities
Visit The aKtion Club Photo Page
List of Programs
Links To Other Kiwanis Sites
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President Elect...................Nicole Holland Secretary....................................Kathy M Secretary(Back up).................Prissy J Treasurer........................................Katie Treas(Back up).......................Robert W Chaplain...................................Allison E |
October 1, 2007 - September 30, 2008 Past President: ............................Ruth
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Lt. Gov.
Brenda Sorenson installing new 2005 President Joe CrosbyPrincipal Liaison: Ben Colmery
Community Service: Bob Bull
Fund Raising: Car Wash
Interclub: Paul Downing
Annual Picnic: Bob Bull
Annual Banquet: Bob Bull
Annual Conference: Rob Downing
Founding Chairman & Active Supporter: Ben Colmery
AKTION CLUB - VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR
The aKtion Club was nominated by LARC in the Nonprofit Organization category for the 2001 award in this program sponsored by the Tallahassee Democrat. It was picked as one of the four finalists in the category. The awards luncheon was held Thursday, April 26th at the Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center. The club received $500 for the charity of its choice.
THE FOLLOWING EMAIL FROM KILLEARN KIWANIS MEMBER BEN COLMERY SAYS ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID.
"In 1991, on behalf of my Killearn Kiwanis
Club, I founded a
Tallahassee aKtion Club. aKtion [the
"K" is for "Kiwanis"]
Clubs are members of a family of Kiwanis sponsored
clubs
which include Circle K clubs (college), Key
Clubs (high
school) Builder Clubs (junior high schools--the
Kiwanis
motto is "We build."), K-Kids (I think that's
the
name--grammar schools), and Golden K (senior
citizens).
An aKtion club is a community service club
for adults who
are "developmentally challenged" (mentally
retarded). It
does things for others, not themselves --
things like
quarterly road clean-ups, furnishing an impoverished
family
meals at Thanksgiving and Christmas, obtaining
and wrapping
Christmas gifts for that entire family, and
raising money
for the local Ronald McDonald house and the
Kiwanis
International's Iodine Deficiency Disease
program. It raises
money for its projects by car washes and the
like. The club
meets biweekly with a program of club business
and then
speakers. It also does fun things like
attending baseball,
basketball, and hockey games, and having picnics
and
banquets.
I ran the club for its first six years and
have actively
assisted since. Bob Bull, my successor, has
done a marvellous job. So
have the club members. I'm bonded to
them, and they, to me.
The club has been recognized as the best road
clean-up
organization in Leon County.
Last year it was state co-champion as "best"
among some 35
Florida Kiwanis-sponsored aKtion Clubs.
THE TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT newspaper sponsors
an annual
"Volunteer of the Year" Award program for
Tallahassee
volunteers and volunteer organizations.
It gives awards in
several categories. Our Killearn Kiwanis
Club had been
nominated (by others) twice, but never did
win its category,
"Non-Profit Organizations"
Our aKtion Club was nominated this year by
the Leon ARC
(formerly Association for Retarded Citizens)
in that
category, "Non-Profit Organizations."
Out of 23 organizations nominated in that category
this
year, our aKtion Club was named the "2001
Volunteer
Organization of the Year." It deserved
to win.
I'm happily bragging.
Regards, Ben
Eight
aKtion Club Members attended accompanied by Bob Bull and chaperone parents
Bob & Peggy Downing. Members were selected to attend based on their
participation in club activities during the entire year.
Fund
Raising Projects
Car Wash
The 2006 car wash was held Saturday, August 12th.
(Raised $174 on August 9th, 2003
to be used exclusively for 2003 Thanksgiving and Christmas adopted family
support)
The 2004 car wash was cancelled due to the untimely death of Chairman
Fred Parker.
These funds helped the AKtion Club assist the
2001 adopted family from November 2001 through
April 2003 a total of 18 months
and on December 12, 2002 members of the Killearn Kiwanis Club passed a hat
and collected $224 to keep the
family's electricity from being disconnected later that day.
Garage Sale (in planning stage)
Last Year: Annual
Banquet (Club Awards recognition and Installation of Officers
(October 12, 2006, Lt. Gov. Nancy Shank, The Tallahassee Club)
2006
Annual
picnic
(April 8th, 2006)
Dog Wash
On July 8th, the AKtion Club worked 2 hours at the Dog Wash Fund Raiser for the Humane Society.
(August 26-27, 2006, Orlando, FL)
2006 Annual Awards Banquet
(October 12th)
Christmas
Wrap Party
(December 14th, 2006)
List of Previous Programs
2001 and Prior
Ramon Burke, Balloon Animals
Fred Parker, Attorney
Dale Doss - Vietnam War Prisoner of War
Hurley Rudd - Travel Agencies
Max Bilinski - Trains
Mike Rucker - Weather
Darrin Holloman - Banking
Mark Vesuvio - Paramedics
Carol Daws - Southeastern Community Blood Bank
John Knap - Contracting and Building
Dr. Bob Orsillo - Optometrist
Carol Wade - Public Library
Bob Bull - Walking Tour of Downtown
John Woodward - Epilepsy Foundation of Florida
Mary Blount - 2000 Census
Mary Blount - Creek Indian History
Chuck Walter - Real Estate
Nancy Bull - Porcelan Art and China Painting
Salvation Army
Tallahassee Dental Society - Dental Care
Father Eric Dudley - Christmas For Christians
Lt Ken Knowles FHP - Seat Belt Safety
Sheriff's Dept - K-9 Unit
John Shaffer, San Luis Mission
Dr. Guhrt, Veterenarian
Dr. Don Rapp, FSU Professor, Juggling
Rev Clint Purvis, FSU Sports Chaplain, Spiritual Aims
Dr. Brian Spooner, Foot Care
Danielle Gordon, Nutrition
Jill McArthur, TPD Victim's Assistance
Patti Badger, Comfort-T, Pets for Therapy
Sgt Jack Adkins - Bomb Squad
Virginia Wise - Titanic Dive
Virginia Wise - The Orient Express
Carlos Monseratte, Music and Sign Language
John Birch - Chain Saw Tree Carving
Donna Legare - Native Nurseries
Candice McMahon, Newfoundland Hounds
Dr. John Van Tassel, Chiropractor - Stress Relief
Paul Harbin - Song Writer
2002
Paul Harbin and Don Stock - Guitar Players & Singers
04/12/2002 - Spiritual Aims
04/26/2002 - Interclub with Killearn Kiwanis and Greensboro Kiwanis
05/10/2002 - Fire Inspector Ann Rackley
05/24/2002 - Chuck Walter, Cartoon Drawing Game
06/14/2002 - FSU Assistant Football Coach Jim Gladden
06/28/2002 - David Chapman, City Parks & Recreation
07/12/2002 - Donna Legare, Herbs & Spices
07/26/2003 - Janie Nelson, Democrat Reporter
Rev Rick Eckard - Minister Occupation
Beth Carter - Pets
Judge Harry Hooper - Judges
Jan Collier - Animal Shelter
Bird Watching
2003
01/9/2003 - John Shaffer, Shoe Making
01/23/2003 - Dan MacDonald, Stage Careers
02/13/2003 - Brent Kallestad, AP Reporter
02/27/2003 - Danielle Gordon, Food Safety
03/13/2003 - Jamie Shaker, Water Quality
03/27/2003 - Hella Spellman, The Senior Center
04/10/2003 - Mary Ann Price and Cheryl Naylor, House Plants
04/24/2003 - Interclub with Killearn Kiwanis and Greensboro Kiwanis
05/8/2003 - Father Dave Suellau, Belated Easter Spiritual Aims
05/22/2003 - Archie Johnston, Armed Forces Day
06/12/03 - Kay Freeman, Hope Community, Tallahassee Homeless Coalition
06/26/03 - Mary Schwantes, Girl Scouts, Flag Day Program
07/10/03 - Donna Legare, Native Nurseries, Humming birds
07/24/03 - Virginia Wise, Polar Bears at Hudson Bay
08/14/03 - Sheila Kosier, American Red Cross, Hurricane and Household
Safety
08/28/03 - Jan Wheeless, Puppeteer
April Arrington, St. Francis Wildlife
Pastor Rick Eckard
2004
Patricia Smith, Refuge House
Ann Rackley, Fire Safety
Stan Rosenthal, Forester
Mark Snyder, Boy Scouts
Bill Bibby, Forest Fire Fighting
Cameron Lewis, Working at The South Pole
Al Eppinger, Easter Spiritual Aims
Richard Ziegler, Animal Control Office
Virginia Wise, Antarctic Cruise & Penquins
Chuck Walter, Jungle Survival in the Phillipines
Chuck Walter, Temples of Bangkok
Tommy Mills, Habitat For Humanity
Pastor Greg Roberts, Indian Springs Baptist Church, Thanksgiving
Adopted Family Wrapping Party
Key Club Christmas Caroling Group
2005
Capt. Tommy Mills, Sheriff's Dept Inmate Work Camp
Fire Safety (cancelled due to weather)
Pastor Greg Roberts, Indian Springs Baptist Church, Thanksgiving
Christmas Wrapping Party for Adopted Family
Christmas Carole Sign-a-long with Key Club
Salvation Army
Gary Evink, Fishing
Donna Legare, Florida Birds
Ashley Edwards, City Parks & Recreation
Pastor Greg Roberts, Indian Springs Baptist Church, What Easter
means to Christians
Stan Rosenthal, Forestor
Combined Interclub Visit To Greensboro Kiwanis with Killearn Kiwanis
Pastor Greg Roberts, Indian Springs Baptist Church, The Story Of
King David
Mr. J. D. Howard, ECHO
Major Mack Kemp, Leon County Emergency Services
Paul Downing, Recent Travels
Richard Ziegler, Animal Control Office
Charles Esher, Drum & Bugle Corps
Pastor Greg Roberts, Indian Springs Baptist Church, Thanksgiving
2006
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