President Jim Barger's Report to The Club (June 24, 2010)
Review of The Six
Objects of Kiwanis
1. To give primacy to the human and spiritual
rather than to the material values of life.
2. To encourage the daily living of the
Golden Rule in all human relationships.
3. To promote the adoption and the
application of higher social, business, and professional standards.
4. To develop, by precept and example, a
more intelligent, aggressive, and serviceable citizenship.
5. To provide, through Kiwanis clubs, a
practical means to form enduring friendships, to render altruistic service, and
to build better communities.
6. To cooperate in creating and
maintaining that sound public opinion and high idealism which make possible the
increase of righteousness, justice, patriotism, and goodwill.
CLUB
EXCELLENCE TOOL
Although not all Club Excellence Tool
questionnaires were returned, those who did return the form, over 85% of club
membership returned the form, we found out that the club was way above average
in how the general membership felt about the administration of the club. The October 1st. start date of the 2009 -2010
New Kiwanis Year therefore went very smoothly because we were able to start on
a sound foundation created by past executive officers and leadership.
The
Dictionary Project
Norm Mears chaired this
committee and we provided dictionaries for some 460 3rd graders in the
Northeast area schools. We provided
dictionaries to Gilchrist, DeSoto Trail, Hawks Rise and this year to The
K-Kids
We installed officers and
club members for the 2009-10 school year at Gilchrist Elementary. K-Kids members are joint members of K-kids
and the school’s student government.
Members are grades 3 through 5.
About 50 members were inducted.
An ice-cream social followed the induction ceremony. We also installed a new group of K-Kids
students at
A short time later,
Killearn Kiwanis volunteered at Gilchrist to beautify the school grounds. The beautification project was sponsored by
K-kids and more than 120 students, parents and Kiwanians showed up for the
Saturday work session. Kathy Cole, John
Ryor, LeRoy Thompson, Al Eppinger, Barbara Bearinger, Jim Varley and others
have been tirelessly working with the school sponsors to make these clubs a
complete success.
Another
project for you to help with.
The New Builders Club
at
Membership
Growth Development
A two year trial for a new membership
category was developed this year for people who would like to serve but can't
make a commitment to regular attendance. You were encouraged to print a copy
of the new membership rule to review when you talk with prospective new
members.
Please make a special effort to approach potential members (including former
members) over the next weeks to discuss this alternative membership. To demonstrate the effectiveness of this membership
program, we were able to attract a past member, Jan Collier, to re-join and a
new member to affiliate with us, Steve Sullivan.
We Collected
Wire Clothes Hangers
This is an on-going
Southside Club project to raise funds for their children's projects. We were
asked to clean out our closets and bring in the hangers. Gavin Boone, a member
of the Southside Kiwanis Club lives in Killearn and will be glad to take them.
FSU Circle-K
Thanksgiving Feast
for 95 residents of the Hope Community
(November 22nd)
This is an annual event conducted by
Circle-K. They needed some help with food and ingredients, articles for
preparation such as disposable pans, and cash donations. A number of Killearn members donated their
time to this worthy cause. The Club made
a small monetary donation to this worthy cause.
From Marvin
Doyal on the USPS Unclaimed Mail Project
Marvin collected 30 post office boxes of
stuff. He consolidated and sorted
the stuff and delivered:
(1) One box of toys, books and games went to The Ronald MacDonald House.
(2) Two boxes of t-shirts, cloth grocery bags, calculators and
pocket diaries plus two full bags (over 100) samples of deodorant were sent to the VA Clinic.
(3) Five boxes of feminine hygiene products, one box of diapers,
two
bags of samples and one bag of shoes were delivered to the Women's Shelter.
All deliveries were in the name of the Killearn Kiwanis Club and all were
gratefully received.
More Unclaimed
Post Office items
Again Marvin and his wife picked up and
sorted non-delivered postal items. (1) a
few items were delivered to the animal shelter -- latex gloves and animal
food samples (2) one box was delivered to the VA clinic (3) one box to The Ronald MacDonald
House (4) five boxes to The Women's Shelter and (5) one box to the
Florida
District Governor’s Reading Project
One of District Governor
Donna Parton's suggested projects:
A special effort to provide books for pre-school students. We gave a
combination of purchased and donated books to pre-school students at
Holiday Season Projects
Salvation Army
On Sat. Dec 5th for a 12 hour period at Killearn at Publix, we rang the bell
for the Salvation Army.
We manned the Tree of
Remembrance at Best Buy on the Parkway over a 4 day period, several hours each
day, during the Christmas season. Some
shifts were co-manned with members of our aKtion Club, sponsored by Killearn
Kiwanis.
Shopping For
Undies
JOHNNYE Luebkemann, just this month, spent
$102.81 while saving $193.84 shopping for The Refuge House at Bealls, courtesy
of Manager Jim Gooden.
Aluminum Tabs and Cans
October 28, 2009, Tommy Mills and Marvin
Doyal picked up and sold 334 pounds of tabs. They received $.35 a
pound or $116.90 for Ronald McDonald. They spend 2 hours each on the
project.
John Ryor and Jim Varley took 76 lbs of cans to recycle and received $27 for
out
club administrative fund.
Remember to bring in your cans for Jim Varley.
Please rinse and crush the cans before bringing them for the recycle
project.
On another
morning, Tommy Mills and Marvin Doyal delivered and sold 340# of tabs.
They got $.40 per pound or $136.00 for Ronald McDonald House and spent 1
hour and 45 minutes each.
Tabs and
Cans This Month
John Ryor and Jim Varley took 76
lbs of aluminum cans to the recycler and got $26.60 for our admin fund. Thanks
to Jim Varley for collecting them.
Norm Mears and Marvin Doyal picked up and sold 333 pounds of Tabs at $.45
for a total of $l49.85 for Ronald McDonald House. They each spent 1 and
1/2 hours.
Totals: Ronald McDonald House = $402.95
Killearn Kiwanis Adm. Fund
= $53.00
District
Banner Patch
Killearn Kiwanis received a Banner Patch for
our 2009 - 2010 support of the Florida District Foundation. This has been a
continuing achievement since our founding in 1982.
HappyThanksgiving
and Christmas (Friday)
No Meetings as both
Holidays fell on days that affected our regular meeting day. Instead, we held
round table meetings , for attendance purposes commencing at 7AM and lasting
until the last person left. Good
fellowship was had by all.
Thanksgiving
Baskets for Gretchen Everhart Familys
Paul Downing and Pam Cooper shopped and
delivered. Paul and Marie Downing
delivered to an appreciative family 2 adults and 4 children. Pam Cooper
delivered to an appreciative family of a grandmother who was taking care of her
grandchildren.
All families receiving baskets had children enrolled in the
2010
Partners/Sponsors
A new fund raising concept, above and beyond the Usual
ones used by similar Golf Tournaments.
Instead of just soliciting sponsorships for the golf tournament Al Eppinger suggested we solicit Partners/Sponsors for
year round support of our Community Service Programs. Partners/Sponsors will
get the same recognition as in the golf tournament but, in addition, will be
listed on a new page of our web site. This was a great idea, as sponsorships did
not decline a great deal in spite of the poor economic conditions.
Guardian Ad
Litim
We were able
to continue our annual support of the Guardian Ad Litim program. We presented a check for $150 to the
organization as Debbie Moore, one of the organization’s officials gave a
program to us. Guardian Ad Litim is one of our usual budget items.
Donations
for
Bob Bull reported that our
Wooden Toys
For Haitian Children
Norm Mears jumped in
to help Charlie Esher with the toy production and
they delivered
a batch of 36 wooden toys to Rick Theobald's place of business for the
Kiwanis
Scholarship House Cookout and Pantry Party
Wednesday, Feb 24th - 6 PM
Held on Campus @ 325 Conradi St
All Division 3 clubs were represented and we had two people there to help with
the cooking and the pantry pounding.
The Governor’s
Dinner – March 22, 2010
The Dinner Location was The Golden Eagle Country
Club.
Governor Donna Parton made her official visit to the
Division at the Zone Conference in
Distinguished
Club Award
At the Zone Conference
in
Distinguished President - Dave Colombo
and Distinguished Secretary - Al
Eppinger.
Congratulations
to both these fine gentlemen!
DeSoto Trail
K-Kids Projects
For Earth Day, the
students collected plastic bags (the kind used at department stores and grocery
stores) and presented them at an "Earth Day" which was held at
the Capitol on the morning of April 22nd.
Secondly, the Student Council and K-Kids members helped with greeting,
enrolling and directing exhibitors to their appropriate places during the
Expo. Killearn Kiwanis members helping were John RYOR, LeRoy THOMPSON, Jim
VARLEY, Pam COOPER, and me.
MEMBERSHIP GROWTH EMPHASIS
John Ryor, as Membership
Chair, has worked very hard to develop a new approach to help our club grow.
The goal is to reach 40 members, a size that we will be able to accommodate
physically and give us a good group to support the project outcomes that we
want achieve. We all need to participate. It is important to our future. Thank you, John for your hard work on this
project.
In April A
BANNER PATCH WAS EARNED
Because of our
generous donation to the Kiwanis International Foundation Birthday campaign.
A Salute to
Tommy Mills
At April’s Division 3
Council Meeting Tommy Mills was elected Lt. Gov. Elect for the coming administrative
year (2010-11), which means, God
willing, he will ascend to Lt. Gov. of Division 3 starting October 1, 2011.
He will gladly accept all the support we can give him during that time. We
applaud Tommy for giving his service to our club, Division and District.
More About The
Gilchrist Elementary K-Kids
Hearts For
Additionally, The K-Kids helped the Humane Society
Friends for Life by obtaining donations of dog food, bowls, leashes, etc. to go
the Seniors who have pets but need help caring for them.
Teacher Appreciation
Day Carwash was held on May 1st. Lots of help by parents, kids, and Kiwanians
was needed to do this job. They also needed donations of supplies and
equipment. Our Kiwanians assisted in
this effort.
A VOLUNTEER
OPPORTUNITY
A fund raiser for Big
Bend Hospice was held June 12th at
BETH CARTER and PAUL DOWNING signed up
on behalf of the Club.
Officer/Club
Leader Training
A little over one half
day on June 12th was spent in
Support for
the Miccosukee Community
We supported by donation
four teams for the Miccosukee Little League.
Additionally we donated $2,650 each to the Miccosukee Education
Foundation and to the Boys and Girls Club of the
Books for
Veterans
Bob Gragnani continued to
collect and books for our local VFW Post.
AKTION CLUB
and THEIR ANNJUAL DOG WASH
Our Aktion Club held their
annual Dog
BOB DOWNING attended with 6 Aktion Club members.
BOB GRAGNANI had his dog washed and praised the Aktion club washers.
DESKS FOR
THE RALPH DAVIS KIWANIS HOUSE STUDENTS
The Club has committed to build
12 desks for the students at the Kiwanis' Ralph Davis House (Southern
Scholarship House) on the FSU campus. The request was made under the auspices
of the Southern Scholarship Foundation. So far, in addition to Charley Esher,
Norm Mears, Tommy Mills, George Sweat, Bob Downing, John Ryor and me, additional
help is needed over the next couple of weeks.
Work days are Friday, Saturday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 9 AM to
12Noon at Charlie Esher’s house located at
6608 Tim Tam Trail, 32309
$150 Check
to The Southern Scholarship Foundation,
The check in the amount of $150 was
given to Jim Wylie and will go to assist with a sponsored house in
Immunization
Board
My thanks to Jim Varley who has agreed to represent us on the Immunization
Board which has been formed to encourage the immunization of all infant and
small children in the Division 3 area.
Volunteer
Hours Expended through May 31, 2010
This club has
expended a total of 774 volunteer hours from October 1, 2009 through May 31,
2010. That is roughly 110 ½ hours per
month for the club or, on average 3 and ½ hours per month per member. More hours are racking up during June and
July.
We have the
highest hours recorded in Division 3 – 12clubs – and we are 532 volunteer hours
ahead of our closest competitor!
Our financial
record is Excellent!
As of May 30, 2010, our
Administrative year is 66% complete. A
summary status report of our budget, as reported by our Treasurer is as
follows:
Killearn Kiwanis
Administrative Budget (as of 5/20/2010) or 66%:
Budgeted Income
(Annualized to 5/31/10): $10,128.
Actual Income:
$ 8,441.
Actual to Budget:
83%
Budgeted Expenses (Annualized to 5/31/10): $ 9,521.
Actual Expenses:
$ 9,162.
Actual to Budget:
96%
Killearn Kiwanis Charities Budget (as of 5/20/2010) or
66%:
Budgeted Income
(Annualized to 5/31/10): $ 9,049.
Actual Income:
$14,658
.
Actual to Budget:
162%
Budgeted Expenses (Annualized to 5/31/10): $ 9,049.
Actual Expenses:
$
10,332.
Actual to Budget:
114%
The Key Club Bufton Scholarship Award in
the Amount of $1,000 will be given to Allison Dod,
A Tribute to our Master Story Teller
Our District
Governor, Donna Partin, told Chuck Walter, just last week, “I love reading
about new members! Congratulations to Killearn Kiwanis Club. As
always, your newsletter is excellent.”
Gov. Donna June 18,
2010
And,
Finally A Tribute to all who worked so hard on our single Fund Raiser,
The Annual Charles Nuzum Killearn Kiwanis Golf Tournament. The funds raised make all the above possible,
this year and into the future years!
Al Eppinger, Chair;
John Ryor; Norm Mears; Don Griffin; Chuck Walter and all members who
volunteered on the day of the tournament.
Thank You! And Thanks to all Members of this Great Club for all you do
to support the “Six Objects of Kiwanis”
See, it was not MY
report, Kiwanis is ALL ABOUT YOU and doing for THE KIDS AND THE
COMMUNITY!!!! Thanks for all you’ve
done. Give yourselves a round of
applause!
