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Club Code # K10763
Tax Exempt # 85-8012667911C-2
Club Address:
6608 Tim Tam Trail
Tallahassee, FL 32309
Meeting Thursdays at 7 a.m. at
the Killearn Country Club
- 19th Hole
God Bless America
Future
Meetings
November 18th, 2009
Board of Directors Meeting
7 a.m. for one hour
Talley's Grille
Planning and Budgeting for
community service.
Participation by Officers, Directors,
and Committee Chairs is important. All members are welcome.
Minutes of Last Board Meeting.
November 19th, 2009
PL: ROBBINS SG: RYOR
PR: SULLIVAN
Thanksgiving Spiritual Aims Program
(LeRoy Thompson)
November 26th, 2009
Thanksgiving No Meeting
(Round Table will be scheduled for attendance purposes)
December 3rd, 2009
PL: SWEAT SG: THEOBALD
PR: THOMPSON
(Richard Ziegler)
December 10th, 2009
PL: VARLEY SG: WALTER
PR: ZIEGLER
(Barbara Baeringer)
December 17th, 2009
PL: BAERINGER SG: BARGER
PR: BULL
Rev. Marty Smith
Minister to Internationals, First Baptist Church
(Jim Barger)
December 24th, 2009
PL: CARTER SG: COLE
PR: COLMERY
Christmas Spiritual Aims Program
(LeRoy Thompson)
December 31st, 2009
PL: COLOMBO SG: COOPER
PR: P. DOWNING
New Years Eve
(Bob Bull)
FUTURE PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Look for your name here. Plan ahead and email or call Chuck Walter at 284-3760 when you have a program scheduled.
January 7th ... Beth Carter
January 14th... Kathy Cole
January 21st .. Ben Colmery
January 28th ... Dave Colombo
February 4th ... Pam Cooper
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Potential Speakers
Check the list on page two for potential programs.
Our Previous
Three Programs
November 5th
Gerald R. Briggs
Chief, Bureau of Onsite Sewage Programs
October 29th
Davis Houck
Miccosukee Boy's and Girl's Club
October 22nd
Mike Schmidt
Owner, Another Broken Egg
GOLF TOURNAMENT
Click here to see our 2009 golf web page
Click here to see the Results of our 2009 golf tournament.
Click here to see photos of the 2009 golf tournament.
Click to see their names.
2008 Prize Donors
2008 Sponsors
FINANCING
NEW BUDGET FOR 2009-2010
Click Below To See:
- Current Treasurer's Report
Click Here
Minutes of Last Board Meeting.
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Serving The Children Of The World
DIVISION 3
FLORIDA DISTRICT OF KIWANIS
Kiwanis Club of Tallahassee - Killearn
Chartered August 26, 1982
A Wilbur Gold Outstanding Bulletin Award Winner:
(2000-2001) and (2001-2002)
1st Place: 2000-2001, 2001-2002, 2005-2006 & 2006-2007
Honorable Mention: 1998 & 2004-2005
Changing The World One Child and One Community at a Time.
Dedicated to
the memory of:
Arthur D. Core, W. C. Hinton, Harlan Snodgrass,
Joe Alfes, Dave Scherff, Val Lynch, John Duke, Frank Gavigan, Earl Bufton,
Cliff Tucker, Bernie Higgins, Tom Yeatman, Tom King, Fred Parker, Doc
Schow, Frank Stephenson, Bill Kittel, Hal Allard, Jim Swenson, Jack
Kerwin, Charles Nuzum and Vince
Puccio.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 rightousness, justice, patriotism, and goodwill.
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BUDGET FOR 2009-2010
Click Below To See:
- Current Treasurer's Report
-New Foundation Community Service Budget for 2007-2008
-New Administrative Budget for 2007-2008
Minutes of Last Board Meeting.
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| This Week's
Meeting November 12, 2009 Presiding: BARGER; Pledge: MEARS; Song: MILLS; Prayer: BULL; Introduction: VARLEY; Winner: McBEE; Attendance: 31; Brag For a Buck: John Ryor - son, Chuck, had book signing; Guests: CAPITAL CITY Interclub of 6 with our speaker. ------ PROGRAM  Larry Spalding of the Capital City Club, Past Div 3 Lt. Gov and Florida Kiwanis Foundation Trustee for Division 3 Larry talked about Kiwanis and Florida Foundation / Sustaining Memberships. Hard times for all types of foundation / non-profits, etc. Some local history of Kiwanis and a plea to help the Northside Club which is suffering declining membership. RECOGNITION Rec'd a wonderful handmade "Thank you" card from Community Christian for Dictionaries we gave their 3rd graders. MEMBERSHIP GROWTH AWARDS The Kiwanis International 1-2-3, You Hold The Key Awards Program Sponsor members: (1) earns a bronze key, (2) a silver, and (3) a gold. Invite potential members to visit us to see what they are missing and earn your full set of keys if they decide to join us. NEW SECRETARY NEEDED CHARLEY ESHER has resigned the position of Club Secretary. WE NEED SOMEONE TO STEP UP TO ASSUME THIS IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITY. Al Eppinger is filling in, BUT he has done much more of this than is his share. Please help. Holiday Season Projects Salvation Army Bell Ringing Sat. Dec 5th 10-8 PM at Publix The schedule is full. Hospice Tree of Remembrance Still vacancies here. Dec 2nd - 2-6 PM Dec 7th - ??? Dec 14th - 6-9 PM Dec 19 - 2-9 PM all at Best Buy on the Parkway Thanksgiving Baskets for Gretchen Everhart So far we have P. Downing and Pam Cooper. More volunteers needed to purchase with club funds and deliver the Thanksgiving meal makings. Aluminum Tabs and Box Tops for Education Coupons Bring them in for Tommy Mills November 6, 2009, Tommy Mills and Marvin Doyal picked up and sold 336 pounds of tabs. They received $.35 a pound or $117.60 for Ronald McDonald. They each spent 2 hours on the project. In case this sounds familiar, on October 28, 2009, Tommy and Marvin picked up and sold 334 pounds of tabs for $116.90. Many thanks to Marvin Doyal for staying involved with our club projects. Aluminum Cans Remember to bring in your cans for Jim Varley. It would help if you rinse them out. PUBLIC RELATIONS CHAIR KATHY COLE has taken over public relations and needs your help with articles on our many projects. Give her as many details as possible and she will submit an article. We need to publicize our service as much as possible. It will help with membership growth. Book Projects
President Jim Barger delivered 65 books for all the Pre-K students attending Celebration Baptist Pre-K program. Each of these books had a Killearn Kiwanis sticker placed on the inside of the front cover. Additionally, he delivered 20 books for the Pre-K and Kindergarten class library. These books will be used by the teaching staff to read to the students while in school. A total of 85 books were delivered.
 Ms. Pam Louck, Program Administrator Another 65-70 books are on their way from Fl. Dept
of Agr (most likely arranged by Beth Carter). These additional books are about agriculture and are written at a small
child level. We will donate these books to the Celebration Baptist Kindergarten
Students This fulfills one of District Governor Donna Parton's suggested projects. Are Your Dues Due? Treasurer Bob Downing asks that you check whether or not your records show you are up to date in your dues, and if not, pay them soon. Collect Wire Clothes Hangers This is an on-going Southside Club project to raise funds for their children's projects. Clean out your closets and bring in the hangers. Bring them to the meeting and Chuck Walter will give them to Gavin Boone who will take them to the Southside Club. Lake Jackson Club Pancake Breakfast November 14th Fellowship Baptist Church, Fellowship Building
3705 N. Monroe St.
7:30 AM to 10:30 AM
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Cost is $6.00 per person for ALL YOU CAN EAT! Always
a really good feed of all you can eat pancakes, eggs, bacon, sausage,
coffee, juice for a reasonable price. KILLEARN KIWANIS CHARITIES FOUNDATION Our new designated agent is Treasurer Bob Downing. Steve Mayberry replaced Marvin Doyal and Paul Downing remains as a director. FSU Circle-K Thanksgiving Feast for 95 residents of the Hope Community (November 22nd) This is an annual event conducted by Circle-K. They need some help with food and ingredients, articles for preparation such as disposable pans, and cash donations. Also, you can volunteer to serve on the day. You can mail a check to
Arsenio Coston
325 Conradi Street
Tallahassee, Fl 32304
Make it out to Circle K International. CANCELLED DUE TO LOW PARTICIPATION Miracle League Football Luncheon Each club is encouraged to look at doing some funding for the Miracle Sports Program so that we can make sure that the program continues with the Kiwanis name attached! As we all know, the parents/families of these special needs people cannot usually afford much, if any, of the costs for their loved ones to participate other than getting them to games and events. We want to maintain and strengthen our partnership with FDOA in this Tallahassee regional, effort. You can send your club check designted to the "Miracle League Sports" to: Florida Disabled Outdoors Association 2475 Apalachee Parkway, Suite 205 Tallahassee, FL 32301 There will also be opportunities for members to volunteer to help with events throughout the year. HELP THE EDITOR When you see errors and/or old information please email the editor, especially scheduled activities updates. ALSO, please provide, via email, information about your project activities so I can post them here. I don't know short hand and am a very slow note taker if anything is being said. There are also things going on that some of us never hear mentioned. The Dictionary Project Kathy Cole has articles in the recent NE Chronicle and the Killearn Kloverleaf. Kiwanis Catalog Treasurer Bob Downing has a catalog you can borrow to order Kiwanis supplies, logo shirts, etc. Tallahassee Fuller Center for Housing The Center's web address is http://tfch.org/. 2009 Golf Tournament The Complete Photo Album Click Here! We have photos of all the sponsor signs on the course if you want one to show to your sponsors. You can print them on your printer or you can order prints from this album. Another project for you to help. The New Builders Club at Deer Lake Middle School has been delayed until the next adminstrative year beginning October 1st, 2010. EDUCATIONAL NOTE Click here to check these items each week to learn about Kiwanis history and trivia. Membership Growth Development - A two year trial for a new membership category has been developed for people who would like to serve but can't make a commitment to regular attendance. Click here to read the specifics. Print a copy to review when you talk with prospective new members. MEMBER NOTES Charley Esher was still absent and we hope not too ill to return soon. PAUL AND MARIE DOWNING were in North Carolina this coming week. NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS 6th - Jim Barger 8th - Chas LaTour 10th - Tommy Mills 30th - Bob Orsillo K-KIDS Things are progressing at both schools, and we will soon need some help supporting them.  The DeSoto Trail K-Kids First full meeting to be Nov 6th, 8:45 AM. RYOR, THOMPSON, VARLEY --------- The Gilchrist Elementary K-Kids First full meeting Nov 3rd, 7:55 AM. Induction Dec 11th about 1:30 PM Take a Veteran To School Day, Tuesday, Nov 10th with special activities including a parade. Sign in at 8:45 AM. If you are veteran you can participate. Kathy Cole is chair assisted by Barbara Baeringer. Members are encouraged to attend to see the kids. Check with Kathy for exact time. -------- Thanks to all the committee members who are helping make this a successful effort for both K-Kids Clubs. Click below to see the K-Kids Page of KI Web Site Speaker Possibilities Go to page two and scroll down the left column. WEAR YOUR KIWANIS PIN! AWARDS FOR 2009-2010 Committee Chairs must submit committee reports to the District online at the District web site to be eligible for awards. It is easy once you get the feel of it. Get off to a good start by doing it now. Get the recognition we deserve. Serving The Club If you don't feel like you are involved enough in community service there is plenty to be done. Tell President Jim Barger how you want to be involved. A list of committees and projects is on page 2. Click here to review it. November Club Activities *AKtion Club meetings *Key Club *K-Kids *Aluminum Tabs delivered *Pre-K and K books delivered FUTURE PROGRAM SCHEDULE Look for your name
in the Future Meetings Schedule
and below. Plan ahead and email or call Chuck Walter at
284-3760 when you have a program scheduled. REMEMBER: Our Bylaws prohibit programs which promote policital candidates or issues. It is permissable to introduce candidates, but not to have them do a program. ----- 2010 January 7th ... Beth Carter January 14th... Kathy Cole January 21st .. Ben Colmery January 28th ... Dave Colombo February 4th ... Pam Cooper INTERCLUBS PLANNED *Nov 17th, Tallahassee Club at noon (P. DOWNING, BETH CARTER, JOHNNYE LUEBKEMANN, GEORGE SWEAT, KATHY COLE). at the Capital City Country Club *Dec 3rd at noon at the Southwood Club. $5.00 and bring your own drink. ------ Paul Downing is getting a meeting schedule organized for the coming year. Give him your support. Each member is encouraged to attend at lest one interclub meeting each year. Easy ways to do it are: Division 3 quarterly meetings, AKtion club meetings, Key Club and K-Kids meetings when in session. IF ENOUGH MEMBERS ATTEND. ---- INTERCLUBS COMPLETED Aktion club: October 8th, October 15th (Banquet), B. DOWNING, COLMERY, COLE and PAST LT GOV KEITH ROBERTS. *DIVISION 3 COUNCIL MEETING October 12th, 7 PM *Havana, Tuesday, October 13th COLE, MILLS, LATOUR, B. DOWNING |
KIWANIS
INTERNATIONAL ---------- Serving The Children of The World President Paul G. Palazzolo from Springfield, IL the Springfield-Downtown Club. Meet him here. Click here to visit the President's Page and view his new video. ----- President-Elect: Sylvester "Syl" Neal Auburn, Washington The Valley, Auburn Club ---- International Convention 2010 Las Vegas, NV June 24-27, 2010 Plan to make it a family vacation. Florida's Past Governor, Stan Story of the Arlington, Jacksonville Club is a Kiwanis International Trustee. ---------- Kiwanis International Information Click to view a lot of information about current projects and helpful information for Committee/Project Chairs and members. READ YOUR NEW OCTOBER 2009 KIWANIS MAGAZINE Read about the Focus on Family and K-KidsInternational Convention Round up. KIWANIS CONNECTED KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL EMAIL MAGAZINE It is a quarterly complement to your hard copy printed magazine. Go to this page to view the October issue and subscribe. http://www.kiwanis.org/magazine/march06.asp FLORIDA DISTRICT OF KIWANIS Click here to read Florida District information.  2009-2010 Governor Donna Parton's Logo  The Governor's Message Click here to read a message from our new District Governor. --- District Kiwanis Cruise Click above for details.  7 Night Eastern Caribbean The Florida Kiwanis Foundation Click Here to Read About It. You can become a sustaining member for $25. ---- Read your NEW August - September 2009 Florida District MagazinePage 14 Club Reports for 2008-2009 See that we still lead Division 3 with 944 hours and 78 projects. -------The Florida Kiwanian OnLine Version Check our club activities report. Lots of good articles by District committee chairs and clubs. Read it. --- Project/Committee Chairs and all members Click To See Florida District Committee Chairs Look at the entire list to see these people who are willing to give their time to help us be the best Kiwanians we can be. DIVISION 3 ACTIVITIES Lt. Governor Donna Wells of the Capital City Club ------ DIVISION 3 COUNCIL MEETING ------ Next Meeting Monday, January 11, 2010 7 PM Fellowship Baptist Church Fellowship Hall ------- Club voting members are: President, Pres Elect, Secretary and Interclub chair per the bylaws. President, President Elect, Secretary and Interclub Chair should attend. All others welcome. ------ Leon County Immunization Coalition This coalition is supported by Kiwanis and needs volunteers to serve on the board. One meeting a month. Call Jim Barger if you are interested. AKTION CLUB 
SECOND & FOURTH THURSDAYS 6:30 - 7:30 PM In November and December there will only be meetings on the 2nd Thursday due to Thanksgiving and Christmas. The meeting on Dec 10th will be the Adopted Family wrapping party and our members are encouraged to attend and enjoy helping and listening to Christmas music. ------ The Annual AKtion Awards and Installation Banquet October 15th, at the Golden Corral.  Our attendees: COLE, B. DOWNING, COLMERY ------ Every member ought to experience an AKtion Club Meeting, or project. ----- Collecting canned and dry food for The Adopted Family at each Meeting. ------ Let's help The AKtion Club collect Box Tops For Education for Gretchen Everhart ----- Key Club  Web Site Key Club Officers for 2009/2010 school year.  Left to Right: Emily Poltevecque - Editor, Michael Katzmayr - Secretary, Allison Dod - President, Christine Heery - Vice President,
Kate Gonsalves - Faculty Advisor, Meghan Cunningham - Treasurer The club has 74 members.------ ---- Projects Several Elementary School Fall Festivals Trick or Treat for UNICEF ----- Faculty Advisor, Kate Gonsalves, will have open heart surgery the first week in November. ----- Meeting times will be the 1st & 3rd Tuesdays at 11:10. ------Next: November 24th. KEY CLUB PLEDGE: I
pledge on my honor to uphold the objects of KEY Club International;
to build my home, school, and community; to serve my nation and God
and to combat all forces whch tend to undermine these
institutions.
The Kiwanis Family of Service Clubs
The blue outline indicates a link to the Aktion Club, Key Club, FSU Circle K & KI Home Page. PLEASE HELP MAKE EVERY AKTION CLUB MEETING AN INTERCLUB. Check the Interclub Meetings Planned. CANS FOR JIM BRING IN ALUMINUM CANS TO RAISE FUNDS FOR OUR ADMIN ACCOUNT Collect Aluminum cans (not the tabs) for recycling. Jim Varley will collect what we bring in and take them to recycling. Preferably they should be crushed, but bring them either way. Collections Remember travel cosmetic items for Johnnye to take to the Refuge House. Ruby K Award If you have recruited 5 or more members you are eligible for this award; that is, if you can remember their names. Give the names of your recruits to George Sweat and maybe he will get the pin for you. Awards are made for increments of five members recruited. COMMITTEE CHAIRS SUBMIT ALL YOUR MONTHLY REPORTS FOR THIS YEAR. It is the only way your committee can be eligible for District awards. If you get behind you can catch up on the past due reports. A list of District Awards and the criteria is available on the District web site at 2009-2010 District Awards Criteria Find your District Committee Counterpart and communicate with him/her. Florida District Committee Chairs "Brag For A Buck" Just give a buck and state your brag in one minute or less. Over that time costs $5.00 Short, Funny Stuff Things To Ponder… A good time to keep your mouth shut is when you're in deep water. HOW TO MAKE UP MISSED MEETINGS TO MAINTAIN YOUR PERFECT ATTENDANCE RECORD Simply attend a meeting of another club, including AKtion, Key, K-Kids, or another Kiwanis Club, a Division Council meeting, a club project, or a Board meeting. With all these possibilities there is little reason not to have perfect attendance. To Do List: Get your guest's email address and send him/her the link to our Newsletter each week. Increase your efforts for the coming year. Help us grow toward better community service. PERFECT ATTENDANCE AWARDS Tell Secretary Al Eppinger how many years are shown on your current perfect attendance tab, if you have one. Also, tell him how many years you have earned. This includes previous membership in other Kiwanis clubs. This is not for calender years. It is for one year of consecutive meetings and/or makeups. Explore Your New eNewsletter Click below to see the K-Kids Page of KI Web Site and read about K-Kids. Northeast Chronicle November 5th, Page 16; Our Dictionary Project by Cathy Cole and page 20 the Big Bend Hospice Tree of Remembrance. http://www.tallahassee.com/chronicle. YOU JOINED FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE Now tell Jim Barger where you want to serve. If you don't tell him he will assign you and then you need to support him by doing the job. Aluminum Tabs Continue to collect the tabs and bring them to Marvin Doyal. BOOK COLLECTIONS Remember books for the Veteran's Clinics. (GRAGNANI) AND Books for pre-schoolers TALLAHASSEE VOICES Click To Join and participate in local surveys. It is easy. DISPOSE OF YOUR FLAGS PROPERLY Bring them to Bob Gragnani and he will take them to the American Legion for proper retirement. Or you can take them to the mail box at the American Legion marked "Flags". HUMAN & SPIRITUAL AIMS from LeRoy Thompson Happiness depends on what we are, not on what we have. |
