http://www.killearnkiwanis.org/index.html
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
May 13th, 2010
PL:CARTER SG: COLE
PR: COLMERY
Mrs. Lochoore
Goodwill Industries
(Norm Mears)
May 19, 2010
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
May 20th, 2010
PL: COLLIER SG: COLOMBO
PR: COOPER
Cathy Anderson
Ronald McDonald House
(Tommy Mills)
May 27th, 2010
PL: P. DOWNING SG: R. DOWNING
PR: EPPINGER
(Bob Orsillo)
June 3rd, 2010
PL: ESHER SG: FACKENDER
PR: GRAGNANI
(John Robbins)
June 10th, 2010
PL: GRIFFIN SG: MEARS
PR: MILLS
(John Ryor)
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.
June 17th .... George Sweat
June 24th ..... Quarterly Club Update .. President Jim Barger
July 1st .... Rick Theobald
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Potential Speakers
Check the list on page two for potential programs.
Our Previous
Three Programs
April 29th
Shelly Frazier, RN
Tallahassee Memorial Regional Med. Ctr,
April 22nd
Final Golf Coordination
April 15th
J. Layne Smith
The JFK Assassination
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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PHOTOS
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Miracle Field, July 25th
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Archives of Previous Newsletter
Collection Programs
Committee and Project Chairs
Division 3 Club Meeting Schedule
Division 3 Kiwanis Yahoo Group
Fund Raising Golf Tournament
General Mills Coupons For Education
How To Print This Newsletter
Objects of Kiwanis
Officers and Directors
Potential Speakers For Meeting Programs
Killearn Kiwanis Projects
Tallahassee Activities
at American Towns
2009 - 2010 Budgets
Foundation ( Service projects)
Click here for full details.
Some Highlights
K-Kids $1,000
The Miccosukee Community
Baseball League Sponsorship $500
Miccosukee Youth Education Foundation $2,635
Miccosukee Boys & Girls Club $2,635
Admininstrative
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2009 Golf Tournament
The Complete Photo Album
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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.
Blue Light Teams
(A team work concept to improve membership growth and community service)
#1
BAERINGER
COOPER
GRIFFIN
ORSILLO
VARLEY
#2
BARGER
P. DOWNING
HOLLOMAN
ROBBINS
WALTER
#3
BULL
R. DOWNING
LATOUR
RYOR
MCBEE
#4
CARTER
EPPINGER
LUEBKEMANN
SWEAT
ZIEGLER
#5
COLE
ESHER
MAYBERRY
SULLIVAN
#6
COLMERY
FACKENDER
MEARS
THEOBALD
#7
COLOMBO
GRAGNANI
MILLS
THOMPSON
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ATTENTIVE
Team members are attentive to team and club member's needs including: health, other personal needs, speical days (birthdays, etc.) attendance, and any other club related activity or sponsored event.
RECRUITERS
Team members are encouraged to work as a team to recruit and retain new members to the club so as to grow the club and better serve the community at large. Each team should recruit at least one few member each year.
TRAINERS
Team members will serve as service leaders/trainers to the members recruited by the team.
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, Vince
Puccio and John Alford.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:
The latest Treasurer's Report
-New Foundation Community Service Budget for 2009-2010
-New Administrative Budget for 2009-2010
Minutes of Last Board Meeting.
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3201 Storrington Dr. Tallahassee, FL 32309
| This Week's Meeting May 6, 2010 Presiding: BARGER; Pledge: MILLS; Song: BARGER; Prayer: THEOBALD; Introduction: BARGER; Winner: ROBBINS; Attendance: 23; Brag For a Buck: COOPER, daughter graduate with honors from FSU; and not a brag but, a request for prayers for the family of Lois Griffin, a recent speaker, whose brother was recently killed. Guests: JIM WYLIE, The Capital City Club with onion deliveries. ------ PROGRAM Amy Mason Collins Law Offices of Stuart E. Goldberg, P.L.  Elder Exploitation & Abuse Various ways elders become subject to abuse and exploitation. Information about the victims and perpetrators. Volunteer of The Year Award JIM WYLIE, represneted all the Kiwanis Clubs of the Big Bend in accepting the Service Category Volunteer of The Year Award recently. This was for the Work of all the clubs in funding and promoting The Miracle Field. Jim, himself, provided the maximum effort in raising funds from all kinds of sources. Mary Lynch, RIP Marvin Doyal passed on the news that 93 year old widow of deceased member Val Lynch died recently in Tamps. She was a lon time TMH Volunteer, and a special lady. Salute to Tommy Mills
DeSoto
Trail K-Kids ProjectsHe was elected Lt. Gov. Elect for the coming admin 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. Many thanks to Tommy for giving this service to our club, Division and District. Nominations Committee ZEIGLER, COLOMBO, MILLS AND RYOR are tasked with coming up with nominees for officers and directors for the 2010 - 2011 year President ......... Richard Ziegler, President Elect,. will be the automatic nominee. Election to be near the end of this month or early in May. TO BE FILLED President Elect .... Secretary .... Treasurer .. unless Bob Downing agrees to continue... Jim barger will be the Immediate Past President and Special Advisor Directors To replace Johnnye Luebkemann Tom Fackender until Sept 2012 Directors continuing until September 2011 Pam Cooper .... George Sweat .... Norm Mears..... Step forward and become part of the club leadership. Don't be shy. "There ain't nothin to it." Science
and Technology Expo (April 22nd) LATOUR, RYOR, THOMPSON, VARLEY, COOPER, BARGER were all present for the grand success.Please note the Blue Light Teams listed at the bottom of the green column to the left. President Jim announced these teams and their purposes in his initial meeting back in October. MEMBER NOTES The LATOUR'S are off on their regular two or more month summer wine education in Europe program. They do the educating, and even get paid for it. THE ROBBINS are going to Kentucky to visit their son. CHARLEY ESHER says he fels somewhat better. Keep our ill and grieving members and families, and travelers in your prayers. Golf Tournament Preliminary Proceeds are $8,412.49. Plus there is $400 more in matching donations expected. What a great spring day we had. In spite of a low player turnout it was a great success and from all indications the players were pleased with the event. We made enough to fund our planned service projects for the coming year. The Democrat published the results in the Wednesday Recreational Sports section. Watch the Chronicle and Kloverleaf for more. We had quite a few members to win something. George Sweat, Flt B winner; Rick Theobald, Flt C 2nd; Our members did a great job getting prizes and sponsorships. Some performed well beyond the call of duty. They showed how it could be done.  Chanpion Joe Kendrick  Ladies Champ Mary Ann Eppinger, 2nd year in a row   Registration Table Workers There remains "Thank You" cards and letters to be sent to players, donors and sponsors. This is why it is so important that complete information be provided on the forms. Just the ommission of zip codes causes extra work for the data keepers. ----- A committee of Eppinger, Ryor, Mears and Griffin will handle the above "Thank You" assignment. -------- Also, a critique will be held. If you noticed anything that needs attention write it down and give it to Al Eppinger. May is Membership Promotion Month John Ryor wants us to make a special effort to bring a potential member to a meeting. The goal is for each member to bring at least one guest. At today's meeting John issued a KI booklet, Kiwanis Is A Verb for each of us to read and use to help find potential members. ----- MEMBERSHIP GROWTH EMPHASIS John Ryor 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 projects we want achieve. Please click HERE and read all the details about Breakfast at the 19th. We all need to particiapte. It is important to our future. 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. ----- Remember, your invited guest gets breakfast free the first time he/she visits us. Aluminum Tabs and Box Tops for Education Coupons Bring them in for Tommy Mills 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 and crush them. PUBLIC RELATIONS CHAIR NEEDS HELP KATHY COLE is public relations chair 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. 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 ASAP. 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. Thanks to those who have done this. Keep it up. Northeast Chronicle April 8th, article by Kathy Cole about our donatons to the Miccosukee Youth on page 6. http://www.tallahassee.com/chronicle. 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. Tallahassee Fuller Center for Housing The Center's web address is http://tfch.org/. Another project for you to help. THIS IS GETTING CLOSER. The New Builders Club at Deer Lake Middle School has been delayed until the next adminstrative year beginning October 1st, 2010. Planning needs to get started early. 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. MAY BIRTHDAYS Sorry the editor has lost the birthday list, but Charley Esher came through. Esher 5/19/30 K-KIDS  The DeSoto Trail K-Kids Thank You Note From the sponsors and kids.  See article above. -------- The Gilchrist Elementary K-Kids May 14th - Relay For Life Team Kathy Cole is chair assisted by Barbara Baeringer. Members are encouraged to attend to see the kids in action. 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! When someone asks you about it invite them to breakfast on the club. 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. April Club Activities *AKtion Club -2 meetings *Key Club - 2 meetings *Ad in the Key Club Convention Program honoring the Key Club. *K-Kids (Gilchrist) *K-Kids (DeSoto Trail) *Plastic bags collected for K-Kids *Assistance with Technology Expo *Labels and Coupons *Ronald MacDonald House *Lingerie - Refuge House 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 June 17th .... George Sweat June 24th ..... Quarterly Club Update .. President Jim Barger July 1st .... Rick Theobald INTERCLUBS PLANNED
Paul Downing requwests that someone agree to help him with Interclub meeting scheduling for the rest of the 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. For every inter-club our club completes between October 1, 2009 and March 1, 2010, we will receive one entry into a drawing for a Garmin GPS Navigator! The drawing will be held at the Zone 3 Conference and Governor’s Visit on March 13th, 2010. The more inter-clubs our club participates in, the better chance our club has at winning the prize!! So get going!! What a great prize for having fun!! INTERCLUBS COMPLETED - Greensboro Interclub meeting on April 8th. (MILLS, BULL, COLE, B. DOWNING) Potential Speaker ------ Lana Pate, Donor Relations Officer Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches, Inc. (386) 688-4729 or lpate@youthranches.org BOOK COLLECTIONS Remember books for the Veteran's Clinics. (GRAGNANI) AND Books for pre-schoolers TALLAHASSEE VOICES Click To Join and participate in local issue surveys. It is easy. |
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. It is time to elect delegates
for the International Convention
which will be held in 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 KIWANIS MAGAZINE The April issue has a center insert pullout about Circle K International, the college level Kiwanis Leadership Program On page 14 there is a KI Financial Report for 08-09. On page 11, a list of KI web pages. Check out some of them. Miracle Makers on page 36. 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 Inspirational Message About Haiti Relief Click here to read the message from our District Governor. --- 2010
Convention The Florida Kiwanis Foundation Click Here to Read About It. You can become a sustaining member for $25. ---- Read your December 2009 - January 2010 Florida District Magazine Page 16 Club Reports for 2009-2010 See messages from Governor Donna Parton and many District Committee Chairs, as well as news of service projects for other clubs. -------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
----- Capital City Club Vidalia Onion Sales. VOLUNTEER NEEDED DIVISION 3 COUNCIL MEETING Next Meeting Monday, July 12, 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. ------ Upcoming Events June 19th, Monticello Kiwanis Watermellon Run. Contact Jessica Corley at jessicacorley@gmail.com or Katrina Walton at (850) 510-9512. Richard Ziegler and Jim Varley can tell you about it. June 12th, Annual Club Leadership Training will be held at the Funeral Home in Havana. Click here to read the Division 3
Newsletter.
with important District and Division dates and announcements. AKTION CLUB  SECOND & FOURTH THURSDAYS 6:30 - 7:30 PM PLEASE HELP MAKE EVERY AKTION CLUB MEETING AN INTERCLUB. ------ MEMORIAL TREE PLANTING Tuesday, April 20th a tree was planted at the Adult Learning Center on Trojan Way in honor of Bonnie Flynn, long time AKtion Club member who passed away not long ago. Bob Bull said it was an impressive ceremony. ------ Aktion needs one of our members to volunteer to handle arrangements for their car wash fund raiser. Ask Bob Bull what is involved. ----- A Special request from an Aktion Club member. Come to the Miracle League Field an watch them play on May 13ht and 20th at 7 PM. ----- Many AKtion Clubbers are involved in The Miracle Activities this season on Thursdays so the club attendance is down. ----- Every member ought to experience an AKtion Club Meeting, or project. ------- Dog Wash at The Humane Society, THIS SATURDAY, May 8th. ----- Collecting canned and dry food for The Adopted Family at each Meeting. FOR THANKSGIVING $200 worth of groceries deliverd to last year's adopted family (a mother with 5 children). FOR A NEW CHRISTMAS ADOPTED FAMILY Can and dry goods are being accumulated. You can help by giving some to Bob Bull. 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 --------  Richard Zeigler with Allison Dod , President - in the middle, Meghan Cunningham, Treasurer - on right.
These are the gifts from Killearn Kiwanis to the Chiles HS Key Club members for serving this year as officers.
------VP Christine Heery has agreed to be interim LTG for the rest of this year and next year. ------ Our Bufton Scholarship will be presented at one of our meetings later.
------------ Miracle Field Support Key club funded placement of plaques at the Miracle Field. ------- Final Event of the Year Relay For Life Team - May 14th 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 blue outline indicates a link to the Aktion Club, Key Club, FSU Circle K & KI Home Page. 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 Biblical Bloopers from Sunday school students - from the Old Testament... Solomon, one of David's sons, had 300 wives and 700 porcupines. He probably needed them to protect him from the 300 wives when they started arguing. -------- WHY GOD MADE MUMS Answers given by 2nd grade school children to the following questions: 1. She's the only one who knows where the sticky tape is. 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. PERFECT ATTENDANCE AWARDS Tell 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. 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 There is no legacy as rich as integrity. Aluminum Tabs Continue to collect the tabs and bring them to Tommy Mills. TALLAHASSEE VOICES Click To Join and participate in local issue surveys. It is easy. 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. YOU JOINED FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE 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. 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. Potential Speaker ------ Lana Pate, Donor Relations Officer Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches, Inc. (386) 688-4729 or lpate@youthranches.org BOOK COLLECTIONS Remember books for the Veteran's Clinics. (GRAGNANI) AND Books for pre-schoolers |
