 | Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time. |
| Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time. |
| NEWSLETTER Cedar Rapids Downtown Kiwanis Club September 6th, 2006 The meeting was called to order by President Doug Dix. 27 Members in attendance. Guests: None Birthdays: Mel Rhodes' birthday was celebrated in song, even though it had been announced the previous week Anniversaries: Jeff Hollingsworth, 2 Years Announcements: The CRFD needs help installing fire detectors on Saturday, September 16. Volunteers should be at Wilson School, 2301 J Street SW, at 8:00 AM. There will be a brief training period followed by service 4-5 homes to install smoke alarms or replace batteries in existing alarms. We should be done by noon or so. We will be furnished all necessary tools and supplies. We are requesting that our volunteers wear tennis shoes and bring a cell phone, if they have one. Jim Platt, Kelly Allen, Bob Hatala and Keith Sutherland have signed up; we can use lotsa others - call Suzanne Bailey at 286-5231 if you can help or email her at s.bailey@cedar-rapids.org Happy Bucks: Happy Bucks became sad bucks in part today, with all donating in memory of John Waggoner. Proud Pa Dan Breitbach threw in a buck for the Coe win - his son plays Quarterback for Coe. Next week’s program: Upcoming Program: Dave Rasdal, columnist for the Gazette, will speak on the 13th, and Alfred Ramirez, Diversity Focus Exec. Director speaks on the 20th. No speaker on the 27th - that's the night of the Installation Banquet. Speaker: Barb Elsasser, HACAP Food Reservoir Executive Director, runs a 60,000 square foot "warehouse" of donated food that services 98 agencies and 175 food distribution programs in the seven county area. Barb has been in this position for 16 years, growing it to handle 1.3 million pounds of food last year. The facts about poverty that leads to a need for this service are close to shocking: over 8% of the residents of the 7 county area served qualify; 6000 households per month access the services, or 72,000 accesses per year. HACAP is looking for volunteers to pack about 2,000 holiday food and toy boxes for needy families, allowing them about a week's supply of food between Christmas and New Years, along with a few toys and gifts selected to fit the family. They also seek organizations to Adopt-A-Family from the 350 or so referred to HACAP by schools and other agencies. HACAP does recover an average of 4cents per pound, 18cents max for those that can afford it, to pay for operation of the warehouse and other unavoidable overhead costs. Word for the day: No Word For The Day this week. Knowing Mr. Grimm, there will be a pair next week | ||||||||||
| KIWANIS SPEAKER COORDINATORS: June 2006 - Dave Graeff July 2006 - Jack Anderson August 2006 - Chuck Wehage September 2006 - Dave Gosch October 2006 - Joe Nolte November 2006- Bob Cenek Back
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