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THE KENNER NORTH KIWANIAN

Kenner North Kiwanis, Kenner Louisiana

 Working for children and the community since 1976

            NEWSLETTER July 22, 2010

2009-10 Officers & Board of Directors: President- Anthony Simmons, 

President-Elect- Sal Larock, Secretary - Doris Rappold, Treasurer--Bill Lindsey,

Ira Snyder (Immediate Past President)

Directors: Sean Brown, Carolyn Curl, John Bourgeois, Betty Trosclair, and David Charles.

"Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing

the world one child and one community at a time."

Next Meeting  (Thursday July 29^th,  2010, 7:00 am).  

July 22^nd, 2010 Meeting

Attendance: 27: 23- Members, 3-Guest, 1- Key Club.

President- Anthony Simmons - presided over the meeting.

Opening Prayer – Larry Manguno

Opening Song – Grand Old Flag

Brags –

Roy Taylor – Next week Roy will travel to Wisconsin to be with his sister on her 50^th wedding anniversary.

Bill Lindsey – Bill’s daughter Amanda has been in a wheel chair since October due to an illness. She is now able to stand and side step in a pool. She continues to progress and hopes to be back on her feet within six months.

Jeanne Monte – My Dad & Mom each turned 85 this month, and they will be celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary at the end of the month.

Russell Diodene’ – Dan McCormick of the C.C. Eye Openers is our Lt. Gov. Elect and will hold the office for his second time during the 2010-2011 Kiwanis year. Our own Ira Snyder is the Lt. Gov. Select and will hold the office during the 2010-2011 Kiwanis year.

Club Development – Lum Ellis – Our membership is falling and we need to start inviting more guest. If everyone invited just one person that they thought would be a good Kiwanian we would start to grow this club again.

Service Leadership – Kelly Serrano, Key Club Lt. Gov.

Currently planned, a Div. 4B Luau for July 24, at the Westgate C. C. * The address is 2326 Iowa St. Kenner

Key Club will be involved in the FRG picnic on Aug. 8^th to help welcome home local troops.

Curtis’ Key Club is planning a Back to School Breakfast for the Faculty & planning a trip to Blue Bayou.

Family Readiness Group – Russell Diodene’ – The New Orleans FRG will hold a picnic on Aug. 8^th to welcome back troops. They are in need of donations; we will be collecting for this at our meetings.

Cross Roads Louisiana – Don Weekley – Crossroads operates Group Homes For Disabled Adults. They are in need of a special van to transport their clients. If they can raise $5000 they can qualify for a $25,000 grant. KNK has donated $250 to help them reach this goal.

East Jefferson Football Jamboree – Sean Brown – The event is in the planning stage and shaping up. We are looking for sponsors to buy advertising for the program and scoreboard. Forms are available to make this very easy. The Jamboree will be on Thursday August 26^th. Brad Bohannan has agreed to host a pre-game party at “The Tavern on Vets” on Wednesday the 25^th.

   Dues - Dues are due for the quarter, July 1 through September 30.

Inter-Club News – Russell Diodene’ – Our last inter-club was Wednesday July 21 with the Crescent City Eye Openers.

There is a new club forming on the west bank the “Crescent City Konnection Club”.

Red Dress Run – Ira Snyder - Mark your calendars for August 14^th. We will again have the opportunity to help at this event, has some fun and make some money for our administration account. Last year nine of us to work at this event and had a great time. Wear a RED DRESS if you have one, you’ll fit right in.

 Italian Night – Doris Rappold – The Senior Club at Doris’ church is hosting an Italian Night with dinner, wine and entertainment. August 6^th, at 6:30; Cost is $15 / person. See Doris for more information.

Guest Speaker – Jessica Veremilyea - Lutheran Disaster Response

“POST-KATRINA REBUILDING AND OIL SPILL HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS”

There is a large group of Faith Based & non-profit groups working in Louisiana everyday.

After Katrina Lutheran Response brought in over 10,000 volunteers to help. They gutted more than 700 homes and worked case management for more than 2300 families. They ran 61 summer camps serving more than 3000 children. Volunteers worked more than 400,000 hour. (This was just one agency, there were many others also involved.) There are more than 800 people still living in FEMA trailers. Most are victims of contractor fraud.

There is still much to do from Katrina, but most of the money has dried up. Now the BP Oil disaster is getting all of the attention we can’t forget about those who are still trying to recover from Katrina.

The OIL SPILL has it’s own problems, mostly mental health problems. These problems will be much harder to identify and deal with.

50/50 Winner – Fay Dufour

   Closing Prayer – John Dufrene

Quote of the week;

“Fear paralyzes; curiosity empowers. Be more interested than afraid."

--Patricia Alexander,
American educational psychologist

Other News:    

To keep up with what is going on in the La.-Miss.-Tenn. Kiwanis District visit the web site at; www.lamisstenn.org or download the district’s new newsletter The Kiwanis Calliope at http://web.memberclicks.com/mc/page.do?sitePageId=26688&orgId=lk

The  "Kiwanis Calliope" is now available for viewing at the District Web Site.  Click on: 

http://data.memberclicks.com/site/lk/Calliope%20February%20Edition.pdf to access the latest news.

 Collections (Weekly at KNK meetings)
* Cell phones, luggage, children's clothing and children's movie CDs--for Battered Women's Association and children

* Books for Friends of Jefferson Public Library

Visit Kenner North Kiwanis on the World Wide Web--http://www.kennerkiwanis.org

Save The Dates

Don’t miss the Boat -Convention 2010 “Convention at Sea” – Anthony Simmons –Enjoy the 92nd Annual La.-Miss.-W.Tenn. District Convention aboard the Carnival Fun Ship Triumph, departing from the Port of New Orleans on Thursday, August 12, 2010. For more info Click here: Convention At Sea

 The new Hope Lodge –Sean Brown – “Return to Karaoke Night” Date is set for September 15^th”. I have spoken to Tina about the date at Hope Lodge. The original date was 10.06.2010. Because of the proximity to Park-A-Boo, we requested with Karaoke folks a date in September. We will need to find someone at Kenner North to head this project up. (Any Volunteers?)

2010 East Jefferson Football Jamboree - August 26^th, at Joe Yenni Stadium on the East Jefferson High School campus.

Special Persons Picnic – Mark your calendars, the date has been set, Sept. 26^th, 10 – 1 pm.

July Milestones

* Remember to bring a guest to next week’s meeting!!!

KNK Meets 7 to 8 am each Thursday at the Radisson Airport Hotel

2150 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Kenner, Louisiana.