July 23, 2001 - Vol. 12, No. 43
News That Concerns Kiwanians and Their Families
Attendance
23
Invocation
Warren Mitchell
Senior Members
Dick Breton, Ed Chertok, Howard Bacon, Roger Webster, Bob Turner,
Paul Normandin
Guest
Sue Nelson with Pres. Don Nelson
NISE Money
by W. S. Loughlin
Joe Adrignola, Past President and Director of the Laconia Kiwanis
Club, presented Sue Page, Volunteer with the Society of St. Vincent
dePaul, with a check to help fund the activities of The Children's
Foundation. The money came from monthly donations made by Kiwanis
members over the past year. The Children's Foundation strives
to foster self esteem in children attending public and religious
based schools in the Lakes Region by providing them with financial
assistance toward educational and personal needs not funded by
school budgets or individual family resources. These educational
and personal needs include school supplies, medical care, and
personal hygiene care.
Sue Page, St. Vincent dePaul and Past Pres. Joe Adrignola
Photo by W.S. Loughlin
Be Our Patron
V.P. Phil Bonafide passed out assignments to specific members
to contact past bulletin advertisers to get them to re-up for
another year. The ad linked to their own website is $100. If
we need to make a custom page up for them, it costs an additional
$50. Members are encouraged to pick up a form from Phil and sign
up some new sponsors. John Grocki and Dan Fisher have arranged
10MB of server space through MetroCast Cablevision. This is the
next step towards simplifying our address to laconiakiwanis.com.
Win a Classic!
Fundraising Chair Phil Bonafide would like members to be on the
lookout for someone to underwrite the cost of the next motorcycle
raffle's tickets. This will be around $500 and the sponsor would
appear on every ticket. The Signage Committee is at work designing
the new look for our motorcycle trailer. The trailer will be
available for Gilford Old Home Day.
Foreward
John Grocki and Dan Fisher are looking into a possible Kiwanis
golf tournament in the fall. In the meantime, MetroCast Cablevision
will be sponsoring the 3rd Annual Robbie Mills Memorial Golf
Tournament, Monday, September 17, at Laconia Country Club. They
expect to raise around $10,000--most of this coming from various
sponsorships.
Interclub
Chair Warren Mitchell reports that the trip to Berlin has been
pushed back to the middle for end of August.
Happy Birthday to Us
Pres. Don Nelson notes that V.P. Larry Murphy is gearing up for
our 75th Anniversary next May.
Installation '01
V.P. Phil Bonafide is planning on having our Installation Dinner
on a regular meeting night in September.
Don't Show Up
Pres. Don Nelson advises that we will not be meeting on Monday,
September 3 (Labor Day). The club and Boards will meet on Tuesday,
September 4.
50/50
Warren Mitchell, $17
Fines
Sgt.@Arms Roger Landry found Dick Breton and Warren Mitchell
pinless; Scott Beane and Paul Normandin were late. Bob Turner
paid a quarter on account.
Happy Dollar
Warren Mitchell came up with a buck because.
Guest Speaker
This writer introduced Program Dir. Julia A. Aste, Ozanam Place.
This organization assists single parents who struggle to meet
their children's basic needs. Their mission is to empower people
with the skills needed to be responsible, self-sufficient individuals
and parents. They believe a stable safe place to live is essential
for a parent to focus on learning new skills. Ozanam Place provides
structure, supervised housing and support programs. They strive
to make a single parent's movement off welfare dependency lasting
and without harm to children. Through personalized, intensive
guidance, they help parents upgrade their educational and job
skills to a level that earns a sufficient wage. Access to quality
childcare and transportation are key program ingredients. Applicants
must be pregnant or a single parent with one or two children;
18 years or older; alcohol and drug free; motivated to work toward
long-term goals and to strive towards one's educational, vocational,
and personal potential. The biggest impediment to the program
is that they have only one case manager who can only monitor
10 families at a time.
Next Week
T.B.A.
Michael
Bastraw
Editor
Kiwanis Kronikle is a weekly publication of the Kiwanis Club of Laconia, N.H., P.O. Box 757, Laconia, N.H. 03247-0757. We meet Mondays at 6:15 p.m. at the Pheasant Ridge Country Club, Country Club Rd., Gilford, N.H. Please call your President or Secretary on any Member or his family in case of illness. Email: Michael Bastraw or Steve Loughlin
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