Kiwanis Club of Meriden | P.O. Box 733, Meriden, CT 06450 | www.meridenkiwanis.org

WEEKLY BULLETIN |

October 12, 2017

We are a proud sponsor of the fo l lowing Service Leadership Programs in the Meriden school system:

University of New Haven,

Connecticut

Maloney High School

Platt High School

Wilcox Tech High School

Lincoln Middle School

Washington Middle School

Edison Middle School

Israel Putnam Elementary

Roger Sherman Elementary

John Barry Elementary

Ben Franklin Elementary

Casimir Pulaski Elementary

ARC of

Meriden/Wallingford

The 1st Aktion Club in

Connecticut

The meeting was called to order by President Doreen Roddy. “My Country Tis of thee” was sung and the “Pledge of Allegiance” was recited. The

prayer was delivered by LeNissa Rivera. Attendance was 17.

Guests: John & Doreen O’Brien; George Hamrah’s Aide, Maria

Birthdays: Cathy Battista October 7

Loyd Davis October 10

Nancy Stewart October 12

Dick Fuqua October 13

Dorothy Elkin October 21

Angela Colella October 23

Cathy at Bike Rodeo Loyd at Kapers Nancy Stewart Dick Fuqua

Dorothy Angela

Kiwanis Club of Meriden | P.O. Box 733, Meriden, CT 06450 | www.meridenkiwanis.org

Anniversaries: Ann & Joe Giannetti October 10

Ed & Joan Siebert October 17 (Honorary Member)

Ann & Joe

Kiwanis Anniversaries: Vincent Nanfito October 1, 1973

Florence Thibodeau October 1, 2014

Sharon Karrass October 3, 2007

Brian Cofrancesco October 5, 2011

Eileen Bongiovanni October 7, 1999

Lauren Rizzuto October 7, 1999

Cindy D’Agostino October 10, 1996

John Mierzejewski October 10, 1996

Florence Brian Eileen Lauren Cindy

Quip: Delivered by Florence Thibodeau (Obtained from Joe Giannetti)

Why are the people of Oklahoma called “Sooners”? In the 1800s, when the American West was first opened, the early pioneers were offered free land east of the Rockies, but to ensure fairness, they could only stake out 40 acres after a race to the region on a specific date and time. Those heading for Oklahoma who jumped the gun and settled on the best land before the official start of the race were cheating and were called “Sooners” because they arrived “sooner” than those who obeyed the law. Why do we say, “When in Rome, do as the Romans do”? If you wish to gain esteem and avoid grief, then it’s wise to respect the customs of the majority within any culture you may find yourself. When St. Ambrose was sent on a mission to Rome by St. Augustine, he was concerned about which holy day to observe since the Romans fasted on a different day than was his custom. St. Augustine’s wise advice is still with us: “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.”

50/50 Raffle: Won by Julia Kane who donated the proceeds back to Kiwanis. Thank you Julia.

Julia at Kapers with Lorraine Gamble

Happy Dollars: Ann Giannetti - $3 – Joe made it through surgery and is now walking and I can hang my nurse’s cap up and that’s a pleasure. I have one because I did

Not make Doreen’s induction and I felt bad because we don’t miss too many. You’re a very special person Doreen. And one for Bob because we did

Not make Bob’s last meeting. So we didn’t do well this September.

Bob Gollnick - $4 – Happy to be alive. I was in a bad car accident where both airbags went off. Me and my dog are ok. It wasn’t my fault and the

Other guy does not speak English. Another dollar is because Bob Meister’s daughter smashed up his truck. Tax season – people procrastinating

Done Monday, so I’m going to take some time off. Cow Plop – sell tickets. I sold my 40 tickets and looking to sell more. The signs are up – one has

Been stolen already in front of the hospital. I heard there has been chatter on Facebook. I need publicity.

Dave Elkin - $1 – So good to see John O’Brien here. You know he cut my grass and plowed my driveway in the last century.

Julia Kane - $1 – Glad to see everybody here and hope everyone stays well.

Kiwanis Club of Meriden | P.O. Box 733, Meriden, CT 06450 | www.meridenkiwanis.org

Ed Murphy - $1 – nice to see our new President.

Bob Meister - $2 – For Doreen – good luck and glad to have you here. The second is for my daughter. She was going to school and the brakes went

Out in Prospect. Going down a hill she didn’t want to drive head-on into traffic so she swerved off the road and swiped some trees and hit a big tree

She totaled the truck and is due to have surgery next week. It’s good to see Joe and looking good.

John O’Brien - $1 – Good to see all these old friends.

Elaine Murphy - $1 – Our first grandson had a wedding and it was beautiful

Sandy Gollnick - $5 – for everybody and especially for my husband just to think I could’ve lost them in the blink of an eye.

Doreen Roddy - $3 – I lived through my first board meeting. I planned and planned. I rearranged my kitchen and thought all was well until the

People arrived and everyone looked squished. My first luncheon meeting – I hope I make it through; and for John O’Brien approaching us to speak

To us. I’m very happy about that.

Service Leadership Programs: We need club advisors for Roger Sherman and Lincoln Middle School. We are working to establish new clubs at Thomas Hooker, Hanover and Nathan Hale. We will need advisors for those schools also. Washington Builders Club has worked on Super Hero Capes. We can donate these to the children’s Hospital as an indoor winter project. Lincoln Builders Club has worked on hospital dolls. They have cut out the fabric. Kiwanis members need to sew on labels and add stuffing to the dolls. This can be another indoor project. Brian Cofrancesco and Cathy Batista are working together to offer officer training for KKids and builders Club leaders. There will be installation of KKids and Builders Club Officers as well as training on October 24th at John Barry School from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. This training will also be for advisors.

What’s Happening:

The Bike Ride in which many of our members participated had over 100 motorcycles on 10/1/2017 and raised over 4,700. What a great cause.

See Cow Plop poster (Save the date – 10/28/2017)

Kiwanis Club of Meriden | P.O. Box 733, Meriden, CT 06450 | www.meridenkiwanis.org

See Halloween Party poster (Save the date – 10/21/2017)

Announcements: Board meetings will now be on the 1st Thursday of the month at Doreen Roddy’s home, 60 Humbert Street, Meriden. All are welcome.

Night meetings will be on the 4th Thursday of the month.

Community Projects meetings will be on the 3rd Monday at Cindy D’Agostino’s home, 235 Westview Drive, Meriden.

We tentatively put together a calendar for the entire year and it will be emailed to the membership.

Following are programs and their chairs:

Audit Richard Carabetta & David Wyskiel

Admin Budget Bob Gollnick

Bulletin Florence Thibodeau

Club Communications VACANT

Community Projects Cindy D’Agostino, Brian Cofrancesco & JoAnne Keene

Corporate Sponsors Ann Giannetti

Creative Fundraising Lauren Rizzuto

Daffodil Festival Eileen & Terry Bongiovanni

Dues Dave Elkin & JoAnne Keene

Educational Awards Ann Giannetti

FUN Cindy D’Agostino, Sandy Doucette & Doreen Roddy

Goodwill Sandy Doucette

Inter-club Relations JoAnne Keene

Membership Dave Edgington

Nominating Robert Meister

Past President’s/Legion of Honor/Legion of Merit Edward Murphy

Peanut Date Cheryl O’Connor

Programs

Publicity Kate Slavinski

Service Leadership Programs Brian Cofrancesco

Spelling Bee Eileen Bongiovanni & David Wyskiel

Spiritual Aims LeNissa Rivera

Strawberry Shortcake Sale Pierre Blanchet

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Scheduled Prayer Invocators:

CALENDAR OF EVENTS: October 16 – 7:00 pm – Community Projects – at Cindy D’Agostino residence, 235 West View Drive, Meriden. All are welcome. At this meeting the

community projects Budget for 2017-2018 will be drafted.

October 21 – Trick or Treat with Kiwanis at the Library, at 12:00 pm. Chaired by Karen Rosesler, Kate Slavinski, and Martha Colaresi; mjusic by Bruce

Burchsted. Could use help. If you are willing, please show up at 11:00 am to assist.

October 24 – SLP Training at John Barry, at 6:00 pm. There will be snacks and training of SLP Officers and Advisors.

October 28, 2017 - Kiwanis Cow Plop at YMCA, Mountain Mist Camp at 12:00 noon. Sell those tickets. If all are sold we could raise $9,000. Easy sell.

November 17-19 – 2017 Fall Training Conference – North Conway Grand Hotel, North Conway, NH. Rooms at the North Conway Grand are priced at

$109 per night plus taxes and fees. Phone the hotel direct at (800) 655-1452 to reserve. You must tell the reservations clerk that you are with the New

England Kiwanis group to receive the discounted rate. The reservations deadline is October 23.

March, 2017 – 2018 Mid-Winter Conference at the Holiday Inn, Mansfield, MA.

June 28 – July 1, 2018 – 103rd Annual Kiwanis International Convention in Las Vegas, NV.

August 16-19, 2018 – 100th Annual New England & Bermuda District Convention, Double Tree by Hilton, Leominster, MA

PROGRAM/GUEST SPEAKER:

John O’Brien is a Meriden native and former member of the Meriden Kiwanis club. He is an employee of the City of Meriden Highway Department

and has been with the city for 22 years. John is a representative of Legal Shield/IDShield which company deals with identity theft. There are many

facets to identity theft. There is financial, medical, Social Security theft, documents, insurance. 25% of all identity thefts are medical. He emphasized

that by law in Connecticut, we do not have to furnish our Social Security Number to medical personnel. If someone steals your medical information,

they could change your medications, blood type, allergies, etc. Your next medical emergency would result in disastrous medical situations. Your

character could be damaged immeasurably due to identity theft and very hard to convince people who you really are. Of course, financial identity

theft we are all very familiar with. John’s company offers security in knowing they will fight for you and restore your life if this occurs to you. John

presented a slide presentation and a short video. John’s talk was very informative and he was well received by all the members who knew him as a

former member of Kiwanis. Thank you John for your time.

Adjournment: 1:37 pm

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KIWANIS CLUB OF MERIDEN

OFFICERS 2016-2017:

Doreen Roddy, President

Cindy D’Agostino, President Elect

Cheryl O’Connor, Vice-President

Melissa Neville, Secretary

David Wyskiel, Recording Secretary

JoAnne Keene, Treasurer

Robert Meister, Immediate Past President

Bulletin Editor: Florence Thibodeau

Photographer: David Wyskiel

The Kiwanis Club of Meriden meets on the second

Thursday of the month at:

12:15 PM

Il Monticello

577 South Broad Street, Meriden, Connecticut