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Kiwanis Club of Ames, Iowa Bulletin No. 29 4.12.16 Lauris Olson, Substitute Editor Program on April 5, 2016. ‘Good Neighbor Emergency Assistance’ Ames has declared April as Good Neighbor Emergency Assistance Month, so it was fitting that the agency’s director, Michael Fritz visited our club. Good Neighbor, as it is usually called, was formed 19 years ago by several Ames faith congregations to coordinate some of the local charity work they had been doing individually. In that time, the agency has been housed in seven locations, with it’s latest home in First Christian Church’s former pastor’s residence at 613 Clark Ave. The agency helps area residents in crisis situations cover utilities, food, rent or transportation costs. But possibly more important and longer lasting, said Fritz, (cont. next page) Remember We will meet at City Church, 2400 Oakwood Rd, this Friday. x

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       Kiwanis Club of Ames, Iowa  

       

                         

Bulletin No. 29 4.12.16

Lauris Olson, Substitute Editor  

Program on April 5, 2016. ‘Good Neighbor Emergency Assistance’  

         Ames  has  declared  April  as  Good  Neighbor  Emergency  Assistance  Month,  so  it  was  fitting  that  the  agency’s  director,  Michael  Fritz  visited  our  club.            Good  Neighbor,  as  it  is  usually  called,  was  formed  19  years  ago  by  several  Ames  faith  congregations  to  coordinate  some  of  the  local  charity  work  they  had  been  doing  individually.  In  that  time,  the  agency  has  been  housed  in  seven  locations,  with  it’s  latest  home  in  First  Christian  Church’s  former  pastor’s  residence  at  613  Clark  Ave.              The  agency  helps  area  residents  in  crisis  situations  cover  utilities,  food,  rent  or  transportation  costs.  But  possibly  more  important  and  longer  lasting,  said  Fritz,             (cont.  next  page)  

Remember  We  will  meet  at  City  Church,  2400  Oakwood  Rd,  this  Friday.  

                 

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(cont.  from  previous  page)    are  the  referrals  to  other  agencies  that  can  help  with  their  other  needs  like  mental  health.            “We  can  only  help  once  per  year  for  most  of  our  programs,”  said  Fritz.  “So  we  really  are  talking  about  emergency  situations.  We  know  that  we  are  meeting  immediate  needs,  but  we  also  want  to  make  certain  that  we  are  meeting  their  long-­‐term  needs.”            Participation  in  the  Healthy  Food  Voucher  Program  is  an  exception  to  the  once-­‐per-­‐year  rule.  Clients  can  get  four  or  five  $5  vouchers  for  meat,  fresh  vegetables,  eggs  and  dairy  every  three  months.    Last  year,  Good  Neighbor  gave  away  over  4,000  of  the  $5  vouchers.              Many  of  the  vouchers  went  to  the  343  households  the  agency  served  in  Story  County  during  2015.  Fritz  said  that  the  post-­‐donation  tracking  of  their  clients  shows  that  one-­‐time  help  with  a  family  facing  eviction  or  the  water  being  shut-­‐off  can  be  effective.            “We  are  finding  that  76  percent  of  the  people  we  helped  with  rent  payments  were  still  in  their  homes  one  year  later  and  that  86  percent  of  the  people  who  received  help  with  utilities  still  have  an  open  account  or  closed  their  account  with  no  outstanding  balance.”              Fritz  pointed  out  that  even  though  numbers  are  used  to  track  programs,  the  agency  is  really  about  making  a  difference  in  people’s  lives.            “We  can  talk  about  the  numbers  and  all  of  the  families,  but  I  have  the  honor  of  seeing  these  families,”  he  said.  “There  was  the  woman  who  needed  help  after  her  mother  died  and  she  had  to  use  her  rent  money  to  go  down  there  to  collect  her  mother’s  ashes.    There  was  the  elderly  woman  who  fell  down  and  when  she  was  finally  able  to  move  about,  was  so  excited  to  get  $20  of  food  vouchers  because  she  had  been  living  on  water  and  canned  soup.  She  was  looking  forward  to  fresh  vegetables  and  milk.            “And  there  was  the  mother  of  the  2-­‐year-­‐old  toddler  who  had  broken  his  leg  and  was  in  Blank  Children’s  Hospital  in  Des  Moines.  She  had  no  money  to  put  gas  in  her  car  so  she  could  drive  to  see  her  baby.”    

Program for April 15.

‘IOWA GAMES’  This  week's  program  is  the  Iowa  Games  Program  presented  by  Chuck  Long,  CEO,  and  Lexi  Slater,  Assistant  Sports  Director,  of  the  Iowa  Sports  Foundation.      We  are  meeting  at  the  City  Church  of  Ames-­‐Des  Moines  at  2400  Oakwood  Road,  a  change  in  location  for  this  week!  The  country  club  will  cater.    

Pancake  Days  net  revenue  exceeds  budget  Updated  revenue  and  expense  numbers  have  been  plugged  into  Pancake  Days  co-­‐chair  Lauris  Olson’s  master  spreadsheet.  Our  club  earned  $6,300,  with  another  $250  still  to  collect  from  placemat  advertisers.  The  money  will  be  donated  to  local  agencies  and  projects.  GOOD  JOB!    

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New  Noon  Kiwanis  member  Jacob  McClernon  (center)  is  officially  installed  as  a  new  member  of  Ames  Noon  Kiwanis.    President  Mike  Miller  (left)  reviews  new-­‐member  responsibilities  with  Jacob.    McClernon  was  sponsored  by  Kiwanian  Don  Wishart  (right).        

     

The  $125  offer              Current  club  president  Mike  Miller  and  a  former  president,  Ted  MacDonald,  are  excited  about  the  progress  our  club  has  made  toward  reaching  our  fundraising  goal  for  the  Eliminate  Project.              The  weekly  passing  of  a  hat  at  our  meeting    since  Mike  became  president  has  yielded  almost  enough  money  to  cover  the  cost  of  $1,250  for  one  club  Zeller.              With  two  years  remaining,  we  need  a  bit  more  than  $12,500  –  or  10  Zellers  –to  fulfill  our  2010  promise.            So  Mike  and  Ted  are  offering  to  pay  the  first  $125  of  the  next  four  Zeller  donations  from  individual  club  members.    Their  offer  is  good  for  the  next  90  days,  so  talk  to  them  soon  about  becoming  our  clubs’  most  recent  Zeller-­‐level  donors.      

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Announcements                    Board  members  &  vice-­‐president            The  Nominations  Committee  is  seeking  members  willing  to  run  for  a  place  on  our  club’s  board  of  directors.  They  are  also  seeking  a  candidate  for  club  vice  president.  The  vice  president  position  usually  represents  the  first  of  a  four-­‐year  commitment  to  leadership  of  our  club.  If  you  are  interested,  please  contact  Cathy  Krebs.                              Miracle  League  neighborhood  meeting              The  City  of  Ames  is  hosting  a  neighborhood  meeting  about  the  proposed  Miracle  League  from  6  to  8  p.m.  on  Monday,  April  18,  in  the  city  council  chambers,  515  Clark  Ave.  Gov.  Jodi  Melcher  is  asking  Kiwanians  to  attend  the  meeting  to  show  our  support  for  the  project.                Cyclone  Club  AKtion  Club  Food  Drive                The  AKtion  Club  will  hold  a  food  drive  for  the  MICA  (Mid-­‐Iowa  Community  Action)  food  bank  from  10  a.m.  to  3  p.m.  on  Saturday,  April  16,  at  the  Lincoln  Center  HyVee.  Advisors  are  needed  to  work  with  the  club  members.  Shifts  are:  

• 9:30  to  10  a.m.  (set  up),    • 10  a.m.  to  11:30  a.m.,    • 11:30  a.m.to  1  p.m.  and    • 2:30  to  3:30  p.m.  (includes  loading  the  truck.)  

Two  people  are  also  needed  about  3:15  p.m.to  drive  the  delivery  truck.                  Contact  Ed  Gillott  at  [email protected]  if  you  are  interested  in  helping.              And  even  if  you  can’t  help,  remember  to  stop  in  to  buy  a  few  items  for  the  drive  or  to  donate  cash,  which  can  be  used  to  buy  perishable  food  items.                Circle  K’s  CFK            Our  ISU  students  affiliate’s  5K  run  or  walk  will  be  at  8  a.m.,  Saturday,  April  16,  aAda  Hayden  Heritage  Park  on  Hwy.  69  north  of  Ames.  For  runner  and  walkers,  the  entry  fee  is  $15,  which  includes  a  t-­‐shirt.  The  club  could  use  some  help  that  morning.  Contact  Ted  MacDonalod  or  Steve  Sapp  to  learn  more.  Circle  K  donates  the  proceeds  to  Project  Eliminate.                Division  meeting            Our  next  Division  meeting  will  be  at  8  a.m.  on  Saturday,  April  16,  in  the  main  building  at  Green  Hills  Retirement  Community,  2200  Hamilton  Drive,  in  Ames.  We  expect  Lt.  Gov.  Andy  Webb  to  be  leading  the  meeting  as  he  has  recovered  enough  from  his  recent  fall  to  make  an  appearance  at  Teen  Maze  in  Boone  last  Thursday.        

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 (cont.  from  previous  page)        Cyclone  Country  AKtion  Club            The  AKtion  Club  will  meet  at  4  p.m.  on  Tuesday,  April  19  at  First  United  Methodist  Church,  6th  Street  and  Kellogg  Avenue.  Social  time  begins  at  3:30  p.m.  The  program  will  feature  a  magician.              Stash  the  Trash  on  Main  Street              Our  club  will  again  participate  in  Stash  the  Trash,  the  communitywide  day  to  pick  up  trash  around  town.  This  year,  the  event  is  on  Saturday,  April  30.  We  have  been  assigned  a  new  area  to  clean  –  a  portion  of  Duff  Avenue  downtown.  Meet  at  9  a.m.  at  Gallery  319,  319  Main  Street.    This  effort  will  also  be  our  2016  Kiwanis  One  Day  project.          10th  Anniversary  for  Cyclone  County  AKtion  Club            AKtion  Club  will  celebrate  its  10th  anniversary  on  May  17.  Mark  your  calendar.  More  details  to  come.              Food  at  First              The  next  5th  Monday  is  on  May  30,  which  means  we  will  be  serving  the  evening  meal  that  day  at  Food  at  First,  First  Christian  Church,  6th  Street  and  Clark  Avenue.  Neal  Dietz  will  provide  more  information  as  the  date  nears.              Iowa  Cubs  outing            The  club  has  purchased  some  reduced-­‐priced  tickets  to  an  I  Cubs  game.  The  dates  being  considered  are  Sunday,  June  12  or  Sunday,  July  17.  Geri  Derner  is  polling  members  about  their  date  preference.  AKtion  Club  members  may  be  joining  us.  Also,  this  is  a  great  opportunity  to  bring  a  prospective  member.  If  you  are  interested  in  going,  please  let  Geri  know  as  soon  as  possible.              Safety  Rodeo            Some  club  members  are  interested  in  offering  a  bicycle  safety  rodeo  this  spring.  If  you  want  to  help  make  this  service  project  a  reality,  either  by  being  on  the  committee  or  by  volunteering  to  work  once  a  date  is  set,  please  contact  Geri  Derner.                Thank  you,  Don  Wishart            Don  continued  taking  photos  of  our  membership  at  last  week’s  meeting  so  everyone  can  have  a  current  picture  in  our  membership  directory  on  the  new  website.  Don’t  forget  to  upload  your  picture.  If  you  need  help,  contact  Bud  Everett.                  Interclubs  Bill  Bossenberger,  Carl  Anderson,  Bill  Gidding,    Jerry  Chase,  Nancy  Kaltenheuser  and  Ed  Gillott  attended  the  April  5  Cyclone  Country  AKtion  Club  meeting.