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WHAT’S INSIDE:
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Assignments, Guests, Hospitality, Announce-ments
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Fines, Happy Dollars
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Club Calendar and Weekly Numbers
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Social Events, Recog-nition, 3-Minute Speech
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Club Info, Thanks to Our Advertisers, Farm News
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Thrift Sale Work Schedules
NEXT WEEK’S PROGRAM...
June 25—Human Traf-ficking. Speaker: Anita Hoepner, Sparrow Freedom. Introduction by Charlie Phibbs.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS....
July 2—The National Guard. Speaker: Col. John Wojcik. Intro-duction by Dick Benedek.
July 9—Michigan Radio. Speaker: Zoe Clark. Introduction by Dale Leslie.
MEETINGS...
Kiwanis Board Meet-ing—June 19th, 6:30pm Budget & Finance Committee Meeting—June 18th, 1:30pm.
Volume 9, Issue 38
TODAY’S PROGRAM...
KID’S WINGS Our scheduled speaker for today was Dick Lawrence of Kid’s Wings. He was unable to make it due to the very thing he was to speak about, the air transportation of chil-dren in need of lifesaving medical treatment. Mr. Lawrence was busy with an emer-gency situation and hopes to speak to us about this great organization sometime in the future.
Kid’s Wings, founded in Brighton, MI in 2004, provides this description on their web-site: “Kid's Wings is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization based in SE Michigan that pro-vides free flights to those in financial and medical need of transportation to, from, or through this area for treatment. Flights are provided in small, privately owned or leased aircraft at no cost to the recipient. Our focus is on children but the service is available to all who meet the requirements, regardless of age.” Mike Dabbs noted that Kid’s Wings came to the attention of our club some 10 years or so ago when applying for a grant and that our very own Burt Lamkin has been involved with the organization.
Everyone involved with Kid’s Wings donates his or her time and 97% of all funds re-ceived go towards providing flights. While awaiting Mr. Lawrence’s visit to our club, you can learn more about this amazing organization (and make a monetary donation if you wish) at www.kidswings.org.
YPSILANTI SUPERINTERCLUB...
THE WORD FROM WASHINGTON & HOW IT AFFECTS US! On Friday, June 22nd, the Ypsilanti Kiwanis Club is hosting a Super Inter-Club Kiwa-nis Sponsored Meeting. The featured speaker will be Congresswoman Debbie Dingell.
The meeting will begin at 6:30 PM and run through 8:30 PM at the Eastern Michigan University Student Center, 900 Oakwood Street, Room 300. A meal will be served at a cost of $9.00 for the full meal and $7:00 for soup and salad. The meeting will begin at 6:30 PM and Congresswoman Dingell will speak at 7:00 PM. Free park-ing passes will be available to those who attend.
Please RSVP to Scott Virgo, President Ypsilanti Kiwanis Club, telephone: 734-218-0407, email: [email protected]—However, they are prepared to feed and host all who attend regardless of RSVP.
June 18, 2018
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell
Scott Virgo
Officers and Directors
President: William V. Hampton
President-Elect: Dan Dever
Treasurer: Greg Meisner
Secretary: Kathie Wilder
Immediate Past-President: Alan Burg
Board Members: Marianne D’Angelo Deborah Jones Margaret Krasnoff Evan LeRoy Peter Schork Ellen Webb
Newsletter:
Editor Sandy Rabidoux
Photos Bob Gray
Publisher John Kidle
Do you have news for the newsletter, or are you in-terested in advertising? Contact Publisher, John Kidle, at [email protected].
GUESTS AT OUR CLUB...
Fred Sanchez did a good job of remembering our guests today after the sign-up sheet went missing. We welcomed Jack Pross, former president of two Kiwanis clubs and possi-ble prospective new member, Arno Buhrer, spouse of Pat Buhrer, Esther Hampton, spouse of President William Hampton, Scott Virgo, president of the Ypsilanti Kiwanis Club, Robbie Durant, grandson of Clarence Dukes, and Bonnie Hughes, spouse of Dave Hughes. A big welcome to all!
HOSPITALITY… We gave a hearty Welcome Back to Sue Dailey, who was looking great and as happy to see us as we were to see her!
Mary Stewart is suffering from shingles, let’s keep her in our thoughts. She’s a big part of keeping our thrift sale functioning so please, if you’re able, try to put in an extra hour or two at the store over the next few weeks while she’s away. This would also be a great time to try volunteering at the sale if you haven’t yet done so. It’s always fun and you get to know members and volunteers you wouldn’t normally be able to spend time with.
Ken Hillenburg took this opportunity to encourage us all to get the new Shingrix shingles vaccine to prevent this painful and debilitating condition. Even if you’ve received the older vaccine, the new one is advised for further protection.
ANNOUNCEMENTS...
We’re sad to announce the news that Past President Betsy Ford is moving to Flori-da. This means she will no longer be attending Kiwanis functions. She wanted every-one to know that Kiwanis means so much to her and that she has received, from her perspective, much more than she has given. Fred Sanchez and Dan Burroughs gra-ciously agreed to take over Betsy’s July hospitality and August greeter duties.
Sign Up Genius - Please remember to create an account and provide Bob Gray with your schedule of availability through Sign Up Genius at your earliest convenience. Bob can provide instructions or you can drop by the KC for assistance or use of a computer there. This will help Bob tremendously and will also give us a better idea of the staffing needs each week at the thrift store.
Past President Alan Burg thanks the Special Committee for Staffing Needs for all their work in coming up with the 15 recommended actions to be discussed at the up-coming board meeting. A final report of these recommendations and actions to be tak-en will be provided at a future date.
Mike Dabbs gave a report of the grant applications and funding rec-ommendations for the upcoming year. There were 85 organizations ap-plying for $260,000 in grants, $197,000 of which will be fulfilled. Once finalized, a full report will be prepared and distributed listing the organiza-tions we support, along with the scholarships awarded and other infor-mation on those we’ve assisted.
Voucher Volunteers are still needed for the months of July, August, and September. Please see Ellen Webb to sign up.
Superinterclub: 6/22 Ypsilanti, 6:30 p.m. at EMU Student Center (see page 1).
ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE COMING WEEK...
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Mon-Sat Sale See Pages 7 and 8
Fri-Sat Sale See Pages 9 and 10
Vouchers 6/21—Ellen Webb, Dale Leslie, Eloise Lavin, Bob Carr, Dee Smit, Deb Ry-dzon, Bud Roberts, Susan Smith, Mark Lavin.
Invocation Jerry Brown
Meeting Greet-ers
Fred Sanchez (A), Rose Marie Barhydt, Evan LeRoy
Hospitality Eloise Lavin
Newsletter Sandy Rabidoux
Cashier John Schenk
FINES...
In keeping with the theme of the meeting, a fine was proposed on all those who have never flown a child anywhere in an emergency, with a follow up fine for those who have never paid for the fuel for such a flight. Ken Hillenburg objected to two fines being pro-posed together but we ended up paying anyway.
HAPPY DOLLARS...
Larry French was happy to announce that he and Kathie Wilder are co-chairs of the 2019 Kiwanis International Michi-gan District Convention, of which our Ann Arbor club will be hosts. They’ll have a better idea of the tasks and scheduling needs in the near future and will let us all know how we can help.
Chris Winkler was happy to attend, with his wife Noel, his 50th reunion from Bucknell University in the beautiful Susquehanna Valley in PA. Even better, he and Noel are also celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary.
Clarence Dukes was happy to be able to appeal for help with his cell phone, which even tech support can’t seem to figure out. Contact him if you have a provider you’re actually happy with—seriously, this statement isn’t a joke.
Garry Donner, with the Royal wedding in mind, was happy to teach is all how we, too, can be roy-als. You can now refer to him as Lord Henry Spen-cer Tudor.
Kathie Wilder was happy for Meal on Wheels and the help they provide to those in need. To emphasize the need for this service, she noted that one of our members suffering some medical issues is relying on this service and doesn’t know what she’d do without them. Kathie’s was also in the great state of PA, celebrating a family re-union of relatives tracing back to 1733!
Jane Talcott had happy dollars for a few things; the Cross Campership Challenge and the extension of the deadline to donate, a visit to the Horning dairy farm and the anniversary of the Manchester tornado that took many homes in her area but spared her own.
Bud Roberts was happy for the Kiwanis members who volunteered to assist with last weekend’s First Responders Salute for all of Washtenaw County. Let’s keep all those who risk their own safety for the safety of other’s in our thoughts and prayers!
Mike Dabbs had a happy dollar to make up for the time he’s been out for the last three months. He’s been traveling from WV to DC to Europe, with his favorite stop being at Normandy.
Evan LeRoy had a happy dollar for his daughter Lucy, who both gradu-ated from kindergarten and turned six this week. Go Lucy!
Larry Dittmar was happy for two things… The Washtenaw Concert Band has an upcoming concert this Thursday, June 21 at the Towsley Au-ditorium at WCC. He’s also happy that a recent health scare for Prudy turned out to be much less serious than they thought.
Fred Sanchez has a dollar for his nephew who’s serving in the military in areas with a lot of conflict. He asks that we keep him and all those who serve in our thoughts and prayers. He also has a dollar for President Wil-liam’s efforts to fill the Tiger’s bus.
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This Week’s Numbers
Attendance: 63
Fines: $19.70
Happy $: $103
Mott Pot: $0 Today
$1,514 YTD
Vouchers: $894
6 Families $59,307 YTD
302 Families YTD
Thrift Sale:
Friday: $5,782
Saturday: $9,041
Other: $199
TOTAL: $15,022
$458,435 YTD
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1 Sale & Dona-tions: TKC 9-1
2 Sale & Dona-tions: TKC 9-1
3 4 Girls Group 5 6 7 Kiwanis Young Professionals
8 Sale & Dona-tions: TKC 9-1
9 Sale & Dona-tions: TKC 9-1
10 11 Leadership 12 13 14
Flag Day
15 Sale & Do-nations: TKC 9-1
16 Sale & Dona-tions: TKC 9-1
17
Father’s Day
18 Kid’s Wings 19 6:30pm Board
Meeting
20 21 22 Sale & Do-nations: TKC 9-1
23 Sale & Dona-tions: TKC 9-1
24 25 Human Trafficking
26 27 28 29 Sale & Do-nations: TKC 9-1
30 Sale & Dona-tions: TKC 9-1
June 2018
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 National Guard
3 4
Independence Day
5 Kiwanis Young Professionals
6 Sale & Dona-tions: TKC 9-1
7 Sale & Dona-tions: TKC 9-1
8 9 Michigan Radio
10 11 12 13 Sale & Do-nations: TKC 9-1
14 Sale & Dona-tions: TKC 9-1
15 16 Chalkwalk Art
17 6:30pm Board
Meeting
18 19 20 Sale & Do-nations: TKC 9-1
21 Sale & Dona-tions: TKC 9-1
22 23 Stove Top Roasters
24 25 26 27 Sale & Do-nations: TKC 9-1
28 Sale & Dona-tions: TKC 9-1
29 30 Washtenaw County Update
31
July 2018
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SOCIAL EVENTS AND RECOGNITION...
The A2 NAACP Annual Juneteenth Celebration was extremely suc-cessful this year. President Wil-liam spent the day at the event and reminded members of the 25th an-nual celebration next year at Wheeler Park.
Speaking of President William, he’s now a certified Tourism Am-bassador for both Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti! Being a two-time gradu-ate of Leadership Ann Arbor, he’s a great choice to promote our beauti-ful city and surrounding areas.
Our Annual Summer Picnic is scheduled for Sunday, August 5th from noon to 3 PM. There will be horse & buggy rides and lots of games. If you would like to help, contact Mary Stewart or Marianne D’Angelo.
Our Kiwanis Club Tiger Game Out-ing is scheduled for Saturday, Au-gust 11th. The Detroit Tigers will play the Minnesota Twins. The cost is $70 and includes chartered bus transportation, sandwich, pop, chips, and munchies. Please see Fred Sanchez for additional infor-mation and to purchase tickets. Free entertainment also provided by Fred.
The FHLBank Indianapolis award-ed Jim Wolfington, Vice Presi-dent, Chelsea State Bank with the Community Spirit Award at the 2018 Building Michigan Communities Conference. The Community Spirit Award honors individuals that show an outstanding dedication to affordable housing and community eco-nomic development. Congrats, Jim!
THREE-MINUTE SPEECH...
New Member Mark Lavin gave his 3-minute speech today, telling us about life before and after Eloise. Anyone who knows Eloise knows the “after” is the better half. As owners of Lavin Consulting, LLC, Mark and Eloise have come up with some very innovating tech-niques to help companies save both time and money. One job in particular saw them pre-paring specs to reduce the time of a project from two weeks to four hours…pretty amazing! Thanks for sharing, Mark, and for being a part of our Club.
Our Sponsored Programs in Service to Youth:
“Serving the Children of the World…our motto, our mission” Angell Elementary
Huron High School Pioneer High School U of M Circle K WISD Aktion Club
Mark Lavin
NAME THAT FARMHAND...
Kiwanian helps with first cutting—
Intoxicated with the smell of new-mown hay!
Photo courtesy Dan Dever
KIWANIS CLUB OF ANN ARBOR
Meetings: Noon on Mondays at
The Kiwanis Center 100 N. Staebler, Suite C
Ann Arbor, MI 48103-9755
www.a2kiwanis.org
Building Phone: 734-665-2211
RE/MAX Platinum Realtors, Doug Ziesemer 734-769-8111, [email protected]
Betty Jean Harper, Visiting Vet Veterinary Visits in YOUR Home 734-475-9474
Andrea Kotch Duda, CFP®, Raymond James and Associates, Inc. www.RaymondJames.com/andreakotchduda, 248-932-5450
Clarity Financial Advisors, Mark S. Wishka, ChFC, CFP, CLU, CRPC, CASL, REBC, RHU, CDFA, CLTC—734-995-3996, markwishka.com
Gardner & Associates, P.C., Attorneys [email protected]
Jim Carey Realtor®, Charles Reinhart Realtors 734-717-5591, [email protected]
Thanks to Our Advertising Supporters...
"Serving the Children of the World"
Other Links:
Michigan District Kiwanis Click here to read the latest Michigan Builder.
Kiwanis International
Kiwanis Young Professionals of Washtenaw County Meets 6pm first Thurs. of Month
U of M Circle K Meets 7pm Thursdays at UM Union or League (Check Calendar on Website)
Kiwanis Club of Ypsilanti Meets Noon Wednesdays at EMU Student Center
Ann Arbor Western, Meets Noon Tues. at Quarter Bistro
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Interested in becoming a member? Please send an e-mail to [email protected] or visit the website www.a2kiwanis.org.
Sale and Donation Hours The Kiwanis Thrift Sale At The Kiwanis Center
100 N. Staebler at Jackson Fridays and Saturdays
9am-1pm
Saleable Donation Drop Off:
Fridays and Saturdays 9am-12:30pm
Call for Donation Pickup:
734-665-0450
The Kiwanis Center
Monday-Saturday Sorting, Pricing,
Testing and Repair
Schedule Page 1 of 2
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Monday-Saturday Sorting, Pricing,
Testing and Repair
Schedule Page 2 of 2
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Friday and Saturday
Sale Work-ers
Schedule Page 1 of 2
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Friday and Saturday
Sale Work-ers
Schedule Page 2 of 2
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