Meeting Notes for October 21, 2021

Meeting at the Plantation

Treasurer’s balances: Admin $3870; Service $3092. The bill for the storage unit is paid.

Discussion of membership occurred re renewing members and recruiting new members

Peg asks for committee members to help plan Casino Night February 26, in partnership with the American Legion Post in Dunnellon. We will split the proceeds. The event will run 7:30p-10p. Beer and wine for sale, using the Legion’s license. Hors d’oeuvres will be served. We need gift cards, etc, for prizes, and to sell tickets.

Brief discussion of a Parking fundraiser for the Manatee Festival January 15-16, in Crystal River.

Peg will contact the Salvation Army about bell ringing at the Homosassa Publix. Date TBA

It was decided to meet in person twice a month at the Plantation, first and third Thursdays, instead of the Zoom meeting on the first Thursday. We will also explore a family night meeting, with the 4^th Tuesday as the preferred schedule, and an activity to keep children busy while adults meet. Peg will check with the Plantation about our meeting room.

SLP update:

K-Kids not meeting, Nancy will be the Kiwanis Advisor when it is possible to start

Builders will begin in January, with Margaret and Gary as the Kiwanis Advisors

Aktion Club: it is deemed still not safe to meet

Margaret will check with Key Club Ltg Alan An re the CR and Lecanto Club status. There is a Key Club DCM Oct 31 at the IHOP in Spring Hill. Lynn will attend.

Cereal and tissues etc. were given to Jim to take to the BGC. He will count the items and give Lynn a total for the monthly report.       

 

 

Meeting notes from 9/2/2021

 Discussion of Key Clubs locations. Lynn will be able to attend both clubs meetings

Discussion of members' family situations and need for prayer.

Discussion of club projects. For now, collection of facial tissues for the School Teachers Store and cereal for the Boys and Girls Clubs

Peg has been working on planning a Casino night with the American Legion in Dunnellon. Last Saturday in February. Can the Key Club members be servers for refreshments/snacks? We will need to sell tickets and find donations of gift cards for goods and services.

Discussion of participation in First Friday in Crystal River. Can we do parking? Vendor booth? Can the Key Clubs help, if we split the profit with them? In addition, some upcoming festivals include Scarecrow, Grinchmas, and Manatee Festivals.

Margaret will contact Meredith Linley about First Friday participation.

Discussion of the need for an evening meeting, perhaps once a month. 

Next meeting, 9/16 at the Plantation

Notes from 8/19/2021 Meeting

 

8 19 2021 Notes from Kiwanis meeting

Because of COVID, the planned trip to the Boys and Girls Club (BGC) needs to be rescheduled

Nancy will write an article for publicity asking for donations for bikes 20” or smaller for BGC

Treasurer’s report: Admin $3344.xx; Service $3093.xx

Discussion of fundraiser, possibly Casino Night with the American Legion. We will need to find prizes like gift cards

Gary reported no progress on Field Day

Lynn reported no progress on bowling. At this point, it is a no-go.

We will continue to support the BGC with cereal for weekends; and teachers with boxes of tissues. Nancy will clarify school needs

Discussion of electronic giving and the benefit to the Club

Lynn has been named Kiwanis Advisor for the CRHS Key Club

 

Meeting notes for June 3

Peg announced the speaker for June 17 in person meeting is Nick DiMartino, from the Boys and Girls’ Clubs.

Peg has been working on a fundraiser event, Monte Carlo Night in late February

Conversations are happening regarding Field Day, but there is still no news regarding Bowling.

Thanks to Nancy for the article in the paper

Reminder to bring cereal to the meeting June 17. 

And... remember the DCM at Glen Lakes on June 16. Reservation deadline is June 9

Meeting Notes for May 20 2021

 

Guests were Kathy M and her friend Linda; Speaker John Taylor

After the meeting was called to order, a special presentation was made to Clark Jones for his leadership in the 2019-20 Kiwanis year.

Speaker John Taylor from the Wall Rives Post of the American Legion shared what the Legion does in the community and how it connects with the purposes of Kiwanis.

The secretary’s report was read.

The treasurer reported on account balances: Admin $3264, and $5297

Scholarships were awarded to Jaden G, $1200, in honor of George Felix; Jason S, $1000, in honor of Dick Morton. Both CRHS. And to Alexis S, $900 at College of Central Florida, LHS.

Some activities will soon resume, we hope. Bowling, RIF, Field Day

Aktion Club will resume in September

We will continue to support Pirate’s Cove with small items for students who are homeless; Boys and Girls Club with cereal, full boxes or single serve

There will be a “Stuff the Bus” for back to school. We will choose a day, bring our items, and go to lunch

For the FFRA (Friends and Families Reaching for Abilities) Mind and Body Challenge, we will gather a collection in support.

The treasurer was asked to research setting up electronic giving

Meetings in June are June 3 on Zoom and June 17 in person.

Meeting Notes for May 6

Phone calls or cards will be sent to members who are not actively participating.

Lynn reported that the monthly reports are up to date with KI, but no notes were taken at the last meeting since nothing of consequence was decided.

Jim reports Florida Foundation dues were mailed April 20.

Margaret will reach out to Faculty Advisors for Key Clubs

Discussion of the possibility of starting BUG program at CRPS with the CRHS Key Club

Scholarships were awarded to 2 students at CRHS and the CF scholarship was awarded to a student at LHS

Contact has been made with the Key Training Center regarding Field Day and Bowling. We hope these projects can happen this year.

Ongoing collections:

·         Boys and Girls Clubs: cereal, toothpaste and toothbrushes, peanut butter and jelly, fruit. Can drop off at a meeting, or at any BGC. Let them know it is from our club! 

·         Pirate Den: Toiletries, socks, cosmetics, laundry soap pods. Margaret will check if this will be available during the summer.

·         Note: the school teacher store is closed for the summer, so tissues and markers are not needed now

Kiwanis DCM May 19, 5:30pm at Papa Joes, Spring Lake Hwy, Brooksville

Kiwanis District Convention August 5-8, Boca Raton Resort

Next meeting, May 20 in person at Plantation Inn

Meeting Notes March 18, 2021

 

It was our first meeting in person since March 2020 and it was good just to be together!

Lt Governor Dennis gave us some updates for the District and the Division. The International Convention has been cancelled but the District Convention will happen in person, August 5-8 in Hollywood.

We heard news about people and clubs in Division 8. There will be a Division Council Meeting (DCM) on May 19 (yes, Wednesday) at Papa Joe’s in Brooksville. At this meeting we will have the opportunity to affirm the decision for 2020-21 Division leaders to repeat their terms in 2021-22.

Officers were installed: President Peg, President Elect Gary, Secretary Lynn, Treasurer Jim. Pam has asked for a 6-month hiatus from responsibilities with the Club.

We were generous with Happy Dollars, to help make up for a year of not meeting in person. 

The room at the Plantation is booked for us every third Thursday for the year. 

The next Club meeting is April 1 at noon by Zoom. 

03 04 2021 Meeting Notes Kiwanis of West Citrus

 03 04 2021 Meeting Notes Kiwanis of West Citrus

We had a lively meeting this noon and made several decisions by consensus:

1.    We will try meeting once a month in person and once a month by Zoom. The first in-person would be March 18, and include the installation of Peg as president. The location is to be determined.

2.    Jim announced that the audit review for 2019-2020 is complete. Thank you to the committee!

3.    Because so many students are in need due to COVID, we decided to award a scholarship in addition to the Dick Morton and the CF that are already funded. In order to fund the new scholarship, members are asked to contribute $100 each, or another amount at their discretion. This scholarship will be in honor of George Felix, Nancy’s dad, who died recently.

4.    We will continue to support the “Teachers’ Store” by donations of tissues and Expo markers. These items may be brought to the in-person meeting, or taken to WTC for distribution. Shipping direct from Amazon is possible, the address is 1201 W Main, Inverness, 34450.

5.    We will begin a new project supporting the students at Crystal River High School who are experiencing poverty. These students have access to Pirate Cove, where they can select small kits of makeup, laundry pods, travel size containers of shampoo, and other personal care items.  These items may be brought to the in-person meeting, where they will be gathered and delivered to the school.

6.    It has been decided that LT Governor Dennis Harmon will serve next year also, putting Lynn back a year as LTG for 2022-23.

7.    There has been discussion with Crystal River High and Kiwanis leadership about having the Field Day event in the fall. Watch for more! 

Please join us whenever you can. Vaccines are giving us hope of a return to a new normal and there are plenty children to serve.

Current Meeting Schedule

 The Kiwanis Club of West Citrus, Crystal River, is currently meeting by Zoom at noon on the first and third Thursdays of the month at noon. Contact Club President Peg Morton for details, 603-370-1919. 

 

Our main service project is providing school supplies, especially facial tissues and dry erase markers for the school store, operated by the Citrus Education Foundation.