News That Concerns Kiwanians
and Their Families |
Attendance:
16
Invocation:
Jack Batchelder
News from Sec. Kathy:
Kathy Calvin reported on Kiwanis KARES Events. Last
week Woodland Heights School celebrated Dr. Seuss’s Birthday with Larry Murphy,
Roger Landry, Kathy Calvin and Randy Brough. Next Tuesday, March 22nd, Kiwanis
KARES will be at Elm Street School starting at 9:00am with Joe Adrignola, Larry
Murphy, Kathy Calvin and Michelle Cardinal. On April 7th we will have a KARES
event at Pleasant Street School.
Kathy also reported that the Key Club volunteered to serve lunch at the Salvation Army last Saturday. The menu included Grilled Cheese, Tomato Soup and Brownies by Kathy.
While
she had everyone’s attention Kathy made a pitch to sell the Lakes Region
Child Care Raffle. For $10 you are entered to win a prize every day of the
month. If you are interested please see Kathy.
Kathy Calvin promotes Lakes Region Child Care Services
Photo by W. Stephen Loughlin
News from the First VP:
Roger Landry informed the club that Bill Contardo of
Laconia Bike Works has made the same offer, as he did last year, relative to
price on the sale of two scooters for us to raffle.
50 50:
$17 to Brian Winslow
Brian shows of his $17 dollar smirk.
Photo by W. Stephen Loughlin
Happy Dollars:
$2 from Brian for winning
$5 from President Mike
for his new baby girl
$1 from Phil Bonafide if Mike can figure out how old he
will be when she enters college
$1 from Steve Loughlin if Mike can figure out
how much college will cost
$1 from Joe Adrignola for being back from vacation
$2
from Jack Batchelder because he survived his daughters slumber party and because
he had been selected as selected to represent NH and umpire at the 11/12 year
old Little League Eastern Regional in Bristol CT.
$2 from Betty Ballantyne because she spent time in Wyoming with her granddaughters
$1
from Lori Dickson because her mother just turned 80
$1 from Larry Murphy because
he hasn't seen his sister-in-law in two months
Free Meal:
Steve Gorse
Food Pantry:
$33 collected
Guest Speaker:
President
Mike introduced Jim Nute, Executive Director of the Mayhew Program.
Jim Nute has been working with the Mayhew Program
since the summer of 1990. He graduated from the University of Maine with a
BS in English in 1991and started working fulltime as part of the outreach
staff. In 2001, after he finished his MS in counseling, he briefly left Mayhew
to work as a school counselor in Rochester and Amherst. In 2003, he rejoined
the Mayhew Program.
Jim started by thanking the club for all of its support over the years.
By Jim’s calculations, the Laconia Kiwanis Club has been helping Mayhew since
1989. Jim then described the Mayhew Program a little bit; Campers typically
come from families that just can’t provide the experiences that Mayhew can.
Campers get the opportunity to have successes and failures and learn how
to believe in themselves away from the every day stresses and influences
of life. “Once a Mayhew Guy you are a Mayhew Guy for life” states Jim…either
as an alumni, staff, donor or volunteer. When campers return home from their
experience the Mayhew Program comes with them (Outreach staff visit campers
at least once a month throughout the year). Currently there are 13 boys
from the Lakes Region in the Mayhew Program. Jim then showed a video that
they have been working on that highlighted interviews of current campers
and alumni. Each individual talked about the Mayhew experience and what
the program did for them.
For more information on The Mayhew Program check
out their website by "clicking" here.
L to R: Pres. Mike Marsh,
Jim Nute and Larry Murphy
Photo by W. Stephen Loughlin
Tonight's meeting was adjourned at 7:36 pm.
Monday
March 28th
Club Meeting - Ernie Bolduc will speak about Christmas Village
Monday
April 11th
Club Meeting - Captain William Clary of the Laconia Police Department will speak
about
DataDots, a state of the art identification and anti-theft security
system
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