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Wednesday, February
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The Kiwanis Club of La Cañada meets
every Wednesday at Noon
Visitors
are Welcome
Van
de Kamp Hall in Descanso Gardens
1418 Descanso Drive, La Cañada, CA
91011
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Upcoming Events
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February 5, Board of Directors
Meeting
The La Canada Community
Center– 7:00 Pm
February 11
La Canada Queen and Her Court
Wednesday Lunch Meeting, Van de
Kamp Hall, Descanso Gardens
February 14
Travelogue, Etched In Stone,
Scotland to Province
Monty and Marsha Brown
Flintridge Prep, 7:00 PM
February 18
Wednesday Lunch Meeting
Dr Lance Lee, Glendale Adventist
Hospital
New Stroke Center
Wednesday Lunch Meeting, Van de
Kamp Hall, Descanso Gardens
February 25
Craft Talks
Cory Stevens, Emilita Bituin,
Jennifer Berger
Wednesday Lunch Meeting, Van de
Kamp Hall, Descanso Gardens
February 28
Cal-Nev-Hi District Mid-Year
Conference, San Diego
Kiwanis Board Of Directors Meet
The First Thursday Of Each Month
At The La Canada Community
Center– 7:00 Pm
February 5, March 5, April 2,
May 7, June 4, July 2, August 6,
September 3,
October 1, November 5, and
December 3.
Click
on the following button to view
the long term calendar
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MUSIC
Tom Burrows played
our background music as we arrived to our meeting and then he
accompanied Ed Moulton as Ed led us in our singing. The songs
we sang today were America The Beautiful, Hi Neighbor and Come
On Kiwanis. Thank you Tom and Ed for always doing such a great
job!
OPENING
Bob Martin led us in
the Pledge of Allegiance
Jack Dawson’s words
of inspiration today were from his reading of the Gettysburg
Address in honor of Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday.
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At the beginning of
our business meeting, Prez Carl explained to us why our lunch today
was smaller in terms of the amount of food we were served. Due
to rising costs, Patina notified the board that they will have
to increase the cost for each lunch. The board decided to try
an option where Patina would not serve us bread at lunch and
instead of having a salad and a vegetable at every lunch they
would alternate having a salad one week and a vegetable the next
week. By doing this, our cost per lunch hopefully would not
have to be increased. Carl invited the members to e-mail him
their thoughts on this situation so that he could share them
with the board members at the board meeting tomorrow night.
SPECIAL
PRESENTATIONS:
Mary Ann
Christensen, a representative from the La Canada Council of
PTA announced that our club is an award recipient for the 2009
Founders Day Award. The award will be presented on Tuesday,
March 10 at
6:30 P.M. at the La Canada High School Cafeteria. Our club was
selected because of all the wonderful things we do for children.
Linda Magarian
presented to Emilita Bituin and Mary Ann Berkuta their new
badges for fulfilling all the requirements to become a permanent
member.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Nick Berkuta sent around a sign up sheet for Ed Mouton Appreciation Day
which will be held on Wednesday, March 25th. Nick
also announced an upcoming interclub meeting on Friday, February
13th at the Glendale Kiwanis Club.
Pat Flynn talked about the reading program at
Union Ave. School in Los Angeles that he and other Kiwanian
are involved with. He encouraged other members to help with the
program also. Our members go down to
Union Ave. School on Thursday mornings. Anyone interested,
please contact Pat.
Carlos Cortez announced the upcoming San Gabriel Valley Boy Scout 2009
Sports Breakfast to be held on February 19th at the
Santa Anita Park in
Arcadia.
The event is free of charge and any donation would be greatly
appreciated.
Bob Wallace announced the 2009 mid year Kiwanis Conference to be held in
San Diego
on Saturday, February 28th. Please let Bob know if
you are interested in attending.
Gigi Schlueter announced that she is the chairperson for the La
Canadian of the Year award. The event this year will be on May
6th and any nominations are welcomed.
GUESTS:
Cory Stevens
introduced her guest, Jim Phillips. Jim is a member of the
Glendale Kiwanis Club and is interested in holding a dual
membership with our club and the Glendale Kiwanis Club. Jim
lives and works in La Canada.
Frosty Boyd
introduced his son, Skip Boyd as his guest today.
Tom Slaughter
introduced his guest, Dr. Rion Zimmerman, D.C.. Dr. Zimmerman
works next door to Tom and Tom said that this was Dr.
Zimmerman’s third visit and that he wants to join our club.
Ken Lowe introduced
Julie the President of the Key Club at La Canada High School and
Julie in turn introduced three members on her board.
Key Club Members Irene Chon, Angela Lee, christine Sun, Julie Yu
Key Club Lt. Gov Irene Chon Key Club Presidenr Julie
Yu
Key Club Secretary Christine Sun
Kiwanian Relations Chair Angela Lee
HAPPY AND SAD BUCKS:
Frank Ragazzi gave
five happy bucks for being able to be with us today. His wife
has not been well so he has not been able to attend our
meetings.
Emilita Bituin gave
five happy bucks because she was given her permanent membership badge by Linda Magarian today.
THE PROGRAM:
Bill Watts
introduced our guest speaker, Christina, “Tina” Zdawczyk who
came to speak to us about her Girl Scout Gold Award Project,
Recycle Me Please.
Christina Zdawczyk
Recycle Me Please
is about donating body organs or tissue. Tina explained to us
that there were two ways one could register to become an organ
donor. One is by checking a box on the DMV registration and the
other way is on line registration. Tina said that there are
100,000 people waiting for organs and that people whose lives
could be saved from an organ donor are dying due to the lack of
organs. There is no age limit on being an organ donor. For
Tina’s Gold Award Project she would like to register fifty
people into the organ donor registry.
Tina introduced
us to Darell Robb a liver transplant recipient who shared his
compelling story with us. Darell is a Vietnam Veteran who
received a blood transfusion because of injuries he suffered
during the war. In 1990, Darell went for a routine physical and
his test results indicated that he had been exposed to Hepatitis
B. In 2005, Darell had flu symptoms and when he went in to see
his doctor, he was advised to go across the street and admit
himself into the Northridge Hospital to be seen by a liver
specialist.
Speakers Christina Zdawczyk and Darrell Robb
Darell was
transferred to UCLA for an evaluation for a liver transplant.
His name was placed on the liver transplant list and since he
was responding well to the medicine he was given, he was sent
home. However, that evening he became violently ill and
returned to UCLA where he lapsed into a coma for six days. When
he awoke, he was told that he had received a new liver. His
name had been moved to the top of the liver donating list
because of his failing health. Most patients only live around
four days in the type of coma that Darell was in and he feels
extremely blest to have survived that long and to be a liver
transplant recipient.
Many members in our Kiwanis Club
are already members of the organ donor registry. If you are
interested in helping Tina reach her goal of registering 50
organ donors, you can go to donatelifecalifornia.org/register/
First complete the form, then under “How did you hear about….”
Choose, “Girl Scouts – Tina’s Project”.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Winner of the 50/50 Drawing….Cory Stevens. As the winner of the
50/50 Drawing, Cory will be selling us our raffle tickets next
week.
Secret Greeter…Diane
Landrum. There were a lot of members holding up their dollar
bills for Ken Lowe to collect because they did not shake Diane’s
hand today.
Master of The Cash Box….Ken Lowe
This Weeks
Reporter….Mary Ann Berkuta
This Weeks
Photographer…. Paul Westmoreland
Webmaster, Bulletin
Coordinator and this weeks Editor...Jeb
Long
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