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Wednesday, July
22, 2009 |
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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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July 9, 2009
Kiwanis Board Meeting, 7:00 PM,
LCF Community Center
July
15, 2009
Barbara Swartz - Balanced Brain
Body Health
Wednesday Lunch Meeting @ Van de
Kamp Hall, Descanso Gardens
July 22, 2009 and July 29, 2009
Nick Berkuta -"All You Wanted To
Know About Our Clubs
Committees or How Does Our Club
Do it"?
Wednesday Lunch Meeting @
VanDeKamp Hall , Descanso
Gardens
July 26, 2009
SUMMER
SOCIAL
5:00 PM
At The Home Of Daryl and Mary
Gant
2425 Cross Street, La Crescenta
JUNE 25-29
Kiwanis International
Convention, Nashville
Wednesday Lunch Meeting @ Van de
Kamp Hall, Descanso Gardens
JULY 26, 2009
SUMMER SOCIAL
5:00 PM at the home of Daryal
and Mary Gant
2425 Cross Street, La Crescenta
August 5, 2009
Dr. Andrea Thorp, MD. FAAP –
Kiwanis Doctor Program
Wednesday Lunch Meeting @
VanDeKamp Hall, Descanso Gardens
August 6, 2009
Kiwanis Board Meeting – 7:00 PM
Community Center of La Cañada
Flintridge
August 12, 2009
Louise Ghandi
Verdugo Young Musicians
Association
Wednesday Lunch Meeting @
VanDeKamp Hall, Descanso Gardens
August 19, 2009
Skip Boyd, Rion Zimmerman, Jim
Philips
Craft Talks
Wednesday Lunch Meeting @
VanDeKamp Hall , Descanso
Gardens
August 26, 2009
Jim Stratton
“Apple For The Teacher Day”
Wednesday Lunch Meeting@
VanDeKamp Hall, Descanso Gardens
Kiwanis Board Of Directors Meet
The First Thursday Of Each Month
At The La Cañada 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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WEEKLY MEETING HIGHLIGHTS
MUSIC
To start the meeting, Ed led the club in “God Bless America”
while Tom accompanied. Later, Ed led the club in a round of “Hi
Neighbor” to welcome Mary’s guest. At the end of the meeting, Ed
reminded us of all the important service we provide as a club as
we sang “C’mon Kiwanis”.
OPENING
 George Lutes led the club in saluting our great flag and
Diane
Landrum gave a beautiful prayer to start our meeting.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Nick
reminded the club that in 2 weeks (August 5th), the
Kiwanis doctor would be coming to speak, and to contribute to
the cans in the center of our tables.
Diane
announced the date of the installation dinner will be Wednesday,
September 30. There will be no Kiwanis lunch that day.
 Mary
reminded the club of the upcoming Wine & Gourmet Food event,
Sunday, September 20 from 2-5pm. She displayed beautiful
posters, flyers and post cards printed by Glen Pettit.
Rolando announced he was looking for people to purchase ads in
the W&GF event’s program.
Cory
reminded everyone about the club’s Hawaiian-themed Summer Social
event, this Sunday, July 26 at the Gant’s home in La Crescenta.
She also mentioned that she would be in charge of the W&GF
event’s silent auction, so to send donations her way.
Mary, Rolando, and Cory
Melinda
announced tickets for the W&GF event were now available to sell.
Jack
announced a memorial service would be held on Friday, September
11 at LCHS for the victims of the September 11th, 2001 terrorist
attack. More details would be available later.
Wendy
reminded the club about purchasing the turkeys for the Midnight
Mission. She also announced a comedy fundraiser would be held
Saturday, October 3rd.
Frosty
announced Dick DeGrey is doing better and always
appreciates a friendly phone call from time to time. Also, Hal
Thomas is feeling better.
GUESTS
Mary Gant brought
Pat L., manager of CitiBank in LCF.
HAPPY & SAD BUCKS
Pat Anderson
gave 5 happy bucks for the LCF City Council’s vote to change
zoning in the Town Center.
 Joan Peters
gave happy bucks because her daughter’s vacuum shop was recently
named “best vacuum shop in LA City Magazine”.
Bob Martin
gave happy bucks for the police “breaking into” his house
instead of burglars!
 Karl Johnson
gave 5 happy bucks for his recent vacation at the beach and the
cooler temperatures there!
 Jim Philips
gave happy bucks for Gigi and her husband’s recent and
long-overdue vacation to Las Vegas.
THE PROGRAM
This week’s program
focused on the MANY committees the club has in connection with
the Kiwanis Foundation.
Community Services,
led by Mike Leininger, is in charge of the annual holiday
tree-lighting in Glenola Park, the “Feed the Floaters” dinner
during the annual float building, the annual “serve-a-thon” at
LCHS, the hamburger stand at Memorial Park during Fiesta Days,
and the La Cañadan of the Year lunch. In addition, if another
committee is looking for volunteers, the Community Services
committee will assist in finding them.
International
Understanding Committee,
led by Bob Martin, Joan Peters, and Ken Lowe,
deals primarily with projects outside the US. The Guatemalan
Fund, focusing on dental clinics & schools, the Sleeping
Children Around the World project, the Bulgarian Orphanage, and
allocating funds for Marie Collins recent lap-tops in Africa
project are just a few ways this committee gets involved with
the children of the world.
 Human & Spiritual
Value Committee,
led by Charles Broberg and Glen Pettit, organize
the annual clergy day, recognizing the local clergy leaders.
Youth Services,
led by Bachy Bachmayer, accepts requests from local
organizations (disconnected from Kiwanis) seeing funding. The
CCYMCA, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and the Community Center of LCF
have been recipients of Kiwanis money in the past.
Youth Programs,
led by Pat Flynn, focuses on the recognition of the
“terrific kids” in 2 local elementary schools (Palm Crest and La
Cañada Elementary).
K-Kids,
led by George Lutes, is a student-run service
organization for 5th & 6th graders in our
local elementary schools. Unfortunately, our club does not
sponsor any K-Kids clubs at this time.
 Builder’s Club,
led by Rolando Morales and Bryan Swartz, is a
community service club for junior high students at LCHS. The
kids and advisors meet weekly to discuss ways to give back to
their community as volunteers and through fundraisers, as well
as to organizations around the world.
Key Clubs,
led by Ken Lowe at LCHS and Joan Peters at
Flintridge Prep, are a way for high school students to give back
to those in their community and to organizations serving
children around the world. In recent years, these clubs have
helped to raise money for Unicef, the March of Dimes, and The
Children’s Miracle Network to name a few.
 Children’s Literacy
Program,
led by Harriet Hammons and Linda Magarian, began
by collecting and donating books to local schools. Now, after 5
years, volunteers from our club meet weekly to read to children
at Union Avenue Elementary School in downtown LA. Currently,
there are 9 classes participating in the program.
Travel Adventure
Series,
led by Jim Ackland, was started 50 years ago by Ed
Moulton. There are 6 programs scheduled for the coming year.
 Soap Box Derby,
led by Joel Smith, has been a club project for 10 years and has
finally ended. It was a true community event, involving the
City, residents, scouting groups, local football players, the
riding stables, and more than 50 child-racers.
New Projects
Committee,
led by Diane Della Valle, listens to potential new
fundraisers, service projects, and organizations that could use
our club’s help.
Wine & Gourmet Food
Event Committee,
led by Mary Gant and Clyde Hemphill, has become
the club’s largest fundraiser of the year! This 7 year old event
hosts more than 20 food & wine vendors and close to 800
attendees in Memorial Park. The event also includes a silent
auction and premium wine auction.
OTHER STUFF
Winner of the 50/50
Drawing: Bob Wallace
Secret Greeter:
None
Master of the
Cash Box: Jim Smith
This Week's
Reporter: Megan Nordvedt
This Week's
Photographer: Wendy Smith
Webmaster,
Newsletter Reporter/Coordinator: Jeb Long
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