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Serving the Children and Communities of the Pacifi c Northwest

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PACIFIC NORTHWEST DISTRICT

KIWANISSummer 2007

Volume 80 No. 2

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BECAUSE WE CARE.Read How Kiwanis is Protecting Children

The Message is Simple:What happens when Kiwanis International President Nelson Tucker and his wife Elva, PNW Governor Lori Bryant and her husband Tom, and PNW Sec-retary/Treasurer Cleve Parker visit Anchorage, Alaska? You put them to work, of course. They all helped stock life jackets or personal flotation devices (PFDs) at the Kiwanis kiosk near Jewel Lake.There are two kiosk sites spon-sored by the University and Anchorage Kiwanis Clubs in Anchorage. Kiwanians supply the sites with PFDs, do mainte-nance on the kiosk and work in conjunction with the Kids Don’t Float (KDF) program. The KDF program is a grass-roots effort to reduce drowning among young people. It was started by the Homer Safe Kids Coalition in Homer, Alaska. Robert Painter (now Homer Fire Chief) developed the pro-gram after noticing a teddy bear floating in the Harbor. He wished kids could float like that teddy bear. His first KDF stand with Personal Flotation Devices in the Homer area has expanded to a statewide pro-gram and has saved at least a dozen children in Alaska. The KDF program is ideal for the spontaneous boater who forgot their child’s jacket or their own at home or has an additional child along for the trip. The KDF program is not designed to take away the re-sponsibility of every boater, adult or child, from supply-ing and wearing their own life jacket.

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Challenges: Every KDF site sponsor faces the challenge of keeping an adequate supply of PFDs for their kiosks. Each site sponsor must seek community dona-tions and support, as the main program sponsors cannot sup-ply new jackets for every kiosk every year.Support: Program sponsors –primar-ily the Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation, Office of Boating Safety in Alaska –plan to purchase a limited number of life jackets for active Kids Don’t Float loaner kiosks for this year’s boating season. The Seventeenth Coast Guard Dis-trict and the State Section of Community Health and Emer-gency Medical Services, Injury Surveillance and Prevention Unit in Alaska purchase PFDs when funds are available.Boating Safety is well promoted through the 17th Coast Guard District. The Coast Guard prints and distributes the loaner board signs and manuals. The State Injury Surveillance and Prevention Unit provides ad-ministrative support and com-piles/updates the master list of Kid’s Don’t Float sites. This unit tries to increase communica-tion through surveys, letters and home web page between sites and other supporters.Submitted by Mary Boden, Lieutenant Governor for the Alaska Yukon South division. Photo of Nelson Tucker and Lori Bryant by Cleve Parker. Cover photo courtesy of iStock-photo.

KIDS DON’T FLOAT!

The Pacific Northwest District Builder (USPS 417680) is published quarterly by the Pacific Northwest Kiwanis Foun-dation, Cleve Parker, Editor, 10184 SW Laurel St., Beaverton, OR 97005. Peri-odicals-class postage paid at Beaverton, OR 97005 and additional mailing office.

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SubmissionsSubmission guidelines are provid-ed on page 21. If you have com-ments, or would like to submit an article for publication, send it to Patrick Ewing, Managing Editor, at [email protected]

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Club Secretaries Please send address changes for your club members on the Membership Infor-mation Form to Kiwanis International, Attn: Member Services, 3636 Woodview Trace, Indianapolis, IN 46268-3196.

2006/07 District Officers Governor Lori Bryant Governor-Elect Rich Jensen Past Governor Steve Emhoff Secretary/Treasurer Cleve Parker

District OfficePO Box 747, Beaverton, OR 97075-0747 USATelephone (503) 641-8869 Fax: (503) 644-3600 Magazine: [email protected] Other: [email protected] Web: www.pnwkiwanis.org

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Get Involved!Be a part of the Kids Don’t Float Program in Alaska or use this process wherever you live!Joining the Kids Don’t Float program is easy. Simply re-view the process for signing up (right). After joining, you will receive a set of lifejackets, a 2’ x 4’ ad-hesive sign decal, and a packet with program information (a set of lifejackets currently con-tains two infant, three child, three youth, and three adult PFDs). Your group will be responsible to establish the site, which in-cludes building a loaner board, PFD box, or similar station that makes the PFDs readily avail-able and yet protects them from the weather.

How to Sign UpKids Don’t Float Sign-up Process:1. Identify a location that you think needs a PFD loaner station.2. Organize/designate a group who would like to sponsor the site.3. Decide how you would establish the site, the display design you want to use, and how you will monitor the site to check/replace PFDs.4. Designate a contact person for the group.5. Join the program through the KDF sign-up form online.6. Receive PFDs, sign, and construct the loaner site.7. Provide feedback at least once per year through the KDF site survey.8. Notify us as soon as possible if any one’s life has been saved as a result of the program, with any details that you can obtain.9. Provide information to the program if the program becomes inactive or if the sponsorship or contact person changes.

Kids Don’t Float Site Renewal/Update:1. Fill out the online form with updated information or requests for ad-ditional PFDs, signs, or other program materials.2. Remember that it is very important to provide feedback, lives saved, new site sponsors, and if sites become inactive!

For more information, visit: www.hss.state.ak.us/dph/chems/injury_prevention/kids_dont_float.htm

Kiwanis International President Nelson Tucker (left) and Pacific Northwest Kiwanis Governor Lori Bryant (right) take a break to pose with the Kids Don’t Float sign.

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EXPANDING OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE

A big Pacific Northwest welcome to two of our new-est Kiwanis clubs: Horse Heaven Hills in Tri-Cities, Washington; and Damas-cus-Boring, which straddles two small communities southeast of Portland.

The new Kiwanis Club of Horse Heaven Hills started big and wasted no time ex-panding the Kiwanis Fam-ily. They chartered with an impressive 48 members. Just a little more than a month after their own Charter was approved, so was the Char-ter for their new K-Kids club at Virgie Robinson El-ementary School in Pasco, Washington.

Congratulations to the members of the new Kiwan-

is Club of Horse Heaven Hills, and our thanks to the Kiwanis Club of Kenne-wick for sponsoring it.

Before the Damascus-Bor-ing Kiwanis club had even chartered it had already received enthusiastic me-dia coverage for its first service project: cleaning up the Damascus Community Park. To celebrate Kiwanis One Day (Saturday, April 7, 2007), about 20 club mem-bers picked up litter and did yard work despite the rain. The positive news coverage helped get them to Charter strength (25); when they of-ficial formed, they had 30 members signed.

According to Robert Dahl, there have not been any ser-


New Kiwanis Clubs in the Pacific Northwestvice clubs in the Boring/Da-mascus area for years. Rob-ert is not only the deputy fire chief of the Boring Fire District; he’s also the club president.

The club is raising funds by selling trees and shrubs. The club has great plans, such as a blood drive with the Bor-ing Fire District on April 30, helping with Damascus Day in the Park, encouraging lit-eracy and beautifying the Damascus business district. They have a website: www.kiwanisofdamascusboring.org

Congratulations to the members of the new Kiwan-is Club of Domascus-Boring, and our thanks to the two Kiwanis clubs that spon-sored the Boring-Damascus club: Rockwood (Portland) and Historic Downtown Gresham.

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Kiwanis Clubs Continue to Build Youth-Led Service ClubsA big welcome to seven new Service Leadership clubs:

The Kiwanis Club of Tri-Cities Industry WA has chartered a K-Kids Club at Jefferson Elementary, with 125 members.

The Kiwanis Club of Horse Heaven Hills WA (see article above) has chartered a K-Kids Club at Virgie Robinson El-ementary with 20 members.

The Kiwanis Club of Prosser WA has chartered a new Builders Club at Housel Middle School, with 18 members.

The Kiwanis Club of Silverton OR has chartered a new Key Club at Silverton High, with 25 members.

The Kiwanis Club of Vancouver WA has chartered a new Key Club at Heritage High, with 20 members.

The Kiwanis Club of The Dalles OR has chartered a new Key Club at Wahtonka High, with 30 members.

The Kiwanis Club of Kitimat BC has chartered a new Key Club at Mt. Elizabeth Secondary, with 28 members.


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Kiwanis members and clubs are encouraged to support this publication by sponsor-ing the Objects of Kiwanis ($100/year; see back page).Members and clubs can also sponsor a community service-related page in the Builder. The cost of doing this is $100 per issue. Page spon-sors will be identifi ed with a one column inch box similar to the examples at right. For more sponsorship in-formation, send an email to:[email protected]

This is what the ads look like:Example: Member Sponsor

This page sponsored by:

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Example: Club Sponsor

HELP BUILD THE BUILDERI am interested in learning more about

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Please fax this information to (317) 879-0204 orsend an email to [email protected]

More information is available at www.kiwanis.org

With hundreds of clubs throughout the Pacifi c Northwest, chanc-es are Kiwanis is having an impact where you live. This magazine shows just a small sample of how Kiwanis clubs are making a diff erence for children, seniors and families.

Abbotsford BC 23 Albany OR 29 Anchorage AK 2-3,20 Beaverton OR 28 Bellingham WA 23 Boring OR 4 Chelis WA 25 Chemainus BC 8-9 Comox BC 8-9 Courtenay BC 8-9 Croft on BC 8-9 Dallas OR 29 The Dalles OR 4 Damascus OR 4 Duncan BC 8-9 Esquimalt BC 8-9,23 Ferndale WA 23 Gig Harbor WA 24 Gresham OR 4 Issaquah WA 26 Kamloops BC 21-22 Kelowna BC 20-21 Kitimat BC 21-22 Kennewick WA 4 Kent WA 27

Community Pages Community PagesKitimat BC 4 Lake Whatcom WA 23 Lebanon 10Lincoln City OR 29 Nanaimo BC 8-9,22 Oak Bay BC 8-9 Oliver BC 30-31 Olympia WA 24-25 Osoyoos BC 22,30-31 Pendleton OR 28 Port Alberni BC 8-9 Portland OR 4,6,27-28 Prosser WA 4 Puyallup WA 26-27 Sardis BC 23 Seatt le WA 7,26 Shelton WA 25 Silverton OR 4 Sweet Home OR 10,29 Tacoma WA 24 Tri-Cities WA 4,15,28 Vancouver BC 7 Vancouver WA 4,27 Vernon BC 21-22 Victoria BC 8-9,23

You Want to Make a Difference.

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INTERNATIONAL CKI CONVENTION

pointment at www.givelife.org and then enter the spon-sor look up code: CKI. Fellowship day at LSSP will end at approximately 2pm, so if you would like to donate blood please make an appointment aft er this time if you are also participating in LSSP.

If you cannot donate blood, there are other ways you can help. We will need volunteers to help before the blood drive with logistics matt ers, donations, and advertising, as well as on-site volunteering with refreshments for donors. If you have experience with coordinating blood drives or working the Red Cross, you also may be asked to help vol-unteer to table during the service fair.

Please let us know if you haveany questions about donating orthe registration process!

With a heart of service,

Darren Page, RN, BSN, CKI Blood Drive Co-Coordinator

CKI, or Circle K International, is the college/university level of the Kiwanis Family. The Pacifi c Northwest District is hosting the 52nd Annual International CKI Convention from August 4 - 7, 2007. The site for CKI’s biggest event of the year is in Portland, Oregon, at the Red Lion Hotel Jantzen Beach.

This year’s Convention, themed “Planting Seeds of Service,” is going to be fi lled with workshops, block parties, caucus sessions, a service fair, and a blood drive (see below).

This year’s CKI Host Committ ee Chair is Brian Egger. Ki-wanis Host Committ ee Chair Dick Rust has arranged for Kiwanians from around the district to come help judge awards, set up displays, and provide other needed sup-port. Contest judges include Barb Chesbrough, Irene Solo-man, Loren and Suzanne Lee, Connie Harmison, Michael Kirkland, Patrick Ewing and Alynda Kingzett .

Have a Heart... Give Blood

“Paint a Helmet” ProjectEastern Washington University CKI was proud to volunteer at the 7th Annual Kiwanis Paint-A-Helmet event in Spo-kane, Washington, on April 14th. This free event encour-aged children’s safety by providing children with properly fi tt ed helmets. Fift een local Kiwanis Clubs combined funds to purchase 1,000 shiny red helmets to give to children that were 2-16 years old. K-Family members participated in siz-ing, fi tt ing, and assisting children to decorate their helmets with markers as well as paint. This allowed the children to add their own personal touch to encourage the use of their helmet. Sponsors presented over 500 helmets to eager children.

Writt en by Amy Woiwod, EWU CKI Club Secretary

You could save someone’s life!

Blood is a medicine that can only be given from one person to another - no other source is currently available. Volun-teer blood donors are needed on a daily basis to give blood for the thousands of patients who need it. Your single blood donation can be used to help several patients at once be-cause blood is separated into red blood cells, platelets, and plasma (the diff erent components of whole blood).

As a nurse, I have had the opportunity to transfuse blood to many patients who would not have survived without the generous donation of people like you. People who have cancer, people in traumatic accidents, people having life saving surgery are just a few of the patients who oft en are in need of blood transfusions.

CKI is hosting what we hope will become an annual event, Have A Heart… CKI blood drive. There will be a Red Cross blood mobile onsite at the International Convention hotel on August 3rd from Noon-5. You can sign up for an ap-

Richard Sipes makes adjustments to the helmet on Amy Woiwod’s head.

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NOTES FROM THE MANAGING EDITOR

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UPCOMING EVENTSAug 4 - Aug 7 Circle K International Convention Portland, ORAug 23 - Aug 26 PNW Kiwanis District Convention Tacoma, WANov 2 - Nov 4 PNW Kiwanis-Family Conference Portland, OR

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Text.I have been overwhelmed by positive support for the new direction this publica-tion has taken. Thank you to everyone who has provided comments and suggestions, not to mention articles and photographs.Now for the bad news: the change in format does not come without a change in cost. The district’s Finance Committee approved this new approach on a trial ba-sis. One of the key issues to the success of the trial is whether this new format can be sustainable through sponsorships and advertis-ing.

This is the third issue in the new format, and the first to feature advertising (see rates, at right). In the Spring issue and this one we have had four spon-sors of the Objects of Ki-wanis (see back page). And Governor Lori has become a page sponsor (see page 4).To cover the increased costs to the magazine, we will need to increase sponsor-ships, and I will be launch-ing a campaign to try to make this happen.If we cannot increase spon-sorship and advertising rev-enue, we will be left with

a difficult choice: a return to the old format, or an in-crease in the subscription rate. The current subscrip-tion rate for members is three dollars per member per year, or about 75 cents an issue. If you would like to be a sponsor, please contact me at [email protected]

IT PAYS TO ADVERTISEYou can show you support children and youth by ad-vertising your business in this publication. Your full-color ad will reach about 11,000 sub-scribers throughout the Pacific Northwest, many of whom proudly share the magazine with family and friends.Ad sales forms are available at www.pnwkiwanis.org (click Resources; it will be under Pubs/The Builder)

Ad Rates 1 Issue 4 IssuesFull Page $800 $1,900Half Page $500 $1,200Qrtr Page $325 $750Bus. Card $200 $450

Note: These rates are for camera-ready material; extra charges may apply if set-up is required.

Note: Kiwanis clubs that find advertisers get a 10% finders fee.

Will You Step Up and Become a Sponsor of the Builder?

Kiwanis Clubs Continue to Support Burn SurvivorsItem #1: Kiwanis clubs have a great fundraising oppor-tunity, thanks to Division 28 Lt. Governor Cheryl Fox. She arranged with the Seat-tle Storm (women’s version of the Sonics) for the game on August 11th against the Washington Mystics to be dubbed “Kiwanis Night to Benefit the Northwest Burn Foundation.” We are allowed to purchase $32 tickets for the price of $21, which means clubs can earn up to $11 for each tick-et they sell. Plus, those that purchase 20 tickets receive

two more for free. Where does the Northwest Burn Foundation fit in? For every ticket purchased by a Kiwanis Club, the Burn Foundation will receive $5 back from the Storm! Clubs are encouraged to charter a bus and have a Kiwanis So-cial outing.For more information, con-tact Steve Emhoff or Cheryl Fox (see contact information in the district directory). Item #2: In other burn news, the 19th Annual World Burn Congress is coming up Octo-ber 3-6, 2007, in Vancouver,

BC. This is attended by burn survivors from all over the world. Consider sponsoring an adult burn survivor from your community to an event that rarely comes to our part of the world. Click on the World Burn Congress links at www.phoenix-society.org Item #3: I want to thank all of you individually and as Clubs and/or Divisions for all of the work you have done, and some of you are still doing, to raise money for burn survivors, young and old. Thank you all!Submitted by Steve Emhoff

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Robin Nadig’s fi rst expe-rience with the Canadian Diabetes Association was participating in a team dia-betes event fi ve years ago.

As she learned more about the organization and what health issues there were with respect to children and diabetes it became apparent to her that awareness need-ed to be raised.

She knew that the school children themselves needed to be made aware of this se-rious issue and what can be

We stopped for lunch at Se-rious Coff ee in Mill Bay be-fore arriving in Duncan just minutes ahead of a summer rain shower. That turned out to be the worst the weather would ever get for the week, and we were off the road at the time.

We stayed that night with members of the Kiwanis Club of Duncan. Greg Hol-land and Stormy hosted the majority of us and one of the riders, Sheldon Williams, celebrated his thirteenth birthday – and he was not the youngest rider.

The next morning we picked up two more riders: Eric Qualley of the Duncan Kiwanis club, and Andy’s son Mack. While trying to get my gear changer to work properly, I broke two spokes in the rear wheel. Aft er a few minutes extri-cating the spokes we hit the road for Nanaimo, stopping off at an elementary school where we spoke with the children about the dangers

of inactivity and unhealthy eating habits. This was the real reason for our trek.

Joe Bailey of the Chemainus/Croft on Kiwanis Club gave the team a fi re truck escort into Chemainus, where the team was treated to a fi ne lunch. By that aft ernoon – aft er covering 66 km – the team arrived, tired and hungry at the Kiwanis club of Nanaimo’s housing site. There most of the riders had supper and slept the night, except Eric, who cycled back to Duncan, covering a distance in one day that the team took two days to do.

Aft er supper I went home (two blocks away) and stripped the fenders, kick-stand, headlight, mirror, pump and rack, rat trap, and shield from my bike and made it about ten pounds lighter.

Aft er breakfast, we visited Nanaimo’s Wellington high school to give a presenta-tion on the conditions that

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done about it.

As a member of the Port Alberni Kiwanis Club she presented a proposal to all Kiwanis clubs on Vancouver Island and Powell River.

With the support of the Ca-nadian Diabetes Association and Kiwanis Clubs she initi-ated a program to promote and support education of children regarding type II diabetes prevention through healthy active living.

Robin’s hope and inten-tion is to enable children

through education to devel-op emotionally and physi-cally with proper nutrition and exercise.

Robin is a tireless worker for this cause and a motivat-ing speaker.

Over the last three years Robin Nadig gave presen-tations to approximately 4,000 students in 21 schools on Vancouver Island.

Robin developed a simple and clear presentation with visuals that both shock and educate.

On Saturday April 26, shortly aft er six p.m., three vehicles driven by mem-bers (or future members) of the Kiwanis Club of Port Alberni pulled up in front of my house. They put my bicycle and luggage in the truck, gave me a seat in the van, and then continued to Victoria. I was to be part of this year’s Kiwanis Cycles Kilometers for Diabetes team, embarking on a six day odyssey that would be a life altering event.

We drove to Victoria and stayed the night with mem-bers of the Kiwanis Club of Esquimalt. Early the next morning the riders put on their riding gear, hopped into the support vehicles,

and were whisked away to Oak Bay, where we were fed breakfast by the Kiwanis Club of Oak Bay at the Ki-wanis Tea Room.

Our bike riding team con-sisted of Robin Nadig, Cher-yl Dentoom, Mieka Guerin, Marina Bakker-Ayres, Ce-leste McCarthy, Art Wynans, Andy Quinn, Will Lim, Matt Gauthier, Sheldon Williams and me.

We followed a police and fi re truck escort back to the Es-quimalt Recreation Centre. Aft er speeches and proper send-off , we mounted our bikes, and set out for Dun-can. The major problem for us (me) was a slight bump called “The Malahat”: a mountain passage that rises 1,345 feet above sea level. I had to walk and travel by car, the last part of the climb. Going down however was a diff erent story. Gravity does fi ne work when it has 200 pounds to work with.

When Kiwanis Cycles Kilometers for Diabetes, She’s Leader of the Pack

Through the Eyes of a Rider

By arriving on bicycles Robin and her team lead by example and present a pro-gram that is educating and interesting to the children.

Each year Robin gathers a team and sponsorships so

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4) All 11 Division 15 clubs and some Division 17 clubs worked together.

5) As Lieutenant Governor, I had an opportunity to visit at least some members of every club in the division.

6) I lost six pounds!

7) The Kiwanis club of Port Alberni has done an out-standing service to commu-nities, the division, the zone, and Kiwanis in general.

8) All members of the Ki-wanis Clubs of divisions 15 and 17 have earned a mea-sure of respect from me for a project well done.

Submitted by Ray Burley

will lead to the onset of type-two diabetes. Then we set out for Courtenay, 107 km away, with members of the Nanaimo club and the Nanaimo Sunrisers club.

Later that day at the bottom of the Nanoose hill my bike drew up lame, due no doubt to the missing spokes, and we had to truck it to Parks-ville for remedial attention. I caught up with the team at the beach in Qualicum. They had covered about twenty kilometers. The rest of the trip to Courtenay went well. We were met by members of the Comox, Courtenay, and Forbidden Plateau Kiwanis clubs, were treated to more good food and friendship, and stayed the night with several of their members.

The next day, Wednesday, the team went to another school, delivered our mes-sage, then took the ferry to Powell River and met the Powell River and Westview Kiwanis clubs. Total cycling for the day was twenty-five

Pictured (from left to right): Basil Bolton, Dale Sanderson, Robin Nadig, Ray Burley, James Klus, and Mel Weiler. At top: riders in front of the Esquimalt fire truck. Opposite: Robin Nadig.

Daryl Ashdown, teachers and parents. We delivered our last presentation, cycled back to the foot of Argyle street in Port Alberni, said our goodbyes and each then went our separate ways.

What was accomplished?

1) Several hundred school children are more aware of problems they face if they continue their current diet and activity levels.

2) The look of astonishment on the faces of some of the teachers was a real plus.

3) A considerable sum was raised for the Canadian Dia-betes Association.

that they can cycle from Victoria to schools in Dun-can, Nanaimo, Qualicum, Parksville, Courtenay, and Powell River, finishing in Port Alberni. This year’s event runs from May 27th to June 2nd.

In each of 2003, 2004, and 2005 there were approxi-mately 11 riders cycling as a team including two to four riders who were 12 years old or younger. The ride is 1,200 km, and has raised just over $25,000.

Each year the ride has been recognized by the Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA) and received endorsements

from both the BC Medi-cal Association (BCMA) and the Vancouver Island Health Authority. The Ki-wanis Club of Port Alberni was selected by the CDA to receive the 2007 Vancouver Island Region Outstanding Partnership Award.

In Greater Victoria, the Ki-wanis Club of Esquimalt has nominated Robin Nadig for the BC Medical Associ-ation’s Excellence in Health Promotion Awards. Her nomination was endorsed by the CDA and the Port Al-berni Firefighters Associa-tion, and the former mayor of Port Alberni.

kilometers. We spent that night in the meeting room part of the Powell River club’s housing facility.

The next day, after speaking with children in two schools about the dangers of inac-tivity and unhealthy eating habits we took the ferry back to Courtenay, and headed out for Qualicum. That eve-ning we were the guests of the Kiwanis Club of Parks-ville/Qualicum, who fed us, bedded us down for the night, and cheered us on the next day.

With the final leg of our jour-ney in our sights, we took on the forty kilometers to Port Alberni. Like the Victoria-to-Duncan leg, this trip has a mountain pass that I had to once again walk, despite the proper working of the gear changer. Once there, we visited our last school, Haa Huu Payak. This was a homecoming for Celeste and Sheldon who were wel-comed as heroes (which they were) by principal

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Ben Dahlenburg, an educa-tor, joined Kiwanis in 1980, and his father Wayne joined in 1989. Both have been presidents of their respec-tive clubs, and both are ac-tive in their communities.

Ben is chairman of the an-nual Sweet Home Mountain Mud Festival food conces-sion and chairman of the food booth for the annual Sweet Home Oregon Jam-boree concession. He has organized the annual Sweet Home Spring Cleanup for the past 15 years. He works at helping distribute shoes for Sweet Home Kiwanis’ annual Shoes for Kids pro-gram and is a Salvation Army Christmas bell ringer.

Ben is also president of the Sweet Home Presidents’ Club and Foster Scouters’ Club. He is past President of the Sweet Home Alumni Foundation and is pres-ently a member of the Sweet Home Senior Center Board.

Wayne works at the Leba-non Strawberry Festival in June, participates in high-way cleanups, staffs the Ki-wanis fireworks booth, rings a bell for the Salvation Army at Christmas time, helps or-ganize Christmas baskets, donates time for Meals on Wheels, and organizes the Kiwanis food booth anytime there is a community event.

Each year, the Kiwanis

Clubs of Sweet Home and Lebanon, Oregon hold joint Officer Installation ceremo-nies. This year, Wayne was honored with the Kiwanis International Foundation’s Hixson Fellowship Award. The greatest honor and sur-prise for Mr. Dahlenburg was that his son, Ben, the outgoing president of the Sweet Home Club, present-ed the award. Ben wore the Hixson medallion he had received two years earlier.

These gentlemen are truly representative of what ac-tive Kiwanis membership means and both clubs are proud of them.Submitted by Jane Strom

Families Brought Closer Through Service

Ronda Evans, a member of the Kiwanis Club of Tri-Cities Industry in Division 54, is a proud parent whose children share her interest in community service. Evan Evans and Nickole Evans have been raised in the Ki-wanis family, helping out and serving others since they were little.

Ronda is a member of her Kiwanis Club’s board, and is the webmaster for her own club and for Division 54. She is President of the RECA Foundation that recycles computers to low income families, and Executive Di-rector of 4People, an online resource and case manage-ment database that is help-ing to reduce homelessness, and coordinate services to those in need throughout Washington State.

Her daughter Nickole Ev-ans, who started Western Washington University in September 2006 as a junior in the Human Services De-gree program, immediately signed up for Western’s CKI and became the Vice Presi-dent of Services. Nickole’s history is best seen on her web site at www.y2kyouth.org where she inspires chil-dren and youth to volunteer and serve their communi-ties. Since Nickole met Nel-son Mandela in 1999 she has wanted to work with children with HIV/AIDS in Africa. Her dream is com-ing true this summer at the Rabour Village Project, outside of Kisumu, Kenya. Five other CKI members are going to Kisumu, and she will be able to spend her weekends at the Kiwanis

Compound in Kisumu. Her research project will be to interview and develop an educational piece that talks to the children about HIV/AIDS prevention. In June 2007, Nickole assumed the role of Global Service Chair for the Pacific Northwest District CKI, where she is already initiating a trip over the Spring Break 2008 to Jamaica to build a cafeteria at a school. She calls this Spring J’Breaka.

Ronda’s son Evan is now 17 and a running start student at Columbia Basin College (CBC) in Pasco, Washing-ton joined the Circle K club there in September 2006. He has volunteered for Habitat for Humanity, making blan-kets for children, valentine cards for the elderly, devel-oping the club web site, and

staffing an auction to help fund raise for Catholic Fam-ily and Child Services. Evan has put together videos and web sites to address the needs to help the homeless, and trained many children with developmental disabil-ities to use the computer. His skills with technology have landed him chair of the CKI-CBC Technology Committee.

Father and Son Honored With Hixson Awards

Like Mother, Like Daughter... and Son

April 7, 2007, was known as Kiwanis One Day: a day when Kiwanis clubs around the world were encouraged to participate in a hands-on service project of their own choosing.

Several clubs in the Pacific Northwest submitted arti-cles about what they did.

One used the day to dedi-cate a school flag pole (page 26-27). Another club stacked wood (page 26). Others used it to beautify a local park (page 4), a women’s shelter (pages 20-21), a youth camp (23) or a disabled woman’s yard (page 25). Some used it to help seniors, visiting them and providing lap blankets (page 22) or pro-viding them breakfast (page 27). And one club provided potted flowers to palliative care patients (page 23).

These are just a small sam-ple of the many hands-on service projects that took place in the Pacific North-west on Kiwanis One Day.

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STRENGTHENING OUR SERVICE


Welcome to Kiwanis!New Kiwanis members mean new ideas and extra hands to make a difference for children, families, and communities in the Pacific North-west and around the world.According to data collected by Kiwanis Interna-tional, a total of 1,060 men and women joined Kiwanis clubs in the Pacific Northwest between October 1, 2006 (the start of the current Kiwanis administrative year) and June 1, 2007. Women made up 44.9% (476) of the new mem-bers. The average age was 52, with more than 1 in 6 members under 40.Of all the new members, 54.6% joined clubs in Washington; 27.9% joined clubs in Oregon; 10.2% joined clubs in BC; and 4.2% joined clubs in the Idaho panhandle. Alaska and northern California each had six new members join.Please take the time to make these new mem-bers feel welcome and valued.

Division AYN

BOREALIS, FAIRBANKS, AK

James EdenmillerJake GriswoldLou Gross

CHENA-FAIRBANKS, AKSharon CummingsNicole EisemanPaul GarberEmily SchooleyPaul Worman

FAIRBANKS, AKJohn GambleChick O’DellJason RichlinLarry Smith

DELTA JUNCTION, AKRaymond Dinger

Division AYS

ANCHORAGE, AKCraig CornichuckDebbie Janssen

UNIVERSITY, ANCHORAGE, AK

L Danita FischbachJeffrey HaggeKathy Hagge

KODIAK, AKMarjorie DeGreefKris Lund

Division 05

CHEWELAH, WAKerrin LangfordTeena McDonaldEd PacePam ShjerveLinda Storer

COLVILLE, WAJohn FrlanRoger McMillanRyan PowerDeborah RarrickTimothy RasmussenCynthia Rushton

NELSON, BCDouglas Curry

REPUBLIC, WAThomas Luttrell

TRAIL, BCCarlos DeFrias

Division 07

KELOWNA SUMMIT, BCValerie HallfordBarbara HansenJacobus Ooyevaar

KELOWNA HIGH NOON, BC

Marvin DickauAlvin Kuyek

Division 08

DOWNTOWN KAMLOOPS, BC

John AtkinsonMel BarberUla ChauvetKelly ProvencherJane Stockell

PRINCE GEORGE, BCNelda McinnisBill PhillipsBoyanne Young

WILLIAMS LAKE, BCJack TelferDenise Walker

Division 09

BREWSTER, WALaurel McDanielRon Oules

OKANOGAN, WADoug CampJohnny FloresFloyd Nolte

OLIVER, BCBrian AmosKaren AmosLisa AmosTrevor AmosPeter ArmstrongE CranstonAndrew CumblidgeDorothy KeeneLinda LarsonHeather PittsPeter PritchardDavid Whalley

OMAK, WAAnnie KierLynnette Rose

OSOYOOS, BCRandy KassianCynthia KennedyDaniel KennedyRichard Little

SUMMERLAND, BCSusy AustinLou BousquetDawn CollisAnn CondonHerbert EldridgeArt JacquesEd LansdellLyle McDowellJerry PomorPaul RobergeGordon SherwinSteve SiposGlenda SmithCindy TremblayGlen WitterDavid Wright

TONASKET, WASusannah PerryJohn SanchezTeri Sanchez

TWISP, WAJean BergevinJudy BrezinaJackie BushnellHelmut TheimerPatricia Warberg

WESTBANK-WESTSIDE, BC

Bill BaileyMaureen BaileyPaul EatonBarbara KnightMark MinnixJackie Scott

WINTHROP, WALynn Miller

Division 11

GOLDEN EARS,

MAPLE RIDGE, BCJoan HamiltonAndre LaFleurKathleen LafleurBev LeaskMarina Scotto

LANGLEY DISTRICT 100, BC

David EltonLYNDEN, WA

Leonard SmitRick ThompsonLadd VandeHoef

NEW WESTMINSTER, BCJohn AshdownMarge AshdownGlenn Pearce

WHITE ROCK, BCJonathan BlanchardJanet Furcht

Division 13

CAPILANO, WEST VANCOUVER, BC

Byron ProutonPaul Tyson

NORTH VANCOUVER, BCHeather BakerMelissa BakerLesley Kiers

TSAWWASSEN, LADNER, BC

Brian KinesVANCOUVER, BC

Robert McFarlane

Division 15

COMOX, BCAllan BasingerRichard Slonski

COURTENAY, BCRegina LandMarg MackieChris MeadenChris PoelvoordeSandra PoelvoordePamela WillshireVivian Wylie

DUNCAN, BCJim Paterson

FORBIDDEN PLATEAU, COURTENAY, BC

Norma CronmillerNANAIMO, BC

Lorraine BurleyLucie MorrissetteJudy Shatto

NANAIMO SUNRISERS, BC

Kam ParharPORT ALBERNI, BC

Christine GibsonPOWELL RIVER, BC

Francis McCloskey

Division 17

ESQUIMALT, BCFraser GlenHarvey Rogalsky

Criena SekhonHardip SekhonEloise WilsonRobert WilsonChristopher Zegger-

MurphyPhilomena Zegger-

MurphyOAK BAY (VICTORIA), BC

Dorothy BeerJuan BurrySusan Menzies

VICTORIA, BCPaul Johstone

Division 18

BELLINGHAM, WAHans Davis-ErchingerHans Erchinger-DavisKenneth Nuckolls

BELLINGHAM-KULSHAN, WA

Denise SpreitzerJack Spreitzer

CHILLIWACK, BCIan McAlisterKathleen McAlisterLorna Spiller

CLEARBROOK, BCAshley MohleJoanne Norris

FERNDALE, WAShannon Freeman

SARDIS, BCVic MartensKen Smith

Division 19

JUAN DE FUCA, PORT ANGELES, WA

Dan FarrellEdward Galuska

PORT ANGELES, WARon BreitbachWilliam ClemensConnie EverettJoshua King

PORT ANGELES- OLYMPIC, WA

Megan CrowleyPORT TOWNSEND, WA

Rich OienThomas SherfickJim Strong

SEQUIM-DUNGENESS, WA

Thomas Mulhern

Division 20

ANACORTES, WAJeanette BrowneLeslie CooperSharon CooperRosette DawsonJohn GiboneyWilliam MathisGeorge MeekinsBruce RaineKathleen Raine

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Brian StuartPaul ThorneMarla ValleeFred Wintermantel

ANACORTES SUNRISERS, WA

Paul BenzRobert HolmesVera JonesClark McKeeConnie MoulaisonJames Williams

FRIDAY HARBOR, WALori RonhaarFrancine ShawElizabeth ThompsonHamid Ukra

OAK HARBOR, WAMartha Yount

ORCAS ISLAND, WARick BoucherGlenn Harris

SOUTH WHIDBEY, WHIDBEY ISLAND, WA

Donald AlbrightRich BacigalupiDolores FreshDavid JonesFred McCarthyPauline PrescottMaynard RichmondNigel Taber-HamiltonRobert TreulichWilliam WattsRobert Welch

Division 20M

BURLINGTON, WAVicki AslettLyndie Case

BURLINGTON-EDISON, WA

Linda LarrabeeGene SargentLes Tokarchuk

LACONNER, WAThomas AlfonoJack FankhauserRichard HouserWilliam MashawKurt Schonberg

MOUNT VERNON, WAJosh AndersonJacqueline ArnoldJennifer BouwensAllen CollinsBill CraigKent EggingDuane HensonRob JohnsonRuth JohnsonColleen KenimondGreg KirkpatrickNancy KnutsonJeremy McCullough

Tosha PhillipsSEDRO WOOLLEY, WA

Deanna HuddleSKAGIT-MT VERNON, WA

Vicki LundJohn MegerBill NuttingSharon Sparling

Division 21

ARLINGTON, WAMaryRose Denton

DARRINGTON, WAKenneth Bell

EVERETT-EVERGREEN, WA

Theodore BarrettLAKE STEVENS, WA

Erica FortuneLaurie Stack

MARYSVILLE, WALarry GroomMichael McGhee

MUKILTEO, WATom FouldsCindy GeorgeJanice TuttleDebbi Whitcombe

SILVER LAKE- EVERETT, WA

Jeff CaseMegan Friedenson

STANWOOD-CAMANO, WA

Gary BeardBasil BradleyDan Johnston

Division 22

EDMONDS SENIORS, WAJohn Beall

LYNNWOOD, WAVirginia MerwinCarol Wise

SNOHOMISH, WADaryl BertholetTeri JenningsJeanne KarrKate Maloney

SNOHOMISH-TILLICUM, WA

Jean AtchleyDonald NessFrank Spaetig

Division 24

NORTH CENTRAL, SEATTLE, WA

Andrew BriggsJoan BriggsWilliam BriggsFrank ChristHelen ChristPamela Dahl

SHORELINE, WAJonita CruzScott GilbertsThomas JordanKaaren Sidone

SAMMAMISH, WALoraine MartinezMichael Schweitzer

SNOQUALMIE VALLEY, WA

Winston Rendall

Division 30

BONNEY LAKE, WARebecca BakerDale NagelJoe Sexton

BUCKLEY, WADonna Giger

EDGEWOOD-MILTON, WA

Robert DockstaderCarolynn Weldon

ORTING, WACarl ScansonRandy Shelton

PUYALLUP, WASandra BlankenshipPeter BristowBob CarlsonMary Gail CarverDian DonahoeShelly ElseyRudolph FylelesDarlene McCallumLisa Westmark

PUYALLUP SUNRISERS, WA

John HedgerKarin MathisonLloyd MathisonJames MurphyNathan PfefferkornLibby Thompson

SUMMIT, WAKathleen BaumgartnerSusan SmithMyra Turner

Division 32

AUBURN, WALinda BarriePatrick BurnsLisa ClarkLisa GillWilliam Piersen

DES MOINES, WAJael HansonLorraine Wagness

FEDERAL WAY, WAMaria CohenEverett GrossKaren JohnsonThomas JohnsonRenee MaherDouglas NelsonEric StavneyMaile Tran-CarsonBenjamin Washington

GREATER FEDERAL WAY, WA

Jim AbernathyDante CabascoRobert De George

Vernon VandervortBob Weiss

UNIVERSITY, SEATTLE, WA

Michael MyersRhiannon ParmeleeKelly Peterson

Division 26

HIGHLINE, BURIEN, WAGlenda EsterFrank WeiseLee WoodingtonSheila Woodington

RAINIER VALLEY, SEATTLE, WA

Robert ThaxtonMichael Wilson

SEATTLE, WAAron EnglishPatty KnoxRick North

WEST SEATTLE, WARichard BaumJim DanielsAnne DeromeJulie Hatcher

WHITE CENTER, WAAlan Kincaid

Division 28

BELLEVUE-SUNRISERS, WA

Patricia ChristeyCorinne Crowley

ISSAQUAH, WAChristina BrandtMark HinthorneMarilee MessingSharyn SolumScott StweartKeith Watts

ISSAQUAH VALLEY, WABill BergsmaEdwin Nelson

KIRKLAND, WABrett FreistadtChristofer LaceySteven Rittenberg

KIRKLAND SUNRISERS, WA

Ryan LovellDavid Tennent

NORTHSHORE, BOTHELL, WA

Dale AmundsenWendy AmundsenJerry BannisterKathy HinsleyKeith PierceFelipe Pintone

PROVIDENCE POINT, ISSAQUAH, WA

Ersel EvansRobert KenagyJoAnn MoeserThelma NicklettFances Rockwell

Joe MartinezCindy RaboinTimothy StewartBeverly Triplett

GREATER RENTON, WAJulie Phillips

KENT, WAJoseph AnJanet CookeBrian HanisRita KaufmanJoseph NizolakRobert Walkley

KENT-AM, WAKimberly Cincilla

MERIDIAN-KENT, WATami EnglishVictoria KantnerRobert SchlosserCheryl Vanden Bos

RENTON, WALisa Arnold

THE VALLEY, AUBURN, WA

Christa BenchleySteve ComstockSusan KindemDarrin LowrySteve RiceVic StevensDave Trout

Division 34

CLOVER PARK, LAKEWOOD CENTER, WA

Gaile BeaversJerry DunlapWayne MeltonAnita ReinhardtBarb RockMargaret Smith

FIFE-MILTON, WABillie Leitner

FIRCREST, WAGary Hansen

GREATER DUPONT, WAJohn CampbellPenny CoffeyBridget CulleyTamara JenkinsSylvia KozyraRachel NelsonScott NelsonScott SchenckDavid Sweeney

GREATER TACOMA, WAJacquie BanksJenny BaysingerScott BeasleyBrian BoydJennifer CajucomJack CarlsonLori DowerSamol HefleyLeigh Ann MyhreRobert RothbauerCynthia Walton

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PENINSULA, GIG HARBOR, WA

Beckie KauppilaLarry RoketaBrenda SchumacherRichard ShafferRobert SimpsonTami Waterman

STEILACOOM, WAGarland KirbySteven LevineCheryl McConahy

TACOMA, WARebecca CoutureRobert EversonJimi GrassoCharmaine Jovanovich-MillerCarole LailDebbie Shapiro

Division 36

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, WAHelene DahlanderThomas KilbaneScott Mac DonaldJohn McCannJames RynearsonAndrew TorresRobert Waller

BREMERTON, WADana CoggonPamela Duerr

GREATER KINGSTON, WADavid Hill

GREATER POULSBO, WADavid ErbesShelley Erbes

NORTH MASON, BELFAIR, WA

Cassandra HoffmanCharles RoofAnne Whitman

SILVERDALE, WAAlexandra MayerRobert SchloteChristine Whitacre

Division 38

HOOD CANAL, HOODSPORT, WA

Richard BaileyDavid SundJohn WyattRonald Zoldak

KRISTMAS TOWN, SHELTON, WA

Kathy BurbidgeErik EngstromJohn Hill

LACEY SUNSETTERS, WAMarge DavisMaria Pareigis

OLYMPIA, WATerry BullockSamuel GarstDeWayne GranackiFrank SpickelmireLori Whitney

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PIONEER COMMUNITY OF MASON COUNTY, SHELTON, WA

Dan BeaudoinJames BennettTara FordeWalt HitchcockPeggy SandersonDan Winter

SHELTON, WARoss GallagherChristopher MagallonKen RobertsPatty RossEd SantodomingoJudy Santodomingo

Division 40

CHEHALIS, WACharles Ray Byrd

MONTESANO, WAPat Herrington

OCEAN SHORES, WAJames CaudleKendrick MatthewsStan PhillipsLisa RadersSteven RockeyJames SrokeRyan StrongCarol Styner

PE ELL, WAJames JohnstonMarilyn JohnstonDolores LeeKristi Milanowski

RAYMOND, WAClay Harwood

SOUTH BEND, WAHeather HillCarol KleynJ. MageeTracy ManlowMarvin NormanJoAnn RuckerJuliet Sanchez

TWIN HARBORS, GRAYLAND, WESTPORT, TOKELAND, WA

Sally HickmanFrederick OlafsonGail SackmanKeith Thurman

Division 42

CATHLAMET, WADennis GordonCarl PedersenJames ReedJeff RooklidgeMike Sullivan

CLATSKANIE, ORJeff BaughmanListon DarbyLinda GeerNorma HendricksonNorma MossGary MounceTanda Murders

Robin OstojSachin Patel

KELSO, WAGary Schmauder

LONGVIEW, WAMarilyn Nittenberg-HaanTami Perry

SAINT HELENS, ORJohn BrewingtonSteven CraigJeff KempLeslie Malzman

SCAPPOOSE, ORDebra Velure

ST. HELENS DAY BREAKERS, OR

Alan KingDean Marsh

Division 44

BATTLE GROUND, WALouie Watkins

BOULEVARD, VANCOUVER, WA

Bonnie JohnsonTodd ReevesJimmie Williams

CASCADE PARK, WAValerie SchaffrothWalter StrandhagenDorothy WilkiePeter Wilkie

FORT VANCOUVER, VANCOUVER, WA

Steve HeckerJulie RobinsonLynn RussellAdam Wishard

SALMON CREEK, VANCOUVER, WA

Bruce DavisLinda HerringtonKathleen Siler

Division 46

CHENEY, WAMarjorie LindnerJim MisselTedd NealeyStephanie RoestalPatricia Steen

COUNTRY HOMES, SPOKANE, WA

Timothy CihalKerry Jones

DEER PARK, WANicolle Burgess

DOWNTOWN SPOKANE, WA

Ted BigartHeidi BollumRod ClintonMelissa PedersonWilliam Ryan

EAST SPOKANE, WAErin MillerMichael NobleDave Schreffler

HILLYARD, WASarah LittleMartin PhancoAnita Wideman

LIBERTY LAKE, WAElizabeth CaldwellJanet KochisKathy LoveallAnne MartinJeff MunroMary Lee NickoloffNickola NickoloffKaren PagliaroKahale RoganScott SipesRichard Zahn

NORTH SPOKANE, WADlynn OttmarLinda Vogel

NORTHEAST SPOKANE, WA

Lorriane CannonDeborah LappLindsey LarkinJulie Moyer-Nesbitt

SOUTH HILL SPOKANE, WA

Miles HydePeggy MichalskiDaniel Whye

SPOKANE VALLEY, SPOKANE, WA

Darryl IsotaloScott MurockCarl RogersCheryl SiciliaGordon Spunich

WEST SPOKANE, WAStephen BrewsterTom CarrollMary Logan

WEST VALLEY, SPOKANE, WA

Lila BillGeorge CastorDan DennyBrian LibergJudy Wigen

Division 48

COEUR D’ALENE, IDJames CurbKaren OaksVirginia TateCurt Wegley

IDAHO PANHANDLE, COEUR D’ALENE, ID

Sarah McCrackenKacie Tollefson

POST FALLS, IDDianne BestDeanna CaviezelSean DevineTammy GalbreathEvelyn GillespieCarol GoodmanJolene HiseMichael LeanaJerry Lyon

Nicole MaggioJeffrey MossDonald SecrestAngie SpleissDavid Spraul

RATHDRUM- LAKELAND, ID

Ernest CarrCathy Larson

SAINT MARIES, IDGary FosterTeresa JeffreyWarren LawJames McCuaigTom SimonsFrances Walters

SANDPOINT, IDJacob OliverRoger ReynoldsSusan Sasher

SILVER VALLEY, KELLOGG, ID

Evan BirdsellSam GrovesJudi Underwood

Division 50

APPLE VALLEY, YAKIMA, WA

Linda LarcomCLE ELUM, WA

Loretta BushbaumLinda Olson

ELLENSBURG, WAJennifer Estroff

GRANDVIEW, WAElizabeth AlbaAlejandrina Trevino

KAMIAKIN, YAKIMA, WAKurt Hilyard

PROSSER, WADebora Jennings

SELAH, WAJoseph JonesMatthew McCay

WEST VALLEY, YAKIMA, WA

Susan MazaMichael Morris

YAKIMA, WAPatrick AndreottiPenny BakerBeth Blum SpikerRobert BrownCindy FahsholtzTheresa Vitello

Division 52

EASTMONT, EAST WENATCHEE, WA

Kenneth BriggsMichael McCourt

MANSON, WAMichael Steele

RIVERVIEW, WENATCHEE, WA

Cleveland Ward

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WACOKA OF CASHMERE, WA

Carolyn GrantYvette Matson

WENATCHEE, WALisa BarkerKenneth ButtelRandall DavisRussell HartDavid JaynesBrian McDanielDebby McDanielLaurie MooneyWilliam SuttonJames Taylor

WENATCHEE- APPLE VALLEY, WA

Martin HeathDeborah Remsen

WENATCHEE- KELAWANI, WA

Marcia Rodstol

Division 54

ATOMIC CITY, RICHLAND, WA

Danita VowelsKristeen WilliamsThaddeus Williams

THE COLUMBIA, KENNEWICK, WA

Bill ThompsonKENNEWICK, WA

Jimmy BirdWalteen CorsonRuss KeeferMargaret LarsonRobert MarpleDon OlsenPhillip SlusserPaul SwainMatthew Taylor

PASCO, WARobert BaconNeva CorkrumNathan CraghillRodolfo Mendoza

RICHLAND, WAWarren Sevier

THE HORSE HEAVEN HILLS, WA

Paul AshDon BarnesLisa BauerLinda BeaglesKurt BeckleySteve BeckmanMark BlotzRodney BluechelDouglas BrownAlex BurdenKristine CallPamela CarrierLorraine CooperGary Earp

Johannah FrumDavid GilchristDale GreenJonna HansmeierLarry HansmeierJoanna HarringtonJohn HarringtonLauren HedeenTammy HuffmanMarilyn HydePamela JahnkeCassidy JanoskyMelissa KanabrockiJoan KessnerKathye KilgoreRick KilgoreCarolyn LawsonLaura MayovskyTeresa MooreRusty Lee MorrisJames NearyRichard NordnessAndrew PerdueJeff PhillipsRae Lee PowellFrancisco SalinasGeoff SchrammRobert SosaGene SpauldingJay StumpfKetra StumpfDonna Underwood

PULLMAN, WAJason CongePaul Swingle

Division 58

EPHRATA, WAHarry Erickson

MOSES LAKE, WAJeremy HuberdeauRex ManningChris MasonHarold MobergKaye Ward

WARDEN, WAKenneth AllenSandra SheldonJohn Wallace

Division 62

EAST PORTLAND, ORRobert Stephens

MONTAVILLA, PORTLAND, OR

June TaylorNORTHEAST PORTLAND, OR

Steve HallPENINSULA- PORTLAND, OR

Fran AyaribilPORTLAND, OR

Christa Mitchell

Wayne UnderwoodKarla Whiteside

TRI-CITIES INDUSTRY, WAKathleen CorboyDonna GlassConnie Rutz

WALLA WALLA, WARob ChristyMikaelyn Cottier-SwaynePatricia CoursonDonald PriestJesse Wilkinson

Division 56

KAMIAH, IDSandra HelmsNicholas MizeraJoseph Newman

LEWISTON ORCHARDS, ID

Noel AbbottLEWISTON- CLARKSTON, WA

Michelle ChristensenJonathan Evans

MOSCOW, IDDonald McIntoshBradley Vonhof

OROFINO, IDTerri KieleMary Ruggiero-Smith

ROSS ISLAND EARLYRIS-ERS, PORTLAND, OR

Kent CooperGlenn FudgeRhonda MedinaJerome Winters

SOUTH RIVERSIDE, PORTLAND, OR

Sharron BryanJudith Gram

WESTMORELAND GOLD-EN K, PORTLAND, OR

Ruth BurgessDorothy NienstadtBetty SmithNancy Walsh

Division 64

CEDAR HILLS, BEAVERTON, OR

Keith FosterC Newton HagarMatthew RichwineTod Thayer

HILLSBORO, ORCarman-Kay PasleyDorothy PasleyVernon Rentle

SOUTHWEST HILLS, ORJerry EdwardsDonna Trilli

TIGARD, ORMary Lewis

Division 66

COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE (THE), CORBETT, OR

John GoeringBill ReeveCarol ReeveRay Reynolds

DAMASCUS-BORING, ORJacque BlackburnPatricia BruceRobert DahlCharles DempseyElizabeth FournierJohn GillespieDiana HelmBill LynchSteven MadsenJohn MannEthan McMurrayJames O’DellTim PalmerRichard PhippsDennis PoePhilip RankinRobert TenhakenDebra TorgersonEric TorgersonGeorge WallsMary WescottJames Wright

GLADSTONE- OAK GROVE, OR

Arlie BrownMarcia Burns

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GRESHAM EARLYRISERS, OR

Jack BargerAlita DoughertyAlita DoughertyChris Woolcock

HISTORIC DOWNTOWN GRESHAM, OR

Deborah BrookensOREGON CITY, OR

Frank FergusonJudy SchumannDel Warkentin

SANDY, ORDorthy Douglas

SANDY H.O.P.E., ORAnselmo AscencioLaura BradshawJazmin Doroteo-MejiaRyley EnzCarlos JarquinHerminia MirandaErica SanchezNicole Scott

Division 67

ASTORIA- WARRENTON, OR

Jack CoffeySteven EllsbergGlen FromwillerGregroy HamannTod JonesNikkol NagleJulie OlsenCoreene Tussing

TILLAMOOK, ORRhonda BentleyLori EubanksVicki GoodmanPeni MorrisKathy RobitschCraig SchwinckErin SkaarSally Tuttle

Division 68

LINCOLN CITY, ORDorothy BishopElizabeth BrownTeresa CollierBruce CramerDanny CurlerPam CurlerCorrin HousleyChristina JessingJackie MacyJackie Ann PenceLewis Pence

MC MINNVILLE, ORRick McEvoy

WALDPORT, ORHarold ClarkSteven Waterman

WALNUT CITY, MCMINNVILLE, OR

Jeffery DotyWEST VALLEY, WILLAMINA, OR

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Jimmie BakerMichelle FanucchiPamela Stangel

Division 70

CANBY, ORKarissa DishonAyron HaleyBetsy RossSuzanne VanAmburgh

THE CAPITAL, SALEM, ORTravis AnsonScott Gastineau

MOLALLA, ORGary Barnett

SILVERTON, ORAmber GrantWilliam PflaumSharon Thomas

WEST SALEM, ORSonya GoldmanEd John

WILSONVILLE, ORDonna BaneDenise CasteelTerrance JamesFrank LillyJana Love Lady

WOODBURN, ORTadas ArlauskasSusan HazeltineBetty Komp

Division 72

ALBANY, ORIan Rollins

CORVALLIS, ORRobert BottsMarilyn BrownRodger DanielsonGeorge HortonGeorge Marshall

CORVALLIS SUNRISERS, OR

James CorlissBill Thompson

LEBANON, ORDon Wonsley

WESTERN HILLS, COR-VALLIS, OR

Stanley Rich

Division 74

BOHEMIA SUNRISERS, COTTAGE GROVE, OR

Mark ChappelleKenneth Hunt

COTTAGE GROVE, ORBunny Jamison

CRESWELL, ORMaria BestCarol Gemmell-HainCarol Gemmell-HainKeith MorganSusan OrdonezJeffery Payne

THE EMERALD EMPIRE, EUGENE, OR

Gwendolyn Hershiser

James HershiserThomas Stocks

EUGENE, ORJames BernhardJennifer GrubbPatricia HathawayMisty LysterThomas MeienbergDonald Salverson

FERN RIDGE, VENETA, OREllie Hill

ROSEBURG, ORAndy AlberdingPhil Hunker

SPRINGFIELD, ORRobert BelmontMatt HallDiane King

Division 76

BANDON BY-THE-SEA, ORSharyn Mortenson

BAY AREA, ORJames Adams

COOS BAY, ORBarbara BauderKurt BrecheisenSue BurnsMark ErbMark IngersollMatthew LarsonJohn LemosGary McCulloughMichael RossiDarla Wallis

COQUILLE, ORCharlotte Barrett

NORTH BEND, ORMichael AccinelliJames MooreTonya Schoonmaker

Division 78

BEND, ORBiff IngelsMichael KirkmanMark PerryJeff PisanSteven Rothert

BURNS-HINES, NVPatricia Knight

JOHN DAY, ORWilbert Tay

MADRAS, ORAnzonetta AdamsDaniel ChamnessRobert DasilvaJason HaleMark MobleyMichelle VarleyTamara Yates

REDMOND, ORTory AllmanCaroline BroJane DixsonVickie FlemingDavid FooteBarb GroganCarol Hollowell

Roy HowardBrenda KellyRobert KellyRon MunkresChris Severin

SISTERS, ORGrant CyrusJulia Hammond

Division 80

BAKER CITY, ORJohn DeakyneAlan King

BOARDMAN, ORIvan DikeJane PopeRohana Swihart

THE DALLES, ORSherry BriggsPaul ChouinardBrenda DerryberryBrian Goodwin

ECHO, ORMargaret AnolofoRebecca BarrettDiane BerryMarti ClaytonKathryn FergeLloyd FergeWilliam GatchelAlan GronewoldCrystal LancasterAngel LedesmaCarol MarcumColeen PedroBrie PiercyJared PiercyLloyd PiercyLois PiercyChester PriorChad RayKristi RayRandall SperrCari VolgerEric VolgerLucas WagnerTammy WagnerGayle WeathersonBrad WilliamsTammie Williams

GOLDENDALE, WAJoyce ChilesPaul ChilesRich DownenCraig JurisJulie Rushing

HERMISTON, ORBetsy Bennett

HERMISTON BREAKFAST CLUB, OR

Toni EddyMolly Hansen

PENDLETON, ORBrian AbellWanda Clifton-FaberSara ThedeAngela Thompson

ROUNDUP- PENDLETON, OR

Sheryl Dowdy-SmithCarolyn PearsonBrian Schimel

Division 82

ASHLAND, ORWilliam Feagin

CAVEMAN, GRANTS PASS, OR

Shawn HarperGRANTS PASS, OR

Joseph BouquetKirk BrustRichard FowlerRobert FullerDennis HatchKelley HatchAlan KraussFes LellisDuane MarziLarry McCurryDonald MoirJeffrey SealChristopher Stonecipher

JACKSONVILLE, ORWayne Bennett

MEDFORD, ORPatsy BurtonPaulette HouseCynthia NaumesJames Varley

TABLE ROCK, JACKSON COUNTY, OR

Cordy CranerLiz Irish

Division 84

KLAMATH FALLS, ORJulie HaddockJames LunsfordKenneth MullerAbraham Van RoodKeith Welch

LINKVILLE, KLAMATH FALLS, OR

Roberta BrownJanet BuckalewConnie GastaldiDale IvanNanette LoverdeRobbie LudwigSherry McManusSteve MillerBrandon Rockwell

WEED-LAKE SHASTINA, CA

Sue MarascoLinda RunnelsDean Whetstine

YREKA, CAKaren EvansThomas Linville

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KEY CLUB PNW CONVENTION


Key Club’s 58th PNW Con-vention was held April 13-15 in Portland. The theme: “Service in Full Swing”

The convention featured a service and college fair that included information on a number of charitable orga-nizations as well as college admissions recruiters.

There were also a large number of workshops from which to choose. There were service-related work-shops such as UNICEF, Re-lay for Life (cancer), March of Dimes, and Children’s Miracle Network. There were leadership-oriented workshops for each of the

club officer positions as well as the Key Club advisors. There were goal-oriented workshops such as Key Club Scholarships, International Convention, Key Leader, Circle K and Preparing for College. And there were “just have fun” workshops such as Ice-Breakers and 1950’s swing dancing (in keeping with the theme).

Key Club conventions are not about getting a lot of sleep. After Friday’s open-ing session, caucusing and talent/oratory contests were scheduled to go till 11 p.m. After Saturday’s Talent and Awards Night, there was a

A Swingin’ PNW Key Club ConventionBoard meeting from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. and a Governor’s Ball until 11:30 p.m.

The 2006/07 District Board was retired and the 2007/08 Board was elected. Spe-cial congratulations go to the newly-elected gover-nor, Tina Mounlavongsy of Clackamas, Oregon.

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KEY CLUB PNW CONVENTION


Thank You, 06/07 Leaders!Thank You, 2006/07 Key Club District Board!

Executive:Governor Kaetlynn Daoust Anacortes, WASecretary Tina Mounlavongsy Clackamas, ORTreasurer Geoff Veld Vancouver, WAEditor Katherine Arnes Federal Way, WA

Lieutenant Governors:AYN Jenni Moore Fairbanks, AKAYS Katy Simenson Eagle River, AK11/18 Guprit Randhawa Abbotsford, BC 13/15/17 Nakita Sekhon Victoria, BC20I Melissa Moran-Hodge Eastsound, WA20M/21 Adriane Lunday Arlington, WA22/24 Tara Slosberg Bothell, WA26 David Chong Seattle, WA27 Semonti Hossain Bothell, WA28 Alice Lee Issaquah, WA30 Whitney Keppler Puyallup, WA32 Nick Muy Kent, WA33 Ryan Craiger Auburn, WA34 Pamela Seng Tacoma, WA35 David Zhang 38 Bo Jungmayer Shelton, WA44 Hailey Lernihan Camas, WA46 Katherine Merck Spokane, WA48 Charlie Roberts Wallace, ID50 Christine Kim Sunnyside, WA52 Allison Int-Hout Cashmere, WA54 Whitney Bashore Kennewick, WA56 Rebecca Coil 58 Cameron Frederick Moses Lake, WA60/62/64 Anthony Berger Newberg, OR65 Lisa Wong Tigard, OR66 Sang Shin Clackamas, OR67 Mark Thysell 70 Katie Lewandowski Molalla, OR74 Morgan Dumitru Eugene, OR80 Uriel Aparrero Umatilla, OR

Thanks also: District Administrator Doug Baker; Finance Administrator Barbara Vance; Area Administrators Wayne Boden (AYS), Dennis and Janice Varga (13/15/17), Jean Farrington (32), Dick Rust (38/40), Keith & Nancy Murphy (66/70), and Robert Ramirez (54/56/80); and all thr Faculty Advisors, Kiwanis Advisors, and Sponsor Kiwanis Clubs.

Congratulations, Key Club! Rita King Governor’s Award Tina Mounlavongsy Outstanding Board Member Nick Muy Distinguished Lt. Governor Morgan Dumitru Outstanding Committee Chair Robert Ramirez Outstanding Area Administrator Harley Potampa Administrators Award Steve Emhoff Administrators Award Menglu Michelle Jiang Outstanding Club President Jessica Tran Outstanding Club Vice-President Shauna Harpor Outstanding Club Secretary Megan Brenner Outstanding Club Treasurer Sang Han Outstanding Club Editor Harley Potampa Outstanding Faculty Advisor Keith Banks Outstanding Kiwanis Advisor Daniel Zajic Outstanding Club Member Award Anthony Berger Outstanding Lt. Governor Katie Lewindowski Outstanding Lt. Governor Nakita Sekhon Service Hours - 750 Uyen Le Service Hours - 497 Rachel Rhodes Service Hours - 400 Angie Kim Service Hours - 320 Orcas Island Major Emphasis Program 1st Place Kentridge Key Club District Project 1st Place Clackamas Single Service Platinum Division Evergreen Single Service Silver Division Puyallup Single Service Bronze Division Mountain View Distinguished Club Platinum Div. Kentwood Distinguished Club Gold Division Orcas Island Distinguished Club Silver Division Claremont Distinguished Club Bronze Div. Century Service Hours Average - 121 Clackamas Service Hours Total - 11,333 Mountain View Partners in Service First Place Squalicum Key Club T-Shirt First Place Fife Web Site Award First Place Moses Lake Poster Contest First Place Curtis Club Video First Place Pamela Seng Outstanding Lt. Gov. Newsletter Whitney Bayshore Outstanding Lt. Gov. Newsletter Allison Int-Hout Outstanding Lt. Gov. Newsletter

Pictured: Opposite page, from top to bottom: Swing demonstra-tion; talent contest entry; listening attentively; ice-breakers; Dis-trict Administrator Doug Baker; Kiwanis Governor Lori Bryant; Fife club members. This page: Year in Review contest winners.

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PNW KIWANIS FOUNDATION


Tracy Meyer is shown here getting ready to walk blindfolded in the Team Challenge Course activity. This is Day 2 of CKI Lead-erShape Institute 2007.

Dear Pacific Northwest Kiwanis Foundation...Thanks to the support of Kiwanis members and clubs, the PNW Kiwanis Foundation each year is able to provide a $5,000 grant to support PNW Circle K, especially in regard to its leadership activities. LeaderShape participant (and Key Club District Edi-tor) Tracy Meyer submitted this letter to the Builder magazine.

Dear PNW Kiwanis Foundation,

We want to thank you for covering the cost to attend this year’s CKI LeaderShape Institute in Bradford Woods, Indi-ana from May 18 to 23, 2007. Your great contributions gave us the opportunity to be with other CKI members for an intensive week of leadership and personal development.

While we attended the CKI LeaderShape Institute, we learned so many things. These included how to refine our visions, become more effective in networking, assess our-selves in group settings, and define our core values. In ad-dition, we also participated in a guess leader forum session in which we got to listen to three individuals describe their own experiences.

During our time there, we developed new friendships and lasting memories. We had a great time!

This is truly one experience to remember. Again, thank you so much for this wonderful opportunity!

Sincerely,

Tracy Meyer and Cale Middleton

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DONATIONS CAN BE MAILED TO: PNW Kiwanis Foundation, PO Box 747, Beaverton OR 97075-0747Credit card donations can be faxed to: (503) 644-3600

Thanks to the support of Ki-wanis members like you, the Pacifi c Northwest Kiwanis Foundation was once again able to award thousands of dollars in scholarships to PNW Key Club members. Your donations have pushed the PNW Kiwanis Founda-tion’s assets over $600,000 US. This means more interest generated to support youth leadership training, scholar-ships for high school and uni-versity students, awards for young students, and special grants for projects assisting youth. Your donations increase the Foundation’s ability to sup-port children and youth in the Pacifi c Northwest.

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Reports from the Pacifi c Northwest

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REPORTS FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

So many children, so many communities benefi ting from Kiwanis service! Many more projects are going on than are reported here -- this is just a sample. With more people like you, what a diff erence we could make in the Pacifi c Northwest!

The Pacifi c Northwest is a vast region: about 3.6 million square kilometers or 1.5 million square miles. The Pacifi c Northwest boasts about 11,000 members in almost 400 Kiwanis clubs.

In the articles that follow, we have included not just in-formation about the projects but also some basic informa-tion about the communities, including the size (shown in italics) of Kiwanis clubs in the community.

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KELOWNA BC Kelowna is the largest metropolitan area in BC’s interior, with a popu-lation of about 165,000. It sits beside Okanagan Lake, north of Penticton, south of Vernon.

Five Kiwanis clubs in BC’s Central Okanagan brought the spirit of service alive in Kelowna by hosting a Spring Yard Clean Up at the Kiwanis Emergency Wom-en’s Shelter to celebrate Ki-wanis “One Day”.

Following an article in the local newspaper calling for suggestions from local community groups in need

of help, the Kiwanis cubs jointly chose the Women’s Shelter as having the most potential for impacting chil-dren’s lives in a single day of work.

The hands-on job began with gathering all the sup-plies and equipment very early in the morning with the real “dirty hands” work being completed by late on

Saturday aft ernoon. Mem-bers tidied lawns and fl ow-er beds, washed windows, raked gravel, fi xed broken fences, cleaned and stained play equipment, construct-ed a gazebo and generally beautifi ed the yard. The objective was to make this outdoor space as pleasant as possible for the children and moms who need the


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Division AYN(Alaska Yukon North)

Submit an item for the next issue.

Division AYS(Alaska Yukon South)

ANCHORAGE AK Anchor-age is located in South Central Alaska. Anchorage is the larg-est city in the state, with a pop-ulation of 275,000.

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You’re Making a Difference – Tell Us About It!

The Pacific Northwest District wants to publish information about a specific service project your club has done. The following guidelines will help get your information published:

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Please include a contact name and day/night/cell telephone numbers we can use if we need to ask any questions or if we are having difficulties opening your files.2. CLUB INFORMATION

Include club name, city, state/province, and division number.3. EVENT INFORMATION

Make sure to answer: what was done, why it was done, who benefited, when it occurred, how it was accomplished, etc.4. PHOTOGRAPHS

Please do not send photos of people standing or people shaking hands. There should be some appearance of action (e.g. a photo of Kiwanians installing playground equipment or a child playing on it). Please use as high a resolution as possible. Captions may not always be included in the magazine, but it is helpful if you can identify everyone in the picture and what the photo is about. 5. ACCURACY

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shelter in times of crisis.

“We are delighted at what all the Kiwanis members and their friends and fam-ily managed to achieve in the space of a morning this weekend,” said Liz Knib-beke, Volunteer Coordina-tor at The Women’s Shelter. “They managed to do all those jobs we never usually have the resources to com-plete. It is so appreciated by the women and kids who call this home for a while and it helps to make them feel valued that people care enough to do this voluntari-ly for them.”

Division 8

KITIMAT BC Kitimat is the Haisla word for People of the Snow. It is a small community in Northwestern BC (as far north as the northern end of the Queen Charlotte Islands).

May 19th was an exciting evening in Kitimat, when family, friends and spon-sors gathered to witness the Charter presentation to the newly formed Mount Eliza-beth Key Club.

This was the realization of a dream of two high


Chris Thatcher, joint project organizer and Division 7 Lieutenant Governor Elect said “It was also a great way to introduce friends and family to the true spirit of Kiwanis in Action, get-ting out there, getting our hands dirty and making real change in our commu-nity. We even met a couple of Grade 7 kids staying at the shelter who came out and helped us and would now like to start a Builders Club at their school! The One Day event in Kelowna truly was a multi faceted success story!”

school students who had approached the Kiwanis Club of Kitimat and asked if they could start a Key Club in their school. These students had learned about Key Clubs through siblings who are Circle K members at University of British Co-lumbia.

The Key Club was chartered with 27 members; more stu-dents are planning to join.

As part of the chartering ceremony the members of the Key Club recited the Key Club Pledge.

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NANAIMO BC Nanaimo (pop. 79,000), the second larg-est city on Vancouver Island, has been dubbed the “Bathtub Racing Capital of the World.”

The fi rst Kiwanis Polar Bear Bathtub Race was held on

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Lt.G. Sig Krusel presented the Club Charter to Princi-pal Sheila Burton and pre-sented a gong and gavel to President Angela Tam.

Past Governor Dick Mayer presented the club banner to the principal and presented a watering can pin to each Kitimat Kiwanian to remind them to nurture and care for this new club.

Past Lt. Governor Cindy

Krusel presented cheques from the Kamloops and Ver-non-Four Seasons clubs.

Kiwanis member Joe Ma-tryes was presented with an award for his work in orga-nizing the Key Club.

The many parents in att en-dance were given brochures and information on Kiwanis membership. Several ex-pressed an interest in learn-ing more about Kiwanis.

Division 9

OSOYOOS BC Osoyoos is a small town in the southern part of the Okanagan Valley on BC’s southern border with Washington state. It is in a re-gion that is arguably the only hot desert in Canada.

The Osoyoos Kiwanis Club collected lap blankets and at-tached ties to them so they can be tied to the sides of wheel-chairs to prevent them sliding off . On “Kiwanis One Day” several Club members deliv-ered eleven lap blankets to Sagebrush Lodge in Osoyoos, a care facility for seniors. The members served coff ee and juice to the gathered residents and spent time visiting one-on-one with them.


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January 27th, 2007. The race was a Kiwanis Club of Na-naimo project to raise funds for (and awareness of) chil-dren’s diabetes. The event was a ‘cub car’ race but with a bathtub racing theme.

The club solicited sponsor-ships and received excellent support from the corporate community. Rutherford Mall provided a venue, dis-tributed racing kits prior to the event, contributed as a major sponsor and helped promote the event.

The Loyal Nanaimo Bathtub Society was a big supporter with their racing tubs on display in the mall and their giant parade tub on display on race day. Many of their members participated with their children.

The club achieved more than it had hoped, with the building of the cars (bath-tubs) becoming a real family project and the overwhelm-

ing enthusiasm of the racers at the event. Approximately 125 people att ended.

The races featured a pro-jected computer timed rac-ing schedule with instan-taneous results on a large screen, which also featured sponsors’ contributions.

The event raised $2,500 for the Canadian Diabetes As-sociation, which had a booth at the event.

The club had excellent sup-port from the local media. In-kind sponsors produced T-shirts with the logo on the front and all sponsors on the back, plus another created a medal given to all racers.

The club hopes to host the Second Annual Polar Bath-tub Race in January 2008.

Submitt ed by Garnet Hunt

Left : President Tam holds new Key Club’s Charter.Below: Kiwanian Cindy Kennedy visits with resident Grace Qualle who is enjoying her new lap blanket.

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VICTORIA BC Victoria is located at the southern tip of Vancouver Island. There are 13 municipalities in Victoria, including Esquimalt.

The Kiwanis Club of Esqui-malt spent a lovely morning delivering pott ed plants to patients at the Hospice, Pal-liative Care unit in one of the local hospitals. Cards in the pots read “Happy Eas-ter from the Kiwanis Club of Esquimalt”.

The hospital would only al-low seven members to be there, but – unknown to the


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Kiwanian Randy Herman would be happy. The search and rescue hovercraft named in his honor has been all shined up and is ready for duty with a Hermanator decal on the front.

Ridge Meadows Search and Rescue recently took deliv-ery of the machine which cost about $64,000, freight included, from a resort in Arkansas. The machine seats fi ve people and will come in handy rescuing boaters stranded on sand-bars in the upper Pitt River or during the yearly fl oods in the fi elds around Maple

Ridge and Pitt Meadows.

The name for the hover-craft was decided shortly aft er RCMP Cpl. Randy Herman’s death in Febru-ary 2006. About $40,000 was raised in his honor. Kiwanis contributed, as did other service clubs.

Division 18

The Abbotsford Club and its Yale Key Club did yard work and constructed a ga-zebo at Maplewood House, a home for seniors.

Members of the Belling-ham, Ferndale, Kulshan, and Lake Whatcom clubs – along with members of the Western Washington Uni-versity CKI Club and Squa-licum Key Club – spent the Kiwanis One Day working at the Salvation Army Youth Camp on Lummi Island. To-gether they cleared brush, built playground equip-ment, cleaned and painted bathrooms and bunk hous-es, sheetrocked and taped the nurses quarters, built benches, and hung a basket-ball hoop.

The Bellingham Kiwanis Club honored Phil Rosser for his 60 years of member-ship. Phil was president in 1956, Lt.G. in 1959, and Ki-wanian of the Year in 2004.

The Ferndale Kiwanis Club served a pancake breakfast for over 200 on the opening day of fi shing.

The “knitt ing ladies” of MSA Golden K have been busy knitt ing dolls for the children in Kisumu, Kenya (see picture below).

Several Lake Whatcom Ki-wanis members promoted and worked a blood drive and helped run a fi shing derby for children. They

also sponsored a National Day of Prayer Breakfast.

The Sardis Kiwanis Club has been involved with the Super Reader Program for a number of years; the pro-gram recognizes students who complete 100 hours of reading. So far this year, 1,249 students have been recognized. Helen Harrison has lovingly cut, stuff ed, and sewn at least 1,000 trau-ma dolls over the past few years for children in the lo-cal Chilliwack hospital.

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club -- Hospice staff had ar-ranged with one of the local TV stations and Victoria’s daily newspaper to be there also to capture the event. That night the project was featured on the TV news, with members explaining what the One Day project meant to all the folks watch-ing.

One of the patients had his family with him and they agreed to let Kiwanians come into his room and present him with one of the pots of fl owers.

It was a sad time for club

members, but also a glad time in being able to bright-

en their day a litt le.

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GIG HARBOR WA Known as the “Gateway to the Olym-pic Peninsula,” Gig Harbor in Pierce County has about 7,000 residents.

The Kiwanis Club of Pen-insula-Gig Harbor recently launched a project creating Memory Books for senior citizens living in local as-sisted-living facilities.

Project members Virdie Golliher, Becky Kauppila, Patricia Riley, and Brenda Schumacher will meet with

senior citizens on a one-to-one basis to hear about their life’s story.

The Kiwanians will record the information relevant to the seniors’ past history, transcribe the information, edit it, and present the in-formation in a book. Our members will provide up to three books for each senior resident who participates in our project. By December 2007, the Memory Books will be available for our se-niors to have as a keepsake and to give to their family members.

The project is in an early stage, but the enthusiastic responses from club mem-bers and from the employ-ees of just one assisted-liv-ing facility in Gig Harbor suggest that this project will continue for a long time. We also expect that the rewards of making new friends with the seniors will leave a last-ing impression and sense of satisfaction for our partici-pating club members.Submitt ed by Jeni Mallory,

TACOMA WA Southwest of Seatt le and northeast of Olym-pia, Tacoma is a port city with more than 200,000 residents. It is also host to this year’s District Convention.

The Kiwanis Club of Greater Tacoma recently hosted its annual dinner auction, and was successful in raising funds to benefi t local youth-oriented service projects, student scholar-ships, fi ve Terrifi c Kids pro-grams at Tacoma elemen-tary schools, and Key Clubs at Bellarmine, Stadium and Mt. Tahoma high schools.

“With over 275 people in at-tendance, we were delight-ed to receive such record results and are grateful to the local merchants and to our friends for their kind and generous donations to our auction that will enable us to continue our service work”, said club President Keith Kragelund.

The occasion was used to recognize Tacoma resident Babe Lehrer as “Citizen of the Year” for her devoted

volunteer eff orts in lead-ing a variety of community service projects. Babe is a member of the Board of Di-rectors at Tacoma Commu-nity College Foundation, The Broadway Center and an Honorary Member of the Kiwanis Club of Greater Ta-coma. She continues to be a champion and a driving force in support of the arts and youth programs in the greater Tacoma area.

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Left : Olympia Key Club members Dakota Bennett , Jessica Saw, and James Bauer, with Olympia Kiwanis member and chaperone/advisor DeWayne Granacki. Photo by Jan Britt .OLYMPIA WA is the capital of Washington State and is lo-cated in the south Puget Sound region. It has about 45,000 residents.

On June 22nd and 23rd, 2007, the Olympia High School Key Club raised over $1,000 for the Cancer Relay for Life by walking around the track at North Thurston High School for 24 hours, along with hundreds of others from Thurston County. Those Olympia Key Club members who were not walking were providing face painting for local youth for a donation to the Cancer Society.

Members of the Kiwanis Club of Olympia provided a “rest and refresh” area and chaperoned the high school students.

SHELTON WA Shelton is a town of about 10,000 people lo-cated about 20 miles northwest of Olympia.

Two Kiwanis Clubs in Shel-ton Washington are working together with other service clubs and community mem-bers to restore and improve a local city park. Kristmas Town Kiwanis Club and Shelton Kiwanis Club have provided funds and donat-ed labor and materials to build a new restroom facil-ity and a new playground at Callanan Park in Shelton.

The park was originally built by the Shelton Jaycees on donated property. It had fallen into disrepair and the City was unable to budget money for fixing it. Sev-eral community members stepped forward to take on the project as a volunteer ef-fort.

Kristmas Town Kiwanis or-ganized “Bluegrass from the Forest” to benefit the park. This annual bluegrass festi-val is growing in popularity each year and has brought considerable money to Cal-lanan Park. This is the third volunteer project taken on by Shelton citizens, and Ki-wanis has been instrumen-tal in all of them.

The Olympia Kiwanis Kut-ters delivered a “pickup load” of cut and seasoned firewood to 88 families this past winter (20 more than the previous year). These families are referred by ei-ther the Salvation Army or the Community Action Council or St. Vincent De-Paul and use wood burning stoves or heaters as their main or only source of heat.

The Kutters contributed over 500 volunteer hours and traveled over 3,000 miles to provide a total of about 60 cords of wood with a value of $9,300. All gas, oil, and tools, with the exception of our wood split-ter, are donated by Kiwan-ians members.

Olympia Kiwanis members who worked on this proj-ect with pickups or trailers include Virgil Clarkson, Ed Davis. Gene Forrester, Don Lewis. Charles Shelan, Ste-phen Sloane. Tim Timmer,

and Derek Valley. Helpers who helped split and haul wood include Jon Agnesani, Jon Halvorson, Wayne Gru-en, and Max Millsap, plus two or three non-Kiwan-ians.

The Kiwanis Kutters began this project in 1997, after an ice storm left many mem-bers with downed trees and branches. Even more folks were left without electric-ity for up to two weeks! By picking up and clear-ing away downed trees, club members help make the community look better, while also helping to pre-vent decaying wood from spreading disease to adja-cent plants and trees. Mem-bers also get a “free” aero-bic workout, as “he who chops wood, warms himself twice”.

Wood is stored and aged for up to 9 months at a wood shed maintained at the Olympia Kiwanis Garden

in West Olympia. The club has picked up a tremendous amount of wood to use for the 2007-2008 winter, and will start splitting and stack-ing it soon so it can age and be ready come October of 2007. Volunteers with pick-ups, chain saws and mus-cles are always welcome.

Written by Gene Forrester

CHEHALIS WA is a town of fewer than 10,000 people located about 29 miles south of Olympia.

Several Chehalis Kiwan-is members and spouses came together on April 7th to work in the spirit of Ki-wanis One Day. The project involved assisting a low-in-come, disabled individual in the community. The club removed garbage and yard debris from the person’s residence, then mowed the lawn and trimmed shrubs. The Club also paid the past-due refuse bill to bring her in good-standing with that company.

The project was well-re-ceived in our community and several local individu-als, agencies and orga-nizations complimented the club’s efforts. Those involved enjoyed the chal-lenge and camaraderie of the day. The individual was very appreciative and it was a good feeling to know that just One Day made a differ-ence in someone’s life.

Submitted by Andy Wagner

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PUYALLUP WA Puyallup is located about fi ve miles east of Tacoma and has more than 30,000 residents.

On Saturday April 7th, as part of the Kiwanis One Day event, the Puyallup Sunrisers dedicated a large fl ag pole with a plaque to the Heritage Sport Center located between Rogers High School and Zeiger El-ementary.

This was a joint eff ort of Pierce County, the Puyallup School District and Kiwanis. The facility includes several baseball fi elds, as well as, soccer and football fi elds, and is in constant use. Sunrisers Immediate Past President Jim Guthrie felt it needed a fl ag pole to be more complete. The county mounted the pole and will install a light so the fl ag can be displayed day and night.

The fl ag was presented by a color guard from Boy Scout Troop 174. Att ending the dedication ceremony were Division 30 Lieutenant Gov-

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SEATTLE WA is the largest US city in the Pacifi c North-west, with a population of al-most 600,000. It is located be-tween Puget Sound and Lake Washington, about 96 miles (155 km) south of the border.

The Kiwanis Club of North Central Seatt le is hard at work planning their 72nd annual week-long summer camp for physically disabled children. This is a free camp to children ages 6 -17 years who have disabilities such as spina bifi da, cerebral pal-sy, or other physical abnor-malities. The camp is held at the Fort Casey Conference Center on Whidbey Island. The 90 Campers gather in North Seatt le and are bused to the camp on Sunday, July 29th and return to Seatt le on Saturday, August 4th.

The North Central Kiwanis Club does all the cooking, laundry, and setup & take-down of the camp. It costs the club approximately $40,000 to run the camp for the week with most of the money being raised at their

annual auction held each November at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Lynnwood, WA. They also receive fi nan-cial and/or physical support from other clubs that come up for a day visit. These clubs include: Northshore, Silver Lake, Ballard, Sunris-ers of Lake City, Oak Har-bor, Snohomish-Tillicum, and new to this year’s camp will be Kirkland and White Center.

Activities for the camp-ers include swimming, an ice cream social, sports, a picnic, a carnival, a

parade, trips to the beach, a fun dance with a D.J. and a graduation banquet for the children who will be over 17 next year. Most of the children are from the great-er Seatt le area. The week of Camp also gives the parents a week for their vacation, knowing their youngster is having their best week of the year.

The camp staff is all vol-unteer. Terrifi c high school and college students are the counselors many being Key

Club members. Our CKI club from Seatt le Central Community College was invaluable. Our nurses are from Harborview hospi-tal. The camp has inspired many of our counselors to choose careers in medicine, nursing, physical therapy, or special education where they can assist the disabled.

If you know of a child that could be a potential camper, please have them down-load an application at www.campcasey.org

Writt en by Denise Allan

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ISSAQUAH WA is about 17 miles west of Seatt le, and has a population of over 11,000.

The Kiwanis Club of Provi-dence Point’s Kiwanis One Day project was to split and stack wood for the Provi-dence Point woodshed. This is an ongoing Kiwanis proj-ect in our community.

Four members came out to work. We have a great sup-ply of wood from trees that fell in the Great Windstorm

Eastside Baby Corner (EBC) provides material sup-port for underprivileged, low income families/mothers upon referral from recognized social agencies. It was started years ago by Karen Ridlon. As a pediatric nurse in a hospital, she too oft en encountered new mothers who were going home with their babies but hardly could provide them with essentials such as diapers.

Kiwanis clubs support EBC in three ways: contributing funds, picking up goods donated to EBC from grocery stores, and physically helping out at the facility itself (inventory, sorting, etc.). One club that consistently supports EBC in all three ways is Providence Point, but almost every club in Division 28 participates in one way or another. Oft en there are members of some Key clubs working at Eastside Baby Corner on Saturday mornings.Submitt ed by Harry Dingwall

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ority One” project in June of 2001, this project has be-come a twice-yearly event for Club members. Working with an area super market, Kiwanis members and Mt. View Key Clubbers take a day to help alleviate the problem by handing out de-scription slips of the project to customers entering the store and asking that they pick up a jar of baby food or baby item while they are shopping. Customers give the items to the club when they leave the store, and it

ZONE H(Portland and area)

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Division 44

VANCOUVER WA Vancou-ver is a city on the north shore of the Columbia River, across from Portland. It has about 160,000 residents.

With the infant population among the homeless being high and on the increase, the need for baby food and oth-er baby items has become a constant threat to the wel-fare of our very youngest citizens. Thus the Kiwanis Club of Cascade Park, Van-couver, WA decided to have a baby food drive.

Originally begun as a one time “Young Children: Pri-

is rare for someone to bring just one. The items donated are packed into boxes for transport at the end of the day. There is also a jar for cash donations.

The Baby Food Drives are now in their seventh year and are defi nitely a cost ef-fective service project as the K Family members are volunteering a litt le of their time, the partnering store has customers adding baby food/items to their carts and our youngest needy citizens

are not being forgott en.

The spring 2007 Baby Food Drive collected 512 pounds of baby food and other items, which was most gratefully received by the FISH facility in the area as their baby food shelves were practically empty. Since the project started the club has collected in excess of 8,000 pounds of baby food and items. The club has enjoyed interacting with our Key Clubbers. And of course the supermarkets love it – on two occasions, the project literally emptied the store’s baby food shelves!

Division 62

PORTLAND OR The Port-land metropolitan area has about 2.1 million residents. It is located in the northwest cor-ner of the state.

On August 4th, Kiwanians from the Portland area will participate in a “Paint & Repair A-Thon”. This has been an annual project since 1990.

Members will do home re-pairs, paint, and do yard

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was delighted to provide the opportunity for 218 se-niors and 43 volunteers to enjoy fellowship, smiles and a delightful hot breakfast. The Senior Spring Breakfast on April 7th -- Kiwanis One Day – fi lled the Kent Senior Center hall to capacity.

President Michele Camp-bell welcomed guests, and Division 32 Lieutenant Gov-ernor Pamela Smith shared with them the idea/ideals of Kiwanis One Day.

Lively bluegrass entertain-ment was provided by “Covington Grass”, and

ernor Rich Green, Pierce County Councilman Calvin Goings, and Puyallup Ki-wanian Stan Cross. Goings and Cross were instrumen-tal in gett ing the complex built. Many other Kiwan-ians were also present to honor this memorable and patriotic event.

Division 32

KENT WA Home of third-largest industrial area in the United States, Kent is located between Seatt le and Tacoma, with a population of 90,000.

The Kiwanis Club of Kent

many guests were “caught” singing along with the band! The “oldest of the young” won the table centerpieces, and all tables were decorat-ed with candy-fi lled eggs.

Guests were invited from across the community – the “regulars” at the Kent Se-nior Center, and from nine local senior citizen housing communities/assisted living centers.

Volunteers included 27 Ki-wanians, eight Key Club-bers from Kent Meridian and Kentlake Key Clubs, and eight guests.

Above: Volunteer and future Key Clubber, Chandler Bartoy, with senior in Kent WA.

Member Clyde Holloway (right) accepts a donation of baby food.

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ZONE I(Central Wash./Ore.)

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TRI-CITIIES WA consists of Richland, Pasco, and Ken-newick. Located at the confl u-ence of the Yakima, Snake, and Columbia rivers in the desert of southeast Washington.

See page 4.

Division 80

PENDLETON OR Pendle-

ton is known for the Pendleton Round-Up, one of the biggest rodeos in the world. The city has abut 16,000 people,

For the second consecu-tive year, Kiwanis fam-ily members participated in the Pendleton Relay for Life. The Kiwanis Family team consisted of members from the Kiwanis Round-Up Club of Pendleton and the Griswold High School Key Club in Helix, Oregon. Among the sponsors for the event were both the Round-Up club and the Kiwanis Club of Pendleton.

Kiwanis set up a big tent on June 9, 2007. Participants brought their lawn chairs, tents, sleeping bags, etc. Round-Up Club member Shirley Hopper, Lieutenant Governor for Division 80, walked in the survivors lap,

as did Pete Wells, whose wife is a member of the Round-Up Club. Most of the time, two or more mem-bers walked throughout the night until the event’s con-clusion at 6:00 a.m. It was quite interesting this year because during the night there was 0.43 inches of rainfall, but cancer does not stop because of rain. The Kiwanians were especially proud of Round-Up Club member Roger Stueckle, who walked almost 25 miles during the event.

Yolanda Lennon, president of the Round-Up Club, stated: “This is important to us; there isn’t a mem-ber of our club who hasn’t been touched in their lives by cancer. I’m proud that our survivors are out there walking.”

Sponsored by the American Cancer Society, this year’s event tripled the dollars raised for cancer research from its fi rst year of partici-pation in 2005. Our Kiwanis Family raised and donated to the American Cancer So-ciety over $1,600 this year.

Last year the team was awarded the unoffi cial title of most rowdy team and lived up to those expecta-tions again this year. Some of the antics included cheer-ing their fellow teammates on as they walked the track, staying up walking all night and singing to keep them going. This year the team was still able to keep walk-ers on the track all night long despite the fact that two walkers suff ered minor injuries.

Submitt ed by Shirley Hopper

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work for senior and disabled homeowners living on-low incomes in Portland’s Buck-man neighborhood.

What’s in store for this year: paint, home repair & yard clean-up projects; a great team building experience that gives back to others; lots of new opportunities for partnerships; a broader involvement with the com-munity; and a big impact in one day.

Submitt ed by Laura Schaefer

On May 18, 2007, the Ross Island Earlyrisers Club awarded its “Everyday Hero” award to Dan Blaufus in recognition of his accom-plishments in the commu-nity at raising the issue of college education for kids.

In 2002, Dan organized Mar-

athon Education Partners, a non-profi t organization dedicated to helping eco-nomically disadvantaged children att ain the goal of going to college. Dan’s idea matches deserving, hand-picked kids from local area elementary schools begin-ning in the fourth grade with a “Partner,” who pledges to donate $100 per month for a period of 10 years to a scholarship fund earmarked for that specifi c child, to be used when the child reaches college.

Dan continues to draw at-tention to the crucial issues surrounding the access of children to higher educa-tion, and to encourage oth-ers to get involved in the community to make a dif-ference.

Submitt ed by Leslie McGrew

Division 64

The annual Kiwanis Club of Cedar Hills Valentine Candy Sale was a great suc-cess. The sale took place at the Cedar Mill Safeway store. The sale was conduct-ed from February 2 through Valentine’s Day, February 14. Gross sales were about $10,000, providing a profi t of more than $4,000 to sup-port Mount Hood Kiwanis Camp for children and adults with disabilities and

the Kiwanis Doernbecher Children’s Cancer Program.

About forty club members devoted time to selling the candy on multiple two-hour shift s each day. Members from all four sponsored Key Clubs at Aloha, Southridge, Sunset, and Westview High Schools pitched in to help make the sales soar on the days that they participated.

Below: Kathy Christy with Westview Key Club members.

ZONE J(South Ore. Coast)

Division 72

See page 10 for another ar-ticle relating to the Kiwanis Clubs of Sweet Home and Lebanon.

SWEET HOME OR is lo-cated near the junction of Or-egon State Route 228 and U.S. Route 20, about 80 miles due south of Portland. It has a pop-ulation of about 10,000.

In December, as soon as the new school year is well un-derway, the Kiwanis Club

of Sweet Home contacts the School District Offi ce and asks for the teachers of each classroom in each of the dis-trict’s seven schools to iden-tify children who would benefi t from new shoes.

With the sizing and gender information provided, the club goes to Big 5, a local department store that have co-operated with this pro-gram for years. The store selects shoes and boxes them and notifi es the club to pick them up at a greatly reduced cost.

Monies for the shoe pur-chases comes from our concession stands at both the Sweet Home Mountain Mud Festival and the Or-egon Jamboree.

Years ago the club att empt-ed to have the shoes before Christmas and then real-ized that grandparents and parents might give children shoes for Christmas and the

program would be duplicat-ing. Because of this, January is when the club distributes the shoes.

The lett ers Kiwanis receives make all the work worth-while. This year, the Kiwan-is Club of Sweet Home dis-tributed 116 pairs of shoes and is eagerly awaiting the next round of lett ers!

Submitt ed by Jane Strom

ALBANY OR is located about 25 miles south of Salem. It has about 50,000 residents.

Albany’s 2007 Bicycle Safety Rodeo was sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Al-bany, the Albany Police De-partment, and Joe’s Sports Outdoor and More. It was held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on June 23, 2007.

Activities included bicycle skills testing, bike safety in-spections and bicycle identi-fi cation engraving. A draw-ing was held for bicycles

and bicycle-related items. Roller blades were welcome. Helmets for all participants were required.

The purpose of the rodeo was to educate children about safety rules, bicycle skills and helmet use.

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(North Ore. Coast)

Division 68

LINCOLN CITY OR is lo-cated on the Oregon coast, southwest of Portland.

In May 2007, the Kiwan-is Club of Lincoln City awarded nine $1,000 schol-

arships to graduating high school seniors. The club also presented two $500 scholar-ships to the Oregon Coast Community College to be awarded to students there. Also in May, the Kiwanis club contributed 169 hours helping the food pantry.

Submitt ed by Linda Sprague, Secretary

DALLAS OR is located on the Rickreall Creek, approxi-mately 15 miles west of Salem. It has about 13,000 residents.

The Kiwanis Club of Dallas raised almost $3,000 with a Mo’s clam chowder feed to benefi t a Dallas High School 16 year old wrestler who broke his neck in March and

became a quadriplegic.

Mo’s is famous at the coast, as a seafood restaurant, and they gave the club a special price on their chowder. A local market, Dallas Select, donated some of the milk necessary to reconstitute the chowder. Most of the businesses in Dallas accept-ed posters advertising the meal. The community has been terrifi c in responding to eff orts to aid the family of this fantastic “kid”.

The CKI (Circle K Inter-national) club that Dallas sponsors at Western Or-egon University (WOU) helped with the clam chow-der feed and, on the follow-ing day, helped with a road

clean-up almost fi ve miles long. Members of the Dal-las club had two interclubs at WOU’s last two meetings. At one meeting, Kiwanians took pizza and pop to thank them for their help on proj-ects. At another meeting the Kiwanians helped honor the fi ve graduating seniors with cake, roses grown by Nick Nichols, and cards with gi-ant “Payday” candy bars.

Kiwanis president Carol Marshall has kept the club energized and her enthu-siasm has led to increased participation in the projects the club has taken on.

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AKTION CLUB PNW CONFERENCE


It started with an idea, “Why don’t the Aktion Clubs have a convention?” That is, a convention for Aktion Club members and advisors, maybe include caregivers and Special Olympics folks. It was nov-el, but would it fly?

Richard Little, the Executive Director of South Okanagan Association for Integrated Community Living and a member of the Osoyoos Kiwanis Club, proposed it

a year or so ago. Oliver/Os-oyoos Aktion Club Advisor Lee Chic became the main proponent with a great deal of assistance from members of the Oliver and Osoyoos Kiwanis Clubs.

Lee brought in Oliver Trea-surer Allan Close to oversee the budget and Peter Mor-row to act as Secretary. The Kiwanis District Finance committee and board re-viewed the proposal and gave it a green light.

One concern was that PNW Aktion Clubs were unaware of the proposed convention and had not budgeted for conference attendance costs. Kiwanis clubs were encour-aged to help out.

All members of the Oliver/Osoyoos Aktion Club had their registration costs spon-sored by community mem-bers and a donation from the Kiwanis Foundation of Canada. The Kiwanis Club of Tonasket also provided much needed funds. As a

fund raiser, the committee designed a bag and Lee got eight sponsors to support the project.

The Sonora Centre was se-lected as the venue for the conference, the Best Western and Coast Osoyoos Hotels were the host hotels, and Parties & Pies catered, and local businesses in Oliver and Osoyoos stepped for-ward in a number of ways.

The conference began with registration and Karaoke on Friday night. Popcorn and soft drinks helped make this a really enjoyable evening.

The next morning started with opening ceremonies, with Governor Lori Bryant, Governor Elect Rich Jensen, Past Governor Steve Emhoff (also a keynote speaker), District Finance Chair Da-vid Sparks and Mayors of Oliver and Osoyoos.

Workshops followed, all designed with Aktion Club members and advisors in mind. Leadership and citi-

zenship workshops were provided by professional consultants Michael Ken-drick and Vickie Cammac respectively. Identity Theft, Wellness and Caregiver Support workshops were all provided by local sources. Community Volunteering Workshops provided an op-portunity for members of all attending Aktion Clubs to share how they volunteered in their respective commu-nities.

Feedback from each of the sessions indicated that the delegates truly enjoyed the workshops presented. All sessions were designed to be 45 minutes in length

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(including a ten minute question period). A fif-teen minute break between workshops made it easy for delegates to move comfort-ably between workshops.

Throughout the day, dur-ing breaks, there were cook-ies, muffins, fruit, juices, tea and coffee available. Lunch included two types of soup, “you make it” sandwiches and a dessert. That evening, young local Air Cadets did a terrific job serving an out-standing, three-course, sit-down dinner.

With the dishes cleared away it was time for danc-ing to music provided by a local D.J.

The final assessment? If smiles and workshop evalu-ation data were the mea-sures, then the conference was a resounding success. There were approximately 90 registered for the confer-ence, with many volunteers in place to facilitate their day, plenty of healthy food, and great workshop pre-senters.

The 2007 Conference com-mittee wishes Aktion Club all the success in the future. It is now up to others to lead us onward to the next Con-ference.

Submitted by Peter Morrow

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Opposite page:Left: Workshop door signs. Right: Members participate in Citizenship Workshop.

This page:Top: delegates show off their red Aktion Club shirts. Bottom: Some big smiles. Below: Steve Emhoff receives a certificate of appreciation.

The Objects of Kiwanis were adopted in 1924 and represent our core values which -- like the Objects themselves -- have remained unchanged. At the heart of the objects are values such as compassion, friendship, respect, leader-ship, and professionalism, as well as the principle of treating others the way we ourselves would want to be treated. These worthy values and principles can be embraced by men and women of all nations, all races, and all religions or beliefs.

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Kiwanis members and clubs can sponsor the Objects of Kiwanis for $100. All those who do so will have their names listed in four issues of the PNW Builder magazine.If either you as a Kiwanian or your Kiwanis club would like to be a sponsor of the Objects of Kiwanis, please send a cheque/check for $100 payable to:

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PO Box 747, Beaverton, OR 97075-0747 USA

Note: Be sure to clearly identify (1) that the funds are for the sponsoring of the Objects of Kiwanis and (2) the name of the individual or club to be listed as sponsor.

The Objects of KiwanisGuiding Our Community Service Efforts Since 1924

THE OBJECTS OF KIWANIS

To give primacy to the human and spiritual rather than to the material values of life.To encourage the daily living of the Golden Rule in all human relationships.To promote the adoption of higher social, business and professional standards.To develop, by precept and example, a more intelligent, aggressive and serviceable citizenship.To provide, through Kiwanis clubs, a practical means to form enduring friendships, to render altruistic service and to build better communities.To cooperate in creating and maintaining that sound public opinion and high idealism which make possible the increase of righteousness, justice, patriotism and goodwill.

— Adopted unanimously at the Kiwanis International Convention

in 1924

Pacific Northwest District of Kiwanis InternationalPO Box 747 Beaverton, OR 97075-0747 USA

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