Southport-Oak Island Kiwanis Club COASTLINER€¦ · Thank you from Lois Beddard, Human Needs...

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COASTLINER November 2015

K i w a n i s C l u b

S o u t h p o rt - O a k I s l a n d

Vol. 22 Issue 11 November 2015

COASTLINER Coming Events

Thur. Dec. 3, 7:30 am

Calie Hodgson

Peer Court Trinity UMC


Board of Directors

Hampton Inn


Christmas songs

Trinity UMC

Thur. Jan. 7, 7:30 am

Tom Simmon

Flemington Academy Trinity UMC

Thur. Jan. 14, 7:00 am

Board of Directors

Hampton Inn

Thur. Jan. 21, 6:00 pm

Charter Dinner Southport Community Center

On November 19, Wendy Jones spoke about Power Walking Ministries which provides sneakers to youth. Gale Tate, the Administrative Director, is shown with Joe Crostic and Wendy. Details follow in the meeting notes, with additional pictures on page 14.

Next Coastliner submissions due by December 23 to [email protected]

At the November 5 meeting, Dick Hart explained the Wreaths across America program that his Civil Air Patrol Squadron supports. We collected $360 toward wreaths. The next wreath laying occurs noon December 12 at Wilmington National Ceremony.

At the same meeting, Rick Sessa and the color guard of American Legion Post 843 presented the North Carolina Children and Youth Service Award to our club. Details from the ceremony in Raleigh appeared in the October Coastliner.

At the same meeting, Tom Krieger inducted Katie Solecki, sponsored by Peg McDonald. Katie taught Kindergarten and 1st grade in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.

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*Teen Court, Peer Court and Listening Post need volunteers each month. More details follow toward the end of this newsletter. *Royal Readers will resume reading to volunteers on Thursday mornings at SPT Elementary. *Dec 10, 2015 and May 19, 2016 —Senior Projects at South Brunswick High School. Contact Paul Chopko for details. *Month of January – First Tee training at Southport Elementary School. Don Wilson has details. January 21, 2016 - Charter Dinner at the Southport Community Center February 5-7, 2016 – Carolinas District Mid-Winter Convention Friday, February 26, 2016, 5 – 9 PM --- Mike’s Garage Band Concert for Eliminate at 101 Stone Chimney Place * March 26-27, 2016 – Southport Spring Festival *April 2, 2016 – Region 5 Kiwanis One Day at Boys and Girls Home, Lake Waccamaw *June 11, 2016 – Kiwanis Golf Tournament at Lockwood Folly

(*Service opportunities have an asterisk.)

Please keep members with serious health issues in your thoughts and prayers. For privacy

concerns, we will not typically list names.

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President’s Message Joe Crostic Fellow Kiwanians: First and foremost, we are a service club. We provide thousands of hours of service to the children and seniors in our community. BUT, we are also a club that is GENEROUS to those in need. At our two November meetings, we conducted a fund-raising effort to support our local Food Pantry. We had a terrific response at our first meeting and collected $470. But our members did not stop there! We collected an incredible additional $490 at our second meeting. Wow, $960 donated by our members to help those in our county who are in need of a basic need – food! I am very proud of our club and I look forward to presenting a check to the Food Pantry in December on your behalf. We expect to make that presentation at our meeting on December 3. Please try to be there to help celebrate this generous achievement. Thanks to our Club Secretary, Barbara Gilhully, for chairing this fund-raising drive. At our November 19 meeting, our members got to experience a most enthusiastic speaker in Wendy Jones. Many of us know Wendy from volunteering at Southport Elementary School, where Wendy is one of the physical education teachers. Her passion for serving children through her Power Walking Ministries was evident and infectious. Remember that we will be helping Wendy and Donna Michaux (who spoke to our club in June about sea turtles) during the month of January, as First Tee coaches and PE testing assistants. Contact Don Wilson to volunteer. I had my first experience with Teen Court during November. What a great job that Byron Price, John Kelso and so many others have done to develop and support this program with CIS! You don’t need to have a legal background to participate in this volunteer effort which takes place monthly at the Brunswick County Courthouse. The students were great to work with and observe as they filled all the roles in a courtroom except that of judge. They clearly took their responsibilities very seriously and are all learning skills which will benefit them as they continue on in education and life. I will be back, and I invite our members who have not previously volunteered for Teen Court to join me and our cadre of dedicated volunteers. I am excited that our fiscal year has gotten off to such a great start. Our members are the best and we welcomed Katie Solecki as a new member in November; and, we were joined by several potential members at our meetings in November. Let’s all SHARE Kiwanis with our service-minded friends and neighbors and invite them to our meetings and to join our club. With more members, we can do even more service! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all. To our non-Christian members and friends, I also wish you the happiest of holidays during this festive time of year.



As mentioned on the first page, our very own Dick Hart explained the Wreaths across America program at the November 5, 2015 meeting. The project places wreaths on veterans’ graves. Pictures of last year’s ceremony at Wilmington National Ceremony follow the meeting notes. This year’s wreath-laying ceremony will occur December 12 at noon.

On November 19, 2015, Wendy Jones from Southport Elementary School described the Power Walking Ministries program which grew from a 2007 Bible study group looking to make a difference. The group provides sneakers, socks and Christian literature to Brunswick County students. The program started at Southport Elementary School, gradually adding South Brunswick Middle and High Schools, as well as Bolivia Elementary. For 2015 they will cover 13 Brunswick County schools. Eventually they hope to reach all 19 schools and Hope Harbor.



Last year they provided 66 pairs with socks and Christian literature. So far this year they have provided 94 pairs, at a cost of $3216. They used to find new shoes at $31 per pair, but the addition of high schoolers has increased the average cost to $34. Matthews Ministry helps deliver the shoes, but guidance counsellors and teachers suggest needs based recipients. Wendy’s group finds out what size, color and style the children want and asks whether the parents object to receiving Christian literature. So far, nobody has rejected the books. The group works with a local shoe seller to obtain the best price, but need contacts with manufacturers or large distributors. If you have such contacts, please tell Wendy. As many of you know, Wendy has co-taught P.E. for the last 23 years at Southport Elementary School with Donna Michaux. They have been recognized as having one of the Top 10 Elementary School Physical Education Program in N.C. and won the National Healthy Active School Award in October where they were ranked one of the Healthiest and Active Schools in America. At the same meeting, Pete Berg discussed how he wants to increase fund-raising so that we could give scholarships larger than $1000 to help deserving students meet rising college costs.



Present: Jack Addicks, Laura Bachara, Pete Berd, Patrick Boyce, Joe Crostic, Darryl DeSerio, Barbara Gilhuly, Dick Hart, Woody Johnson, Peg McDonald, Chad Mitchell, Absent: Charlie Joyce Guest: Greg McDonald Secretary’s Report: The minutes of the regular Board meeting held on October 8, 2015, were APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. The Monthly Report for October 2015 was APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY as amended. Correspondence: Thank you from Rick Hairston, President and CEO of Canines for Service, Inc., for the Club’s donation of $100. Thank you from Gary Faircloth, President and CEO of the Boys&Girls Homes of NC, for the donation of $2,000 for the Kiwanis Legacy Fund. Thank you from Donna Mooneyham, EC Teacher and Certified Autism Specialist as South Brunswick High School, for our donation and support of the African Drumming lessons. Thank you from Lois Beddard, Human Needs Treasurer of the Southport-Oak Island Interchurch Fellowship, for a donation of $500. Treasurer’s Report: The Treasurer’s Report of the October 31, 2015 Bank Balances prepared by Treasurer Chad Mitchell was ACCEPTED UNANIMOUSLY . The report showed a balance as of October 31, 2015, of $19,849.38 in the Administration Account, a balance of $64,820.80 in the Service Account, a balance of $21,534.13 in the Education Reserve Account and a balance of $49,303.60 in the Service Reserve Account.



Old Business: Project Eliminate - Joe Crostic reported the current update for Project Eliminate. A total of $58,503 has been donated to Project Eliminate: from member gifts $34,106, from Club gifts $15,106 and gifts from others $3,720. Joe Crostic reported that Larry Trainor will chair the 2016 Plant Sales program. SouthportOpoly – Pete Berg reported the project is on schedule and close to completion. Pete presented and reviewed a report on the status of the project: participants, patrons, member orders and a financial summary. Projected net proceeds after all games ordered are sold are $8,445. Strategic Plan – Patrick Boyce reviewed a summary of the committee meeting on October 23, 2015. Subjects addressed were: broader community assessment, conduct member surveys, encourage member involvement, and evaluate fundraising activities. Aktion Club Consideration – Joe Crostic stressed the need to determine the number of people who might benefit from such an interagency program. New Business: Optional Club Crime and Accident Insurance – Peg McDonald reviewed the coverages. Crime covers members and Accident covers members, volunteers and service programs. The motion to not participate in either program was APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY because the board determined there is not a significant risk to the club for what each policy covers. Application submitted by Kathleen Solecki (Sponsor: Peg McDonald) was APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. The motion to elect Joe Crostic and Pat Boyce as delegates to the District Mid-year Conference (February 5-7, 2015) was APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. The motion to approve an amended new member application submitted by Barbara Gilhuly was APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. The amended application will include the requirement for Youth Protection Guidelines Training. Joe Crostic reviewed the criteria for the District Club Excellence Award. Joe Crostic presented the Allocation of International and District Conference Budget: Distict Mid-year (2 delegates, budget $600), Annual (3 delegates, budget $1,200) International (2 delegates, budget $1,200) A motion to approve the allocations was APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. Pat Boyce presented a review of Club service hours by individuals. Suggestions for follow up were presented. It was the consensus of the Board that the dress code for those participating in new member inductions be business casual.



Greg McDonald reported that Kiwanis table cloths and runners have been ordered.

Reminder: to add items to the Board’s agenda, contact Barbara Gilhuly.

Wanted: pictures and information about Kiwanis activities

not covered recently in this newsletter. Please contact Bill

Allen, [email protected] for further details.

Les Tubb, Brunswick County Schools Superintendent, accompanied Dick Hart to the Listening Post at South Brunswick Middle School. Les found the time worthwhile and informative. He settled in and engaged the students as if he were teaching again. Many teachers stopped by, a bit surprised, to see Les talking to the students. Many students also expressed surprise that the superintendent of school would take the time to do this. Les has agreed to come back next year

and will work to have a School Board member do the same.




Mike’s Garage Band Concert scheduled for 2016

Mark your calendars and save the date. Our third annual Mike’s Garage Band Concert to benefit the Eliminate Project is scheduled for Friday, February 26, 2016. The concert will be held at 101 Stone Chimney Place in their beautiful ballroom from 5:30 to 9:30 PM. Tickets will go on sale in January.



Peg McDonald and Helenea Grace attended a session of African Drumming for which our club has provided some funds the last two years. Donna Mooneyham developed the program to help youth with disabilities interact.

Thanks to the Eliminate Project, Cambodia eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus as of

September 2015. Sue Petrisin’s article on page four of the current Kiwanis magazine provides a moving testament to the effects of our contributions.

Charlie Bowie, Region 5 Eliminate Coordinator, presented a Diamond Zeller Award to Vern Hunt for his second Zeller contribution.

Joe Crostic presented a Century Award to Bob Badertscher for donations to save 100 lives.



Mike’s Garage Band Concert scheduled for 2016 Mark your calendars and save the date. Our third annual Mike’s Garage Band Concert for Eliminate is scheduled for Friday, February 26, 2016. The concert will be held at 101 Stone Chimney Place in their beautiful ballroom from 5 to 9 PM. Tickets will go on sale in January.

Project Status

Kiwanis International has raised $103.8 million toward its goal of $110 million. The Carolinas District has raised over $3.24 million toward its goal of $3.5 million. Our Club has now met 86%

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14,000

28,000

42,000

56,000

70,000

Funds RaisedLives Saved

$68,250

37,917

$58,503

32,502

Goal To Date

Southport-Oak Island Kiwanis Club



of its goal, having saved over 32,500 lives! Thanks again to all our donors and supporters for making this possible. It is not too late to make a new or increased tax-deductible contribution to support the Eliminate Project. Our new International President, Sue Petrisin, has challenged us all to “Save a baby a day!” The cost to do that for a year would be $657 (i.e., 365 days multiplied by $1.80 per series of immunizations). KI has recognized contribution levels for gifts of $300, $625, $1,000, $1,250 and $1,500. But gifts in any amount will help save lives. An estimated 49,000 newborns still die every year from tetanus. While that is a 15% drop since 2010, it is still too many deaths from a completely preventable disease! Can you help? Gift and Pledge forms are available at all meetings and from Joe Crostic at any time.

SERVICE HOURS RECAP 2015-2016

Oct-15

SLP Hours 21 No. of Members 6

Non SLP Hours 575 No. of Members 51

Service to Club Hours 203 No. of Members 15

Fundraising Hours 162 No. of Members 22

Sep-15

SLP Hours 18 No. of Members 5

Non SLP Hours 862 No. of Members 63

Service to Club Hours 236 No. of Members 16

Fundraising Hours 500 No. of Members 52

Club Totals Through October

2015-2016 961

2014-2015 1,026

Youth Served

Oct-15

SLP Programs 56 Non-SLP Programs 538

Sep-15

SLP Programs 44 Non-SLP Programs 1582

Membership 2015-2016

Start Club Year - 96 Members

October Add 0 / Delete 0 96

November Add 1 / Delete 0 97



Attendance at Meetings 2015-2016

October through November

10/1/2015 / 41 42.71% 10/15/2015 /46 47.92%

11/5/2015 / 54 56.25% 11/19/2015 / 45 46.88%

*SLP stands for Service Leadership Program, i.e. the clubs we sponsor. At Brunswick Community College, the SLP is the Early College High School Key Club. At South and West Brunswick High Schools, the SLPs are also Key Clubs. At a middle school, the SLP is a Builders Club.

For those who want to mentor youth in an actual courtroom environment, please volunteer for Teen Court or a Peer Court. You can serve as a prosecuting or defense attorney mentor or jury monitor. Jury monitoring requires no previous legal experience, rather ensuring the juries follow instructions. Generally, only Teen Court attorney monitors need to have legal backgrounds. At the Peer Court level, even attorney monitors might not have a legal background.

Teen Court (older youth) usually meets the fourth Tuesday of the month from 5:45 PM to 8 PM at the Brunswick County Courthouse. Contact Byron Price for details. He needs more volunteers.

Tuesday, December 15 (3rdTuesday) Tuesday, January 26, 2016 Tuesday, February 23, 2016 Tuesday March 22, 2016 Tuesday April 26, 2016 Tuesday May 24, 2016 Tuesday June 28, 2016 Tuesday July 26, 2016 Tuesday August 23, 2016

Peer Court meets at South Brunswick and Cedar Grove Middle Schools. Tom Krieger and Art Prado handle Cedar Grove, which meets on the fourth Thursday from 2:40 to 5. Paul Maguire and Ken Bastedenbeck handle South Brunswick. Dick Hart and Charlie Joyce coordinate the Listening Post on Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout the school year. They provide the topics and you listen and chat with middle school children during their lunch break at South Brunswick Middle School. Kiwanis will reimburse you for the apples and pretzels you’ll need to bring. Several members already volunteer in the schools as tutors, but the schools need more, including spouses. School, times, grade level, subject matter and duties can be worked out to everyone’s advantage. For details, contact Joe Day, 253-8550, [email protected]




December birthdays

Boyce Sonja 3 Krieger Jackie 31

Benjamin Sarah 4 Pfeifer Matt 31

DeSerio Darryl 7 Anniversaries

Dowd Tom 8 Boyce Pat & Sonja 2

Erbe Pete 8 Clune Sue & Mike 3

Allen Bill 10 Joyce Mary & Charlie 17

Atherton Scott 10 Bowie Louise & Charlie 19

Hunt Vern 14 Collins Pam & Ron 20

Solecki Katie 28 Berg Judy & Pete 28

Ricca Tony 29 Johnson Kathy & Woody 27

Durante Carol 31 Pezanowski Barbara & Tom 28

If you see an error in this list, please contact Barbara Gilhuly to correct the database from which we draw birthday and anniversary information.

These pictures show some shoes that Power Walking Ministries has replaced.



2015-16 Committee Chairs and Co-Chairs

(As of November 2015) Service Leadership Programs Coordinators

Leadership Development

Early College HS Key Club

Jack Addicks

Boys & Girls State Rick Sessa

Trooper School Rick Sessa

West Brunswick Key Club Jeff Johnston

HOBY Peg McDonald

Steve Miller

Key Leader Greg McDonald

South Brunswick Key Club Vern Hunt Food Pantry Denny Marcin South Brunswick Builders Club Woody Johnson New Hope Clinic Paul Chopko

Listening Post Dick Hart

Kiwanis Branded Service Programs Chairs

First Tee

Don Wilson Young Children Priority One

Dick Erickson

Pre-school Reading Dave Holly

First 2000 Days Jim Nelson Community Events & Fundraising Programs

Don Wilson Spring Festival Co-Chair Jeff Johnston

Ramps & Pathways Don Wilson

Co-Chair Donna Atherton Terrific Kids OVERALL Dennis O'Connor 5K Run/Walk Laura Bachara

Supply Joe Kinzer

Jeff Johnston

Southport Dennis O'Connor Hot Dog Stand Pete Berg

Bolivia Alden Knowles

Denny Marcin

Virginia Williamson Jeff Johnston Plant Sales Larry Trainor

Jesse Mae Monroe Charlie Bowie

Food Vendors Donna Atherton

Entertainment Jim Straub

Gina Cecil Kiwanis Carolinas District Project

Necessary Services Peg McDonald

Waccamaw Boys & Girls Home Barbara Gilhuly Publicity John Sherrill

Meals On Wheels Fred Gallo

Golf Tournament Dick Hart International Service Project

Darryl DeSerio

Project ELIMINATE Joe Crostic

Don Halbert

Vern Hunt

Big Toy Day Peter Berg

Other Service Programs

Teen Court

Byron Price

Peer Court Cedar Grove Tom Krieger Administrative & Club Functions

Art Prado

Executive Committee Joe Crostic

SBMS Paul Maguire Membership Committee Mike Clune

Ken Bastedenbeck Charter Dinner Pat Boyce

Royal Readers

Dennis O'Connor Member Picnic Greg McDonald

Peg McDonald

Peg McDonald

Scholarships OVERALL Tom Krieger Web Page John Sherrill

Key Clubs By committee

Newsletter Bill Allen

Career & Technical By committee

Communications and Publicity

Peg McDonald

Early College By committee

Inter-Club Meetings Charlie Bowie

Teen Court By committee

Club Meetings-Speakers Pat Boyce

JROTC Joe Day

Service Awards Peg McDonald Tutoring

Joe Day

Audit Committee Dennis O'Connor

Dick Erickson Strategic Planning Pat Boyce



2015 - 2016 Southport-Oak Island Kiwanis Officers

Directors

President Joe Crostic Woody Johnson (2018) Pres. Elect Pat Boyce Jack Addicks (2017) Vice Pres. Peter Berg Darryl DeSerio (2018) Secretary Barbara Gilhuly Laura Bachara (2016) Treasurer Chad Mitchell Charlie Joyce (2017) Past Pres. Peg McDonald Dick Hart (2016)

South Brunswick Middle Builders Club 2015-2016

President Bryson Miller Vice Pres. Luke Dixon Treasurer Dixie Barker Secretary Bryana Shirley

South Brunswick High Key Club 2015-2016

President Brady Moffett Vice Pres. Tyler Kopp Treasurer Dalton Adams Secretary Olivia Rupkalvis Historian Lilly Beecroft Advisors Kelsie Adloo and Kristina

Brown

Brusnwick County Early College High School Key Club

2015-2016 President Heather Long Vice Pres. Annalee Blanks Treasurer Victor Beaty Secretary Diana Hernandez Board Members At large

Luci Tramposch Allyson Kinney Madison Nebbs

Editor Gabby Fabel Advisor Kathrine Weeks

West Brunswick High Key Club 2015-2016

President Sarah Poulin Vice Pres. VACANT Secretary Olivia Pittman Treasurer Lizeth Ramirez Editor Maddie Siebers Advisor Cathie Poulin

Past Presidents Gloria Talley 1993-94 Fred Baker 2005-06 Peter Wyckoff 1994-95 John Kelso 2006-07 Carolyn McTeague 1995-97 Bill Boozer 2007-08 Willie Gore 1997-98 Paul Chopko 2008-09 Tom Tewey 1998-2000 Dennis O’Connor 2009-10 George Gunter 2000-01 Mike Clune 2010-11 Pete Erbe 2001-02 Greg McDonald 2011-12 Earl Crotts 2002-03 Chris Page 2012-13 Lou Orlando 2003-04 Tom Krieger 2013-14 Dick Stover 2004-05 Peg McDonald 2014-15

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