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September 2016

Sincerely, Dertroit Kiwanis #1 Board of Directors

Club Officers

Marian O’Higgins President

Eric Sabree

Immediate Past President

Barbara Jean Johnson

President Elect

Vacant Vice- President

Greg Zink Treasurer

Kris Miranne

Secretary

Club Board of Directors Vernita Beverly

Pat DeCarlo Marcia Ford

Joe Lentine Jr. Karen Walker

Detroit #1 Kiwanis Club meets at noon on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays.

Detroit Athletic Club,

241 Madison St.,

DDeDetroit, MI

Detroit #1 Kiwanis

PRESIDENT’S CORNER

A new Kiwanis Year is beginning October 1st Let this bring revitalized energy to our club and a commitment to do more service and work on bringing new members into Detroit No. 1. Bring your thoughts and ideas forward to the Club’s board to get involvement from all members. Again, I would like to thank ALL members of Detroit Kiwanis No. 1 Club for their continued support and your service this last year. All great things are accomplished by a team not just one person or single members doing service on their own. As a team, our Kiwanis family, we can accomplish great things. The best is yet to come! As my role as President comes to an end in September, I want to thank all members for your support during this year.

Marian

CLUB MEETINGS

As always, please let Lucas know if you are attending a club meeting so he can can give the DAC an accurate head count: lucas@hacketbrass.com.

September 20th: We welcomed William Schrader, Retired Army and Coast Guard, to talk about the Brave Hearts Estate in Pellston, Michigan. The facility is a retreat for veterans and their families with a main house, campgrounds, playground and a wide range of sporting amenities. Opened in 2015, the focus is on wounded veterans and offers free lodging and activiities.

William sharing his stories

In addition, Circle K (from Wayne State) gave a brief update of what they have been doing. Their calendar year is September - March. To date, they have 21 members and are working to grow this number. This July, they won the district award for the greatest number of service hours. They will be quite busy this year planning for the July 2017 Circle K District Convention as they are the host club.

Finally, we had a visitor from Florida, Dave Gravelle, who was delighted to join us for the lunch meeting. Lucas gave him a tour of the DAC who he certainly felt special!

Dave talking to the group

Enjoying each other’s company

October 4th: We will be installing our 2016/2017 club officers and directors.

October 18th:

Our club meeting will be at the books for kids warehouse from 12 noon - 1:30PM to sort/sticker books. The address of the new warehouse is 290 E. Milwaukee (plenty of parking on the street). Hope to have a great turnout from the club. Be sure to invite any potential new members to attend so they can socialize with your fellow club members and see this great service project.

SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS

NO September birthdays? How did that happen? Was the stork sleeping? Look for October birthday congratulations in next month’s Krier.

books for kids

For the remainder of 2016, there will be several stickering and sorting opportunities. As a reminder, the project is now housed at the warehouse at 290 East Milwaukee, Detroit.

Wednesdays from 1:30 – 5:30 PM:

October 5th

October 19th

November 2nd

November18th

Saturday November 4th with Cesar Chavez, time TBD.

Volunteers are also needed for distribution dates scheduled on:

Friday December 9th

Saturday: October 22nd and December 3rd

Time is from 1:30 – 4:30 PM. You are needed to help teachers and representatives from social organizations serving children choose the books they need.

INTERCLUB OPPORTUNITIES

This is a great time for interclubs as all Kiwanis clubs will be holding club installations of officers during the months of October and November. If we

attend meetings of each of our clubs in Division 1, we will be credited with a “round robin”. This is also a way to support our fellow clubs. Let Marian know if you will be able to attend.

New Center, Detroit September 28th @ 12:15 PM International Institute 111 E. Kirby, Detroit, MI 48202 Cosmopolitan Detroit November 19th @ 6:30 PM Marriot Detroit - Livonia 17100 Laurel Park Dr. N. Livonia, MI 48152

Warren Club September 29th @ 6:00 PM DeCarlo's Banquet Center 6015 E. Ten Mile, Warren, MI 48091

Metro Young Professionals October 13th @ 7 PM Pine Trace Golf Club 3600 Pine Trace Blvd Rochester, MI 48309 Tickets: $25.00 RSVP by October 1st Metrodetroitypkiwanis @gmail.com

Detroit Helping-Out Aktion Club The Detroit Helping-Out Aktion Club meets on the 2nd and 4TH Tuesday of the month at the Cass in the Activity Center inside the Community Social Services Building at 3745 Cass Ave, Detroit, MI 48201. Meetings start at 11:30 AM and an hour or so. Please join us for community service and fellowship.

Recently, the club held a planning meeting to chart out activities for 2016/2017. Here are but a few of the activities they hope to do:

Making sandwiches for the Salvation Army

Selling Peanuts for Children’s Hospital

Salvation Army Bell Ringing

Making Christmas cards for residents of Thorne Assisted Housing Development

Christmas caroling at Thorne Assisted Living Development

Book Stickering at the Book Warehouse

Potting flowers for of the tiny houses constructed by Cass Community Social Services

Bowling Fundraiser for Sleeping Children Around the World

Making Cards for Veterans

Singing at the VA Hospital

Neighborhood Clean Day

Visit another Aktion Club

“You are in Kiwanis now. There’s work to be done. But, let's have some fun. You are in Kiwanis now”

GOURMET NUT TIME

It is that time of year again - Lucas Wright is taking orders for gourmet nuts and chocolate delights. The price is the same as last year - $25.00 for each. To remind you, this is an important fundraiser for our club’s administrative budget. Time is short, however, so let Lucas know how many cans you want. These make great gifts for the holidays but if you are like me, at least one can never makes it out of the pantry and I do not share!

Contact Lucas at: lucas@hackettbrass.com. He will bring your order to club meetings and he has a big trunk so don’t be shy!