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K i w a n o t e s Kiwanis Club of

Sun City Georgetown

www.suncitygtkiwanis.org Serving the Children of Williamson County

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November 2015 Editor: Nancy Ladd

CLUB OFFICERS

President: Bill White

Past President: Dave Tolkan

President-Elect: Chas Kresch

Treasurer: Kathy Kincaid

Secretary: Chas Kresch

CLUB DIRECTORS

Judy Barnes: 2014—2016

Gina Fought: 2015-2017

Dick Kelly: 2014-2016

Dave Lovelace: 2015-2017

Cheryl Schmid: 2014-2016

Mary Toenges: 2015-2017

November

Meeting Programs

Nov. 3 — Deborah Thomas and

Leslie Janca will speak about

The Georgetown Project.

Nov. 10 — Jim Romine, Execu-

tive Director, Sun City Texas

Community Association.

Nov. 17 — John Clifford, Kiwa-

nis Lt. Governor, Walt Roetter,

Administrator of Texas Oklaho-

ma District Kiwanis Key Clubs,

and Milton Van Dussen, head of

the Jack Frost Basketball Tour-

nament.

Nov. 24 — NEW MEMBER ORI-

ENTATION Starts at 9:00a.m.

Dave Lovelace will begin the

meeting with an exciting new

fund raising project. The main

program will be the Salvation

Army Red Kettle Campaign.

Committee Reports will be given

by Dick Kelly for the Board of

Directors and Kiwanis Commit-

tee Reports.

Be sure to invite your

friends and neighbors

to hear these dynamic

speakers. Everyone is

JOIN US

EVERY Tuesday, 10:00a.m.

Sun City Ballroom

2 Texas Dr., Sun City, TX

“I joined for the fellowship.

I stayed to change the world.”

KIWANIS

FOUNDATION OFFICERS

Board of Trustees

Chairman – Don Ballard

Vice-Chairman– Stan Willbanks

Treasurer – Mert Darling

Vice-Treasurer – Linda McDaniel

Trustee – Chuck Graham

Trustee – John Hopper

Trustee – Kerrie Martinez

GISD SERVICE LEADERSHIP PROJECT

~Contributed by Gene Jantzen

We need more volunteers interested in being on our Liaison Team for each high school in the Georgetown area. It's one thing to start a program but yet another to nurture a pro-gram. Key Club is designed as a student-led organization. Our Kiwanis role is simply to nurture by providing encouragement; or as Gene likes to think of it as an extension of grand parenting. Currently, we have John and Martha Hopper, and Diana Tchida at East View High School. Mattie Ann Scheihing, Jim Devine, and Earl Forbes as Kiwanis Liaisons at Georgetown High School and Sandy Dolan, Paula Sutter, and Jane Sweeney as Liaisons at Richarte High School. Morgan Salley, Sheri's daughter, is a college mentor from Austin Community College at the Richarte High School. Sheri Salley is assisting Gene Jantzen as well as being a Kiwanis Liaison with Gateway College Preparatory School. All three high schools now have Faculty Advisors selected for their Key Clubs. We are continuing to recruit students up to the planned Chartering Meetings in late October. Both Georgetown High School and East View High School had open house nights the week of September 21, 2015. There were 28 students signed up for Key Club at East View High School and 19 at Georgetown High School on those nights. October 22, 2015, was orientation at East View High School, and Gene Jantzen met on October 24, 2015, to plan orientation at Georgetown High School the following week.

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IN OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS

Some of our members have been dealing with

health issues, death in their family or other issues.

As a member of Kiwanis, you are encouraged to

remember them by cards, calls or in other appro-

priate ways.

Those known to us at this time are as follows:

Larry Altshuler and Fran Sanders

GISD SERVICE LEADERSHIP PROJECT (Continued)

Gene has had meetings with the Georgetown Independent School District Administration to keep them interested and engaged in the process of organizing the Key Clubs and making sure Kiwa-nis is getting top-down support. The grant-writing process is also well underway. Barbara White is completing the Kiwanis Inter-national Foundation’s on-line grant application. This project should be completed soon after the October 3, 2015, Fall Garage Sale. Barbara will then send the application to Indianapolis for vetting and approval for submission. The deadline is November 15, 2015, for a February 25, 2016, award date. Our Club is applying for $25,000, which is the maximum a Club may ask to receive. Dr. Mar-sha Farney has written a commendation letter as has Mayor Dale Ross. Dr. John Button, Kiwa-nis International President, supports our Club’s effort as does Stan Soderstrom, Executive Director of Kiwanis. Next year our Club will install K Kids at Williams Elementary and a Builders Club at Tippet Middle School. Georgetown Independent School District will assess measurable results differences between Service Leadership Program schools and those without a program. Then, the roll out in 2018 will make Georgetown Independent School District the first school district in the nation to have Kiwanis’ Service Leadership Programs across the complete District. There will be three High School Key Clubs, four Middle School Builders' Clubs, and 11 Elementary School K Kids. Gene’s goal and passion, since he was a District Governor, has been to see his Club support the core values of Kiwanis by being the foundation of the complete and sustained Kiwanis Service Leader-ship Program in the school system. Georgetown has Dr. Fred Brent, Superintendent and a former Key Club member, who has said we will not fail for lack of Georgetown Independent School Dis-trict’s support. The timing is right to make it happen! As a Kiwanian we should all want to make a difference in our community. As a Georgetown resident we should all want to help inspire our students to be leaders. As a business person in real estate, Gene Jantzen knows a good school system improves property values. In its twenty-year history, Sun City has led Georgetown to the polls, and it's never lost a school bond vote. If interested in serving as an advisor at the schools, please contact Gene Jantzen or Bill White. Georgetown Independent School District will not fail for lack of our Kiwanis Club’s support!

Wishing you all a Happy

November Birthday !

4th—Bill Wertzberger

6th—John Hopper

6th—Connie Williams

13th—Barbara White

15th—Joe Kish

22nd—Karen Cowan

27th—Georgia Medler

30th—Lola Trask

** November 18—Board of Directors Meeting, Cowan Creek, 2:30p.m. in the Andice Room. All are welcome.

** November 24—New Member Orientation at 9:00a.m. prior to the regular meeting.

** November 26—HAPPY THANKSGIVING

** November 27 through December 24—Salvation Army Red Kettle Drive

** December 4, 5, and 6, 2015—15th Annual Holiday Home Tour

KIWANIS CLUBS FOR YOUTH

BUILDS:

Leadership—children learn through service.

Character—children have a chance to make a difference.

Community—children form relationships as they volunteer and become mentors.

Confidence—clubs inspire youth to set and achieve goals.

Compassion—shows students that by caring they can change the world.

FALL GARAGE SALE

AN OUTSTANDING KIWANIS EFFORT

Congratulations to Jerry and Paula Sutter and Harold

Wright for your leadership. You and your team leaders

made a great effort with fantastic results! Your determi-

nation, beginning with the pickups. pricing crews

through the presale, moving merchandise, set up, sales,

and clean up, made it an incredible success.

No doubt, this was the largest of the monster sales Sun

City has had and highly successful for the community

and for Kiwanis. For Kiwanians, we worked together,

had fun together and earned in excess of $14,000 which

will help us towards our outreach goals to the youth in

Williamson County. We know that no operation of this

size and involving this many people ever goes without

some issues to deal with, and we dealt with them in

good humor (well mostly) and effectively. Congratula-

tions to the greatest turnout of Kiwanians ever to sup-

port this fundraising effort. ~ Your Kiwanis Board

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MONTHLY ROSTER CHANGES

Membership Submitted 10/31/15= 130

NEW MEMBERS: Earl Forbes, Marijean Schlinder, Bill Streeter, Gwen May, E. J. Browne, and Jane Forshee

RESIGNATIONS: Steve Acker, Gordon Arnold, Pat Cole, Tom Cross, Norma Hetzel, Ruth Jones (deceased), Fred Mahler,

Audrey McDonald, Whitey Stephenson (deceased), Randy Lesseps, and Gary Thomas

SERVICE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM

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LITERACY PROGRAM

~Contributed by President Bill White

SERVICE is readily defined as an act of helpful activity; of

help; to aid. However, it is so much more than that. If

you are the one being served, service is more or less eval-

uating whether your need was met, and if so, appreciating

the person providing the service.

If you are the one serving or providing the service to oth-

ers, it is rewarding because it takes one outside his/her

own focus and on to helping or aiding others. It is gratify-

ing and fulfilling. A financial consultant told me recently

that SERVICE is known to extend your life, and I can see

that. First you are taking your mind off your own issues

and secondly, you are reaching and extending beyond

yourself.

In Kiwanis, we work hard at our fundraisers to create the

ability to provide service and support for others, and that

is very rewarding. As Kiwanians, our service focuses on

children and our priority is the children of Williamson

County. Some of the ways we provide for and support

others is through organizations whose purpose is to help

others. Currently, that includes: Agape Children’s Pro-

gram, Boys State, Georgetown Boys & Girls Club,

Georgetown NEST, Georgetown Public Library,

Girlstart (STEM), Girls State, GISD Locker, Spirit

Reins, Wilco CASA, and WCCAC (Children’s Advoca-

cy Center). Additionally, the club provides a number of

scholarships to graduating seniors from local high schools.

That is all important service, but I want to focus on the

rewarding experience of being personally involved. I am

talking about your Service Leadership Program and the

Literacy Program (SLP), because you apply your talents

and skills directly with our area youth. You are MAKING

A DIFFERENCE. We have a unique opportunity to ad-

vance both these core programs, and I encourage you to

get involved. To engage in the SLP, sign up as a liaison.

You will work alongside your fellow Kiwanians helping each

other and what a great way to get to know folks. Our

Literacy Program is easily served and what a rewarding

experience to read and interface with teachers and stu-

dents. So, take advantage of the service opportunities,

gain a rewarding experience and LIVE longer! What a

deal!

NEW MEMBER PROFILE — MARIJEAN SCHINDLER

My husband, Ed, and I moved to Sun City, Texas, in September 2006 from Atlanta, Georgia, where we lived for 14 years. I have three children and six grandchildren who live in Arizona and Illinois. I was born and raised in the metro Chicago area. Prior to moving to Sun City, I was a nurse work-ing as the Director of a Skilled Nursing Facility, Director of Home Health Care, and most recently as a Nurse Consultant for Medicare in Atlanta. Since moving to Sun City, I have been active in AcTAG, the Theater Group in Sun City, performing in several plays and the annual Follies. I teach tap dancing in the Activities Center and I am also the Artistic Director of the SUN-sations!, which is a performing Tap/Jazz Dance Group in Sun City. I am also the Program Director for the Sunshine Variety Show, an affiliate of the Linda Day Foundation. As a new Kiwanis member, I look forward to getting involved in fundraising and interacting with children of all ages. I am very proud and happy to say that my 17-year-old grandson, Brandon, who lives in Arizona, was the lucky recipient this spring of a Kiwanis scholarship; he is currently a freshman at Arizona State University where he is studying Aeronautical Engineering.

SALVATION ARMY’S RED KETTLE CAMPAIGN

Each year the Kiwanis Club of Sun City Georgetown asks for volunteers to ring the

bell for donations for the Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign at City Market

(located in Sun City). This year is no different. The campaign runs from No-

vember 27, 2015, through December 24, 2015, in two-hour shifts (8:00

a.m. to 10:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m. to 12 noon, and 12 noon until 2:00p.m.)

In the past generous Sun City residents donated over $15,000 during the holiday

season. It is our hope to match that amount this year because the monies from

this campaign support local families in crisis. This campaign requires more than

75 volunteers to ring the bell. We extend a big THANK YOU to all members

who give their time and donations to this worthwhile event. This year sign up

will be completed online. If you would like to ring the bell, please pick up

online instructions at any regular meeting near the Visitors Sign-In table. We

can’t do it without our wonderful volunteers.

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RICHARTE KEY CLUB ACTIVITIES

On October 10, 2015, between 10:00a.m. and 2:00p.m.,

Richarte Key Club held a blood drive as a community

service project. Pictured below is Isabella Castillo, Vice

President of Richarte Key Club, and Ashleigh Rachel,

Club President. The Key Club had over 22 people give

blood that day.

Selling tickets for a pancake breakfast at Applebees

Restaurant as a Richarte Key Club fundraiser are: (left

to right) Madison McGaugh, Katrina Munis, Christina

Grantz and Courtney Grady. The breakfast was held on

October 10 from 8:00a.m. to 10:00a.m.

Richarte Key Club members having great fun at their

Bowling Party fundraiser.

GEORGETOWN HIGH SCHOOL

INSTALLS KEY CLUB OFFICERS

Elected Officers for 2015-2016 are:

President: Julian Cruz

Vice President: Danielle Fender

Secretary: Emily Stuckly

Treasurer: Alyssa Fitzgerald

Editor: Harley Varljen

Welcome to our new Kiwanis advisors:

Jim Devine, Mattie Scheihing and Earl Forbes.

The membership appreciates the time and ef-

forts of all Key Club Advisors.

EAST VIEW HGH SCHOOL KEY CLUB

STARTED

Walt Roetter, Administrator of the Texas Oklahoma

District Kiwanis Key Clubs, and Kiwanis member,

Gene Jantzen, began the chartering process for East

View High School Key Club the first part of October.

Jantzen says the Key Club is up and running, of-

ficers are in place, recruiting continues and ser-

vice projects for the school are in progress.

Next major meeting will be a training package.

Then, after some chartering requirements are

met (like approved club By Laws, dues paid for

all active recruits, and International signs off

the Key Club) the advisers, will schedule Char-

ter service, invite Kiwanis, parents and school

administration. “A lot to accomplish before

Thanksgiving,” says Jantzen.

Richarte Key Club

Blood Drive

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KIWANIS ACTIVITIES

Fall Garage Sale

Crowds waiting for the Sale to

open at 8:00a.m.

Fall Literacy Program

Working the Kiwanis

Booths. What fun! Unloading garden tools for the

Fall Garage Sale.

Martha and John Hopper

enjoy the Fall Literacy Pro-

gram.

Annual Membership

Appreciation Dinner

Installation of New

President

Carver Elementary School wel-

comes Kiwanis readers for the

Fall Literacy Program. Phyllis

Vogel, center, is the Program’s

chairperson.

President Bill

White Bill White Leads Party at the

Walburg German Restaurant

Mary Toenges, Al Blaschke,

Paula Sutter, Steve Fought,

and many others enjoy the

festivities

Jane and Jim Sweeney, and

Gene Jantzen enjoyed good food

and atmosphere.