President President-Elect Vice President Past President

Roger Glassburn 628-3023

Ted DeGarmo 963-3340

Vacant Linda McCauley 628-3837

Secretary Treasurer Asst Secretary Asst Treasurer

Bob Hoch 452-9379

Dick Harrison 457-3938

Nita Granger 491-1954

Ted DeGarmo 963-3340

Newsletter Website Board of Directors

Steve Granger 210-1545

Steve Granger 210-1545 (2019 - 2021) (2019 - 2020)

PR & Marketing Membership Chair Tom Baird Nita Granger

Linda McCauley 628-3837

Linda McCauley 628-3837

Liz Nielander

Ken Samson

Steve Granger

Joyce Ancil

KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL 1915-2020

February Programs 3 Van Taylor - Rescue Mission

10 Jim Simpson - Bee Keeping

17 John Meeks - War Dogs

24 Mayor Tyler Moore - New Items For City

Programs Courtesy: Joyce Ancil

Greeter: Tom Baird Birthdays Anniversaries 4 - Thomas Folkers NONE13 - Teresa Sullivan

Board Meeting Highlights • Membership is 31• Secretary & Treasurer Reports Approved

Unfinished Business• The $220 previous slated for Buddy Bags has been redirected to the

Kokomo Urban Outreach Man Up and Step Up programs with $110 going to each.

New Business• Farming in the Classroom – Ray Lamb presented educational

information from the Indiana Farm Bureau. The Farm Bureau provides the books free of charge. We will provide the information to the administration at both Pettit Park and Bon Air.

• Project chairpersons:✤ Pizza sale – Dick & Ken will co-chair the project. The date is set for

March 28 from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. Ted will make arrangements with Christ Lutheran Church.

✤ Crew Carwash – Liz will chair this project with Linda assisting. The project will be in May.

• Mid Year Conference Delegates – The conference is in Plainfield on March 14. At this time Dick Harrison and Ted DeGarmo have agreed to be delegates. We can have one more delegate attend.

• International Convention – International is allowing clubs to use up to $290 per attendee from their service accounts to help cover member’s expenses since there are is an increase in the number of educational sessions planned. The entire subject of reimbursement was discussed. More discussion will be held in future meetings.

Where Your Service Projects Money Goes YTD 2019 - 2020

Children Related $ 1,956.91 95.1 %Non-Children Related $ 100.00 4.9 %

Total $ 2,056.91 100.0 %

Outside Community $ 1,956.91 100.0 %Within Community $ 100.00 4.9 %

Total $ 2,056.91 100.0 %

Service Projects Multi-Fiscal Year Totals Service Project Expenditure Totals since 2002-3 $324,131.08Riley Hospital Expenditure Totals Since 2003-3 $154,353.73Scholarships Expenditure Totals Since 2009-10 $ 68,000.00Bake Sale Receipts Totals Since 1993-4 $ 78,636.00

Golden ‘K’ News VOLUME 34 Issue 5 February 1, 2020

Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the children of the world one child and one community at a time

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or with vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. Philippians 2:3-4

Cans & Metals Report (Liz Nielander)

During the month of November, we collected:

Aluminum Cans 327 pounds @ $0.40/pound $130.80 8,913 cans or .70 miles (cans laid end to end) 394.03 miles to date since March 1995 7 members picked up cans (total hours: 44)

Misc. Metals & Donations $ .27 ====== Total Deposited $131.07

Our club has earned $109,241.20 from collecting aluminum cans and miscellaneous metals since March 1995. Thank you to everyone who donates cans, tabs and other recyclable materials, and to our members who pick up cans, maintain our containers and deliver the recyclables to Newlon Metal.

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Kiwanis Clubs of Sycamore North DivisionGovernor - Kevin RowlandLieutenant Governor - James Cole - ElwoodAlexandria - 4H Fairgrounds - Tuesday - 6:00 PMBurlington - Park Building - Alternate Thursdays - 7:30 PMElwood - Opera House Pub - Monday - 6:30 PMKokomo Golden K - Golden Corral - Monday - 12:00Kokomo Metro - West Side Pizza Hut - Monday - 6:00 PMKokomo Noon - Kokomo Country Club - Thursday - 12:00Tipton - Jim Dandy - Wednesday - 6:45 AMSouth Miami County - Peru Interclub - ????

Courtesy During MeetingsAs a common courtesy to our members and guest speakers, please turn off or mute your cell phones. It is very disturbing to have a cell phone ring interrupting the meeting or speaker’s presentation. Another major distraction is members carrying on a loud conversation at their tables.

Save The Date/Mark Your Calendar

Reading @ Petit Park Mar 10 @ 10 & 2

Mid-Yr Conf. Mar 14

Pizza Fundraiser Mar 28

Reading @ Bon Air Apr 21 @ 10 & 2

Kiwanis Int’l Convention (Indy) Jun 18 - 21

HISTORY RETOLDJACK BROCKLEY | DEC 03, 2019

“Lowering clouds drifted darkly over the streets of Detroit that December morning. A thin mist, blowing in from across Lake Erie, filled the air with a cold dampness that streaked the panes of the store windows, many of which already were gay with ribbons and tinsel heralding the approach of Christmas.”That’s the way O. Sam Cummings (above, center) described conditions on December 7, 1914, when Allen Simpson Browne walked through the door of Joseph Prance’s tailor shop and launched a movement that exists today as Kiwanis. Cummings, who was the organization’s first employee — 1918-21 Kiwanis International secretary — wrote but never published a history of the organization in 1952.A bound copy of his typewritten pages has been discovered, and its pages reveal some interesting details about Kiwanis and the people who found it.1: Kiwanis was founded by a couple young men. Both organizer Browne (left) and first member Prance (right) were in their 30s on that momentous day.2: It’s well known that the organization began with the name Benevolent Order Brothers — or BOB — and that some founders did not care to be called Bobs. A new name, Kiwanis, was unanimously accepted, but members were uncertain about how to call themselves. “Kee-wah-ni-ser” and “Kai-wan-is-ser” were suggested.  In May 1917, Kiwanis International President George F. Hixson settled the debate, proclaiming, “Kee-wah nee an” as the correct pronunciation of Kiwanian.3: First club president Donald Johnston realized the importance of social activities to promote fellowship and camaraderie. The insurance salesman organized square dances, at which he acted as the caller and shouted himself hoarse on more than one occasion.4: These days, the Kiwanis name may be confused with the Australian airlines Qantas. But in those early days, it apparently competed with cornflakes and make-up. One night, at a London, Ontario, curling club, a prominent lawyer of the town remarked, “When I first heard of Kiwanis, I thought it must be some sort of new breakfast cereal or maybe a new brand of face powder.”5. Kiwanis’ second club, Cleveland, Ohio, soon developed a keen interest in a hospital for patients suffering from spinal problems, especially bedridden children. The Kiwanians sent to England for a woman experienced in teaching such children and raised funds to establish a training school for young women interested in taking up that kind of service.

Petit Park Reading1/21/20