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

Kiwanis Kapers Official publication of the Kiwanis Club of Fountain Hills, AZ

October 2012

Banquet Bash Membership celebrates past year and looking ahead

Your 2012-13

Board of

Directors:

Ed Kehe

President

Mike Scharnow

President-Elect

Alan Roselieb

Vice President

Bud Fuls

Treasurer

Walt Dunne

Asst. Treasurer

Betty Pantuso

Secretary

Phyllis Horan

Asst. Secretary

Dr. C.T. Wright

Past President

Margaret Beach

(2013)

Dale Schultz (2013)

Tom Campbell (2014)

Jon Geller (2014)

Bruce Hansen (2015)

Larry Spade (2015)

Directors

The incoming board and officers were installed by Lt. Gov. Dawn Leeper (center, turquoise shirt).

Incoming club President Ed Kehe, left, was

named Noon Kiwanian of the Year, while

incoming President-Elect Mike Scharnow

was awarded the Hixson Fellow Award.

Former club President Paul Smith, right,

presented a $1,000 check to the Noon Ki-

wanis Club on behalf of the Allstate Insur-

ance Foundation as part of a grant program

administered by the group.

It was a warm but festive occasion as the Noon

Kiwanis Club of Fountain Hills gathered Sept. 21

at SunRidge Canyon for its 39th annual installa-

tion of officers and directors for the 2012-13

year.

Lt. Governor Dawn Leeper presided over the

induction ceremonies, thanking Dr. C.T. Wright

for his year of service as club president and wel-

coming Ed Kehe as the club’s new president.

C.T. acknowledged everyone who helped make

this past year such a success for the club.

As part of the festivities, C.T. presented Mike

with the Hixson Award, named after Kiwanis

International’s first president, George Hixson.

The $1,000 given by the club to Kiwanis Interna-

tional Foundation was earmarked for the Elimi-

nate campaign. Ed was then presented the

“Noon Kiwanian of the Year” award for all his

hard work with coordinating the annual charita-

ble fundraisers along with organizing a trailer

committee that procured a support trailer to

assist at major food fundraisers.

Outgoing Director Donna Yordy, a former club

president and lieutenant governor, was thanked

for her dedicated service, while new directors

Bruce Hansen and Larry Spade started their new

three-year terms. Other awards and certificates

were given out for perfect attendance and chair-

ing various efforts through the year.

Ed said the club is in the middle of a revitaliza-

tion effort and invited everyone to the year’s

first regular luncheon meeting on Thursday,

Oct. 4, at the Fountain Hills Community Center.

A WORD FROM PRESIDENT ED KEHE:

The new year awaits!

As a new Kiwanis year begins, it is appropriate to thank C.T. Wright for his service as club president, as well as the two years he spent in preparation for that office, first as vice-president, then as president-elect. His was to be the first year of a three year plan to re-energize our club, and we are on target.

Consider that in 2011-2012 our members took tangible steps to "change the world one child and one com-munity at a time" by rolling up their collective sleeves in hands-on efforts, as well as providing financial sup-port of almost $15,000 for more than 25 charitable youth and community programs.

These ranged from scholarships to bicycles for "Terrific Kids," to blood drives, to food bank donations, to assisting the elderly in need, to clothing and shoes for the poor across the border, to youth theater, to school mentoring, to water for the homeless, to serving a meal at Ronald McDonald House, to packing weekend lunches for school kids who might otherwise go hungry, to high school music programs .... and more. Mind boggling in scope and impact!

In October we will return to the Community Center by popular demand. Dale and crew should have our auxiliary food trailer operational by the end of the month. Mike will be prepping for our "Halloween on the Avenue" food concession; he will also continue to produce our award-winning newsletter. Al takes over as program coordinator and major domo of community outreach. Each will be looking for volunteers. During the first month we will also extend our Pacesetter program to the middle school, recognizing out-standing students there as well as at the high school. Members will have the opportunity to evaluate where we've been and where we're headed in a revised member survey last done three years ago. We have up-graded our communication efforts by subscribing to a computer-based Club Management System through Kiwanis International.

At the outset of 2012-2013, the Kiwanis Club of Fountain Hills received recognition in the form of a major grant of $1,000 from the Allstate Foundation through the auspices of former club President Paul Smith. That will give us a jump start this year in engaging our members in the continuation and expansion of our service activities, in raising the funds necessary for support, and in having fun and enjoying fellowship in the process.

We can be proud to call ourselves "Kiwanians."

Page 2 Kiwanis kapers

Dr. C.T. Wright, left, is thanked by

new club President Ed Kehe for his

dedicated service this past year and

gave him a departing gift, a plaque

from Kiwanis indicating his tenure as

club president for the 2011-12 year.

Kiwanis kapers Page 3

Day of Play/Day for Kids The local Kiwanis family, Town of

Fountain Hills and the Greater Scotts-

dale Boys & Girls Club, McKee

Branch, teamed up to offer Day of

Play and Day for Kids on Saturday,

Sept. 15.

Organized by President-Elect Mike

Scharnow, all Kiwanis groups in

Fountain Hills participated, including

the Noon Kiwanis, Sunset Kiwanis, K-

Kids/Builders Club and the high

school Key Club. The Town of Foun-

tain Hills helped sponsor the event,

and the Boys & Girls Club hosted

activities for the first time.

More than 100 people participated

in the event, as they were asked to

rotate among five “play stations” set

up around town.

“To me, this is an awesome service

project because we get to involve all

groups within the Kiwanis family and

we partner with the town and the

Boys & Girls Club,” Scharnow said.

“The best part is our Kiwanians get to

interact with local parents and their

children. We had a great time play-

ing with the kids at the Community

Center.

“And I know other groups had good

responses at their respective play

stations. I had many parents tell me

how appreciative they were of us

offering something like this.”

These girls got into the cheer spirit.

Noon Kiwanis board member Larry Spade got floor level and interacted with this boy.

Girls play with puppets

at the puppet stage, left,

while Kiwanians J.W.

Clarkson and Larry

Spade play with a para-

chute along with kids at

the Community Center.

Page 4 Kiwanis kapers

Oktoberfest was wunderbar! For the first time ever, the Noon

Kiwanis Club participated in the

recent Oktoberfest held at Foun-

tain Park. It is sponsored by the

Southwest German Society with

support by the Town of Fountain

Hills, but our club was contacted

to provide certain food items for

the German-themed festival.

We sold popcorn, cotton candy

and pickles. While final numbers

aren’t yet available, we probably

made more than $500 for our ef-

forts. Ideas have been suggested

for improvements next year, but

“the rules” are determined by the

German Society. We were grate-

ful for the opportunity to partici-

pate at this level and we’ll see

where it leads in the future.

Children (and a few adults) par-

ticularly enjoyed our delicious

cotton candy.

Phyllis Horan manned the popcorn machine both Friday and Saturday evenings at the festival.

Alexis Mercado came back for seconds after thoroughly en-

joying the first cotton candy provided by our club. Saturday

evening was much busier than the Friday night crowd, which

also featured the Homecoming football game.

Our next fundraiser: Halloween

Halloween in the Hills will be

held on Avenue of the Fountains

Wednesday, Oct. 31, from 5 to 8

p.m.

We hope to debut our new as-

sist trailer at this function and

offer a limited menu of hamburg-

ers, hot dogs and snack items

along with refreshments. We will

likely be the only food vendor at

the event and are hoping families

show up hungry and won’t eat

dinner before coming down to

the Avenue.

Local merchants will have a

variety of booths and games

available for the kids, along with

plenty of candy.

We’re hoping members volun-

teer for this spooky assignment!

Al Roselieb models the new

Noon Kiwanis T-shirts at the

Oktoberfest function.

New T-shirts Golden-colored Noon

Kiwanis T-shirts are now

available for purchase for

only $10 to members.

They made their debut at

the recent Oktoberfest

and were a big hit. They

will help create identity in

the community and can

be worn at fundraisers

and service projects.

Page 5 Kiwanis kapers

Message from the Governor

Kiwanis Gov. Jim Courtright

My Fellow Kiwanians,

I'd like to share a bit about my vision and focus for our upcoming year. As

Kiwanis members, we have a mission - we have a purpose - and with

clear goals, we will make a difference.

We MUST revitalize existing clubs by providing the very best Kiwanis ex-

perience for our membership. This includes improving our leadership

potential by participating in high quality education programs.

We NEED to provide new opportunities for service within our existing

clubs and through the implementation of our new membership and new

club design initiatives.

We NEED to develop partnerships with other volunteer organizations and

businesses throughout the Kiwanis world that share our vision and mission.

We MUST mentor our youth and adult leaders through our Service Leadership programs. They are our

greatest success story. They are our future members.

And we MUST expand our support for those in need by increasing our Kiwanis International Foundation

and the Southwest District Kiwanis Foundation endowment.

We can only accomplish this when every member takes responsibility for the success of Kiwanis. We

must make each member a key member of our Kiwanis team. Clubs are depending on each of us to

share what we have learned, to cast Kiwanis' vision, to spread our excitement and put into motion a mo-

mentum of contagious enthusiasm that will result in a lasting legacy of service.

As Mother Teresa said, "Nothing is impossible if you have a willing heart." Kiwanians, we have a willing

heart and, together, we can accomplish these goals, one community, one club, and one member at a

time. You have to "Make Time to Make a Difference," "Relevant Service will cause Growth" and you have

to "Imagine, Believe and then you will Achieve."

Golf foursome raffle SunRidge Canyon Golf Club is hosting a “Charity Chop” tournament

Monday, Dec. 10, to benefit local charities. The Noon Kiwanis Club has

been a given a free foursome worth more than $500 that we’ve decided

to raffle off to some lucky winner. The foursome includes golf, tee gifts,

prizes and lunch at SunRidge Canyon.

We are selling raffle tickets at $5 each or three for $10. So far, sales

have not been as hot as that flattop grill in our cook trailer, but Presi-

dent-Elect Mike Scharnow is hopeful that membership will get behind

this effort and sell some raffle tickets. Whatever we sell is “pure profit”

for the club’s charitable fund — there are no overhead costs or ex-

penses on our part.

Mike has extra tickets available. The drawing will be held Friday,

Nov. 23, and the winner need not be present to win. Let’s support this

fundraiser that doesn’t take much time and help our causes!

Page 6 Kiwanis kapers

Page 7 Kiwanis kapers

Kiwanis SW District — The Eliminate Project

October 4 President’s Day; looking ahead to new year

October 11 Susan Carland, outreach coordinator of Helen’s Hope Chest

October 12-14 Kamp Kiwanis work detail near Gallup, N.M.

October 14 Tour de Scottsdale water station

October 18 Dr. Jay Cory, president & CEO of Phoenix Rescue Mission

October 25 NO MEETING

October 27 Make a Difference Day

October 28 Provide meal for Ronald McDonald House (Roanoke)

October 31 Food booth at Halloween in the Hills on the Avenue

October 2012 Calendar

Page 8 Kiwanis kapers

Donna Yordy has announced that plans are being made for our ninth annual

Breakfast with Santa. The breakfast is scheduled for 9 a.m.

Saturday, Dec. 1, at the Community Center. Tickets are still $7 per person. This tradition has always been one of our club’s favorite projects for the children in our community. Santa will need lots of elves for this festive project, so please put the date on your calendars. There will be a few changes this year. Dr. Liz Smith has agreed to chair the event, and Donna will be her assistant. There also will be a PayPal account set up so parents will have the option of purchasing their tickets online. The Community Center will be decked out for the season, including the always popular train display in the lobby. Be there with bells on!

Blood Drive A total of 132 units of blood were collected during the last blood drive held Aug.

31 and Sept. 1. Dr. Liz Smith was out of town for that blood drive, so Paul Appeldorn

did the bulk of the work those two days, although Liz’s husband, Paul, did help out.

Others who volunteered for the drive were Jo Nelson, Betty Pantuso, Pat Mahin, Ed

Cohen, Jon Geller (posters), Margaret Beach, Donna Yordy and Chris Brant.

The next community blood drive has been scheduled for Friday and Saturday,

Nov. 16-17. Those who are regular donors are encouraged to sign up now, and

don’t forget to recruit a friend or two. Donating blood saves lives!