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Governor Mangino’s Message October’s Been Great! Page 3
Mid-Winter Conference
Foundation Board News Page 10
Save The Dates: March 11 - 13, 2016
Kiwanian
Celebrating What’s Right With The District Page 13
Rocky Mountain
November 2015
The Formula Report Page 19
The Official Publication of the Rocky Mountain District Kiwanis www.RMDKiwanis.com
The RMD Kiwanian Volume 1516 – 001 October 2015
In this Issue
Governor’s Message…………………….3 October’s Been Great!
District Office……………………………5 Thoughts from the Executive Director
Kiwanis Family New
Aktion Club……………………………………….. .. 6
Key Leader @ Windy Peak……………………...... 7
CKI Hosts Presidents Training…………………….. 8
Foundation News………………………10
President’s Letter, Grant Awards
Eliminate Project Fundraiser ………..…12
Kiwanis in Action……………………….13
Fundraisers, Projects & Celebrations throughout the District
The Formula……………………………19
2015 – 2016
District Leadership GOVERNOR Jon Mangino Trinidad CO GOVERNOR-ELECT Kathy Lee Alamosa CO SECRETARY Tom Martinez Jr Colorado Springs CO TREASURER Robert Garretson Fort Collins CO IMMEDIATE PAST GOVERNOR Stephen Plank Colorado Springs CO Lt. Gov Division 1 Lt. Gov Division 2 Michael Keim Ann Stelling Casper WY Greeley CO
Lt. Gov Division 4 Lt. Gov Division 5 Lee Patke Dawn Kocjancic Colorado Springs CO Alamosa CO Lt Gov Division 6 Lt Gov Division 7. Clark Gardner Hayley Suppes Chadron NE Delta CO Lt. Gov Division 8 Lt. Gov Division 9 Joe O’Donnell Maggie Weakley Glenwood Springs CO Arvada CO Lt Gov Division 10 Lt Gov Division 11 Jennet Ballinger Amanda Griffin Dubois WY Brighton CO Lt Gov Division 12 Lt Gov Division 13 Brian Blasi Tim Sheppard Trinidad CO Cheyenne WY Lt Gov Division 14 Lt Gov Division 15 Steve Fairleigh Gail Coombs Littleton CO Denver CO Lt. Gov Division 16 Lt. Gov Division 18 Rob Protzman Fort Collins CO
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Thank you Susan Wiedeman for the photo of the Scottsbluff NE
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2015 – 2016 Governor’s Message
Jon Mangino
I’ve had the pleasure of installing officers at several clubs around our district, as well as attending a “club opening event” in Seattle with Governor-Elect Kathy Lee and Formula Chair LeAnn Zetmeir. The common denominator at each club visit, and with the 80 Kiwanians that gathered in Seattle, is passion for service. I always come away charged after visiting with fellow Kiwanians. That spirit of collaboration with each other is why I feel that we are going to have a great year with the Formula. Your leadership team is hard at work developing a strategy to open more clubs thus increasing our local impact. For more information, be sure to read LeAnn’s letter in this edition of the Kiwanian. Besides the Formula, plans are underway for our Spring Training (Mid-Winter) to be held in March in Fort Collins. We are planning several informative forums planned along with some inspiring guest speakers. Be sure to mark your calendars for March 11 – 13, 2016. We’re also hard at work planning for this year’s district convention in Pueblo. New to District Convention this year will be Oscar night! Oscar categories include most money raised from a fundraiser, most service hours by club and by member, most new members added (by club and by member), best newsletter, best website, most “fun” member, best president, best secretary and best pancake flipper. Keep these Oscar categories in mind as you impact your communities this year. I’m looking forward to celebrating Kiwanis collective impact in August! Thanks for all you do!
Jon
October has been a great month!
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There is a lot happening in the District! And I am so very appreciative to
work with dedicated Kiwanians.
As Mid-Winter, aka “Spring Training” focuses on Kiwanis education, the
event committee is working diligently to develop a full slate of training
breakouts. Based on recent feedback, there will be a variety of breakouts
designed to educate our newer members & incoming officers, and
rejuvenate those of us who are seasoned members.
Kiwanis International moved the RMD Website to a new platform last
month and it could not have happened without Roger Coke’s webmaster
expertise! Every page had to be edited and updated. Please visit and be
sure to let us know if we need to update any information.
While at the webpage, be sure to click the menu item “clubs” and then “map of district clubs”. It will take you to a map of the district with teardrops indicating where the clubs are located. Thank you Rebekah
Romberg, CSU CKI for creating this awesome tool!
Welcome Tom Martinez Jr as the new District Secretary. With your knowledge of Kiwanis, I know you will be a real asset to the District.
Ken Lewis, Pueblo Kiwanis Club is already organizing the District Convention
Golf Tournament. The club is excited about hosting the District Convention
August 4 -7, 2016.
The Foundation Board met October 10, 2015. Congratulations to LeAnn
Zetmeir Board President, Sandra Dahl Vice President, Steve Cooper
Secretary and Brian Blasi Treasurer. As the newly appointed Foundation
Executive Director, I look forward to working with this dedicated group.
Kelly Steck-James & Company are developing a strategy for getting Bert
West elected as Kiwanis International Trustee. Each club has the
opportunity to send two delegates to Kiwanis International Convention
June 23 – 26, 2016. RMD needs a large group of delegates to attend this
meeting to support Bert. Meet Bert here!
Thank you all for your dedication, commitment and enthusiasm as we serve
the children of the Rocky Mountain District and the world!
Yours in Service,
Nancy J Wiehagen
Executive Director 303-462-5148 [email protected]
Hello Rocky Mountain District!
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Carl Shinn, Administrator
RMDK Aktion Clubs
The Northern Colorado Aktion Club at Foothills Gateway met in May to discuss a service project for the upcoming year.
As a group, the club decided to plant a garden for the ‘Plant it Forward Project’ for the Larimer County Food Bank.
What is Plant It Forward?
The Food Bank for Larimer County, in partnership with the Gardens on Spring Creek, launched “Plant It Forward” in 2011 in an effort to increase their local produce donations from backyard gardeners and local farms. Community members have been invited and challenged to plant an extra row in their backyard garden, and as the produce becomes available, to drop it off at either the Food Bank for Larimer County or the Gardens on Spring Creek.
The Aktion Club decided that this is a great way for them to give back to the local community through this amazing project.
Club members cleaned out and prepared a raised bed garden on site and decided on the type of vegetables that they wanted to grow.
Currently, they have tomatoes, tomatillos and zucchini. They are also preparing to plant some radish seeds.
Each meeting, the club takes the opportunity to see the progress of the garden and tend to it. You can see their enthusiasm in these photos!
Thanks to Reni Moreno, Foothills Gateway Program Supervisor and Aktion Club Facility Advisor for submitting this article.
Northern Colorado Aktion Club Garden Project
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Bringing Service Leadership to Teens! By: Barb Fuller, District Key Leader Chair
Windy Peak Key Leader Class of 2015
The Windy Peak Key Leader weekend was perfect in so many ways. We had a full house of 60 students, gorgeous weather, and our Lead Facilitator, Josh Hiscock was dynamic. The room was abuzz with Key Clubbers meeting people from other schools and making friends.
So many people gave their weekend to make Key Leader at Windy Peak a success. A Key Leader weekend needs a dedicated site coordinator,
and Dawn White has done a
masterful job visiting Windy Peak in preparation for our visit.
She was also able to get a sizeable grant from Thrivent Financial to buy snacks. As everyone knows, a group of high school students can eat a lot of snacks. Key Leader only gives us $2.00 per person to purchase snacks for an entire weekend! The Kiwanians who volunteered their weekend to act as chaperones deserve a big
thank you too. Kiwanis chaperones included: Kathy Lee, Ray Kepler, Dawn Ignatius, Lindsey Finklang, Bruce Simmons, and Amanda May. We also enjoyed the company of Circle K Governor
Austin Good.
We really appreciate Kiwanis Clubs who helped pay for the teachers who attended with their students. Some of our schools are requiring a faculty member to attend. This is such a help for Key Clubs with newer advisors. They are able to connect with other advisors and get ideas for working with their clubs. They also got a good idea of the values of Key Club and service leadership. Many Kiwanis Clubs encourage students from their Key Clubs and other school groups to attend. The Key Clubbers, in turn, are excited to return to their clubs with energized leadership. If your Kiwanis Club has not sponsored a student, please consider doing so next fall. Special thanks go to the Kiwanis Clubs who do not directly sponsor a Key Club, but went out of their way to recruit and/or fund students. We will be meeting again on the Western Slope at Roundup River Ranch near Gypsum. We hope to see many more students at Roundup River Ranch on November 6-8!
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KIWANIS FAMILY NEWS
CKI Tamara Smalley
Rocky Mountain District Circle K Event
Coordinator
On behalf of the Rocky Mountain District Circle K, Thank you for providing a grant towards our President’s Retreat. The retreat was hosted September 11th-13th at the YMCA of the Rockies.
The attendance fluctuated on a day-to-day basis with a total of 19 participants, including; 4 International Representatives, RMD Kiwanis Governor, RMD CKI Board and Administrators, and presidents/officers from University of Northern Colorado, Colorado State University, University of Colorado – Boulder, University of Colorado – Pueblo, Colorado School of Mines, and Western Nebraska Community College. Both CU Pueblo and WNCC are both just starting up, so their turnout at this event was phenomenal.
Throughout the course of the weekend, an abundance of information, ideas, and community were shared. Interactive group sessions were ideal for the new forming clubs to hear a variety of ideas from both club and district levels. Friday evening was a time that largely focused on building connections with each other, as having a support system throughout the district is beneficial for the clubs to grow, share ideas, and have contacts and friends to reach out to. That evening, a CKI 101 was provided to benefit especially those starting new clubs, but also as a refresher for those who had already been in CKI.
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Saturday was a day packed full with information and ideas. Key points that were included: Service Projects, Service Partners, Retention, Club Spirit, Ice breakers, among many other great discussions. The International representatives had tremendous advice and suggestions to offer to everyone who attended, with many ideas being new. The collaborative environment of this retreat was a terrific aid in not only educating everyone but also in creating a sense of excitement.
RMD Governor Jon Mangino was
able to attend for a portion of Saturday’s events, and offered great insight as to what is occurring in the Kiwanis Rocky Mountain District, as well as talk about Kiwanis Relations.
Accompanied by Jan Reed and Ray Kepler, they emphasized that Kiwanians want to help and participate with CKI clubs. This was superb encouragement for all of the clubs in attendance.
Witnessing all of the connections and excitement that formed over the course of this weekend was an
incredible experience. The more conversations that took place, the wheels started turning for what
everyone wanted to begin this year. We had some very last minute registrants, such as Western Nebraska
Community College, and based off of this retreat, the president for that club has immense enthusiasm.
Without this retreat, we couldn’t have reached out as successfully to WNCC and CU Pueblo in particular.
Thanks to the grant provided, we were enabled to carry out this retreat and hit the ground running.
Representatives from just 6 of the clubs were able to attend, but those six clubs were able to obtain
valuable information and relationships. Had we expected participants to pay, the impact would have likely
been significantly less, so we again thank you for your generosity and support in allowing for the Rocky
Mountain District CKI President’s Retreat to be a success.
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It is my pleasure to share the exciting and valuable
accomplishments of the Rocky Mountain District Kiwanis
Foundation (RMDKF) that directly benefit the children and young
families of our great Rocky Mountain District.
Our mission is to financially assist the 90 clubs of the Rocky
Mountain District in their effort to promote the Health, Safety
and Welfare of children in their communities. These efforts are
only possible through the generosity of Kiwanians and the
Kiwanis Clubs they represent.
We will continue, for the second year, with the RMDKF’s Board of Directors flagship projects - the
Ronald McDonald Houses of Denver, Aurora, and Colorado Springs and the Rose Hill Hospitality House
in Grand Junction.
These facilities provide a “home away from home” for families of seriously ill or injured children who
receive medical care in a nearby hospital. In addition to providing lodging and meals, the “homes”
provide support for families who need a safe, friendly, inexpensive (often free) and compassionate
place to stay while dealing with a difficult and often costly medical hardship. Kiwanis members join
with the Board in discovering creative ways the Kiwanis membership can volunteer to assist at the
houses. The RMDKF Board contributed a television set for each room at the newly constructed Ronald
McDonald House in Denver. We are financing the remodeling of the kitchen in Colorado Springs at the
Southern Colorado Ronald McDonald House. At the Rose Hill House, Kiwanis sponsored the Rose Hill
Bike Rally where $28,000 was raised to purchase much needed items such as mattresses, bedding and
carpeting.
Our Grant awards are an exciting and very important part of the good work done by the Foundation.
These grants are made possible only through the generosity of Kiwanians and Kiwanis supporters
throughout the Rocky Mountain District. The Foundation Board receives and reviews grant requests
from any club, within the Rocky Mountain District, who requests financial help for a specific service
project. Upon determination that the project meets the guidelines of the Mission of the Foundation,
the grant is often extended to the club. Enjoy reading about each of the grants as they are updated
quarterly in the Kiwanian newsletter.
The Board and I wish to thank each of you, as valued members of the Kiwanis Rocky Mountain
District, for your support of the Rocky Mountain District Kiwanis Foundation. Your love of children and
their families and your generosity, insures the future of Kiwanis throughout the Rocky Mountain
District.
Kiwanians of the RMD have a Heart for Kiwanis - let’s let the world know by celebrating what’s
right with Kiwanis!
ROCKY MOUNTAIN DISTRICT FOUNDATION
LeAnn Zetmeir RMDK Foundation President
ROCKY MOUNTAIN DISTRICT FOUNDATION
Foundation Board Grant Awards
At the October 10, 2015 Foundation Board Meeting, the Rocky Mountain District Kiwanis Foundation
awarded $2,700 in grants.
Southwest Denver Kiwanis Club $1,200: Kiwanis Closet is a program providing
clothes at four elementary schools in Southwest Denver. These clothes are used when children have an “accident” at school. The closet allows the child to change clothes and remain in the classroom, in lieu of a parent coming and taking them from their classroom and missing the lessons.
Lander Kiwanis Club $1,500: The Kiwanis Club of Lander, Wyoming is seeking funds
to upgrade the Northside Park which is a Kiwanis sponsored park. The project consists of painting the ceiling of the shelter, painting the grill area, and pouring a 12x24 concrete slab adjacent to the shelter so families and children can sit in the open on cooler days. The Club plans to apply for a matching grant to provide two picnic tables for this addition. The project will provide additional seating for activities and improve the image of the shelter area. The Kiwanis logo is displayed at the shelter and we want it looking nice. The club is working with an Eagle Scout candidate to assist with the project
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Ten members of the Scottsbluff Kiwanis Club serve
as table crew to package rice and bean meals. The meals were distributed to local food pantries as well as to the local backpack program in area schools. Each packaged meal provides six servings and it was estimated 500-600 local children will benefit from the meals over the course of the next year.
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DIVISION 4 PIKES PEAK RAISES FUNDS FOR ELMINATE PROJECT
Successful Flapjack breakfast at Applebee's, 495 Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs on the morning of
Saturday, October 3rd. For the second year in a row we as Division 4 Pikes Peak Region Kiwanians, Rocky
Mountain District are able to send Kiwanis International Foundation over $2,500.00 to support Kiwanis / UNICEF
maternal/neonatal tetanus Eliminate Project (1436 babies and mothers saved from tetanus)!
What really made it a successful event was Applebee's was able to serve 232 breakfast (104 more than last
year), the majority to foster children and their families which we "piggy backed" on our ticket sales to support a
local charitable organization, Fostering Hope Foundation. We greatly appreciate the support we received from
the Colorado Springs Executive Association members!
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The Steamboat Kiwanis Club annual "Help the
Visiting Nurses Association" which is catching the rubber duckies that are sold for $10 apiece as a fundraiser for the VNA. The Steamboat Club has been doing this project for over 25 years. “We get nothing monetarily, just the satisfaction of helping VNA, which is an important part of our community” -- Johanna Russell, Club Secretary
South Denver Kiwanis Club and Colorado Feeding Kids recently managed a food packaging event with 600 volunteers and 150,000 meals were packed.
Here Ducky… Ducky!
Boulder Golden Nuggets Honors Longtime Members
Arlene Devore
Charter Member
Jess Kadel Charter Member
Dottie Imel 29 Years
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Governor Jon Mangino & Governor-Elect Kathy Lee visit Durango!
September 16 – 17, 2015, Governor Jon Mangino, Governor-Elect Kathy Lee and Executive Director Nancy Wiehagen visited Durango Kiwanis Club. Coinciding with the club’s Pancake Fundraiser, they presented Lt. Governor Steve Schalagter his Certificate of Appreciation, helped serve pancakes and toured the new Kiwanis Pavilion at the Durango Whitewater Park. Serving pancakes all day, this year’s event raised the most money ever.
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George Chandler board member, Marv Van Peursem Secretary, Gerry Mueller Treasurer, Skip Patience, President, Marilyn Sickmon President elect, Emily Archuleta board member, Chris Skultety Past President, Ray Allison Assistant Treasurer, Ken White board member, Becky Everitt board member, Marja-Liisa Smith, board member, Amanda Griffin, Lt. Governor Division 11
Longmont Kiwanis Club Installation Luncheon
Longmont Kiwanis Club officers and Board members installed at the October 9, 2015 luncheon at
the St. Vrain Valley School District Career Development Center. Culinary Arts Program high school students prepared and served the luncheon as they do for two luncheons annually
ATTENTION PRESIDENT-ELECTS & VICE PRESIDENTS!
Officers Training at Mid-Winter Conference March 11 – 13, 2016
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The Columbine Kiwanis Club, with Sandy Legge as Project Leader, started a program called Family Care Kits. When patients arrive at Littleton Adventist Hospital in an emergency situation, accompanying family members are often unprepared. Our club has filled the gap by providing family members with “Family Care Kits.” Included items are: water, tooth brush, tooth paste, puzzle, pens, and snacks. We include a card from us telling family members who provided items and inviting them to come for a free breakfast. Sandy lets the club know when she needs supplies through our email blast, newsletter, and announcements at the meeting. She provides a list of items needed. Members bring the items to the meeting and we have a work session assembling the bags. Typically we deliver 60 Kits, and always receive a nice thank you letter from the nursing staff.
COLUMBINE KIWANIS CLUB FAMILY CARE KITS PROJECT
L-R: Sandy Legge, Family Care Kit Project Leader, and Dawn McEwen, Columbine Kiwanis President, being awarded
special recognition at the 2014 “Good News Breakfast” by Mark Smiley, Chair Good News Coalition.
Columbine Kiwanis Members preparing Family Care Kids
On Saturday October 31, 2015 the Fort Collins Eyeopeners, CSU CKI, Denver Tech Center & South Denver Kiwanis Clubs participated in the Colorado Feeding Kids packaging service project. Joining forces with other service-minded individuals, the 100 volunteers packaged 31,000 meals.
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CREATION Camp Teaches Wellness and Was Fun for Everyone CREATION (Choice, Rest, Environment, Activity, Trust, Interpersonal, Outlook, and Nutrition) Camp is a Castle Rock Adventist Hospital program to expose kids to 8 principals that will lead to a healthier, happier life. The inaugural Camp was held Monday, August 10 thru Thursday, August 14.
The Camp is a partnership between Castle Rock Adventist Hospital (CRAH) and Kiwanis Club of Castle Rock (KCCR). David Martinez, CRAH Chaplin along with Lauren and Joe Schmitt of KCCR who were the
principal organizers of the 4 evening camp. KCCR donated $5,150 to get launch the program. Volunteers from both CRAH and KCCR provided the feet on the ground support. CREATION Wellness is a program supported by CRAH to help kids have fun learning about healthy choices. The Camp is a free 4-evening event for children ages 6-12. The structure of the camp is to break the kids up into teams identified by various colored T-shirts. Each evening the kids gather as a whole and are taught the CREATION principals they will work on that evening. They also sing songs and receive a pep talk by the “coach” for the first 10 minute segment. The kids then move through 5 stations as teams. The stations are food, health, games, crafts and Bible. The kids spend 10 minutes at each station where the principals of the day are stressed in activities. The end of evening concluded with a recap of the principals for the day, a song and a prayer. All involved enjoyed the experience and are beginning to prepare for next year’s camp. It is anticipated to be bigger and better.
Joe puts more than his heart and soul in the CREATION Wellness program
A rainbow after a rain provided a little inspiration
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Golden Kiwanis Club Raises a Glass for
Scholarships
On September 19, 2015, the Golden Kiwanis Club held a fundraising
event to raise funds for Golden High School scholarship recipient.
The Calvary Church in Golden, was a lovely venue for a wine tasting.
The Clear Creek Jazz entertained at the live & silent auctions, and during the wine tasting.
Noah, from Golden Moon Speak, served special tastes of whiskeys and absinthe! Tasty treats were prepared by Golden's Dagotto's Italian Bistro.
The Formula with a Heart for Kiwanis
LeAnn Zetmeir RMD Formula Chair
The Rocky Mountain District Kiwanians understand that at the Heart of everything we do, it’s the children and youth of our communities and the world that is Kiwanis.
In 2012 the leadership of the Rocky Mountain District introduced a new culture, “Celebrate What’s Right with Kiwanis.” The Heart of Kiwanis was born as a member driven initiative. It encourages Kiwanians to take a serious look at their current service projects.
Do the projects continue to have an impact in your community? Are you reaching the right audience? Are projects relevant to the needs of your community? The Heart of Kiwanis encourages Kiwanians to use the five member-developed themes to find a new project that might enhance a club’s position in their community. The membership was offered a simple and meaningful tool, “The Plan of Action” which focused on utilizing one of the five themes: Fun, Service, Action, Relationships and Inclusiveness.
In 2013, Kiwanis International created a 5-year plan called The Formula - Love it. Live it. Share it. The Formula is a member based initiative which focuses on what you Love about Kiwanis, Share it with great stories and experiences, and Live it through being the spark that improves lives. Live Kiwanis out loud! The Formula is designed to open new clubs through member involvement and to strengthen struggling clubs through conversation with their Lt Governor and Club Counselor. Lt Governors and Club Counselors are Kiwanians who love Kiwanis, and have a passion to listen and ask questions that are designed to be coaching, not telling. The Formula is working in areas that have actively embraced it.
Overall, during the 2014-2015 administrative year the Kiwanis organization lost 2.37% membership in North America and the Caribbean. Kiwanians opened 208 new clubs, the highest number in the past 10 years. The Service Leadership Programs such Key Club, Aktion Club, and K-Kids once again broke membership records. We increased our associate memberships among Key Club and Circle Alumni. Unfortunately, the Rocky Mountain District was one of the two least best districts with a loss of 5.7% membership.
We have heart, we have resources and we have Kiwanians willing to commit and ready to serve. We can and we will do better during the 2015-2016 administrative year!
If you have a Heart for Kiwanis and would like to learn more about the Rocky Mountain District’s plan for opening and strengthening Kiwanis clubs, or joining the team, please contact me. My email is [email protected] and my phone number is 970.260.7209.
We need every member to commit to strengthen their club. The opportunity to serve is a gift and it is you the member that can offer that gift.
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