| Coming Events:
Thursday, May 16 Leslie
Costello, Essex Art Center; purchases of Scrip for the
Eliminate Project
Friday, May 17 Reading
at the Hennessey School; Board meeting at Ironstone
Farm at noon.
Thursday, May 23 Chamber event.
Tuesday June 4 Youth Summit; Club will meet there
instead of at the Lanam Club on June 6
Thursday June 13 Visit by Lieutenant Governor Dan Bennett
and Lieutenant Governor Elect Nathan Webster.
At the luncheon business meeting, the Club
decided to use the minimum of twenty for lunch to set a
mutually agreeable financial limit with the Lanam Club.
During July, August and September a minimum of fifteen would
be better.
There will be no guest speakers for the
summer, only selected Kiwanians discussing their personal
subjects.
To keep membership viable, the Club has
decided to keep our financial and participatory expectations
for members to a minimum.
Since Ed Hart cannot manage the Bike Rodeo
this Spring, the Club decided to do one in the Fall.
Linda Firth, Colleen Coco and Celeste Begley will run it for
the Club.
The Youth Summit will be held June Fourth at
New Balance. We will move our Thursday meeting to that
Tuesday to participate.
Jeff Shank led the rest of the discussion,
focusing upon what was and what could the Fabulous Feast of
the future:
He stated when we added more, we did better --
more food services, better scheduling, a productive online
bidding and check out system, sending the children to camp
with honorees creating a healthy synergy, importance of the
Kiwanians being present and communicating with the guests,
having the event in April rather than in February, producing
more funds for community service.
A survey about the Feast was distributed for
members ideas. Return expected by next week.
Needed in the future is a better spreading out
of the workload. The Feast is labor intensive.
Should we partner with another service
organization to lighten the workload?
The question whether we should continue an
auction was raised. Would we raise more money if we
devoted the auction space to fifteen more tables? The
counter to that is many people come to participate in the
auctions.
Should the Club assign members to specific
tasks, thereby avoiding the procrastination of volunteer
response.
It was noted that 26 of the 46 members come to
the meetings when they can; the other twenty support the Club
financially but will come to a meeting seldom.
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HENNESSEY SCHOOL STUDENT OF THE YEAR
Valeska Villa
is a wonderful first grader.
She has attended the
James
F.
Hennessey
School
since she was in Preschool.
The pride she feels for her school and teachers is
evident every day. Without
fail, she always has a friendly smile and a warm greeting
for all her teachers, past and present.
When I
met Valeska at the beginning of the school year, I was
quite impressed with her pleasant personality and kind
manner. She
always took the time to be a “good friend” to her
classmates. As
the school year progressed, Valeska became a role model
for her friends and always encouraged them to make the
right choices, as she did.
Valeska loves school and always does her best. Her “enthusiasm
for learning” is contagious. She puts forth her
best efforts into every activity and project she attempts. Because of this,
she always achieves success with pride.
She is
also a very responsible team leader in that she makes sure
her team has everything they need to start their day with
confidence.
Valeska
is a sweet girl who has a “giving heart” and is always
there to help out a friend and her teachers without
hesitation.
I am especially proud of Valeska when she takes the
time to explain how to play a Math game to a friend or
when she reads her favorite story to Ms. Horton’s
Kindergarten class. No
matter what is asked of her, she “happily” accepts the
challenge and “readily” does the job. This generous
quality makes her a very “special” person.
It is such a pleasure to teach and work with such a
conscientious student.
I am proud to nominate Valeska Villa for the
Kiwanis Student of the Year!"
--
Principal Judy Alaimo
They were
accompanied by her mother, Maria Flores, and her first
grade teacher, Rosemary Godfrey.
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If any one of us is registered on the Scrips
site before May 20 then he or she can go online that
day and participate in a bonanza purchase. Read more here.
Read about the challenge
that the Key Clubs throughout the United States offer to us
all before June 15.
"Last year Kiwanis Day
at the Fisher Cats raised in excess of $1600.00 for the
Eliminate Project and saved 911 lives.
This year Kiwanis Day is
Sunday July 28 at 1:35 pm and the tickets are only $10 with
$4.00 being donated to The Eliminate Project.
I am asking your club to
consider buying a minimum of 10 tickets to either raffle off
to your members, donate to a local Boys and Girls Club, YMCA
or other.
Your club will get credit
to The Eliminate Project and it will count towards your
pledge."
... Dan Bennett
Valeska's lucky ticket was
drawn but her only reward was the ten of spades. Her big
day was still a huge success anyway.
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saving the world one
child one community at a time.
