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Our
permanent goal is to help underprivileged children improve the quality
of their lives. Officers:
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The Kiwanis
Club of Greater
Lawrence Internationally Recognized Distinguished Club 2003-2004 The
Kiwanis Weekly Newsletter May
10,
2012
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Kiwanis
is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world
one child and one community at a time.
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Attractions:
Thursday, May 17 Club business 12:15 p.m. Friday, May 18 Reading at the Hennessey School Tuesday, May 22 Meeting of the Board at Ironstone Farm Wednesday, May 23 Youth Summit at the Eagle Tribune, sponsored by Kiwanis Conference begins at 8:30 a.m., Kiwanis convenes for lunch and presentation at 12:15 p.m. Thursday, May 24 Author Leon White will speak about golf poetry 12:15 p.m. Congratulations to Neil and Rebecca Fater on the forthcoming birth of a third child. Mike DeLuca briefed the club about the $10,000 raffle that the club will conduct this summer. Tickets will be available soon. The price is $100 for each. When we read to the children at Leahy on Tuesday, one of our books was entitled My Butterfly. Upon entering the kindergarten classrooms, we discovered that the children had been studying and raising butterflies. The knew more about the development of the caterpillar into the butterfly than the book described, and they were delighted to share and display their knowledge. Amazing! We have learned recently that the best way for you to have your ticket drawn is to buy the ticket(s) and then leave the meeting before the drawing. First, there was Norm (the lucky winner) and then Linda this past week (not so lucky, the five of diamonds). |
Kiwanis is renown for its successful campaign, in partnership with UNICEF, in eliminating iodine deficiency throughout the world in the 1990's. Now we are embarked on a similar campaign to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus. Nearly 100,000 mothers and babies in 38 countries around the world die needless deaths each and every year because they do not have access to tetanus shots. Babies are born in poor, unclean spaces and rampant tetanus can spread easily through the umbilical cord that is often cut with an unclean knife. A series of three inoculations costing a total of $1.80 will protect these mothers from tetanus and will pass on the immunity to their unborn children until they too can be inoculated. Tetanus is a disease that can be stopped completely, if only the shots can make it into the remote and undeveloped areas where the disease is still very prevalent. The campaign is well underway but far from completed. The target date for completion is 2015. We can and will do our share to help. This is a special campaign beyond our normal giving to Kiwanis International. WE WILL BE HEARING MORE AND ACTING DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.
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Joseph Balkoski, Deedee's cousin, addressed the club on the subject of the 29th Infantry Division, U.S. Army, and their experiences during the Second World War. Joe is an historian and author of several books on the Division, including Beyond the Beachhead: The 29th Infantry Division in Normandy, Omaha Beach, and From Brittany to Britain. His next book will be entitled Who Will Heal Our Tortured Souls? scheduled for publication in November. His central theme has been to describe and share the reality of what the men endured. He believes it is his duty to tell the story and to thereby share for all in his writing the intense bonding of the men. On the beaches of Normandy were some 10,000 American troops, an inordinate number from the 29th. The Division saw intense action throughout France and later into Germany. Joe added: "People who forget the past will always be children of the future." The legacy includes that we should always be proud of what they accomplished in their sacrifices. Sleep comrades, forever young, we salute you.
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“The Objects of Kiwanis
International” 1.
To give primacy to the human and spiritual rather than the
material values of life. 2.
To encourage the daily living of the Golden Rule in all human
relationships 3.
To promote the adoption and the application of higher social,
business, and professional standards. 4.
To develop, by precept and example, a more intelligent,
aggressive, and serviceable citizenship. 5.
To provide, though Kiwanis clubs, a practical means to form
enduring friendships, to render altruistic service, and to build better
communities. 6.
To cooperate in creating and maintaining that sound public
opinion and high idealism which make possible the increase of
righteousness, justice, patriotism, and goodwill.
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