Kids Need Kiwanis
Serving the Children of the World| Issue 4|April 2022
Picking Up Trash with the Key Club on the Sherwood H.S. Campus
Inside: - Club Social
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
- Mt. Hood Kiwanis Camp - Key Club News - And much MORE!
A Message from the Club President By George Deibert Spring is here and we are in the midst of a fundraiser; and we are also continuing our hands-on project volunteering. The fundraiser is based on a present of corporate gift cards from a dedicated member, Versie Meyer. We’re half-way to our goal of turning them all into $dollars$ for Mt. Hood Kiwanis Camp. Thank you, members, for your work on this! Meanwhile, we remain dedicated to the Packed With Pride and Good Neighbor Center organizations, with our food–related efforts to help their missions. I’m hopeful we can continue this work throughout the spring and summer seasons. If you haven’t been to a club meeting in a while, please try to set aside a Wednesday lunchtime to join us.
… to George, our Club President. He is an inspiration to all of us!
Table of Contents
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Message from the President Board News Good Neighbor Center Packed with Pride Club Social Mt. Hood Kiwanis Camp Club News Division News Key Club Spring Forward Contact Us Don’t Wait
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By Sue Cummins No organization can function well without dedicated leadership. In the Kiwanis world, elections for a new Board occur in the Spring of every year. It’s that time, again. We have so much to be thankful for… as George and the others on our Board have excellently served us two years in a row. But now, it is time for “the changing of the guard”! Positions that are currently vacant for the 2022-23 year are President, President-Elect, Vice President and Secretary. The Kiwanis service year for the 2022-23 term will begin on October 1st. With so many positions open, and only a small group of dedicated members, it may be difficult to fill these positions, especially since some of us may feel inadequate to performing these crucial jobs! But, we can’t continue to ask the same people, who have already served us so diligently, to do them… again! So, what is the solution? I am not sure, but I think it might be for us to, “think outside the box.” For example, maybe we need to have two people serve as Co-Presidents. The position might feel less daunting to members if they share the role. Or maybe we need to eliminate the Vice Presidency, giving us one less position to fill. Or maybe we need to figure out ways to increase our membership numbers, thereby enlarging our pool of potential officers. Whatever we do, it may require change from the way we have been operating. Meanwhile, we’ve got an upcoming election to run, with a need for volunteers willing to take on some of our more crucial officer roles! So, what’s it going to be? Can you see yourself stepping up to one of those important leadership roles that are currently vacant? Can you see yourself giving it a try, even though it may seem like something you can’t envision being comfortable doing? Here is a quote that seems to be apropos, “You have to remain positive and just try your best and part of that is doing things that continually surprise people, including yourself.” (Yasmin Paige). We hope to determine the new officer positions by the beginning of May. Anyone interested in a particular position should notify George at: georgedeibert@gmail.com.
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A Tribute to Dick Freer
Good Neighbor Center
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By Robert Bell For over 25 years, our club has been providing meals each month at the Good Neighbor Center in Tigard, (which provides temporary residence and meals for homeless families with children). Dick Freer has been very involved in the planning and preparation of those meals for over 20 years. Tigard Kiwanis member Bruce Kaiser first got our club into preparing meals for the Good Neighbor Center. About 10 years ago Bruce began to slow down and Dick became more involved in the planning and preparation of the meals. For the last several years, Dick has been our club’s leader in planning and preparing two meals each month at the Good Neighbor Center. Twice each month Dick plans a dinner of spaghetti and meatballs for between 30-40 people residing at the Good Neighbor Center. Several of our club members are also involved in obtaining salads, bread and veggies for the meal, and in preparing the meals at the Center. Also, for the last several years, Sherwood High School Key Clubbers have worked with our Kiwanis members in preparing one meal a month at the Good Neighbor Center.
Packed with Pride Packed with Pride is celebrating its 2-year anniversary! Here is some information about the program that the staff recently shared with us.
By Mary Lewis At Packed With Pride, the staff and crew thank all the Kiwanis helpers, (members, spouses, and friends), who pick up supplies at Winco, (and sometimes other locations), and then deliver, weigh, and process those donations twice a week. Our efforts help ensure that family food boxes are ready every other Wednesday afternoon outside the original Tigard High School cafeteria.
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By Frank Morehouse Versie Meyer invited the club to a social at the Courtyard Village Retirement Center on the fifth Wednesday of March, (March 30, 2022). It worked very nicely in replacement of a typical Wednesday meeting at the brewpub. Ten members and three guests attended the event. Lunch was good, but it was delayed, due to limited on-site staffing issues. The delay in getting lunch created an opportunity to socialize, which we all appreciated. One, “funny to us, but maybe not to Bill”, thing happened. He locked his keys in his car. To get the door open, his wife, Barbara responded, and ended up joining our social! What an unexpected, but nice addition!
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Message from the Executive Director of the Mt. Hood Kiwanis Camp
By Dave McDonald, Executive Director We’re excited for the return to full summer camp operations in 2022, gathering together and cutting loose a little as the pandemic eases! State regulators have approved MHKC’s re-opening plan so we’re looking forward to a camp full of campers, counselors and staff this summer. Registration and enrollment for 2022 summer camp is underway. MHKC’s Gala & Auction is an in-person and online event this year! Live from the Meteor Lounge in the Youth Music Project in West Linn, Friday April 22 nd. Those attending in-person will be in the live studio audience for the streamed event hosted by KGW News Channel 8’s Art Edwards and the always entertaining Dale Johannes. We’re still looking for sponsors and interesting items for Camp supporters to bid on, so let us know if you’d like to support this MHKC fundraiser
For the Gala, doors open online at 5:00, with the free live action starting at 6:30 p.m. The in-person VIP event begins at 5:30 where you can be in the live audience. (Tickets are $150 per seat). COVID-19 mitigation efforts will be in place during this event. Attendees are required to be vaccinated and vaccination cards will be checked at the door. Masks are required.
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New Year’s Eve Party
MT. HOOD KIWANIS CAMP
Since 1933, MHKC has partnered with the US Forest Service to help empower children and adults with disabilities through overnight, outdoor, recreational programming. They offer eightweek-long sessions of residential summer camp, two winter retreats and a family camp at their site in the Mt. Hood National Forest.
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Celebrating their 88th Camp year, Mt. Hood Kiwanis Camp offers a traditional overnight camp experience for children children and andadults adultswith with developmental developmental disabilities. disabilities. Located on 22 acres on picturesque Mt. Hood, Oregon, MHKC is committed to providing recreational opportunities through quality adaptive adaptive programming, programming,small small camper to counselor ratio groups, and highly trained and experienced staff. Campers get to explore many activities while at camp including: horseback hiking, zipline, zipline,climbing climbingwall, wall,high high adventure elements, flying squirrel, rock wall, stream riding, hiking, adventure crossing, swimming, elements, flying fishing, squirrel, arts and rockcrafts, wall, stream recreation, cookouts, campfires, adaptive biking, white water rafting, outdoor living skills, and other activities.
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VERSIE’S CARD FUNDRAISER Our sincere thanks go to Versie Meyer who purchased, and then donated approximately $1000 worth of gift cards to the club! We are using these cards to help raise funds for The Mt. Hood Kiwanis Camp. We plan on donating what we raise to the Red Carpet Gala fundraiser.
What did Versie donate? Card Description Elmer’s Papa Murphy’s Pizza HoneyBaked Ham Ross Dress For Less Safeway/Albertsons Kaady Car Wash T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, Homegoods, Sierra Trading Post ✓ See’s Candies – 1 lb. box @ store ✓ Al’s Garden Center – Happy Birthday ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
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$5 $10 $25 $25 $100 $10 $25
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Members are being asked to find buyers for each of these items. The goal is to raise $1000. Anyone wishing to buy one or more items should contact George at: georgedeibert@gmail.com.
Everyone is invited to attend our April 6th club meeting to hear Skye Burns speak about the Mt. Hood Kiwanis Camp. At the March Board meeting our officers voted to give Skye a check when she visits us. She has also asked for donations of bottles of wine, ($20 or more value), for auctioning at the gala. We can bring the bottles to the meeting to give to her.
Skye Burns Development and Communications Director Mt. Hood Kiwanis Camp
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Upcoming Calendars Wed. Apr 6 Wed. Apr 13 Thur. Apr 14 Mon. Apr 18 Wed. Apr 20 Thu. Apr 21 Fri. Apr 22 Wed. Apr 27 Thur. Apr 28 Wed. May 4 Wed. May 11 Thur. May 12 Mon. May 16 Wed. May 18 Wed. May 25 Thur. May 26
Club meeting at noon at Cooper Mountain Ale Works NO MEETING Good Neighbor Center Meal Prep at 5 p.m. Division Council Meeting at 7 p.m. at Courtyard Village Club meeting at noon at Cooper Mountain Ale Works Clean-up Sherwood H.S. at 3:45 p.m. with Key Club Night on the Red Carpet/online at 5/in-person 5:30 p.m. Club meeting at noon at Cooper Mountain Ale Works (Board Meeting follows the regular meeting) Good Neighbor Center Meal Prep at 5 p.m. Club meeting at noon at Cooper Mountain Ale Works NO MEETING Good Neighbor Center Meal Prep at 5 p.m. Division Council Meeting at 7 p.m. at Courtyard Village Club meeting at noon at Cooper Mountain Ale Works Club meeting at noon at Cooper Mountain Ale Works (Board Meeting follows the regular meeting) Good Neighbor Center Meal Prep at 5 p.m.
Every Monday and Thursday – We move grocery donation food into the Packed With Pride Food Distribution for Tigard Tualatin school families in need. (Contact Ken Barker to help). He can be reached at: kwb8@frontier.com. This project is an Oregon Food Bank “Fresh Alliance” project.
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Thanks to our club Treasurer, Mike McClain, our Board is reminded of them every month. Mike always places a quote of one object at the bottom of his Treasurer’s Report. It’s good to be reminded of what we value and why we are Kiwanians! ❖ To give primacy to the human and spiritual rather than to the material values of life. ❖ To encourage the daily living of the Golden Rule in all human relationships. ❖ To promote the adoption and the application of higher social, business and professional standards. ❖ To develop by precept and example, a more intelligent, aggressive and serviceable citizenship. ❖ To provide through Kiwanis clubs a practical means to form enduring friendships, to render altruistic service and to build better communities. ❖ To cooperate in creating and maintaining that sound public opinion and high idealism which make possible the increase of righteousness, justice, patriotism and goodwill.
The Objects of Kiwanis
When was the last time you thought about The Objects of Kiwanis?
Decisions made at the March Board Meeting include: ❖ A vote to write a check for $1000 to the Mt. Hood Kiwanis Camp o
The check will be presented to Skye Burns on April 6th
❖ A motion was approved to schedule a Salmon BBQ in either June or July to raise funds for the Kiwanis Doernbecher Children’s Cancer Program. The date of the event is still to be determined. o
Our budgeted amount for this cause, and this Kiwanis year, has already been donated. These funds will be raised to support the program for the next Kiwanis year’s budget!
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…from the Division and Beyond
https://bgc.portland.org/donate
Kiwanis Magazine "The March issue of Kiwanis magazine is digital-only! Here is the link: https://www.kiwanis.org/ news/kiwanismagazine
The rationale for going digital… “We’re in the middle of a pandemic and supply-chain issues continue. Paper is scarce. Shipping is slower than usual. Costs for production continue to increase. And all of this directly affects what we can do within our current publications budget. So, we decided to take this as an opportunity to test a digital-only issue.”
Kiwanis International Board Approves New Partnerships The Kiwanis International Board of Trustees recently approved two new partnerships for Kiwanis International. One new partner is the Little Free Library. This organization’s work has resulted in book-sharing boxes in more than 100 countries on all seven continents. LFL can equip, educate and guide Kiwanis clubs in establishing and stewarding Little Free Libraries in their communities. The second partner, Kids Gardening, is a nonprofit organization that creates opportunities for kids to play, learn and grow through gardening. Kids Gardening will produce an educational toolkit for clubs to design, implement and sustain gardens in their communities. For more information about our new partners, go to: https://www.kiwanis.org/partners.
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Great Futures Through Spare Change! We can round-up”” our spare change! We can safely link up our credit cards to round up our purchases to help support the Portland Boys and Girls clubs! We are just a few easy steps away from making a BIG impact! Here is the link: https://bgcportland.harnessapp.com/wv2/donat e?selected-method=roundup
PNW Kiwanis Mid-Winter Conference Videos The 2022 Mid-Winter Conference was a very successful and enjoyable event. The PNW District understands that not everyone is able to attend events live when they happen, so for Mid-Winter they are making the Zoom recordings available to watch on our schedule. We could also use them for programs at our club meetings. There are 15+ great educational sessions. Topics that were covered include: Our SLPs, Fundraising,
Welcoming New Members, Nurturing Existing Members, Successful Hybrid Meetings, Managing Conflict, Digital Public Relations, and more! The recordings are available on the PNW website for $50. https://kiwanispnw.org/mid-winter.html
A special THANK YOU to our dedicated LTG, Susie Meyer, for gathering all this information to share
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Two
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Helping Clubs Recruit New Members Kiwanis International has produced a workbook titled, “Two For Two” — a new Kiwanis membership initiative. Two For Two offers Kiwanis clubs a simple concept for making member recruitment a permanent, ongoing part of our operations. The club assigns two club members per month to reach out to two prospects during that month. In fact, a club can plan ahead by selecting members and prospects for each of the next several months. Along with ideas for identifying prospects and tips for meeting with them, the workbook helps the club put its ideas and prospect list into one place. The workbook also includes 16 months of “prospect reports” that help keep track of each month’s prospects, assigned club members, progress status and more. How do we get a hold of this workbook? We have already received it via U.S. mail!
If you have been looking for a way to help the people of Ukraine, there is a way to provide assistance… and to know that your donations are being wisely and humanely used! You can donate to The PNW Kiwanis SIGN Project. https://sites.google.com/site /kiwanissign/donate
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There is a LOT happening in the world of Kiwanis Meals on Wheels Stride For Seniors: Volunteers Needed This event is back in-person at Portland International Raceway on Saturday, April 16, 2022. They are looking for amazing volunteers to help out! If you are interested in volunteering click on: https://mowp.volunteerhub.com/lp/strideforseniors?format=0&filter= %7b%7d Questions about the event? Contact: Christina Putterman, 503-953-6325, stride@mowp.org.
PNW District Auction The district has opted to do a couple of fundraisers to keep from raising membership dues. One of the fundraisers, is a district online auction being held April 29 – May 1. Help in putting together an auction package or two is appreciated. We can do this by putting together auction packages that showcase our community. What experiences in our community are special? Do we have a connection to get a free night or two in our town or a vacation home, combined with some excursion type experiences? Deadline to submit an auction package is April 15. For more information go to: https://kiwanispnw.org/online_auction.html. The auction website to join in the fun on April 29 – May 1 is: https://www.32auctions.com/PNWKauctions2022
Division Council Meeting hosted by Doors open at 6:45 p.m. Bell at 7:00 p.m. Date: April 18, 2022 At the Courtyard Village (Tentative)
Bring an announcement of kindness you did or received
Speaker from SIGN
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Key Club LTG, Claire Sarnowski at our March 1st meeting Claire’s term of office ended at District Convention, held in Portland in mid-March. We wish to thank Claire for her strong, exemplary leadership this past Key Club year!
Introducing the 2022-2023 Division 64 Key Club Lt. Governor
Hello. My name is Tali Greenfeld. I am a current sophomore at Lakeridge High School. In my free time, I like to play tennis, act and hang out with friends. I am super excited to represent our division and to continue the amazing work Claire has been doing while increasing attendance, communication, and enthusiasm all around. Also, if you want to get on my good side, chocolate and pickles are always a good way to start! By early March, PNW Key Clubs were able to provide a total of 51,932 meals to families in the Pacific Northwest through fundraising, food drives, and service. The district was 8,068 meals, (the equivalent of $2,689.33), away from their goal of 60,000 meals. The goal was to be reached by the end of their District Convention weekend, which was March 11-13.
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We can end hunger one helping at a time!
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HUNGER By Sue Cummins The 2021-2022 Pacific Northwest Key Club District Project was the Help End Hunger initiative. The goal for this District Project was to provide Key Clubbers and Kiwanians with the resources, knowledge, and inspiration to make an impact in their local communities. Since the District Project wasn’t partnering with one specific organization, every Key Clubber had the opportunity to directly impact their own community. Claire Sarnowski, our own Division 64 Lt. Governor, was the District Chairperson for this project. It was wonderful to recently host her at one of our Kiwanis club meetings, and to hear her passion about this project. She has worked countless hours to prepare resources regarding food banks in need of help; and she spearheaded the attempt to reach the goal of PNW Key Clubs providing 60,000 meals to those in need!
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S H E R W O O D K E Y C L U
By Robert Bell The students eligible for scholarships are Sherwood HS Key Club members who are Seniors. The applications are available at the Sherwood HS Career Center. Those applying need to submit their applications by May 2, 2022. While the applicants’ scholastic accomplishments are considered, the scholarships are awarded principally in recognition of community service rendered by the applicants. We advise the applicants of our decision by approximately May 31st. The funds for the scholarships come from income of our Tigard Kiwanis Endowment Trust. This year we have about $4,500 available for funding scholarships. We may, or may not, expend all the funds available. The Endowment Trust was formed in 1981. Since then, members of our club have made contributions to the Endowment Trust. The Trust expends its income, not its principal. The assets of the Trust are managed in a brokerage account by one of our members who is a securities broker.
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The Application Scoring Process ➢ ➢ ➢ ➢ ➢ ➢ ➢ ➢
Number of years of being a Key Club member Leadership of committees and projects Offices held in the Key Club program Description of participation in 3 special Key Club projects School and community participation School and community recognition & leadership positions held Employment experiences and responsibilities Essay about responsibility to community
15 pts. 15 pts. 15 pts. 15 pts. 10 pts. 10 pts. 10 pts. 10 pts.
By Sheila Udman On Thursday, March 17th, four members of our club met with seven members of the Sherwood High School Key Club for a clean-up project at the school. After procuring bags, gloves and grabbers, we all set out to clean up one of the school parking lots, and surrounding areas. After an hour or two of hard work, we all gathered back together to collect our several bags of trash; and we enjoyed some yummy St. Patrick’s Day treats to end our day.
By Marlene Wilson As Sherwood High School begins its third trimester, and the end of the school year approaches, we are preparing for our new officers. Our elections have already begun, and our voting process will be starting very soon. A couple of our current officers are interested in running next year as well, which is great that we can have some leaders who have already had experience on the officer team. This year, in general, was a hugely thought-provoking experience for both me, personally, and our club as-a-whole. Covid 19 challenged us to restructure almost everything; and in the end, I think we came out better. We were able to find opportunities for service that we had never considered before. We rekindled a volunteer relationship with the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge; and we were able to bring our club membership from an empty Zoom meeting to a bustling, crowded room. I am glad that we have kept our long-time tradition of having cookies at our meetings; and I am also happy that this year, we have introduced monthly raffles and will be having an end of the year raffle basket drawing! I have always been attracted to Key Club’s warm atmosphere that encourages genuine volunteering over just collecting hours for attractive scholarships. When I graduate this year and continue my education at PCC, I am certain that my relationship with the Kiwanis organization will also continue to grow. I hope to encourage this enthusiasm for Kiwanis service with our Key Club members until my term ends in a couple months!
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- How Well Did You Adjust on March 13th?
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To find out more about the Kiwanis organization you can check out the following websites or connect with the club officers: • Kiwanis Club of Tigard https://k05921.site.kiwanis.org/ (There is a “Contact Us” tab on this site which will allow you to connect with the Tigard club) • President George Deibert georgedeibert@gmail.com • Secretary Beth Morehouse bethmore@comcast.net • Treasurer Mike McClain mikel_mcc@msn.com • Past President Robert Bell bellfam2012@gmail.com
• Pacific Northwest Kiwanis District https://www.kiwanispnw.org
• Kiwanis International https://www.kiwanis.org
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“Don’t wait for someone to bring you flowers. Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul.” ~ Luther Burbank
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