AMessagefromtheClubPresident

ByRobertBell

Our club continues to be active and busy. Each week several members support the Packed with Pride food pantry, helping to provide meals for hundreds of food-insecure families with children in the Tigard-Tualatin School District. On February 4th , we held a Movie Night at St. James Episcopal Church in Tigard. It was done to support the Sherwood High School Key Club. It turned out to be a great evening for our Kiwanis and for the Key Club. Several Key Clubbers helped our members that evening with the popcorn, hors d’oeuvres, chocolate fountain and desserts. We got to know the Key Clubbers and they got to know us. They were able to see how much our Kiwanis Club is committed to supporting their members attending the Key Club District Convention in Seattle. Several parents of Key Clubbers and Kiwanians from surrounding area Kiwanis Clubs also attended the Movie Night. It was a fun evening for all. It was an event in which our club can take great pride. In other news, we continue to support the Tigard Good Neighbor Center, preparing and serving about 25 meals, each time we’re there, for the residents at the Center, (which serves homeless families with children). Once again this year, our club will be providing scholarships for Sherwood High Key Club seniors. The scholarship applications were sent to Sherwood High School in early March. For events that are coming up - don ‘t forget the Mt. Hood Kiwanis Camp Gala on the night of April 14th . We want to support the Camp, knowing that their work is so important! Then, the next day on April 15th , it will be Kiwanis Day at Doernbecher. This is a notable opportunity to learn the great work being done by Kiwanis at Doernbecher to fight children’s cancer. On April 20th , our club will hold a special evening meeting at the St. James Episcopal Church so that the Sherwood High School Key Clubbers can share with us their experiences at the Key Club District Convention in Seattle. We hope that you can join us for these upcoming activities!

Table of Contents

Message from the President Page 2

Make An Impact

Page 3

Good Neighbor Center Page 4

Packed with Pride Page 5

Endowment Trust

Page 6

MHKC Black & White Bubbles Page 7

Doernbecher News

Club News

Division & Beyond

Pages 8-9

Pages 10-13

Pages 14-15

Key Club Pages 16-19

Just for Laughs

Page 20

Contact Us Page 21

Spring into Action

Page 22

The goal is to raise $45,000 in ONE DAY to help 20,000 children world-wide

To make a pledge, or find out other ways that you can help: CLICK HERE

Did You Know?

GNC has an amazon.com site you can go to that lists items they need. If you can’t help by cooking for them, consider helping this way. Go to the site linked below and order something they need!

Our members continue to cook and serve a spaghetti and meatball dinner twice-a-month for the families at the Center.

packedwithpridecommunity@gmail.com

Besides the twice-weekly food distribution…

We periodically assist the Tigard-Tualatin School

• Packed with Pride is a food box program.

• There are 16 schools whose families benefit from the work done by the volunteers and a few paid employees.

• The Foundation maintains the proven philosophy that a stable food source is an essential component of aiding student success.

The Tigard Kiwanis Endowment Trust Committee, (excluding George, the picture-taker)

By George Deibert

The Endowment Trust Committee met in mid-March to closely examine how the club is handling this financial investment. The Trust funds are being managed by club member Corey Broughton with the Edward Jones financial institution. The following recommendations were made by the committee, and subsequently supported by the club Board.

1. Pay $2000 to Cathy Rote for services in reinstating the Trust to 501c3 status.

2. Add the following to the Scholarship Award instructions… “Any scholarship award must be applied to post-secondary school tuition before December 31 of the year in which the scholarship is awarded, or the award is forfeited.”

3. Make Trust investment changes as recommended by Corey Broughton. These investment changes are a step towards increasing Trust income. Principal in the Trust cannot be used by the club for service activities. Only “Income ” can be used. Income is accrued in two ways. Either it comes from interest on use of the Principal, or it comes from direct donations made by club members. Therefore, it is recommended that any “gifts” to the Trust be done by check with the purpose designated on the check memo, in order to create a permanent record within the Edward Jones account. Because we paid Cathy Rote the $2000 mentioned above, the amount of money that we have in the Income account this year is reduced by that amount. This gives us $2500 to spend on scholarships for the Sherwood Key Club 2023 graduates. It is recommended that we have a minimum of $4000 available for those awards. Therefore, we share awards. Therefore, we share the following with our members: donations to the scholarship fundfundwillwill be gratefully accepted, and don’t forget to put “Scholarships” in the memo line!

Black White and Bubbles Gala for MHKC

To register & check out the details: CLICK HERE

$200 per Golfer Entry Fee includes:

• 18 holes of golf: scramble format

• Shared golf cart with GPS

• Buffet Lunch

• Goody Bag

• Door Prize Drawing

• Tournament Contests: Long Drive & KP Contests, Mulligans, 3 Blind Mice, Marshmallow Drive, Putting Contest, Hole in One

E T A I L S H E R E

At our March 1st meeting, our presenter was our very own Marlene Wilson, telling us about her life. Our April 5th meeting will feature our other newest member, Cameron Marzi.

Records for the first five months of this Kiwanis year have us spending 1,172 hours and $3,500 in service!

Is Another Movie Night in our Future?

After an in-depth discussion at the February Board meeting, it was decided that we would like to continue doing a Movie Night as a yearly project… in January/February with the purpose of raising funds for the Key Club District Convention.

On Thursday, April 20th we are holding a special EVENING MEETING so that we can see a presentation by the Key Club DCON attendees. Be at St. James Church, 11511 Bull Mountain Rd. in Tigard, at 7 p.m.

Youth Protection Background Checks

In the past couple of months most of our members have been undergoing the Kiwanis Youth Background Check. Every member who had not yet undergone the process recently received an email from the club secretary, sharing the link needed to proceed. The response has been overwhelmingly positive. We now have 80% of our membership, and 100% of our regularly active members, who have requested and/or received their Kiwanis approval to work with the youth in our Service Leadership Program.

Saturday, July 29, 2023 at the Morehouse home

M O N B B Q

For Members who have Trouble Attending Lunchtime Meetings

After the April evening meeting mentioned above, the Board will assess its success, and consider holding more in-person evening meetings & socials, especially during the summer months. The thought is to further explore the possibility of doing something the rest of the year, maybe once every two months, assuming this plan meets with member approval.

Mar 31- Key Club District Convention in Seattle

Apr 2

Apr 5 Meeting at noon at Murrayhill Taphouse – Cameron Marzi presentation

Apr 6 Key Club Meeting at 9:30 a.m. at Sherwood H.S.

Apr 10 DCM at 6 p.m. at Courtyard Village or on Zoom

Apr 13 Meal preparation at 5 p.m. at Good Neighbor Center

Apr 14 Ht. Hood Kiwanis Camp Gala at 5:30 p.m. at Oregon Golf Club

Apr 15 Kiwanis Day at Doernbecher at 8:30 a.m. at OHSU

Apr 19 Meeting at noon at Murrayhill Taphouse

Apr 19 Board meeting at 1:30 p.m. at the Morehouse home

Apr 20 Key Club Meeting at 9:30 a.m. at Sherwood H.S.

Apr 20 Kiwanis Special Event at 7 p.m. at St. James Church – Key Club presentation

Apr 27 Meal preparation at 5 p.m. at Good Neighbor Center

May 3 Meeting at noon at Murrayhill Taphouse – Program TBA

May 4 Key Club Meeting at 9:30 a.m. at Sherwood H.S.

May 8 DCM at 6 p.m. at Courtyard Village or on Zoom

May 11 Meal preparation at 5 p.m. at Good Neighbor Center

May 13 Doernbecher Golf Tournament at 7:30 a.m. at Lewis River Golf Course

May 17 Meeting at noon at Murrayhill Taphouse

May 17 Board meeting at 1:30 p.m. at the Morehouse home

May 18 Key Club Meeting at 9:30 a.m. at Sherwood H.S.

May 25 Meal preparation at 5 p.m. at Good Neighbor Center

Every Monday & Thursday morning we process food donations with the Packed with Pride program at Tigard High School. If you wish to participate contact George Deibert at: georgerdeibert@gmail.com