AMessagefromtheClubPresident

ByRobertBell

Much has transpired since my December Message. We are a busy and active club. The Salvation Army bellringing on December 10th was a success, enjoyed by all those who participated. On Mondays and Thursdays each week, our club continues to support the Packed with Pride food pantry sponsored by the Foundation For Tigard-Tualatin Schools. Members of our club spend about 20 hours each week helping provide meals for hundreds of food-insecure families with children in the Tigard-Tualatin School District. Twice each month, our club prepares and serves about 25 dinners for the residents at the Tigard Good Neighbor Center which serves homeless families with children. In the last couple of years, our club members have assisted Community Partners for Affordable Housing (CPAH) distribute Christmas gifts to children. To learn more about what we did this year, check out the pictures and article on page 7. One of the special things we did in December was to donate funds to be given to Clark Farrand, who has been the Sherwood Key Club Faculty Advisor for about ten years. We did this as a token of our gratitude for his innumerable hours supporting the Key Club and their activities. Clark was very moved and appreciative of our gift. Also in December, our club made a decision to financially support Sherwood H.S. Key Clubbers to enable several of them to attend the Pacific Northwest District Key Club Convention. This was a new financial commitment for us.

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Table of Contents

Message from the President Page 2 a) Planned a Movie Night at St. James Church in Tigard on February 4th. The church has a large theater-style viewing screen in a room that can accommodate well over 100 people. Groundhog Day is the movie we chose to show. It was quite a fun event. (See pages 10 details).

What Makes A Club Strong? Page 3

Good Neighbor Center Page 4

Our club members were very supportive of this new fundraiser; about providing funds to enable Sherwood Key Clubbers to attend the District Convention.

Packed with Pride

Page 5

Salvation Army Bell Ringing Page 6

CPAH

WE ARE SO PLEASED THAT THE MOVIE NIGHT FOR ALL!!

Interclubs

Page 7

Pages 8

Movie Night Pages 10

Club News

Division News

Pages 12

Pages 16-17

Key Club Pages 18-21

Just for Laughs Page 22

Contact Us Page 23

Anniversary Page 24

Did the groundhog see his shadow this year?

Find out on pages 1011.

To generate the funds for this, we: b) Supported two bake sales by the Sherwood Key Club, and… c) Planned a Movie Night at St. James Church in Tigard on February 4th. The church has a large theater-style viewing screen in a room that can accommodate well over 100 people. Groundhog Day is the movie we chose to show. It was quite a fun event. (See pages 10-11 for pictures and details).

Our club members were very supportive of this new fundraiser; and they feel strongly about providing funds to enable Sherwood Key Clubbers to attend the Key Club District Convention.

WE ARE SO PLEASED THAT THE MOVIE NIGHT WAS A FUN EVENING FOR ALL!!

What

…

makes a club strong?

BySueCummins

What makes a club strong? It’s a puzzle. I’ve seen a number of models for developing strong organizations, and they all have one thing in common… participation of the members in projects and activities they find meaningful. We have a debate that is on-going in our Kiwanis club. In the past couple of years, and especially during Covid, it was decided that instead of doing fundraising projects to raise money for those we wish to support, we’ll just ask our members to donate to the club. That made a lot of sense, during Covid. This is just my opinion, but I’m not sure that it makes sense for us today! The argument in favor of just asking for member donations, instead of doing actual fundraising projects went like this, “We would probably spend as much, or more, working behind the scenes to do the fundraiser, as we would to just donate the money. It’s much less time and effort to just have our members make a donation.” That argument is accurate. But, I think it may overlook the benefits that exist when you go to the work of planning and conducting actual projects. In the past two months, a committee of us in the Tigard club have been working on a club fundraising project, the Groundhog Day Movie Night. I can’t tell you how much fun I’ve had working with the others and getting to know them better. It’s also been a wonderful experience to visit other Kiwanis clubs to advertise our event. I could go on and on about how I feel more connected to this Kiwanis club, as a result of our recent efforts towards reaching a common goal. We have that feeling from some of our service projects, particularly Packed with Pride. But, to be the strongest club we can be, I think we have to provide our members with a variety of experiences where they can generate the sense of bonding we need in order to flourish. I feel so much closer to my Kiwanis club, and to these individuals, as a result of doing this work together! I think that we may benefit more from doing the work to put on a project… even though it is the more difficult and time-consuming option for our members.

Collecting Items for the Good Neighbor Center

This is a portion of the goods that our members collected at our December 7th meeting. We took a list that had been generated for the GNC website and distributed it to the club. Then, our members brought in items from the list to give to GNC .

GNC’s Greatest Volunteer Need

… Is for Over-Night Hosts

Over-Night Hosts come to the shelter at 9:30 p.m. with a pillow and blanket prepared to sleep over-night until 6:00 a.m. when staff arrive. Over-Night Hosts are on duty to support the families throughout the night and for emergency purposes only. All doors are locked by 10 p.m.

Volunteer Opportunities for Packed with Pride

Physical Donations o Non-perishable food o Money (via cash, check, credit card or other) o Sanitation supplies (wipes, cleaners, gloves, paper towels) o Boxes, packing tape, Ziplock bags

Volunteering Time o Unloading food/sorting/restocking o Taping/filling boxes with food o Loading cars at distribution times o Picking up and sorting donation items o Language translation services o Delivering boxes to homes with transportation challenges

ByCameronMarzi

Participating in Bell Ringing for the Salvation Army was so much more rewarding than I ever thought it would be. At the beginning of the experience, I really wasn’t sure what to expect, but soon after I put on the red apron and Mikaela and I began ringing our bells, we were receiving warm smiles and “happy holidays” from many strangers who passed by. It helped me realize the power of community and holiday spirit in this digital age we live in. The few hours we were there flew by extremely fast, with donations coming in steadily and some strangers stopping to talk and share their experiences around bell ringing and community service. I was astounded by the generosity of everyday people when faced with the opportunity to donate to a good local cause. Overall, the experience was very positive, and one I would recommend to everyone in Kiwanis who has a few hours of their time to spare.

These are services provided by the Portland Metro Salvation Army. This organization’s main fundraising efforts are centered around the annual bell ringing!

We love serving our community

ByRobertBell

On Wednesday, December 21st , George Deibert and I went to assigned Greenwood Oaks aparent apartments to help CPAH distribute dozens dozens of wrapped Christmas gifts to needy It was heartwarming, depositing the gifts outside their doors, wishing them Merry Christmas and hearing their thanks for adding some unexpected joy to their children’s lives.

outside their doors, wishing them Merry Christmas and hearing their thanks for adding some unexpected joy to their children’s lives.

Merry Christmas and hearing their thanks for adding some unexpected joy to their children’s lives.

thanks for adding some unexpected joy to their joy to their children’s lives.

children. It took us over an hour. It was hear hour. heartwarming, depositing the gifts [resemts gifts gifts outside their doors, wishing them Merry Christmas and hearing their thanks for adding some unexpected joy to their children’s lives.