Youth Programs at CPAH

During the month of January, our members visited five other Kiwanis clubs to share news about our Groundhog Day Movie Night. It was especially nice to see how much everyone is doing!

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We went to the January 5th meeting of the Tualatin Kiwanis. It was a Zoom meeting. We found out that they picked up over 1700 pounds of food for Packed with Pride during December. They sponsored a food drive and are planning to send at least three Key Clubbers

The Hillsboro meeting that we attended was a Board meeting… so we got to learn a lot about their various projects. They work with the Food Pantry; do park clean-ups with their Key Clubs; assist with a Doernbecher car seat safety check program; collect books and distribute them in give-away projects, and MORE!

The Ross Island Early Risers do a hybrid meeting with some on site, and others on Zoom. They talked about assisting in the registration payment for their newest members to go to the Mid-Winter Conference. Some meetings have a program showcasing one of their members; other times they discuss business.

It was exiting to see the enthusiasm of the Lake Oswego members! They are doing a program called “Hunger Fights”. Their “Free Bikes for Kids” project is going very well, and they used their youth to help with the project! They are doing a “No-Sew” blanket-making activity for a women’s shelter. They started a 501c3 foundation and are now looking at ways to fundraise.

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An “Interclub” event for Tigard Kiwanis is when 2 or more of our club members attend another Kiwanis

We need to do MORE Interclubs!

January we were interclubbing(intransitive verb?) all around … Six interclub events with other Kiwanis clubs! It was a lot of social fun! Yes, we had our motive of advertising the Groundhog Day Movie, (over and over), but the diversity of the club meetings and conversing with all the welcoming Kiwanis members made it worthwhile and rewarding just for the experience. We always enjoy having visitors at our club meetings, whether they are members of other clubs, curious citizens and friends, or community leaders with important information and opportunities to share. So, with this strong start I think we should make this be the year of the interclub!

worthwhile and rewarding just for the experience. We always enjoy having

We heard a speaker at the Cedar Hills club whom we think we should bring to one of our club meetings. She told us about a “neighbors helping neighbors as we age” program called Viva Village. The club was very hospitable and mentioned that they are interested in doing more interclub activities together, now that Covid is less of a concern!

The Slabtown club held a “New Member Induction” while we were there. The great part about this was that they already had a role for her to play in the club. She was to become the Assistant Builders Club Advisor. They have a strong Builders Club which remained active even during the height of the pandemic. Kudos to them!