Lucky Us…

Lately, we’ve been treated to some FABULOUS speakers at our meetings!

On December 7th we heard Skye Burns and Dave McDonald talk about the Mt. Hood Kiwanis Camp. We learned a lot; and we were updated on plans for the Black, White and Bubbles Gala to be held on Friday, April 14th .

On January 4th we were treated to a wonderful slide show presentation by Scott Burns, on the geology of Oregon. It was captivating to learn how diverse is the land in our state!

Then, there was the FASCINATING presentation we heard on February 1st, done by our own John Brookens, sharing pictures and stories of his trip to the Mediterranean. We are all so lucky to have experienced that event, even if it was vicariously!

If you’ve been missing our meetings, you may want to start coming, because you are missing more than a meeting… You are missing out!

Frank Morehouse is in charge of finding speakers. He says that he would LOVE to hear from our members with ideas for people to contact as upcoming speakers!

The enthusiasm of Scott Burns, as he shared his knowledge of our state’s varied geology was impossible to resist!

John and his wife were gone for five weeks. They visited the Mediterranean and Africa… their first trip to Europe. John had trouble picking his favorite memory, but said it was probably the animals on safari.

If this is you… because you can’t get away to attend our meetings, don’t be discouraged. Our Kiwanis Board is working on a plan to see if a change in how we structure our club meetings might help!

Feb 2 Key Club Meeting at 9:30 a.m. at Sherwood H.S.

Feb 4 Groundhog Day Movie Night at 6:30 p.m. at St. James Church in Tigard

Feb 9 Meal preparation at 5 p.m. at Good Neighbor Center

Feb 11 Sherwood H.S. campus clean-up at 2 p.m.

Feb 13 DCM at 6 p.m. via Zoom

Feb 15 Meeting at noon at Murrayhill Taphouse

Feb 15 Board meeting at 1:30 p.m. at the Morehouse home

Feb 16 Key Club Meeting at 9:30 a.m. at Sherwood H.S.

Feb 23 Meal preparation at 5 p.m. at Good Neighbor Center

Mar 1 Meeting at noon at Murrayhill Taphouse – Program TBA

Mar 2 Key Club Meeting at 9:30 a.m. at Sherwood H.S.

Mar 9 Meal preparation at 5 p.m. at Good Neighbor Center

Mar13 DCM at 6 p.m. via Zoom

Mar 15 Meeting at noon at Murrayhill Taphouse

Mar 15 Board meeting at 1:30 p.m. at the Morehouse home

Mar 16 Key Club Meeting at 9:30 a.m. at Sherwood H.S.

Mar 23 Meal preparation at 5 p.m. at Good Neighbor Center

Mar 31- Key Club District Convention in Seattle

Apr 2

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

In the past couple of months, some members of the Tigard Endowment Trust Committee have been taking a close look at the guidelines set out in the Trust. The Trust document was first written in the 1980’s. It has been recommended by Joyce Handa, a CPA and Kiwanis member from the Lake Oswego Kiwanis Club, that we update the document. For example: if we were to dissolve our club at some point, all funds in the Trust would be donated to Kiwanis International. Instead, we could designate another beneficiary; we could give the funds to the PNW Kiwanis organization, or the Kiwanis Doernbecher Children’s Cancer Program, or even divide it between causes we support. A change of this nature is definitely worth a discussion, since the Trust is now up to approximately $85,000. Did you know? If you donate funds to the Trust and you don’t designate a specific use for those funds, then the money goes into the Principal. Our club is not allowed to touch the Principal. We are only allowed to access any available interest; or we can access funds with specific designated uses.

Are we doing a Salmon BBQ this year?

Expect some changes from how we nave done it in the past. It may even be held in a different location. But, the Tigard Kiwanis Board is committed to us raising a minimum of $2000 for the cause.

Speaking of raising funds for KDCCP, we’ve been passing a collection jar at our meetings. In two months, we raised over $200!

Have you been wondering why we held an extra fundraising event this year?

(i.e. the Movie Night)

We did this because the Board adopted a budget that added $1500 to the Service Fund category of “Fundraising for Local Area Youth”.

We’re stepping up our financial commitment to, not only the Key Club, but to other youth in our community!