Kiwanis of Tigard June 2023 Newsletter

AMessagefromtheClubPresident

ByRobertBell

As June arrives, the Kiwanis Club of Tigard continues its community service in several aspects. Our ongoing engagement with Key Club enabled several Sherwood HS Key Clubbers to attend the Pacific Northwest District Key Club Convention in Seattle. This was the first time Sherwood HS Key Clubbers have ever attended a District Key Club Convention. A few weeks after their return from the Convention, the Sherwood HS Key Club made a very inspiring presentation to our club about their experiences at the Convention. As a result of those experiences the Sherwood HS Key Clubbers have been inspired to undertake forming a Builders Club at Sherwood Middle School. We will be supporting them in that endeavor. In the next few weeks, our members are planning to help at Quiet Waters Outreach in Tigard. Quiet Waters Outreach provides respite care for developmentally disabled young people. In addition, each week we continue to spend many hours working with the Packed with Pride food pantry helping provide meals for food-insecure families with children. Recently, members of our club helped the Kiwanis Doernbecher Children’s Cancer Program raise many thousands of dollars at the Kiwanis Doernbecher Children’s Cancer Program Golf Tournament. Each month, we support the Tigard Good Neighbor Center, preparing and serving meals to homeless families with children. Once again this year, our club, has solicited scholarship applications from Sherwood HS Key Clubbers. Scholarship funds are awarded based upon demonstrated involvement with Key Club and demonstrated community service. These scholarship funds come from the Tigard Kiwanis Endowment Trust. Also, in recent weeks, two new members have joined our club. It’s exciting to maintain such a busy schedule and know that we are attracting others to join us!

Table of Contents

Message from the President Page 2

Everyday Hero Page 3

Good Neighbor Center Page 4

Packed with Pride Page 5

Mt. Hood Kiwanis Camp Pages 6-7

Doernbecher News Pages 8-9

Club News Pages 10-15

Division & Beyond Pages 16-17

Key Club Pages 18-21

Summer Fun Page 22

Contact Us Page 23

Project Possibilities Page 24

Quotes About Service

BySueCummins

Each time, when I complete our Monthly Report which is recorded at Kiwanis International, I am asked, “Did your club do anything this month to recognize someone?” In every report but December, I had to answer, “No”. I was looking through the PNW website and found the information below. We could order pins and certificates. It would be a great way to bring attention to deserving individuals, as well as to our club, as we invite recipients to our meetings, take photos and then put pictures into the local newspaper.

Everyday Hero

The Everyday Hero Pin and/or Certificate can be used to honor anyone, Kiwanian or not, that you feel has given exemplary service to their community. It is recommended to award one a month and make it a part of your club’s interaction with the community. Invite local media to the presentation and let people see your Kiwanis club honoring those who serve your community.

While on the PNW website, I also found THIS! Check it out! We should apply for Distinguished Club recognition by October 15, 2023! Can you figure out for which categories we fulfill the requirements?

Clubs DistinguishedCriteria

Total Points Earned Must Be 800 or More -Requirements

-Sponsor, Coach, and Open a new club – 800

-A new Builders Club is opened – 500

-Any other SLP club is opened – 400

-Club is +1 on Members – 400

-Club is represented at Mid-Winter & DCON – 300

-Members purchase at least 2 Outreach Medallions – 200

-75% Club members have attended Youth Protection training and KI has been informed. – 250

-2024 Pres., Sec & Treasurer attends CLE. – 250

“Service is what life is all about.”

“Great acts are made up of small deeds.”

“Goodness is the only investment that never fails.”

“As we serve others, we are working on ourselves; every act, every word, every gesture of genuine compassion naturally nourishes our own hearts as well.”

There were some items available on Amazon that were mentioned in the April 2023 newsletter. None were food. GNC also has an extensive list of foods needs that anyone can buy to help them feed their residents. Visit this URL: https://www.amazon.com/ hz/wishlist/ls/C7WZBP00 IBZN/ref=hz_ls_biz_ex

Who knew that the GNC’s #1 item on the food list would be SPAM? Wonder if they need this, too?

GNC Food Needs

• Also on the list are things like canned vegetables, pasta, healthy snack mixes, salad dressings, and approximately 100 other items they regularly use.

• All items are listed in bulk quantities… for example, if you purchase canned green beans, you purchase a pack of 12 cans.

When you think about it… 30-40 people… 3 meals a day… that’s a lot of food!

Our newest members, Cameron & Sheylinn, worked at the Center in Early May.

ByGeorgeDeibert

Packed With Pride’s whole operation is geared to the twice-a-month production of putting about 400 “sets” of food into the possession of in-need school families and community members in the combined Tigard-Tualatin School District. This is done on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday evenings of the month. Some efforts such as our gleaming of donation food from the grocery stores are ongoing, stocking the freezers and coolers and racks in the old Tigard HS cafeteria that PWP took over in March 2020. Preparing for distribution night starts a few days in advance: forming and taping up boxes from cardboard flats, packing the non-perishable boxes, and recruiting the 35+ volunteers needed for the setup execution and teardown/put away done on distribution afternoon. Vehicles of all shapes come in driven by clients or by volunteers who are picking up to deliver to clients. Some vehicles get 1 set, many larger families get 2 sets; and some, in special situations, take as many as 6 to 8 sets. The vehicles are snaked through the parking lot in 2 lines to a check-in station, and then on to subsequent food-loading stations, to pick up everything that makes up 1 “set of food”. They start with milk and flour and other heavy, large, loose items, (recently watermelons), and possibly special diet foods. Then, they go to a perishable box station, (meat/eggs, vegetables); and finally they head to the less-perishable and “random extras” station. Wally, from the Tualatin Club, and I have been working at this final station through the past dark days of winter, (rain and rainbows), and are now heading into summer. May 17th was 90 degrees with a beautiful blue sky as the 3+ hour shift started. One week also included a Washington County Master Gardener Association station where each client got a big planting bag, (filled with dirt), instruction sheet, and choices of tomato and other “start” plants for home gardens. Our final station is the game of tetris: rearranging and juggling everything so the vehicle doors can be shut and none of the occupants are crushed. Linda Aicher, (our Kiwanis recognized 2021 Everyday Hero), and the leader team of PWP do a great job with the zillion little details. They continuously evaluate and adjust to make these distributions amazingly successful every month.

The evening was a financial success for the Camp. Below are some great pictures of the two couples representing our Kiwanis Club of Tigard. Their representation of our club, in support of MHKC was three-fold. They donated an entry for the auction, attended the event and bid for items. Below is a little information about the Camp.

Mt. Hood Kiwanis Camp helps empower children and adults with developmental disabilities through equitable access to the outdoors and recreation. The Camp leaders envision a future in which everyone who wants to go to Camp gets to go and stay in fully-accessible, safe, state-of-the-art facilities. MHKC honors organizational diversity with regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, culture, language, and all abilities. This deepens understanding in everyone, making MHKC a more equitable and inclusive organization to the benefit of all.

Thank you to Bob and Mary Bell & Frank and Beth Morehouse

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!

ByJohnBrookens

Kiwanians will remember April 15, 2023, as a happy and heartfelt return to Kiwanis Day at Doernbecher after missing several years due to Covid. Hosted by the Kiwanis Doernbecher Childrens Cancer Program, the Day again provided an informative insight into the importance of the work and successes the Doctors, Nurses and support staff deliver every day. It also reminded us of the critical need to support those new Fellows/Physicians who are learning how to care for these children. At the same time, they are performing important research to seek improvements to care for, and to find possible cures to this disease. Our own John Brookens served as the Master of Ceremonies and guided us through presentations from the Doernbecher Leadership and current Fellows to clearly explain why our support is so important. All who attended the Program left with a clear understanding that their work and our work is not complete. A sense of teamwork and motivation filled the room to continue working together to rid cancer from our children’s lives. This was a morning well spent.

BillPennell

Saturday, May 13th marked the 31st nual SW Washington Kiwanis Club's Golf ournament to support the Kiwanis ernbecher Children's Cancer Program (KDCCP). The event was held at the beautiful Lewis River Golf Course east of Woodland, Washington. Tigard Kiwanis Club had a foursome headed by President Bob Bell and his friend Tim Ullom, member Bill Pennell and member Marlene Wilson's dad, Jeff Wilson. While the team did not come close to winning the tournament, (the real winners are the kids that the tournament supports), we did par a couple of holes and the shot of the day was Jeff's 40-foot putt. It was a beautiful, cloudless day; and as the saying goes...fun was had by all!

Club News

BySheylinnGano

I'm 29 and recently moved to Tigard from St. Helens, Oregon where I was raised. My parents are both kind-hearted and thoughtful people who never hesitate to help others when the opportunity arises. I think growing up with their generous natures as examples encouraged me to look for ways to help others, too. "See a need, fill a need". My earliest memory of service was bell ringing with my dad for his Rotary club. I started my Kiwanis journey in middle school when I joined Builder's Club. I continued volunteering in my high school Key Club; and I also held Treasurer and President positions in my time there. I have a lot of fond memories with my fellow Key Clubbers, our Kiwanis advisor and our sponsoring Daybreakers and Noon clubs there in St. Helens. Since high school I've been working in customer service and various fields of the healthcare industry in office administration trying to find out where I fit in, and what I am passionate about. Currently I am working at a local non-profit clinic. I haven't exercised my service muscle much in that time and I've missed the experience. Last year I went through some trials and tribulations; and I spent some time rebuilding and focusing my attentions inward, but I've come to a place where I am eager to get back to serving others because I find that that is when I am happiest. I'm not sure how many meetings or service projects my work schedule will allow, but I am excited to meet my fellow Kiwanians and get involved with everything that I can! The causes I am passionate about are animals, the environment, and kids. In my spare time I love being outside and I take my chiweenie Dibbs everywhere I can get away with. (He doesn't know that he isn't a person.)

At the May 3rd meeting, Bill Pennell picked the Queen of Hearts from the deck of cards in the club raffle, (even though most of the deck was still in the stack)! What did he win? $126 was in the envelope, accumulated since last August, the last time a member won the club meeting raffle.

We Continue to Have Fabulous Presentations at our Meetings

At our meeting on April 19th, Cameron Marzi told us about his life. Cameron joined the club in October. He was a Key Clubber in high school and came to us from a Kiwanis Club in southern Oregon. We are so fortunate to be able to welcome him into our club.

Weekly Calendars

Starting the first week of May, we began emailing a weekly calendar of events to all members. If, for some reason, you aren’t receiving the email messages, please let Sue know as soon as possible. Email her at: cummins@sonic.net.

BySueCummins

Check out the details on Page 15 about the Salmon BBQ being held in July. Members will be needed to prepare dishes, assist with set-up & take-down and MORE! The hope is to bring in at least 40 guests. Whatever funds are collected at this event will be given to the Kiwanis Doernbecher Childrens Cancer Program. Added to that amount will be what we’ve been regularly collecting for the cause the last few months at our meetings. We’ve been using a jar given to us by our LTG, Susie Meyer. She picked it up at the District Convention last August.

Jun 1 Key Club Meeting at 9:30 a.m. at Sherwood H.S. (last one of the year)

Jun 2 Work Day leaving at 7 a.m. for Mt. Hood Kiwanis Camp

Jun 4 Key Club Officer Training Conference at 2 p.m. at Tualatin Public Library

Jun 7 Meeting at noon at Murrayhill Taphouse – Kyle Hanson presentation

Jun 7 Meeting at 3:00 p.m. with the Principal of the Sherwood Middle School

Jun 7 Packed with Pride Distribution at 4 p.m. at Tigard H.S.

Jun 8 Meal preparation at 4:45 p.m. at Good Neighbor Center

Jun 12 DCM at 5:45 p.m. at Courtyard Village or on Zoom

Jun 15 Meal preparation at 4:45 p.m. at Good Neighbor Center

Jun 21 Meeting at noon at Murrayhill Taphouse

Jun 21 Board meeting at 1:30 p.m. at the Morehouse home

Jun 21 Packed with Pride Distribution at 4 p.m. at Tigard H.S.

Jun 22-24 Kiwanis International Convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Jun 24 Meeting at 5:30 p.m. at the Morehouse home – BBQ & Social with Key Club

Jun 26 Committee meeting to prepare for the Salmon BBQ

Jun ?? Quiet Waters at 10 a.m.

Jul 5 Packed with Pride Distribution at 4 p.m. at Tigard H.S.

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

Jul 13

Meal preparation at 4:45 p.m. at Good Neighbor Center

Jul 19 Meeting at noon at Murrayhill Taphouse

Jul 19

Jul 19

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

Packed with Pride Distribution at 4 p.m. at Tigard H.S.

Jul 27 Meal preparation at 4:45 p.m. at Good Neighbor Center

Jul 29 Salmon BBQ at 5:30 p.m. at the Morehouse home

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

So far this year, we’ve collected several hundred dollars in this small jar for KDCCP!

At the April Board meeting, the club officers voted to support a request made by the Key Club to share the sponsorship of a Builders Club at the Sherwood Middle School.

Builders Club is the 7th and 8th grade Service Leadership Program of Kiwanis. Marlene Wilson has agreed to be the Kiwanis Advisor for the program. A teacher at the Sherwood Middle School has agreed to be the Faculty Advisor.

There is a one-time start-up fee of $400 of which the Key Club has agree to pay half. There is also an annual fee of $215 to maintain a club. Again, the Key Club has agreed to pay $100 of that amount every year.

Step 4

Meetings will be held twice a month, at the end of a school day. Key Clubbers will attend & help plan activities. Research is already being done on possible projects.

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Plan a

Step 5 charter event

Complete the paperwork & pay the fee

Advertise at the school next Fall and hold a couple of meetings & elect officers

Figure out the details for when to hold meetings; & make meeting and service project plans

Find a Kiwanis & Faculty Advisor; get Principal permission & figure out how to pay the start-up fees

Upcoming

May DCM

At the May DCM, we had eight members in attendance; and as the host club, Bob opened the meeting, and at the end of the night, gave a $25 gift card from Fred Meyer as the raffle prize. Mike gave a great inspiration speech. One highlight of the meeting was when Sheylinn was asked to share her thoughts on membership. As our newest member, it was very interesting to hear her perspective. The presenter for the night was Jackie Sue McFarlin, an International Trustee. She spoke about club readiness in encouraging new members to feel welcome. She suggested that all clubs should use their agendas as marketing tools, with additional information on them to share details about where club money is used, what events are upcoming, etc. She also shared that it is important for new members to be assigned a mentor from the club who will sit with them at the meetings and explain things. New members need to feel comfortable; and if we want to bring in more new members, that may mean changing up traditional ways of doing things to better meet their needs.

June DCM – Monday, June 12th at 5:45 p.m. at Courtyard Village or Zoom

July DCM – Monday, July 10th at 5:45 p.m. at Courtyard Village or Zoom

News about the 2023-24 LTG

A committee of past LTGs will perform the duties of the position

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VIRTUAL ADMISSION to ICON

Thursday and Friday, June 22-23

You can attend the Kiwanis Education and Leadership Conference – part of Kiwanis International Convention – through a remote connection from anywhere in the world. The virtual registration package includes live and recorded access to all keynote sessions, Kiwanis Launchpads and selected master classes. The link to register is in the bottom section found below.

PNW District Convention

Start making plans NOW to attend!

• August 18-20, 2023

• Holiday Inn Portland-Columbia Riverfront

• Breakfast - Opening Session starts at 8 a.m. on Friday morning

• Included in the conference are exhibits, workshops, speakers, a banquet and more!

Two Division Projects at DCON

• Wine Sculpture competition – Bill & Susie Meyer in charge

• Free Bikes for Kids – our division is leading this service bike-cleaning activity on Saturday afternoon

Let’s show off our GREAT division spirit & be there to help!

Club Leadership Education – The training will be “virtual” ONLY. Set aside one of these two dates: June 17th or July 15th

Virtually Attend ICON – For $79; register by June 19th

Click Here

ByCameronMarzi

In late April, Kiwanis and Key Club members all gathered at St. James Church for a presentation on the experience Key Club had at DCON. If you’re not familiar, DCON is short for District Convention. It’s a gathering of thousands of Key Club members and others from across the Pacific Northwest District, and the world! It’s a weekend filled with workshops, training sessions and social events; and it’s a place to celebrate, reminisce and collaborate around the year of service. This year six members of the Sherwood Key Club attended DCON and it’s safe to say the trip was an absolute success and the money we raised was well spent! The members shared their experiences in meeting people from all over the world, making connections that will last a lifetime and brainstorming ideas that can be implemented immediately. One of the biggest takeaways from the convention was the desire for a Builders Club, which the Key Club members are taking on as a project for this coming school year. They have found both a Kiwanis and Faculty Advisor; and they are willing to share the $400 start-up cost with the Kiwanis Club, as well as help pay the annual dues for the Builders Club. With so much enthusiasm represented from them, the Kiwanis Board voted to support them with this cause. Overall, the trip was inspirational, and the memories made will last them a lifetime. Many of the Key Club members are already looking forward to attending again next year.

members attended the March Division Council Meeting, held in Tualatin. They made cloth menstrual kits for people in developing countries who may not have access to

Writing Letters to Troops

A service project with several clubs in the division

BySueCummins

At the May 4th Key Club meeting, the Kiwanis Club President and one of the Kiwanis Advisors to the Key Club honored the 2022-23 Key Club President, Payton Rettig, with this sign to place in the front yard of her home. Payton has served her K-Family and fellow students so well over her four years as a Key Club member. During this past year as Key Club President, she set the bar high for her fellow members by logging in the most hours of service in the club, with 65+ hours! In addition, she spent at least that much time performing the duties of her officer position. She was a strong leader for her officer team, making sure they were on top of their duties, envisioning and implementing new projects and activities, and being pro-active in getting things done. The Key Club was lucky to have her as their leader! Congratulations, Payton, on a job well done. The Kiwanis Club of Tigard is pleased to honor you in this way.

It was a beautiful, sunny Saturday morning in May when 4 Kiwanis members & 1 guest, joined 4 Key Clubbers to clean up the roads around Sherwood Middle School. This is the two clubs’ official Adopt-A-Road location, which we which is supposed to be cleaned twice-a-year.

While this philosophy may be tempting… it can also get a bit boring after a while!

In July, just about the time members may want to throw away their “do nothing” list, the club will be organizing teams of students to go around town to ask for support for the . The members can get a head start on next years’ service records, and help out a VERY WORTHY cause!

Recognition to helpful parents, Kiwanis members, members with more than 15 hours of service and consistent meeting attendance, distribution of senior graduation cords, honoring outgoing officers, an installation of new officers & a raffle were highlights of the Key Club’s first-ever Awards Event.

Our very own fabulous Kiwanis member, Marlene, created this Key Club ring toss board last year. It’s perfect for a carnival event like the school’s annual Springfest! This was a school-wide fundraiser for clubs, held on May 19th .

To find out more about the Kiwanis organization you can check out the following website 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 Robert Bell bellfam2012@gmail.com

• President-Elect Frank Morehouse frank.beth@comcast.net

• Vice President Bill Pennell bpennell@earthlink.net

• Secretary Sue Cummins cummins@sonic.net

• Treasurer Mike McClain mikel_mcc@msn.com

• Past Pres George Deibert georgerdeibert@gmail.com

• Pacific Northwest Kiwanis District

https://www.kiwanispnw.org

• Kiwanis International

https://www.kiwanis.org

On Saturday, June ?? (Still to be arranged)

At Quiet Waters – 16235 SW Woodcrest Ave., Tigard

Advice from Leap Forward Coaching

o 10 a.m.

https://leapforwardcoach.com/spring-into-action/

o Joint project with Sherwood Key Club

o Grounds clean-up, bring gloves, buckets, gardening tools, sunscreen, water, etc.

Quiet Waters Outreach serves individuals with Developmental Disabilities (DD) and their caregiving families. The participants include individuals with a wide variety of DD (e.g.- Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy Palsy and Autism). People of all ethnic backgrounds, religions, financial status, ages over 18 and living situations are served.

We’re “Kicking Off” a Little Free Library Project

Scattered across the globe are charming mini-libraries known as Little Free Libraries. The concept is based on the “Take a Book, Leave a Book” idea. Our own Bill Pennell has created our first Little Free Library for Sue Cummins to place in her front yard. Sue agreed to purchase an engraved nameplate honoring the Kiwanis Club

of Tigard and to stock the library. Bill is willing to create more structures if other members wish to participate in this project. Because Bill made this first library from materials on hand, Sue is “Paying it Forward” by donating $100 to be used for supplies for future libraries that members might wish to commission Bill to do.