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iwanis of Ocala held their meeting on September 24th at their new location, being at Knights of Columbus. President Joe Voge started the meeting with announcements while Bill Crawford led in song, pledge and prayer. Bruce Howard, long-time member, was gracious in handling the Happy Bucks as Shelley Sizemore announced the Virtual Art Auction taking place. This is being held as a fund raiser on November 12th, for the Satellite Kiwanis of Ocala Club held at Mimi’s restaurant every Monday evening. City Councilman Jay Musleh gave a special donation of happiness for being in the upcoming runoff election. The Highlight of the meeting was the induction presented by Lt. Governor of Kiwanis, Jeff Zuttenber, also Past President of the Club. The gavel was handed over to their new President, Tammy Hoff from Past President Joe Voge. A special plaque was given by Tammy to Joe in recognition of his service during his tenure.
New Officers for 2021-2022: Tammy Hoff, President; Jim McGuire, NC Sizemore, Roseann Fricks, Phil Olstein, Wesley Wilcox and Wes Wheeler
Jeff Ruttenber, Lt. Governor and Tammy Hoff, President
Chris Knife, CF Foundation Director, Guest Speaker
Craig Conrad
Tammy Hoff and Joe Voge
Jay Musleh
Anastasia Skobeleva
Kevin Lopez
Shelley Sizemore, Bruce Howard
Carol Walker, Graham Black
SPECIAL SEPTEMBER SPEAKERS
The special guest speaker, Roger Waddell, was introduced by Program Chair, Craig Conrad. Roger is the Director of the Marion County Parks and Recreation and shared updates and current happenings at all of our parks. Craig Conrad introduced our Guest Speaker of Honor, Chris Knife, former member of Kiwanis. Chris is the Director of the College of Central Florida Foundation. Special guests attending were Kevin Lopez, Candidate for District 4 City Council; Anastasia Skobeleva, Director of Marketing at Encompass Health and guest of Nick Navetta, Past President; Carol Walker and Graham Black, Members of the Military Officer’s Association.
Bill Crawford
Roger Waddell, Guest Speaker
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Kiwanis International is a global community of clubs, members, and partners, dedicated to improving the lives of children one community at a time. Today, with more than 550,000 members in 80 Countries, Kiwanis empowers members to pursue creative ways to serve the needs of our children, such as fighting hunger, improving literacy and being a mentor. Kiwanis Clubs host over 150,000 service projects per year.
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