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Kiwanis Weekly News 4/4/18

Posted by Tim Buenz on Apr 04, 2018

President Lautner called the meeting to order. There were 25 members in attendance. Many "Happy Dollars" were shared concerning the passing of the school district bond issue. Vicki thanked the club for assistance with the very successful Easter Egg Hunt last Saturday. Vern reported a can drop deposit for the last two weeks of $159.10.

Kiwanis Weekly News 3/21/18

Posted by Tim Buenz on Mar 21, 2018

President Lautner called the meeting to order. No guests in attendance. Happy Dollars were shared and special occasions acknowledged. Vern reported a can deposit of $66.00. Aktion Club met last Monday and has a calendar set for the year. They are getting ready for Relay for Life and helping with the Rec. Center Easter Egg Hunt on March 31st and smoking kits for Teen Maze. Teen Maze update from Pat. Cookies are due to the Rec. Center on Tuesday, April 3rd. Our students will attend on Wednesday morning, April 4th. Workers are still needed.

Kiwanis Weekly News 3/7/18

Posted by Tim Buenz on Mar 07, 2018

There were 30 members in attendance today. Two guests, Keri Saunders and Brandon Hommer also joined us this morning. Welcome to them! President-Elect Tom Heater called the meeting to order. Several Happy Dollars were shared and Vern reported a can drop deposit of $58.80. The Aktion Club met last Monday and is busy planning for Easter and Relay for Life. Toni read the board meeting minutes from the March 2nd meeting. The club Officer election will be held on Wednesday, March 9th.

Kiwanis Board of Directors February 2018 Meeting Minutes

Posted by Toni Wetrich

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Kiwanis Weekly News 2/21/18

Posted by Tim Buenz on Feb 21, 2018

There were 22 members in attendance today with many happy dollars shared. Dan reported a can drop deposit of $121. Hollie reported that the Aktion Club will meet March 5th and is developing an event calendar.

Kiwanis Weekly News 2/7/18

Posted by Tim Buenz on Feb 07, 2018

There were 24 members in attendance with Mark Fredrickson of Omaha visiting with brother Jack. Dan Benitz reported a can drop deposit of $128.25. He also cleaned up the snow around the recycling enclosure. Thanks Dan! Hollie reported that the Aktion Club meeting was postponed to next Monday at the Harrison House and the program will be Relay for Life.

Kiwanis Weekly News 1/31/18

Posted by Tim Buenz on Jan 31, 2018

There were 25 members in attendance today with Les visiting from the Aktion Club. Matt & Toni Wetrich announced that they will be co-chairing the committee for the Jefferson Ragbrai visit overnight on Monday, July 23rd. Dan B. reported two loads of cans are ready to be cashed in this week. The Aktion Club had their officer installation last week and 21 people attended with President Launter doing the installation of officers. They will have a meeting next Monday. There will be a board meeting Friday, Feb. 2nd at the Uptown Cafe.

Kiwanis Board of Directors January 2018 Meeting Minutes

Posted by Toni Wetrich on Jan 05, 2018

Click here to view the minutes.

Kiwanis Weekly News 1/24/18

Posted by Tim Buenz on Jan 24, 2018

There were 26 members in attendance today. Bill Steussy reported a can deposit of $65.85. President Lautner passed around the 25 year member plaque that the club was recently awarded by the Chamber. Hollie reported that the Aktion Club officer installation will be next Monday.

Kiwanis Weekly News 1/17/18

Posted by Tim Buenz on Jan 17, 2018

There were 27 members in attendance today. Hollie reported that the Aktion Club Officer Installation was postponed to Jan. 29th at the Harrison House due to the weather. Dan B. reported a can deposit of $26.25. A new club member induction was held for Thomas Laehn. Welcome to the club Thomas, we are excited to have you as a member!

Kiwanis Weekly News 12/13/17

Posted by Tim Buenz on Dec 13, 2017

There were 26 members in attendance with Les visiting from the Aktion Club. Vern reported a can drop of $48.15. Members collected and presented tip funds for a Christmas present to Uptown Cafe staff. Vern reported that Salvation Army Bell ringing by Kiwanis and Aktion Club members garnered $590 last weekend at Hy-Vee. A total of $1,100 was collected at all sites last weekend. Counter Kettles will be picked-up on Dec. 26th. Reminder that next Wednesday is the White Elephant Gift Exchange.

Kiwanis Weekly News 12/06/17

Posted by Tim Buenz on Dec 06, 2017

There were 27 members in attendance with Les visiting from the Aktion Club. Vern reported a can deposit of $81.85. Hollie reported on planning for the Aktion Club Christmas party and that they will have Officer Installation on January 15th, 2018. Vern reported on the Salvation Army Bell Ringing so far, if you want to ring contact Vern for time/date opportunities.

Kiwanis Board of Directors December Meeting Minutes

Posted by Toni Wetrich on Dec 06, 2017

Click here to view the minutes in PDF format.

Kiwanis Weekly News 11/29/17

Posted by Tim Buenz on Nov 29, 2017

There were 27 members in attendance with Les visiting from the Aktion Club. Several Happy Dollars were shared by members. Vern reported a can deposit of $175.00 which is a record collection. Hollie reported that the Aktion Club will meet Monday and they are excited about their Christmas Party. Vern passed around the Salvation Army Bell Ringing sign-up sheet for Dec. 8-9 and reported last Saturday they collected $920.00. President Lautner reported that the Hat & Mitten Tree is up at the courthouse and that there will be a club white elephant gift exchange on Dec. 20th. Vicky also shared that the club donated $840 to the ARC Food Pantry and that where is a board meeting this Friday at 7:00am.

Kiwanis Weekly News 11/22/17

Posted by Tim Buenz on Nov 22, 2017

There were 26 members in attendance today with Les visiting from the Aktion Club. Many Happy Dollars were shared by members. Vern was recognized for his recent Extra Ordinary Citizen award from Home St. Bank. Congrats! Vern reported a can deposit of $58.75 and passed around the Salvation Army Bell Ringing sign-up sheet for Dec. 8-9th. Hollie reported that the Aktion Club Hat & Mitten tree will be going up soon in the courthouse lobby. The Aktion Club will be holding their meetings at the Harrison House and are planning their Christmas Party on Dec. 13th at 5pm at the Elks Lodge. They will also be donating $200 to the ARC Food Pantry for turkeys!

Kiwanis Weekly News 11/15/17

Posted by Tim Buenz on Nov 15, 2017

There were 25 members in attendance with 5 guests including Les for the Aktion Club and an interclub from Nevada. Vern reported a can deposit of $76.00. The Aktion Club is planning their Christmas Party and discussing future meeting locations. Our club will be ringing the bell for Salvation Army on Dec. 8-9th. Contact Vern to sign up. Toni read the board of directors meeting minutes from the Nov. 3rd meeting.

Kiwanis Weekly News 11/01/17

Posted by Tim Buenz on Nov 01, 2017

There were 27 members in attendance today with Les visiting from the Aktion Club. Many happy dollars were shared. Hollie reported that 44 attended the Aktion Club Halloween party last Sunday and they had a great time. Vern reported a can drop deposit of $55.25. The annual Kiwanis Breakfast preliminary report shows an approximate net of $5,000! The Silent Auction generated around $3,165 for the club. Thanks to all who helped with both events! Vern reported on efforts to recruit HS students for the Key Leader conference. President Lautner announced that we will collect donations for ARC the next two weeks and that there is a board meeting Friday.

Kiwanis Weekly News 10/18/17

Posted by Tim Buenz on Oct 18, 2017

Members Present: 28

Guests: 1

Speakers: 2

Total in attendance: 31

* We took in $68.05 in pop can collections this week.

* The Aktion Club is now selling tickets for their Halloween dance on October 29th.

* We have approximately 46 silent auction items in with a few more trickling in. Will continue to accept items and put them up online as we can. Please share the Facebook album with your family and friends for bidding on items! We've seen a few bids already!

* Pancake breakfast plans are going well and the volunteer sign-up sheet started circulating at the meeting today.

* Haley was not able to accept the scholarship to attend the Kiwanis Leadership training in November because she is already committed to something that weekend with the Honor Society. This might be an issue for many of our high school students but if you know of someone in high school that would be a good candidate for the leadership training, let Vern know.

* Vern Foje is going to the Salvation Army bell ringing planning meeting as a representative of our group.

* Randy Monthei reported that volunteers put in 60 hours this past weekend grilling for the annual Deal's Orchard Fall Festival.

* Kiwanians are parking cars for the last home football game of the season this Friday, October 20th.

Kiwanis Weekly News 10/11/17

Posted by Toni Wetrich on Oct 11, 2017

29 Members

2 Guests

1 Speaker

32 Total Attendance

* Toni Wetrich read the October board minutes.

* Bob Schwarzkopf read the 2017-2018 club budget

* Sherry Palmer reported that we still need silent auction items - have 25 so far and more came in today but please get those in as soon as possible. The silent auction items have been put up on Facebook with the silent auction ending Thursday, October 26th at 5pm. Please like and share these items with friends and family to get the word out to start bidding on them!

Link: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1608971442506991.1073741833.692302597507218&type=1&l=10491d674e

* Randy Monthei reported that the weather doesn't look favorable for grilling at the Deal's Fall Festival this weekend. He will send out an update by club email when it gets closer.

* Inducted Dan Emmert today who was sponsored by Vern Foje

* Can Recycling Deposit = $60.95

* Aktion Club meets Monday 16th. At their last meeting, they went to the Harrison house for handicapped accessibility. Their upcoming events are working at the Greene County Courthouse celebration on the 27th, the pancake breakfast & silent auction on the 28th, and their annual Halloween dance on the 29th.

Kiwanis Weekly News 10/4/17

Posted by Tim Buenz on Oct 04, 2017

There were 25 members in attendance today for the Officer Installation Ceremony. Visitors included Les from the Aktion Club, Coltrane Carlson, and Pastor Dan Emmert. Bill Raney served as the master of ceremonies and introduced Div. 11 Lt. Governor Geri Derner who installed the new officers and directors. Thanks to Mike Palmer for leading our organization in 2016-17 and welcome to new President Vicky Lautner! New board members include Dr. Jim Gerdes, Dr. Jim Teusch, Vern Foje, and Rick McCollom. Members leaving the board of directors include Dan Benitz and Deb Geisler. Thanks for your service!

Silent Auction items descriptions are due to Sherry asap. There is a board meeting on Friday, Oct. 6th at 7:00am. Sell those Pancake Breakfast Tickets! Posters and tickets available from Bob Smith.

Kiwanis Board of Directors October Meeting Minutes

Posted by Toni Wetrich on Oct 06, 2017

Click here to view the minutes in PDF format.

Weekly Kiwanis News 09/27/17

Posted by Tim Buenz on Sep 27, 2017

There were 25 members in attendance today. Visitors included Les from the Aktion Club and Pastor Dan Emmert. Dan B. reported a can drop of $155.55 for the last two weeks. Sherry P. reminded members that Silent Auction item sheets are due to her Oct. 1st. It was reported that the Aktion Club met last Monday and is planning a trip to visit the Ames Club and are working on plans for their Halloween Dance. Tim C. spoke about the Annual Pancake Breakfast on Oct. 28th and Bob Smith handed out tickets to members present to sell. Get your tickets and posters from Bob. Sell, Sell, Sell!! There is a Div. 11 Council Meeting in Ames on Saturday, Sept.30th at 8:30 am and Vern and Bob Smith may be attending.

REMINDER: Officer Installation is next week. Breakfast will start at 6:15am and the ceremony at 6:45am!

Weekly Kiwanis News 09/20/17

Posted by Toni Wetrich on Sep 20, 2017

22 members present

2 guests present

1 speaker present

25 total attendance

No recycling report this week.
No Aktion Club report - did not have a meeting this week.
S. Palmer advised members to get their silent auction items in - only has 8 or 10 back so far.
Budget Committee will meet at 4:45pm on Thursday, Sept 21st at Bob Schwarzkopf's office.
Chris Deal presented on 100 years of Deal's Orchard.

Kiwanis Board of Directors September Meeting Minutes

Posted by Toni Wetrich on Sep 20, 2017

Click here to view the minutes in PDF format.

Weekly Kiwanis News 09/06/17

Posted by Tim Buenz on Sep 06, 2017

There were 26 members in attendance today. Visitors included Les from the Aktion Club, Harry Ahrenholtz, and Scott Johnson. Vern reported a can drop deposit of $48.60. Hollie reported that the Aktion Club is planning their Halloween Dance on Sunday, Oct. 29th. Sherry reminded members that Silent Auction item sheets are due by the end of this month. President Mike announced that all members are planning to sit together at John Meyer's funeral on Monday, Sept. 11th. Please be at the United Methodist Church by 9:45am to be seated as a group. Officer Installation will be held on Wednesday, October 4th at 6:45am.

Weekly Kiwanis News 08/9/17

Posted by Tim Buenz on Aug 09, 2017

There were 28 members in attendance with Les from the Aktion Club visiting and Jane Finch as a guest of Dean McAtee. There was an interclub of four folks from Ames also in attendance. Many Happy Dollars were shared. Vern reported a can deposit of $83.00. Hollie reported that the Aktion Club serving popcorn last night at the Farmer's Market and is excited for the upcoming Hot August Night event Thursday evening. They will also be attending the Iowa Cubs game on August 27th at 1pm. Secretary Toni Wetrich read the minutes from last weeks board meeting.

Weekly Kiwanis News 08/2/17

Posted by Tim Buenz on Aug 02, 2017

There were 24 members in attendance today with Les visiting from the Aktion Club. Vern reported a can deposit of $105.00. A motion was made by Bob Schwarzkopf and seconded by Vern to call a voice vote to elect Toni Wetrich as secretary and for Bill Raney to fill her board position. The motion passed. Kathy reported that the Aktion Club is planning to attend an Iowa Cubs game in late August and that Genesis has granted permission to use their bus for transportation. President-Elect Lautner reminded members of the board meeting on Friday at 7:00am.

Weekly Kiwanis News 07/26/17

Posted by Tim Buenz on Jul 26, 2017

There were 23 members in attendance today. President-elect Vicky Lautner called the meeting to order at 7:01 am. Vern reported a can deposit of $65 from the recent collection. Hollie reported that the Aktion Club is getting ready for Hot August Night on Aug. 10th. The Greene County Motorcycle Charity will make a check presentation at 6:30pm near Sally's Alley from their Bell Tower event fundraiser. Vern reported that our fellow Kiwanian John Meyer is back in Ames at the hospital. Our thoughts and prayers are with our friend John and family!

Kiwanis Board of Directors July Meeting Minutes

Posted by Vernon Foje on Jul 07, 2017

Click here to view the minutes in PDF format.

Weekly Kiwanis News 07/05/17

Posted by Tim Buenz on Jul 05, 2017

There were 19 members in attendance today. Many Happy Dollars were shared by members. Vern reported a can drop deposit for the last two weeks of $133.25. Pat circulated the Farmer's Market sign-up sheet for July 18th. The Aktion Club will meet next Monday and their next event is Hot August Nights on August 10th. The Aktion Club monthly picnic will be on July 19th. President Palmer reminded members that the Board of Directors will meet this Friday at 7:00 am. The scheduled program for today was a no-show.

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