Weekly Kiwanis News 4/17

Posted by Tim Buenz

on Apr 17, 2013

There were 34 members in attendance with Les Reinhart visiting from the Aktion Club. Vern F. reported a can deposit of $34.90. Linda S. reported that the Aktion Club put up purple ribbons around the square last Friday. They also served popcorn at Spring Into Greene on Saturday. Aktion Club members met Monday to pack 48 boxes of food at the ARC food pantry. They will also be having a bake sale at Relay for Life this Saturday. Bill R. gave a summary of the Live Healthy Iowa event for our Kiwanis team. The group averaged 35 hours of activity a week. Mike Palmer and Vicky Lautner were the top two members of the team. Congratulations! There was a good turnout of members last Friday evening for the Kiwanis One Day activity which was cleaning up the inside of the Courthouse square. Thanks to all that helped! Randy M. reported that we are grilling on May 25th at the Bike Festival and that we have reserved a vendor space in Guthrie Center for Ragbrai on July 22nd.

Bob Allen had the program today. He introduced Nikki Uebel who is a board member with the Greene County Youth Baseball & Softball League. Nikki told us that they have about 20 teams this year and almost 300 kids participating on the various teams. She shared that they are looking at improving several fields and the concession stand/restroom building that Kiwanis originally built. We will be grilling for their opening ceremony on May 4th. Thanks to Bob and Nikki for the update on this youth program!