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Regular Morning Meeting
Three Rivers Kiwanis, Milo-Brownville
Milo, Maine, December 31, 2008 -
There were nine members present for the morning meeting
at Sandee’s Restaurant. Josh and Camille were present from the
Key Club and Doc Sherman from the Dover-Foxcroft club.
Eben DeWitt led us in the Pledge of Allegiance, Heidi Finson
offered the morning prayer, and Jim Lord provided the Thought
for the Day.
Mike Comeau has a birthday on the sixth and Leeanne Pooler on
the seventh. Lt. Governor Gary Nelson sent an email encouraging
membership drives for District 2.
There was eight Happy/Sad dollars- Heidi and Camille are happy
to play Santa’s Elves; Jim is sad for Frank not being able to
play golf in warm weather; Josh was sad to see the Builders
Club event canceled due to weather; and George and Jan are
happy to have spent time with grandchildren.
The next inter-club is planned for January 6th in
Dover-Foxcroft.
Dick Graves introduced our newest member to be inducted today,
Lee Leeman. Lee tried at 14 to become a Marine but was sent
home, too young. He later joined the Army and served in Viet
Nam. He has been a commander of the Milo Legion post and is now
the District 14 Commander. Eben DeWitt conducted his 50th
induction today with the induction of Lee Leeman. It is a
pleasure to welcome Lee to our Kiwanis club.
Josh and Camille provided our morning program today with a What
Key Club Is topic. Key Club is very active in the local High
School and providing community service. One of the many goals
of this Key Club is to inspire their members to continue their
community service and become future Kiwanians. They are also
mentoring and encouraging the Builders Club as future members
of the Key Club. Josh and Camille shared their gratitude of
having two excellent advisors, Val Robertson and Katy
Robertson-Joyner.
Josh and Katie Karona recently visited the KPTI in
Massachusetts and they have Key Club bears available to give to
traumatized children. The Key Club recently had a Bring a
Friend to Key Club day and had many visitors. They are making
up new applications for potential new members.
One of the major fundraisers for Key Club is pizza and hotdogs
at home basketball games. The Key Club is very active with
events such as, blood drives, food drives, MS Walks, and Woman
Care Walks. They also collect pop tabs for the Ronald McDonald
House, put up the community Christmas Tree, make cards for
Veterans, deliver weatherization kits to needy families,
participate in Kiwanis projects and more…
The Key Club has also won the Project Awake Award for its
strong connection to our Kiwanis Club. The major emphasis for
Key Club is reading through a Live to Learn district focus. Key
Club members also visit the elementary school as regular
readers to the children and actively collect books to give to
children.
This is only a small sampling of the work that Key Club does in
our community and we as a Kiwanis Club commend them for the
great work they do and the positive role-models they are for
other students. If you want to know more about the Key Club or
the Builders Club please make an effort to attend their weekly
meetings. “Thank you Josh and Camille for speaking at our
meeting today”. Meeting Adjourned.
Respectfully Submitted, Heidi Finson, Secretary
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